University of Southern California host Marine Science Academy students on Catalina
Marine Science Academy students on the Quik SCience teams were treated to a summer trip at the USC Wrigley Institute on Catalina Island. Students toured the research facility, spoke with professors, grad students, and emergency response team members, as well as having fun in the water. Click on the headline to view a few pictures.
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Marine Science Academy Student Summer Assignments
Marine Science Academy students, summer assignments are posted here. Just click on the headline.
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Marine Science Students have a Whale of a Time!
What a way to end the year! Marine Science Academy students finally participated in Camp Sea World on June 16th and June 17th. Click here for more details.
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Marina's Summer Reading List 2010
Here is a Summer Reading List for the middle school student. Each book has a brief description. There is also a link to the Los Angeles Public Library.
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Marina Does Archery?
Mariners are keeping up with the times by participating in archery in physical education.
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Marine Science Students on the Bike Path
Marine Science students observed birds along the Ballona Creek Bike Path and Del Rey Lagoon. Besides a few mallard ducks, the students only saw one great blue heron. It was a disappointing bird day, but a great bike day! Click here to see.
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Cinco de Mayo
Instead of a typical "school bell," the students of Marina del Rey Middle School were alerted to the start of lunch by the sound of a DJ's turn table.
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QuikSCience Team takes third place in competition!
Congratulations to QuikSCience Team II. The student team placed third in the Quik Silver/ USC sponsored QuikSCience Competition. There were over one hundred teams that competed, but less than half completed the tasks. Click here to see more pictures.
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Seventh Graders Go Back in Time
History teacher Mr. Senteno coordinated a grade-level field trip to the Renaissance Pleasure Faire to show 7th grade Mariners first hand what it was like to live during the Renaissance Period.
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Marina Drama Showcase
Friday, April 23, Ms. Rothman and her drama classes put on a standing room only series of short vignettes and a section of "Ms. Nelson is Missing" in room 27". It was a great success!
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Mariners See Stars
At sunset on Friday, April 23, Marina students were able to view several planets and other celestial objects through powerful telescopes.
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Marine Science Students mentor third graders
On April 16th the seventh grade Marine Science Academy students took third graders to Santa Monica Beach and the Santa Monica Aquarium. Each seventh grader was assigned a third grader to mentor for the day. "It was a tough job keeping track of them (the third graders)!"
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Math-Science Night: April 22, 2010
Click on the link below to see additional photos of this wonderful evening.
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Marina is Gorgeous at 50 Years Old
50 years ago Marina del Rey Junior High was almost finished. Please click on the picture to see our school in 1960 and then see how it is today, freshly painted and upgraded into the 21st century--a truly beautiful educational environment.
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QuikSCience Teams compete and place in top 3!
The Marine Science Academy QuikSCience teams entered their final projects and presentations to USC. One of the teams was interviewed last week at USC and has placed in the top 3 out of over 100 teams. Awards Ceremony will be on March 25th at the Quik Silver Headquarters in Huntington Beach. Click on this icon to see a short presentation of the teams' projects.
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