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| 4/26/11 |
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L.F. SMITH PHOTOS: Clean-Up Day Gives School Fresh Look |
Students, parents and staff at L.F. Smith held their fourth annual Community Clean-Up Day recently by sprucing up around the school. Projects included newly planted vegetable gardens and trees as well as a general trash pickup. Event photos follow.
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| 4/07/11 |
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L.F. SMITH PHOTO: Full Tummies For TAKS Testers |
L.F. Smith fifth-graders enjoyed a hearty breakfast the morning of the TAKS test. Event photo follows.
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L.F. SMITH PHOTO: Book Floats Give Lift to Book Parade |
L.F. Smith students created book floats for the recent L.F. Smith Book Parade. Event photo follows.
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| 4/07/11 |
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L.F. SMITH PHOTO: Four Top the List of Best Chocolate Fund-Raisers |
Four L.F. Smith students needed only two weeks to sell 36 cases of World's Finest Chocolate, making them the school's top fund-raisers. Pictured below are top sellers (back) Sarai Gonzalez and Kayla Williams; and (front) Kaylee Diaz and Nayleen Espinoza.
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| 1/07/11 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Pasadena Rotary Donates Dictionaries |
The Pasadena Rotary Club distributed dictionaries to third-graders at L.F. Smith recently. (Below) Juan Nunez proudly displays his new dictionary.
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| 1/07/11 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: 'Polar Express' Reading Goes Multi-Dimensional |
The traditional reading of "The Polar Express" at L.F. Smith took on an added dimension this year -- 3D. As shown in the photo below, teachers Morgan Chambellan and Rogelio Guzman used a water bottle to "mist" students during certain portions of the book, which was read aloud by Assistatn Principal Jason Fossati.
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| 1/06/11 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Fifth-Grader Romero Wins Campus Spelling Bee |
Milagros Romero, a fifth-grader at L.F. Smith, won the recent campus spelling bee by correctly spelling the word "quizzical." (Below) Assistant Principal Jennifer Barnes awards Milagros her first-place pin.
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| 11/16/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Fifth-Graders Provide Veterans Tribute |
Fifth-graders in the L.F. Smith music program performed a Veterans Day tribute last week to honor our military heroes. Music teachers Ken Sarmiento and Michelle Mayes orchestrated the performance. Event photo follows.
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| 11/03/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTOS: Students Learn Options With Drug-Free Life |
L.F. Smith students observed Red Ribbon Week by exploring the career possibilities open to them by living a drug-free life. Event photos follow.
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| 10/29/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Red Ribbon Week Brings Out the 'Can-Doers' |
Students at L.S. Smith are donating canned food items to the Salvation Army in honor of Red Ribbon Week. (Below) Lisa Maria Garcia, Angela Zuniga and Abigail Flores drop off donated food items.
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| 10/12/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTOS: Vietnam Native Gives Culture Presentation |
Thao Pham, a native of Vietnam, gave a presentation to students at L.F. Smith recently about Vietnamese culture, music and dress. Pham is one of several guest speakers contacted by Michelle Mayes, L.F. Smith's music teacher, to promote cultural awareness, respect and appreciation. (Below) Thao Pham shows students an example of Vietnamese formal attire. (Bottom) Thao Pham demonstrates a traditional Vietnamese musical instrument called the Dan Tranh, or Vietnamese Zither.
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| 10/08/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Fun Night Raffle a Big Hit With Community |
The annual Family Fun Night Raffle on Thursday night, Oct. 7, turned out to be another big success. Parents joined students for an evening of math and reading games. Around 300 families turned out, prompting school officials to expand the outdoor event to the school playground. (Below) Rogelio Guzman, L.F. Smith's peer facilitator, calls out winning raffle numbers over the megaphone.
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| 9/27/10 |
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L.F. SMITH ES PHOTO: Student Council Enjoys a Banner Day |
Student Council members at L.F. Smith took time last Saturday, Sept. 25, to make banners for the school's Curriculum Night. With the banners done, the students took a well deserved lunch break.
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