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IMPORTANT DATES
MARCH 4
7th and 8th grade girls home basketball games 3:45pm
No hot lunch
MARCH 6
7th grade girls home basketball
March 7
Grade 4 to Lake Ralphine to release trout
March 8
Grade 5 Invention Convention
Grade 6
Science Fair
March 11
No School
March 13
Grade 8 to La Hacienda Spanish Lunch
March 15
Middle school Beach Clean-up Lenten Project
March 21/22
Spring Music Review
March 28
Minimum Day
Spring Break Begins
April 8
School resumes
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30 Hour Famine Starts Friday After School
Best wishes and congratulations to our 17 middle school students who have stepped forward to participate in the 30 Hour Famine, under the leadership of Katie Faircloth.
Every year, hundreds of thousands of students in the U.S. and around the world unite to do the Famine. They learn about hunger, raise funds to help the hungry, and then go hungry themselves.
www.30hourfamine.org
Students have been asked to fundraise a minimum of $240 dollars toward the cause and all have committed to spend the 30 hours . If you would like to donate, please visit our school's team page HERE.
Participating this year are: 8th graders Tessa and Katie, 7th graders
Brigit, Sophie, Hannah, Genaro, Natalie, Catherine, Wriley and Aria and 6th graders Mikaela, Kirsten, Julia, Nell, Eva, Hannah Rose and Alison.
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NEW SESSION OF PERKS STARTS MARCH 19!
To place your child in a class, do one of the following:
1. Call 707-935-0122, x111
2. Email garmer@presentationschool.com
3. Sign up on class roster sheet in the School Office
This trimester we are offering:
Pre-engineering with Lego Cross Fit Chess Club Jewelry Making German Clay Pinchpots Mathletes Jewelry-Making Paper Arts Yoga 
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6th Grade Artists Tackle Hokusai's Wave Painting
If you haven't already stopped by the school library, come check out the amazing artwork produced by our 6th grade students, under the direction of school parent and artist Rosemary McNeely. (Thank you Rosemary!) The students had a great time studying this iconic work of art and learning about Hokusai.
Last weekend, during our kindergarten assessments, many prospective families gathered in the library remarked on the talent of our students.
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Just a reminder to get in your annual fund donation so that your child's class become the first 100% participation.
The top three class standings at this point are:
4th: 69%
3rd: 65%
1st: 57%
This coming Thursday we will once again e-blast a huge THANK YOU list recognizing all who have given so far.
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Presentation Student Interviews Salman Khan!  In early February, four local junior journalists with the local classroom newspaper, Kids Scoop News, had the opportunity to visit the headquarters of Khan Academy in Mountain View and interview the founder of the academy, Salman Khan.
Khan Academy (khanacademy.org) is a popular non-profit web site with a library of more than 4,000 video tackling K-12 math, science and humanities topics, used by a number of our classrooms for enrichment. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
The students were Presentation School fifth grader Jonas Crean (in red shirt), Petaluma sixth grader Jadon Borsage, Adele Harrison eighth grader Noah Bartolome and Adele Harrison seventh grader Kimberly Uzzo.
The students' questions ranged from the personal, such as what kind of a student he was, to specifics about Khan's business model including whether or not the badges on the Khan Academy website are positively affecting the motivation of the user. Look for the full interview in the April issue of Kid Scoop News, available in our library. Congratulations Jonas!
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Box Tops Contest Results
Thank you to everyone who brought in BoxTops for our most recent collection. Please keep saving them! Our next contest will be in April. Thank you very much to Kelly Pucci for organizing!
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Zero Period Band Practice a Big Hit
It is not too late to join in the fun of our new Zero Period Band Class on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday mornings from 7:30am to 8:10am in the library. Students need not be very experienced, all ages and levels are welcome! We are sorry that we cannot store instruments for liability reasons, so please make arrangements to collect instruments at 8:10am each morning.
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Presentation Leads All Valley Schools in Spelling Bee Results  A further breakdown of the results from the recent Sonoma South County spelling Bee is now available and while our students will not head on to the next level, we found out that sixth grader Jack Wolff made it the furthest of all students from our area schools with a finishing spot of 8th.
Also finishing in the top fifteen were one student from Adele, one from St. Francis and a second Presentation student, Amanda Jue, grade 6. These annual spelling competitions, which are open to the public, are designed to promote and acknowledge exemplary student achievement. Congratulations Jack and Amanda!
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HELP WANTED
A plea from Mrs. Wallace --
Volunteers needed for morning
office help on Tuesday and Thursday.
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SAVE THE DATE! Presentation Golf Tournament
The Presentation Spring Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, May 4 (dinner) and Monday, May 5 (Golf Tournament) at the beautiful Sonoma Golf Club. Save the date!
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Re-enrollment Contracts Are Overdue
Your re-enrollment contract for your child was due last Friday. We have a number of students on a waiting list for next year to join our school. It is crucial that we have signed paperwork from existing families as we plan admissions offers and teacher hiring for the 2013-2014 school year. Thank you for your prompt attention. Please see Mrs. Fischman if you have any questions or concerns.
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How great is the new Sonoma Community Center spring catalog cover... featuring Presentation grad Emma Cooper, Class of '12, who was one of our school's teen winners of last year's Fashion Trashion Show
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The Thank You Box
Thank you to Ali Phillips, Robin Rosholt, Rebecca Henley, Barbara Madden and Grades 2 and 5 for hosting a fabulous Father-Daughter Dance on Friday Night. The DJ, dance instructor and photo booth added to the festivities!
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Scrip gift cards: Kelly Pucci, our school's scrip coordinator, will be in the Library at drop off on Tuesday to help families enroll and order scrip. This program is part of our "Shop and Support Program," an easy way to help us raise funds for our student programs. Any questions? Kelly can be reached at scrip@presentationschool.com. See you on Tuesday!
Shop & Support: Remember to stop by the school office to pick up a sheet to order gift cards through out scrip program. Also available are sign up sheets for the Sonoma Market school donation program. Remember to register or renew your Safeway card at www.escrip.com. Group ID - 137107396. Club card members must
renew EVERY November.
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COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Local Drama: Both SVHS and Justin-Siena are staging theater productions this month. Tickets are still available to see either SVHS's Beauty and The Beast at the Little Theater or Footloose (both are fantastic) at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. Both have shows this Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday matinee. We've written about our grads in the SVHS show... at last weekend's Sat night performance of Footloose, we spotted former Presentation students Frances Minigan, Emma Curry, Stina Bryne and Summer Atwood.
Summer Camp: Sonoma Academy of Dance will be offering a spring break camp on our campus April 1-5. There are three choices: "Best of the Best" Camp for ages 3-6 or ages 7-12 AND Teen Dance Boot Camp for ages 10-17. Camp meets from 9am to 4pm and tuition is $250. Register online at www.sonomasummercamps.com
Justin-Siena Summer Theater Camp: Justin-Siena is offering a new summer theater workshop for ages 6-14 starting June 10 at the Lincoln Theater in Yountville. www.justin-siena.org
Free art classes: On Sat., March 9, ArtEscape is offering a free scratchboard class from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for ages two and up.
They are also offering a free intermediate comic book illustration class open to young adults ages 12-18, sponsored by the Rose Marie Pieper Foundation, on Sun., March 10 from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 17474-A Sonoma Highway. To sign up, email artescapesonoma@gmail.com or call 707-938-5551
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Presentation's facebook page enables you to get reminders about important school events and activities.
Almost 150 of you have already joined our online community.
"LIKE" us today by cicking HERE!
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