Participants will have the opportunity to demonstrate their entrepreneurial skills by developing their own brands, creating innovative products or services, building effective marketing strategies and engaging directly with customers. The fair will feature a diverse array of student-made items, including original arts and crafts, innovative inventions, delicious baked goods, homegrown plants and much more.

 

For October’s Drop Everything & Build challenge, the middle schoolers and their fathers, grandfathers and visitors were challenged to build the tallest tower they could from just 20 index cards. 

 

The trick was, the tower had to support the weight of one of the visitors’ cell phones. There were a variety of strategies for combining stability and height, and there was a lot of discussion and testing regarding triangles versus cylinders. Thank you to the fathers, grandfathers and visitors who were supportive of the design process and who put their trust in their engineering teams to keep their cell phones from falling! In the end…

The three tallest 7th grade towers were very close in height. The two runner-up teams were Warren and Milton and Keira and Austin. The tallest tower in 7th grade was built by Ethan and Ethan. The second-tallest tower in the 8th grade was built by Tommy and Malena, and the tallest 8th grade tower was built by Anthony and Sima. The runners-up in 6th grade were Atticus and Daniel, and the tallest tower in the entire middle school was built by Xenia and Kaitlin.

Within the Book Fair, there were so many special events—Donuts & Discussions, the JPK-K Family Social, Parents Read-Aloud sessions, author visits, and even a reptile show! None of these events would have been possible without the hard work and support of our wonderful community. It really takes everyone's effort to keep things running smoothly, especially in the behind-the-scenes, non-glamorous roles that often go unrecognized. Your help, whether big or small, made all the difference.

 

A special shout out to Ryan Morehouse and his team for helping us with set-up and clean-up for the Book Fair. The spinning disco ball in the middle of the MPB was the cherry on top for our decorations. 

 

• Gold Sponsors: Jeremy and Luanne Stark (PK, 1st, 3rd), Betty Zhang Family (4th), Shirley Zhang and Ryan Liu (PK), Leidy and Michael Nijjar (PK, 2nd), Melissa and Sabraj Nijjar (1st, 3rd, 6th)

• Library Wish List Sponsors: Tsai Family (1st), Li Family (K), Vicky Liu and Joe Zhou (K), Lydia Lin and Ronald Liu (K, 2nd)

• Book Fair Wish List Sponsors: Claire Chen and Yen Hua Wu (4th), Wendy Wang and Jason He (2nd, 7th), Linda Wang and Victor Fang (7th)

• Hospitality Wish List Sponsor: Ru Jia and Chong Liu (K)

• T-Shirt Sponsor: Lam Family (3rd)

• Authors Luncheon Sponsor: Gomashivili Family (1st)

 

To our amazing volunteers—whether you were selling t-shirts, setting up displays, or working on the logistics—we thank you. It is your dedication and community spirit that made this event not just successful, but out of sight!

 

• Author’s Lunch and Teacher’s Preview Coordinators: Ting Sung, Lucy Balikian, Connie Kim, Tekoah Kler, Melissa Nijjar, Shirley Zhang and Mariam Gomiashvili

• Visiting Author Hosts: Dana Lee and Dru Encinas

• Treasurer and Skit Coordinator: Jason Sung

• Read-Aloud Coordinators: Leidy Nijjar, Dru Encinas and Heather Jones

• JPK-K Family Social Coordinators: Leidy Nijjar and Queenie Chen

• Teacher’s Wish List Coordinators: Tekoah Kler, Melissa Nijjar and Leidy Nijjar

• Volunteers: Apryle Ferguson, Maria Magdaleno, Luanne Hernandez, Jeremy Stark, Rigbe Hailemariam, Maggie Chu, Cindy Tsai, Fiona Zhang, Vicky Liu, Joe Zhou, Shirley Zhang, Rong Yang, Ronald Liu, Lydia Lin, Mastaneh Wazni, Stephanie Li, Christina Huang, Lydia Lin, Debra Sun, Qin Wang, Michelle Tom, Ellen Zhang, Nicole Zhang, Alona Sabella, Yan Li, Queenie Chen, Christina Huang, Lysa Lui, Ru Jia, Vivian Tse, Anny Shen, Priscilla Jubilado, Patty Nijjar, Chris Qu, Eva Jiang, Alisa Karnsomport, Summer Zhang, and many others who jumped in and lend a hand

 

 

Lastly, a huge thank you to Mrs. Ward, our awesome librarian, who made all of this possible. Without her guidance and leadership, the Book Fair wouldn’t have been a success. And thank you to Mr. Ward for delivering and restocking books for us. All the children really appreciate it.

As we wrap up this groovy adventure, we just want to say: Peace, love, and THANK YOU! Catch you all on the flip side, Clairbourn! Stay cool and keep on reading!

 

The 7th Grade Drama classes are in the process of filming a movie here on campus called - Montana Jones and the Gymnasium of Doom. Each student plays a role in the movie, and gets the opportunity to try different jobs on a film set - from camera operator and sound engineer to boom operator and slate! Stay tuned for our big debut in quarter four!

 

October is also Socktober, when we donate socks to those in need. Last year we collected a total of 559 pairs of socks. This year, we are aiming to collect a total of 800 pairs of new, unused, unopened socks.

To do this, we need your help Cougars! Throughout the month, you can drop off your pairs of socks at transportation in the plastic box. Please make sure the socks are unopened, unused and new! Thank you for your donations!

Friday, November 1 is Parent/Teacher Conference Day for JPK through 5th grade 

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