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DISTRICT
- 3/11: School Board Meeting, 6 pm
- 3/16: PTO Board Meeting, 9 am
3/29-4/2: Spring Break
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PARENT EDUCATION
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3/10: How to Be an Anti-Racist Parent
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3/18: Common Ground Speaker Series: COVID AND CHRONIC STRESS
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2020 - 2021 PVSD Family Mid-Year Survey
Dear PVSD Families,
Thank you for your patience, grace, and partnership during this challenging school year. As we move into the last quarter of the school year, we would appreciate any feedback that could help our teachers, staff, and administration better support your student. Please complete one survey for each of your children in the District on or before Mon, March 8 at 5 pm. The survey should take about 10 minutes or less. We will review your input and use it to support continued improvements and to plan for the future.
Here is the survey link: https://forms.gle/27TWbKWLJtLJ9i7w6.
Thank you,
Roberta
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AMAZON SMILE
Make your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile and you could help send up to $10K more to our schools!
Go to smile.amazon.com and select "Portola Valley Parent Teacher Organization" as your designated organization.
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How to Be an Anti-Racist Parent
Donald E. Grant, PhD, Center for Community & Social Impact, Pacific Oaks College
Wednesday, March 10, 2021, 5:30pm – 6:30pm PST, Live Event (Webinar)
Register: https://donaldgrant2021suhsd.eventbrite.com
Now, more than ever, understanding the experiences of those different than us is a critical life skill.
Join Donald Grant, PhD, Executive Director of the Center for Community & Social Impact, Pacific Oaks College, for a conversation about what it means to be an ‘anti-racist’ parent. How can you disrupt anti-BIPOC racism and discrimination in your home, for your kids, in your community?
Parents, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be provided.
This presentation is sponsored by Sequoia Union High School District, Sequoia Healthcare District, Peninsula Health Care District, and The Parent Venture.
Questions? Contact Charlene Margot, MA, Co-Founder and CEO, The Parent Venture (The Parent Education Series), at [email protected]
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Common Ground Speaker Series: covid and chronic stress
COVID and Chronic Stress - Healthy Coping With Long-Term Pandemic Impacts
Featuring Prof. Robert Sapolsky and Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, moderated by Dr. Fumiko Hoeft
Thurs Mar 18, 7pm–8:15pm PST
Online Zoom Webinar: Register to Attend (Registration closes 24 hours before this event)
Prof. Robert M. Sapolsky, Stanford neuroscientist and the country’s foremost expert on chronic stress, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, California’s Surgeon General who studies the biology of childhood adversity, and moderator Dr. Fumiko Hoeft, physician and researcher on learning and the brain, consider the effects of chronic stress from coping with the pandemic and quarantine. Join this important discussion to learn how to limit adverse impacts of the pandemic on our families and boost our own and our children’s resilience to stress.
For event registration and details, and the Winter/Spring Season Lineup visit the Common Ground website.
As a reminder, videos of prior Common Ground events are available on a password protected page on the Common Ground website. Please contact Anne Fazioli-Khiari ([email protected]) or Teri Wolf ([email protected]) for access.
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4TH QUARTER LEARNING MODEL
1st, 2nd and 3rd grade parents please email Ms. Hoveland if you are planning to change your child’s learning model for the fourth quarter.
TK/K parents will be receiving a message about the 4th quarter schedule from Ms. Hoveland.
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VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY
The week of March 15th, the Traveling Lantern Theatre Company is coming to Ormondale virtually to perform one of its popular, interactive plays for children. Traveling Lantern's mission is to bring great stories to children, to draw them into an active theater experience, to excite their minds and to tickle their imaginations. Traveling Lantern has been educating and entertaining children nationwide since 1985, and has performed at PVSD several times in the past.
This year, the students will watch "My Mother The Astronaut - To the moon and beyond!”. The setting of the play is as follows - Aquarius' mom is an astronaut and today is "Take your child to work day". Aquarius can't wait to go to NASA and find out what it's like to be in space! They visit Mission Control where she meets scientists and engineers who show her what they do and she learns all about space travel. Her imagination blasts off and she dreams of incredible journeys through the cosmos!
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SECOND GRADE T-SHIRT ORDER
Our second-graders are ready to order their garden shirts. Please contribute $16 for your child, this will help our farmers look the part as they have their very own virtual farmers market. Be sure to select the correct size for your little farmer. This is a one-time-only order, so don't delay. The order deadline is Friday, March 5th.
Find the link to order your t shirt below:
https://2nd-grade-farmers-market-t-shirt-collection.cheddarup.com
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ART TO REMEMBER
Guess what? We are extending the Art to Remember fundraiser until April 2, 2021.
