Message from Nancy Fischman:

We extend a warm welcome to our new parents and students and a welcome back to our returning families. The classrooms and the facilities have been prepared for the students' arrival, and the teachers have designed learning experiences that challenge and engage all the children in meaningful learning.  Our school-wide theme is GROWing in Gratitude, Respect, Organization, and Worship and will be incorporated into all our classrooms.  Faculty continues to build upon and refine the integrated curriculum that will prepare students to grown academically, spiritually, socially and physically.  As we move through this year, you will hear more about our continuing growth in the use of technology in teaching and learning.

We are blessed as a community to have the support of the Board of Trustees, faculty, and parents as we continue into our 16th year as the outstanding elementary and middle school in Sonoma Valley!

The new online parent communication system at Presentation will provide our emergency alerts notification system; a searchable online school directory; our online grading and report card system; and our teacher communication vehicle -- all password protected and easily accessible from our web site. Parents are urged to log on using the email we have on file for them as soon as possible to create their account.  Click here to get started today.

Please be assured that all information on the site is kept private and your specific information will not be shared with anyone.

Presentation this fall welcomed two new adjunct faculty members to the staff.  

Laurie Gaynor joins Presentation to teach 4th and 5th grade Language Arts and 6th grade Math.  She received her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from Sonoma State University.  Ms. Gaynor has worked as a substitute teacher in the Santa Rosa City School, the Sonoma Valley Unified Schools and Hanna Boys Center. She received her B.S. in Business with a minor in Psychology from San Francisco State University.  When not at school she enjoys teaching swimming and playing water polo.

Marietta Natuzzi, 3rd Grade adjunct teacher, is happy to join the Presentation team again.  Aside from being a guest teacher for the past few years, Mrs. Natuzzi also taught the "Kindercare" program from 2005-2007.

Mrs. Natuzzi received her BA from UCLA and her teaching credential from San Francisco State University.  She substituted for San Francisco Unified School District and Jefferson School District (Daly City, CA) where she landed her first job teaching Kindergarten.  Other experiences in teaching include "Kindergarten Readiness" programs with Jefferson Unified and "English Camp" with the Commonbond Foundation. She enjoys watching plays (especially musical plays), traveling and watching her sons play baseball.

 

In addition to our full-time teachers in grades K-8, we are fortunate to have returning this year teaching assistants in all of the primary grade classrooms: Amy Doughery assists in the Kindergarten classroom; Jenna Bast assists in the 1st grade classroom; and Katie Isetta assists in the 2nd grade classroom.

Presentation's 6th, 7th and 8th grade co-ed volleyball teams have already begun practicing for their season (though it is not too late to join the team). Their practices run on Mondays and Wednesday after school through mid-October.

Our co-ed cross country team is also open to grades 5-8 will begin practice soon. They will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school.  Miss Amy will be the coach.

Please see Athletic Director Christine Neles or stop by the office if you have questions or to sign up for a team.

Presentation's Fall Perks 2012 after-school enrichment classes will begin the week of September 17 and will run for eight weeks: 9/17, 9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/22, 10/29, 11/5, 11/12. The class options will include art, athletics and intellectual endeavors. Details and registration will available September 4 or see Mrs. Armer for more information.  Parents with special skills who might be interested in teaching an after-school class are encouraged to contact Mrs. Armer for more information.

The Search Committee met for a marathon seven hour resume review and conducted Skype interviews last week and narrowed the candidate pool for the new Head of School to four semi-finalists who will each spend a day at Presentation Sept. 10 - 13. They will meet with our administrative team; our Trustees and Nancy Fischman; with our students in the classroom; and with our faculty. 

A large block of time has been set aside for the candidates to meet with our parent community. Please plan to join us from 9:40am to 10:20am on Sept. 10, 11, 12 and 13 to meet the candidates in the library.  Parent will be provided with candidate resumes at that time.

We thank the entire school community in advance for the important role each of you will play in this exciting process.  Please do not hesitate to contact Mark Couchman at 707-486-5448 or August Sebastiani at 707-481-5635 if you have any questions.

In mid-August, seven Presentation students participated in the first-ever PCI/Presentation Climbing team coastal camp. The group traveled along 30 miles of pristine Pacific coastline from Sonoma to Goat Rock to Fort Ross to Fisk Mill Cove and to the Fault Line Hike near Sea Ranch. Campers were led by world-renowned professional climber Kevin Jorgeson and they learned sandstone and Gneiss rock climbing, belay skills, bouldering movement and spotting, environmental awareness and fault line geology... all while have a blast outdoors in gorgeous weather in a beautiful setting.

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Mr. Kuschner was selected from more than 1,000 nominated teachers, at sendmyteacher.com, to join 200 others from around the country at the all-expense paid "summer camp for teachers" held at Liberty Science Center outside New York City.