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This Week
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Sunday, November 3
- Free-Range Kids: How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children with Lenore Skenzay, 6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
- Daylight Saving Time ends at 2 a.m. Set clocks back one hour.
Tuesday, November 5
- Magazine Fundraiser ends
- Election Day
Wednesday, November 6
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Part 2: Raising Teens without Losing Your Mind, Hillview Principal Erik Burmeister, 6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
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Looking Ahead
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Monday, November 11
- No school, Veterans' Day.
Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22
- MPAEF Chic Boutique, Allied Arts Guild
Wednesday - Friday, November 27 - 29
- No school, Thanksgiving break.
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Vote on Tuesday
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This Tuesday, November 5 is election day for Measure W. Please cast your vote or turn in your absentee ballot to any polling place. Local polling places where you can turn in an absentee ballot include Laurel School, Oak Knoll School and Menlo College. For more information, go online.
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Magazine Drive
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Hillview's student-led Magazine Drive is almost over. Thank you to those who have already participated. If you haven't had a chance to participate in this drive which raises money for Student Council (a.k.a. "ASB") activities, it's not too late. With your help, 40 - 50 percent of every dollar spent will stay with our school.
For those families who do not wish to order magazines, you can support ASB with a $20 donation. For every $20 in donations collected, that student will earn credit for one order sale. For example, if a student collects $60 in donations instead of magazine orders, that student will earn credit for three orders. We provide this option for families who would prefer to support ASB's effort to fundraise without having to make a purchase.
The profits earned will go towards ASB-sponsored projects that benefit every Hillview student including: spirit weeks, color competitions and prizes, Hawkaplooza, the Block H program, the Student Center, motivational speakers, dances and much more!
Student participation is totally voluntary, but students can earn great prizes and have a ton of fun supporting their school. Parents can, if they wish, support us by ordering magazines for home or as gifts and share the ordering opportunity with friends and family.
Hillview's magazine drives runs Tuesday, October 22 - Tuesday, November 5.
Get started at gaschoolstore.com. Use Hillview's Online ID #: 2642593.
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Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation
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Participation Challenge
The MPAEF has launched its Participation Challenge! We need 595 families to pledge or donate to reach our 80 percent participation goal. Campaign ends Thursday, November 21. Together, we can do this!
  
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Chic Boutique
Please join fellow parents in supporting the MPAEF at the Chic Boutique on Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22 at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park.
Chic Boutique brings you gift items, decor and apparel to suit our entire community. It offers serendipitous finds for birthdays or house warmings as well as seasonal celebrations. The vendors include favorite shops and craftspeople of our very own.
Everyone with a generous spirit and a shopping list is welcome, so please invite friends and family. Entry is free 8:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Friday, November 22. You may have lunch during your shop by buying a $50 ticket and reserving a seating time. If you would like to attend the opening cocktail reception on Thursday, November 21 from 6 - 9 p.m., tickets are also $50. All proceeds benefit MPAEF and go toward the Foundation's annual grant to the MPCSD.
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| Parent Education |
Free-Range Kids
How to Raise Safe, Self-Reliant Children
with Lenore Skenzay
Sunday, November 3
6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
Lenore Skenazy is "America's Worst Mom." (Google it!) The New York City columnist-turned-reality TV show host got that title after letting her nine-year-old son take the subway alone. In response to the enormous media blowback, she founded the book and blog, Free-Range Kids, which launched the anti-helicopter parenting movement. She's a graduate of Yale and lives in NYC with her husband and two sons.
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Part 2: Raising Teens
without Losing Your Mind
Hillview Principal Erik Burmeister
Wednesday, November 6
6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
From mood swings, to puberty, to the complex life changes that are a result of growing up in the 21st century, raising a healthy and responsible teenager is a task that can boggle the mind of even the most seasoned caregivers. Join Hillview Principal, Erik Burmeister, as he discusses the difference between how girls and boys react to their changing physical and emotional environments, the way in which our daily routines can affect how our kids grow and perform in and out of the classroom, and the boundaries and limits we can expect to have challenged as our kids strive to become more independent. Free child care is available on site.
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Under Pressure: Helping Your Teen Find Balance,
Reduce Stress, and Build Resilience
with Lisa Medoff, Ph.D., Stanford University
Thursday, November 21
7 - 8:30 p.m.
M-A Performing Arts Center
In this presentation, Dr. Medoff will describe the cognitive and social-emotional developmental changes of adolescence and discuss ways that parents can communicate effectively with their teenagers during this time of rapid change. She will also discuss how parents can help their children develop communication and coping skills to reduce stress and build resilience.
Lisa Medoff is a developmental psychologist who specializes in adolescent mental health. She teaches courses on adolescent development in the Program in Human Biology at Stanford University, where she is an Associate Dean of Residential Education.
