CALENDAR EVENTS
3/8 Coed Wood Shop Classes Begin
3/13 Field Trip, Regular Uniform & Lunch from Home!
3/15 Celebrate Spring Events - Modified Hot Lunch Service Today...
3/18 Safety Week
3/19 Grade 1 Parent Coffee, 8:30 AM in the Reception Room3/18 Safety Week
3/28 & 3/29 Parent Conferences, ASP Open
March is National Women's History Month! In addition to reading biographies about women who have made significant contributions in their professional fields, career presentations by first grade parents have been scheduled.
| Meet: Katherine Scangos, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychiatry, UCSF  |
Katherine is a psychiatrist and neuroscientist. She helps
people with problems that affect how they feel, think, and
behave. She treats patients with depression and obsessive-
compulsive disorder. Katherine shared a drawn model of
the brain with the areas of the brain. Girls learned about the
areas of the brain, including how there are billions of neurons
neurons that communicate with each other. Katherine's work
includes finding out about neurons, how they are
communicating with each other, and where the breakdown is
happening. She uses that information to develop a treatment
plan to help the patient.
The Brain: Demonstrating What Happens...
Girls acted out a typical response when presented with this
scenario: a lion is looking at you. How do the different areas
in the brain respond: frontal cortex, motor cortex, amygdala,
hippocampus, anterior cingulate, and visual cortex.
Katherine shared that electrodes are used to measure electrical
differences to help neuroscientists develop a treatment plan.
Katherine showed that new treatments such as transcranial
magnetic stimulation (TMS) can target the brain areas that
aren't working.
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| Meet: Robyn Packhouz India Hicks Ambassador 
Robyn has a unique position as an ambassador with
the line of well-crafted gifts, beauty, and accessories
created by India Hicks. The collections are designed by
a creative team with attention to details, colors, textures,
and beauty influenced by the natural beauty found at
Harbour Island. Robyn is part of a network of
entrepreneurial women who create a personal shopping experience for clients. She has flexibility in setting her
own schedule.
Showing Samples of Assessories
What happens when you're ready to purchase items?
Girls took part in a sales skit. They were given money to
shop for items that they liked. The cost of items were
listed and totaled on a sales sheet. India Hicks provides
customer support for all their products.
Robyn enjoys having the opportunity to fundraise. She
noted that she "give back to support charities and others."
As a vendor at the recent Celebrate Spring event, Robyn designated a portion of sales to our schools.  |
| Meet: MC Appler, Architect, ES LO Design Emily Schwartz, Principal of ES LO Design Kimberly Oxford Barna, Principal of Oxford Interiors  |
First graders were treated to a close-up look at the architecture and
craftsmanship found in the Reception Room and Chapel in the Flood
Mansion. On our first stop, Kim talked about the Corinthian columns
outside the front door.
In the main hall, Emily showed the girls a floor plan of the Flood
Mansion. The bow windows were unique to San Francisco at the
time. When working on projects, architects try to preserve and keep
as much of the original plans as possible. Architects have to work
as a team and make adjustments to solve problems that come up. 
In the Reception Room, formerly the dining room when the Floods
lived there, MC pointed out the 8-ft. fireplace. Girls sat in chairs
arranged around a taped off portion of the carpet that represented
the massive size of the dining room table.
Throughout the room, architectural features are found on the walls
and ceiling. The coffered ceiling has details related to geometry
and pattern. Just below the ceiling are a series of paintings that
represent truth, music, abundance, beauty, peace, science, art,
commerce, industry, etc.
The decorative urns are different and feature whimsical and
mythical creatures: dolphins, dragons, birds, and more.
 
What are some of the tools that architects use?
Emily and MC showed the girls some important tools: a triangle
to measure angles with, a scale (not a ruler) with multiple sides,
tracing paper, and sticky dots. The tracing paper allows changes
to be made by "tearing off a new piece, taping it down, and
sketching right on top".
Using photo clues, the girls went on a scavenger hunt to find
the architectural detail from the Reception Room and Chapel.
 
Our morning ended in the Chapel with a few questions. When
asked about their favorite part of their jobs, Emily, MC, and Kim
agreed that they "like making people happy" and "creating a home
for someone". It takes a team of many people: architects, interior
designers, builders, craftspeople, and others working together.
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