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KEY DATES
OCT. 9
Home volleyball games
OCT. 10
Assembly 1:15pm, 2pm
OCT. 11
Field Day
OCT. 12
Imagine Fall Fundraiser
5pm to 10pm
OCT. 15-18
Conferences/Minimum Days
OCT. 22
St. Vincent's HS 2pm
OCT. 28
Grades 3, 4, 5 to Academy of Sciences
OCT. 30
All-Saints Mass 10am
Dress Uniform
Justin-Siena 2pm
OCT. 31
Halloween
Minimum Day
NOV. 1
No School
NOV. 10
Veteran's Day
NOV. 15
Semester Ends
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Dear Presentation Families,
I look forward to seeing you next weekend at the Imagine event!
While the school year feels like it has just begun, Tracy Walthard, Lauren Miller and I are already turning our attention to admissions for next year. You are our best ambassadors for our admissions outreach efforts. Please help us spread the word this year about our terrific kindergarten program. This week you will receive a special eNews email about upcoming Sneak Peek kinder mornings for prospective students.
 Please forward the email you receive this week to any and all of your friends who have preschool children. Thank you!
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There is only one week until our "Evening in Hawaii"!!
As you enter into the Hawaiian paradise you can grab a drink at one of the two bars, bid on silent auction items, play the wine toss, rest in the lounge, and chat with all your friends. Excitement is building for our Golden Paddle and Birdcage drawings! The dinner, dancing and the auction are not to be missed!
Our Fund Need at the event will be technology. This is not about the devices we put in our children's hands, but the "flexibility in learning" that is possible when technology is paired with great teaching. Presentation's commitment to preparing young people for a leading role in the 21st century involves appropriately equipping them with the relevant skills to use technology wisely. Our Fund a Need goal is $50,000. Your support will take us one step further in engaging students in their own learning.
Our wish list:
· Additional Chromebooks (1-1 laptops for middle school and an additional mobile laptop cart for the lower school)
· Smart boards and tablets for lower school classrooms
· Relevant professional development for faculty
· Increased IT support
Thank you in advance for your support!
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Parent-Teacher Conferences Sign-Ups Online
Please schedule Parent-Teacher conferences here before
Oct. 10: https://presentationschool.schoolsoft.ca
If you have never registered in the Conference Manager use the link above and click the "Register Now" button.
Next, select the teachers you wish to meet with. You can log into the system at any time to view your bookings, print, cancel or reschedule.
Parent/Teacher conferences are 10/15-10/18 -- 1-4pm
If you have any problems registering, please contact Laura Wallace (lwallace@presentationschool.com) or call 707-935-0122 ext. 201.
Note: Child care after school on the minimum days is available, courtesy of our 8th grade class who is raising money for its D.C. trip. Sign up in the office.
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Kinder Blogs About Breadmaking 
From Wilder: Today we made bread with special ingredients. With salt and with dry milk and we used sugar and water and butter. We put it in the bread maker. The bread maker made the bread...it did all the work! We got to look at it in the window during the day. We then ate the bread. It taste good and crumbly.
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Field Day is This Friday! 
Field Day is Friday! Students have been assigned a color to wear. Each class divided by color; it's okay if students are not fully dressed in the assigned color.
Students will be participating in outdoor activities that the 8th graders have prepared and will be leading. There will be a buddy lunch and the 8th grade class will challenge the teachers to a kickball game!
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Middle School Gears Up for First Dance October 25
Posters are all over campus and our middle school students are getting very excited for the first dance of the season.
Organized by our Student Council, the theme is "FALLing for you." Our students are allowed to invite students from other schools, but they need to register that student in advance. More details will following in the week ahead. |
Presentation Welcomes New 7th Grader
The 7th grade class is excited this week to welcome a new student from Russia, Liza Glushkova. Liza is the first student to join us since we became the only middle school in Sonoma approved to accept foreign exchange students through the U.S. government's SEVIS program. Liz lives in town with her family's friends, the Lonies (Bobby is in 5th grade). If you see Liza (center in photo) around campus, please give her a warm Presentation welcome! |
T-Shirts Every Friday? - Yes! These Ones! 
Student Council is selling spirit t-shirts for the school that students can wear any Friday with their uniform bottoms (an alternative to the polo)! The cost is $15/each, click HERE to be part of the order placed this Friday! |
Please Give To Food Drive!
