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6th Grade PAVALoading...
SPRING 2021Loading...
Aaron Z.
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...
This assignment was about finding the correct pronoun(s) for randomly generated sentences, and I chose it as my favorite assignment because I really enjoyed learning about how to use different types of pronouns and I was also able to get extra credit.
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
My favorite assignment...
Math
With Ms. Yoshino
My favorite assignment...
Science
With Mrs. Rivera
My favorite assignment...
This assignment was about learning about the cell theory, and learning about different types of cells and their characteristics, parts, functions, and more, and I picked this assignment because I really enjoyed doing this and I learned a lot about cells within one assignment.
In Science, we've learned about natural systems, living systems, cells, body systems, and much more.
Math
With Ms. Yoshino
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.
This assignment/project was about making your own restaurant/cafe, or whatever you choose related to that, and then making your own menu and prices, after you make 4 random equations using the menu you created, and solving it in 4 different ways, I picked this assignment because it let me and others get creative and having fun making and designing while learning, and I really liked the way it was set up.
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...
This assignment/project was about making/drawing/coloring your own Grecian Jar using any template from google, and I picked this assignment/project because it was very fun to do, and we were able to get creative with colors and ideas for patterns with the jar.
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 assignment/project was about going into breakout rooms with a random person, and filling one thing out about the person using/with the digital sheet given, and I picked this assignment/project because it was fun to do, and I was able to get to know my classmates better.
Dance