INSIDE THIS ISSUE CYSP On The Move ............ 2 Field Trips Around Town ... 3 Celebrating Earth Day........ 4 LLS Fundraiser ................... 5 Annual Art Show ................ 7 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Robotics Rocks A Day in Springfield Photo Gallery We put the Science in STEM Horizon Science Academy Belmont 5035 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60639 Phone: 773-237-2702 Fax: 773-237-2726 E-mail: [email protected]CHECK OUT CONCEPT SCHOOLS TV AT http://conceptschools.tv/ SPRING 2016 Femme Fatales HSA Belmont Girls Show Us How It’s Done O ur girls are certainly a force to be reckoned with and keep making us proud with their accomplishments. From winning Best in Show at Concept Schools’ annual science fair to garnering awards for their literary feats, these girls have definitely got it going on. This month, we’re featuring these fantastic females and shar- ing their stories of success! Lina Vaquez won a Special Recogni- tion Award for her poem and art- work submission to the Illinois Envi- ronmental Protection Agency’s 2016 Poster, Poetry and Prose contest. Amya Washing- ton (left), Deli- lah Rivera (middle) and Ray’ven Robin- son (right) win gold, silver and Best of Category (respectively) at CONSEF, Con- cept School’s national science and math fair. Amya Washington placed second in Concept Schools’ annual Writing Competition for her opinion essay, “The Time Is Now...Stop!
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SPRING 2016
Femme Fatales HSA Belmont Girls Show Us How It’s Done
O ur girls are certainly a force to be reckoned with and keep making us proud
with their accomplishments. From winning Best in Show at Concept Schools’
annual science fair to garnering awards for their literary feats, these girls have
definitely got it going on. This month, we’re featuring these fantastic females and shar-
ing their stories of success!
Lina Vaquez won a Special Recogni-
tion Award for her poem and art-
work submission to the Illinois Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s 2016
Poster, Poetry and Prose contest.
Amya Washing-
ton (left), Deli-
lah Rivera
(middle) and
Ray’ven Robin-
son (right) win
gold, silver and
Best of Category
(respectively) at
CONSEF, Con-
cept School’s
national science
and math fair.
Amya Washington placed second in
Concept Schools’ annual Writing
Competition for her opinion essay,
“The Time Is Now...Stop!
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CYSP ON THE MOVE
CYSP Mentors and a group of our CYSP
students traveled across the state to
Rockford, IL in March. They had an
awesome time learning about al things
science at the Discovery Center and
then spent Saturday giving back to the
community by volunteering at the
Rockford Recycling Center and also
making blankets and toys that were
then donated to the local animal shel-
ter.
The following month our CYSP mentees
traveled to Lake Geneva, WI with their
mentors, where they enjoyed the great
outdoors, visited Yerkes Observatory
and even got to experience a real, work-
ing Wisconsin dairy farm. They were
able to see the inner-workings of the
farm in action and even feed baby
calves by hand!
Spring means lots of fantastic field trips for our students and
this year was no exception. Chicago has so much to offer and
our K-2 kids got a great tour of the city. The Kindergarten
students had a fun-filled day at the Shedd Aquarium where
they got to see the dolphin show and a 3-D movie on sea
creatures! First grade got their science on at the Museum of
Science and Industry and received a crash course in the fu-
ture of energy, the science of storms and even got to flex
their creative muscles in the idea factory. Last, but not least,
second graders learned about all things nature at the Peggy
Notebarte Nature Museum. Each class took their own per-
sonalized course in metamorphosing monarchs and viewed
the amazing butterfly house.
FIELD TRIP FUN
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YOUR TRASH IS OUR TREASURE
Concept Schools’ West Re-
gion organized its 4th An-
nual Robotics Camp in
March. The robot-
ics program was designed
for middle & high school
students who intend to pur-
sue a science and engineer-
ing career. The robots built
by students performed
a robotics challenge and
demonstration at the end of
the camp. Our robotics
team did a amazing job in
the Sumo competition and
won 1st place among 10 teams from 7 different schools! Congratulations to team members
Kanari Byndum, Nyla Lacey, Isabel Abarca, Jason Alvarado, Jalen Jefferson, Stephen Ellis Jr,
Jadakis Barajas and Domonick Randle.
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ROBOTICS ROCKS AT HSA BELMONT
Each year, in honor of Earth Day and
environmental awareness, Mrs. Khan
organizes our annual Trash to Treasure
contest. The contest invites students to
take traditional discarded trash and
make something new and inventive out
of it. Our students rose to the challenge
and submitted a variety of awesome
items that were truly treasures. In K-2nd
grade, the 1st place winner was Joshua
Antunez and 2nd place went to Janiyah
Williams. In 3rd-5th grade category,
Gianna Padilla won 1st place and Depar-
ion Miller was honored with 2nd place winner is Deparion Miller and Honorable Men-
tion was given to Angelo Buenostro. Last, but not least, in 6th-7th grade, Heavenly McIn-
tyre took home 1st place and 2nd place went to Delilah Rivera.
LOBBY DAY
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Our fantastic parents Reni-ta Ward, LaTrinia McIn-tyre and Linda Little had an amazing time partici-pating in the Illinois Net-work of Charter Schools’ annual Lobby Day in Springfield, IL. The annual event seeks to raise aware-ness about the importance of charter school with our legislators. We want to thank these women for all of their support and dedi-cation to our school and our students!
For the second year in a row, HSA Belmont stu-dents went above and be-yond for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Fund-raiser. The two-week event, headed by Ms. Graves, en-couraged students to raise money for this great cause by collecting spare change from friends and family. We not only raised $500 more dollars than last year, we also exceeded our goal of $1750 by collecting nearly $2000. All the mon-ey will go towards blood cancer research. A special thanks goes out to Ms. Graves and congratulations to Ms. Dworkin’s class, who raised the most money and won a pasta party from Olive Garden!
HSA Belmont was represented in Springfield by LaTrinia McIntyre, Linda Little and Renita Ward (pictured here with Rep. La Shawn Ford.
HSA BELMONT CARES Students and Families Raise Nearly $2000 for the Leukemia
and Lymphoma Society Fundraiser
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Science
Stars In April, a group of our brightest
science and math students traveled
to Cleveland, OH for Concept
Schools’ annual CONSEF Science
and Engineering Fair. Our students
worked extremely hard preparing
their projects and it certainly paid
off. 7th grader Amya Washington
brought home a gold medal, 7th
grader Ray’ven Robinson received a
silver medal and 7th grader Delilah
Rivera received Best of Show in the
category of electronics/engineering.
Delilah (pictured) was also selected
as a candidate for the 2016 Concept
GEMS camp this summer.
Last month, a group of our students
attending the McKinley Park Sci-
ence Camp. They attended sessions
on Presentation, Lab Reports, and
other helpful tips when competing
at the science fair. Our students also
attended the Museum
of Science and Industry with the
other schools to explore the differ-
ent exhibits and then went to the
Willis Tower to face their fears by
standing on the LEDGE and taking
a group photo.
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Annual Student Art Show
The annual school-wide HSA Belmont art show, held on March 26th, was a genuine masterpiece!
Artwork from each and every student was on display for parents, students and guests. The visually
stunning pieces wowed onlookers as they walked through the gallery-like set-up. As a special treat,
Ms. Culcowski chose star pieces and framed them for a silent auction. $400 was raised from the sale
of the various truly original artwork. Each student artist received 50% of the sale of their piece and
the remainder went directly back to the art department to fund future projects. A very special thank
you goes out to Ms. Culkowski for organizing the event and inspiring our students to create such
