Turkey Trot Artwork Contest

The Ormondale Turkey Trot (1K and 5K run/walk/relay plus a Tiny Tots Race) will be held on Saturday November 3rd from 8:00am -11:00am. Kids love this event! Parents and siblings can run too. The Turkey Trot is a family event for our community that promotes health and introduces children to athletics in a friendly spirit.  

This year, four students (one from each grade K-3) will have their artwork featured in color on Turkey Trot posters, which will be placed around the school to promote the event. Winning artists (one winner per grade) will also receive a $25 gift certificate to Keplers Books. Students will be bringing home a form for the Turkey Trot Artwork Contest in the homework folders. Please submit artwork to the Turkey Trot box in the Ormondale school office by Friday October 19th.

Visit http://www.pvpto.com/turkeytrot.html to learn more. Contact Kristen Potter [email protected]​, if you have any questions.

THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR THANK-YOU

Did you see the fairy?! A special Enchanted Fairy flew in and treated us to a story! One of the many treats we had all week. Our Book Fair was a huge success once again due to the work of our volunteers and all the families who made purchases from the vast selection of books sent to our school by Scholastic. All profits go directly to both school libraries for new book purchases. 

We Give a Cheer to our Volunteers!

What a great group of volunteers we had again this year. Our book fair wouldn’t of been a huge success without Ms Suzy and our Book Fair Co-Chairs: Heather Cunningham, Kimberly Rosen and Angie Stern. 

They had a whole crew behind them and we thank each and every one of them for all their help setting up, helping kids browse books, running cash registers and taking down the book fair. Our wonderful Book Fair Helpers: Alana Achterkirchen, Kit Antovich, Nora Barendsen, Aimee Blum, Berfu Butler, Kristen Cheng, Camilla Eckstein, Caroline Diarte Edwards, Julie Harding, Erica Johnston, Kiran Kamboj, Marta Kandler, Renae Killen, Sarah King, Camilla Lynch, Jessie McEvoy, Cori Moesta, Ginger Oros and Lorilee Sugden.

A big thank you to Greg & Angie Stern (Connor and Wyatt's parents) and their staff at the Dutch Goose for providing lunch to our Ormondale staff during the teacher preview. What a special treat for them!

And, what better way to end the Book Fair week than with a Bagel N Books Breakfast?! Huge Thanks to Nelly Wolfson, Kiran Kamboj &  Dale Kane and the 1st grade parents who volunteered to put on a fabulous event for the entire community. Olga Amuzinskaya, Berfu Butler, Mariela Cruz, Sara Donahue, Julie Harding, Meghan Imrie, Linda Kamran, Renae Killen, Jessica Leino, Laura Mather, Laura Mather, Ginger Oros, Anne Van Der Staay, Melenaite Villasenor, Michelle Walker and Teri Wolf. The Breakfast was wildly popular and was a great way to end the Book Fair.  

Until Next Year!

Get Ready to SMILE!

Picture Day is this Wednesday October 3. There is always a special buzz in the air on picture day and often several days before! Some students stew about how to dress and many wake up early to style their hair just right. Regardless of how your student prepares, be sure to be on the look out for your student’s picture number slip coming home on Wednesday!

THANK YOU CMS BBQ TEAM!!

A BIG thank you to our Middle School BBQ organizers Megan Koch and Karyn Bechtel. That was a seriously great event! Additional thanks to our stellar grill masters Colin Duwe and Josh Harmssen and the full crew of prep and clean up including: Tricia Christensen, Sandi Engel, Gloria Sin, Megan Michael and Michelle Bellomo.

The kids and staff had a delicious freshly grilled burger lunch and volunteers were rightly pleased by the excellent manners and appreciation. Thanks to all!

GLOBAL CARDBOARD CHALLENGE 10/4

On Thursday, October 4th, the CMS Makery Club will be hosting the 3rd Annual Global Cardboard Challenge arcade in the MUR.

The arcade will be open during lunch for students and parents, 11:30-12:00. Parents are invited to support the game makers by playing their games on the day of the event. Students are invited to enter a cardboard creation. The arcade will be open during lunch on Thursday, October 4th.

For more information contact: Sarrie Paguirigan ([email protected]​)

Foundation News

Ambassadors for Lucile Packard Pumpkin Patch at Webb Ranch

Please join us for our annual Pumpkin Patch at Webb Ranch where you can buy some pumpkins for your family and some to donate to the children at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford! One hundred percent of the proceeds from the day will benefit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. The event will be held from 1:00-6:00pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. 

For more information about Ambassadors, please visit our website. 

IS YOUR CHILD INTERESTED IN LEARNING FRENCH?  

EFBA (Education Française Bay Area), a nonprofit organization promoting bilingualism, is opening a new location at Woodland School in Ladera (360 La Cuesta Dr, Portola Valley) starting this fall.   Classes are offered based on age and language level (native and non-native), and are held 2x per week for 1.5 hours each class session throughout the school year.
EFBA is a unique French school for children ages from 5 to 14. 

Since French is a minority language in the Bay Area, they have created several programs aiming to offer sufficient exposure to the language to help children become bilingual effortlessly and willingly.  They offer 3 interdependent programs throughout the year.

You can find more details about EFBA’s after school program here. If you have any questions about the program, please contact me or the local coordinator, Gabrielle Durana, at [email protected].

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