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This past week, Ms. Cutler’s 8th grade science class designed, built, and tested catapults. This NGSS project was designed to introduce concepts of motion and forces, while embedding engineering practices and the principles governing scientific investigations.
In Ms Munoz’s 7th Grade English ESM STEAM class, students created their own board games to practice various grammar elements while having fun! Students also finished reading the classic science fiction story, “A Sound of Thunder” by Ray Bradbury. After analyzing the story, students wrote theme responses relating to The Butterfly Effect, and created videos in which they presented their environmental-related “cause and effect” visuals.
May 10th was National Bike to School Day and Thomas Starr King celebrated in style.
Thanks to all who made Bike to School Day a success!!!
The sixth grade ESM received a Havasi Grant to participate in collaborative workshop between the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains and the Audubon Society. Students traveled to Malibu Lagoon State Beach where they studied Estuary Ecology.
During the first week of May, ESM sixth graders set sail with the Top Sail Program in San Pedro. Students boarded brigantines, 110-foot ships. and the adventure began! Students were not merely passengers on this journey, but crew trainees. They raised and trimmed the sails, stood lookout, steered the course they set, and climbed the rigging to furl sails while balancing on foot ropes. A pod of about 25 dolphins swam up to starboard and continued to swim underneath and then surfaced on the port side of the ship. They were incredibly close, and it was an amazing sight. Plus, there were lots of sea lions and pelicans swimming along with the ship. Students sailed the ships out of San Pedro Harbor into the open ocean. It was a very exciting day!
King Orchestra, conducted by our fabulous music teacher Mr. Boktor, opened the 14th Bach, Rock & Shakespeare festival at the Greek Theater! The two pieces they played are Game of Thrones and Gonna Fly Now. They rocked it!!
King’s Theatre Company’s production of, The Crucible was a huge success! Thank you to our talented cast and crew, our amazing theater teacher Ms. Isenberg, and the support of our wonderful King families and staff.
Artfully directed through the Jaxx Theatricals After School program, our King students were simply dazzling in their performance of this most memorable musical and greatest love story! Our Jets and Sharks and two young idealistic lovers conveyed such vitality and meaning in their heart-wrenching struggle for survival, you were sure to chuckle at their wit and shed tears at the dramatic denouement. Bravo!!!
Los Angeles Environmental Fair: Ms. Williams, Mr. French, and Ms. Gardea, along with several wonderful parents, accompanied several sixth grade students when they exhibited their service learning projects at the 38th Annual L.A. Environmental Fair at the Los Angeles Arboretum. Students presented research on the Los Angeles Watershed and their waste reduction projects.
Underwood Farms Visit: After an in-depth study of sustainable agriculture, 7th grade ESM students visited Underwood Farms. Students were treated to a talk about vegetables, fruits and sustainability at the farm, and were able to pick their own vegetables to take home to prepare for a family meal. Ms Munoz, Ms Altounian, Mr Clifford and Ms Burke joined the students on this memorable day!
