Physical Fitness Test (PFT)
Inspiration Station Booking REMINDERS!
Happy Planning!
Utilizing Enrichment Certificates for Service Orders
High School!
Session recordings include:
- The College Application Process
- UC/CSU Application Process
- Common Application Info Session
Make sure you head over to Inspire High School Resource Site for all things High School.
Website: https://sites.google.com/inspireschools.org/highschool/home?authuser=0
Every Kid in a Park!
To help engage and create our next generation of park visitors, supporters and advocates, Federal Land Management agencies, launched the Every Kid in a Park initiative. The immediate goal is to provide an opportunity for each and every 4th-grade student across the country to experience their federal public lands and waters in person throughout the school year.
Every year, beginning September 1, all kids in the fourth grade have access to their own Every Kid in a Park pass at www.everykidinapark.gov. This pass provides free access to national parks across the country.
The Every Kid in a Park pass is good for the 4th grade school year, until August 31, 2019. Information on obtaining the pass is available by visiting www.everykidinapark.gov.
2018-2019 Testing Schedule
Lending Library!
1315 Corona Point Ct. #102
Corona, CA 92881
The operating hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am to 2 pm.
You can return INSPIRE purchased items to your HST or at the Lending Library. The online system is NOW LIVE here using your Inspiration Station login information.
Inspire School Planner Feedback Survey
Let us know your favorite (or least favorite) things about this year's planners, and what you'd like to see in your planners next school year! Follow the link below to give your feedback.
Hemet 80's Party Vendor Fair
Wednesday, February 27th
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
McSweeny Park (McSweeny Pkwy, Hemet)
Questions? Contact Shaney at shaney@inspireschools.org
Inspire's Leprechaun Trap Making Party!
LEPRECHAUNS ARE VERY SNEAKY AND MISCHIEVOUS CREATURES AND THEY ARE VERY HARD TO CATCH! IT CAN BE VERY TOUGH TO OUTSMART THEM. HOWEVER, WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF TRAP, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN!
WE WILL PROVIDE THE GOLD, RAINBOWS AND OTHER SUPPLIES TO HELP YOU CREATE YOUR TRAP!
PLEASE BRING A SHOE BOX OR OTHER CONTAINER TO DECORATE.
When: March 1st, 10 - 11:30 am
Where: Sunrise Park in Menifee, CA.
RSVP to Hilary DeVries at (951) 265-5165 or hilary@inspireschools.org
Inspire Info Session in Eastvale!
Monday, March 11th at 6 pm
Panera Bread
12376 Limonite Ave., Eastvale
Questions? Contact Debbie Holm at (949) 278-2483 or deborahh@inspireschools.org
Murrieta Vendor Fair
It's happening Wednesday, March 13th from 10 am to 2 pm at the Los Alamos Hills Sports Park.
We will have vendors from all over Southern Riverside County and some product vendors! Enrichment will be onsite! Make sure you fill out our RSVP so we have an idea of how many of our wonderful Inspire families will be attending!
RSVP HERE:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPzWjQYZq0fgr3-wVZrKpydyb0YjYWllSTr618S0pTq_Eekw/viewform?usp=sf_link
We can't wait to see you there!
Pi Day Art in the Park
Math meets art as Julie Moses, Artist and Inspire parent, leads a Pi Day math-inspired art activity. All supplies provided, For students in grades K-12 $10 per student maximum of 20 students.
Sign up on Inspiration Station HERE
Hemet Info Session!
Interested in learning more about Inspire Charter Schools and all that we have to offer? Come join Inspire teachers at the Downtown Deli in Hemet!
Downtown Deli
113 N. Harvard St., Hemet
Monday, March 18th
@ 5:30 pm
Questions? Contact Jamie Corcoran at (951) 260-7803 or jamiec@inspireschools.org
Inspire LEGO Park Day
When: Thursday, March 21st, 2019 at 12:30-2pm
Where: Temeku Hills Park, in Temecula. (park is on the corner of La Serena Way and Meadows Parkway) we will be near the
playground & white gazebo.
Please RSVP to: Connie Villasenor at conniev@inspireschools.org or text (951)208-5933.
