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IMPORTANT DATES
April 22
Class Photo Day
April 24-26
Grade 4 to Coloma
April 24
K to Sonoma Library
Parenting Advanced Learners Workshop 7pm
April 26
Showcase
April 27
Science Olympiad
APRIL 30
Grade 3 to Planetarium
May 3
Track Meet
all day
Nancy Fischman retirement party 5:30pm
MAY 7-19 and 14-16
Stanford-10 Testing
May 15/16/17
Minimum Days for Conferences
Book Fair
MAY 23
Art Fair
MAY 24
Minimum Day
MAY 27
Memorial Day
No School
MAY 29
Baccalureate Mass
JUNE 1
8th Grade Graduation
JUNE 2
Minimum Day
JUNE 5
Last day of school
Click here for the calendar at a glance for the rest of the year.
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An Evening of Celebration to Honor
Nancy Waarich-Fischman 
Please join us on Friday, May 3 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art to honor our retiring head of school, Nancy Waarich Fischman. Please rsvp by April 27 to 707-935-0122, ext. 202, to this event which is graciously hosted by the McNeely family.
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8th Grade Enjoys Week in Washington, D.C.
Grade 8 spent last week in Washington, D.C. as part of their humanities coursework in U.S. history and American literature. They visited the US Air Force Memorial, the Sept. 11 Memorial, Capitol Hill, the Library of Congress, the Holocaust Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Lincoln Memorial, Mt. Vernon, Arlington National Cemetery, the Naval Museum, the Museum of Natural History, the Air & Space Museum and MORE!
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Presentation Speaker Series Joins With California Association for the Gifted to Present Workshop on Parenting Advanced Learners
The Presentation School Speaker Series and The California Association for the Gifted are co-presenting a workshop on Parenting Advanced Learners this Wed., April 24 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Presentation library. The workshop is designed to help parents of K-8 students to understand the characteristics of advanced learners and better meet their needs at school and at home.
Covered in this talk will be resources available in the community and online for gifted students. This workshop, by Karen Littell of the California Association for the Gifted, is free and open to the community -- bring a friend.
Register at www.advancedlearning.eventbrite.com.
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Vianna Robledo Visits Exhibit Honoring Her Family
in American History Museum in D.C. 
What a thrill for 8th grader Vianna Robledo and her class to come across an exhibit about the Robeldo family at the American History Museum in Washington, D.C. last week!
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Presentation Golf Dinner To Feature Wide
Array of Live Auction Items
This year's Cinco de Mayo dinner at Sonoma Golf Club will feature some great auction items that can be previewed HERE. Offerings this year will include sapphire earrings, a stay in Cabo San Lucas, tickets to a taping of the Big Bang Theory, a stay in Tahoe Donner and more! The Mexican-themed dinner under the stars is sure to be delicious and everyone is invited to stay on to dance to a DJ. Non-golfers are welcome to join us just for the Sunday night dinner. RSVP today to Nancy Bei. On Monday, our golfers will enjoy a great box lunch, laden gift bags, specially themed holes as well as the Hole In One new car contest and loads of camaraderie! |
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Parent Survey Response Requested
Scott Parker is soliciting feedback from our parent community on the school's positive momentum: what works well and why; areas still to be strengthened; and opportunities and challenges in our growth. Please take a moment to fill out the survey this week. Thank you.
The survey link can be accessed HERE or here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BK2MRG7 |
6th Grade Girls Basketball Starts Season with Win! 
On Wednesday afternoon at Sonoma Country Day School our 6th grade girls began their season with a rousing victory over Sonoma Country Day School. Many thanks to coach Christine Neles and the girls for giving 100 percent!
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LOVE OUR LIBRARY! Patriot Page Turners Reading Contest 
This May will mark the second annual reading contest and book sale to benefit our school library. Activities will take place on the following dates:
May 6 "The Patriot Page Turners" reading contest begins.
