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| Ballard School Information |
Enrollment: 116 students
Telephone: 805-688-4812
Fax: 805-688-7325
2425 School Street
Solvang, CA 93463
Superintendent/Principal: Allan Pelletier
apelletier@ballardschool.org
(You may also click on the word 'email' to your right.)
Administrative Assistant: Gina Floyd
gfloyd@sbceo.org
Board of Trustees
- Chris Kazali (President)
- David Watkins (Clerk)
- Sandra Knight |
| Posted On : Saturday, March 09, 2013 |
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| Thought for the Week |
May Character Trait: Compassion & Empathy
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
— Anatole France
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| Posted On : Sunday, May 12, 2013 |
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| Upcoming... |
Fri, May 17
- Dunn Track Meet (6th)
- Astronomy Presentations (1st & 3rd)
- Library: 2nd (1:15)
- Music: 5th/6th (12:45), 4th (1:30), 2nd (2:15)
- Arts Outreach: 3rd
- PTA Meeting: 2:00
Sun, May 19
- Ballard Night at the Book Loft: 6:00 – 8:00
Mon, May 20
- Library: K (8:45), 6th (1:30), 1st (2:15)
- Music: 5th/6th (12:45), 4th (1:30), 3rd (2:15)
- NO HOMEWORK CLUB TODAY
Have a fantastic week!!!
New on the website...'Best of Ballard' tab
- May/June Calendar of Events
- School Board Meeting Update (5/16/13)
- School Board Meeting Agenda (5/16/13)
- School Board Minutes (3/14/13)
- 2012/2013 School Calendar |
| Posted On : Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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| From MyDailyWords.com |
(Students need to learn between 2,000 – 3,000 new words each year. 5 words/day helps!)
Friday, 5/17/13
1 broadcast - adj. Disseminated far and wide.
2 encourage - v. To inspire with courage, hope, or strength of mind.
3 justification - n. Vindication.
4 maneuver - v. To make adroit or artful moves: manage affairs by strategy.
5 tremendous - adj. Awe-inspiring.
Thursday, 5/16/13
1 valid - adj. Founded on truth.
2 periodicity - n. The habit or characteristic of recurrence at regular intervals.
3 habitant - n. Dweller.
4 petrify - v. To convert into a substance of stony hardness and character.
5 suspense - n. Uncertainty.
Wednesday, 5/15/13
1 metaphor - n. A figure of speech in which one object is likened to another, by speaking as if the other.
2 confederate - n. One who is united with others in a league, compact, or agreement.
3 fragile - adj. Easily broken.
4 ancestry - n. One's ancestors collectively.
5 kiln - n. An oven or furnace for baking, burning, or drying industrial products.
Tuesday, 5/14/13
1 unnatural - adj. Artificial.
2 bric-a-brac - n. Objects of curiosity or for decoration.
3 commemorate - v. To serve as a remembrance of.
4 default - n. The neglect or omission of a legal requirement.
5 altitude - n. Vertical distance or elevation above any point or base-level, as the sea.
Monday, 5/13/13
1 solar - adj. Pertaining to the sun.
2 underhanded - adj. Clandestinely carried on.
3 hypocrite - n. One who makes false professions of his views or beliefs.
4 adhere - v. To stick fast or together.
5 preparation - n. An act or proceeding designed to bring about some event.
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| Posted On : Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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| Next School Board Meeting |
The board will hold a special school board meeting on Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at 4:00 pm in the MP room.
The next regularly scheduled school board meeting will take place on Thursday, June 20, 2013 at 4:00 pm in the MP room.
The agenda for these meetings will be available on the school bulletin board and this website prior to the meeting (under the 'Best of Ballard' link).
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| Posted On : Friday, May 17, 2013 |
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| Ballard Shines on the API! |
Ballard Students Shine on API (933)!!
Last spring, all students in grades 2 – 6 took the California STAR assessment. As usual, Ballard students impressed with their performance! The students' individual scores are combined to yield one school score called the Academic Performance Index (API). You may recall that the API is one measure of a school’s success on the California. The API range is 200 – 1000, with a ‘target’ of 800.
Ballard's score of 933 is…
- the highest API of all schools in the Santa Ynez Valley!
- the 5th highest school API in Santa Barbara County!
- one of the highest API scores in the state of California!
Congratulations to all of our students, families, and staff!
This continues to show that hard work...works!!
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| Posted On : Friday, October 19, 2012 |
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| What's on the Website?? |
You can find a school district boundary map, monthly calendars, board meeting agendas and minutes, and more in the 'Best of Ballard' section of this website.
Others...
- 2011/2012 School Calendar ('Calendar')
- Email & Class Website Information ('Faculty')
Please do not hesitate to call (688-4812) or email (apelletier@ballardschool.org) if you cannot find what you are looking for.
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| Posted On : Monday, July 25, 2011 |
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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 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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| Teacher Resources |
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| General K-5 |
- SBCEO Portal - Santa Barbara County Education Office site that provides academic resources for researching, language arts, math, science, history, and much more.
- Kahn Academy - With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to phsysics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
- http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw - Drawing Program.
- http://www.sbplibrary.org - Santa Barbara Public Library.
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| Kindergarten |
- Starfall - Kindergarten games, letters, sounds, reading, and more.
- Kinderweb - Letters, adding, subtracting, telling time, shapes, currency, and much more.
- PBS Math Games (K) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
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| First Grade |
- Starfall - First grade games, letters, sounds, reading, and more.
- Academic Skill Builders - Learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.
- Tooth Tally (synonyms) - Practice words that have similar meanings.
- Frearless Frieda (spelling) - Help Frieda surf as you spell words.
- Squanky the Tooth Taker (antonyms) - Help the tooth fairy find pairs of words with opposite meanings.
- Monkey Business - Help the monkey cross the bridge by making a complete sentence.
- PBS Math Games (1st) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
- http://storylineonline.net/ - Story Online present books read by actors.
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| Second Grade |
- Synonyms - Game to practice words that are similar.
- Tooth Tally (synonyms) - Practice words that have similar meanings.
- Squanky the Tooth Taker (antonyms) - Help the tooth fairy find pairs of words with opposite meanings.
- Frearless Frieda (spelling) - Help Frieda surf as you spell words.
- Academic Skill Builders - Learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.
- Fun Brain - Arcade with math and reading games.
- Contractions - Game to help learn contraction words.
- PBS Math Games (2nd) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
- Wordshake - Make as many words in three minutes with 16 letters. How many points can you get?
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