HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE PTO!

Thank you all for everything you've done this year for our wonderful school communities - from volunteering in classrooms, at events and supporting our schools through donations and special fundraisers. Wishing you Holidays filled with fun and laughter, and very best wishes for a prosperous new year.

SPIRIT WEEK AT ORMONDALE

Ormondale Spirit Week is THIS week!

• Monday, 12/17: Favorite Color Day - Wear your favorite color

• Tuesday, 12/18: Favorite Sports Day - Wear your favorite sports gear

• Wednesday, 12/19: Favorite Subject Day - Dress as your favorite Subject

• Thursday, 12/20: Wacky Hair Day - Wear your hair in a different, and/or crazy way

• Friday, 12/21: PJ Day - Wear your pajamas to school

cider & cookies in the office

Parents - come by the office any morning next week to enjoy a hot cup of homemade cider and a cookie or three. We will be serving up this special treat for parents from 8:00 to 3:00 on Monday through Thursday and 8:00 to noon on Friday.  You are welcome to come any day and everyday. This is our office staff's way of saying Happy Holidays and thank you for all you do for our students and staff to make the Ormondale community the best place to be!

SECOND HARVEST FOOD DRIVE SUCCESS!

Wow, we made Bronze Partner again at Second Harvest Food Drive! Thank you to our amazing community for donating 1,755 lbs of food during the Second Harvest Food Bank drive - enough to provide 1492 meals to those in need! 

from the PVSF Annual Campaign team

Congratulations and Thank You! We are thrilled to share that we not only met our 2018 Annual Campaign contribution goal, but we exceeded it… in four short weeks! Together, we raised over $1,000,000. Our contributions truly make a difference in the lives of our students, ensuring they have access to arts, physical education, STEM and support resources needed to delivery a best-in-class 21^st century learning experience.

To celebrate our success as a community, the PVSF will host a very special outdoor Family Movie Night – free to all PVSD families – on Friday, May 3, 2019. This will culminate our District’s “Week of the Family” and will be a very special evening for our entire community. Save the date!

Chess Club at Ormondale

Mondays 2:50-3:50
Starting January 14th 2019 

Offered by Chess King www.chesskingcorp.com

Discover the fascinating and challenging world of Chess! Develop important life skills such as critical and abstract thinking and creative problem solving. Increase mental fluency, memory, reasoning and originality while raising I. Q.  Improve patience and sportsmanship.

Study the essential elements, acquire the proper  tools and play winning chess!  Learn the basics or train deep into advanced tactical and positional play.

Participate in semi-formal tournament play and optional homework. Learn intriguing history.  Move up in the rankings and achieve awards.  See how the masters do it!

ADULT HIP-HOP WITH SANGINI ON TUESDAY MORNINGS

9:45am-10:45am at Alpine Hills!

Why should the kids have all the fun?  Come join a grown up rock out on Tuesday mornings with Sangini (PV Mom and Pro Dancer)!  You will walk out pumped up, sweating, laughing and sore in the best way:-).  WE HAVE A BLAST!  Members ($15/Class) and Non-Members ($20/Class, check or credit card) are both welcome.  Remaining classes for 2018 are Tuesday, December 11th and Tuesday, December 18th; Classes resume on Tuesday, January 8th, 2019.  

Please contact Sangini if interested:  sangini@bedner.com.

2019-20 Summit Public Schools Intent to Enroll Forms Now Available

Are you interested in having your child attend a small, diverse, personalized, college preparatory high school? We are proud to report that 100% of Summit Prep graduates were accepted into a 4-year college last year, continuing a long tradition of excellence. Please come learn more at our Open House on Tuesday, Dec. 4th at 7 pm at Summit Prep (890 Broadway, Redwood City).

Additionally, the application for next school year is now live!  If you have a current 8th grader who would like to apply to attend Summit Prep for the 2019-20 school year, please visit the "Enroll" page of our summitprep.summitps.org website.

Application deadline is January 25, 2019 at 3PM

Random Selection Lottery will be held February 1, 2019

New Math Circle for 2nd/3rd Graders - Tuesdays 3:15-4:45

Looking for a way to spark curiosity, creative reasoning, and excitement about math? Math circles are joy-filled math explorations that build deep skills through discovery and play.

Note that Math Circles are NOT high-speed math competitions. They are a great fit for any child who wants to experience math through discovery, play, and problem solving, as well as creative thinkers who don’t usually like math.

Openings are available for a 2nd/3rd grade math circle beginning in January on Tuesdays from 3:15-4:45.

Instructor: Kelli Pearson is a dynamic teacher with more than 25 years experience and is well-known for her ability to make math creative and fun. For more information, please email [email protected] or visit artfulmath.com/math-circle.

PALO ALTO BABE RUTH BASEBALL PREP SEASON REGISTRATION OPEN!

Palo Alto Babe Ruth Baseball invites you to register for our upcoming 2019 Prep Season. There are no tryouts or cuts, so every player who registers is guaranteed a spot to play in this season which runs from March to May. Our Prep Season is a developmental league designed to help younger players develop their skills on the full-sized diamond and prepare players for our 15U Season. It includes two weeks of preseason clinic-style practices, a player draft, and an eight week season featuring one practice and two games per week for each team culminating in a fun City Championship Tournament. The league features minimum playing time rules to allow all players a chance to play in each game.

The Prep League is open to all 7th and 8th graders, as well as any high school student not on a high school baseball roster. Full refunds are issued if a player makes his/her high school team and is unable to play Prep, so there is no risk in registering. Registration closes Feb 15, but $400 early-bird pricing ends Jan 1For more information, visit our website at www.pababeruth.org or contact Chris Lillios at [email protected].

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