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- 3/6 - PTO Board Meeting, 8:15am CMS Room 102
- 3/16 - No School (Staff Development Day)
3/25 & 3/26 - "The Little Mermaid" musical performance, 4pm (PVTC) 3/26 - Superintendent's Coffee, 8-9am (CMS Room 102) | |
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- 2/24- Kindergarten starts full day schedule
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2/24- Coffee with Cabinet - 8:30am Library
- 3/2 - 3/6 Used Book Fair MUR
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- 2/27 - Gold Rush information meeting, 5pm (Room 302)
- 3/9 - 3/13 - Staff Appreciation Week
- 3/13 - 8th Grade Pi Day
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3/26 - 6th-8th Grade BBQ Lunch
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PTO BOARD OPENINGS
Are you interested in being the PTO Treasurer? After many amazing years of service, the parent holding this position is moving on. We are looking for a parent volunteer from ORM or CMS to fill this voting board position. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
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keep those books coming for the used book fair
The holiday break is the perfect time to clean out your book shelves to refresh your collection. WE WILL BE ACCEPTING: ALL CHILDREN’S BOOKS, ALL TWEEN BOOKS, CD’S, DVD’S, VINYL ALBUMS.
Adult Categories: Cookbooks, coffee table books, travel books, self help books.
All donations accepted at the Ormondale office or library.
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donate your paper towel rolls and toilet paper rools to science!
Miss Sarrie is preparing the students to participate in the Fluor Cricket Engineering Challenge. Students will build a device to knock an eraser off a pencil cricket wicket. The challenge is to see how many times you can knock the eraser off in three minutes. Miss Sarrie has most of the materials she needs for this challenge but she could use your help with donations of paper towel and toilet paper rolls. So, instead of recycling or throwing them away when you are done, you can drop them off to school. She will have a box in the office for all donations.
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VIAJANDO EN ESPAÑOL VOLUNTEERS AND FOOD DONATIONS WANTEd
Ormondale is preparing for the annual school wide event happening on March 13th, "Viajando en Español" - this year we will have a month of crafts and learning about specific countries ("Mes Cultural") leading up to the special day.
On Friday, March 13th volunteers are needed to decorate, bring in a variety of cultural treats for kids to taste, serve, l ad activities etc. Parents, household helpers, grandparents, etc. encouraged to sign up here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0545aba628a5fa7-viajando
If you have any questions about how to get involved with "Viajando en Español" please talk to a lead parent, stop by room 1, or send an e-mail to Señora Covotta, Anne Fazioli-Khiari, Nelly Wolfson, or Daphne Melendez. Hope you are "viajando" with us on March 13th.
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stem fair Success!
A hearty congratulations to all of the STEM Fair participants! This year was a stellar year for showing off the creativity and ingenuity of our CMS students! THANK YOU to all of the parent volunteer judges and CMS staff, too!
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parent volunteers for school play
Are you an amazing makeup artist? Love helping backstage with costumes? Then we need your help! Please consider signing up for a volunteer spot to help our student actors with their production of "The Little Mermaid" happening March 25th & 26th @ PVTC! List of volunteer opportunities are found here.
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garden thyme expansion
The 2nd grade garden program has been such a success - and so popular among students and parents alike - that the District has decided to expand it to all grades at Ormondale by creating garden beds across that entire campus.
With money raised during the Portola Valley Schools Foundation fundraiser last spring, organizer Brook Coffee has kindergarteners through 3rd graders planting edible landscaping from the TK classrooms on one side of the school to the music room on the other. There are pomegranate trees, purple sprouting broccoli, kale, fava beans, beets, turnips, carrots and more. There even are violas in the school colors of blue and white, and nasturtiums in honor of beloved Spanish teacher Señora Covotta.
In addition, the 3rd graders planted a pollinator garden and the kids are putting garlic everywhere they can to keep the squirrels away from their mouth-watering harvest. The snap pea garden is growing so fast, in fact, that Coffee is planning a contest at the end of the year to see which has grown taller: her students or the plants.
Says Coffee, “They’re constantly making green tacos out of fava bean leaves, mizuna and edible flowers. I mean, what kid even knows what mizuna is, and now it’s their favorite food!”
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Community NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES | |
Community NEWS HEADLINES - click button for details
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PVTC SUMMER THEATER CAMP
- ALL STUDENTS MATTER
- WATER SAFETY FOR SUMMER AT ALPINE HILLS
- PANTHER'S CAMP, SIGN UPS AVAILABLE NOW!
- LITERACY VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT REDWOOD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLS
- NEW FITNESS CLASSES AT ALPINE
- WAIT UNTIL 8TH
Community postings will now be on their own page of the PTO website - please click the button to see all of the community news details. Guidelines for submission remain the same.
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