Sponsored by the M-A PTA and the Sequoia Healthcare District. Refreshments from 6:30 - 7 p.m. in the PAC Foyer. Simultaneous Spanish interpretation will be offered.
For more information, please contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Program Director or call (650) 868-0590.
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Project Cornerstone's
Take It Personally Class - Winter Session
Tuesday, January 7 - Tuesday, February 11
7 - 8:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
Building developmental assets in our children might be some of the most important work we do as parents. How can we help our kids thrive? This six-week parent study group will discuss how to reach that goal. RSVP to Robin Soran. For more information, visit the Parent Ed website.
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After School Sports
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Burgess League Volleyball: Games continue this week. Students in 7th and 8th grade play Monday, November 4, 6th graders play Tuesday, November 5. All league schedules can be found at teamsideline.com/menlopark
Flag Football: This is the final week of the flag football program. We thank players, parents and coaches for their efforts. Jerseys must be returned to coaches or parent coordinators.
Fencing: Fencing resumes Friday, November 8. We ask students to wait outside the fitness room on fencing days until coaches arrive. Fencing takes place in the Hillview Fitness room next to gym from 3:15 - 4:15 p.m.
Tournament Team Volleyball: We are very pleased to announce the girls volleyball tournament team ended the season on a wonderful note. They won the Foundry Tournament in Redwood City last weekend. Tournament team players were: Hannah Roitman, Haley Martella, Erin Dunn, Camille Rowe, Lila Roginski, Chloe Otis, Carly McLanahan, MaKenzie Hazard, Kaile Prosser, Eliza Foley, Lindsay Johnston and Jazmine Martinez.
After School Basketball: After School Basketball registration for all three grade levels is now closed. Please contact Mr. Bell if you are interested in playing. There may be open slots in several grade levels. Students in 6th and 7th grade play in Burgess League at Arrillaga Gym. Students in 8th grade play on Mondays in the MPMSL (Mid Peninsula Middle School League) which is very similar to Burgess League Program. We appreciate those parents who would be willing to sign up and coach. Our program can not survive without volunteer coaches. Team placement workouts will occur on Saturday, November 16 for 6th and 7th graders. League play begins in early December.
After School Sports questions should be directed to Mr. Bell at 326-4341 ext 2601.
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| Community News |
Women Basketball Players. Sundays, 10 a.m., Oak Knoll Multi. Join Oak Knoll, Hillview, Encinal and Laurel moms for basketball scrimmage and drills. Whether you have played before or would like to learn, we would love to have you join us. It is a great workout and a lot of fun. For more information, email Margie Roginski.
Mid-Penninsula Chapter of the National Charity League starts its membership drive for girls in the Class of 2020 (current sixth-grade girls). There are also limited spots available in the Class of 2019 (current seventh grade), as well as the Class of 2018 for eighth-grade daughters. The National Charity League is a nonprofit philanthropic organization of mothers and their daughters. For more information, email Karen Fryling or visit the website.
Serenade Seniors. Share the gift of music by playing your instrument from 5 - 8 p.m. any day in the Health Care Center at Lytton Gardens in Palo Alto. Schedule a time by emailing Bethany Dinh. For more volunteering opportunities, visit the website.
M-A High School Annual Canned Food Drive starts Tuesday, November 5. Support the drive by dropping off extra cans at Second Harvest Food Bank barrels at Bianchini's in Ladera, Draeger's in Menlo Park; Key Market in Redwood City; Roberts Market in Portola Valley, the Safeways at Sequoia Station, on El Camino in Menlo Park, and in Sharon Heights, Trader Joe's in Menlo Park, and Whole Foods in Palo Alto. Consider donating online. Type "high school" in the Online Food Drive box and select M-A High School so that your gift can be properly credited to the M-A outreach effort. For more information, email feedourfamilies@mabearspta.org.
Parents of 8th Graders M-A Coffee. Wednesday, November 20, 9 - 11 a.m. Get the scoop on M-A from current M-A moms over coffee and refreshments sponsored by The Foundation for the Future Email rsvp@mafoundation.org, if you plan to attend.
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Newsletter Archives
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Missed an exciting edition of the Hillview newsletter or letters from the school or PTO? Look up past emailings on our online archive.
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Newsletter Submissions
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To submit an announcement for a Hillview event, please email your announcement to newsletter@hillviewpto.org. Editors reserve the right to edit all announcements. The submission deadline is Thursday at noon for the following Sunday newsletter. To submit an announcement for an off-campus community event, please email your announcement to communitynews@mpcsd.org. The submission deadline is Wednesday at noon for the following Sunday newsletter.
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