An arm of the district Charter School
Phil Beaumont, Teacher/Director~ Gingerlily Lowe-Brisby, Tanya Opsal, Jayne Marie Setaro, Holly Evans-Teachers
211 Maple Street, San Diego, 92103
619/236-8712 or 619/236-8906 (fax) (Phil Emergency-619/723-1410)
"Primetime" before and afterschool care ~ 619-971-0054
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Updated May 10, 2008

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	Interested in Joining our School Community? (click here) As there are always opportunities when students move and family plans change, we encourage all interested parties to submit their applications.

We are currently accepting applications for enrollment for Fall 2008 in grades K through 6th. Attendance at an orientation meeting (TBA) is required for eligibility in the lottery. Click here for 2008-2009 Application for Enrollment K-6
(The March Lottery has been drawn. There are still Fall openings availabe for 2nd and 6th grade, and short waiting list in most of the other grades.)

Click here for Application for Enrollment 3rd-6th for this current school year .
Museum School Info Packet (Click here for PDF)
fax completed application to 619-236-8906). Please call (619-236-8712) and talk to Jane for more information about enrollment.

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Before and afterschool program is 7:00-6:00- Primetime Program
School day is 9:00-4:00.
Thursday is minimum day 9:00-1:00

Museum School Mission Statement

Is the Museum School Right For You?
(click for information about our school)

Museum School Charter

Application for Enrollment
(click here if you prefer a PDF)

School Accountability Report Card

California Standards Test Summary Sheets PDF

2004 API

Museum School Parent Handbook

History & Pictures, including recent classroom events and archives

School information flyer

2007-08 School Year Calendar PDF
2008-09 Year Round Calendar PDF

Daily Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions)

Museum School Newsletter

School Council: Members, Executive Counci
There are plenty of ways to get involved with our school
Special Governance Meeting Friday, February 8th Minutes approving charter amendments for K-6
Draft of MS Charter with amendments-Click for PDF
Next SSC/Governance January 29th, 2008 Minutes (click here)
Governance/SSC-November 1st, 2007 minutes click here
Special School Site Council Meeting October 16th, 2007 minutes click here
October 2nd, 2007 Governance Meeting Minutes (click here)

Parent Involvement click here for information and minutes for "School Site Council," "Governance," "Friends of the Museum School," "Breakfast Club"
Friends of the Museum School (our mission)

Thank you 6 to 6, parents, and staff for making our Halloween so goulishly exciting! Click to see more pictures from Halloween

Student Clubs & Activities
6 to 6, Homework, Music, Pokemon, Chess...

Contact List 
Gingerlily<gingerlily_teacher@mac.com>, Phil<pbeaumont@museumschool.org>, Tanya <topsal@sandi.net>, Jayne Marie <jaynemarie04@hotmail.com>, Alex<alexkhalil@gmail.com>, Krista<key2klang@yahoo.com>, Branan <brananbird@yahoo.com>, Krystina <grammatique@hotmail.com>, Holly<hmevans@yahoo.com>, Dorian <dorianseuss@excite.com>, Jane<jperry1@sandi.net or jp133886@yahoo.com>, James website: http://jamesewatts.com/index.html, Andrea-6 to 6 <mvmuseum@missionvalley.ymca.org>

Departments
Travel, Cooking, Public Relations/Student Store, Cultural Arts, Theater/Puppets, Video, Webmasters, Woodshop/Garden, Newsletter, Science Department, Community Service/Art Department

Alumni and Families
Please keep in touch and let us know how you are doing. Send us your email or drop us a line. We will try to keep you abreast of special events and activities like the Showcase, Alumni Night, Empty Bowls, etc. Visit us and come join our after school programs. We Love Our Oldtimers!

Click to see more pictures
Alumni Night- Potluck & Discussion
Anyone interested in planning the next Alumni Night? (619-236-8712)

Student work (continuously updated):

Solar/Planetary Science Department 11/4/04

Click here to see some of our Science Department work and our Evolution Department

Click here to see pictures from the Aerospace Museum

Museum School Kids: True Stories
For our Mothers! Click here to read some stories celebrating our mothers.

