Community Events
March Field Studies and Webinars
Our team is working hard to bring you interesting webinars and field study experiences. The month of March is packed with events that you won’t want to miss. Please take a look below to view upcoming events. Also, don’t forget about our Virtual Talent Show. Submissions are due by April 14, 2021.
- March 16 at 11 a.m.: TK-3rd Grade Virtual Show-and-Tell
- March 17 at 12 p.m.: CAASPP Testing Tips for Learners
- March 19 at 10 a.m.: College Overview: Finding Your Best Fit
- March 19 at 11 a.m.: The Legacy of Military Veterans
- March 23 at 11 a.m.: 6th-8th Grade Book Club
Please check out the fliers below for more fun events:
Meet DreamUp to Space Team Member: Raegan Brown, Team Carrot
DreamUp to Space is a project that challenges young people to understand and explore the impact that microgravity has on matter. Through a partnership with DreamUp, iLEAD learners in grades 5-12 are inspired to develop the skills and knowledge to design, develop, and propose an experiment that could be run on the International Space Station.
In July of 2020, two teams from iLEAD Schools were selected for flight in the 2020 DreamUp to Space Virtual Mission & Experiment Design Challenge. Currently, learners from across the network are collaborating on these two teams — Team Carrot and Team Adzuki — in preparation for a spring launch of their experiments to the International Space Station.
Each learner has unique interests, strengths, and goals to bring to each team. We’d like to introduce you to our team members! Today we’re introducing Raegan Brown!
Meet Raegan Brown, Team Carrot
A 14-year-old freshman at iLEAD Exploration, Raegan has a passion for everything creative and loves to express herself through graphic design, art, and science. Among her many dreams and aspirations, Raegan would like to get into marketing and graphic design. She’s currently taking AP psychology, and in her spare time she loves to act and participate in theatre. Right now she has an LA agent and has been able to do commercials and audition for popular series and movies for major networks like Netflix, Nickelodeon, ABC, Disney, Warner Bros. Pictures, and Fox. When she gets the chance, Raegan loves to bake snickerdoodles, scones, and anything strawberry flavored!
We had the chance to ask Raegan a few questions!
Q&A with Raegan
How does it feel knowing that you have an opportunity that very few people have — to be part of a team sending an experiment to space?
“It feels great to know that I’m participating in such an amazing production, and I’m ever so grateful to have this opportunity to participate with such an incredible team and talented members.”
What’s a fun fact about you?
“I love everything Marvel! I’ve seen all the movies and television shows, I have merch, and I’ve recently gotten into the comic books!”
In what ways has this experience influenced or inspired you?
“After badging up with the DreamUp to Space program, I now can look at science in a way I’ve never looked at it before: Science is now very fun for me. It used to feel like another chore, and it is now one of my favorite subjects in school.”
We look forward to introducing more team members to you soon!
March Field Studies and Webinars
Our team is working hard to bring you interesting webinars and field studies experiences. The month of March is packed with events that you won’t want to miss. Please take a look below to view upcoming events. Also, don’t forget about our Virtual Talent Show. Submissions are due by April 14, 2021.
- March 10 at 12 p.m.: CAASPP Test Overview for Parents
- March 11 at 11 a.m.: Flat Stanley Discovers Pioneer Living at Ide Adobe
- March 12 at 10 a.m.: Career Technical Education (CTE) Options
- March 12 at 1 p.m.: “The Dot”- Literature/art/creative writing for TK-3rd
- March 16 at 11 a.m.: TK-3rd Grade Virtual Show-and-Tell
- March 17 at 12 p.m.: CAASPP Testing Tips for Learners
- March 19 at 10 a.m.: College Overview: Finding Your Best Fit
- March 19 at 11 a.m.: The Legacy of Military Veterans
- March 23 at 11 a.m.: 6th-8th Grade Book Club
Please check out the fliers below for more fun events:
ASB Game Day!
ASB is hosting an Online Game Event for all iLEAD High school learners on Friday, February 26 at 1:00 pm. We will be playing Pictionary, Among Us, and Scattergories. Hope you can join us! To RSVP click HERE.
Ongoing Club Updates
Upcoming College Fairs and Events
On May 12, iLEAD and fellow California independent study charter schools will be hosting our own virtual event, so be sure to save the date!
WACAC and NACAC fairs feature a full array of international and national colleges. These events include both college presentations as well as subject information sessions on specialty topics. National Portfolio Day offers you the opportunity to upload your art portfolio and receive advice from a variety of art schools and art departments.
More fairs will be added as we move into the spring and summer. Scoir, iLEAD’s college planning tool, gives up-to-date information on college fairs.
