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IMPORTANT DATES
OCT. 1
Parent meeting with Head of School Candidate Steve Cash 8:15am-8:50am library
OCT. 2-5
6th grade to Mt. Hermon (outdoor education)
OCT. 3
Liturgy - Dress Uniform
Papa Murphy's Dine/Donate
OCT. 5
Showcase 9am
OCT. 9
Parent meeting with Head of School candidate Andy Dey 8:15am-8:50am library
OCT. 9-12
7th grade to Ashland, OR for Shakespeare Festival
OCT. 13
Imagine: An Evening in the Wild, Wild West event
OCT. 16-19
Conferences, Minimum Days
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Parent's Association Corner
Your Parent's Association Executive Committee for the 2012-2013 school year hopes you will join them for the following upcoming meetings:
October 17 (topic -- Scrip/eScrip)
November 14 (topic -- community service)
December 12 (topic -- social activities)
All meetings are at 8:30am in the library.
Your PA Executive Committee
Presidents: Carolina Salmonsen, Lisa Biddle Dedmore
Treasurer: Kim Wilde
Communications Coordinator: Susanne Wilkinson
Room Coordinator (upper): Dyan James
Room Coordinator (lower): Terry Mathison
Committees: (Please Join us!)
Speaker Series, Angels, Dad's Club, Garden, Scrip/eScrip
Pictured above are: Carolina Salmonsen, Dyan James, Susanne Wilkinson, Bree Curotto (Social Committee) and Robert Raney (Dad's Club).
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Imagine An Evening in the Wild, Wild West
A big howdy from Event Chair Therese Nugent:
Hey y'all! Our fall fundraiser is only thirteen days away! Grab your partners and join us for a rip roarin' night of fun! Get your blue jeans and boots on and meet us at the Activity Center Corral and Saloon on Saturday night, October 13th. No neckties allowed!
Feeling bullish? Take a ride on "Thunder!" the mechanical bull, in our Bull Riding Contest. Yes, here's your chance to show us your tougher side. (No need to sign up in advance to fall on your, er, ride the bull. We'll getcha saddled up at the door. Whiskey shots available for courage!)
You'll be ready to dance the night away after your complimentary lessons with our professional line dance instructors. Learn the Nightclub Two Step and West Coast Swing. Entertainment provided by Bob Sarlette and DJ Marty Cole.
Buy a $10 chance to win our $500 cash raffle.
Buy one (or two) of only 100 Golden Auction Tickets sold for $100 for your chance to choose, on the spot, any one of the Live Auction items, several of which have a face value of more than $5,000!
Wild, Wild West Chuck Wagon Dinner Menu
Trail-Blazin' Appeteasers:
- Parched Pecans and Boot-Scootin' Snack MixSweet
- Potato Cornbread Squares with Bourbon Bacon Jam
- Sliced Dr Pepper Hotlinks
- Cowgirl Caviar on Tortilla Chip Rounds
Vittles on the Chow Line:
- Unhitch Your Britches 23-Hour Smoked Beef Brisket
- Long Horn Ancho Chile Sauce on the Side
- Butt Kickin' Finger Lickin' Chicken "Carnitas"
- Best Dang Cowboy Beans You Ever Had!
- Ponderosa Potato Salad
- Real Good Cowpoke Green Salad
- Ranch Rolls
Cowboy Finger Desserts:
- Dark-As-Mud Fudge Brownies
- Red Velvet Cupcakes
- Cinnamon Sugar Donuts
- Buckaroo Coffee Service
Special Note: The evening's Fund-A-Need will be dedicated to our ongoing Library and Technology Multi-Media Project. State-of-the-art Macintosh computers, laptops for staff and students alike, smart boards, and a world-class library book collection are on our wish list. Funds raised at the event will be specifically designated for this exciting project.
Listen up, dudes! We need your reservations lickety-split! The event ticket price will continue to be discounted at $100 until October 2nd. ($125 after that!) See ya at the saloon!
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5th Grade Beautifies Spirit and Campus
Many thanks to the 5th grade class who took a spin around campus recently cleaning up trash as part of their Faith class lesson on responsibility and community. |
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Cross Country Races to Victory
From Coach Amy:
I would like to start out by saying, once again how in awe I am of each and every one of your children. Our last meet was the hardest course they will face this season, a majority of the race was uphill. As they took off from the starting line they began the steady climb up an asphalt hill that winds up and around the back of the campus. Then rounding the corner of the parking lot down the lane to cheers from parents, runners began the dirt portion of the run where they found themselves again hitting a hill back up and around the perimeter of Sonoma Academy's property. For our 6-8th graders, they endured two laps around the course which came out to be 1.7 miles. Fifth graders ran the course once.
Congratulations to all, with a shout out to Michaela Schillinger who placed first among all the fifth grade girls competing and Annie Neles who placed third among all the sixth grade girls competing.
Being a part of such an energetic, positive and encouraging environment truly makes this cross country experience incredible. When these athletes think the finish line is nowhere in sight and their legs can't possibly inch any further, they find the strength to dig, push and run hard to the end. That moment of "all or nothing" brought me on the verge of tears.
I should also mention we saw a few familiar faces wishing us well during the meet, graduates from Presentation, Jack Greenberg, Cristian Isbrandtsen and Devin Salmonsen (Devin was stationed on the course encouraging our runners on). Wonderful to see their faces!