Afterschool Classes:
Art, Ceramics, Violin, Guitar, Choir! There are so many interesting things you can do afterschool. 6 to 6 always has plenty of wonderful activities to choose from, and you can get your homework done in Homework Headstart! Many of our professional consultants in rotations are also holding afterschool classes that you can join at a nominal fee.

After School- Music/Dance Program Schedule
Monday: 4:00-5:00
Guitar

Monday: 5:00-6:00

Tuesday: 4:00-5:00

Wednesday: 4:00-5:00
Beginning violin with Kris Apple
Gamelan with Alex Khalil
Wednesday: 4:00-6:00
Advance violin with Kris Apple
Thursday: 2:00-3:00, 3:00-4:00
Ceramic Class with Branan FreemanBranan
Thursday 2:00-3:00 and 3:15-4:15
Artist Branan Freemon who teaches the Museum School art rotation during the regular day offers a fun afterschool ceramics program designed to enrich the creative lives of children and parents. These small group (8 students), in-depth classes offer participants the opportunity to explore the medium of clay in a nurturing environment. Students are taught basic methods of handbuilding and will experience the joy of clay firsthand. Wheel-throwing demonstrations will also be provided. The after school ceramic seminars on Thursdays. The after school ceramics program will cost $40.00 for a 4 week session (materials and clay are included). Students will create beautiful fired pieces and learn to work with various potter's tools. Please talk to Branan if you are interested in participating. Please make checks payable to Branan Freeman

Friday Drumming Club-Bring your Bongos and join along!
Giri Nata dance classes with Wuri

Before and After School '6 to 6' program

Your Favorite Event? If you know of a special event that might be of interest to the students or parents at our school, please give us a flyer. We'll be glad to help announce news like that. Parents, please feel free to pass on your digital pictures, etc, to me. On CD would be best. Thanks!-Gingerlily

---Webmaster	We hope that all the information on our website is accurate, but since this is a part of our ongoing learning, we hope you will let us know if you see anything on our site that we can improve. As you may have notice, this is a huge project to upkeep. We are always looking for volunteers to help manage and prepare the data for the site. If you are interested, please contact Gingerlily.

Wish List Every school requires a steady stream of consumable supplies, and ours is no exception. Here is a current list of donations that are needed, and any help is appreciated.

Fundraising The Museum School has an ongoing need for fundraising, in order to provide the sort of projects that make our school unique. These are activities that rarely fit into a traditional school program, and never fit into traditional budgets. Current programs include Keychains with Museum School Logo, and CUSTOM LICENSE PLATE FRAMES that say "Learning for Life" and"The Museum School", available from North Park Trophy & Award (order forms at the school, or call 619/293-7333).
Target Stores allows their credit card and gift card shoppers to designate a school to receive a small percentage of anything you spend there and with other vendors. The Museum School is school number 113036. Consider signing up next time you go to Target! It's free to participate, and an easy way to contribute to our school.We also encourage our friends and families to designate the Museum School as on your Washington Mutual debit card. Every little bit helps and is greatly appreciated. Click here to view information on corporate fundraising.

Please click here for Student Supply Shopping List

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Museum kids @ Balboa Park.

Look Kids! Here we are with Sally Ride!

