Week of the Family

As you know PVSD has been partnering with Challenge Success to support student wellness. In an effort to honor the value of sleep and family connections in reducing student stress, PVSD has a fun filled family week planned for the week of April 30th through May 4th. On our end we have a number of activities planned at school, including discussions about sleep, reduced use of technology, elimination of homework, etc. We hope you will partner with us in this effort to promote the health and well being of our students by participating in the following:

• Monday- Engage in Game Night at home
• Tuesday- Hike/Walk as a family
• Wednesday- Join in a PVSD community picnic at Corte Madera School
• Thursday- Shop at the Farmer’s market and prepare a meal as a family
• Friday- Have a Family Movie Night

Please join us in a fun-filled Week of the Family!!!!"

6th Annual Farmer's Market - friday, may 18th

SAVE THE DATE!  Ormondale’s sixth annual Farmers’ Market is approaching in the middle of this month.  Plan to be at Ormondale’s bus stop area on FRIDAY, MAY 18th from 4:00-6:00 to shop for plants, crafts, garden products, bathroom botany, food, and fun items.  All proceeds will go towards maintaining and growing our school garden.

Does your family or child have a desire to sell homemade wares, crafts, or goods right from your own garden?  Why don’t you rent a booth at our event? All we ask is for you to make a donation to our garden. If anyone wants to sell items from their own garden and have a booth, please contact any second grade teacher so that we reserve you a space.  It only happens once a year, so make sure you plan ahead and mark your calendars!  

DISCO BINGO THANK YOU!!

Tremendous thanks to Sangini Bedner for putting on a truly spectacular Disco Blingo event!  From the marketing vision (how about that video!!) to every blingo-y detail of the main event, Sangini produced an incredibly fun celebration for Ormondale families.  Thank you so much Sangini!

Huge thanks to our fearless blingo advisors - Julie Harding, Camilla Lynch and our very own Vanna White - AKA Brooke Day.  Marshaling oodles of prizes, perfecting disco curls, corralling the cash box and finessing dance and bingo moves (simultaneously!)....  these ladies made it look easy!

Also thank you Neil Day - our blingo caller, and Brian Lynch and Ilja Bedner for their disco dance contributions.  A big shout out to Andy Harding who created the terrific video and all the cute kids and the Ormondale staff members who contributed their disco dance moves (flossing included!)

Thank you to our event volunteers for keeping the event running smoothly: Tia & Frazier Miller, Livia Sohn & Geoff Nuttall , Kiran Kamboj, Josh Moser, Rachel Sink, the Salgado Family, Milana McCullagh, Helen Wolter, Gabriel Ortiz, and the Coffee Family.  And big props to to our dance judges - Lynette Hovland, Denise Schectman, Sherry Andrighetto and Kristin Wong - and to the CMS 8th Grade Student Council who managed the food/drinks and raffle tables with big smiles!

Many thanks to our ORM staff- Lynette Hovland, Denise Schectman, Evelyn Luis, Jose Verdusco and Ever Hidalgo - who helped us transform the MUR into a disco palace with seating for 150!  And thanks to the staff and the many parents who lent an extra hand during clean up.  

Finally, thank you so much to all the generous donors of prizes for Bingo Night.  Ormondale has never seen such bounty!  'Til next year! 

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CULTURAL ASSEMBLY THANK YOU

Thank you to Sally Aalfs and Anne Fazioli-Khiari for organizing another amazing PTO funded assembly! This past Wednesday, the kids and staff enjoyed hearing from an “Eco-Entertainer” who taught important lessons about protecting the environment using comedy, magic, and juggling.

Junie B Jones

Please come and watch your wonderful children in the Junie B. Jones Jr. Musical on May 23rd @ 8.30AM and 6Pm at Ormondale School! It will be a fantastic performance and the cast is working hard to prepare for the final show!

CMS BBQ Lunch, thank you

A huge thank you to our BBQ leaders Ginger Pistilli and Megan Koch and their squad of amazing volunteers for another fantastic 6-8th BBQ lunch. 

The food was delicious!  One 8th grader was overhead saying, "The only burgers I like are In-n-Out and CMS BBQ lunch!"

Thank you to Charlie Krenz, Mike Randall, Karyn Bechtel, Kim Zamboldi, Jenni Farrell, Mary Birkel, Sandi Engel, Karen Horn, Gloria Sin and Kathryn Gurtner.

smartphone pledge 

A group of PVSD parents have created a smartphone pledge letter and would like to share it with community families. 

This pledge is gaining a lot of momentum in neighboring communities as well as nationwide (your child can still have a phone and be part of this pledge). 

