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This Week
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Monday, November 10
- No School - Collaborative Planning Day
Tuesday, November 11
- No School - Veterans Day
- Deadline to register for Hillview Science Fair
Wednesday, November 12
- MPCSD Regular Meeting, 5:00 - 10:00 p.m., TERC, 181 Encinal Avenue, Atherton
- MPCSD Final Decision on Mandarin Charter Petition, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m., TERC, 181 Encinal Avenue, Atherton
Thursday, November 13 - Friday November 14
- MPAEF Gift Boutique, Allied Arts Guild, click here for more info
Friday, November 14
- 6th and 7th grade Basketball Evaluations, Hillview Gym
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Tuesday, November 18
- American Mathematics Competition (AMC 8), after school, Room B7
Thursday, November 20
- Hillview Drama Presents The Miracle Worker at 3:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
- Are You In? Day - Wear Orange
- Hillview Drama Presents The Miracle Worker at 7:00 p.m., Hillview PAC
Saturday, November 22
- Hillview Drama Presents The Miracle Worker at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m., Hillview PAC
- Jazz Band Performance at 9:00 a.m., Menlo Park Farmers Market
Monday, November 24
Wednesday, November 26 - Friday, November 28
- No School - Thanksgiving Holiday
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Hillview Science Fair
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Registration is now open! Last year, there were over 100 students who participated in the Hillview Science Fair with some truly innovative and interesting experiments on a wide range of topics from light, food, animal behavior, music, computer memory, chemical reactions, photography, to sports, etc. Come join the fun and think outside of the box!- To register, join the Edmodo group using the code: b3ttx9, then follow the link.
- Registration closes November 14, 2014.
- Students earn 10 Block H points!
- Questions? Students can go see Mr. Espinoza or Mr. Ritter.
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American Mathematics Competition
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Does your child want to get involved in this nation-wide math competition that involves problem-solving skills in a timed format? If they do, they can enter the AMC 8 contest which will be given on Tuesday, November 18 after school in Room B7. This is a timed math competition in an exam-like format that over 170,000 students from over 2,300 schools participated in last year. Students compete for both local and national awards. If your child is intereted, please have them contact Mr. Doroquez (Mr. D) or talk to him in classroom B7. Click here for more information.
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Hillview Technology Update
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6th Grade Parent Digital Drivers License Class: In order to share with 6th grade parents the lessons the students are receiving in the Digital Drivers License Program, and also to receive special "parent-only" information, Mr. Haug has created an Edmodo class for parents called "Hillview DDL Parent Class." To learn how to sign up and become a member, please watch this screencast. The group code to join the class is ecntnm.
Apple ID Alert for 7th Grade Parents: 7th grade parents should have received an email from Apple (appleid@id.apple.com) inviting them to set up a special under-13 Apple ID for their students. This is how we have managed our 6th grade iPads this year, and this has proven to be a much more efficient way of deploying apps than the way we currently do so in the 7th and 8th grades. Mr. Haug has sent an email with more details and instructions. For a copy, click here.
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Become a Substitute For Our Schools
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Substitute teachers needed: Do you enjoy elementary and/or middle schoolers? Are you interested in a flexible and rewarding job? Menlo Park City School District needs substitute teachers! The improving economy has resulted in a smaller pool of great substitute teachers. If you are interested in substitute teaching in MPCSD classrooms, we want to hear from you. To be a substitute teacher, one needs a Bachelor's Degree or higher and passage of the CBEST (a standardized test of basic skills for teachers). If you are interested, please apply online with a letter of recommendation from someone who has seen you work with children.
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The Miracle Worker
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Hillview Middle School's drama department presents The Miracle Worker on Thursday, November 20 at 3:30 p.m.; Friday, November 21 at 7:00 p.m.; and Saturday, November 22 at 2:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Based on the remarkable true story of Helen Keller and her teacher Annie Sullivan, this inspiring play has become an unforgettable American classic. Please join the young actors of the Hillview drama department in their presentation of this timeless tale. Tickets are $10, $9 for students with an ASB card and can be purchased here.
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MPAEF Annual Campaign
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Only Days Remain in the Annual Parent Campaign
Support the MPAEF Now to Help Our Schools
We return to school on Wednesday with only nine days left in the MPAEF's Annual Parent Campaign. Time is of the essence to raise needed funds! Between now and then, if you haven't already, please support our schools by making a pledge to pay at a later date, donation, or set up recurring credit card payments. We rely on the generosity of our families to give at a level that's meaningful to you. Thank you for your ongoing support.
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MPAEF Gift Boutique
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This is the Week to Shop the Boutique!
MPAEF Gift Boutique
Thursday, November 13 & Friday, November 14
Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park
Featuring well-known designers and well-loved local vendors, there will sure to be something for everyone on your shopping list. We invite you to preview our vendors here. Each vendor has contributed a fabulous item to our drawing! Come shop the Boutique and participate in our drawing for your chance to win!