What's News?
We are still collecting city fieldtrip and 6th grade camp money, so send it in as soon as you can.
Vote for Alex! Our own Alex Khalil has been nominated for an Asian Heritage award. You can see an article about his work with our students in the Asian Journal this month. Please click on the site below and vote for him. http://www.kintera.org/AutoGen/Contact/ContactUs.asp?ievent=273639&en=lwIRI7PWKmJVLdP6KiLQLbP3JoL0LhMZJlL3KqN1KlJ0JaMSKhJ4JjM2JuLfG
Calling for Supplies!
Krystina is looking for sewing supplies and materials, in particular: thread! (we are almost out). cotton fabrics in colors and also black, clean used t-shirts, clean used jeans, stuffed animals you are willing to part with, poly stuffing, needle threaders. Dear Parents: We are very low on supplies––especially need paper towels, kleenex, and plastic utensils. Please click to see School Supply List

Special Governance Meeting Minutes- March 24th (Click)
SDUSD Board approved the Museum School Charter Amendments 5-0 Tuesday, March 25th!
The Museum School was originally chartered by the San Diego Children's Museum. November 2007, the Children's Museum Board voted not to house the Museum School in the school space of the new museum. Click here to see Groundbreaking Event! from May 19th, 2003. Ahh well...
Click here for CTA Flash Animation on Budget Cuts
Governor announces education budget cuts! Click here to get more information. Get involved and get the word out. Click here to SDUSD info page and links for more information "What I Can Do "
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If you have any cool pictures of our last events, please send them to me on a disk so we can add to our photo pages.

"Primetime" (formerly 6-6) application for 2008-2009 - please click here for more info
Museum School Annual Green Eggs and Ham Pajama Party!
Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss-Let's Read Across America

Click here to see more pictures March 3, 2008
Marine Science Department Goes Fishing
On January 31, 2008 our department had a fishing trip. We went to the Shelter Island Pier. Ed and Shannon, who work at the bait store taught us how to put on bait on our hooks and fish. We used squid... (click here to see our Department WEB slide show)

6th Graders/Alumni Night -December 18th
We had Alumni representing High Tech Media Arts Middle, Roosevelt, Muirlands, and San Diego Cooperative.  Einstein, CPMA Creative Performing Media Arts...(Click to read more and see pictures)

Parent Volunteers: (click for more information or commitee minutes) There are many ways to get involved! Please contact Catherine (Basil's mom) 619-546-8186 catherine.martin@cox.net if you can help. We have a Breakfast Club (contact Joe) where parents can help to prepare materials for our children to learn with, or help with some of the office work. We also have a fundraising comittee called "Friends of the Museum School" (click http://friendsofthemuseumschool.org/ to get more current updates of activities). Join the Yahoo group to facilitate communication and planning for our "Friends of the Museum School'. Just click! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/museumschool/

The Museum Charter School ESCRIP group http://escrip.com/ is an easy way for our school to earn $ and doesn't cost you a penny. Our group is enrolled and active under the name: Museum Charter School, ID – 164756820 Please take a few moments to sign up.
There are all sorts of programs to sign up with (eg. Target Visa, Washington Mutual, Albertsons e-scrip. Office Depot, etc), that will help our school fundraising and are relatively painless. Rosemary Metcalf has put together a packet to help our school earn easy money. Please get a packet from the office. You can also email Rosemary at rosemet@cox.net to get more information.
Sign up at http://www.boxtops4education.com/index.asp Save and bring General Mills Box Tops to school.
Sign up at http://www.wamu.com and register your WAMU ATM card. It earns a few cents for the school everytime you use it, and all those cents add up.
Target Visa will also donate 1% of any purchase you make at Target stores on the card, and .5% of any purchase anywhere else. Sign up and designate our school. Please let us know if you have some other ideas.We need grant writers, people who can help make phone calls and work on a development plan, classroom help in material preparation, chaperones, drivers, volunteers in all areas at whatever level you can participate. Our parents make a huge difference! Budgets are tight. We are looking for parent and community support in order to maintain our wonderful programs and cover the gap between state support and the school's per child cost. Get involved and help keep our programs running!

click picture to see a larger version

Carpool Anyone? Thanks to Erik who has created a Google map of our school community. The Google map has many tools, which can give directions and allow for our families to figure out where they are in relation to others and the the school. Above is only a picture of the map without the tools. If you are intersted in getting the URL, please join the Yahoo group below. You can also let Erik (eraker@gmail.com) know if you would not like to be included in the map, and he will remove your name and address.

