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KEY DATES
JAN. 16
Winter Open House 6pm
All invited
JAN. 17
Free Dress
JAN. 20
No School, MLK Day
JAN. 28
PERKS classes begin
JAN. 31
SAVE THE DATE- Crab Feed
MARCH 13 & 14
SAVE THE DATE - Spring Musical
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Register for PERKS Today!
We are offering lots of great after-school enrichment classes this winter, including Computer Programming, Chess, Futsal, Crochet, LEGO Robotics, Movie Fun Club and Creative Card Making! Classes begin the week of January 28 and take place on either Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, starting at 3:30pm. Please see Joel Kuschner or Amy Doughtery if you have questions. You can register in the office or download the registration form below.
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Winter Open House Celebration This Thursday
This Thursday evening, on January 16th from 6-7pm, our school is celebrating our first annual Open House. It is an opportunity to come together as a community, for your child to share their classroom and great work, and for families to connect. This is a whole school, whole family affair, and it will only be fun if YOU attend! We are looking forward to seeing you here.
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Time is Running Out
Buy Your Tickets for Presentation's Crab Feed Today!
Friday, January 31!
Adding to the fun this year will be ping pong
and live music! Click HERE to reserve your ticket or table! |
Sixth Grade Practices Typing Skills 
Our 6th grade students created typing accounts last month which they will be using throughout the rest of the year. The goal is to move away from slow pecking of keys and into a more concentrated version of typing. This of course will be something they continue to practice over the next couple of years. The site Joel Kuschner has chosen has great tutorials as well as skilled games to test their knowledge. It can found at www.typingweb.com
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Budding Ornithologists
Our first graders have been discovering the world of birds and working their way to becoming actual citizen scientists! They started an ornithology unit in late November which began with a visit from Wildcare in which they were exposed to many taxidermied birds so that they could look at them up close and compare adaptations. They then learned about several keys to identifying birds and learned about birds commonly found in the Sonoma Valley. We teamed up with Tom Rusert of Sonoma Birding who provided us with a class set of binoculars for a mini binocular boot camp. Mr. Rusert then led us on a birding trip to the Sonoma Plaza. The children were able to see ten different species in just under an hour!
Before the holiday break, the first graders made pine cone bird feeders in preparation for Project Feeder Watch and the Great Backyard Birdcount. We will actually submit important data as citizen scientists, for these projects which are organized by Cornell University's Lab of Ornithology. Several students also participated in the Christmas Bird Count for Kids. 
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Science Olympiad Starts Soon
Every year, Presentation fields a Science Olympiad team of fourth, fifth and sixth graders who meet after school on Thursdays in the winter to prepare for a fun competition in Santa Rosa at the end of the winter. This year, Gayle Gallagher, Joel Kuschner and Jamie Mitchell will be coaching the team. Information sheets went home last week and all interested students are invited to the first meeting on January 23 in the Science Room after school.
For the past 30 years, Science Olympiad has led a revolution in science education. What began as a grassroots assembly of science teachers is now one of the premiere science competitions in the nation, providing rigorous, standards-based challenges to nearly 7,000 teams in 50 states. Science Olympiad's ever-changing line-up of events in all STEM disciplines exposes students to practicing scientists and career choices, and energizes classroom teachers with a dynamic content experience.
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Hot Lunch: Place your order today if you haven't already for hot lunch in January at http://sonomalunchbox.com
Brick Orders: The last day to place a commemorative brick order this winter is Jan. 31. See Laura Wallace for details.
Parent Surveys: Click here to fill out the recent Mission Statement, Volunteering or Field Trip/Vacation surveys.
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.
Yearbooks: 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.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
Art Award: The Sonoma Cultural and Fine Arts Commission's 2014 Student Creative Arts Award Program is now open for entries. Sonoma Valley residents ages 16 to 21 who are studying visual, literary or performing arts are urged to apply for the $2,000 award. Download the application at sonomacity.org. The deadline is Jan. 17.
Acting for Teens: Next up for Silver Moon Theater is an acting class for ages 10 to 16 that focuses on the play "Tom Sawyer." Beginners are welcome. Classes are Wednesdays from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. from Jan. 22 to March 12, 2014 at the Sonoma Community Center. You can see the details at sonomacommunitycenter.org.
BBK: Signups are taking place now for BBK's next production... The Sound of Music. Come to the first rehearsal on Monday. Jan 13 to sign up.
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