Finance B Class

Finance B Class

Written By: Malak, School News Team

The 6th and 7th grade students in the Finance B class are quite busy with a couple interesting things that they’re working on. The first thing that they have been working on since September are their stocks. They basically look up stocks for companies online. If the stocks are low enough, the students buy them. They hold those stocks for a while until the price of the stocks go up, then the students sell them to gain a profit. This is great practice for the future if you want to make money or save up for something like college.

The second major project that the students in the Finance B class have been working on is their storefront project. The storefront project is pretty complicated and confusing if you don’t know how to do specific things. The main point is to make a business. It could be anything from a restaurant to an electronics store. I decided to focus on one specific group that was making a bakery. They named this bakery CMK Desserts. One of the participants, named Crystal, said “What we have done so far is made a 2D model, a 3D model, a website, a logo, and we also found the expenses for the project.” Crystal explained that the expenses were basically the amount of money for the room, appliances, staff, and more stuff that would be in a store. Her partner Kaitlyn also helped Crystal to build the 3D model on a game called Minecraft. She installed mods to help her get more items that would be in a bakery. “I think it’s really fun that we get to make our own store.” Kaitlyn said, “It’s also cool how we get to use things like Minecraft to help make our design.”

I think that the Finance B class would be fun to join, especially if you’re into business. The Finance B students definitely seems to think so to. You can tell if you look around the classroom and see how the students are very engaged in their work. “What I like about Finance is selling and buying stocks and also doing projects like our storefronts.” said Kaitlyn. Most kids would think that business stuff is boring, but Mr. Manalo definitely brightens it up with fun projects.

Pet Food Drive..Woof, Meow and Squeal!

Pet Food Drive..Woof, Meow and Squeal!

Hi, my name is Tej and this is my partner Shane. We are doing a pet food drive for Helen Woodward AniMeals program. Helen Woodward partners with Meals on Wheels to transport all donated pet food to seniors with pets.

What to donate: We are asking for pet food donations only for dogs, cats and hamsters.

Where to bring the donation:

There will be a big box inside the Welcome Center with a flyer.

When to donate by: Please drop off your pet food donations by Friday Nov. 20, 2015.

Please help us collect food donations for Helen Woodward AniMeals program.

Kindly,

             Tej & Shane

Movie Night At Design39

Movie Night At Design39

by Angelyn and Nitya

The movie night was on October 28, 2015 in the showcase of D39C. The gates opened at 5:30 p.m. and the movie started at 6:00 p.m. This year’s movie was Halloween themed and the movie that they played was Hotel Transylvania. 

We got a chance to talk to one of the collaborative parents that was running the event, and she said, “We thought it would be something fun for the kids to do. We love the movie and especially with Hotel Transylvania 2 right now in theaters, I think that it would be a great choice, and it falls on Halloween, so it all just kind of worked together.” The collaborative isn’t planning on doing another movie night this year, but they are planning on a Family Night and a Magic Trick Night.  “We got to spend about 100 dollars, which was mainly on the little giveaways, the little baggies.” The collaborative prepared 400 treat bags. They wanted the kids to have some fun and with Hotel Transylvania 2 coming out and Halloween coming up, it all just came together. Right when the students came in to get ready, an adult was handing out treat bags to the students.There are about 135 people including parents.

We interviewed some kids about what they thought too.  One student that goes to this school didn’t really like the movie as much. What she liked about the event was the popcorn. If there was going to be another movie night this year, she would come , but only if it is a better movie.

We also interviewed two adults. They brought their kids to the movie night because they were excited. They were excited because it was a new movie and they got to hang out with their family. The parents thought the movie was great. Their kids liked the goody bags that were handed out before the movie started. They would come again if there was another movie night this year but they would like it better if the event was on a Friday. The email that was sent out was a great reminder for them.

The Movie Night was a big success and lots of fun. We just can’t wait until the next one!  Can you?

DIY Halloween Treat Video Blog

Here are some yummy do-it-yourself Halloween treats for kids.  Enjoy!

School News Team

Julia, Ava, Tori, & Lauren

Save water, Save San Diego

Save water, Save San Diego- start with one drop

My name is Tej and I am in 3rd grade. I would like to talk to everyone in D39C about conserving water at school because our city and state is having a drought- which means we are losing water and we won’t have any water if we continue to waste water.

