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- 4/28: PVSD Bingo, 5-6:30 pm
4/30: PVSF Gala, 6-10 pm -
5/5: School Board Meeting, 5 pm
5/6: PVSD Picnic, 4-7 pm
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4/14: Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Innovative Ways, 5:30 pm
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4/21: Seeing Race: Talking with Your Kids About Ethnicity, Culture, and Inclusion, 5:30 pm
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4/25-4/29 Staff Appreciation Week
- 4/29 Zoo to You Assembly
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4/11-4/15: 5th Grade Outdoor Ed Week 4/20: CMS Student Pizza Lunch -
4/20-4/21: CMS Play, 5-6 pm
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Thank you daphne melendez!
Huge thank you to Daphne Melendez for organizing the PVSD Day at the SF Giants today! It was so much fun to watch the game in person with over 200 of our PVSD community friends!
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ROCK of BINGO ONLINE RAFFLE
Whether you will be attending Rock of Bingo on Thursday, April 28th or not, don’t miss out on joining in the raffle! Enter to win a $250 gift card to Zotts, an assortment of Fogarty wines, a $300 gift card to Bianchini’s, or a Rosewood Spa Basket. You need not attend Bingo Night to win; this is anyone’s chance to get lucky and help the PTO for a Win-Win scenario! Those attending the event can buy raffle tickets with cash there and/or use this online option. The online option will close on April 22nd.
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Save the Date for our PVSD Picnic at the Town Center Friday, May 6
We’re so excited to have our first ever SPRING school district picnic on Friday, May 6 at the Portola Valley Town Center. We’ve missed our back to school picnics the last two years and we are anxious to start rebuilding that wonderful school community feeling PVSD is known for!
Bring a picnic dinner and join us at the Town Center from 4-7 pm on Friday, May 6! There will be an ice cream truck sponsored by the PTO and fun and games for all!
Interested in helping plan this fun, community building event? Please email event chairs Katie Wilson [email protected] or Rachel Reilly [email protected].
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ongoing PTO FUNDRAISERS
Please consider enrolling in the following programs to benefit our PTO.
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AMAZON SMILE
Make your Amazon purchases through Amazon Smile and help our schools! Go to smile.amazon.com and select "Portola Valley Parent Teacher Organization" as your designated organization.
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staff appreciation week - volunteers needed wednesday, april 27
On Wednesday April 27, our teachers and staff will be treated to a catered luncheon. We’re asking for volunteers to provide drinks and dessert, set up, clean up and cover some light staff duties so they can enjoy lunch together. Please click below if you can help spoil our teachers and staff!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080E4DAFA628A57-help
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CMS Yearbooks
Order your child’s CMS 2021-22 yearbook by going to the Yearbook Order Center (school code 7530). You can order yearbooks, design dedications (called "Ads"), or upload photos (click the "Share images with ESHARE" button) for possible inclusion in the yearbook. Note: starting January 15 Herff Jones will be placing a $3.99 surcharge on all new online CMS Yearbook orders.
If you need financial assistance to purchase a yearbook, please contact Susan Outland [email protected].
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creative acts for curious people: how to think, create, and lead in innovative ways
Sarah Stein Greenberg, Executive Director, Stanford d.school
Thursday, April 14, 2022, 5:30pm – 6:30pm PDT, Online Event (Live)
Register: https://sarahsteingreenberg2022smcoe.eventbrite.com
How can we help our kids – and ourselves! – bring creative approaches to any challenges or opportunities we encounter? In an era of ambiguous, messy problems, it’s vital to have both an inquisitive mind and the ability to act with intention.
Join Sarah Stein Greenberg, executive director of the Stanford d.school, in discussion of her new book, Creative Acts for Curious People: How to Think, Create, and Lead in Innovative Ways.
Parents/caregivers, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
This special event is sponsored by generous donors from Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation and San Mateo County Office of Education, in partnership with 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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Seeing Race: Talking with Your Kids About Ethnicity, Culture, and Inclusion
Donald E. Grant, Jr, PhD, Executive Director, Mindful Training Solutions, LLC
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 5:30pm – 6:30pm PDT, Online Event (Live)
Register: https://donaldgrant2022rcsd.eventbrite.com
How can you talk with your kids about race/ethnicity, culture, diversity, and inclusion? Join Donald E. Grant, Jr., PhD, a mental health expert, social-cultural analyst, educator, DEI trainer, and social services advocate.
Dr. Grant is the executive director of Mindful Training Solutions, LLC and founder of the Center for Community & Social Impact at Pacific Oaks College.
Parents/caregivers, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.
This presentation is sponsored by the Redwood City School District, 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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