Velbis' Classroom

"Meeting such a valiant man as 'Doc' Ballard was quite a privilege and I was honored that my work was chosen," said Collin Velbis, 6th grader.

"Doc" Donald Ballard, a Hospital Corpsman in the Vietnam War and Medal of Honor winner, was able to present the awards at the "Home of Heroes Essay Contest." The awards ceremony, which was held at the Rawlings Library in Pueblo, Colorado, on March 16th, was hosted by the Pueblo Home of the Heroes Association Judging Committee.

The 364 entries were split into three categories. Grant and Collin Velbis, students at Daystar Christian School, won honorable mention and second-place respectively, in the middle-school category. Pueblo is going to host the Congressional Medal of Honor Society Annual Convention in September of 2017 with as many as forty Medal of Honor recipients attending. As part of the recognition for winning this essay contest all winners in 2016 and 2017, will be invited to attend a special breakfast during the Convention with all the recipients attending.

"It was inspiring that despite the dire circumstances of being a medic under enemy fire, 'Doc' was able to meet the challenges of saving his fellow men," stated Grant Velbis, 8th grader.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Health Choices

Today we talked in-depth about health, choices and consequences. This video showed the students some very obvious effects of not eating right. Our event Healthy Helping Hands wants to really help the people of Pueblo make better food choices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=719vULLeOHc

Our quote for today is from Elbert Hubbard, "If you have health, you probably will be happy, and if you have health and happiness, you have all the wealth you need, even if it is not all you want."

English

adjectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6epvh0u1MA

adverbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JybIXx3Uop4

modifying adverbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrjBWk11v-M

modifying adjectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1FD2dWeZdA

paragraph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_pZWdF7ujA

gerunds and infinitives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-nI0d94WjM

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Short Week

Since this is a short week, (5th-8th will be going to Music Fest) Bible verses are due tomorrow. Reading Plus will still be due on Sunday night.

We are continuing to work on our PBL and today the students decided on a name for their event - HEALTHY HELPING HANDS: A Daystar Christian School event to help the Pueblo Rescue Mission. The event will be held on May 22, from 1-4 pm.

Our quote for today is from Henry Ford, “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."

Monday, March 14, 2016

Collaboration

Today we started working on our PBL. It takes a lot of collaboration - which is actually quite foreign to most school-aged children, but a necessity in the work force. Talk to your child about how you collaborate at work with your colleagues and just how important this skill is. We watched this video that discusses some of history's greatest discoveries that would not have happened without collaboration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1_a4qw-As

This week we will be having parent/teacher conferences. Make sure to set up your appointment with Mrs. Velbis. And also this week, the 5th graders and above will be traveling to Music Fest at Campion Academy. No spelling words or Spelling City this week but there IS Reading Plus and Bible verse.

Our quote today is from Helen Keller, "“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much."