Fifth grader from Mrs. Quisberg’s class, Johnny Urquhart, won our school-level competition of the National Geographic Bee on December 11, 2009. Unfortunately, Johnny and his family moved to Michigan during winter recess. Consequently, our runner-up, fourth grader from Mrs. Bobbett’s class, Samantha Anderson, will represent Laguna! Samantha is now one step closer to a $25,000 scholarship. There was a tie for third place between fourth grader, Danny Gallagher from Mrs. Drago’s class and fifth grade, Dana Doyle from Mrs. Graham’s class. The school-level Bee, at which students answered oral questions on geography, was the first round in the 22^nd annual National Geographic Bee. Our school winner, Samantha Anderson, will now take a written test; up to 100 of the top scorers in the written exam from each state will be eligible to compete in our state Bee on April 9, 2010. We wish Samantha the very best in her next step…. the written exam! Congratulations to the following room representatives who did an outstanding job in a very difficult competition!

 

Mrs. Bobbett’s class                            Samantha Anderson

Mrs. Clark’s class                                Paige Nuefeld

Ms. Dersch’s class                               Colter Chacon

Mrs. Drago’s class                               Danny Gallagher

Ms. Goldman’s class                           Nick Ison

Mrs. Fournier’s class                           Fabienne Varrando

Ms. Graham’s class                             Dana Doyle

Ms. Melvin’s Class                              Rachel Kenison

Mrs. Quisberg’s class                          Johnny Urquhart

After 20 rounds of very tough competition Laguna’s Spelling Bee winner is fifth grader from Mrs. Graham’s Fifth Grade class, Jordyn Blew! Fourth grader, Karen Raskind, came in 2^nd place and 3^rd place was Fourth grader, Angela McPhee. What an amazing competition! After Jordyn correctly spelled the word faucet, she clinched the win with the word pigeon. Congratulations to all our Spelling Bee Representatives who did an outstanding job and to Jordyn Blew who will represent Laguna at the Scottsdale Unified School District Spelling Bee on January 28, 2010! Go Jordyn!

 

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Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) is enabling its stakeholders to participate in the District’s Strategic Planning Process by conducting focus groups at each school.  The focus group will help develop new vision and mission statements for SUSD. The information will be analyzed by the Governing Board and District administration. These statements will provide the framework for future planning efforts and guide the Board in its decision making. If you are interested in participating in the focus group, please contact your principal for additional information.