Preparing for Pi Day! 3.1415 … 3/14/15

Why, Vi, why you no like Pi?

Vi Hart Mania!

We are big Vi Hart fans in our class--here's a cool interview with Vi where we see how she makes her amazing videos!

Eastside Arts Festival: March 7 @ Eagle Rock HS

Come enjoy free arts performances, workshops, films and exhibits by student artists! (Featuring the animation work of our own class who attended the LACMA Animation Workshop)

Saturday, March 7

9-3

Eagle Rock High School

1750 Yosemite Drive

The Case of the Gypsy Good-bye: Book Review by Ruby A.

                          Detective Enola Holmes, 14, is searching for the wife of Luis Orlando del Campo, who has mysteriously disappeared. Meanwhile, her brother Sherlock (Holmes!) is searching for her to give her a package. The package is from her long lost mother. Enola, Sherlock, and her other brother, Mycroft, will need to solve these mysteries. What happened to their mother? And to Lady Blanchefleur del Campo?

          The mystery Enola is solving is connected with her past. When she came to London, two people tried to kill her, but luckily she ran away. This memory of Enola’s will help her find who kidnapped Lady Blanchefleur. Also the memory of what her mother taught her will help her solve the mystery of her mother’s package.

          I recommend this book because of the fantastic main character, Enola Homes. She is an independent young woman who solves her mysteries with intelligence, bravery, and style. One of the tools she uses to solve mysteries is to change her identity, which I liked. I also loved the way she spoke, as well as all the language in the book. Her vocabulary included cool words like “enigmatic,” “prattle,’ and “aquiline.” Sometimes it was a little confusing to figure out where they were in London, in 1889, but by the end it became more understandable. All in all, I highly recommend this book.

 #mysteries #familypower #enolaisalonespelledbackwards

Coded It!

This week's Hour of Code has been a BLAST!  It's not too late to join in the fun!

Free Family Film Festival This Weekend!

Head to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art for Family Fun this weekend!

Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival

The 10th annual Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival returns to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on December 13 and 14, 2014. Presenting more than 100 films from around the world—full-length and short animation, live action, and documentary films—the festival is organized for different age groups, from toddlers through teenagers. Select filmmakers and actors will be present for Q&A sessions after each screening.
Find us Saturday and Sunday, December 13 and 14, on the Los Angeles Times Central Court and participate in our film-inspired shadow booth and enter to win one of two art prints from the film The Goat Herder and His Lots and Lots and Lots of Goats!
Pick up your program at the NexGen table the day of your visit. Schedules subject to change.
LACMA, Brown Auditorium and Bing TheaterFree and open to the public
Note: Seating is first come, first served. No preregistration required. This is not a Film Department program. For more information, please contact educate@lacma.org.
Plan Your Visit 

Guest Post: Finding Ryan by Sujey S. 8th Grade

Finding  Ryan

by Sujey S. 8^th Grade

          Mother was cooking breakfast. Kaitiyn was 12 years old, and her very sneaky brother, Ryan, was four.   Father wasn’t there since he was at work. Mother said, "We are going to the store after we eat breakfast." Kaitlyn and Ryan hurried to finish their breakfast.

          Kaitlyn, holding Ryan by the hand, took him to the clean, white car. Mother got in and they left and went to Super K. Mother parked the car close to the store. Kaitlyn’s mother told her to get a cart for her brother. She did, put her brother in the cart, and they went inside the store.

          As soon as they entered the store, they saw a lot of fruits, snacks, vegetables, and …pastries!

Mother said to Kaitlyn, “Go take care of your brother while I get the groceries . Stay next to the pastries with your brother.”  Kaitlyn was looking at all the pastries, but mostly at the RED VELVET CAKE. She wanted a red velvet cake but didn’t know if her would let her get one. While she stood there, staring at the cake and thinking of ways to persuade her mother, Ryan quietly climbed down off the cart.

    Mother was shopping for kale, carrots, tomatoes, and onions, checking the sizes and to see if they had bruises on them. Kaitlyn finally looked over at the cart and did not see her brother. She was worried sick and was turning around to look for him. Then her mom finished picking the vegetables and walked towards the cart.

“Where is your brother?” she asked.

“I don’t  know - he was just here!” Kaitlyn replied.

“Let’s go look for him before someone takes him!” Mother said as they set off to look for him.

While her mom was in the meat section, Kaitlyn looked at the pastries section to see if her brother was hiding in the cupcakes. He had seen a Spiderman cupcake and wanted to eat it. She was mad and worried about her brother, until she heard a sound next to the bathroom. It was a little kid yelling,  

          “I want to go to the bathroom!”

          Then she saw her brother.

         “Why did you climb off the cart?” she asked.

         “Can we go to the restroom now?” was his answer.

           So Kaitlyn took him to the bathroom, then back to their mom. Mother was relieved to see him.

           “We are going to talk about this when we get home but first let me pay for the

stuff,” Mother said.

Kaitlyn explained everything, and Ryan explained to mother that he had to use the bathroom. Mother and Kaitlyn forgave Ryan, and mother forgave Kaitlyn, but she said to keep a better eye next time on her brother. They had a good time eating together.

By the time father came home from work, they decided that they had forgotten about what had happened.