Welcome to Andrew's Electronic Portfolio

 
Hobbies: Recently my hobbies have been  skateboarding  and  bladeing  (rollerblades)
Oil Paintings: I am currently paint oils at The Little Palette on Main Street   

                                  See my oil paints here. (updated) There amazing

 
Watercolors and Sketches:-  I take art classes at Mission Renaissance.        See watercolors and sketches

 

Pastels Art Work:- The following works were done in pastels when I was 7 and 8 years old.         See pastel thumbnails
 
Music: - In 2002-2003 (6th grade),  I learned to play the trumpet. I won the school's talent show in the category of best instrumental. I also received the "Director's Award" from my teacher, Mr. Bancroft.

In middle school years 2003-2004 (7th grade), I joined the advanced band. We took a trip to San Francisco for a band competition were our band won 3rd place out of all California bands. Later that year I won another award, the "Outstanding Class Participation and Attitude" Award from my teacher, Mr. Bancroft.

And in my last middle school years 2004-2005 (8th grade), I learned how to play the French Horn and still be in the advanced band. This year we took a trip to Seattle, Washington, were we won an award for rank... which we didn't sign up for, the retarded "Music In the Park" people messed it up for us! Well we won 3rd place for ranking... whatever that is. Anyway, later that year I won ANOTHER award for "Outstanding Contribution and Positive Attitude" Award from my teacher, once again. Mr. Bancroft. He's a cool guy.

 

 

Language Arts: 

For PTA Reflections 2000-01, I wrote A Strange Day which was a third place winner. 

I won First Place in the PTA Reflections contest with The Apple Tree, a short story I wrote in Second Grade at El Marino Language School. 
My Visit to Turlock  is about one of my summer visits to Turlock where my grandparents live.

 

Social Studies: -
Pizarro is an oral presentation I gave to my social studies class with Ms. Chitnis, my 4th grade social studies teacher.

I wrote a report in Spanish on the Navajo Indians in third grade.
 

 
Science:  - In Ms. Foster's class (4th grade) I did a report on Calcium Carbonate. (Please use Internet Explorer browser to see this PowerPoint presentation.) I watched some hummingbirds hatch on my porch.
Here's my (3rd grade) experiment with Apple Rot 
 

My Activities:
For Thanksgiving 2003, we went to Oahu. We visited many famous sites, enjoyed the culture, snorkeled Hanauma Bay, and enjoyed nature.

We went to Atlanta in the summer 2003 for Uncle Sheldon and Aunt Laine's Wedding. We also visited the city of Atlanta.
We went to New England in the Summer 2002. We visited  Boston, other parts of Massachusetts,  Maine, and we went on a Victory Chimes Windjammer Cruise visiting Penobscot Bay, Maine.

During Spring Break 2001, we went back east to visit New York.  Please see
NY1, NY2, NY3, Ellis Island, United Nations, Central Park, Nasdaq.
I played Basketball on my YMCA Junior Lakers team in like 2nd grade!!