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- 10/14: No School
- 11/16: Enchanted Garden Parent/ Child Dance
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- 10/16: 3rd Grade Super Staff Lunch
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10/31: Halloween Parade - 8:30am
- 11/4 - 8, Second Harvest Food Drive
- 11/13 Paper Airplane Assembly
- 11/16 Enchanted Garden Parent/ Child Dance
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- 10/17: 6th-8th grade BBQ
- 10/18: Middle School Dance (70's & 80's night)
- 10/31: Halloween Parade - 11:30am
- 11/3: Campus Beautification Day - 10am-12pm
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Enchanted Garden Parent/Child Dance, Saturday, November 16
Tickets are now on sale for the Enchanted Garden Dance on Saturday November 16th from 6:00-9:00pm. Spots are limited so buy yours today! Share a fun filled evening in the Enchanted Garden with your child . Come dressed in your festive attire for dancing, treats, photo station and more and fun. Light refreshments and gelato will be served.
This Parent-Child Dance is open to all TK-8th grade students at Ormondale and Corte Madera.
- Saturday November 16th from 6:00-9:00 PM
- MUR at Corte Madera School
- $75 per couple additional sibling tickets $25 each
- Tickets on sale now!
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PV BASKETBALL K-5 AFTER SCHOOL SIGNUPS
The Portola Valley PTO is excited for another Portola Valley Basketball season, the recreational basketball program for K-5th graders open to all Ormondale & Corte Madera Students, and Portola Valley residents.
Registration is now open! For additional information and registration click here.
* Note that middle school is on a different timeline and will have their information and sign ups later in the month through the CMS Sports program.
Do you want to get involved and work with other basketball passionate people? We are looking for help with CMS and Ormondale Gym Liaisons, Equipment coordinator, and coaches. Please email (portolavalleybasketball@ gmail.com) if you would like to volunteer or learn more.
We look forward to seeing you on the court!
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GOOD EGGS PTO FUNDRAISER
We are participating in the Good Eggs Fall Fundraiser - October 1st through November 30th - to earn 5% back from all orders for the PTO!
How do families enroll?
To enroll in the fundraiser, families need to visit schools.goodeggs.com and enter the code "ormondale" before placing an order. Families at both Ormondale and CMS are eligible to participate. New customers will receive $20 off their first Good Eggs order and existing families can participate by adding "Ormondale" code to orders. Please contact Jessie McEvoy at [email protected] with any questions.
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Second harvest food drive
November 4-8th
The Ormondale 2019 Second Harvest Food Drive is coming up soon! This year it's November 4th-8th! Before the drive, students will meet with their school "families" to decorate paper bags to take home and fill with food to donate to the Second Harvest Food Bank. We hope you will send your Ormondale student with a bag full of food to donate during our food drive week! Last year we earned a bronze award from Second Harvest for our collection efforts -- let's beat that this year!
Bins will be available outside of the Ormondale office for donations 11/4-11/8 and we'll have volunteers during car line drop off to help as well. If you'd like to help, please contact Dana Hartman-Ngaloafe by email at [email protected].
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UPCOMING CULTURAL ASSEMBLY
Mark your calendars for November 13th when world-record holder John Collins, who's also known as the Paper Airplane Guy will visit Ormondale. He will demonstrate his planes to teach students about complicated ideas like fluid dynamics. We are looking forward to this interactive assembly that makes terms like "dihedral angle" sound accessible to kids.
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LOOKING FOR YOSEMITE CLOSET DONATIONS!
The annual 7th grade trip to Yosemite is coming up mid November. In an effort to reduce the need to purchase hiking shoes and new clothing items, the PTO is continuing the lending closet that allows students to borrow gently-used items they'll need on the trip.
There will be a collection box in front of the office UNTIL WEDNESDAY, 10/23 for any of your donations.
- Waterproof hiking boots (youth size 5 & up, adult sizes any)
- Rain Jackets & Pants (youth small/medium/large or adult small)
- Fleece jackets & layers (youth small/medium/large or adult small)
** 7th grade families - please let Brigid Horgan, Dan Flahavan, or Kim Zamboldi know if your child is in need of any items, and we will try to pair your child with the appropriate gear.
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Come show your CMS pride by taking part in our campus-wide beautification projects from 10am-noon on Sunday, November 3rd. The whole family is invited to help refresh the garden area and spread mulch around campus, as well as help with campus-wide trash collection and other small projects.
If you are interested in helping lead an effort on 11/3 or assisting beforehand with messaging or recruiting, please email: [email protected].
Everyone is encouraged to participate in this fun community-building event!
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PVSF Annual Campaign Update
We have passed the halfway mark on our six week campaign and we are halfway to our $1 million goal! Together, our community has already raised $525,000 with 35% of PVSD parents participating.
Join us today!
What matters is that you participate. We promise, it will feel FANTASTIC to contribute to this important campaign, whether you are giving the ask amount of $2,500 per student, or something else entirely. Whatever is a meaningful amount for your family is an appreciated contribution.
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Your foundation dollars at work: Sound system upgrades on both campuses
They practiced their stage entrances and band compositions for months. They endured rehearsals and costume fittings. They fought through pre-performance jitters. And then … They did it! They aced their lines. They hit every note. They were magnificent!
But you couldn’t hear it. Where you sat, the sound mix was a jumbled mess.
That was the reality of school plays and music concerts at both Ormondale and Corte Madera in recent years because the old audio systems were outdated, broken, and simply not doing the job after more than a decade of service.
But not anymore. The Portola Valley Schools Foundation, in conjunction with the District, purchased new amplifiers and sound controllers that run off of an iPad using a graphical programming system. When combined with the microphones the Foundation paid for in 2017, the sound quality is greatly enhanced for plays, concerts, school assemblies, music to energize the kids during gym class, and more.
Finally, your children will be …. heard.
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PVSF Business Partner Program
Are you a business owner looking to recruit new clients in and around Portola Valley? A real estate agent? A wealth manager? Any kind of business looking for more visibility among the residents of Portola Valley and its surrounding communities is welcome to join our Business Partner program to support local schools. Join dozens of other PV businesses by donating to the Portola Valley Schools Foundation now and enjoying a full package of advertising benefits. For more information, contact Serena Hanes or check out the details on our website. Please consider joining us and experiencing the many benefits of supporting your local schools.
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Community NEWS AND OPPORTUNITIES | |
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.
Community NEWS
- Talk, Talk Session: A Conversation with Sangini Majmudar Bedner
- Reading Volunteers Needed for 6th-8th Grade Classes in RWC Schools with Los Ayudantes
- TIDE Academy (New STEM High School) Parent Information Night October 17th
- Volunteers Needed for K-5th Grade Classes at EPA schools with All Students Matter
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