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.

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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!

Soles For Souls

Soles For Souls

By Colin A., 6th grader, School News Team

The person who brought the Soles for Souls Foundation to Design39Campus is 7th grade student Layla Marzona. The purpose of the Soles for Souls Foundation is to help out other people in the world that do not have shoes and that are getting diseases from not wearing shoes.

Layla Marzona wanted to help out because she wanted to donate shoes to people who need them and don’t have any shoes. Kenya is one of the areas of the world that do not have shoes to wear and now they are getting diseases.  Layla Marzona posted a video on YouTube which talks about the Soles for Souls Foundation and how wearing shoes helps the world. Also it helps the environment and recycling.

So many people throw away their shoes everyday, and she wanted to make use of those by giving them to other people who do not have any shoes. The boxes that hold the shoes are not here anymore because the event is over now. But Layla did collect 550 shoes and her goal was to get 500 shoes. That’s awesome!.

Thank you Layla Marzona for bringing this wonderful, creative Soles for Souls Foundation to Design39Campus.

Service39 Making a Change in Our World

Service39 Making a Change in Our World

By Lauren M., School News Reporter

Our first round of explorations is over and our new ones are here. Service39 is one of the many new explorations here at Design39Campus. It is a way for students to not only interact with their school, but to interact with their community. While in Service 39, you get to find a charitable topic that you can use to write an project proposal, make a flyer, and to put your project out into the community. While doing this you can earn money for a good cause!

Kolby, grade 6, weaving a waterproof sleeping
mat for the homeless.

While interviewing Mrs. Eveleth, the LED of this class,  I learned some interesting things about Service39. The Service39 class is an extension of D39C’s Collaborative group, and it was created by two parents, Mrs. Bradshaw and Mrs. McKittrick. After some brainstorming, the Service39 participants decided to create care packages for the homeless. As Mrs. Eveleth said, everyone is responsible for a part of the package. Some students are responsible for figuring out a way to pack the goods and decorate the package.  Some students are responsible for weaving a 6 foot by 3 foot waterproof sleeping mat made out of Plarn, a yarn made out of recycled plastic bags. Other students are collecting blanket, toys and other things for the homeless people including pet food, toys for young children, and other goodies.

Service39 is doing a great deed to our world. Thanks Service39!

Mrs. De La Torre’s Spanish Class

Mrs. De La Torre’s Spanish Class

By: Colin Altevers Harris

Mrs. De La Torre is a 6th grade homeroom teacher and 7th grade Spanish teacher. She is teaching a Spanish Deep Dive for seventh grade students this year. She obviously wanted to teach Spanish because it is her native language. She was born in Mexico, on the border area. She moved to the United States when she was seven years old. 

During this past week, Mrs. De La Torre gave her students a project. The project was on different areas in the world. The students made  shirts at home and came back with them completed.  The t-shirts had pictures from different areas of the world that speak Spanish.  Also the students put sentences on the front of the t-shirts in Spanish. Here is one of the students from her class.

Mrs. De La Torre would like to teach every grade Spanish.  She thinks eventually our whole school will have a familiarity with Spanish. Mrs. De La Torre also thinks the kids are having fun learning a new language like Spanish.

The E-Waste Drive - October 28th & 29th

The E-Waste Drive

Helping out the Global Problem

By: Nitya, School News Reporter

Do you have any old devices in your house that you don’t use, or just don’t work?  Well, I’m here to tell you that those devices can be hazardous to you and other people.  Those devices add onto a big problem called e-waste.

You may be wondering, what is e-waste or why it is a problem?  E-waste is all of the old, broken, unused devices just lying about.  It’s a problem, because all of these devices have many chemicals inside of them, waiting to leak out.  When you throw these devices out, they land in a landfill. When they just sit in a landfill, lead, mercury, and even more chemicals leak out and poison the ground, the air, or water source.  These chemicals also affect the health of the people in the surrounding area.

Some students at Design39 have chosen to do something about this e-waste problem.  So, do you have any old devices in your house that you don’t use, or just don’t work that you really want to get rid of?  Well, if you do, the chance to get rid of them is coming soon. On October 28th and 29th, the First Lego League Team, ‘EVAwesome’,  will collect your e-waste for recycling after school at Design 39.  Drop off your old devices in the e-waste collection bin, located at the school parking lot. Once you drop it off, the electronic waste will get picked up and recycled.  Not only will you get rid of the devices you don’t need, but you will help solve a global problem.  Help out the school and the earth, take care of this digital problem.