Get a Clue Room Escape
Can You Escape?
Test your wits in a live-adventure game to find clues and solve puzzles for 60 minutes of mind-challenging and excitement-filled fun! A toy shop owner has locked you in with a curse that will turn you into a toy and add you to the collection. Before your time runs out, you must find all the clues and solve all the puzzles that the previous toy shop guests who have failed to escape have left for you...
- This event is for students 5th through 12th grades.
- There will be 2 separate rooms. One room for 5th through 7th graders and one room for 8th through 12th graders.
- Cost: $28 per person.
- Students under 18 MUST have a signed waiver to play.https://getaclueroomescape.escapegamesglobal.com/store/externalWaiver?selectDate=true
- There are 10 players in a room.
- This experience is an hour and a half.
- You may leave the room, but you may not reenter. There are no refunds.
- A Game Master is available for hints IF the entire group votes in favor of receiving help.
- The last day to sign up for or cancel this event is Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Sign up on Inspiration Station HERE
Sign Up for Spring Break Camp at Freedom in Motion Parkour Gym!
Freedom in Motion Parkour Gym Day! March 23rd
Come on out and experience a 90-minute introduction to Parkour training with some time for guided exploration.
First Session - 10 to 11:30 am: for Elementary aged students (6 years through 5th grade.)
Second Session - 12:00 - 1:30 pm: for Middle and High School Students.
Use educational funds or pay out of pocket HERE
Questions?
Contact: Autumn Nichols at 951-532-7859
or autumn@inspireschools.org
UCR Botanic Garden Tour 4-12-19
The tour is most appropriate for 3rd grade and above but can be enjoyed by all ages. If your student may not be able to attend the whole tour or needs a break, you can always finish by touring the grounds on your own. A map at the beginning is provided. There are areas to sit and rest.
There is no charge for admission to the UCR Botanic Gardens (see below for parking fee). UCR Botanical Gardens gratefully accept donations of any amount since over half of our operating budget and all of our new initiatives are funded by donations and memberships. The suggested donation is $5 per adult visitor. Donations may be made in the donation box on the Gatehouse near the Gardens entrance or online at www.gardens.ucr.edu orhttps://myadv.ucr.edu/ Become a Friends member online athttp://gardens.ucr.edu/involved/friends.html or by picking up a membership brochure at the entrance.
There is a fee for parking as we are on a college campus:
UCR Botanic Gardens Lot--2-hour maximum, no student parking--Limited parking (~20 spaces) is available at the Gardens entrance. The permit dispenser takes cash and Visa only, issues pay-and-display permits, costs $1.50 for 1 hour and $3 for 2 hours, and does not give change.
UCR Visitor Lot 10--2-hour maximum--The permit dispenser in Lot 10 at the bottom of the Botanic Gardens driveway takes Visa and Discover cards and issues pay-by-space permits.
Sign Up on Inspiration Station HERE
Rock Fitness Field Trip!
Join us on May 3, 2019, from 9 am - 12 pm for a fun-filled morning of rock climbing, high top rope walking, and some basketball court fun. Cost is $10 per person. Sign up by April 12, 2019! Space is limited, don't miss out!
Use Educational Funds or pay out of pocket HERE
Questions? Contact Kallie Hall at kathrynh@inspireschools.org or (619) 519-1371
Lake Elsinore Info Session!
Tuesday, March 12th at 5:30 pm
Starbucks
31800 Grape St.
Lake Elsinore
Questions? Contact Brandi Neal at (951) 523-7541 or brandin@inspireschools.org
Read Across America - March 1 - Riverside
March 1st
12 - 2 p.m.
Orange Terrace Park Playground
20010 Orange Terrace Pkwy, Riverside, CA 92508
Questions? Contact Heather Anderson heathera@inspireschools.org
Riverside County Library System EVENTS!