May 10 and 17 The Parent Association will host bake sales "Baking for Books" to benefit the library.
May 9 and 10 we will host a gently used kids book sale to celebrate our month long focus on reading and our school library. Books can be brought to the library from April 29 through May 9.
May 15, 16 and 17 is conference week and also time for our Scholastic Book Sale. This year, Sonoma's own Reader's Books will join our book sale and will offer our summer assigned reading books. Proceeds benefit The Presentation School library.
May 24 will mark the end of the reading contest.
Good luck to all our readers!
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7th Grade Checks Out Marine Mammal Center
Our 7th grade class had a fantastic experience checking out the Marine Mammal Center in Marin last week. The Center rescues ill, injured, or orphaned marine mammals, and return healthy ones to the wild. Since 1975, the facility has rescued and treated over 17,500 elephant seals, sea lions, whales, sea otters, harbor seals, fur seals, dolphins, harbor porpoises and more - many from threatened and endangered species. The Center also conducts scientific inquiry to increase knowledge of marine mammals, their health and their environment, and to help assure their long-term survival.
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Bake Sales to Benefit The Library -- Bakers Needed
Our schools families are encouraged to step forward to bake items for two upcoming bake sales to benefit our school library. Upper school families are needed to bake for our sale on May 10 and lower school families for the sale on May 17. Both will take place at pick-up.
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Track & Field Season Begins! 
Please be sure that your student's Track and Field permission slip is turned in by Monday, April 22nd to the front office or your home room in order to participate in this week's practices on Tuesday and Thursday. Don't forget to mark your child's shirt size for track jerseys. Transportation to the May 3rd meet will be by bus; NO BUS available for the return. Please arrange for your child to be picked up from the meet at the Santa Rosa Junior College.
Volunteers needed for meet to supervise event stations, cheer or corral students. Pop up tents requested for our use during the event to keep us shaded and cool. See Coach Amy for details.
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SUMMER PERKS CAMPS SUMMER PERKS CAMPS
SUMMER PERKS CAMPS
Save the dates of June 10-14 and June 17-21 for Presentation School's Summer Perks Camps with a wide array of morning and afternoon programs to choose from for all ages!
Some of our camp choices include: Acting Workshop (ages 10-up) | Fencing (ages 8-up)| Pre-Engineering with Lego (ages 5-7) | Garden Fever!(ages 5-up) | German in a Playful Way (ages 7-10) | How to Start a Band (ages 9-up) | Spanish Speaking & Culture (ages 7-9) and Volleyball (ages 10-up). You can download the camp flyer HERE.
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Spirit Week Next Week and Middle School Dance!
Our Student Council has proposed a theme-based, mini spirit week next week! The dress up days will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Here are the details:
Tuesday: Decade Day-Dress in a style that is representative of a 20th century decade (1950s-sock hoppers & greasers; 1960s/1970s-hippies, disco; etc.)
Wednesday: Medieval Day-Dress in a style that is representative of Medieval times (princess, prince, queen, king, peasants, knights, etc)
Thursday: Future Day-Dress in a style that you might imagine is representative of the future.
On Friday night, we will hold our last Middle School Dance of the year and for this event, our 5th graders are invited to attend! The theme of the dance is "Decades of the Movies" and our students will enjoy dancing to DJ Xavier Lema from 6:30pm to 9pm.
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Grade 3 Finishing Unit on American Indians
Ms. Caselli's 3rd grade class is finishing up a comparison of several of the Native American tribes from our continent. Next week they will try their hands at weaving using recycled materials. The 3rd graders are also learning an Indian rowing song which they will perform at the Showcase on April 26th.
The class is focusing on tribes that are native to what we now call California. Each child will research one of these tribes and complete a written report. Pictured are their colorful charts outlining the characteristics of different tribes.
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Nominations For Next Year's Parent Association
Co-President Are Now Being Accepted
Nominations for Co-President are now being accepted through April 24th. As a co-president, the time commitment is shared, making the job manageable for most. Please speak with Nancy Fischman to nominate someone or to express interest in the role.