Our next meet is this Tuesday, October 2 away at Petaluma Christian located on Lakeville Highway. We
will miss the 6th graders as they will be at Mt. Hermon.
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Blessing of the Animals Liturgy
The entire school community is invited to a School Liturgy on Wednesday, October 3rd in the Activity Center at 11am.
Third Grade will be leading Mass in memory of St. Francis of Assisi. This is a Dress Uniform day.
Blessing of the Animals on Wednesday, October 3rd on the Playground at 3pm. All animals must be kid and animal friendly. Please bring your family pets to school to be blessed. All animals must remain on a leash or in a carrier at all times. Please remember to clean up any messes your animal may leave behind. Students can bring a pet photograph to be blessed if bringing the family pet is not feasible.
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Field Day and Student Vs. Teacher Volleyball Game Enjoyed By All!
Students turned out to cheer on our much-beloved annual volleyball match between the 8th grade and the teachers on Field Day. Can you tell who these students were rooting for?
Thank you to Mrs. Dusak and the entire 8th grade for leading the school in this annual student community event. All students enjoyed the events and there was a great deal of cheering during the volleyball game for both sides.
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8th Graders Colonize
Our 8th graders last week were each assigned one of the original thirteen colonies to study. Their objective was to become an expert on their colony and share their knowledge with their peers.
The students will present their knowledge to the class orally by taking on the persona of an imaginary or real individual who lived in their colony during the 1750's to 1770's. They will be clothed according to their person's station (social class) in life.
For added creativity, students are being asked to utilize their multiple intelligences, and develop another feature to their presentation. For example, using their mathematical- logical and spatial intelligences students can create a pie chart graph depicting the ethnic make up of their colony. Musical students might find fife and drum pieces to share with the class, or they might make up their own song extolling the virtue of you colony- sort of like a "colony anthem". Ideas for verbal/linguistic learning might include writing a poem about life in their colony. Those who wish to utilize their bodily-kinesthetic intelligence can to learn a colonial dance or game and demonstrate it. Visual/spatial learners might create posters advertising the colony to Europeans. Interpersonal learners might include the production and video taping of a skit based on an historic event that took place in your colony, or other ideas for skits.
What a great way for the students to study history while better understanding their individual learning styles!
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Junior Dragons Are Ready For Some Football!
Check out these Presentation cuties participating in the Sonoma Junior Dragons football and cheer programs this fall. Pictured left to right are: Caden Parlett, Taylor Owen, Riku Gilman, Annabella Curotto and Brady Curotto.
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Catching Up With A Grad:
Ella Joyner-Shone, Class of '10
Congratulations to our graduate Ella Joyner-Shone, Presentation class of '10, who is a balancing a rigorous course load at Justin-Siena with her new duties at captain of the school's Varsity Volleyball team... as a junior! Ella also practices and competes throughout the year on a volleyball club team out of Napa.
We love hearing about our grads!
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Speaker: Dr. Michael Thompson, who came to Presentation last year, is coming back to the area to speak at Sonoma County Day School on Tuesday, October 16 at 7pm and all of our parents are invited to attend this free program. For more information about him, visit michaelthompson-phd.com. Rsvp to www.scdsevents.org
Exchange Students: Sonoma High's French Club plans to organize a cultural exchange between American and French students for next summer. Sonoma students will travel to France and be hosted by a French family. French students will then come to Sonoma. If you might like to host a French student for a couple of weeks in the summer, there is an informational meeting on October 4 at 7:00 p.m., in room F3.
Tutors: Sonoma High has released their list of students qualified to tutor. The full list is available in the school's College & Career Center, with contact info and areas of specialization. Most charge around $15/hour.
November Election: The Sonoma County Education Coalition is sponsoring a free voter education forum on Propositions 30 and 38, two ballot measures that directly affect the future of the education budget in California on October 4, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., at the Wells Fargo Center in Santa Rosa. RSVP to Rosa Zamudio, rzamudio@sonomacf.org. The Forum will feature presentations by neutral policy experts who are knowledgeable about K-12 education and can give voters a clear understanding of each proposition's impact.
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Uniforms: Presentation School's uniform policy can be found in the School Yard site under "Files."
Yearbooks!!: Yearbooks are on sale now and available online only this year! Current price is $45, prices go up at the end of October. Use this link for Jostens and order yours today!
eScrip: Remember to register of renew your Safeway card at www.escrip.com. Group ID - 137107396
Scrip: We will be sending out a letter on how to sign up to order scrip store cards shortly at participants like Safeway, Starbucks, Lucky, Whole Foods, CVS, Rite Aid, Shell, 76, Papa Murphy's, Costco, Target, and online retailers like Amazon too.
See's Candy is coming!!
Our See's Candy fundraising takes place two times a year - during the winter and spring holidays. Please look for the flyers that will come home with your children during these two drives, and please make your purchases through Presentation to support our school.
Attention 7th/8th Grade Parents: The following high schools are the first of the many who will be visiting Presentation School in the coming weeks.
October 4 -- Justin-Siena -- 9:30am
October 17 -- St. Vincent's -- 11:00am
PARKING: The lane in front of the school is for rapid pick-up and drop-off only. At pickup, please DO NOT park in front of the school to wait for your student. If no parking spots are available, the black top is available. Thank you for your cooperation.
GOOGLE DRIVE: We have a new system for how students save documents that they are working on on school computers, which can also be viewed from computers at home. Ask your child about it. Our goal is for all middle school students to be adept at it by the end of this month.
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