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| Thought for the Week |
"Yesterday is not ours to recover, but
tomorrow is ours to win or to lose."
- Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Posted On : Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
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| No School - Monday, March 15, 2010 |
Monday, 3/15/2010, is a staff development day - - meaning NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS. The teachers will be working with ne English/Language Arts materials to determine which program will be adopted for Ballard School. School is back in session on Tuesday. |
| Posted On : Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
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| Additions to the Calendar |
6th grade D.A.R.E. Graduation - Wednesday, March 31, 6:00 pm in the Solvang School gymnasium
Spring Sing: Thursday, April 22
STAR Testing: Wednesday, April 28 - Friday, May 14
Open House: Thursday, May 13 |
| Posted On : Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
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| School Board Meetings - 3/9/10 & 3/17/10 |
The next regular meeting of the Ballard School Board will take place on Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the multipurpose room. A special meeting of the board will take place on Tuesday, March 9, 2010 at 6:00 pm in multipurpose room. The purpose of the special meeting will be to review board policies and administrative regulations. Both agendas will be available on this website prior to the meeting.
The agenda will be posted on the website (Best of Ballard) prior to the meetings.
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| Posted On : Friday, February 19, 2010 |
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| What's New on the Website?? |
March Calendar & Newsletter (Best of Ballard)
Special Board Meeting Agenda, 3/9/10 (Best of Ballard)
Two Week Calendar (Upcoming Events)
2009/2010 School Calendar (Calendar)
Email & Class Website Information (Faculty)
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| Posted On : Sunday, March 07, 2010 |
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| Weekly Calendar of Events |
Do you need to know when you have music or library? There are always a lot of great things going on at Ballard School! Click on the 'Upcoming Events' tab for the latest information! |
| Posted On : Friday, May 22, 2009 |
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| Ballard Shines on the API! |
Congratulations Ballard’s students, staff, and parents! Earlier this week the California Department of Education released the 2009 Academic Performance Index results for schools and districts. You may recall that the API is one measure of a school’s success on the California Standards Tests that were administered last spring. The API range is 200 – 1000, with a ‘target’ of 800. Santa Barbara County has 117 schools that received API scores in 2009, and 7 of those schools’ API exceeded 900. Please see the table below.
Santa Barbara County API
Summerland Elem - 968
Cold Spring Elem - 959
Montecito Elem - 941
Ballard Elem - 927
Mountain View Elem - 917
Washington Elem - 912
Hope Elem - 902
Hard work works!
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| Posted On : Monday, October 19, 2009 |
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Ballard School is located in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley on the central coast of California in Santa Barbara County. This public school teaches students from kindergarten to 6th grade. In the early days, since the schoolhouse was the only public building in the valley, it was often used for church services, weddings, funerals and the meeting place of the Good Templar Lodge and the Farmer's Alliance. It also has served as the site for lectures, social entertainment, lively debates, singing and Saturday night dances.
If you have a great story to tell about Ballard School or old time photos you would like to share, please email us and we can include it on our website. We want to preserve the history of our fabulous school.
Phone: 805-688-4812 Fax: 805-688-7325
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