Laila Mendez

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...

Laila Mendez - My Review

This assignment was to write a review based on a tv show, movie, or book.

Science

With Mrs. Rivera

My favorite assignment...

Laila M. - Dichotomous Key

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Math

With Ms. Jenkins

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Kami

Science

With Mrs. Rivera

My favorite assignment...

Laila M. - Dichotomous Key

In this assignment we had to pick 6 things and find what's different about them.

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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.

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Kami

I chose this assignment because I was really proud that I understood the math.

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With Ms. Toschi

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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.

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My favorite assignment...

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Greek God/Goddess Project

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1 sentence description of the assignment and why you chose it.

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History

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With Ms. Williams

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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!?!

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My favorite assignment...

Laila Mendez - Dance Styled Pantomime Assignment- Draft

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I had to make a dance out of a story that I made up.

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Dance

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With Ms. Williams

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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!?!

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My favorite assignment...

Laila Mendez - Dance Styled Pantomime Assignment- Draft

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I had to make a dance out of a story that I made up.

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Dance

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Art, Theater, Choir, and Music!

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