EMILY'S STORY

Joseph Nseir, Trevor Burgoyne, and Runali Hatalkar

New Vistas 2nd & 4th Grade Students Adopt Entire US Marine Platoon in Afghanistan

Even though 2nd Lt. Emily Lyren is far away from home this year, she and her 40 man US Marine Platoon will not be forgotten.  New Vistas Center for Education 2nd and 4th grade students have adopted Emily and her entire platoon stationed in Afghanistan.  Forty-six students in all will be sending frequent care packages, letters, and gifts to ease the strain of a 6 month deployment to distant combat zones.

The New Vistas 2nd and 4th graders are students of mathematics teacher, Andrea Pearson and daughter, Mandy Pearson, a longtime friend of Emily's.  Andrea states:  "These soldiers often work 18 hour days in grueling heat at a remote combat post where personal time is in short supply.  So imagine a soldier during “mail call” hearing his or her name called out, and being able to physically hold something from “home” that instantly takes them away from the harshness of their surroundings, even if it’s only for a few minutes."  




Dhruv Khatri and Karan Bhullar

 

SCHOOL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR WINNERS


We are so happy to announce our school winners for the 2011 New Vistas Center for Education Science and Engineering Fair!

First Place: Vika Laloudakis

Second Place: Thomas Duke

Third Place: Pranav Konuru



Pranav Konuru, Thomas Duke, Mrs. Shipley and Vika Loloudakis



SCIENCE FAIR

The 4th, 5th and 6th grade students at New Vistas worked very hard on their Science Projects and that hard work was evident! 

Students, teachers, staff and parents had the opportunity to view these science display boards on Thursday, March 10th. 

Winners information will be posted in the April newsletter!

SEUSSVILLE

Theodor Seuss Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on March 2, 1904.   He attended Dartmouth College in New Hampshire and Oxford in England. 

At the time of his death on September 24, 1991, Ted had written and illustrated 44 children's books, including such all-time favorites as Green Eggs and Ham, Oh, the Places You'll Go, Fox in Socks and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. His books have been translated into more than 15 languages. 

Over 200 million copies had found their way into homes and hearts around the
world.

Many of the younger classes at New Vistas participated in Read Across America 2011 and celebrated the 'would be' 107th birthday of Dr. Seuss!

Mrs. McSweeney and Mrs. Castine dressed for the occasion.

BON APPETITE

Each month the students at New Vistas have the opportunity to study a different country, learning that country's greetings, customs, geography and much more. 

There has been much joy in Mrs. McSweeney's All Day Preschool class as they have begun their segment about France this March and food was the lesson on Friday. 

French cuisine is exquisite and famous worldwide.  You can experience dishes prepared with subtle flavors to very bold flavors. From complicated recipes to the most simplistic. And French food is pretty food. Even when the meal is simple, it is elegantly presented.

Our students had the opportunity to experience a French picnic enjoying their meal in Arizona's wonderful March weather sitting in our grassy area, listening to the birds chirping and the slight rustling of leaves. Their meal was a simple dish of various cheeses, French baguettes, luscious grapes, crisp apples and sparkling white grape juice.

Merci (pronounced as mare-see) to all our well behaved diners!