An arm of the district
Charter School
Phil
Beaumont-Director ~ Gingerlily Lowe-Brisby, Tanya Opsal, Emily Watson, Amy Huff-Shah,
Jayne Marie Setaro, Holly Evans, Diana De La Peña-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 July 23, 2008
Interested
in Joining our School Community? (click here)  Click here for 2008-2009 Application for Enrollment K-6 |
We are currently accepting applications for enrollment and waiting list for Fall 2008. The Museum School serves students in grades K through 6th. |
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(Next year's Lottery has been drawn. There are still some Fall openings and also waiting list placements available. Please fill out an application and be sure to attend an Orientation meeting TBA)
.As there are always opportunities when students move and family plans
change, we encourage all interested parties to submit their applications.
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.
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
Best wishes to our Krista who is having a baby!
Application
for Enrollment
(click here if you prefer a PDF)
School Accountability Report Card
California Standards Test Summary Sheets PDF
History & Pictures, including recent classroom events and archives
School
information flyer
2008-09 Year Round Calendar PDF
Daily
Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
FAQ
(Frequently Asked Questions)
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@yahoo.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 Freeman
Branan
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
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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. |
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Ongoing:
Wish List Every school requires a steady stream of consumable supplies, and ours is no exception. Here is a 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.
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Museum kids @ Balboa Park.
Look Kids! Here we are with Sally Ride!
What's
News?
Back to School Sales are happening now! Here is the supply list for your child: School Supply List
New Student Orientations August 28th & 29th
August 28-
Kinder @ 9:30-11:30, 1st & 2nd @ 1:00-3:30
August 29- 3rd graders @ 10:00-12:00, 4th-6th graders @ 1:00-3:00
(New parents and students need to attend these sessions)
Museum School Potluck Picnic in the Park
August 29th @ 4:00-6:00
Olditmers, Newcomers, MS Alumni--Everybody is welcomed! Location TBA
Back to School- Tuesday, September 2nd
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...
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Parent
Volunteers: (click for more information or commitee minutes) There are many ways to get involved! Please contact us if you can help. We have a Breakfast Club 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/ |
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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!
"A Bright Future"
Museum School Art Auction-July 12th @ Seminal Projects
2040 India Street 6:00-9:00pm
Previews on July 10th & 11th 11:00-7:00pm
Our art auction fundraiser on July 12th was a great event. There were wonderful works contributed by many local artists. The funds raised will help the Museum School continue our efforts in offering a unique educational program and bright future for our students.
Click to see last year's 2007 Art Auction Pictures at the Kava Lounge
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.
Krystina's sewing class
Click here to read about Sewing Rotations
If you have any cool pictures of our 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)
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Thank you Friends & Family!We raised ~$18,000.00 towards our budget shortfall! Friends & Family Night- We are humbled by your generosity and enthusiasm. |
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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. |
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School
Events & Meetings:
These dates may change later. Please read quicknotes
and check for updates. Thanks for your patience.
Important
Dates
Picnic Potlluck in the Park -August 29th
School Begins- September 2nd
School Year-Round Calendar click
http://www.sandi.net/comm/schools/calendars/0809year_round.pdf
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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.
Giri Nata Performing: |
MAY 2nd BALIFEST! @ Lyceum Theater |
Odanlan to Bless Our New Gamelan
Our long awaoited gamelan arrived from Bali. We had an odanlan on March 26th @1:20. The odanlan is a little festival. Students brought fruit to share. We made offering towers and displays. The cooking department made yellow rice. And then we heard our gamelan sing its beautiful song. Click to see more pictures.
Animation Projects
Click here to check out some of the cool animation projects our students are doing in the computer lab.
Grandpa Worm
Attack of the Kittycats
http://dingo.care-mail.com/cards/flash/5409/galaxy.swf
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.
Check out pictures from African Dance in movement class
 Branan's art class is making masks |
 James Watts with art rotation James Watts |
Lupe introduces folklorico to Krista's movement class
Click
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Afterschool Gamelan-GiriNata-Friday, 4:00-6:00.
Yay. Thanks to our supporters Working Arts and the Center for World Music we have a gamelan from Bali. Come and join the class. We also have a gong suling (flute orchestra) courtesy of Mars Rafto. And Wuri comes every Friday from Los Angeles to teach dance to our students. Come join the fun!
Casey Lee and her teacher Nanik Wenten have invited our 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 on Fridays after school. In
the Spring of 2002 our school was recognized and given a Best
Practice Award . We have continued with our program over the years and currently have a performing group which is open to our Museum School students, alumni, and community as well. 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 Wednesdays and Fridays
during the school day, Alex teaches advanced gamelan classes each week on Friday 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, and 2008's Sea Monster at the
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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.
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