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Upcoming School Board Meeting

Unless otherwise announced...

The next regular School Board meeting is scheduled to take place on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at 4:00 pm outside the school office.

The agenda for this meeting will be available on the school bulletin boards and this website (link on homepage and 'Best of Ballard' tab).

Posted On : Friday, September 3, 2021

Congratulations Ballard School...

California Gold Ribbon School!

California Distinguished School!

Posted On : Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Upcoming

Upcoming Events:

9/6 Labor Day Holiday - no school
9/23 School Picture Day

Posted On : Friday, September 3, 2021

Ballard School Information

Enrollment:  122 students

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

2425 School Street
Solvang, CA 93463

Superintendent/Principal:  Pam Rennick
[email protected]
(You may also click on the word 'email' to your right.)

Administrative Assistant:  Gina Floyd
[email protected]

Board of Trustees
- Chris Kazali (President) [email protected]
- Tracey Cassidy (Clerk) [email protected]
- Rick Jacobs [email protected]

Posted On : Monday, August 9, 2021

Thought for the Day

“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you can’t stop yourself from dreaming.” ~J. Han

Posted On : Monday, May 24, 2021

Ballard School District Title IX Coordinator

Pam Rennick
Superintendent/Principal
2425 School Street
Solvang, CA 93464
805-688-4812
[email protected]

Posted On : Monday, August 9, 2021

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...
- 2018/2019 School Calendar ('Calendar' or 'Best of Ballard')
- Email & Class Website Information ('Faculty')

Please do not hesitate to call (688-4812) or email ([email protected]) 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 Board Meeting Agenda: 8/12/21
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/Agenda%208.12.21.pdf

School Board Meeting Agenda: 9/9/21
https://www.ballardschool.org/Library/document/21.pdf

2021/2022 DRAFT Re-Opening Plan
http://www.ballardschool.org/Library/document/Ballard%20SD%20Plan%20for%20Reopening%20School%20DRAFT.pdf

2021/2022 Draft Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/Draft%20LCAP.pdf

2021/2022 School Calendar
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/2021%20-%2022%20Ballard%20School%20Calendar.pdf

2020/2021 Learning Continuity and Attendance Plan
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/2020_Learning_Continuity_and_Attendance_Plan_Ballard_Elementary_School_20201119%20(1).pdf

COVID-19 Prevention/Safety Plan
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/COVID%2019%20Prevention%20Program.pdf

Ballard School District Plan for Reopening School
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/Ballard%20School%20District%20Plan%20for%20Reopening%20Schools%20and%20Waiver.pdf

Industry Specific COVID-19 Prevention Plan
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/COVID-19%20Prevention%20Plan%20.pdf

2019/2020 COVID-19 Operations Report
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/Ballard%20School%20District%20COVID%2019%20Report%20(1).pdf

Ballard School 2020/2021 Calendar
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/2020-21%20Ballard%20School%20Calendar.pdf

School Accountability Report Card (SARC)
https://www.axiomanalytix.com/SARC/rdPage.aspx?rdReport=School&C=42691046045256&L=1

Local Control Accountability Plan
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/2019.2020%20LCAP.pdf

Title IX Board Policies and Administrative Regulations
http://ballardschool.org/Library/document/Title%20IX%20BP%20and%20AR.pdf

Santa Ynez Valley Special Education Consortium
http://www.syvsec.org

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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