Head over to http://rivlib.info/website/events
This Week's Vendor Spotlight: Tala Mai Moana
Polynesian dance and culture is centered around the magic of storytelling. This ancient oratory practice can be depicted through song, dance, and chanting. Tala Mai Moana promotes the magic of storytelling from Polynesia through the traditional songs, dances, and chants from the Hawai'ian islands, Tahiti, Samoa and Aotearoa (New Zealand). Through these old traditional stories, students experience the South Pacific through love, compassion, warfare, loss, and everyday activities. In the different classes offered, students will learn basic Hula dance steps, names and also hand movements that help with storytelling; students will eventually learn a full choreography to a classic Hawai'ian mele (song). Students will also learn the basics of Tahitian 'Ura and will be familiar with Tahitian drumming and rhythms--they will then learn about the Samoan Siva and Maori Kapa Haka. In the Hawai'ian Hula portion, students create their stories by working together to combine the basic feet and hand movements to portray their story. Classes encourage teamwork, build good confidence, allow a cultural practice to connect students and enable movement to promote good health in this active class. Classes are every Tuesday evening at the Orange Terrace Community Center in Riverside from 7 - 8 p.m. and are open to everyone. Mahalo, Thank you.
Phone: (951) 345-8499
This Week's Curriculum Spotlight: Build Your Library
This week's curriculum spotlight is a secular literature-based curriculum, that is modeled after the Charlotte Mason style of teaching.
Each Build Your Library secular homeschool program contains full-year lesson plans for history, literature, poetry, art, and science as a PDF download. The comprehensive plans include a reading list, narration cards, vocabulary words, copywork passages, poetry memorization, map work, research projects, notebook pages, science and art projects.
However, it does not contain a math program, so you will need to purchase that separately. While it includes copywork, narration and dictation lessons, you may also want to purchase separate spelling and grammar programs as well, depending on your child.
To get started, you will have some planning to accomplish. You start off with purchasing the PDF (which is very reasonably priced), then start mapping out your year. This includes either purchasing or borrowing the read alouds and readers listed in the PDF Lesson Plan (you will also find their book list on the BYL site for each level) and planning out the activities. Remember to utilize the Inspire Lending Library system or your local Library when looking for the readers and read alouds. When we plan out our next school year, we also note different types of field trips that would be appropriate for that month or lesson. So keep that in mind when making your calendar!
Make sure you head over the Build You Library site. I've already made notes to purchase their Harry Potter Unity Study PDF! Sounds like a fun activity for this Summer!
Website: http://buildyourlibrary.com/
Teaching Tip of the Week: Unit Studies!
I found all of these premade PDF Unit Studies on the Build Your Library site. We're on a Harry Potter kick and was gifted some beautiful hardbound illustrated Harry Potter books.
The unit I am purchasing first covers the initial book in the series, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Here is a synopsis of what you'll find in this unit study:
While reading the book, your child will write their own Wizarding newspaper, make a wand, create a spell glossary (while also learning a bit about Latin and word roots), begin a field guide of Magical Devices, and study a Hogwarts course – this unit covers Herbology – a study of Plants and Herbs with just a touch of magic. You will use two books – Eyewitness Plant (DK Eyewitness Books) and A Kid’s Herb Book: For Children of All Ages as well as complete a variety of projects, from dissecting a flower to studying the lifecycle of a plant to creating a field guide of herbs. This unit study takes approximately 3 weeks to complete and is appropriate for upper-elementary through middle school. The unit is 37 pages and contains more than 10 activity pages, as well as a complete literature study, including vocabulary, copywork and dictation passages, and discussion questions.
I am very excited! You can find a list of all BYL's Unit Studies HERE.
Happy planning!
Candice Zuniga
Email: Candicez@Inspireschools.org
Phone: 714-797-1209
Audrey Everson
Hi everyone! I am a mom of 3 awesome kids ranging in age from 10 to 6 years old. My husband and I are high school sweethearts and have been married for 16 years. Having homeschooled our children over the last 6 years in 3 different states, I've found homeschooling here in California, especially with Inspire Charter, has been a great fit for our homeschool journey. I am grateful for our ability to homeschool so freely and I aspire to assist other families with their own homeschool adventures!
Email: audreye@inspireschools.org
Phone: 951-541-4809
Inspire Charter Schools Contact Info
Website: https://www.inspireschools.org/
Location: 1740 East Huntington Drive #205, Duarte, CA, USA
Phone: (888) 215-3040
