Rio School District After -School Programs Provided by The Boys

Rio School District After -School Programs
FALL NEWSLETTER 2012
Volume 3, Issue 1
Provided by The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Oxnard and Port Hueneme
We took our students to the pumpkin patch last week. The kids all got a hayride thru the pumpkin patch, and
they got a chance to pick their own pumpkins. Many of them went with the white ghost pumpkin. After they all
got a lesson on all the different kinds of pumpkins that there are and yummy ways to prepare and eat them as
well.
—Alex Renteria, Site Coordinator at Rio Del Valle
Rio Del Valle
Inside this issue
Rio Real……...……………......2
Dancing Feet Program……….2
The new school year at Rio Del Valle’s After-School Program kicked off on August 30, 2012
with 80 club members. A lot of our club members are 6th graders; luckily we knew a lot of
them from our summer program. The first day was filled with fun ice breakers that our
students got more excited about being part of the After School Program.
Rio Vista……………………….3
The past month that we have had with the members has been great, and we hope to have
a great year with them
Rio Del Norte .........................7
Nyeland .................................4
Rio Plaza ...............................5
Rio Rosales & Rio Lindo.........6
Rio Del Mar ..…………….…...7-8
Directory…………………….....8
Here are some highlights of our special events!
Here are pictures from the fieldtrip that
the kids took to Downtown Ventura.
Some of our kids have never even been
to the area so it was a whole new world
to them.
Students learning how to make bracelets and necklaces during the After
School Program through the Mixteco
component.
“Nine tenths of education is
encouragement.”
—Anatole France, French writer
Fun times at Rio Real
FEAR FACTOR CHALLENGE:
For our Halloween event some
of the kids participated in the
Fear Factor Challenge, events
included Halloween Spider
Challenge (students place their
feet in a pool of fake spiders),
Ultimate Fear factor Challenge
(with gloves students moved as
many live Crickets from one bag
to another), Halloween
Memory Challenge (Kinder kids
only), Eat the Bug Challenge
(fake insect in the middle of
Whip Cream eating contest).
Kids won many prizes and our
grand prize was a used donated
bicycle, Anthony Galvan was
the lucky winner.
THE ARTS: Ms. Alberta our Mixteco
Promotora taught our students amazing art flowers out of recycled material. These pieces of art have been
spectacular that we will be entering
their cultural art in the upcoming
Boys & Girls Clubs National Fine Arts
exhibit.
Students during the 2012 High
Desert Dance Classic.
Dancing Feet Program 2013 at all Rio After School
Sites
This coming year we have a great opportunity to participate in the 9th Annual High Desert
Dance Classic which will be held on March 8-10, 2013 at Antelope Valley College 3041 West
Avenue K Lancaster, CA 93536. Elementary school students from 5th grade will be competing in Fox Trot, East Coast Swing, and Salsa. Middle school students from 6th grade will
be participating in those three dances as well as Tango and Rumba. For more information
about the event please contact the After School Coordinator at your site!
Students wore matching ties for the
contest!
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Students made it to semifinals in the three
prominent dances and then went to finals in Fox
Trot and East Coast Swing.
Here is also the link to the Dancing Feet Program
http://www.highdesertdanceclassic.com/
Student from Rio Plaza made it
to finals in East Coast Swing.
Pictures that caught our ATTENTION!
Students getting advice from a volunteer Engineer about their roller coaster.
Science Night October 12, 2012– Rio Vista Students were
building roller coasters using foam tubing, tape, a ruler, and a
marble.
Michael Holliday and his team are
working hard to get their roller
coaster at the right height!
Rio Vista Middle School
After ending the best summer program ever, Rio Vista students started back on August 30
and were welcomed to the After School program by staff, Ms. Wendy, Ms. Adonna, Mr.
Paul, Mr. Sean, Mr. Kevin, Ms. Cristy, Mr. Ruff, Mr. Nikko and Mr. Andrew.
Students signed up for music, flag football and enrichments. The enrichments offered to
students are MERITO, Smart Girls, Passport to Manhood, Triple Play, Lego Robotics, Photography, dancing, cooking, Flag Football Team (coached by Mr. Paul), and music (guitar,
choir, piano, drums). Students were given their PowerHour teacher to work on homework.
And if students do not have enough time to finish their homework during PowerHour they
can join Homework Club where they get extra time and help to finish it.
Pumpkin Patch field trip to McGrath
in Ventura. They were checking out
the animals and stopped for a picture!
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Remembering the dead at Nyeland’s Satellite!
Working hard at Nyeland
Students from Nyeland and other
partnering organizations and community leaders have been working
on a community garden project
since September! The students
have enjoyed being part of such
great project!
Students from College Bound program at Nyeland have enjoyed learning more about High School and
College requirements to gradue.
“I am so proud of the progress College Bound is making in our After
School Programs. The kids are eager to learn and I am excited to
teach! I look forward to the end results this year.” —LaCresha
McManus, Keystone Club/College
Bound Advisor
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The first week of November was great our site filled with remembering our loved ones who have
passed by building them an altar for dia de los muertos. Halloween in October was also really fun
with a trip to sky high and trick or treating. We also managed to run our great programs like Street
Smarts, Smart Girls, College Bound, Keystone, Be Great Graduate, and volleyball.
More of Nyeland!
Sports at Nyeland has been a great venue for students to use their energy and to learn
teambuilding skills. They had a great flagfootball season this fall competing against other
sites. Now, students are playing volleyball season!
A few snapshots of Rio Plaza
Students from Rio Plaza dressed up on Halloween
day!
