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Cynthia Kimura

Cynthia Kimura is a financial mentor guiding young minds towards a future of financial literacy and responsibility. With a passion for empowering students with the knowledge and skills to make informed financial decisions.  She brings a wealth of knowledge and enthusiasm to her role as an educator with 16 years teaching experience.

Her journey into the world of personal finance began during her own childhood, where she learned the value of money through hands-on experience managing her savings at an early age. This exposure sparked her interest in financial education and planted the seeds for her studies leading to her degree in Consumer Science.

She has volunteered at Dr. William Buckner's Consumer Counseling Center, where she gained valuable experience working with individuals and families navigating through the complexities of budgeting and debt.

Cynthia has gained additional financial experience through her employment as an account for Pioneer Electronics.  She became a real estate investor in 2009 and currently manages rental properties for her  company.  Cynthia is looking forward to creating a dynamic learning environment where students are encouraged to explore topics such as budgeting, saving, spending, and entrepreneurship.

By instilling financial literacy at an early age, Cynthia believes, we can empower students to make sound financial decisions, avoid debt, and achieve their short and long-term goals.

Emerging Learners - Science Projects!

Get ready, young scientists! This year is all about exploring the world with curious eyes, busy hands, and BIG questions. We’ll become nature detectives, space explorers, and light-and-energy investigators as we learn how the world around us works through games, experiments, outdoor adventures, and hands-on discovery. Every day is a chance to wonder, observe, and try things out like real scientists.


Core Skill Focus Across the Year
  • Learning how to observe using all 5 senses

  • Sorting, comparing, and describing objects

  • Asking “what do you notice?” and “what do you wonder?”

  • Simple data collection (tallies, drawings, class charts)

  • Sharing ideas through drawings, labels, and oral storytelling

  • Working with a science buddy


By the end of the year, students will be able to observe the world like young scientists—carefully noticing details, describing changes, and sharing what they discover. They will understand key ideas about living things, Earth’s patterns, and how light and energy affect everyday life.


Students will also build confidence in collecting simple data, making comparisons, and explaining their thinking through drawings, discussions, and early writing. Most importantly, they will leave with the skills to investigate questions on their own and the understanding that science is something they can use to make sense of the world around them.

FALL: Baby Animals & Growing Plants!

  • Life Cycles: Growing Up is a Journey

  • “Do All Baby Animals Look Like Their Parents?”

  • Animal Families and Similarities

  • Needs of living things (food,  water, shelter)

  • Seeds: Tiny Packages of Life

  • Plant parts and what they do

  • Habitats of baby animals

WINTER: Earth & Our Universe

  • Day and night

  • Sun, moon, and stars

  • Weather patterns (sunny, cloudy, rainy, snowy)

  • Seasons and how Earth changes

  • Landforms (mountains, oceans, deserts)

SPRING: Light & Energy Waves
Topics

  • Light sources (natural vs. man-made)

  • How light travels

  • Shadows and reflection

  • Sound as a form of energy

  • Simple forms of energy (light, heat, sound, movement)

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