The responsibilities include working closely with various committee chairs to facilitate school activities, organizing and planning meetings as well as being available to help out whenever needed.
Thank you for your support:
Lisa Atwood - Garden Committee
Dyan James - Upper School Room Coordinator
Terry Matheson - Lower School Room Coordinator
Kelly Pucci - Shop & Support Coordinator
Bree Curotto - Social Committee
Kim Wilde - Treasurer
Suzanne Wilkinson - Correspondence
Janine Cohen & Klara Crean - Speaker Series
Carolina Salmonsen (outgoing co-president)
Lisa Biddle Dedmore (co-president)
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6th Grade Finishes Unit of Ancient Greece with Olympics and Temple Construction Project 
In recent weeks, our 6th grade class has had a great time learning about Ancient Greece through an Olympics competition, the construction of Greek temples and an in-class unit test that required both creativity and knowledge of the subject matter. Next up? Ancient Rome!
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Yearbooks: The price for a yearbook for your child is now $50 and that cost will increase at the end of the month. If you haven't placed your order yet, please stop by the office this week to do so.
Athletic sweatshirts: Stop by the office today to buy a sweatshirt!
Land's End: Land's End is having a sale through the end of the day today (Sunday) where you can get 30% off an order of $100 or more. Use the coupon code TWINKLE and the PIN 1821 to get the dicount.
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
Tennis, Tennis Tennis! -- There is a terrific new tennis pro in Sonoma and he is offering inexpensive clinics for kids ages 8 and Under and ages 9-12 on Monday afternoons after school. CLICK HERE to download the flyer with the details.
Golf: Silverado Country Club in Napa offers non-members a great junior golf academy on Sundays. Kids are broken out by age group from 4-16 and co-ed professional instruction ranges from 2 hours for the older kids to 45 minutes for the youngest. The cost ranges from $55/month to $160/month. www.silveradoresort.com
Chess: The Fifth Annual Chess for Kids tournament is May 11 at 9:15 a.m. at Strawberry School in Santa Rosa. The competition is open to all levels in grades k-8. The fee to enter is $25. Students must register in advance at Chessclubforkids.com.
BGC Camp:The Boys & Girls Club is holding a summer camp kick-off party on Sat., April 27 from 11-1 p.m. at the Maxwell Clubhouse.
Students can pre-register for camp and enjoy rock climbing, science projects, ping pong, arts and crafts, an obstacle course, a maze, face painting and other games. Lunch is $5. Download the summer camp brochure at bgcsonoma.org.
Math Help:Soloquest School and tutoring center is offering four summer math workshops.
Algebra 1 preview will be offered Tues., July 23 and Thurs., July 25 from 10 a.m. to Noon OR from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Preview of Algebra 2 will be offered Tues., July 30 and Thurs., Aug. 1 from 10 a.m. to Noon OR 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Each workshop is $120 and there will be 4-10 students enrolled in each. Call Soloquest at 707-939-1133 to register.
Sonoma Country Day School Speakers: On Monday, June 10, Sir Ken Robinson will be the keynote speaker at "ieSonoma," and he will be joined by a panel of local entrepreneurs and leaders to consider the nature of innovative thinking. You can find out more and register at www.iesonoma.org. Teachers are invited to attend free of charge.
SCDS is also hosting the second annual TEDxSonomaCounty on Saturday, June 15. The theme this year is More? and will explore (and question) our human drive for bigger, better... more. Registration and information is at www.tedxsonomacounty.com.
Summer Camp: Sonoma Academy of Dance will be offering summer camos on our campus. Register online at www.sonomasummercamps.com
SSU Summer Programs: SSU's EXCEL summer program catalog is now available. There are three sessions for grades 4-9 running June 24-28, July 8-19 and July 22-26. www.sonoma.edu/exed/excel
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