Student of the month for October assembely on
Thursday November 1, 2012. Each staff picks a student that during the month do all there homework
and turn it in on time, follow the rules and follow
directions.
Q: What do we know works to improve student achievement in K-12 STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] education?
A: I'd say great teachers, who know the content.
–Arne Duncan U.S. Secretary of Education
Two students from 3rd grade were taking there Accelerating Reading Test on the computer.
Ms. Tania playing a game with her students. They seem
very attentive as she asks them questions.
Ms. Brittany enjoying doing a science project with
the 5th graders.
Students watching their foamy fountain in action.
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A few highlights Rio Rosales
Lights On After School
Our after-school time is always filled
with fun activities but today they were
extra special because our parents
participated! Mr. Ricky’s fifth grade
class made personalized collages.
At Rio Rosales After School Program the
1st, 2nd, and 4th graders learned about
Thanksgiving and how people celebrate
this delicious holiday. They each made
their own turkeys to represent the tradition. The younger kids wrote 5 things
they were grateful for, and the older kids
wrote a creative story "how the turkey
escaped the dinner table".
Traditions
At Rio Rosales second grade
made mask for the celebration
of dia de los muertos on November 2. The kids learned
about the tradition on how
some people celebrate the life
of their loved ones once lived.
Rio Lindo’s After School Site
Flagfootball ended this past weekend.
We had a great year for the 3rd and 4th
making it to the playoff game. We lost
by 2 points, but the kids had a lot of fun
and put a lot of hard work and dedication into the game. The 5th grade team
did good, but we're learning to have fun!
Picture 1: Madelyn and team 2
playing the Math Quiz Game
Show.
Collage of Pictures: Rio Lindo’s
Halloween custom party during
the After School Program.
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Rio Del Norte
The following events were major highlights at Rio Del Norte:
Lights On Afterschool was a SPOOK-tacular success! In Halloween spirit we scared the
boots off our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders! Parents joined in on the scares. Some of the
other fun included a basketball shots, face painting by our fabulous artists, kids could
try their luck with a lollipop pull, and of course the chance to make beautiful masquerade masks.
In Sports ,our flag football teams did really well in the bowls on Saturday October 27,
2012. The 3rd-4th coed team took second place in the Sun Bowl. Boys’ 3rd-4th team
took FIRST PLACE in the Holiday Bowl. In Alamo Bowl our 5th coed team took FIRST
PLACE too! We couldn’t be more proud of our students.
Our girls were showing off their
dancing skills!
Genesis and her
mom making a
Masquerade mask.
Parent involvement has been an
outstanding collaboration at our
Rio After School Program! —
Anthony Oliveras, Site Coordinator
Rio Del Mar
The month of October is always fun for the students here at Rio Del Mar, with the annual
Lights On event and Halloween activities, what’s not to like about this month? On October
18th the Boys and Girls Club after school program at Rio Del Mar elementary school held the
After School Alliance Lights On event and it was a smash. Over 80 students had the opportunity to join in on all of the fun games and activities, and the best part about it was that all
of the students’ parents came to join in on all of the events that were taking place. Some of
the after school program activities included, pumpkin decorating contest, face painting, mask
decorating, Halloween house decorating, and much more. Over 75 parents attended this
event to show their support for the after school program. Nearing the end of October the
after school program had a fall festival where the students had the opportunity to play
spooky Halloween games and eat lots of pizza. As this month is wrapping up we are gearing
up for the next few months to come, and we expect them to be just as exciting and fun as
this one.
Parents joined their children during the
after school activities.
—Anthony Oliveras, Site Coordinator at Rio Del Mar
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Voices of Hope Choir & Orchestra Performance!
Rio After School Program Provided
by The Boys & Girls Clubs of
Greater Oxnard and Port
Hueneme
Our Mission as an After School
Program is to inspire and enable all
young people, especially those who
need us the most, to reach their full
potential as productive, responsible,
and caring citizens.
You are cordially invited to our annual Voices of Hope Choir Christmas Performance at the Oxnard Performing Arts on December 21st,
2012 at 7:00pm.
See you there!
—MaryAnn Woodard
Music Coordinator at After School Programs
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Oxnard and Port Hueneme mission is
to help youth reach their fullest potential through a positive environment, lifelong learning, and quality
programs dedicated to the arts,
education, character and leadership
development, health and recreation.
Rio School District After School Program Directory
Omar Zapata
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater
Oxnard and Port Hueneme
Corporate Office
1900 West Fifth Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm
Director of After School Programs
Rio Real Elementary
805-815-4959 ext. 206
Susan Lopez and Max Pineda
ozapata@bgcop.org
slopez@bgcop.org
Phone: 805-815-4959
Fax: 805-815-4709
E-mail: PositivePlace@bgcop.org
School Based Program Specialist
Rio Plaza Elementary
lmartinez@bgcop.org
Nataly Zamudio
mpineda@bgcop.org
Luz Martinez
nzamudio@bgcop.org
Rio Rosales Elementary School
Annie Huynh
Rio Vista Middle School
ahuynh@bgcop.org
Wendy Clyde
wclyde@bgcop.org
Rio Del Mar Elementary School
Anthony Oliveras
Rio Del Valle Middle School
Aoliveras@bgcop.org
Alex Renteria
arenteria@bgcop.org
Rio Lindo Elementary School
Leonor Pazos
Nyeland Site
lpazos@bgcop.org
Fernando Garcia
fgarcia@bgcop.org
Rio Del Norte Elementary School
Savannah Winterstein & David McCullough
Voices of Hope Choir
swinterstein@bgcop.org
Maryann Woodard
dcmccollough@bgcop.org
mwoodard@bgcop.org