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KEY DATES
MARCH 3
Enrollment Contracts Due
MARCH 5
Ash Wednesday
Dress Uniform
10am Liturgy
MARCH 6
Showcase 8:30am
MARCH 10
Head of School Holiday
No School
MARCH 13 & 14
Spring Musical
MARCH 17
Non-uniform Day
St. Patrick's Day
MARCH 31
8th Grade to Washington, D.C.
APRIL 1
5th Grade to Westminster Woods
APRIL 25
Golf Tournament
APRIL 25-26
30 Hour Famine
MAY 14-16
Stanford-10 Testing
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Presentation Students Dominate
at County Science Fair
On Saturday, 161 middle and high school students competed in The Synopsys-Sonoma County Science Fair at Sonoma State University and more Presentation students received first place honors in their categories than students from any other school! Students were interviewed at length by judges and their entries were scored based on the execution of the scientific method, creativity, presentation, and connections to the real world.
8 students competed for Presentation (based on their scores in our school fair). Four of our students received blue first place honors, two received red ribbons and two received third place ribbons. Every Presentation student who competed placed! BIG NEWS -- Our 8th graders Natalie Gulrajani and Alexandra Garber were among the handful who received the very highest marks overall and were designated as candidates to move on to the California State Science Fair later this spring!
Competing on Saturday from Presentation were: sixth grader Betina Hart (missing from photo); seventh graders Lauren Flaherty, Nell Sheridan, Michalea Zeiter and Silvan Kopp; and eighth graders Aria Schuler, Alexandra Garber and Natalie Gulrajani.
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We are counting down the days until "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"! Our cast is hard at work rehearsing and our Musical Director Lynn McArthur is working with our K-5 students, as well as our middle school classes, on the big musical numbers.
The winner of the poster contest was announced -- congratulations to 7th grader Liza Glushkova (above)and the runner-up was 6th grader Luis Gonzales (below). Liza's poster's are up around campus and Luis' drawing will appear on our show program.
Click HERE to buy your tickets today! Our first four rows of reserved seating will sell out soon!
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Presentation Student Wins Berth
at County Spelling Bee
6th grader Natalie Sandoval and 4th grader Lucca Sebastiani did an amazing job at the South County Spelling Bee last week with a terrific cheering section from Presentation who accompanied them to the competition.
The top five finishers from that Bee were invited to go on to the All-County Spelling Bee in Santa Rosa on March 31 and our very own Natalie S. will be one of them! Kudos also go out to Lucca who did an incredible job and came in 8th place overall.
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8th Grade Spends Day at Glide Memorial
Mrs. Walthard and Ms. Dusak took the 8th grade class to Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco last week in connection with their faith studies. This year all students have chosen service projects to work on individually, but this experience included the whole class. The students helped with serving, busing trays, dishing washing, and food prep. A delicious meal of mac and cheese with ham was served. Profoundly impacted by the experience, students asked if they could go back again this year!
Glide's food program requires 60 volunteers each day in order to fill the breakfast, lunch and dinner shifts, 364 days a year. Over 900 meals a day are served. In addition to meals, Glide provides many other services, such a shelter beds, transitional housing, and medical care. You can learn more about Glide Memorial, or sign up to volunteer in the their kitchen at www.glide.org
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Presentation Choir Performs at Vintage Sonoma
 Our Presentation Choir elective students, under the direction of Lynn McArthur, delivered a beautiful performance at the assisted living center, Vintage Sonoma, earlier this month. The audience seemed very appreciative of and impressed by our students!
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Presentation Celebrates World Day for Theater
Community Showcase Open To All!
On Thursday, March 20 at 9am, Presentation School will host a showcase for World Day for Theater highlighting the youth arts organizations in Sonoma. There will be performances by our own theater arts dept., Broadway Bound Kids, Sonoma Dance Academy, Sonoma Balley Conservatory and a special screening of a student film from the Sonoma International Film Festival. Admission is free and this event is open to the community. Invite a friend to join you!
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5th Graders Wow Visitors to Invention Convention
Our fifth grade's annual Invention Convention on Friday showcased our students' amazing creativity. Ask your student what his or her favorite inventions were! Congratulations to our students on their hard work on these projects.
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Meet Some of Presentation's Student-Athletes
Presentation students do a remarkable job of balancing their schoolwork and an array of impressive passions outside of school -- including many student athletes who compete on teams outside of school at a very high level.