New this year, we feature "Boutique Exclusive" items such as Doll-Sized Encinal, Laurel & Oak Knoll T-Shirts and Encinal, Laurel & Oak Knoll "basketball socks!" Perfect gifts for the MPCSD students in your life!
Advance tickets to our special events are going fast! Purchase yours today by clicking here!
Sips, Sweets & Shopping: Enjoy wine and sweet treats while you shop the boutique on Thursday, November 13, from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. $30 per person advance purchase, $40 per person at the door.
An Evening with the Experts: Holiday Party Planning: We've partnered with the highly-regarded caterers and masterful mixologists of Palace Cafe and Catering, and fabulous florist Amanda Thorne to teach you the tricks of the trade and turn you into the hostess with the mostest. Event held Thursday, November 13, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. $75 per person includes entrance into the MPAEF Gift Boutique. This event is limited to 30 guests.
Boutique Brunch and Lunch at the Blue Garden Cafe: Seatings are available Friday, November 14 at 8:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m, and 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 per person, space is limited, advance purchase required.
Boutique Shopping: Complimentary entrance on Friday, November 14, 8:30 - 2:30 p.m. Invite your friends and family. All are welcome!
20% of boutique proceeds benefit the MPCSD schools. Learn more about this event here.
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RSVP Today: M-A Foundation for the Future Coffee
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8th Grade Parents: Want to get the scoop on M-A from current M-A parents? The M-A Foundation for the Future is sponsoring a coffee -- join parents with current M-A students for an informal conversation on Wednesday, November 12, from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. at the home of Roxy and Chet Bozdog, 33 Irving Avenue, Atherton. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Please r.s.v.p. if you plan to attend.
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Hillview Service Club - Mustaches to Support LPCH
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 Parents, please tell your kids! To compliment the Nationwide Movember Campaign to build awareness on Health Issues, the HV Service Club members have chosen to sell mustaches for only $1 each to support the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Mustaches will be available for purchase at the stage during brunch and lunch on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays all through November, and at the Service Club bake sales on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. Look for the students in the bright blue Service Club Team t-shirts. Any and all donations are welcome! Thanks for your support!
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Intramural and After-School Sports
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Intramural Sports: Lunchtime intramural sports will offer indoor soccer or hockey.
Flag Football: The season has officially ended. We thank the players, coaches, and team
coordinators for their efforts. All three teams had fine seasons. Please return all jerseys immediately to the boys locker room.
Volleyball: There are no games this week. Practice continues to prepare for next week's playoffs.
Fencing: Classes resume on Friday, November 14.
Tournament Team Basketball: Practice continues this week.
Burgess League and MPMSL (8th Grade) Basketball: Registration is now closed and anyone still wishing to register will be placed on a waiting list. Often times those on the waiting list will be added to teams. Mandatory team placement workout for 6th and 7th graders will be Saturday, November 15. We expect all 6th and 7th graders to attend team placement workouts unless they notify Mr. Bell in advance. We understand some players may be unavailable that day. 8th grade teams will be selected without a workout.
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Turkey Trot
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The "Turkey Trot" returns to Hillview on Monday, November 24. This one mile run/walk through the Hillview neighborhood for all 7th and 8th grade students during their PE classes begins at Hillview and ends with a triumphant lap on the school track. Students should return their signed permission slips to their PE teachers. Please watch for further information about volunteering or even joining in with the students on a little early Thanksgiving workout!
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MPAEF Spring Auction Help
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Spring Auction Volunteers Needed: Have you enjoyed participating in the MPAEF Annual Spring Auction? Are you new to the District and excited to get involved? Join us and help us raise $250,000+ for our schools!
We are currently seeking a parent volunteer to be the Auction Co-Chair for the 2015 MPAEF Spring Auction to be held on Saturday, April 11, at the Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club. Cyndy Hogan is returning as the Event Co-Chair, so you'll be working with a seasoned partner. We are seeking an auction-side co-chair to oversee the online and event-night auction. If you are someone who has good project management skills, data management skills, and an interest in organizing a large-scale event to support our schools, we need you!
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MPCSD Mandarin Immersion Charter School Petition Meeting
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On September 12, our District received its first charter school petition for a Mandarin Immersion Charter School. Click here to see the entire charter petition, including petition signatures. The MPCSD encourages parents and community members to attend the following public School Board Meeting:
- Final Decision on Wednesday, November 12 at 6:30 p.m. at MPCSD Office, TERC Building, 181 Encinal Avenue, Atherton
A presentation on charter school fundamentals was made to the Board on September 3, and is accessible: Click here.
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Community Speakers
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The View from High School for Students with Learning and Attention Differences:
Tuesday, November 11 from 7:00
- 9:00 p.m. at the Children's Health Council, 650 S Clark Way, Palo Alto. The cost is $20 for PEN members. Please register.
