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X-Factor is a free after school program provided by Standard District through an After School Education and Safety Grant for students in first through eighth grade.
We will be starting registration for the 2016-17 school year in May. Current registrations will be reviewed based on need and availability by the Site Supervisor at each site. The May 3 Parent Orientation was well attended. The next one is scheduled for August 11, 2016.
Parent Orientation:
In order for your child to attend and/or be placed on a waiting list for the sites that are already full, the Parent Orientation is mandatory. The next Parent Orientation is:
May 11- Parent Orientation, 6:00 PM at the District Office, 1200 N. Chester Ave. (corner of N. Chester and Ferguson)
Each spring the after-school programs have a showcase to display/show some of the exciting things that they have been doing throughout the winter and spring. Here are the dates we have currently:
Standard El--May 12, 5:30-6:30 (In conjunction with Open House)
Highland--May 13, 5:30-7:00 (Parent Interactive night and dinner)
Standard Middle--May 18, 5:15-6:15 (Club presentations: Fencing, Dance, Technology, Culture Club...)
Wingland--May 20, 4:30-5:30 (Art museum and artist presentations)
We are excited about having several events during the last month of the school year. Besides our showcases, we are hosting Everybody Dance Now, a hip hop group from Santa Barbara, to lead our students in an afternoon of fun dancing and moving! We were also able to get CSUB Chemistry Circus to come and do experiments with our kids on various Friday afternoons throughout the month. We will be having a library presentation, so the kids will be coming home with flyers about the programs the Rathbun library is having this summer. All the sites are planning special days as we wind down the school year. Keep up with your site for any special announements.
According to the latest accountability requirements by the California Department of Education, we put together a plan to meet with and review elements of our after-school program. This will include getting together with staff, administration, parents and students to discuss survey questions that pertain to maintaining a quality program. We had our parent meetings at all four sites and will do a combined meeting on May 9 to come up with an action plan. We had some great feedback, and I am excited about going forward next year. A few of the parents' comments are:
"My child enjoys the crafts they do." "There are lots of smiles." "Student expectations are clearly defined."
"Classes (Clubs) are choice based and there is an appopriate variety." "Leaders are respectful and mostly positive toward students."
One of the best ways for us to continue meeting as many needs as possible in our school and district community is through good communication. If you have concerns and/or compliments for what is happening at your school's after-school program please feel free to contact one of our staff members from the links HERE
X-Factor Twitter Account
Another way to keep informed about X-Factor is to follow us on Twitter @standardXfactor. Updates will be posted for each site. Check to see what special events are coming up, what activities the students have been experiencing, and any emergency information.
What is X-Factor?
X-Factor is a FREE 3-hour after-school program for 1st through 8th graders that provides:
- Homework help
- Academic activities
- Physical Fitness activities
- Enrichment activities
- Daily Snack
Some of the activities that will be offered this year included puppet shows, music and dance, drama, science clubs, talent shows, arts and crafts, sports and active recreation, technology opportunities and much more. We will continue to partner with the Sheriff's Activity League for monthly activities, the Bakersfield Bike Club, Jam Basketball Team, NOR Water Agency, and many others community organizations. Students build confidence, relationships, and skills. For more information, contact Jan Unfried, 392-2110, or click here to e-mail her. Registration forms are available in the district office at 1200 N. Chester Ave.
- How do I get my student into X-Factor? You must fill out an application (available only upon attending the Parent Orientation). Each year those who are already enrolled will have first choice for the following year's enrollment. Those applications will be available through the X-Factor office on your site. Even if a site is full, you need to get your application in so that your child can be placed on the waiting list.
- How do I find out where my child is on the waiting list? You need to call the site supervisor for your child's school (see names and phone #s below). They will be able to let you know how many students are in front of your child for their grade level.
- How often can a student miss X-Factor before being dismissed? As long as students have an excused absense from the regular day, they have an excused absense from X-Factor. However, multiple excused or unexcused (more than 3) absences from the after-school program puts your child at risk of being dismissed. We want students who can benefit from the service as many days as possible. The decision will be made by the site supervisor after talking to the parents/guardians about the issues.
- Can I switch my child to a walker on certain days? Walkers must have signed written permission. Parents cannot call in permission for a student to walk. It is in the best interest of the child and the program for them to stay until pick-up time, especially after the time changes and it is dark ealier. Students who walk home miss some crucial enrichment time.
- Why do we have to show ID? For the safety of the students we check ID of everyone until the staff becomes familiar with the person who is picking the child up. If someone new comes (they must be on the list of approved people to pick up the child), they should expect to be asked to show ID. They will have to go back to their car if they are not carrying it with them.
Our Staff: We are happy to have everyone returning to our sites for the new year from Standard El, Highland, and Wingland. We are thrilled to let you know that Standard Middle X-Factor will be starting 2016 with a full staff. Though the staff is new, we are excited to begin the training and relationship-building process.
