District News – Rio Real School

2022 Spanish Spelling Bee

cgodoy — Thu, 19 May 2022 17:06:47 +0000

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2nd Annual Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee

cgodoy — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 21:33:26 +0000

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Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee

Rio Real Dual Immersion Academy

is hosting the

2nd Annual Ventura County

Spanish Spelling Bee

When: 9 am-12 pm on April 29, 2017

Where: Rio Vista Middle School

Who: School winners from 3rd-5th grades

and 6th-8th grades

Please submit the names of your 2 school winners who will represent your school by April 7, 2017

Contacts: mhernandez@rioschools.org

jsmith@rioschools.org

The National Spanish Spelling Bee will be held on July 13-16, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas

*School winners who wish to participate in the National Spanish Spelling Bee

will be responsible for their own travel and expenses.

For more information and to access the word list – http://nationalspanishspellingbee.com/

Angelique Ibarra takes 3rd at the National Spanish Spelling Bee

cgodoy — Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:34:45 +0000

On July 14-17, 2016 twenty seven students from 4th-8th grade and nine different states, came together in San Antonio, Texas, to compete in the 6th Annual National Spanish Spelling Bee (NSSB). To qualify for the National Spanish Spelling Bee, students had to win a county or state level competition in their home state during the 2015-2016 school year.

Angelique Ibarra (7th grade) and Brianna Velasco (5th grade), students at Río Real Dual Immersion Academy in the Río School District, were 1st place winners of the 1st Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee held on April 26, 2016. Angelique Ibarra, competed in the 6th-8th grade category to earn first place amongst students from throughout Ventura County and Brianna placed 1st place in the 3rd-5th grade category. Placing first in their respective categories qualified them to participate in the national event.

Once in Texas, Angelique and Brianna met with other NSSB contestants, participated in a practice round for the Bee as well as excursions to Museums and the Riverwalk area of San Antonio. On Saturday, September 16, the NSSB competition began at 9:30 at San Antonio College and went to over 20 rounds of single elimination competition. Students were placed in competition against each other regardless of grade level. Angelique placed 3rd out of 27 contestants from around the country and received a certificate and a check. Brianna placed 9th and also received certificates of participation.

On the evening of the competition, event sponsor Santillana Publishing hosted an awards dinner where all student competitors were recognized. The Rio students were both very happy to have participated in this national competition and felt it was a great experience. The 1st place winner of the competition was from Texas, and the student who placed 2nd came from Oregon. David Briseño, founder of the NSSB, is looking forward to more students and more states participating at the 7th NSSB to be held June 22-25, 2017.

Rio Real Art

cgodoy — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 16:23:52 +0000

Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee

cgodoy — Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:43:31 +0000

Ventura County Spanish Spelling Bee

Rio Real Dual Immersion Academy

is hosting the

1st Annual Ventura County

Spanish Spelling Bee

When: 9 am-12 pm on April 23, 2016

Where: Rio Vista Middle School

Who: School winners from 3rd-5th grades

and 6th-8th grades

Contacts: mhernandez@rioschools.org

jsmith@rioschools.org

The National Spanish Spelling Bee will be held on July 14-17, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas

*School winners who wish to participate in the National Spanish Spelling Bee

will be responsible for their own travel and expenses.

For more information and to access the word list – http://nationalspanishspellingbee.com/

The new word list has just been posted. Please submit your NSSB Participant Sponsor Request Form by February 26, 2016

Why Art Matters?

jpuglisi — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 04:34:04 +0000

This year the Rio School District has made a concerted effort to develop our Visual arts programs across our eight schools. In doing so, we hired two new outstanding art teachers who are working to develop art lessons and learning with students and teachers alike. This week we will hold our first art show of the year which we hope to follow up with our end of year show in May.

There are many great thinkers who answer the question posed by by this blog. Elliott Eisner, Daniel Pink, and many others are resources to describe why integrating arts into learning is essential as well as why art for art’s sake is equally a deep human need.

From my point of view, as a graduate of a Bachelor of Fine Arts program and a life long maker and lover of art, art is a basic element of what it means to be a human being. Not having arts in schools removes this basic element and steals the opportunity for students to experience and learn about themselves and their world. Art has existed as long as there have been humans. We can look to the caves of Las Caux or Rock art of the Chumash to see human’s expressive yearnings to use visual imagery to understand and communicate their understandings of their world, themselves, and their realities.

In the last few years I have found a treasure trove of creativity in the children and teachers of the Rio School District. Integrating the Arts in our daily learning activities has promoted children’s development of 21st century practices; communication, collaboration, critical thinking, creativity, and caring. These practices are needed deeply to survive and thrive in our modern society even as they were essential for humans over the last forty thousand years of our existence. Some say, it is art, that separates us from the beasts, although I have seen some amazing artwork created by elephants and monkeys.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

jpuglisi — Mon, 18 Jan 2016 08:30:30 +0000

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American man that left teachers and students an endless legacy of learning for as long as there are schools , lessons, and the country we call the United States of America. In memory of his legacy, I often sing a song I wrote with classes as a way to talk and teach about MLK.

The lyrics go like this;

We are free free
We are free, free, free
We are free free
Thank you Martin Luther King

Black or white
Yellow, brown, red
Its not your color
Its the person instead

We are, are, are
Free!
We are, are, are
Free!

We are very proud
We sing right out loud
We are very proud
That Dr. King could help us out

We are, are, are
Free!
We are, are, are
Free!

Dr. King’s life is testament to many things in life. For students, I like to highlight what a great reader, writer, and thinker he was as well as how he lived and gave his life for the cause of Love and Peace.

MLK Day is a great day in my book.