Dunn Middle School Friday Newsnote February 2, 2007

"Life doesn't require that we be the best, only that we try the best."                   - Anon.

Volume 11, Issue 16 February 2, 2007

Monday February 5	Tuesday February 6	Wednesday February 7	Thursday February 8	Friday February 9
All students bring lunch Return Friday Folders DMS Student Council Meeting 12:40 - 1:00 Sixth Grade Rehearsal 2:30 - 3:30 Staff Meeting 3:30 - 4:30 Homework Heaven Monday - Thursday 3:15 - 5:00	Hot Lunch - Burritos Boys' Basketball DMS @ Solvang 5:30 P.M.	8th Grade "Naughty Days" February 7 - 13 Hot Lunch - Pizza Weird Science 3:30 - 4:30	Hot Lunch - Chinese Hike Club 2:30 - 5:30 Boys' Basketball DMS vs. Charter @ Santa Ynez 5:30 P.M. Dunn Upper School Open House 6:45 - 9:00 P.M.	Friday Classes Friday Folder & Newsnote 6/7 grade bring lunch 8th Grade Lunch at Upper School Friday Electives Bike Club Surf Club DMS Talent Show! In the Barn 7:00 P.M.

Lots of Photos... Santa Ynez Firefighters join Marc to judge the El Mercado hot salsa contest; lots of great food at El Mercado; 8th graders at the Bluegrass Bake Sale; advanced climbing on the climbing wall!

Tuesday was Double Donna Day... we dressed like Doubles, ate Donuts from Donley's, and honored Donna's Darling Decorations! From The Director... El Mercado! Many thanks to David Andreas for helping to invite the firemen from the Santa Ynez firehouse who came to El Mercado and helped judge our traditional SALSA contest. The firemen and Marc (our official DMS Salsa judge due to his ability to tolerate (and love) hot and spicy foods!) agreed on the following: Best Traditional Salsa: Nicaragua - Colton and Sazan Best Mango Salsa: Ecuador - Beth and Riley Best Creative Salsa: Bolivia - Apple Salsa by Ryan and Mackenzie DMS "Talent" Show! The DMS Talent Show is a fun, hilarious, and memorable evening filled with everything from true talent to acts that will make you laugh so hard your face will ache. Please be sure to join in the fun on Friday night, February 5, at 7:00 at the Dunn School barn. Wear warm clothing! All students will be performing! 8th Grade News! This is a busy time of year for eighth grade students and their parents. Students will have the opportunity next week to "shadow" a high school student in order to see classes at Dunn School for a few hours on February 13 or 15. In March, students will be invited to Santa Ynez Valley Union High School. They are beginning several fundraisers for the service project and Eighth Grade Road Trip including the following: February 7-13: Naughty Days at DMS. Have you wanted to break a school rule? In anticipation of the 8th grade class spending 24 days being exceptionally positive, we are giving them 7 days of fundraising during which any student may buy his/her way to naughtiness. The "BIG BAD BAG OF MOOLA" will include $1 fees paid by any student who wishes to chew gum for a day, sag jeans, wear skirts that are too short (boys or girls), show belly buttons (boys or girls), wear flip flops to p.e., create bizarre and distracting hair styles, sit backwards in class, etc. Naughty behavior must be approved by the 8th grade class and Linda Smith and paid for prior to the naughtiness. February 12, Monday night, 7 P.M., Dunn School Barn: Aidan Terry will premiere his new film "Some Like It Heavy." Aidan, a DMS 8th grader, has received several awards for his ani- mated short film "A Case On A Peel" which was released two years ago and premiered at Dunn. Be the first to see this very talented 8th grader's work. Only $1! February 14-28: Eighth Graders for a Happier World. All 24 eighth graders are gathering sponsors who will believe in that student's ability to avoid negative, surly, nasty, horrible, sarcastic, mean, and spiteful talking for 24 days. (This includes eye rolling.) Students will be inspiring each other to be positive, caring, considerate, kind, compassionate, delightful, sweet, adorable, supportive, and shockingly happy toward all people! - Linda Marie Smith

Wine Country March Music Festival in Los Olivos This is fabulous music! I highly recommend all the concerts. Student tickets are just $10! - Linda Dunn School will present the twenty-sixth season of the Schoolhouse Music Evenings at St. Mark's-in-the-Valley Episcopal Church in Los Olivos. Enjoying a musical month of March on three consecutive Friday evenings with first class chamber musicians from all over the world will be a real treat for the audience in this valley. The amazing Pacific Trio, founded in 1979, will return to the series on March 9. Edith Orloff, pianist, and John Walz, cellist, have played together since high school, and Roger Wilkie, violinist, joined the trio since their last performance in Los Olivos. Each member of the trio has enjoyed a celebrated international career rich in recital, ensemble, and concerto solo performances. The Pacific Trio serves as trio-in-residence for the Idyllwild Arts Summer Programs and Summer Festival, the Santa Barbara Chamber Music Festival, "Sundays Live" on KMZT, Los Angeles, and European tours. Their new CD of Beethoven's Triple Concerto, recorded with the Czech National Orchestra in Prague, will be released in 2007. A week later, March 16, Nick Ariando, composer and master performer of the classical and jazz accordion, and Ayke Agus, pianist and violinist, will return to Los Olivos. Mr. Ariando's compositions incorporate all the sounds from different types of accordions, making unbelievable colors mixed with those of the piano and violin. Besides being a concert violinist and pianist, Ms. Agus wrote a book about Jascha Heifetz, " Heifetz As I Knew Him". He was her violin teacher and collaborator on the piano for the final 10 years of his life. On March 23 Gilles Apap will perform with two brothers from France, and Miwa Gofuku, the mystery pianist from Mr. Apap's solo concert last year. Hubert Apap plays French Horn with the Opera Orchestre de Nice, Francois Apap plays bassoon with the Orchestre National de Lyon, and Miwa Gofuku is the Director of Artistic Planning and Operations for the Santa Barbara Symphony. I believe this is the first time they have played together professionally in the United States. Gilles Apap appeared on the front page of The STRAD, a classical magazine for all string players, in the January 2007 edition. He is a charismatic master of the violin who captures the imagination of the audience as he guides us through an evening of sound and silence. The concerts will begin every Friday evening at 8:00 P.M., and there will be a reception for the artists after each concert. At this time season tickets, preferred (assigned) and general (open) seating, can be purchased by contacting Dunn School at 688-6471, M-F, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., or leave a message.

Marc’s stumper for the week:    I'm so glad we had real rain this week! It's been very dry. I wonder what the little birds do in the cold rain? I reckon they hide under the leaves of shrubs and trees to stay warm and dry. Oak leaves are like umbrellas for songbirds. My stumper is different. If the leaves in the tree canopy can block the rain, then they will also block the light on sunny days. How do trees and other plants arrange their leaves so they capture the most sunlight without shading out their own leaves below? Hint: study the winter-bare "Carpe Diem" Valley Oak tree at school!

About last week's stumper:    Electricity travels at the speed of light, but electrons move slower than a snail. Imagine a long tube full of "Acme Frictionless Marbles". If I push a new marble into the tube, another will be pushed out the end. The impulse is very fast, but each marble only moves a bit. That's how Direct Current (DC) works. Electrons move an inch or two per hour, but my flashlight turns on right away. My household power is Alternating Current (AC). The electrons in my desk lamp are pushed back and forth 60 times every second. They don't really travel at all.

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