shop at honey bear trees to raise money for the PTO!

If you are buying a tree or wreath for the holidays, HONEY BEAR TREES at 955 Woodside Road, Redwood City, or 651 El Camino Real, Redwood City, or 2495 S. Delaware St., San Mateo will donate 15% of the sale to our schools!

Simply bring the flyer when you purchase your tree and/or wreath (if you happen to forget it, there will be extra flyers at the lot).

The Woodside Road location is now open.  The El Camino location opens 11/25 and the San Mateo location opens 11/24. 

food drive Thank YOU 

Huge thanks to Daphne Melendez for leading our Second Harvest Food Bank donation drive this year.  She got students, staff and parents motivated to bring in lots of food donations - the barrels have been filling up all week! Thanks also to Olga Amuzinskaya and Lori Palazzolo for organizing the hundreds of bags for students to decorate in their Ormondale "families" and to the Melendez and Lynch families for delivering the barrels to Ormondale at the last minute!

And a BIG THANK YOU to everyone for their great donations!

november superfood

Pomegranate Perfection

By Mrs. Wong’s Second Grade Class

Did you know that the word pomegranate means apple with many seeds?  A pomegranate begins its life as a flower and then it turns into a small, yellow, leathery fruit that eventually turns red and is ready to be harvested. I bet you are surprised to learn that Pomegranate trees can live over 200 years.  Pomegranates are in season during the months of September through December. This super fruit can stay in the refrigerator for up to 2 months.  Pomegranates help with blood pressure, bone health, heart disease, and cancer.  It’s high in fiber and is great for the heart and is rich in antioxidants.  One pomegranate has 50% of the vitamin C you’ll need in a day.  This super fruit’s seeds are very sweet and juicy and are actually called arils. 

Mrs. Fast’s class prepared a pomegranate oatmeal muffin recipe​ for the students to enjoy.  Pomegranates are a healthy snack for you.  So please buy some pomegranates and try this recipe.​

corte madera school and portola valley theater conservatory present shrek Jr, the musical

Auditions for all CMS students will be Monday December 11 and Wednesday December 13 after school in room 605.  There are 4 time slots and you must sign up your student with this link. Please sign up for ONLY ONE audition session.

Students should come prepared to sing 30 seconds of a song, any song, of their choice; they should either bring sheet music or a karaoke track which they can play on a device such as phone or CD player.

Call backs will be on Friday December 15 and Monday December 18 after school; students will be notified if they are required to attend a call back and a sign-up link will be provided at that time via the parent e-mail provided in the audition sign-up link above.

Shrek Jr. will be performed at CMS on Wednesday April 4 and Thursday April 5, 2018 (before Spring Break).  Rehearsals will run January 8 - April 3 after school at CMS. Number of rehearsals per week will depend on student’s role.  

There is NO COST to be part of the show.  We hope to cast every student who auditions, based on participation.

We are also looking for students to apply to be Stage Manager(s).  If you/your student is interested, please e-mail [email protected] to receive application.

Annual donation day Thanks

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday to support our Annual Campaign donation day!

It’s not too late to contribute towards smaller class sizes, specialist teachers & so many other things that our kids enjoy.