Some of our Art Club students recently participated in an art show hosted by the Orangevale Community Center. The art show was free to all and featured live music, dance performances and interactive creation stations. Approximately 350 visitors voted for their favorite works of Art for each grade level from the participating schools. Magnolia PTS had eleven students and fifteen works of art in the show. These students were: Madeleen Vanderwalt, Drew Hill, Trisity Ward, Austin Beilgard, Micah

MathMatters is a math contest for 4th and 5th grade students which is held annually in five different states. The primary goals of the program are to stimulate interest and achievement in mathematics among elementary school students and to provide recognition of outstanding young mathematicians, their dedicated teachers, and schools. The 8th Annual MathMatters Contest was held on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 at 10:00 am. Click here to see the test results.

Pacific Technology School Orangevale had the 3rd Annual Science Fair on Thursday, January 26. 150 students from different grade levels participated fair with 105 projects. Students' projects were evaluated by the judges from UC Davis, Sac State and Intel. Besides, a field representative from State Assembly attended fair and served as a judge. By this way, PTS Orangevale students had a chance to interview with professors, scientists and engineers.

ACCompete is Accord Institute's Computer Science Competition among AMSP students as a part of AMSP program. It is composed of three contests throughout the year. Students compete individually in the tests. The average of top four AMSP students in a school determines the score of the school.ACCompete started with a very competitive contest.

Pacific Technology School was greeted with great hospitality during the Opening of the State Assembly on Wednesday, January 4th. The extent in which Pacific Technology School was made to feel special was tremendous. In addition, three CA State Senators were presented with hand painted plates while students and their parents were given a tour of the Capitol.

Heidi Poppelreiter and Joshua Parris who work for NASA visited our school to give a presentation. They gave some information about NASA and answer students’ questions between 9.30am and 11:30am on Monday, January 9th, 2012.

Students and parents alike will enjoy the chance to see Magnolia Pacific Technology School-Orangevale presentation which includes school education system, online student grade and behavior tracking system etc. at the first Magnolia PTS-Orangevale Open House. Those interested in Magnolia PTS-Orangevale are invited to the open house which will be held from 10 am.

Mr. Altun visited Glynn Thompson, Superintendent of the San Juan Unified School, at his office in Carmichael. Mr. Thompson has been a great supporter of Magnolia Pacific Technology School. Mr. Thompson was instrumental in providing bus service to Pacific Technology School for field trips. A representative from Mr. Thompson's office plans to attend the MathMatters Contact on January 28th.