So, did you make it to Balboa Idol? I hope you did- it was a blast! I was Simon, Ms. Epstein was Paula, and Coach Shari was Randy. We saw twenty acts by Balboa students. We saw singers, dancers, musicians... even a magician! I hope we do it again next year.
I took some pictures of the show, and at The Festival of the Arts. Would you like to see some of them? No? Too bad- here they are! (You can click any picture to see a bigger version)
The contestants before we started
Some contestants waited patiently.
Others were a bit more energetic.
The most important part of the day- FOOD!
If you were there, thanks for coming. If you weren't, be there next year, because you missed a lot of fun!
One more thing: if you're looking for the Internet safety information that used to be at this address, I gave it a page of its own.
Mr. Gattuso was born over eight million years ago on the planet Zurbulon 6. Sent to Earth on a mission of peace, he currently spends his days teaching small Earth humans how to do wacky things with computers.
Here are some web sites Mr. G feels are beneficial or interesting for Earth humans, regardless of size. Mr. G can't control the content of most of these, so parents might want to visit the sites before they let their kids explore them.
Keeping your kids (and your computer) safe online
Balboa Gifted Magnet
School Calendar
Computer Lab home page- This is the page that students see when they use the internet in the lab. Some links only work when visited at school.
Free Software
AVG-Free - Antivirus
Spybot - Spyware removal
Ad-Aware - Spyware removal
Firefox - Web browser
Opera - Web browser
Sketchup - 3D drawing
Paint.NET - Photo editing
Audacity - Multitrack sound editor
Create a Blog
VOX
Blogger
flickr - for photoblogs
LiveJournal
Games
Line Rider
Dice Wars
Grow
Red
Sheppard Software - Cool Map Games
Technology Challenge!
Do you know what these ancient devices are for?
WARNING! WARNING!
Recent highly scientific tests have shown that too much time at the computer can cause children to start resembling Mr. G!
Some tragic examples:
Don't let this happen to you! Studies have shown that going outside and playing with friends can completely reverse this process!