October 2011 - Albuquerque School of Excellence

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October 2011
Robotics Club at ASE
By Baymuhammet Dadebayev: 6th—8th
grade Computer Teacher, ASE
September 30, 2011
Volume 1, Issue 1
As a Robotics club, we
recently began designing parts that are going
to be used in a Robotics competition. Students are also building
parts for this year’s
mission which is titled
"Food Factor". After
finishing with the
building part, they are
going to prepare a
Power Point presentation based on the
topic. After the design
effort we are then going to start the equally
important programming effort.
Inside this issue:
Geography Bee P.2
Club needs you!;
Math Games
Creative Writing Column;
Latest National
Sports News;
Math Counts
Club
Dear
P.4
“MeOhMy”;
Hot Air Balloons
(Photos by Bonnie Murphy)
“Students are also building
parts for this year’s mission
which is titled ‘Food Factor’”
October Events; P.5
The Art of Paper Marbling
By Melissa White
Word from the Health Office
Winter is getting closer
which means that you will
be staying indoors a little
more than usual, and this is
how germs spread. Please,
remember to take these
precautions to have a safe
and healthy winter.
1. Cover you mouth with
your arm, not with your
hands, when you sneeze or
cough. Germs spread very
easily when you cough or
sneeze in your hands and
then touch someone or
something.
P.3
—School Nurse,
ASE
2. Please get your flu shot
or flu mist. Please contact
your health provider to
discuss which option is best
for you.
(See “Health” Continued
on page 2)
Welcome Student Council
Members!; Upcoming Events;
Media Literacy
Club
P.6
Behind the
Scenes at ASE;
ASE Students
Make Art for
Contest.
P.7
Back Cover:
Parents & Community Involvement
Geography Bee Club needs you!
By Nathaniel Martinez: 5th grade student, ASE
If you are good at geography this
might be your chance to become
a geography bee champion. If
you’re bad at geography this is
your chance to get better. But
hurry up and sign in, because we
need more people to keep running the Geography bee club.
This can be a once in a lifetime
opportunity. Moreover, you can
represent our school and New
Mexico. Geography bee is like
spelling bee. A person will ask a question and you will
have to answer the
question on a paper
and yes, this goes
worldwide. More
important, we will
have a lot of fun
learning geography
while we share
snacks!!!!
(Health)
classmates from getting sick.
(Continued from page 1)
3. If you are sick with fever, vomiting, or diarrhea, please stay
home. Do not come to school.
You will need to stay home for
24 hours and return only when a
Dr. allows you to come back or
are fever-free for 24 hours without medicine such as Tylenol or
Motrin. This prevents your
Math Games Club
Monday's after school we will be
building math skills in a fun way!
Games for lower grades (2-5) in
addition, subtraction, multiplication and division with board
games, BINGO with a twist, and
Extreme connect-the-dots. The
upper grades (4-6) are challenged
with fraction war, coordinate
4. Frequently wash your hands.
Please, keep your germs to yourself, even if that means staying
home when you’re not feeling
good. If you need your homework, the front offices/teachers
“Please keep your germs to
yourself, even if that means
staying home when you’re not
feeling good.”
will help get your homework and
any other information you may
have missed due to your illness.
If you are absent for three or
fewer days, please have your parents write a letter explaining why
you were out to be excused . If it
is more then three days we will
need a doctor’s note, explaining
your illness. VACATIONS ARE
NOT EXCUSED absences.
By Leslee Landavazo: 5th grade Math & Science Teacher, ASE
grid "Where's Wilson", Sudoku
and more.
(Photo by Bonnie Murphy)
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October 2011
Creative Writing Column
“Stranded” by Jacob Buffkin:
6th grade student, ASE.
Part I — Going Down:
“We’re going down!” the pilot
alerted the crew. The ship that
they were in was malfunctioning and they were going to hit
the planet in front of them.
They entered into the atmosphere; they were closing in on
the ground and were about to
crash. “Pull up, pull up!” the
captain ordered. “I can’t! It’s
stuck!” their pilot said. They
crashed nose first. After a while,
“Pull up, pull up!” the captain
ordered. “I can’t. It’s stuck!” their
pilot said.
they found that their captain was
pinned to his chair in the cockpit. TO BE CONTINUED….
(Photo Courtesy of Renjith Krishnan)
Latest National Sports News
By Gabe Aragon and Tommy Paasche: 7th grade students, ASE
FOOTBALL
BASEBALL
COLLEGE WRESLTING
The Denver Broncos current
game against the Oakland Raiders wasn’t their best game of all
time, they lost at their home stadium in Denver, Colorado at the
Invesco Field at Mile High. The
Raiders took a victory of only a
three point win
The current baseball game was
the Nationals taking on the New
York Mets. The Mets had a
pretty rough time keeping up
with the Nationals, the Nationals
had an outstanding victory over
the New York Mets with the final score of 10-1 with the Nationals in the lead.