Are you in the midst of the high school search? Do you wonder what programs are available and what kind of support they offer? Come hear a panel of high school administrators and learning specialists from a variety of schools discuss resources and what's expected of students and families in different programs. This background information can help a student determine the best fit for their learning profile. Panelists include:
- Jason Bradeen, Assistant Director, Compass High School
- Alysse LeValley, Interim Head of High School, Chartwell School
- Marilyn Lynch, Head of School, Stanbridge Academy
- Lisa O'Hearn-Keck, Dean of Students, Palo Alto Preparatory High School
- Erin Powers, Learning Specialist, Kehillah Jewish High School
- Gayle Rosenberg, Academic Resource Center Director, Junipero Serra High School
- Dr. Douglas C Thompson, Head of School, Mid-Peninsula High School
PEN-Silicon Valley's Speaker Series is a membership-based series of lectures and workshops on various aspects of parenting and educating children with learning and attention differences. Click here for more information.
M-A Parent Education Series "A Conversation About College Admission": On November 12, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at the M-A PAC, the M-A Parent Education Series hosts this special event with Alice Kleeman, M-A College Advisor, and Kirk Brennan, Director of Admission at USC. The open-ended discussion with two college experts promises an insider's look into the college admission process. According to Director Brennan, "We in college admission work to change the world every day". Don't miss this great opportunity for juniors and seniors to learn about the college admission process! Parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members welcome. Register here.
Spanish interpretation will be available.
Woodside Parent Education Series: The Woodside Parent Education Series welcomes Positive Coaching Alliance (PCA) in "The Second Goal Parent®: Developing Winners in Life through Sports," Thursday, November 13, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. at Woodside High School MUR. In this interactive workshop (60-minute presentation followed by 30-minute Q & A), parents learn how they can help ensure their student's athletic experience yields healthy, developmental (physical, social, mental) outcomes that will serve them far beyond the playing field.
Positive Coaching Alliance is a national non-profit developing "Better Athletes, Better People" by working to provide youth and high school athletes with a positive, character-building youth sports experience. Register here.
The M-A, Woodside and Sequoia Parent Education Series events are free, sponsored by the Woodside PTSA, the Menlo-Atherton PTA, the Sequoia Healthcare District, and the Sequoia Union High School District. Parents, students, faculty/staff and community members welcome! For more information, contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Program Director, (650) 868-0590. For Spanish, contact Maricela Lopez, 650-367-9750, Ext. 45323. Spanish interpretation and refreshments will be provided.
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Community Events
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Ready, Set, Can! The students at Menlo-Atherton High School are kicking off their annual Canned Food Drive on Tuesday, November 4. This is a chance for the greater community to rally around the growing number of San Mateo County residents who cannot afford enough food to provide for themselves and their families. According to the Second Harvest Food Bank website, 1 in 4 people in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties are at risk for hunger. Many of them are children, and some are our neighbors, classmates, or acquaintances.
M-A has partnered with Second Harvest again this year to ensure that families continue to have access to food beyond the Canned Food Drive. Here's how you can help:
- When you are shopping at Bianchini's, Draeger's, Safeway and Trader Joe's, please add a few extra cans to your cart and drop them into the Second Harvest Food Bank barrels. M-A students will be handing out the list of most needed items requested by SHFB.
- Consider donating. Type "high school" in the Online Food Drive box and select Menlo-Atherton High School so that your gift is properly credited to the M-A outreach effort.
Questions? Thank you for your support!
The La Entrada School Used Book Fair is NOW OPEN to the Community! With over 6,000 new & nearly-new books to choose from, we have a great selection of authors and titles for children, young adults and adults alike. The book fair will take place at La Entrada Middle School
from Monday, November 10 to Friday, November 14 (closed Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran's Day), from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Menlowe Ballet kicks off their fall season with Legend, a performance that shows how legends are made. Performances are November 9 at 2:00 p.m. and November 15 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the Menlo-Atherton Performing Arts Center. Tickets are available for purchase.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas will be presented by Dancer's Repertory Theatre and Menlo Park Academy of Dance at the Woodside Performing Arts Center. Performances are Saturday, December 6 at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 7 at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., Saturday, December 13 at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., and Sunday, December 14 at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tickets are available for purchase.
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Newsletter Details
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This newsletter is published by PTO parent volunteers every Sunday of the school year, except for Sundays preceding a full week of vacation.
Submissions: The deadline to submit for the Sunday Hillview Newsletter is Wednesday at noon. Please email your submission to newsletter@hillviewpto.org. Please note that submissions may be edited for content and/or length. Submissions received after the deadline will be eligible for inclusion the following week.
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. Archives: Missed an exciting edition of the Hillview newsletter or letters from the school or PTO? Look up past mailings in our online archive.
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