 Our middle school Service Learning Elective is running a food drive starting this Monday through Friday, Oct. 25th. They are seeking any non-perishable food and/or blankets or clothing that we can donate to the Redwood Food Bank.
There will be three collection cans set out. One for the main building, one for Upper Grades and one for Lower Grades.
Our students seek to increase awareness of the fact that hunger is a year round struggle and not just something that exists throughout the holidays.
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7th Grade Enjoys Week at Oregon Shakespeare Festival
The seventh grade students braved the elements as they sat beneath the stars and were mesmerized by the Ashland, Oregon Shakespeare Festival productions. The field trip was a tremendous success!
Students participated in an interactive workshop focused on the central theme of "status", a meme appearing in all the plays we attended. A tour of the facilities, including time on stage at the Elizabethan Theatre was a highlight for students and chaperones alike.
This year students saw A Midsummer Night's Dream, Cymbeline, My Fair Lady, and The Heart of Robin Hood. Many students expressed a desire to come back to Ashland with their families. A special thank you to our chaperones, who make this kind of experiential learning possible for our students!
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8th Graders Study Physics Using Marble Mazes
 Science teacher Katie Faircloth reports that last week in science our 8th graders were building marble mazes to demonstrate physics concepts. Students examined the math that is involved in physics (velocity, acceleration and distance). Next week, the students will be testing Newton's Laws using their marble mazes.
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6th Grade Break News Ground with Field Trip
to Camp Sea Lab
Our 6th grade was extremely fortunate this year to be our inaugural class to visit Camp SEA Lab in Monterey. Camp Sea Lab seeks to foster lifelong excitement, scientific understanding, and stewardship of our coasts and ocean by providing quality marine oriented programs that promote science, education and adventure for students and teachers.
Our students had the chance to get out, on and in the waters around the Central Coast! They were encouraged to dive into learning in the interactive "classroom" of our natural environment. They also gained knowledge and insight on how to preserve and protect the marine environment unique to the Monterey Bay. 
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The Thank You Box
Thank you to all the parents who will be working hard this week setting up the activity center for our big Imagine Event! If you have free time this weekend, please speak with Nancy Bei in the office about ways that you can lend a hand!
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Click HERE to donate to the annual fund!
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hot Lunch: You can check or revise your lunch orders at any time at: http://sonomalunchbox.com/
High school visits: Tues. Oct. 22 - St. Vincent's High School Wed. Oct. 30 - Justin-Siena High School
Wed. Nov 13 - San Domenico High School
Thurs. Nov 21 - Sonoma Valley High School
Tues. Dec 3 - The Marin School
Aftercare: If you would like your child to attend after school care, please inform the office, so that we can be prepared and know for whom we are responsible.
See's Candy: Save you candy purchases for our upcoming See's Candy Fundraiser! Flyers will be coming come in backbacks in mid-October. This is a SWEET little fundraiser! Help support our school!
Yearbooks: While we are still early in the school year, now is the time to order your school yearbook if you want to take advantage of a discounted price. Click here to place your order.
Barn or Storage Space? If you have some extra space in a barn, shed, garage or warehouse, we are looking for a place to store our art display boards, as well as some set pieces for theater. These boards currently live on the stage and they are preventing us from using the space for drama and music. Please contact Laura Wallace if you can help us out with storage.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Memory Presentation: The International Man of Memory Chester Santos is appearing on Wednesday, October 23 at 6:00 pm at the Hanna Boys Center. Chester Santos is the U.S. Memory Champion and one of the world's foremost experts on memory training. He has helped thousands around the world realize the benefits of an improved memory and sharper mind. Learn to remember: Names! Numbers! Speeches! Languages! This event is free but reservations are required.
Mindful Parenting Workshop in Presentation Library:
Katherine Llodra (Positive Discipline) and Susie Cook (Mindfulness) are offering a mindful parenting workshop in the Presentation School library in October.
The Mindful Parenting Workshop will be offered on three consecutive Wednesday evenings in October, the 9th, 16th and 23rd.
Click here
Fencing in Sonoma: The first session of fencing classes offered by the Napa Valley Fencing Assoc. here in Sonoma will start THIS WEEK. Classes will meet in 6 week sessions at a cost of $85. Drop ins $16. Class will meet at the Veterans Hall on Tuesdays from 6:30-7:30pm. Ages 8 and up. Download the flier here.
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Presentation's facebook page is great way to get reminders about important school events and activities.
More than 175 of you have already joined
our online community.
"LIKE" us today by clicking HERE!
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