At the end of each school year, there’s always concern on the part of parents and teachers that students will be victimized by brain drain over summer break. It’s no myth. Over the two to three months students are on summer break, they experience an overall learning loss of one month and it takes the first six weeks of school for kids to relearn old material.
On Tuesday, May 7, 6-6:30 p.m., families and friends are invited to the Harmony Project Spring Recital.
Parents may remember, back when they were kids, schools had real classes—math, science, history—and fun classes—art and music. Parents may also remember they perhaps didn’t take art or music very seriously, looking at it more like a break from the demands of serious academics than an actual learning experience.
Everyone is welcome to attend McDonald’s Night on March 28, 5-7 p.m.
Whether large or small, technical innovations have always resulted in positive changes in education. New tech builds upon old tech, and we find ourselves where we are today, which probably started nearly 100 years ago.
Come see the play “Knock Knock,” performed by our Title I staff, on Thursday, February 28, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
Don’t miss our Early Bird Special Registration Event on April 13, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
On March 13, students can sign up for the La Paloma Central Talent Show, which is scheduled to take place on April 5.
February is Black History Month, which recognizes the many, often overlooked, contributions African Americans have made to America’s history. The evolution of Black History Month has an interesting history of its own, and dates back to the end of the Civil War.
La Paloma Central’s Daddy-Daughter Dance will be on Friday, March 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event, which has a Mardi Gras theme, features a dinner, dancing, and memories galore for female students and the significant male in their lives.
Many kids spend the third Monday of February sleeping in late and enjoying a day off from school. With an extended weekend in their future, it’s a perfect time to explain to your children the full—and slightly complicated—history of Presidents Day.
From February 11-15, La Paloma’s Central campus will be celebrating literacy and letting students proclaim their school spirit, all in the same week.
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