English https://www.dropbox.com/s/fro0le042e6nczy/Smartphone%20Pledge%20PDF%20-%20Google%20Docs.pdf?dl=0 

Spanish: https://www.dropbox.com/s/oykpqq80s0o561h/Smartphone%20Pledge%20Spanish.pdf?dl=0

Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood - at the Priory, May 3rd, 4th and 5th

Priory Theater presents “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” by Mary Lynn Dobson, a staggeringly ludicrous, fun for the whole family, Monty Python-esque retelling of the classic tale. All your favorite characters are there but with some wonderous twists: Robin Hood (a man with an ENORMOUS ego), the imprisoned Maid Marion (a woman obsessed with skin conditions who can wield insults as effectively as a sword), her “hyper-tastic” Lady in Waiting (whose screams for help give Air-Raid sirens a run for their money), the evil Prince John (“Boo! Hiss! Boo! Hiss!”), the Sheriff of Nottingham (who’d much rather bowl than shoot arrows), and the dim-witted (but ever helpful) spoon-wielding Merry Men.  

Appropriate for all ages, the show plays May 3rd, 4th and 5th at 7:00. Tickets are $5 for Students/Children and $15 for Adults and can be purchased at https://priory.ticketleap.com/robin-hood or at the Door.  Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Road, Portola Valley, CA 94028

Kidizens summer camps: Young Mayors - Build and Run Your Own LEGO City

Would you like to build and be the Mayor of an entire city of LEGOs?

Would you like to leverage your child’s love of LEGOs to help them learn critical real-life, 21st-century skills and strategies?

Kidizens inspires students to become good citizens and future leaders, one LEGO brick at a time. During our excitement-packed Bay Area LEGO Summer Camps, kids plan and create their own small civilization, thereby developing real-life skills and strategies.The Kidizens Summer Program includ es intensive action and excitement-packed sessions, where children partner as Young Mayors to build, inhabit, manage and govern their own LEGO cities. In a highly immersive and collaborative environment, children learn critical 21st century and leadership skills while role-playing and having fun in a universe built of LEGOs and dealing with natural disasters, resident problems and financial crises. 

Summer Camps offered in Belmont, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Los Gatos, and Saratoga from June 4th - August 11th, Mon - Fri, 9am - 3pm, with after-care available at additional cost. Visit Kidizens Website for more information or contact us. 

Summer Tennis camp at alpine hills

This summer, Alpine Hills is offering six weeks of Junior Summer Tennis Camp. All ages and levels are welcome! We will have both a half day camp (for beginner and intermediate players) and a full day camp (for competitive and advanced players). Camps will be offered June 11-15, June 18-22, June 25-29, July 9-13, July 16-20and July 23-27. Sign up before spaces are filled! For more information and to register CLICK HERE. Club membership is not required.

PANTHERs CAMP

Sessions are filling up quickly.  

Here is the link: Registration

Dates: 

• Session 1: June 11-15 (Sold-Out)
• Session 2: June 18-22
• Session 3: June 25-29

All sessions include optional extended care from 3:00-5:30 Monday –Thursday

All sessions include optional fun Friday camp from 9:00-3:00. 

We look forward to another great summer at Panthers Camp building confident movers that inspire others.  Please let me know if you have any questions at ([email protected]).

MATH quest SUMMER CAMP​

Learning math feels like play in this engaging summer camp that will help your child improve skills, build confidence, and head into the new school year feeling excited about math!

Math Quest Camp is a joy-filled week of math mysteries, number challenges, real-world projects, and games that make math fun and easy to understand.

By the end of camp, all the kids have their favorite ways to “play” with math. They'll head to the school year with a boost in confidence, improved math skills, and the belief that math is fun.

        • July 9-13: Portola Valley, grades 1-4
        • July 16-20: Santa Clara, grades 1-4
        • July 23-27: Portola Valley, grades 3-6
        • Aug 6-10: Santa Clara, grades 3-6

Hours: 9am – 3pm, M-F (extra care available 8:00am-5:00pm)
More Info click HERE

San Francisco Boys Chorus!

In our 70^th year of operation, the San Francisco Boys Chorus is hoping that you will look into our program if your son is between the ages of 4 ½ and 14 years old and likes to sing.

We teach boys with unchanged voices how to sing, read music and perform.  We teach classes on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:00-6:30PM at the Congregational Church of San Mateo located at 225 Tilton Avenue in San Mateo.  We run 2 summer music camps a year and sponsor an international and national tour every other year.  Our boys perform with the San Francisco Symphony, the San Jose Opera, and San Francisco Opera.  The boys perform also at sports games with the Oakland Raiders and San Francisco Giants.

If you would like to learn more about our program and our May 13th auditions,  please visit our website. 

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