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- 8/25: Room Parent Training, 9am
- 9/3: School Board Meeting, 6 pm
- 9/7: Labor Day, No School
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We are thinking of our school staff and families in our community who have evacuated their homes due to the wildfires and hope that everyone is staying safe. Please see the emails from PVSD Superintendent Roberta Zarea with important links for San Mateo County and Portola Valley resources as well as information on talking to your children about this scary situation. Our school counselors are available if you need any additional support:
Mr. Patterson @ CMS: [email protected] or 650-851-1777 ext.2654
Mrs. Miller @ Ormondale: [email protected]
If you would like to donate, the SMC Wildfire Response is requesting financial donations to American Red Cross or Puente: https://www.smcgov.org/smc-wildfire-response
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ADDITIONS TO THE 2020/2021 PTO BOARD
We would like to formally introduce and welcome the following members to this year’s PTO Board:
Kit Antovich, ORM Vice-President
Lesleen Riley, CMS Vice-President
Amanda Smoot, Treasurer
Mieke Barrows, Secretary
Thank you Kit, Lesleen, Amanda, and Mieke for volunteering in these roles. We are thrilled to be working with you this year!
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SUPPORT THE PTO & GET YOUR DIRECTORY!
The 2020-2021 directory orders are getting ready to print! Help support the PV-PTO by making a donation of $100 or more today (which will include your directory). Your financial support is a critical way to ensure that the programs that make our schools (and the PVSD community) so special continue year after year.
The cut-off for directory orders is Wednesday, September 16th!
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NOW ACCEPTING COVER ART FOR THE PV SCHOOLS DIRECTORY
The Portola Valley Schools Student Directory is perhaps the highest-circulation publication of local origin, and its release each fall is surrounded with considerable excitement and glamour. It's an invaluable local resource, highlighting the generosity and diversity of local businesses, providing essential information on our schools, and enabling the social lives of our children.
We like to feature the work of an up-and-coming local artist on the cover. We are inviting Ormondale and Corte Madera Students, from rising kindergartners through emerging eighth graders, to send in their cover designs. We'll choose one to be this year's cover. The winner's family will receive a complimentary copy of the directory, suitable for autographing.
The cover format is standard letter size, 8.5" x 11", portrait orientation, in color.
Please send entries to [email protected] by Friday, September 11th.
Please include the artist's name, grade level for the upcoming school year, and parent's name.
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PVSD FACE COVERINGS
A HUGE thank you to Amanda Smoot and Sarah Vincenzo for all their work on the custom spirit wear face coverings for both Ormonale and Corte Madera Schools. Use the blank white space on the front to write-in your child’s name.
Need help getting the perfect fit? Check out this VIDEO!
Need additional face coverings? Want a personalized face covering with your child’s name? Visit our Spiritwear store!
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PTO THANK YOU
A GIANT thank you to Sangini Bedner (and Ilja, Indra, and Bodie) for her work on the videos welcoming each grade back to the new school year. Her creative energy and enthusiasm is just what we need to get this school year off to a positive start.
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RAISE $ FOR OUR SCHOOLS WITH AMAZON SMILE!
Do you have any plans to shop on Amazon today?
Click this PTO Amazon Smile link right now and automatically earn money for our schools when you submit your order then bookmark this Amazon Smile link and use this link every time you shop at Amazon!
Your purchase will not be affected by using this link - you will still get the benefit of your prime membership and your purchase information will not be shared.
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thank you
A MASSIVE thank you to Linda Kamran for putting those sweet kinder/TK bags together. What a wonderful way to welcome our littlest students to a new year. It is volunteers like you that make this school so special
An ENORMOUS thank you so all of our Summer buddy volunteers. You made the transition to a new school so much easier for these families and your effort is truly appreciated.
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new family welcome
WELCOME to our TK and Kinder Students, we are so glad you are here! We look forward to an exciting year and can’t wait to meet you and your wonderful families.
We have quite a few new 1st-3rd grade families and we want to send a great big Ormondale WELCOME to them as well. Almost every class has at least one new student, please reach out to them and make a new friend! Show them what it means to be a part of the Ormondale family!
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volunteer
Sign up to volunteer for PTO programs online this year. Visit pvpto.com/volunteer to sign up. We would love to fill our community builder slots! And if you are unsure, volunteer to be a floater. We will contact you when we need you.
Contact Sara Atkins ([email protected]) if you would like to get involved or have any questions regarding volunteering or the PTO in general. We can’t wait to hear from you!
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new spiritwear
The online Ormondale Spiritwear shop is now OPEN -including NEW Ormondale athletic shirts, and a brand new item this year: pajama bottoms (because, zoom). To ensure your child has their preferred items for Spirit Days (every Friday), please order quickly! ORDER HERE
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new family welcome
Thank you to Sarah Dorahy for helping welcome new families to the district and facilitating email introductions. We were disappointed not to be able to have our traditional watermelon welcome, but we are excited to have some new families at our school! If you have a new family in your classroom, please reach out with a warm hello and introduction so they know what a wonderful school community they’ve joined.
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NEW SPIRITWEAR!
The online Corte Madera Spirit Wear shop is open and we have CMS pajama bottoms! ORDER HERE
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CMS VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Sign up to volunteer for PTO programs online this year! Visit pvpto.com/volunteer to sign up for Head Room Parents (4th and 5th), grade level parents (middle school), and many other roles.
Contact Aimee Blum ([email protected]) if you have questions or interest in getting more involved with the school and PTO. We know things look different this year, but we still have a lot of opportunities to volunteer!
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All community news is posted on its own page of our website. There is a link from each PTO Weekly to the page or you can navigate there directly.
This Week's highlights:
Sangini's Dance Classes
Mr. Frederick's Classes
Volunteer virtually
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