The final two U.S. women’s freestyle wrestlers and the first U.S.
men's freestyle wrestler have
weighed in and received their
first matches for the World
Wrestling Championships on
Friday.
Math Counts Club
Have you ever been tired of doing simple math? Well today is
your lucky day! In Math Counts
club you can take advanced math
classes. When you do a good job
you will be rewarded nicely. This
will help you to improve your
grades in math. You will be
ahead of your current math, so
Volume 1, Issue 1
By Nathaniel Martinez: 5th grade student, ASE
future math will be just a review
for you. Even high school and
college math will be much easier!
Your parents will be happy as
your test scores will be better. If
you get really good you can even
compete in Math Olympics.
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“Dear Me-Oh-My”
By Me-Oh-My, anonymous, ASE
Dear Me-Oh-My,
you think?
I am a 5th grade student at Albuquerque School of Excellence. In
our Media Literacy Club, we are
putting together a school newsletter. Do you think we should
talk about stuff that's happening
in our school? Should we talk
about problems in the school
and how to change them? Is it
important for us to put together
a school newsletter? What do
Sincerely, a 5th grade student.
completely anonymous! Just
email your letters in to Mrs.
Murphy, a fifth grade teacher,
whenever you like; then she will
give it to me to answer. – (it
doesn’t just have to be about
school either. And this is not
just for students to write in,
teachers can as well.) As long as
your “Dear MeOhMy” is appropriate then I will try to answer
your questions efficiently and to
the best of my ability! I person-
Hot Air Balloons
Dear 5th grade student,
The school news letter represents
the school, students, the teachers
who teach here, the administrators, parents who volunteer, and
a safe, collaborative community.
So, the school news letter has to
represent the people who write
it. Sure, it has to be goal ori-
ally think that the school news
letter is very important and
should be thought of as a high
responsibility and an opportunity! If you wish to include
school projects or what’s going
on in your class / classes then be
“I personally think that the school
news letter is very important and
should be thought of as a high
responsibility and an opportunity”
By Victoria Montoya and Ariel Riddle:
7th grade students, ASE
At the end of this month, on
Friday, September 30th, the 7th
grade classes will be launching
hot air balloons ; not any hot air
balloons, but balloons made out
of tissue paper! The whole
school will be able to watch this
sight as it happens. This launch
will take place in the parking lot
(Photo Courtesy of creativedoxfoto)
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ented, but you (being the writer)
can add your own personal twist
to it. So, if you have concerns or
questions about the school that
you want addressed, then that is
what the segment, “Dear Me-OhMy” is about. You simply write
your questions or concern about
the school, homework, tests, or…
basically anything that could be a
question or concern to you and
it will remain
my guest, go right ahead! Your
choice, your thought because
remember it is as good as we
make it!
Sincerely,
Me-Oh-My
of the school. You will see different groups' balloon's float into
the sky. The balloons will go very
far, until they are out of sight.
They will float as high as they
can go. If the 7th graders for
some reason can't get the balloons finished in time or the
weather is not good for flying,
then the balloon launch will be
held another day. However, the
launch will happen one way or
another. (continued on next page)
October 2011
October Events
By Amanda Cress Tillotson: 6th-7th grade English Teacher / Activities Director, ASE
October 10th— Students that didn’t
like their portraits get a second
chance today.
October 11th— 1st and 2nd grade
classess will be going to the pumpkin patch and the Dino Maize!
Bring sack lunches and multiple
layers in case it is cold. All students
in 1st and 2nd grade will need to
bring $8 for activity fees for the
field trip. Each student gets to take
home a pumpkin from the patch!
Friday, October 21st— Students will
be having an early dismissal. Parent/ teacher conferences will take
place in the afternoon. Please check
“Friday, October 21st Students will be having an
early dismissal.”
University of New Mexico. Students
will get a chance to ask about the
campus and what college life is like.
Also, keep your eyes peeled for the
Fall Carnival!
the website for updates on this.
Tuesday, October 26th— 8th and
9th grade students will be having
lunch with representatives from the
(Photo Courtesy of Arvind Balaraman)
Hot Air Balloons (continued)
Just imagine seeing many
different colors of balloons
in the sky. No one will want
to miss this amazing launch
(Photo Courtesy of Dan)
“The balloons will go very far,
until they are out of sight. They
will float as high as they can
go”
The Art of Paper Marbling (Ebru)
Come join us at the Art of Paper
Marbling! It is a very unique type
of art, originating from Turkey.
