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Welcome to Ballard Elementary School!
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Congratulations Ballard School...

2016 California Gold Ribbon School!

2014 California Distinguished School!

Posted On : Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Upcoming School Board Meeting

The next meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Ballard School District will take place on:

Wednesday, November 29, 2017
Ballard School Library
2425 School Street
Solvang, CA 93463

The agenda for this meeting will be available on the school bulletin board and this website ('Best of Ballard'). The meeting will be held in the Ballard School Libray.

Posted On : Monday, August 14, 2017

Ballard School Information

Enrollment: 130 students

Telephone: 805-688-4812
Fax: 805-688-7325

2425 School Street
Solvang, CA 93463

Superintendent/Principal: Allan Pelletier
apelletier@ballardschool.org
(You may also click on the word 'email' to your right.)

Administrative Assistant: Gina Floyd
gfloyd@sbceo.org

Board of Trustees
- Sandra Knight (President)
- Chris Kazali (Clerk)
- Tracey Cassidy

Posted On : Monday, January 4, 2016

Thought for the Day

“You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry, and be sure to smell the flowers along the way.”
~W. Hagen

Posted On : Monday, October 16, 2017

Upcoming

For Student and School Safety...

We do not list off campus student events, including field trips, on this page. Please call the school office (688-4812) with questions.

October Character Trait = Responsibility

Fri (10/20)
• Music: 2nd (11:30), 6th (12:45), 4th (1:30), 1st (2:15)
• Library: 1st (11:45), 2nd (1:30), 4th/5th (2:00)
• Garden: 6th (8:30), 5th (9:00 & 9:30), 2nd (10:20)
• Arts Outreach: 1st (10:20), 3rd (1:00), 2nd (2:00), 4th (2:15)

Character Counts (& Red Ribbon) Week

Mon (10/23)
• Music: 5th/6th (12:45), 4th (1:30), 3rd (2:15)
• Library: K (8:30), 6th (1:30)
• Homework Club: 3:00 – 4:00 (Library & 5th classroom if needed)
• Valley Glee: 3:00 – 4:00 (Music room)

Tues (10/24)
• Character Counts/Red Ribbon Week Flyover: 1:10
• Music: 5th (11:30), 2nd (12:45), 3rd (1:30), 1st (2:15)
• Library: 3rd (2:30)
• Garden: 3rd (8:30), 1st (10:20)
• Arts Outreach: 6th (11:15), 5th (12:45)
• Homework Club: 3:00 – 4:00 (Library & 5th classroom if needed)

Please click on the 'Best of Ballard' tabs for more up to date information.

- 2017/2018 Ballard School Calendar
- School Board Meeting Agenda: 10/11/17
- School Board Meeting Minutes: 8/9/17
- School Board Meeting Agenda: 9/13/17 (The meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, 9/18/17 at 5:30 in the Library.)
- Notice of Public Hearing Regarding Sufficiency of Instructional Materials: 9/13/17

Posted On : Monday, October 16, 2017

What's on the Website??

You can find a school district boundary map, monthly calendars, board meeting agendas and minutes, and more in the 'Best of Ballard' section of this website.

Others...
- 2016/2017 School Calendar ('Calendar' or 'Best of Ballard')
- Email & Class Website Information ('Faculty')

Please do not hesitate to call (688-4812) or email (apelletier@ballardschool.org) if you cannot find what you are looking for.

Posted On : Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Weekly Calendar of Events

Do you need to know when you have music or library? There are always a lot of great things going on at Ballard School! Click on the 'Upcoming Events' tab for the latest information!

Posted On : Friday, May 22, 2009

Ballard School is located in the heart of the Santa Ynez Valley on the central coast of California in Santa Barbara County. This public school teaches students from kindergarten to 6th grade. In the early days, since the schoolhouse was the only public building in the valley, it was often used for church services, weddings, funerals and the meeting place of the Good Templar Lodge and the Farmer's Alliance. It also has served as the site for lectures, social entertainment, lively debates, singing and Saturday night dances.

If you have a great story to tell about Ballard School or old time photos you would like to share, please email us and we can include it on our website. We want to preserve the history of our fabulous school.

Phone: 805-688-4812 Fax: 805-688-7325

Ballard Elementary School
School Accountability Report Card

http://www.AxiomAdvisors.net/livesarc/Presentation/MainPortal.aspx?CDS=42691046045256&LanguageID=1&Preview=False

Education Links

Teacher Resources

http://livebinders.com/ - Collect and organize your resources with an electronic binder.
http://animoto.com/ - Video Slide Show Maker.
https://www.dropbox.com/gs - Create a place to store and organize your files in the cloud.
http://www.thinkfinity.org/ - Lesson plans, resources, etc… for the classroom.

General K-5

SBCEO Portal - Santa Barbara County Education Office site that provides academic resources for researching, language arts, math, science, history, and much more.
Kahn Academy - With a library of over 2,400 videos covering everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and 150 practice exercises to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.
http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw - Drawing Program.
http://www.sbplibrary.org - Santa Barbara Public Library.

Kindergarten

Starfall - Kindergarten games, letters, sounds, reading, and more.
Kinderweb - Letters, adding, subtracting, telling time, shapes, currency, and much more.
PBS Math Games (K) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.