An example of this is 6th grader Auguste Andi (above) who was recently selected for the Santa Rosa United Premier soccer team. Auguste will practice three times a week for 90 minutes with this team in addition to traveling the state playing games and tournaments. 8th graders Sophie Dierking and Alexia Lema and 7th graders Maddie Temkin, Dylan Rooney and Ava Ronglien also compete on select travel soccer and volleyball teams of this type outside of Sonoma. 5th grader Isabella Dedmore (above) trains with a Junior Olympic coach for triathalons and she competed in the USA Triathlon Junior Youth National Championship. In the world of gymnastics, 3rd grader Ashlyn Parlett practices six days a week and competes in Level 5 gymnastics and 7th grader Rosie McGovern, 6th grader Betina Hart, 3rd grader Olivia Harb and 5th grader Samantha Patterson compete on an undefeated XCel team for the Napa Gymnastics Zone. In the world of horseback riding, we have several equestrians including Maddie Tempkin and others who train several times a week at barns around the county.
What is perhaps most impressive about these students with the grace with which they balance their schoolwork and the demands of the highly competitive arena in which they compete. We enjoy hearing about their accomplishments. We have surely missed other student athletes competing at a high level. Please let us know so that we can include them in future coverage.
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* * Enrollment Contracts Due THIS MONDAY * *
All enrollment contracts for current students are due back to the office by March 3 at the latest so that we can go ahead and offer enrollment to our wait-listed students.
Presentation offers a number of tuition payment plans. Click here to explore your options. If you plan to apply for financial aid, please do so as soon as possible by clicking here. The financial aid deadline is March 17.
Please see Scott Parker or Virginia Turner if you have any re-enrollment questions.
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Sonoma Valley High to Meet with
Incoming Freshman on March 7 
8th grade students who are planning on attending Sonoma Valley High School (and their families) will meet with administrators from SVHS on our campus at 2pm on March 7 to discuss course scheduling and to fill out enrollment paperwork.
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B I N G O !!!!!
An All Family/All School Bingo Night is planned for March 28th in the Activity Center, from 6:00-8:30pm. This will fun for the whole family and great way to celebrate our kids and community. Bring a picnic dinner, play for prizes and GLORY.
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Dine N Donate at Mary's Pizza Night on
Monday, March 24
Save the date of Monday, March 24 to meet up as a community at Mary's Pizza! On that night, Mary's will donate 20% back of all restaurant orders, take-out and delivery to Presentation School. Pick up a flyer in the school office. See you there!
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Kinders Celebrate Chinese New Year in Style!
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Presentation 7th & 8th Graders Still Undefeated
Plan to come out to cheer on our still-undefeated 7th grade and 8th grade girls basketball teams this Wednesday at 4pm and 5pm! The girls have an away game on Monday. GO PATRIOTS!
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Presentation Climbing Team ROCKS Local Comp
Last weekend, our rock climbing team headed to Belmont and climbed at Planet Granite. Competing for Presentation were:
- Sara McDermott, who placed 5th in overall difficulty (in girls 7-9)
- Isabel Macdonell (competed in girls 10-12)
- Jonas Crean (competed in boys 10-12)
- Owen Walthard, who placed 2nd in speed climb and 5th in overall difficulty (boys 13-14)
- Wriley Robles, who placed 4th in speed climb with a 10 top finish in over all difficulty (boys 13-14)
- Sterling Macdonell (boys 13-14)
- Anders Hart (boys 13-14)
This weekend was the final competition climb (results not available yet). The team ended its season in Santa Cruz.
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SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Board Games: Don't forgot that we would love any board games or Legos that are kicking around your house, unused. Drop off in the office or library.
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 ANNOUNCEMENTS
Music Series at BGC: The Boys & Girls Clubs' new Visiting Artist Series is introducing students at the club to a variety of working musicians. The effort is the brainchild of Vanessa and Rand Rognlien, parents and long time supporters of the Boys & Girls Clubs, and MusicNomad, a Sonoma company that helps independent musicians. Coming up next on Wednesday, March 5 is Aaron Redner of Hot Buttered Rum (strings); on March 12, Scott DeMartini and Mikey Cannon (drums); and March 26, Sarah Summers (singer/songwriter). These events are for members, but students and families are welcome to join the Club anytime by visiting http://bgcsonoma.org/.
Dyslexia Talk: Susan Barton is quite famous in the dyslexia world and she is coming to speak from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 27 at Sonoma Country Day School. She will present on "Dyslexia: Symptoms and Solutions," including inheritance patterns, symptoms, warning signs and instructional best practices. The talk is free but register for a seat at http://scds.eventbrite.com/?aff=estw
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