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Mini-Course Volunteers
Homework Center
Math Clinic
Late Bus
BTS Night Highlights
Technology Corner
Hillview Information
Hot Lunch
Volunteers Needed
After-School Programs
Bookopolis Book Club
Debate Night
Fiber Arts Club
Library News
Sports
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Quick Links
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This Week
Monday, September 14
- "Navigating the Tides of Adolescence" panel discussion; 6:30-9:00 p.m., Sacred Heart Preparatory School.
Tuesday, September 15
- Hillview Drama Potluck, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 16
- "Surviving and Thriving the Middle School Years: Supporting Your Student at Hillview," with Principal Willy Haug, 6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
- "Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain," with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, 7:30 p.m., M-A Performing Arts Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 17
- Debate Night with Coach Brier Buchalter, 6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
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Looking Ahead
Tuesday, September 29
- Music Department Potluck, 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday, September 30
- "Parenting in the Digital Age: My Digital TAT2," with Gloria Moskowitz-Sweet and Erica Pelavin, 6:30 p.m. in the Hillview PAC
- Deadline for Hillview PTO Contributions!
October 12-15
- Conference Days: Minimum Days, dismissal at 11:45 a.m.
October 16
- No School: Staff Development Day
November 11
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Hillview School News
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Mini-Course Volunteer Opportunities
The Mini-Course Planning Team is already getting ready for a fantastic mini-course week next year, and it will be the best yet! Did you hear about a great course at Back to School Night that has you inspired to volunteer? Whether you want to chaperone, teach a guest lesson, provide connections and/or supplies, or serve as a Logistics Volunteer (like a room parent for one specific mini-course), we want to hear from you! Please sign up to add your name to the list of mini-course volunteers and be the first to know about all the fun opportunities. If you have already signed up via the PTO website, no need to do so again - you will be getting more info soon. Thank you for your support! This program could not run without the Hillview neighborhood of parents pitching in.
Homework Center, Math Clinic, and the Late Bus Start This Week!
September 14 marks the opening of our Homework Center and Math Clinic. Both of these programs run 3:15 - 4:45 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, and 2:40 - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, and they take place in the library. Homework Center is a drop-in program supervised by Hillview teacher Phil Eaton. It is mostly for "self-starters" who are looking for a quiet place to complete their homework. Math Clinic, run by former teacher Nancy Lewis, and supported by high school tutors, is targeted to those who need extra support or tutoring in math. A late bus will run for students who live across town. For a schedule of the Homework Center late bus and the stops it serves, please click this link to the district transportation web page.
Back to School Night Highlights
If you were unable to attend, teachers may have materials and presentations in digital form; reach out to them to receive these materials, if applicable. Also, if you are interested, you can read the welcome speech delivered by Willy Haug, Mary Martin, and Danielle O'Brien on Mr. Haug's "Principal Page." Finally, if you heard about Mr. Haug's "Mr. Roger's Neighborhood Joint Campaign Promo" and wonder what all the fuss is about, you can view it here.
Technology Corner
We have resolved many of the iPad issues students were experiencing in all three grade levels, and continue to address the few remaining known concerns. Thank you for your patience, and please remember that our site technician, Mr. Benelli, has regular tech help sessions scheduled at brunch and lunch every day in the library. Remind your student to visit him if he or she is experiencing any iPad issues.
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PTO News
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Help with Hot Lunch
Calling all 6th, 7th and 8th grade parents, we need you to help serve Hot Lunch! We have 25 volunteer slots to fill. Please consider signing up for a once a month position. It is less than an hour commitment and one of the best ways to connect with the students during the school day. Please email hotlunch@hillviewpto.org to sign up.
Volunteering and Staying Connected at Hillview
We would love to keep you in the loop about fun activities and rewarding volunteer opportunities at Hillview. To receive information throughout the year about the events, activities, and volunteer opportunities that interest you, please complete the online volunteer form. Filling out the form takes only a few minutes and will ensure that you hear about volunteer opportunities in the categories that you select.
Hillview Information
For additional information about upcoming school events, After-School Sports, After-School Programs, a regularly updated calendar of events and more, please visit our Hillview PTO website here. Did you know that Hillview also has a Facebook page? Please follow Hillview to keep up on the latest!
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Hillview PTO and MPAEF Working Together
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WE'RE OFF TO A GOOD START!
Thank you to the 66% of Hillview families who have donated to the PTO during the first two weeks of school. We appreciate your support!
So far, together we have raised $152,000 which gets us 87% of the way to our $174,000 goal!
If you haven't had the time to donate yet, there are still two more weeks to help us reach our goal - just click here to donate today!
The PTO and the MPAEF continue their joint efforts to make Hillview the best it can be for our kids.
If you missed the awesome "Mr. Haug's Neighborhood" video which was shown at Back to School Night in support of the Joint Campaign, you can view it (and show it to your kids!) here.
When you support the PTO at $250 per child and the MPAEF at $1500 per child, this is the real difference you make in their education:
Together, we INSPIRE in our children a love of learning
Together, we INVOLVE ourselves in their learning journey
Together, we INVEST in their future
PTO donations are due by September 30. Please make your gift or pledge to the MPAEF by November 6. You can also reach out to your PTO Membership Team, Tracy Watt and Kathy Motemedi, and MPAEF school ambassadors Laura Paul and Elizabeth Lorenz with any questions. Click here to support these organizations today. Thank you for your support!
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Programs & Activities
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After-School Programs
After-school programs have begun. Below are the room assignments. Classes begin about 10-15 minutes after the last bell, so please report quickly to the specified location after your last class of the day. If P.E. is your last class, you'll need to change quickly!
Questions? Contact Erica Galles, PTO After-School Programs Coordinator.
