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DISTRICT
- 3/16: PTO Board Meeting, 9 am
3/26: End of 3rd Quarter
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3/29-4/2: Spring Break
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PARENT EDUCATION
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3/18: Common Ground Speaker Series: COVID AND CHRONIC STRESS
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3/15: Drop-off schedule for all grades has been adjusted. See below.
3/16: 6th Grade Students Add Tuesdays to In-Person Learning Schedule
3/15-3/19: CMS Spirit Week
3/16: CMS Parent Chat with Superintendent | |
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Superintendent Parent Chats Next Week
Please join Superintendent Zarea's virtual Parent Chats next week:
CMS Parent Chat with Superintendent: Tues, March 16, 10:30-11:15 am
Link: meet.google.com/puh-anag-fia
Join by Phone: (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 767 491 828 4706#
Ormondale Parent Chat with Superintendent: Thurs, March 18, 11:00-11:45
Link: meet.google.com/dqj-vrxh-mok
Join by Phone: (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 387 174 303 1508#
Do you have a question for the Superintendent or feedback you'd like to share? Click on this link: https://bit.ly/PVSDFeedback
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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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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- TK/Kinder
If you would like to change your child's learning model from in person to PVVA or PVVA to in person, please email Mrs. Hoveland by Wednesday, March 17 at 5pm.
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TK/KINDER SCHEDULE CHANGE - Beginning April 5th
On Campus Learners M, T, TH, F
8:15am: Arrival
11:30am: Dismissal
Virtual Learners M, T, TH, F
9:00-9:20am: Join class virtually for specialist time
9:20-11:20am: Asynchronous learning
12:00-1:00pm: Meet with teacher for synchronous instruction
Wednesdays - All TK/Kinder
8:20-9:20am: Children meet virtually for whole group instruction
9:40-11:00 a.m. Teachers will meet with small groups. Teachers will share small group schedules with parents prior to April 5
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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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ORMONDALE PARENT CHAT WITH SUPERINTENDENT
Thurs, March 18, 11:00-11:45
Link: meet.google.com/dqj-vrxh-mok
Join by Phone: (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 387 174 303 1508#
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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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CMS PARENT CHAT WITH SUPERINTENDENT
Tues, March 16, 10:30-11:15 am
Link: meet.google.com/puh-anag-fia
Join by Phone: (US) +1 617-675-4444 PIN: 767 491 828 4706#
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additional in-school days for 6th/7th/8th graders & Changes to drop off times for 4th/5th graders
4/5 Grade: Students continue to come Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. However, due to increasing numbers on campus, drop off time has shifted to 8:30-8:40am. Instruction starts at 8:45am. School End time remains the same at 2:25pm.
6th Grade: Starting next week- March 15th- 6th graders will be back on campus for live instruction Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. We have added in Tuesday. Please drop your child off between 8:40-8:50am. School still ends at 2:40pm.
7/8th Grade: Starting the week of April 5th (after spring break)- 7/8 graders will be back on campus for live instruction Tuesday, Thursday, Friday. We have added in Thursday. Please drop your child off between 8:45-8:55am. School still ends at 2:40pm.
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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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8TH GRADE PARENTS
Mark your calendars for a Public High School Virtual Meeting on Monday, March 22nd at 1:30pm with Head Counselor at Woodside High Francisco Negri.
Zoom link will be sent out separately.
CMS Parents will have a chance to meet with Mr. Negri to discuss class placement and course options for their child if they are attending a public high school in the Sequoia Union High School District for 9th grade. Students will have a chance to meet one on one with Mr. Negri on Tuesday, March 23rd.
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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!
The YES on S campaign is in full swing and PV Parents must be the backbone of this effort.
We need YOU to phonebank (from the comfort of your own home)! All phone bankers will be given an orientation and phone banking script with FAQ's prior to each phone banking session. No prior experience or expertise necessary!
Sign up here: Sign Up Genius for Phone Banking
Mark your calendars! Ballots should arrive by APRIL 5. We need all PV Parents to return their ballots no later than APRIL 12.
Can't wait to see you online!
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