I have 3 ideas to conserve water at school. My first idea is for kids and adults to have a water bottle at all times because if 100 kids don’t have water bottle and they use water fountain there is wastage of water due to spillage.

My second idea is to not keep the water running when washing hands. My third idea is that kids should not fill up the sink to wash their hands as it wastes way too much water than what they really need.

Hope that these ideas come in handy for water conservation. I am happy to create posters and put them around the school, if it helps.

And people reading this blog post; if you have any ideas or would like to help conserve water we can team up together.

Sincerely,

Tej, grade 3

Halloween Costume Parade

Video by Maia, Sasha, and Taylor

DIY Bookmark Blog

Are you tired of dog-ear marking your book pages?  Here are three do-it-yourself solutions to boring bookmarks.

View the video here.

You must be signed in to your D39C Google account to access this video.

By Kira & Maya, School News Team

Beach Clean Up Day - Service39

Beach Clean Up

By: Kolby & Colin, School News Reporters

Say thank you to all the people that came to the beach cleanup. It was hosted on Saturday, September 19th by I Love A Clean San Diego and Service39. Design39Campus students, their family, and their friends helped the community and helped stop pollution. Many people participated in the Del Mar beach clean up, and those people have been coming every year to help protect the sea.  

At the beach they were given a bag for trash, a bag for recycling, a pencil, and a tally sheet to keep track of what you pick up. The list included things like, bottle caps, water bottles, fishing equipment, plastic paper dishes, bags, food, and more.

You could walk down on the sandy beach of Del Mar looking for garbage. Or you could walk above the beach around the park and playground. There were trails that led down the coast next to the Amtrak Surfliner and San Diego County Coaster (the two trains that go up and down the Del Mar Coast.)

Lastly, you can go to the beach every year and help keep our community clean.

Thank you to all the D39C families who came out to help clean the beach!    

A BRIDGE TO BRIDGE!

A BRIDGE TO BRIDGE! 

By Eurielle and Riley  

Our fun after school program, BRIDGE, has got fun

active games for our students! It is a cool way to continue school if parents are at work. Mr. Donny, our BRIDGE head staff that works full time, has creative activities for our students.  

We asked him questions about BRIDGE and we got some interesting answers. “What do you like most about BRIDGE?” we asked. “It gives students an opportunity to continue their school day with Exploration and MIM.  We’re trying to make that the most fun for the students.”

The students can continue school and work on homework, study, and play fun games during BRIDGE. “What are some of the projects you guys have done and are doing?” we asked. “Some things are simple arts and crafts and cardboard building and music or robotics.” They do cool crafts like for example, salt art. They make pictures with glue then sprinkle salt on top. It turned out really cool in the end.

“What has changed from last year and this year?”  Last year was Design39Campus’ first year and grand opening for the students. “Staff are bringing their superpowers, more kids, and 7th graders.” Since this is the second year at Design39campus, it should have changed. “Do you have special plans for students this year?” Mr. Donny answered saying that there was a new program called Mentors to Motivate. Mentors to Motivate is a program where students receive additional homework assistance. Each student has a mentor. They can do arts and crafts. Or play at the basketball courts!

This was what Mr. Donny had to say about the amazing BRIDGE! After gathering this information we came to the conclusion that you better watch out because this year BRIDGE is gonna be AWESOME!

First Grade Halloween Projects

First Grade Halloween Projects

By Ella M. and Kate R., School News Team Reporters

Guess who is doing halloween projects! First graders! Mrs. Kasner and Mrs. Jacob’s class have decided to make costumes of the students’ choice. They are going to have an exhibition on October 30th. At the exhibition, all the groups will have their own booth presenting what they have worked so hard to create. Some kids are making costumes from real life animals and some are doing ghosts and other imaginary things like that. At their exhibition the student will present, What can I see? What can I hear? What can I do?

These kids are 6 or 7 years old and already doing a project that involves researching and lots of time to get the perfect costume. They are using www.kidfacts.com to get all the facts that they need to make their project look like the real thing. They have to find three facts to be able to do their project.  They have a packet that they are all filling out with all the information they need and also drawing what their project is going to look like.

Some kids are making a mask, claws, body, and legs with all the real prints on them. Others are going to be cats. They are also going to make a mask and a shirt and even a shirt as a costume. These students are taking a big step with this project and are working very hard on it. They have come a long way and are doing an amazing job.  We can’t wait to see how everything turns out!