Realm Charter School http://www.realmcharterschool.org Realm Charter School | Berkeley Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:52:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Winter Design Challenge http://www.realmcharterschool.org/2012/01/26/remake-realm/ http://www.realmcharterschool.org/2012/01/26/remake-realm/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:02:23 +0000 jason http://www.realmcharterschool.org/?p=1730 “Remake REALM,” Our Winter Design Challenge is coming to campus on January 31st. Students and staff will be working on the topic of improving the REALM school community for each other. Students will do research, identify themes, brainstorm ideas and prototype solutions for adding something new to the school or improving something that exists. Students will present their work to each other at assembly at 11:45 on Wednesday, February 1st. Parents and interested community members are encouraged to attend.

Learn more about our Design Challenge format here

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Future 6th Grade Students/Families

Thursday February 9, 9am-10am.
Thursday February 16, 9am-10am

Future 9th Grade Students/Families

Friday February 10, 9am-10am
Thursday, February 16h, 10am-11am

In many instances, we can only accommodate 15 families for each tour. Please RSVP directly with Belen Pulido by calling 510-809-9802 or email Belen at belen@realmcharterschool.org.

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Future 6th Grade Students/Families

Thursday January 12
Thursday January 19

All tours are from 9am-10am.

Future 9th Grade Students/Families

Friday January 13
Friday January 20

All tours are from 9am-10am.

Please RSVP directly with Belen Pulido by calling 510-809-9802 or email Belen at belen@realmcharterschool.org.

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Future 6th Grade Students/Families

Thursday Dec 8th
9am-10am

Future 9th Grade Students/Families

Friday Dec 9th
9am-10am

Please RSVP directly with Belen Pulido by calling 510-809-9802 or email Belen at belenpulidomtz@gmail.com.

]]> http://www.realmcharterschool.org/2011/11/21/school-tours-in-december/feed/ 1 RHYTHMS OF REALM Fundraiser Event – December 10th http://www.realmcharterschool.org/2011/11/19/rhythms-of-realm-fundraiser-event-december-10th/ http://www.realmcharterschool.org/2011/11/19/rhythms-of-realm-fundraiser-event-december-10th/#comments Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:27:17 +0000 jason http://www.realmcharterschool.org/?p=1531 RHYTHMS OF REALM is REALM Charter School Afterschool Program’s first fundraiser!

Grammy-nominated percussionist JOHN SANTOS will perform at a benefit on SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m. at the UC Berkeley Tang Center, 2222 Bancroft Way. Eat delicious food, win fabulous raffle prizes, watch REALM student videos, and quaff your thirst at the no-host bar while you listen to Santos play classic Latin Jazz from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the U.S.

TICKETS FOR SALE
In person at REALM Charter School, 2023 Eighth Street in Berkeley, or online at Eventbrite.
REALM families: $25   *   REALM friends: $50   *   REALM VIPs: $100

We hope to see you all there!

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Come sneak a peek at the unveiling of our latest mural designs destined for the walls of REALM Charter School’s Student Lounge. This is a preliminary mural design that has been created by the True Colors Mural Project of Berkeley City College in collaboration with REALM Charter School Students.

 

November 7th, 2011 6:30-8:30PM, REALM Campus (2023 8th Street in Berkeley)

We Look Forward To Seeing You There!

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Future 6th Grade Students/Families

Thursday Nov 17, 2011
9am-10am

Please RSVP by calling 510 809 9800. (Note: We have no more space for our Nov 17th tour. Stay tuned for future tour dates.)

 

Future 9th Grade Students/Families

Friday Nov 18, 2011
9am-10am

Please RSVP by calling 510 809 9800.

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Student and staff portraits will take place on Monday, October 24th. 6th grade portraits will take place during 1st period (8:45-10:00). 9th grade portraits will happen right after during 2nd period (10:15-11:30).

Lifetouch National School Studios Inc. will be conducting portraits on campus. Teachers have portrait package forms to give to students to take home. To purchase portraits for your child, fill out the forms and have your child bring the completed forms (with payment enclosed) to school on October 24th.

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We would like to invite you to support our school by contributing educational supplies to your child’s classroom. Please find below a wish list of supplies requested by our teachers.

These are just suggestions…it is not mandatory to buy things!  No contribution is too small, we appreciate any help you can give! Please bring the Items to back to school nights, we will have a box at the entrance of the school so you can drop the items when you can.  Thank your for your support!

 

-Poster paper with grid–at least 2
-Tablets are sold at Office Depot or Staples
-Boxes of varying dimensions/sizes ( a few)
-Wind-up toys
-More Butcher Paper (Lakeshore Teacher Supply store is a good place to find this)
-Can of three tennis balls
-Bubble solution and wands
-Construction Paper
-Modeling Clay
-Toothpicks
-Multilink cubes and the Base Ten Blocks
- table (collapsable perhaps?)
- large self-stick easel wall pads
- large construction paper (multicolored)
- window coverings (bamboo or cloth)
- tack boards
- packs of markers
- masking tape
-old jazz magazines
-jazz or music encyclopedias
-poster paper
-markers, pens, glue sticks
musical instruments:
-agogo bells (quantity: 4-5)
-shekere
-old drums sticks
-One etching press
-ceramic and screen printing tools and equipment, and a photo lab and 35 mm cameras.
-10 packs of black and white paper construction paper
-20 vine and compressed charcoal
-20 small and large stomps for blending
-25 drawing clipboards
-20 glue sticks
-2 qts. Elmer’s glue or similar
-10 rolls masking tape
-2 cans of workable fixative
-D10 dust masks
-10 T- square rulers
-25 Xacto knifes
-10 self-healing cutting mats, 18” x 24”
After School Programs

New OR used board games
Decks of cards, card games

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