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IMPORTANT DATES
MAY 5
Golf Dinner 5pm
MAY 6
Golf Tournament
10 am shot-gun start
MAY 7-9 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 4
Splash Party 3:30 pm
JUNE 5
Last day of school
Click here for the calendar at a glance for the rest of the year.
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Good luck to our Presentation golfers in tomorrow's tournament!
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Presentation Track Meet Athletes Shine
Almost 90 of our students in grades five through eighth enjoyed a hot day of athletic competition all day on Friday at the Middle School Sports League Annual Track Meet at Santa Rosa Junior College. Our students have been practicing over the last few weeks on various events, including running, high jump, long jump and shot put. Our athletes were encouraged to participate in three of the four events.
While the official results will not be available for a week or two, our Presentation athletes made the school proud. Our 5th grade had a particularly strong showing in their first year participating! Thank you to our parents and coaches who joined us on Friday and helped out throughout the day. 
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Presentation Students Snag BOTH Lead Roles in BBK's ANNIE!
Annie is a classic musical based on a spunky Depression-era orphan determined to find her parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage.
The musical is staged by Broadway Bound Kids at the Sonoma Veterans Auditorium this Thursday, May 9th & Friday, May 10th at 7:30pm, Saturday, May 11 at 2:00pm & 7:30pm and Sunday, May 12 at 1:00pm & 5:00pm. With special Mother's Day performance on both shows Sunday, May 12th.
The role of Annie is being played by Presentation's own Hannah Rose McNeely and Megan James (chosen from a cast of more than 100 for the role). More than a dozen other Presentation students have key roles as well!
Tickets can be purchased at Pharmaca, 301 West Napa Street or at the door for all performances. Ticket prices are: $17 adults, $15 for children 12 and under, and seniors 65 and older. For more information, email BBKInfo@aol.com
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Books, Books, Books!
 1. Students can start signing up for the reading contest on Monday, May 6th. 2. The Scholastic book fair is May 13-17
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/presentationschool
Volunteers are asked to please sign up online.
3. Book Donations can be dropped off inside door of the library.
4. On Monday, May 20th we will have a Readers' Books evening book fair 6-8 p.m. Any books on summer reading lists can be purchased or ordered if not in stock.
5. The Reading contest ending date is May 24th. Many prizes!
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4th Grade Lives California History in Coloma
Grade 4 just returned from three days in Coloma, studying the Gold Rush (and panning for gold!) as the culmination of their California history curriculum.
The Coloma Outdoor Discovery School's Gold Rush program is designed for fourth graders, and is correlated with the California Content Standards. The program is designed to celebrate the culture, music, and folklore of the California Gold Rush while using lessons of the past to awaken students' interest and sense of responsibility for the environment.
At CODS, students live the Gold Rush: stories, songs, skits, and characterizations all help to convey the social and economic community of early Coloma. Students will walk in the footsteps of the 49ers and experience some of the challenges of surviving away from home. All of the educational programs at the Outdoor School operate around the concept of respect: for nature, oneself, and others.
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Presentation Grads Host Reading Program for Grades 2-5
Does your daughter love reading? Kiki Couchman, a freshman at Marin Academy, and Brianna Lehane, a freshman at Sonoma Valley High School, met at Presentation and bonded over their love of reading. This summer they will be offering a girls' book club called Becoming Bookworms with the goal of instilling a love of learning in girls and to keep their minds active over the summer.
They will offer two sessions of five weeks each. The sessions for second and third graders start June 10 or July 15. The sessions for fourth and fifth graders start June 12 or July 17. The club meets weekly from 4-5 p.m. in the back garden at Readers Books on East Napa. The cost is $50 per session. To register, email becomingbookworms@gmail.com. |
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6th Grade Basketball Season Underway
Our sixth grade boys basketball is facing some stiff competition across the county but the boys are getting better every game and appear to be having "a ball."
Our sixth grade girls basketball team is currently undefeated with a 5-0 record against some tough teams.
Many thanks to our coaches Barney LeHane, Chris Neles and Dana Freudenberger.
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May is Teacher Appreciation Month!
While we appreciate the great teachers at Presentation all year long, May is officially Teacher Appreciation Month. Please note that there is an envelope in every classroom where we are collecting funds from each family for a great surprise on teacher Appreciation Day. Please take a moment TODAY to drop off $5-$20. If you have questions, please contact Parent Association President Lisa Dedmore at lisaandella@comcast.net.
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Fencing Camp Demonstration on Monday! 
