Invite Your Relatives, Friends, and Nora Sterry Supporters!

It is with great joy that the community at Turning Point School and New Horizons West, along with Manatt Phelps, Mayor Villaraigosa, and all the other BIG SUNDAY sponsors and supporters invite the entire school body of students, parents, staff, and alumni to come share in the celebration of work and play and most importantly, community building at Nora Sterry Elementary School.

We have about 500 students and parents coming to Nora Sterry on May 4th 2008 to paint the outside of the schhool and to help build 20 new planter boxes so that each class can be growing their own food!

HEY, HEY, IT'S NOT FARAWAY!
BIG SUNDAY IS QUICKLY HEADING OUR WAY!

Get ready to party on BIG SUNDAY! MAY 4, 2008 12:00noon - 4pm

Sign up to volunteer for PROJECT #0171 Nora Sterry
12noon - 4pm
BRING YOUR OWN PAINT ROLLER AND PAINT TRAY (Not Required, But Desired!)

We are PAINTING OUR SCHOOL'S EXTERIOR WALLS TO PREPARE THEM FOR NEW MURALS!

OUR NEW MURALS will represent our school's
ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP mission as one important component of
TEACHING GLOBAL CITIZENRY
THROUGH COOPERATION,
NURTURING,
COMPASSION, AND
CONSENSUS-BUILDING.

Remember...Sign up for PROJECT #0171 at http://www.bigsunday.org

MEETING DAVID WILSON - A MUST SEE FOR ALL!

"MEETING DAVID WILSON". a "Conversation About Race"
must be seen in students, teachers, staff, parents, in LAUSD immediately...

EVERYTHING IS INTERCONNECTED!

Our meme for the day is called "SENSE OF SELF" where we can explore the concept of global interconnectedness!

Homework - Room 11 April 7-11

This week we're working on "Monster Tracks" and our homework is located at the Opencourtcresources.com website under 2nd grade Fossil Unit Homework.

Welcome to a New Week in Room 11!

Last week an extraordinary potato was given to a Nora Sterry student who shared it with our class. This potato is real and it is shaped like a heart. We wanted to do an experiment with it, but the student wishes to save it for posterity by preserving it with some kind of sealing solution.

The experiment our class would have liked to do is this: We wanted to cut it up, and plant parts of the potato to see if the new babies produced by the mother would look just like her or not.

What do you think would happen if we planted pieces of the mom?

MEMES - One a Day Keeps the Shift Happening!

Global Mindshift is an international organization which is ever-evolving with a mission of helping homo sapiens of all ages to SHIFT THEIR THINKING about WHO IN THE WORLD we are - making the shift to GLOBAL PEACE and SUSTAINABILITY as quickly as possible.

As part of my daily practice as a classroom teacher I incorporate these memes as appropropriate, to help my students SHIFT THEIR THINKING to understand that we, as humans, have the BRAIN-POWER to control the older parts of ourselves....and find PEACEFUL WAYS TO RESOLVE ALL CONFLICTS.