Site Supervisor
Program Leaders
Highland Elementary
Tracy Kisselburg
392-2144 or 343-4308
Jerri Findley, Karen Duke, Jennifer Rodriguez, Michael Mayfield, Amanda Chidgey, Gloria Macias, Crystal Krill, Paige Bowen
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Amanda Peirce
392-2147 or 345-6823
Victor Monsobias, Brittany Martin, Arika Kisselburg, Ashley Ruiz, Seth Carlson
Wingland Elementary
Dorian Sanchez
Alyssa Slade, Teresa Wyatt, Samantha Mayfield, Kaylee Milburn, Kelly Rutter
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Meghan Christy 345-7950
Matthew Garcia, Karina Aguirre-Lopez, Lindsay Harrison, Justin Noblin
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It's time to enroll for Kindergarten (any child 5 years old on or before September 1) and Transitional Kindergarten (any child turning 5 years old between September 2 and March 2).Read More...
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RIPON - The Ripon Chamber of Commerce, along with the City of Ripon's Fireworks Committee will be hosting a week-long Community Appreciation Event beginning Wednesday, June 29.
RIPON - The Ripon Chamber of Commerce presents the Annual Installation & Awards Dinner on Thursday, July 14, at the Spring Creek Golf & Country Club, 1580 E. Spring Creek Drive.
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South San Joaquin Irrigation District has taken the next step needed to become the retail electricity provider for Manteca, Ripon, Lathrop and the surrounding countryside.
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:38 am
Post subject: You punch like a cheerleader.
This is about FIGHTING! We brawl! I'm asking you guys...have you ever been in a fight?
Because I haven't...not a real one. I've had drunken encounters where the drunk guy hits me, and I'm all like, "that did nothing", until he walks away...out of sight, then I cry for mummy.
I've never thrown a punch at someone though, and I always wonder how I'll perform. In my head, I would definitely do a couple of Law's rainbow kicks, and then whip out the Dempsey Roll as my finishing move.
Maybe a fight is something every man MUST experience?
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A bunch in grade school, decidedly losing pretty much all of them. I only had a couple in high school (over equally stupid things), which both went phenomenally better due to having a few years of formal training by then. Past me had a really bad temper.
MattAY wrote:
In my head, I would definitely do a couple of Law's rainbow kicks, and then whip out the Dempsey Roll as my finishing move.
>not shouting "shocking first bullet" while you punch so hard volcanoes erupt
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I've been in several fights in my life. I don't necessarily think that getting in one is a part of being a man.
Overall, I'd say I have an even score.
As an adult, I've had two opportunities to get in a fight. One was with a homeless man...I'll pass. Everyone knows the homeless train tirelessly for fights. And the other was when I got slapped by a drunk in the park. Figured my kids' Saturday should be filled with something other than dad wailing on a dude. I mean, he slapped me. I was completely shocked. I've never been slapped before. It was like that scene in Austin Powers where he just yells , "who throws their shoe?" I just had no response to the man.
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So, I've been in a couple, but not really sure if I won. This one time this guy wanted 10 cents, so he could get a pack of cigarettes. I told him I was sorry, but I didn't have it. He started messing with me saying "I know you have it, you just walked out of Sheetz (a gas station in my area)" I told him I didn't have it. So, he actually put me in a choke hold. My friend knew him, so I didn't know if he was joking around or not. Until the next day. I was walking home from school and he approached me. He punched me, but it was very weak and I just ignored it. Then he punched my bookbag which was carrying my PSP. That''s when I punched him. He didn't want to fight then, so he told me to meet him somewhere the next day to actually have a fight.
So, I went to school the next day and one of his friends came up to me and asked, "Howard, why did you beat my friend up?" I honestly didn't know I did such a thing. So now, there was a rumor saying I beat up this guy who is known beating people up. It's good to be known I could fight, but I don't like fighting unless I really have to.
After school, I went to the place he wanted to meet. He came up to me and told me people are watching and we shouldn't fight, because someone would call the cops. After that, he quit bugging.
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This wasn't really a fight. My fiend (at least I think he's my friend) and I were walking home from school one day. All of a sudden he through a punch at me. A group of people surrounded us and were cheering for a fight. Again, I tried walking away, but he kept annoying by getting in my face. So, I punched him once in the face and through him down to the ground. I walked away, because I wanted to get home from school. The next day, he sat with me at the breakfast table. He told me his mom called up the school, because he has a fat lip. So, I was called down to the office along with him. They gave me ISS, because I fought with him on the way home from school. For some reason, on the way home from school is the school's responsibility. They said they didn't care if we got home and did if after then. So, yeah...just my luck.
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I've been in a couple. I don't like to fight, I try to avoid it as I'm sure most others would. Britta from Community was right, guys fight just to help hide their own gayness.