Most teachers have uploaded the children's artwork onto the site, be sure to take a look. And remember, you can also upload any piece of artwork from home - even that precious piece from preschool that you want to commemorate! You can also upload multiple pieces of art (and for younger children - simply use your PVSD child’s portal).
You can select a piece of artwork from home and upload it by going to https://arttoremember.com/school/66XDGZ
and following these instructions:
- Go to the website listed above and enter your child’s first and last name and click “Search”
- From the list of search results, find your child’s name with “Spring2021” listed under it and click “Upload”/ Or if your child has already submitted artwork click on their picture
- Click “Choose a File” and select the piece of artwork you’d like to upload
- Edit artwork if necessary. Artwork will appear exactly as uploaded so please make sure you have any background cropped out
- Click “Next”
- Enter additional details (optional) and click “Finish”
- You’ll then have options to upload additional artwork for the same child, upload artwork for a different child, or view all of the artwork in your gallery. You can click on any of those options, or if you are ready to shop, click “Done”
- This will take you to the shop page where you can shop products
- At checkout, you can enter a password to create an account and save the artwork to your personal family art gallery!
These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. Have fun creating and shopping!
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PARENTS OF 4/5th GRADERS
If you are interested in changing your child's learning model (PVVA to in person or vice versa) for the 4th quarter, which will begin on Monday, April 5th, you must notify Ms. Shima no later than Wednesday, March 10th. If you are NOT planning to change your child's learning model for the 4th quarter, no action is necessary.
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YEARBOOK ORDERS
Remember to buy your yearbook for this unique and exciting year! You can purchase your copy HERE. Use the code 7530. Books are $45.00. Dedications (called "Ads" on the Herff Jones site) for 1/8 page are $35.00 and dedications for 1/4 page (8th grade only) are $55.00. Dedications are ordered on the same website. All orders are due no later than March 16.
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CMS SPIRIT WEEK
The week of 3/15-3/19 is CMS Spirit Week! Students will be asked to dress up each day to earn spirit points for their grade:
Mon. 3/15 - Pajama Day
Tue. 3/16 - Animal Day
Wed. 3/17 - St. Patrick's Day (wear green)
Thu. 3/18 - Tie dye/Neon day
Fri. 3/19 - College/Sports Day
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ART TO REMEMBER
Art to Remember - uploaded art extension
Did you have a hard time getting your child to create a masterpiece? Good news! You have until April 2 to upload the art and order keepsakes. Remember, you can upload any piece of artwork - even that precious piece from preschool that you want to commemorate! You can also upload multiple pieces of art (and for younger children - simply use your PVSD child’s portal).
You can select a piece of artwork from home and upload it by going to https://arttoremember.com/school/L56XAE and following these instructions:
- Go to the website listed above and enter your child’s first and last name and click “Search”
- From the list of search results, find your child’s name with “Spring2021” listed under it and click “Upload”/ Or if your child has already submitted artwork click on their picture
- Click “Choose a File” and select the piece of artwork you’d like to upload
- Edit artwork if necessary. Artwork will appear exactly as uploaded so please make sure you have any background cropped out
- Click “Next”
- Enter additional details (optional) and click “Finish”
- You’ll then have options to upload additional artwork for the same child, upload artwork for a different child, or view all of the artwork in your gallery. You can click on any of those options, or if you are ready to shop, click “Done”
- This will take you to the shop page where you can shop products
- At checkout, you can enter a password to create an account and save the artwork to your personal family art gallery!
These make great gifts and a percentage of every purchase goes right back to our school. Have fun creating and shopping!
Questions? [email protected]
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Join the Yes on S team today!
We need YOUR INVOLVEMENT to ensure the success of Measure S! This NINE WEEK campaign will bring PV Schools $1 MILLION annually for the next 8 YEARS. Losing this ballot measure means 8% cuts to the budgets of both Ormondale and Corte Madera Schools.
Please help educate our Portola Valley & Woodside communities on the many reasons to vote YES on Measure S by joining the campaign team. Join PVSD parents, teachers, neighbors, businesses and community leaders fighting to protect our local quality of education.
To get involved, contact Campaign Chair Linda Kamran: 415-298-4816 or [email protected].
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All community news is posted on the pto website
HERE ARE THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS!
For details, click the orange Community News button below and scroll through the listings.
- ALPINE STRIKERS
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HELP STUDENTS WHO NEED YOU MOST - ALL STUDENTS MATTER TUTORING - Learn about All Students Matter on March 25
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YOUNG MEN'S SERVICE LEAGUE (YMSL)
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