School of Dreams Academy

Two students from School of Dreams Academy who were the top two spellers from our school’s Spelling Bee back in November attended the District Spelling Bee Friday, January 6, 2023 at the Belen HS Auditorium. Students competed against 8 other schools from Valencia County area. Ariahna Law, an 8th grader, came in 4th place overall, spelling benefited or benefitted as her last correct word. Maiya Mershon, an 8th grader, took 1st place overall. Maiya was in the 3rd round of spelling and all the spellers were eliminated before her, making her the last speller to have to spell correctly. Once she spelled masa correctly, she needed to spell one more word as the champion bee word. Her word was Sanskrit. Sanskrit is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age. Maiya will be moving on to the New Mexico State Spelling Bee for a chance to win a spot to the National Bee. Congratulations ladies on a fantastic job! Mrs. Jennifer Nilvo is the SODA Spelling Bee Coordinator and Sponsor that worked with the students for spelling bee.

Imagine Learning (Edgenuity) service has been restored.

Dear SODA Families, Students taking virtual courses through the Imagine Learning (Edgenuity) platform may be experiencing issues with logging into their account or specific classes. We are working closely with Imagine Learning to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. Thank You.

Good evening SODA families! Please remind your students to plug in their chrome book so they are charged and ready to go for school tomorrow!

Hi everyone, Due to restrictions from the fire department we have to reschedule this Tuesday's bonfire to a later date. We will plan for a less windy season, closer to the end of the school year. We hope you have a great holiday season! Thank you for your understanding, Mrs. Quintana, Yearbook advisor

Here is the link for our monthly Governing Council meeting tonight! https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F83364984787%3Fpwd%3DNm1KeGM0VzVGUEFtWElKYXA1VXZiUT09&sa=D&ust=1671293160000000&usg=AOvVaw0Brv9yiU-hVBXk-h4e6NTl

Spirit Week this week! Please follow dress code!

SODA FFA and the Class of 2024 are hosting a dance on Saturday December 17th at the Valencia County Fairgrounds in Belen from 7-11 pm. $5 admission and concessions available! (No outside food or drink allowed!)

Thank you to Mike Melendez and the Rotary Club for these dictionaries for our 3rd graders!

Join us for our Governing Council meeting on December 12th at 6 pm via Zoom.

Congratulations to Team Bio Bosses, the 2022 New Mexico Governor’s STEM Challenge winners being selected by WSP Golden and winning $5,000 that goes to the students on the team and $500 for the teacher. Mrs. Nilvo is the sponsor for the Governor’s STEM Challenge Team, the SODA STEM Research Teacher, and the 22-23 DoD National STEM Ambassador. The team consisted of Gianna Nilvo (11th grader), Porter Hassel-Wells (9th grader), and Brody Brown (9th grader). Gianna and Porter attended the event and presented to the judges. There were 27 participating industry partners ranging from LANL, Chevron, Sandia Labs, NRAO, Virgin Galactic, Boeing, Meta, Molina, Presbyterian, and many more. The Governor’s STEM Challenge presents a question for student teams to solve: Imagine NM as a state known for sustainable and green manufacturing. What innovations or developments could be produced to foster our schools, jobs and communities? The team had to come up with a problem to solve, and design, engineer and build a working prototype, and then test it. The SODA team looked at how there are many chemicals present in cleaning products and personal care products, as well as pharmaceuticals and regular chemicals used in homes, school settings, farming, manufacturing, and industry businesses, which can end up washed down the sink drain finding their way to into water bodies where they may impact the environment and even back inside us. The hypothesis for this engineering design was if a pH probe indicator was coded and placed into the drainage pipes of a sink system, then a valve will be signaled to close when a pH is indicated at ≤ 7, rerouting the acidic liquids. A sink drainage system prototype was engineered that used an Arduino to code a pH probe and motorized ball valve to communicate when chemicals are poured down the drain and divert the fluids into a holding tank 100% of the time with at least 80% of the acidic fluid volume diverted into the holding tank. These chemicals would then be denatured, prepared, and repurposed into items like biofuels or biocleaners. Today, the adequate supply of uncontaminated groundwater and water coming from wastewater going back into surface/ground water is crucial for the health of our NM families, but also for the growth of agriculture production and cutting-edge industry in New Mexico. Some of the team members will be presenting at the upcoming Central New Mexico Regional Research Challenge for spots to State and Regeneron ISEF, Junior Science and Humanities Symposia for a spot to National JSHS, and Central NM Junior Academy of Science for a spot to state starting in February 2023. @VillageofLosLunas @LosLunasDataCenter @SocietyforScience @DoDSTEM @SODAStemResearch

Please be reminded that student research projects will be judged during school hours, closed doors on the following days: Middle School - Monday, 12-5-22, Elementary - Tuesday, 12-6-22, and High School - Wednesday, 12-7-22. We invite you to join our Family STEM Night, Thursday 12-8-22, to view our students' research projects on display, get engaged with some hands-on STEM activities with EXPLORA Science Center, enjoy some food and hot drinks, and more. See our attached flyer for details and menu. 5% of food sales will go towards SODA STEM Research Program and events like this.

Come to our Craft Fair this Saturday December 3rd from 10am-3pm.

Algebra I tutoring is available to all SODA students starting January 8th. English registration link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0RbDe_nAv9f2KzUsu4JkEF0kti7YI53wkI8UHTWeMNODEvQ/viewform enlace de registro en Español: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdTPtB02tsHT2e0dM9mOfNjjheZmTaN7QFCKeDznCMzPPxw2g/viewform

UPDATE: Our internet has been restored! Good morning SODA families! We currently are experiencing an internet outage on campus. We hope it’s up shortly! Have a great Monday!

November ELTP Day is all about Health, Wellness and Survival!

Junior Class Fundraiser on Friday November 18th.

Good morning SODA families! We are proud to announce that two of our amazing students made All-State Guitar Ensemble this year! Congratulations to Madalyn Blair and Moises Smith! We also want to send a big Congratulations to Betheny Palacio-Aragon for making Honor Band! We are so proud of all of you!

Hello SODA families, Our Governing Council will now be holding their regular meetings on the second Monday of the month at 6:00 pm. Feel free to join us. https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fj%2F83764459069%3Fpwd%3DWThXSTB6MVZnTHhidml2UmNpL05sdz09&sa=D&ust=1668883380000000&usg=AOvVaw257xPc0TrSyZmsw0Wx_lFA

Good afternoon! There has been a change in events for tomorrow. The Veteran's Day celebration will still take place in the morning from 9-11am. However, after talking to admin and weather official's we've decided to reschedule the bonfire for December 13.