But anyway, it was after the Pearl Jam concert back in 2009. My friends and I went out to a bar for some drinks and after it closed at 3am we could see this scuffle out in the parking lot. This gang of brown guys known as the "Tamil Tigers" (yeah, I'm serious) were attacking this one white dude. Seemed a little unfair but who knows what the hell caused this.
But then this blond girl gets in the middle of it. Maybe it was his gf? Who knows? She tried to get them to stop and the guys grab her hair and start punching her. Still, nobody is doing anything. Now I dunno if it was the fact I was drunk or maybe I had seen The Dark Knight too many times but I decided to jump in and help.
Grabbed the dude punching the blond girl and punched him right in the face. I could feel someone punching me in my left ear, I turned around and grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and started punching him hockey style. His nose started to bleed and he stopped punching me, I let go of him and he backed away.
Not trying to sound tough, but these guys were pussies, hence why they attack in big gangs. It wasn't long before my friends clued in that they should help but instead of fighting them they were just trying to pull me out of it.
The cops came and since our designated driver had a bunch of weed on him he was all paranoid and we had to go.
The girl never even knew who I was or got a chance to talk to me. And to this day she still remains a mystery.
Some friends said I was a hero, some said I was an idiot looking to get stabbed. But I think I did the right thing.
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WickedLiquid wrote:
I could feel someone punching me in my left ear, I turned around and grabbed him by the neck of his shirt and started punching him hockey style.
Haha, this is the best part of your story. I don't know why this made me laugh. I'm just imagining Drunk Rob talking like Batman-Abed and taking down a campy street tough gang called the Tamil Tigers.
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Oh i forgot to mention my voice was coarse and soar from the concert so it sounded all grumbley!
haha, I know it sounds like Kick Ass but it happened!
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Only been in real fights with my siblings, who definitely thought that kicking a girl between the legs didn't hurt. Kicked 'em back. Fair, right?
And then once in grade five, I think the class was supposed to be in the gym rehearsing for the musical or something, but for whatever reason, a few of us didn't have to be there. I'm not sure. All I know is that the room was mostly empty. Anyway, this troublemaker asshole kept teasing me, and I just didn't have it in me to ignore the kid anymore. I asked him to stop, told him that I'd seriously had enough, and if he didn't cut it out he was going to regret it. So of course he's all "ooh, what are you gonna do?" and continued. Well, I shoved him, and then started choking him. It was only for a moment, because I would never intend to do real harm. Just needed to show him that he was being a real jackass, and let out frustration.
I felt bad afterwards, because I saw the look on his face of complete surprise, and after I let him go he called me a crazy bitch or whatever. "Whatever, just shut the hell up." And he didn't really bother me too much after that. Not directly, anyway. He was still a bit of an ass in high school, in general.
Normally I find a way to get along with those troublemakers in class, because most of the time I can see how they're getting screwed over. And I did find out in high school that that kid had some family problems, like his mom seemed to be in a rough situation. I dunno if that's a legit reason for his behaviour in elementary school or not.
Relatedly, I always imagine myself getting into fights (xkcd-like, in banks and grocery stores and such), and sometimes I actively wish that someone would pick a fight with me, so that I'd feel like I had a legitimate reason to let go. I don't know how scary that is. :/
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Pockey Drives released a new portable storage product called the Pockey, a USB external hard disk drive that is small, fast, portable and requires no additional power supply. The palm-sized Pockey is available in 10GB and 20GB capacities and is compatible with all laptop and desktop models. A USB cable connects the Pockey to a computer that transmits all data and power. The Pockey can be hot-swapped between computers without rebooting so file sharing is easy. The dimensions are 5" x 3 ½", and the transfer rate is up to 1.5MBps.
Contact: Pockey Drives, 21356 Nordhoff Street, Suite 109, Chatsworth, California 91311, 818-717-9556, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.pockeydrives.com/.
VelociGenX, from VelociGen, is a web services application development and runtime platform that uses XML technology to provide cross-platform connectivity. Companies are able to develop reusable web services that incorporate data from any source or application. Therefore, VelociGenX can wrap, link and run various XML components as meta-applications from both legacy and dynamic data sources. The meta-applications can then be run and results sent to a browser, e-mail, PDA, pager or cell phone.
Contact: VelociGen, Inc. 8380 Miramar Mall, Suite #105, San Diego, California 92121, 858-622-1164, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.velocigen.com/.
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One of the best things about the UNIX environment (aside from being stable and efficient) is the vast array of software tools available to help you do your job. Traditionally, a UNIX tool does only one thing, but does that one thing very well. For example, grep is very easy to use and can search vast amounts of data quickly. The find tool can find a particular file or files based on all kinds of criteria. It's pretty easy to string these tools together to build even more powerful tools, such as a tool that finds all of the .log files in the /home directory and searches each one for a particular entry. This erector-set mentality allows UNIX system administrators to seem to always have the right tool for the job.
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