First Grade

Starfall - First grade games, letters, sounds, reading, and more.
Academic Skill Builders - Learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.
Tooth Tally (synonyms) - Practice words that have similar meanings.
Frearless Frieda (spelling) - Help Frieda surf as you spell words.
Squanky the Tooth Taker (antonyms) - Help the tooth fairy find pairs of words with opposite meanings.
Monkey Business - Help the monkey cross the bridge by making a complete sentence.
PBS Math Games (1st) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
http://storylineonline.net/ - Story Online present books read by actors.

Second Grade

Synonyms - Game to practice words that are similar.
Tooth Tally (synonyms) - Practice words that have similar meanings.
Squanky the Tooth Taker (antonyms) - Help the tooth fairy find pairs of words with opposite meanings.
Frearless Frieda (spelling) - Help Frieda surf as you spell words.
Academic Skill Builders - Learning basic math, language arts, vocabulary, and thinking skills.
Fun Brain - Arcade with math and reading games.
Contractions - Game to help learn contraction words.
PBS Math Games (2nd) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
Wordshake - Make as many words in three minutes with 16 letters. How many points can you get?

Third Grade

Bang on Time - Read the time in words and stop the clock on the correct time.
Multiplication - Variety of games to help with learning multiplication facts.
Dance Mat Typing - Make your way through all 12 stages and you can be a top typist.
Wordshake - Make as many words in three minutes with 16 letters. How many points can you get?
PBS Math Games (3rd) - Time, geometry, measuring, money.
http://www.aaamath.com/grade3.html - AAA Math reinforces math skills.
http://www.picassohead.com/ - Mr. Picassohead, art and more.
http://www.sbmission.org/ - Santa Barbara Mission.
http://sbthp.org/presidio.htm - Santa Barbara Presidio.
http://www.sbnature.org/research/anthro/chumash/intro.htm - Santa Barbara Chumash life.
http://www.santaynezchumash.org/history.html - Chumash Santa Ynez site.
http://www.sbnature.org/ - Natural History Museum.
http://www.sbbg.org/ - Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens.
http://www.ingallshomestead.com/virtualvisit.html - Virtual visit to Ingalls' Homestead.
http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/School/dondero/msm/weather/index.html - Clouds & Weather.

Fourth Grade

Dance Mat Typing - Make your way through all 12 stages and you can be a top typist.
Typing Games - Good typing games to practice your typing skills.
Wordshake - Make as many words in three minutes with 16 letters. How many points can you get?
http://www.classbrain.com/cb_mr/cb_mr.htm - California Missions
http://library.thinkquest.org/3615/ - Spanish Missions of California.
http://www.missionsofcalifornia.org/missions/index.html - California Mission Foundation.
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/researchstarters/missions/ - Scholastic California Missions.
http://www.cuca.k12.ca.us/lessons/missions/missions.html - Missions online project.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001749/ - ThinkQuest Missions.
http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/ca_symb.htm - California General Information.
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/ca_geography.htm - California Geography.
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/coastal/geography.html - California Costal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_%28California%29 - California Central Valley.
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/deserts.html - California Desert Region.
http://www.far-flung.co.uk/california/mountains.htm - California Mountain Region.
http://ceres.ca.gov/natural_resources/index.html - California Natural Resources.
http://www.nps.gov/chis/index.htm - Channel Islands National Park.
http://ceres.ca.gov/nahc/cna.html - California Native Americans.
http://ceres.ca.gov/ceres/calweb/native.html - California's Native Peoples.
http://library.thinkquest.org/13386/allnativeinfo/index.html - Native Americans of California.

Fifth Grade

50 States - State specific facts.
http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/ - Explore the states.
http://www.infoplease.com/states.html - Research a state.
http://www.42explore.com/42exploress.htm - Explore social studies topics.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/ - Explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/welcome.htm - ThinkQuest Explorers.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J002611F/introduction.htm?tqskip=1 - Colonial Kids.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3826/intro.html - ThinkQuest the lost colony.
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/ - The American Revolution.
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schooladventures/slavery/ - Slavery.
http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0210182/ - Oregon Trail.
http://www.america101.us/trail/Oregontrail.html - Oregon Trail Sites.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/springer/ - You be the historian.
http://www.holidays.net/mlk/ - Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.timeforkids.com/ - Time for Kids.
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/ - Kids News.
http://www2.lhric.org/pocantico/election/election.htm - Electing a President.
http://www.historylink101.com/ - History 101.
Dance Mat Typing - Make your way through all 12 stages and you can be a top typist.
Typing Games - Good typing games to practice your typing skills.

Sixth Grade

Ancient Web - Explore ancient worlds.
http://www.crystalinks.com/ancient.html - Ancient History.
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/index.htm - Ancient Worlds.
http://www.historyforkids.org/ - History for Kids.
http://mesopotamia.mrdonn.org/ - Mesopotamia for kids.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/southamerica/before1500/history/maya.htm - Mayan history for kids.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/ - Pyramid tours.
http://www.42explore.com/42exploress.htm - Explore social studies topics.
http://www.timeforkids.com/ - Time for Kids.
http://www.kidsnewsroom.org/ - Kids News.
http://www.historylink101.com/ - History 101.
Literary Devices - List of literary techniques.
Giggle Poetry - 100's of poems to read.

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