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| No Homework Club This Week |
The Multipurpose Room is being used for the Book Fair.
We will have Homework Club again the week of 12/16. |
| Posted On : Sunday, December 8, 2013 |
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| Ballard School Information |
Enrollment: 106 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 : Sunday, August 25, 2013 |
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| Thought for the Week |
"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."
– Nelson Mandela
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| Posted On : Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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| Upcoming |
December Character Trait - Trustworthiness
Mon, 12/9
• Book Fair set up: Library Closed
• Music in classrooms: 5th/6th (12:45), 4th (1:30), 3rd (2:15)
• No Homework Club
Tues, 12/10
• Book Fair: Library Closed
• Music in classrooms: 2nd (12:45), 3rd (1:30), 1st (2:15)
• Garden: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 6th
• No Homework Club
New on the Website
Please click on the 'Best of Ballard' and 'PTA' tabs for more up to date information. Including...
- School Board Meeting Agenda: 12/11/13 (Best of Ballard)
- School Board Meeting Update: 11/20/13 (Best of Ballard)
- Revised PTA Budget (PTA)
- School Board Meeting Minutes: 10/10/13 (Best of Ballard)
- 2013/2014 School Calendar (Best of Ballard) |
| Posted On : Monday, December 9, 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!)
Monday, 12/9/13
1 flora - n. The aggregate of plants growing without cultivation in a district.
2 immerse - v. To plunge or dip entirely under water or other fluid.
3 technique - n. Manner of performance.
4 extraordinary - adj. Unusual.
5 despite - prep. In spite of.
Friday, 12/6/13
1 disobedient - adj. Neglecting or refusing to obey.
2 reminiscent - adj. Pertaining to the recollection of matters of personal interest.
3 vaudeville - n. A variety show.
4 flue - n. A smoke-duct in a chimney.
5 quadruple - v. To multiply by four.
Thursday, 12/5/13
1 dialect - n. Forms of speech collectively that are peculiar to the people of a particular district.
2 ravenous - adj. Furiously voracious or hungry.
3 matinee - n. An entertainment (especially theatrical) held in the daytime.
4 trait - n. A distinguishing feature or quality.
5 hustle - v. To move with haste and promptness.
Wednesday, 12/4/13
1 dissect - v. To cut apart or to pieces.
2 recede - v. To move back or away.
3 misrule - v. To misgovern.
4 gnash - v. To grind or strike the teeth together, as from rage.
5 apparent - adj. Easily understood.
Tuesday, 12/3/13
1 sufficiency - n. An ample or adequate supply.
2 outbreak - n. A sudden and violent breaking forth, as of something that has been pent up or restrained.
3 postgraduate - adj. Pertaining to studies that are pursued after receiving a degree.
4 medallion - n. A large medal.
5 pamphlet - n. A brief treatise or essay, usually on a subject of current interest.
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| Posted On : Monday, December 9, 2013 |
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| Next School Board Meeting |
The next regularly scheduled school board meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 4:00 pm in the MP room.
The agenda for this meeting will be available on the school bulletin board and this website prior to the meeting (under the 'Best of Ballard' link). |
| Posted On : Wednesday, November 20, 2013 |
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| Ballard Shines on the API! |
Ballard Students Shine on API (953)!!
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 953 is…
- the highest API in Santa Barbara County!
- the highest API of all schools in the Santa Ynez Valley!
- 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 : Tuesday, October 22, 2013 |
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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...
- 2013/2014 School Calendar ('Calendar' or 'Best of Ballard')
- 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 : Wednesday, July 24, 2013 |
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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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| 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 physics, 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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