Greetings!

7th Grade Boys Finishes Regular Season in Second Place, Heads Into Middle School Sports League Playoffs!

Our truly stellar 7th grade boys basketball team, coached by school parents Todd Schmick and David O'Hara, finished their regular season 6-1 and in second place overall in the entire Middle School Sports League.

Their first playoff game is this Monday at 3:45pm in the Presentation School Activity Center.  The school's Spirit Squad invites every student in every grade to join them on Tuesday in cheering the team on in their attempt to bring home the pennant! 

The 7th grade team is comprised of Ryan O'Hara, Carson Schmick, Ryan Angeloni, Nick Atwood, Corbin Cook, Evan Alcantar, Jorge Campos, Riley Robles and Will Gear (some 6th graders play up).

If the team wins on Monday, they will play again on Wednesday afternoon at 3:45pm at Presentation and then the tournament finals will be on Thursday at 5pm at Presentation.   Consolation matches will be at Sonoma Country Day School.  Go Patriots!

Cast/Crew of Our Spring All-School Musical Announced:     

Albert Peterson..........................Cristian Isbrandsten

Rose Alvarez..................................KiKi Couchman

Mrs. Mae Peterson...............................Aria Schuler

Conrad Birdie...................................Henry Grieve

Mr. Harry MacAfee............................Skyler Trygstad

Mrs. Doris MacAfee.................................Ally Lewis

Randolph MacAfee.....................Matteo Della Santina

Kim MacAfee..............................Marissa Christensen

Hugo Peabody................................Jack Greenberg

Ursula Merkle....................................Megan James

Helen.............................................Emma Cooper

Nancy...........................................Graci Bundschu

Alice........................................Ella Freudenberger

Margie..........................................Oliva Yazzikino

Deborah Sue...................................Brianna Lehane

Penelope..........................................Tessa Morgan

The Birdie Fan Club Member

1.................................................Sonia Krikorian

2. ....................................................Sarah Lamp

3. ...........................................Catherine Flaherty

4. .............................................Layla McDermott

5. ..............................................Jane Coneybeer

6. ..................................................Kirsten Kelly

7. .............................................Natalie Gulrajani

8. ................................................Velsea Warton

9. ............................................Elena Golubovich

Harvey Johnson...............................Quinn Sheridan

Ed Sullivan........................................Nick Atwood

Gloria Rasputin/Chorus.....................Perry Coneybeer

Mayor..............................................Nick Atwood

Mayor's wife/Chorus...........................Jastine Kovacs

Mrs. Merkle/Chorus..............................Kaylin Riebli

Dancers/Chorus:

.....................................................Mary Minigan

........................................................Niki Lewis

...................................................Erica Carmona

....................................................Renee Serota

CREW:

Stage Manager................................Maria Fernandez

Technical Manager..........................Devin Salmonsen

CREW...........................................Genaro Pamatz

.....................................................Madi Nugent

Every student who auditioned is urged to read the attached letter from Mrs. Miller explaining the casting process.  Questions? Contact Mrs. Miller at lmiller@presentationschool.com 

Crab & Pasta Feed Deadlines & Notes!!

Tickets for our Jan 21st Crab & Pasta Feed must be bought by this Wednesday in order for us to buy the right amount of delicious Dungeoness crab. Also served will be appetizers, pasta, raw and bbq oysters, salad, garlic bread, dessert, beer, wine and a full bar!  After dinner, dance the night away to the Rich Little band.  If you have a credit card on file you can buy your tickets simply by replying to this email, otherwise, you can buy tickets HERE or in the school office. Tickets are a bargain at $60 each.

As this event is hosted by the 8th grade class, every 8th grade parent needs to choose a way in which they will help with the event by clicking HERE.  All school parents are invited to help with the event, however, and you can choose the way in you want to help by clicking HERE.

Dr. Thompson Registration Open Now

Click here to register for Dr. Michael Thompson's important presentation to parents on February 21st at 6:30pm: 

Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Community, Friendship, Social Power and  Bullying in Childhood

Recent media attention on bullying in schools has many parents seeing childhood social relationships only through the lens of bullying.  That focus is simplistic and unfortunate because most school communities are a place of tolerance and inclusion, as well as occasional bullying.  

For children, the relationship with friends is one of the most important things in their lives, a source of learning and growth. However, all children also discover social power and experiment with teasing and exclusion. In this talk, Dr. Thompson will distinguish between the normal social pain of childhood from which all children learn and actual bullying, which is traumatizing.  He will discuss ways in which communities and schools can make children safer.