Giri Nata (Puspa Warsa) Events & Performances:
Join Alex and Wuri for Friday gamelan and dance classes. Please contact Alex for more information if you are interested in classes and joining the Giri Nata performing group.

School Events & Meetings:
These dates may change later. Please read quicknotes and check for updates. Thanks for your patience.
Important Dates
Read Across America -March 3rd
Spring Break - March 14th to April 9th
AST Performances -April (29th) 30-May 3rd
6th Grade Camp & Explore our City Week -May 5th to 9th
Memorial Day - May 26th
Independence Day - July 4th
Last day of term- July 18th

Dept Presentations (Thursday, 11:00-1:00pm):
November 1st
December 13th
February 14th
April 17th
May 29th
July 3rd
School Year-Round Calendar click
http://www.sandi.net/comm/schools/calendars/0708year_round.pdf
(Note that the Museum School's will end our school year on Friday, July 18th.)******************************************************************

Check out pictures from African Dance in movement class.

Thank you Kava Lounge for providing us a gallery space for our event! Thank you to all the volunteers and participants who were so generous with time, money, and energy.
Click to see 2007 Art Auction Pictures

Community Service Department
Empty Bowls Fundraiser to Stop Hunger
Dancing, great food, a good time, and a wonderful cause! This is one of our favorite annual events. Thank you Branan and Holly, and the gang at Downtown Johnny Brown's for all your hard work. Click to see pictures from 2007 Empty Bowls event.

Krystina's sewing class
Click here to read about Sewing Rotations

Some pictures from Rotations:

Art is fun at the Museum School! click here to see more pictures.


Yoga and Movement class with Krista Click to see more movement class photos

Click to see Wednesday movement rotation doing the hula.

Branan's art class is making masks

James Watts with art rotation James Watts

Lupe introduces folklorico to Krista's movement class
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Afterschool Gamelan-GiriNata-Wednesdays, 4:00-6:00.
Yay. Thanks to our supporters Working Arts and the Center for World Music a gamelan has arrived from Bali. Come and join the class. We have a gong suling (flute orchestra) courtesy of Mars Rafto. We also have Alex's and Gingerlily's instruments housed at the Museum School. Come join the fun!

2) Casey Lee and her teacher Nanik Wenten have invited ours students to work with the students at CAL Arts on Saturdays. Please contact Alex if you are interested in joining this group.

Music Programs

see movie of Balifest "Margapati"

Our advance dance students also had a very special opportunity to work with Casey Lee who came down from Los Angeles every week to teach our third graders and Puspa Warsa Balinese dance. Click here to see more pictures.

Gamelan and Dance:
Alex is working with the students on Gamelan Wednesdays & Fridays after school. In the Spring of 2002 our school was recognized and given a Best Practice Award . Click on the link to read more about the program and see more pictures about our Gamelan and Dance program.

Our dear friend Dr. Bob Brown passed away on Tuesday-November 29, 2005
Bob Brown was a great friend and inspiration to us all.  He touched so many of our lives and made them rich and full of music and wonder. In honor of Bob who brought World Music to our school, the Gamelan has taken a new name. Formally Puspa Warsa will now call themselves "Giri Nata", translation- "Mountain Sage", for the great man who loved his Flower Mountain in Bali, and shared that love of education and music with so many people all around the world. (see our Museum School program)

Advanced Gamelan
In addition to the regular music classes on Wednesday during the school day, Alex teaches advanced gamelan classes each week on Wednesday from 4:00 to 6:00. The Balinese Dalang Sumandhi, who started teaching gamelan at the school in 1999, named the group of Museum School performers "Puspa Warsa". In November 2005, the group renamed themselves "Giri Nata" (trans."Mountain Sage") in honor of Bob Brown who brought World Music to our school. This group continues to perform around San Diego, and was featured in the Asian Story Theater production SunDance at the Lyceum Theatre. ************************************

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