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Paly Link
A PTSA publication
Summer 2015 Back-to-School Edition #2
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The Paly Link is distributed on Sundays, except during school breaks and holidays. Changes will be highlighted as New/Updated/Corrected. To submit an article, see Submissions Guidelines. |
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Calendar
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Monday
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Aug. 3
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Back to School Packet Pick-up, 4pm-6pm, Tower Building ( PTSA) | Thursday
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Aug. 13
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New to Paly & PAUSD Family Welcome, 4-5:30pm (PTSA) (Updated) | Thursday
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Grade 9 Orientation and Pictures/Link Crew, 4-7pm, Small Gym
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| Aug. 14
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Grades 10-12 Student ID & Picture Day, 8am-3pm, Library
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| Aug. 14
| Fall season tryouts begin (Paly) New | | Friday | Aug. 14 | Volunteers Needed for Staff BTS Lunch (PTSA) New | |
Monday
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Aug. 17
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First Day of School, 9:05am start time
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Thursday
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Aug. 20
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PTSA Exec Board Meeting, 8:30am, LCR
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| Aug. 20
| Returning C&CC Volunteer Training, 10:30am, LCR (C&CC) New | | Thursday | Aug. 20
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Welcome Back to Paly Dinner, 5-7pm, Quad
| | Friday | Aug. 21 | New C&CC Volunteer Training, 10am, LCR (C&CC) New | |
Thursday
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Sept. 3
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Back to School Night, 6:30-9:00, Quad and Classrooms
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Friday
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Sept. 4
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Paly-Only Minimum Day, 12:30pm dismissal
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Monday
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Sept. 7
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Labor Day Holiday, no school
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PTSA and PTA Announcements
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BTS Packet Pick-up and Meet and Greet
Mon. Aug. 3, 4-6pm, Tower Building
Are you around on Monday, August 3rd this summer? Please stop by the Paly Tower building between 4 and 6 pm and pick up your Back-to-School packet. It will save us the $3000+ cost of mailing out these packets. There will be light refreshments and Paly and PTSA representatives would love the opportunity to say hello before the school year gets into full swing. If you are in town please stop by!! Any packets left at the end of this time will be mailed home. All packet forms and donations should be returned on picture day or in the office once school begins. Photo forms will need to be kept separate for students to hand to photographers.
Paly Freshman Orientation Pizza Dinner New
Thurs, Aug. 13, 4pm-7pm
Please join us for food prep, set up, serving and clean up. This is a great opportunity to meet the class of 2019! Coordinator: Carol Leonard carol.candoo@gmail.com Welcome Event for New Palo Alto High School Families New Thurs, Aug. 13, 4:00-5:30pm, Location TBD This event is for families new to the area or have students coming from private schools and not familiar with PAUSD and Paly High school. This event will give families an opportunity to meet the Principal, Vice Principals and staff of Palo Alto High as well as gain an understanding of Partners In Education, PTA and other organizations on campus that make up the wonderful experience at Palo Alto High school. This meeting will meet simultaneous to the Freshman orientation but students entering 10th, 11th, or 12th gr. are welcome to join. There will be a tour of the campus at the end and light snacks served. (Please note this is not intended for families already in the district whose oldest child is entering PALY.) Contact: Ruth Wu ( ruthwu66@yahoo.com) and Cynthia Tham ( cynthia@thamlock.com)
Volunteers Needed for Staff Back to School Lunch New
Volunteering for the Staff Back to School lunch on August 14 is a terrific way to say "we appreciate you" to our wonderful faculty and staff. Help is needed from set up to clean up. For those of you who enjoy cooking, sign up to bake dessert. That's just one way to help out but other slots are available. You can sign up here. http://www.jooners.com/guest?l=3d97d3d3-36e1-4498-b5ff-d4e5558e6030
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Paly Items
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Paly Sports Booster Passes good for all Paly home games! New
Paly Athletics New
Friday, Aug. 14, Fall season tryouts begin
Student athletes need to have a physical exam by a licensed physician prior to participating in tryouts. We use an online processing system (APPRYSE) for physicals and all physicals must be completed using the APPRYSE form. Please visit http://paly.net/athletics for more information and APPRYSE registration instructions. Contact Athletic Director, Kathi Bowers kbowers@pausd.org with any questions. For information regarding tryouts, please contact the coach directly as listed on the Paly Athletics website. |
College & Career Center
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Volunteering in the College & Career Center (C&CC) New
The College and Career Center is located on the 1st floor of the Tower Building. It is staffed by more than 40 parent volunteers who serve students and support our college and career advisors by performing administrative tasks and acting as the C&CC receptionist during a weekly 2 hour shift. Opportunities to work as a substitute or on special projects may also be available. Parents who sign up and work as substitutes and/or who work on special projects, will have priority for open "regular" shifts the following school year. To keep things running smoothly and seamlessly from year to year, we rely on returning volunteers for their experience in helping the C&CC run efficiently.
Returning Volunteer Meeting Thurs, Aug. 20, 10:30am, LCR (Library Conference Room) All returning parent volunteers are *required* to come to this meeting in order to keep their shift for the coming year.
New Volunteer Training Fri, Aug. 21, 10am, LCR (Library Conference Room) Parents of 10 th, 11th and 12 th graders who would like to become new volunteers (at least 5 spaces are available), substitutes, or work on special projects are welcome to attend this training. Attendance at the training is required in order to be eligible to volunteer in C&CC. Available shifts will be assigned on a lottery basis with priority given to 12 thgrade and 11 th grade parents. New shifts begin the week of August 24. ]For more information, contact C&CC Volunteer Coordinators Joy Frick ( joy.frick@yahoo.com) or Carlene Kemmerer (twinsbythesea@yahoo.com).
The C&CC holds an open house after each parent night in the Fall so there are other opportunities to get to know more about C&CC. There is also a wealth of information in Naviance and on www.paly.net/college. |
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About the Paly Link
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The Paly Link is a Paly PTSA publication, emailed on Sundays, except during school breaks and holidays. Changes will be highlighted as New/Updated/Corrected.
Deadline for submittals: noon on Saturday, the day before publication. Flyers must be submitted by noon on Thursday. Items run no earlier than 3 weeks before the event.
To submit an item, send to palylink@paloaltopta.org. See submission instructions here. Include a header or title line, then a line listing the date, time and location of the event. Follow with a brief (2-4 sentence) description of the activity, with the most important information first. List email, contact information and web links last. Items are published at the discretion of the editors.
--Shuchi Grover and Carlene Kemmerer, Paly Link Editors
--Bala Aiyar, Paly Link List Manager and Gordon Craig, Paly Link Webmaster
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