The Presentation School e-News
 
January 26, 2014

 

 

 

KEY DATES

 

 

JAN. 28  

PERKS classes begin 

 

JAN. 31 

Free Dress

Crab Feed

 

FEB. 4

2-3pm Climber Visit in AC 

 

FEB. 13

Free Dress

 

FEB. 14 & 17

Winter Long Weekend Holiday

 

FEB. 21

Middle School Dance

 

FEB. 28

Trimester Ends

 

MARCH 1

Sonoma County Science Fair

 

MARCH 10

Head of School Holiday

No School

 

 MARCH 13 & 14

Spring Musical 

 

MARCH 31

8th Grade to Washington, D.C.

 

APRIL 1

5th Grade to Westminster Woods 

 

 
Our Experiential Admissions Tour on Saturday 
was a huge success. There is a lot of interest in The Presentation School and prospective families really seemed to enjoy getting a closer look at what happens inside our classrooms.

Next up is our Crab Feed!  The very last day to buy your ticket is tomorrow!  
Crab, live rock n' roll, drinks, dancing, pasta and ping pong!  Click here to reserve your space - tickets are going fast.
Last Day to Buy Crab Feed Tickets is Monday!

Thank you to all of our school parents who have stepped forward to support our upcoming Crab Feed.  It is sure to be a terrific time.  Adding to the fun this year will be ping pong and live music!  Click HERE to reserve your ticket or table!
Science Fair Winners Announced 
A HUGE congratulations goes out to all the middle school students upon their completion of this year's science fair projects. The projects truly reflect the best work of our students. Each project represented months of hard work in planning, executing, analyzing, researching, and presenting a scientific experiment. It is especially gratifying to see the students integrate scientific thinking and critical thinking skills as well as their individual flair into their projects. 

Thank you to the teachers, parents and the community members who served as judges.

Ten middle school projects (plus two alternates) were selected to go on to represent Presentation at the Synopsis Sonoma County Science Fair Competition at Sonoma State University on March 1.  

Sophie Dierking: The Effect of P.S.I. on the Performance of a Ball

Alexandra Garber: Decreasing the Urban Heat Island Effect

Natalie Gulrajani: The Power of Suggestion: The Placebo Effect on Test Taking

Alexia Lema: Radiation VS. Plants

Aria Schuler: Concentration 64

Lauren Flaherty: Can You Track Time When Distracted?

Silvan Kopp: Does color or black and white font increase on the ability to remember a list of words?

Jack Wolff: Three Little Pigs

Mikeala Zeiter: Butterfly Flight

Betina Hart: How Heavy Metals Affect Aquatic Environments?

Alternates:

Nell Sheridan: The Effect of Breakfast on Learning

Michaela Schillinger: What Fruit Will Ruin Gelatin???
 
Coyote Winds Author To Conduct Writing Workshops with our Upper School Students

The upper school is having an author visit tomorrow in the library.  Miles Garon's family has a personal connection with the children's book author, Helen Sedwick.
 
Her book, Coyote Winds, tells of the times leading up to the Dust Bowl, a time of optimism and confidence, a time when a man was measured by what he produced, not what he could buy. It explores that American can-do spirit that drew people to the last frontier and the consequences of that spirit. And it asks whether that spirit survives today.
 
Miles read Coyote Winds and loved it. He connected Mr. Kuschner and Helen and they arranged for Helen to visit the school tomorrow.  She will do mini-workshops with the students about writing.  5th and 6th grade are meeting in the library at 9:30-10:30am and 7th and 8th are meeting from 11:30am-12:30pm.
42 Guests Attend Presentation 
Experiential Admissions Tour

Report from Tracy Walthard:  
Saturday was such a wonderful success, with 42 people visiting our campus! We most certainly could not have presented our school is such a positive way without your help.

Many thanks to our Student Ambassadors:
Catherine Flaherty - on her birthday no less!
Lauren Flaherty
Alexia Lema
Alexandra Garber

Student Hosts:
Samantha Patterson
Sean Flaherty

8th Grader Service Project Presenters:
Natalie Gulrajani and Catherine Flaherty  
Presentation Students are Head of School for the Day!

Congratulations to Amelia and Alexandria Reilly, who will serve as honorary "Heads of School for the Week" this coming week.  As winning bidders of this auction item, they will share free dress for a week with the 2nd and 4th grade classes, they have chosen their favorite hot lunch items for the week, and they will enjoy an ice-cream social with the "supposed" Head of School, Mr. Parker. Who wants to be Head of School next year?
PERKS START THIS WEEK! 
ADDITIONAL SECTION OF CODING ADDED ON THURSDAYS! 
PERKS
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 this week but it is not too late to sign up!  You can register in the office or download the registration form below.  We have added a second coding class because the Tuesday class filled up so quickly.  The PERK will also be available on Thursdays!

Click here for the registration form. 
2013/2014 Annual Fund Wrap-Up

 

We are excited to announce that this year's Annual Fund raised more than $100,000, which surpassed our goal of $90,000.  

76% of our school families helped us to exceed our goal. Our 4th grade families had the highest participation rate at 89%. Followed closely behind with 5th grade at 88% and 8th grade at 81%
 
3rd grade had a participation rate of 85%, 2nd grade was at 81%, kindergarten was at 80%, 7th grade was at 76%, 1st grade was at 66% and 6th grade was at 63%.

Congratulations and thank you to everyone who helped to make this year's Annual Fund a huge success.  It's for the kids!

Correction!:  We apologize for inadvertently leaving donors Kristi & Martin Zurauskas off our list last week! 
Charlie Brown Cast Visits Snoopy Museum

To get in the Peanuts spirit and to do some original research on their characters, the leads of our upcoming production of "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brow" traveled with Flo Glavez to the Charles Schultz Museum in Santa Rosa on a field trip last week.
Order February LUNCHES Today

Click here to place your child's lunch order for the month of February!

Classrooms Celebrate the Legacy 

of Martin Luther King, Jr.

 

Each classroom looked at the history of Martin Luther King, Jr's contributions to American society in a different way.  In one classroom, students chose an aspect of how King changed the world, created a portrait and wrote a caption.  Stop by the classroom windows to see them all. The work is outstanding!

SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Hot Lunch:  Place your order today for February 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.

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.
COMMUNITY NEWS
 
Aaron Redner CD Release Party:  Our artist-in-residence Aaron Redner is having a release party for his new CD at Little Vineyards from 3-6pm on Sunday. Feb. 16.  Tickets are $10 and children under 18 are free.  Buy tickets here: 
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/wine-music-release-party-tickets-7384109069
 
BBK:  Signups are taking place now for BBK's next production... The Sound of Music.  Come to a Monday rehearsal to sign up.
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