It uses different styles and techniques to create different types
each time. If you want to find
out about the special secrets of
this unique art, join us now before the spots are full!
Volume 1, Issue 1
because it is the school's first
year holding the balloon
launch. Let's hope for some
good weather and that everyone gets done on time.
Please try to be present for
this great event because it
will be an incredible sight!
By Sueda Cetinkaya: 6th grade student, ASE
(Photos by Bonnie Murphy)
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Welcome Student Council Members!
By Khara Sandoval: 6th-8th grade Social Studies, ASE
Congratulations to the new ASE
Student Council members!
Meeting times for student council will soon be announced:
Jessica—8th grade
Sabin—9th grade
Krystal—9th grade
Sierra—7th grade
Logan—6th grade
Summer—6th grade
Alyssa—9th grade
Raye—7th grade
Sydni—6th grade
Angelo—7th grade
Rico—6th grade
Tyler—9th grade
4, 2011. Our Thanksgiving
Night will be on November
17th, with more information to
come about this family event.
coming out regarding this event.
Daniel—6th grade
Fared—6th grade
Jacob—9th grade
Jennah—7th grade
Upcoming Events
By Amy Green and Edie Allen
Fundraising Committee Events:
The Jog-A-Thon money will be
due September 28, 2011 after
school in the lobby. We are having the World’s Finest Chocolate fundraiser starting September 20, 2011. The box of chocolate is worth $50.00, the money
for the chocolate is due October
Media Literacy Club
Spirit Committee Event:
Fall Festival will be October 28,
2011, more information will be
“We are having the World’s Finest
Chocolate fundraiser starting
September 20, 2011.”
By Andre Miller: 5th grade student, ASE
I got into this club because I
love, literally love writing and
reading. I especially love reading.
What we’re doing is watching
videos about advertisements and
famous advertisements so we understand why we advertise. First,
we’re probably going to apply
advertisements to see how it
(Photo courtesy of Bonnie Murphy)
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(Photo Courtesy of Paul)
works and then plan an advertisement. Once we have
all agreed, we will evaluate
one and just keep having fun
with advertisements. Also,
we’re doing a school newsletter. It’s really fun! P.S. If
you read this and liked it
and see me in the hallway,
give me an E-five!
October 2011
Behind the scenes at ASE
(Photos by Bonnie Murphy)
At the heart of the Albuquerque
School of Excellence is a dedicated group of Administration
and Staff. We will continually
strive towards maintaining the
high academic standards that
will powerfully propel us into the
21st century. Because of our
supportive parents, the Faculty
and Staff will guide our students
(Photo above) - ASE Staff meeting
in Mr. Arik’s Science Room
(Photo right) - ASE Principal, Mr.
Cetinkaya
beyond all community and state
mandated expectations. The
Faculty, Staff and Administrators
at ASE are caring, competent,
dedicated and willing to assist
you.
ASE Students Make Art For Contest
Some students at ASE this
week decided to try their
chance to win money with
their ART. Students created
an original piece of Art for the
Hispanic Heritage Month
Youth Art Contest. The
theme of the contest was,
“Many Backgrounds, Many
Stories….One American
Spirit”. Winners
By Miss Barron: Art Teacher, ASE
will be invited to attend
and display their artwork at
the Hispanic Heritage Diversity Celebration held at
Sandia National Laboratories on Wednesday, September 28 from 11:30 am1pm. Thanks to all the students who entered the contest, you did a fabulous
job.
(Photo Courtesy of Miss. Barron)
Volume 1, Issue 1
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The mission of Albuquerque School of Excellence (ASE) is to
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provide a safe and collaborative environment which will cultivate the academic and social development for all students regardless of their socio-economic status by emphasizing math, science,
and technology for the purpose of setting and meeting higher education goals. The vision of Albuquerque School of Excellence is
to enable to students to succeed in school and have options to
enter math, science and engineering careers. ASE is a college
preparatory charter school focusing on math, science, and technology. Members of ASE believe that excelling in math and
science prepares youth to succeed in college, the workplace, and
the 21st century.
Newsletter Editor–In-Chief: Mr. Arif Kazanci - Dean of Academics
www.abqse.org
Editor: Mrs. Bonnie Murphy—5th grade English Language Arts /
Social Studies Teacher, ASE
Post-Production: Mr. David Murphy—Volunteer
Parents & Community Involvement
By visiting students and the families at
home, our teachers help build strong
communication and a caring classroom.
Teachers talk about student progress,
programs and planning; parents provide
priceless feedback and input; and students improve both academically and
socially.
Thank you to parents & members of
the community for everything you do!
You are integral to the mission of ASE!
Together we are making a difference.