district news

The PTO needs your help!

We are so excited to get this school year off to a great start and to get our PTO programs back up and running, but we can’t do it without parent help in the following ways: 

DONATE

We ask parents to donate to the PTO in the first few weeks of school to support the coming year’s programs and activities. Click here to donate. Your financial support is a critical way to ensure that the programs that make our schools (and the PVSD community) so special continue year after year.

Our suggested donation is $100 per family, but we welcome donations of any amount!  As an added bonus of donating at the $100 level, you will receive a free school directory.

VOLUNTEER

If you haven’t had a chance to sign-up to volunteer, please take a look here for all the ways you can be involved this school year. PVSD is targeting early October for on campus volunteering and anticipated school events to resume. We can’t wait to start bringing our community back together, and with your help we can make these fun opportunities happen.

LAST CHANCE - school DIRECTORY COVER CONTEST!

Ormondale and Corte Madera students are invited to submit their original art for the Portola Valley School Student Directory cover design. We'll choose one to be this year's cover. The winner's family will receive a complimentary copy of the directory, suitable for autographing.

• The cover format is standard letter size, 8.5" x 11", portrait orientation.
• Please send entries to [email protected] by Friday, September 10.
• Please include the artist's name, grade, and parent's name.

PTO FUNDRAISERS

***Please consider enrolling in the following programs to benefit our PTO***

ESCRIP

Sign up for eScrip today and a % of purchases you make at participating merchants, including Bianchini’s, will go back to our school. Click here to sign up (select Portola Valley School District PTO as your school)

Already signed up? If you shop at Bianchini’s, please click here to make sure that the phone number you use for your Bianchini’s Rewards is also linked to your eScrip account: CLICK HERE 

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.

ORMONDALE News

REMINDERS: WATER BOTTLES & EXTRA MASKS

Please remember to send a water bottle with your student each day.  There are water filling stations to refill their containers.  At this time there are not extra water bottles to distribute when students forget them. Also, please send an extra mask with your student (and make sure they know where it is), in case their original mask gets sweaty or dirty during the school day.

DONATE WATER

The office is accepting donations of individual waters to have in classrooms in case students forget their refillable water bottle.  Please bring any donations to the office.

ORMONDALE SPIRITWEAR

Wear your Ormondale shirt, sweatshirt, hat and/or mask every Friday to show your school spirit.  Outgrew your gear? Looking for something new? Browse the latest selection of Ormondale spiritwear here.  Please order by September 17.

FOLLOW @Ormontales ON INSTAGRAM

Catch a glimpse of the school day, the latest on the construction and other fun scenes on the Ormondale Instagram account @ormontales. Please note this is a private account for Ormondale families only. If your username is not easily identifiable as a student family, please send Ms. Hovland a note at [email protected].

VOLUNTEERS 

We appreciate all those that have signed up to volunteer with the PTO already. There are still volunteer opportunities  at Ormondale, particularly in the following areas: 

• Art in Action Co-Coordinator
• Art in Action Classroom volunteers
• Art to Remember 
• Book Fair
• Breakfast Club Coordinator
• Breakfast Club Volunteers
• Choice Lunch Volunteer Coordinator
• Choice Lunch/Playground Volunteers 
• PV Basketball Commissioner/Co-Commissioner 
• Spiritwear Co-Coordinator
• Staff Appreciation Week
• Super Staff Lunches

Please reach out with any questions or suggestions: [email protected]

corte madera news

CMS VIRTUAL BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 9/9

​​4/5 Families will be invited to join their teachers via Google Meet from 5:15-6:00pm. 

6/7/8 Families will be invited to join their teachers via Google Meet from 6:15-8:00pm. 

NEW CMS SPIRITWEAR!

Wear your CMS shirt, sweatshirt, hat and/or mask to show your Panther Pride! Outgrew your gear? Looking for something new? Browse the latest selection of CMS spiritwear here. 

VOLUNTEERS

Thank you to everyone who has signed up to help with the PTO this year!  We are looking forward to an AWESOME year and having volunteers back on campus soon!  In order to rebuild community and bring back our beloved PTO programs, we still need help in the following areas:

• Choice Lunch Volunteer Coordinator, Choice Lunch Volunteers 
• 6-8 Grade Lunch
• Art to Remember
• PV Basketball Commissioner/Co-Commissioner 
• Staff Appreciation Week
• Campus Beautification
• Years of Service
• 8th Grade Graduation Week
  

All of these volunteer opportunities are so rewarding, for the parents, the kids and the school!  Sign up here: http://www.pvpto.com/cmsvolunteer.html 

If you have any questions about volunteer opportunities, we are happy to help: [email protected] 

parent education

Mindful Parenting: Reducing COVID Stress and Anxiety

Madeleine Pizey, Mindful Educator, Mission Be

Thursday, September 9

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mindful-parenting-reducing-covid-stress-and-anxiety-tickets-165804743451 

Today’s kids are already faced with a myriad of challenges, both academically and socially. Helping our children and teens manage these challenges – especially as in-person school resumes – can be stressful for parents.

Join Madeleine Pizey, Mindful Educator for Mission Be, for Part 1 of our 2021-22 "Mindful Parent" series. In this one-hour, self-care break, you will learn how to reduce stress and increase positivity through the power of mindfulness.

Parents, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.

This presentation is sponsored by Woodside PTSA, SHSEF, Sequoia Union High School District, Sequoia Healthcare District, and The Parent Venture.

Questions? Contact Charlene Margot, MA, Co-Founder and CEO, The Parent Venture (The Parent Education Series), at [email protected].

“The Twisties”: Youth Sports, Competition, and Mental Health

Steve Smith, PhD, Clinical and Sports Psychologist, UC Santa Barbara

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Register: https://stevesmith2021woodside.eventbrite.com​

Athletes Simone Biles, Michael Phelps, and Naomi Osaka pushed mental health to the forefront of the Tokyo Olympics. How can we keep our young athletes safe, healthy, and balanced?

Steve Smith, PhD, a clinical and sports psychologist, UCSB, will discuss how parents can support healthy sports participation for their children and teens. With humor, wit, and compassion, Dr. Smith gives parents what they need: straightforward, honest information about the realities of youth sports, backed by cutting-edge research.

Parents, students, educators, mental health professionals, and community members welcome! Free admission. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be available.

This presentation is sponsored by Woodside PTSA, 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]. 

community news

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.​

• CAN YOU BE A VOLUNTEER LITERACY TUTOR FOR UNDERSERVED REDWOOD CITY MIDDLE SCHOOLERS?

• FALL THEATER CLASSES AT PORTOLA VALLEY THEATRE CONSERVATORY (PVTC)

• HELP STUDENTS WHO NEED YOU MOST WITH "ALL STUDENTS MATTER"

• IT’S A ROCKING DANCE START TO A NEW SCHOOL YEAR:  SANGINI’S FALL 2021 CLASSES​

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