TK-Kinder students enjoyed the beautiful Santa Barbara Zoo. Shown here are students enjoying their incredible learning experience that expand their vocabulary and gave them a real world connection to their SEAL units.
Piru ASB
Our ASB team has been busy this year trying to make our campus more student centered and engaging. They are also planning end of year activities. We thank Mrs. Silva and Louth for their leadership in advising our 5th grade students.
Piru Choir Practices For Success
As always, we are VERY proud of our new Piru Choir that was initiated this year under the direction of Mr. Ben Morey. Please join us in a practice session.
Trimester Two Awards Assemblies Honors Piru Students
Awards assemblies were held last week to honor the amazing talents of our Piru students for Trimester Two. We are so proud of our students for their hard work and accomplishments.
Piru Tech Team Seeks New Membership
Every year we must say goodbye to some Piru Tech Team members as they go off to Middle School. In preparation, the Tech Team advisors Mrs. Manly and Mrs. Silva, along with existing Tech Team members, go through the process of recruitment and selection. They take the process very seriously. Pictured are the interviews that were held this year to select ideal candidates for our 2018-2019 Piru Tech Team.
Preparation for Santa Cruz Island Field Trip
Piru fourth graders were awarded the Santa Cruz Island Field Trip again this year! We are so excited that we have been selected for this amazing opportunity for the last three years. We are thankful to Monique Navaro and the National Parks Foundation for their generosity. In preparation for our trip, Monique has been conducting distance learning sessions to acquaint students with concepts they may encounter on the trip. Students have also been talking at length about the Island of Blue Dolphins book that is read prior to the trip. This book’s setting is on the Island of San Nicholas near where the students will be visiting. Pictured are distant learning sessions with Monique. Also present was Ranger Menard and other guests.
Author Kathleen Contreras Visits Piru Elementary
Kathleen Contreras visited Piru students in second to fifth grade. She debuted her new book, "Harvesting Friends/Cosechando Amigos." We were honored and fortunate to have her read to each class and present us with an autographed book. Thank you Kathleen!
Oral Language Assessment Training
As educators, we cannot meet our student’s needs if we do not assess where they are. The Oral Language Assessment or OLA is a tool that allows us to analyze student’s utterances. Our staff has been working hard to learn about OLA to guide our instruction and improve our craft. This video is a short excerpt of our amazing coach Lori McManus with our first grade team at our Professional Learning Community (PLC). Everyone had a very productive learning day. Thank you Lori!
Mrs. Vides Conducts Oral Language Assessments
Mrs. Vides had a great experience conducting Oral Language Assessments (OLA) in Mrs. Lanning's Kinder and Mrs. Silva's 4/5 combination class. Experiences like this allows her to fully participate in Professional Learning Communities as we work to deliver a stronger program in English Language Development.
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations: Crazy Sock Day
We celebrated Dr. Seuss’ Birthday with fun activities all week. Crazy Sock Day was a lot of fun for students and staff.
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations: Hat Day
As part of Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations week, we had hat day. Students impressed us with their originality and participation!
Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations: Twin Day
As part of Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebrations week, students had fun with Twin Day!
21st Century Robotics Program
As teachers gather for PLC on Fridays, their students are engaged in 21st century activities in our Robotics program. Students are using our Osmo's and Sphero's alongside our iPads to enhance mathematics and critical thinking skills.
Ms. Uribe's Class
Ms. Uribe's class is working on in their weather unit for SEAL. Kids having joyful learning.
Mrs. Gomez's Class In Action
Pictured are Mrs. Gomez's students working on her Americana Unit for SEAL as well as some pictures of her students during a SWUN lesson.
Swun Math Lessons
Do you want to see some Swun Math lessons? Our third grade classes, Mrs. Gross and Mrs. Smith, can show you how students explain their thinking, collaborate around mathematical principles, and think critically to grasp mathematical concepts. We are working hard to deepen students mathematical understanding to achieve mathematical competency.
NED Visits Piru Elementary
We enjoyed having NED visit Piru last week. We learned from his messages Never Give Up, Encourage Others and Do Your Best! These are the messages that our students are taking seriously to become excellent citizens of our school. Thank you NED for your encouraging messages and your cool yo-yo tricks!
Piru Tech Team
Piru Tech Team assists our first grade students in programming our Sphero's to complete the maze challenges. Students are using critical thinking skills, collaboration, communication and math principles to complete the challenge. We are so proud of our Tech Team for providing rigorous opportunities for others. Go Piru Tech team!
Middle School Band Visit
Mr. White and his band students visited each elementary site today. Their mission was to determine our fifth grade students interest in pursing band as part of their Fillmore Middle School experience. Our Piru students were excited and very interested in what our guests had to say! Many of them were former Piru students. It was a joy to see their continued music appreciation that begun in our Piru Band program.
Perfect Attendance Winners!
Mrs. Barajas and Mr. Luis recognize our students on a monthly basis to motivate punctuality and perfect attendance. Pictured are Mrs. Fourquerean's TK class with their attendance badges earned for the month.