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| Thought for the Week |
"Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." Lincoln's Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863. |
| Posted On : Saturday, February 06, 2010 |
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| Parent Conferences - Week of 2/8/10 |
Parent conferences will be held Monday - Thursday, 2/8 - 2/11. Students in grades 1 - 6 will be dismissed at 1:00 all week. Kindergarten students will follow their normal schedule (12:00 dismissal on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and 1:00 dismissal on Thursday.)
Parents will be receiving their conference appointment letters in the mail on Monday, 2/1 or Tuesday, 2/2. Please call the office if you have any questions. |
| Posted On : Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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| HOMEWORK CLUB (2/8 and 2/10) |
The Homework Club will meet this Monday and Wednesday from 1:00 - 2:00. This change is because of the parent conference schedule. |
| Posted On : Saturday, February 06, 2010 |
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| Presidents' Holidays! |
There will be no school on Friday, 2/12 or Monday, 2/15 in honor of the Presidents Holidays. Enjoy the long weekend! |
| Posted On : Monday, February 01, 2010 |
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| School Board Meeting - 2/17/10 |
The next regular meeting of the Ballard School Board will take place on Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:00 pm in the multipurpose room. (Please note that this meeting was rescheduled from 2/10 to 2/17.)
The agenda will be posted on the website (Best of Ballard) prior to the meetings.
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| Posted On : Sunday, January 31, 2010 |
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| What's New on the Website?? |
February Calendar & Newsletter (Best of Ballard)
Two Week Calendar (Upcoming Events)
2009/2010 School Calendar (Calendar)
Email & Class Website Information (Faculty)
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| Posted On : Wednesday, February 03, 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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