Napa Valley Fencing will be campus to do a demonstration of its program, which is offered in our Presentation Perks Summer Camp. The demo is Monday, May 13th during the upper and lower school lunch recess:
Lower: 11:45am-12:05pm
Upper: 12:50-1:15pm
The camp has 18 already signed up, but they will not close it until 25 students, and we'll have a waiting list. |
Patriot's Night at the A's 
Student Council is pleased to announce Patriot's Night at the Oakland A's on May 17 (vs. Kansas City) at 7pm. We have reserved 40 seats at the field level for Presentation families. This is an opportunity for our school community to come together and enjoy a great American past time. If you are interested, please follow the link to the registration form, and don't hesitate. The forty seats (at $23 each) will be reserved on a first come, first served basis.
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The Thank You BoxThank you to incoming school parent Doug MacFarland for donating the seedlings to start our summer segment of the garden. Doug is the Executive Chef at Ramekins and Ramekins donated a variety of tomatoes, peppers, basil and kale to get it started. Very generous of them!
Thank you also to the McNeely family for hosting the beautiful party in honor of Nancy Fischman on Friday night! We will have photos in next week's eNews.
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Science Olympiad Team Enjoys Competition
Presentation School's Science Olympiad Team of 4th, 5th and 6th graders competed last weekend at the Sonoma County Science Olympiad Competition against a dozen other area schools. Our team consisted of 6th graders Allison Cooley, Jack Wolff, Olivia Teranchi, Mikaela Zeiter; 5th graders Justine Broadman, Stella Polling; 4th graders Sean Flaherty, Blake Douglas, Ana Harb, Isabella Dedmore, Sophia Riebli, Keenan McElroy, Natalie Sandoval, Nicholas Zeiter, Parker Temkin and Graysen Geldert.
They were excited to come in second place in "Investigations" with the team of Jack Wolff , Justine Broadman, Keenan McElroy, and Stelling Polling; and fourth place in "Picture This" with the team of Olivia Teranchi, Stella Polling, Natalie Sandoval, Graysen Geldert and Isabella Dedmore.
The Science Olympiad is a fun and spirited team event that challenges Sonoma County students to demonstrate their scientific knowledge, understanding, and skill. As students prepare for participation in the competition, they work in the disciplines of life, earth, and physical science. They learn science facts, concepts, processes, and skills, then apply this learning in Science Olympiad events.
The Science Olympiad is devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science, and providing recognition for outstanding achievement.
The event, now in its 25th year, consists of a series of individual and team challenges that are balanced among the various disciplines of life, earth, and physical science. The day ends with the exciting Naked Egg Drop event and awards ceremony, which families and friends are invited to attend.
Thank you to our coaches Joel Kushner and Laurie Gaynor!
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Primary Grades Tackle the School Garden 
The primary grades have been busy in the garden. On Earth Day, they planted sweet potatoes and wildflowers and, this past week, watched as ladybugs were released into the garden. Several children commented that "there are so many, they are all over me!" In addition, the kinders released four butterflies that had emerged from cocoons. As they were flying away, Jackson Campbell commented, "they are going to miss us!" So true!
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Internet Safety -- We are fortunate that Officer DeWarns has provided us with a free loaner copy of his recent presentation on Internet Safety. If you would like to borrow the DVD to watch it, please stop by the office to check it out.
Summer CamPERKS -- 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) | Yoga (ages 5-up) and Volleyball (ages 10-up). You can download the camp flyer HERE.
Parking lot safety:
Please do not ever exit through the entrance as incoming cars are not expecting you and this can create a terrible hazard. Thank you.
Rental housing needed: We have a number of new families looking to rent in Sonoma, ranging from small granny units to five bedroom houses. If you know of ANY possible rentals, please email
admissions@presentationschool.com.
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
Library Book Sale -- The Sonoma Valley Public Library Book Sale is coming up May 15-18. Our students and faculty are invited to come pick up free books during and at the end of the sale. The first book that any student wants can be picked out free at any time during the sale. School teachers and staff can also get as many books as you might need for your facility at the end of the sale (actually, during the last two hours of the sale) on Saturday, May 18.
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. He is also offering summer programs. Copies of both flyers are in the school office.
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.
Boys Basketball: Sonoma Valley Dragon Boys Basketball Camp is June 17 - 21, 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. in SVHS Pfeiffer Gym. Camp is for boys grades 3rd-8th under the direction of Coach Dennis Housman. Cost is $150 ($125 for two or more brothers) and scholarships are available. To pay online, click on the Student Activities Webstore at www.sonomavalleyhigh.org. Please contact Coach Housman at 933-4010, ext. 5246 or at dhousman@sonomavly.k12.ca.us.
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 camps 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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