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Ava S.About Our Program
PAVA 6th Grade
Magnet Coordinator
Kira Craig
Ms. Craig is a National Board Certified educator who has worked in LAUSD for 24 years. Her career includes teaching English/Language Arts to all of the middle-school grade levels, mentoring student-teachers, and serving as a literacy coach. She taught 8th Grade English in PAVA for two years before the opportunity to be the coordinator emerged. Making the choice to step out of the classroom, reflects how highly she thinks of the teachers and the students who are a part of this magnet.
Our Fearless Leader...
Mrs. Rivera
Science and Music Teacher
Math and Art Teacher
Ms. Jenkins
Meet Our Teachers...
About Our Program
PAVA 6th Grade
Performing and Visual Arts at PHMSi
PAVA's vision is to provide a rigorous learning environment where students experience the arts through its integration into their core classes as well as through the in-depth study of various artistic disciplines. We believe providing this environment for our students will propel them to excel academically, value the process of learning, and become lifelong learners who will be college and career-ready.
About Our Magnet...
Mrs. Rivera
Science and Music Teacher
Ms. Wagener
Math and Art Teacher
Ms. Jenkins
Ms. Williams
Dance Teacher
Meet Our Teachers...
History and Choir Teacher
Ms. Toschi
English and Theater Teacher
English
With Ms. Wagener
In English, we learned all about different types of writing, such as argument and creative. We read a short story called "The Hitchhiker" by Lucille Fletcher and a novel called Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan.
My favorite assignment...
I think this assignment was a way to show creativity and a fun way to show my perspective.
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
My favorite assignment...
Math
With Ms. Jenkins
My favorite assignment...
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
My favorite assignment...
I choose the jellyfish research assignment because I got to learn many things about a jellyfish and how they survive without the organs that we have.
In Science, we've learned about natural systems, living systems, cells, body systems, and much more.
Math
With Ms. Jenkins
My favorite assignment...
Math topics include the following: GCF/LCM, rates and proportions, integers, expressions and equations, and statistics. If time allows, we get into basic geometry. We also do a handful of hands-on projects throughout the year.
I had chosen this project because, it was very interesting and fun for me to learn about the mathematician named Katherine Johnson and how she had helped NASA be able to go to the moon.
With Ms. Toschi
About the class...In History, we are studying Ancient Civilizations. We have studied ancient Egypt, Israel and Greece. We are learning about different cultures by learning about their history, music, dance, art, and literature.
We learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and have done slide presentations.
We learned about the Greek gods and goddesses and have done slide presentations.
My favorite assignment...
I had chosen this assignment because, I had learned a lot of new things about Greek Mythology and the Greek Gods stories.
History
With Ms. Williams
Ever curious about how choreographers get their inspiration? Well, you are in luck because currently we are learning about the world of Modern Dance and how using Pantomimes and gestures (real life movements) can be inspired into creating realistic dances. Who would have ever thought I can turn something as simple as brushing my teeth into a dance!?!
My favorite assignment...
This was one of my favorite projects because because, I was able to create my own story and be able to do a dance and Pantomime.
Dance