Below you will find a list of virtual college fairs:
February
- February 27 National Portfolio Day
- Feb 28th College Fair: US Focus
March
- March 3rd WACAC College Fair and Information Sessions
- Mar 7th NACAC College Fair: STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) focus
- March 14th WACAC College Fair and Information Sessions
- Mar 16th NACAC Visual and Performing Arts Focus
- March 19th National Portfolio Day
April
- April 10th NACAC College Fair: Western US Focus
- April 10th National Portfolio Day
- April 15th-16th College and Career Fairs–Save the Date – Registration opens March 22nd
- April 19th WACAC College Fair and Information Sessions
- April 20th NACAC College Fair: Southeastern US Focus
May
- May 2nd NACAC College Fair: US Focus
- May 7th National Portfolio Day National Portfolio Day
- May 12 Save the date for a multi charter virtual fair!!!
Virtual Science Fair 2021
We invited learners in grades TK-12 to participate in our virtual science fair, and here is the link to all the wonderful submissions. Prepare to be amazed, inspired, and educated by the science projects shared here.
Celebrating Black History Month
Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans and a time for recognizing their central role in U.S. history. Since 1976, every U.S. president has officially designated the month of February as Black History Month. Other countries around the world, including Canada and the United Kingdom, also devote a month to celebrating Black history.
The Science of Circus Arts Virtual Tutorial (Grades 2-6)
The Circus Arts are filled with relationships between art and science. Most times you are aware of the visual excitement while watching your favorite act, but do you know the science behind the magic? On February 9 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm, learners in grades 2-6 are invited to explore the science behind hooping, juggling and fire dancing through live performance, science experiments, and videos in the Circus Arts Exploration Event with JennaH2O of Flowbox Circus!
Tickets are $10 and only learner funds will be accepted (no credit cards, please). Please register each learner in grades 2-6 (per vendor request, only these grade levels may attend) who will be participating. Tickets will be available until February 1 at 5 p.m.
Additional info: Bring hoops and balls for juggling, if you would like (but not required).
Barnabas Robotics Robot Innovations
Join Barnabas Robotics and explore the awesome intersection of engineering, art and creativity while building a one-of-a-kind robot! In this workshop, learners will discover how real-world engineers use electricity, mechanical parts and design to invent things that we use in everyday life and build their own robot creation! Registration is now open. Please see the flier for details.
LINKED Final_robot_2_(2)Kindness Rocks!
Join Exploration families and spread a little kindness, good will, and gratitude around our communities. Please take a look at the flier below for more details on how to register.
Kindness Rocks! (no date)Upcoming Events: Snowstorm in a Jar
Join us and learn how to make a snowstorm in a jar!
Let’s make it feel like winter right here in our homes! You will need to gather a few materials (see registration link for details) and get ready to have fun creating a snowstorm, a cool way to experiment with science! Please register here for this fun event.
VirtualEvents_Fall2020 (1)Virtual Wax Museum
We are very excited to share this Virtual Wax Museum tour. Our very own iLEAD learners researched historical figures from the past and created amazing presentations to share with. We hope that you enjoy learning and exploring the past. Please take a look at the link below to start exploring!
Upcoming Educational Events
If your learner is in TK-3 and enjoys sharing, then you won’t want to miss our TK-3 Show and Tell that is happening on November 17 at 11:00 a.m. Register here to sign up for this fun event.
You can also register by clicking on any upcoming events on the flier.
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Our Let’s Cook deadline has been extended to January 15! Please take this opportunity to show off your culinary skills and share them with us. We can’t wait to see what’s cooking!
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If your learner is in TK-3 and enjoys sharing, then you won’t want to miss our TK-3 Show and Tell that is happening on November 17 at 11:00 a.m. Register here to sign up for this fun event.
You can also register by clicking on any upcoming events on the flier.
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Now is your chance to show off that pet of yours! Please register for the upcoming Pet Show & Tell on November 5 at 1:00 p.m. by visiting here.
You can also register by clicking on any upcoming events on the flier.
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We are very excited about the upcoming virtual events listed below! Please register for the upcoming Pet Show & Tell on November 5th at 1:00 p.m. by visiting here. Now is your chance to show off that pet of yours!
You can also register by clicking on any upcoming events on the flier.
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We are very excited about the upcoming virtual events listed below!
- Please register for Skribbl Pictionary on October 23 at 2:00 p.m. by visiting here. Also, please note that we have extended the registration deadline for Let’s Cook to 10/23.
Upcoming Educational Events
We are very excited about the upcoming virtual events listed below:
- TK-3 Show and Tell, October 13 at 11:00 a.m. Register here.
- Let’s Cook, October 16 at 1:00 p.m. Register here.
- Skribbl Pictionary, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. Register here.
Upcoming Educational Events
We are very excited about the upcoming virtual events listed below:
- Virtual Book Club: October 8 at 11 a.m. Register here by October 5.
- Scattergories for learners in grades 3-5: October 5 at 2 p.m. Register here.
- TK-3 Show and Tell: October 13 at 11 a.m. Register here.
- Let’s Cook: October 16 at 1 p.m. Register here.
- Skribbl Pictionary: October 23 at 2 p.m. Register here.