Bookopolis Book Club
We are excited to offer a new program to students beginning Tuesday, September 22. Kari Riedel, an Encinal and Hillview parent, is the founder of Bookopolis, an online community for young readers. She began offering a Bookopolis Book Club at Encinal and has since expanded it to include Oak Knoll and now Hillview. The Encinal students who participated in the program last year asked Kari to offer a Bookopolis Book Club at Hillview. The goal of the Bookopolis Book Club is to ignite and nurture a lifelong love of reading in all students, whether they are voracious or reluctant readers. Using group discussions, tinkering projects, games, and a supportive atmosphere, they make reading fun, relatable to real life, and help students sharpen comprehension and analysis skills. For all the details, click here or to register online, click here.
Debate Night
Come meet Coach Brier Buchalter, a Speech and Debate expert, who runs the Hillview Debate Team, as well as teams at Encinal and Oak Knoll. He organizes debate tournaments and programs across the Bay Area to benefit a wide range of students. Coach Brier's mission for his students is to live an examined life, continuously grow and change the world! He and his students would like to invite you and your children to come take part in the experience, starting with Debate Night on Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 p.m. in the Hillview PAC. Students will develop and apply critical thinking and reasoning skills, powerful delivery and effective communication techniques, rapid synthesis of information and paraphrasing of text, and skills to collaborate and effectively engage with diverse partners and consider multiple viewpoints.
Fiber Arts Club
Mrs. Glasser and Mrs. Cardosi will be hosting Hillview's Fiber Arts club on Wednesdays and Thursdays in Room A8. If you have any crochet hooks or knitting needles that are hiding in your closets, we'd happily take them off your hands. At this point, we have a great selection of yarn from donations last year (thank you) and can use more hooks and needles. Any donations can be dropped off in the office to Mrs. Cardosi.
Library News
Come find a great book at your library! Returning students can check out one book at a time for the next few weeks until all classes have been through the library. Sixth graders will be coming with their classes this week to check out a book. Returning students can also check out up to three eBooks on OverDrive. Click here for directions or bring your device (school iPad or personal device) to the library for help. Book Clubs: Book clubs are starting up! Students interested in meeting monthly at lunch in the library to discuss great books should take one of our surveys. Contest: Tell us all about your favorite book of the summer and be entered into a contest for a gift card! New Teen Section: 8th graders, check out our new TEEN section, full of fabulous books! Be sure to turn in your signed permission slip. Hillview Sports Intramural Sports: Intramural sports continue this week with volleyball/badminton, meeting Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch time. All students are invited, but there will be a limit to the number of students that can participate at once.
Flag Football: Practice will continue this week. All three teams practice, 3:30-5:00 p.m., both Tuesday and Thursday. Players must have a mouthpiece to participate.
Boys Volleyball: The Menlo Park Recreation Department has started a new boys volleyball program. This program will be open to all 4th - 8th grade boys in Menlo Park and outlying areas similar to their current Burgess League girls volleyball and basketball programs. To create interest in a Spring League, Burgess has offered the use of the Arrillaga gym this Fall for a boys only clinic. Registration is now open. The program begins on Wednesday, September 23 and continues on Wednesdays from 5:15 - 6:45 p.m. for middle school boys through October 28. The coach is Felipe Gonzalez.
Girls Volleyball: Team placement workouts will be held on Monday, September 14 for all registered players. League begins week of September 28. The workout schedule will be:
- 6th grade 3:15 - 4:35 p.m.
- 7th grade 4:45 - 6:05 p.m.
- 8th grade 6:15 - 7:15 p.m.
The girls volleyball tournament team will have their first match of the season this Thursday, September 17 at 4:30 in the Hillview gym. Their opponent is the North Star Academy in Redwood city. Please join us to support the team and show some Hillview pride!
Questions regarding any of these programs should be directed to Harry Bell at 650.483.4049.
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Parent Education
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MPCSD Speaker Series
Wednesdays have a whole new meaning in Menlo Park! The MPCSD Speaker Series, presented in conjunction with Hillview PTO, has a fabulous line up of speakers for this year. Click here for the flier and schedule. All events will be held at the Hillview PAC. Free onsite childcare and food will be available."Surviving and Thriving the Middle School Years: Supporting Your Student at Hillview" Join us for our first speaker series with Principal Haug presenting! The event will take place on Wednesday, September 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the PAC. Free onsite childcare and food will be available. Click here for more information on the Speaker Series.
"Navigating the Tides of Adolescence" Panel Discussion StarVista and Sacred Heart Schools present a panel discussion on the challenges facing our teens today, including stress, pressures of social media, mental health, and wellness. Panelists include Julie Lythcott-Haims, author of the highly acclaimed book, How to Raise and Adult and former freshman dean at Stanford University; Dr. Steven Adelsheim, Stanford child psychiatrist and Director of Community Partnerships at the Stanford School of Medicine; and child psychologist Dr. Yalda Uhls, a media expert for Common Sense Media and author of the upcoming book, Media Moms & Digital Dads. The panel will be moderated by Rachael Myrow from KQED.
This event will take place tomorrow, September 14, 6:30 - 9:00 p.m., at Sacred Heart Preparatory School's Harman Auditorium, 150 Valparaiso Avenue, Atherton. This event is free and open to the public. Click here to register as seating is limited.
"Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain"
An evening with Dr. Daniel J. Siegel, Wednesday, September 16, at 7:30 p.m. M-A Performing Arts Center (PAC). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Click here for tickets. Internationally acclaimed author and UCLA psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Siegel will share the exciting neuroscience behind the heightened social, emotional and creative energy that drives teen behavior, showing parents how to turn one of the most challenging developmental periods in their children's lives into one of the most rewarding. This event is open to parents, students, faculty/staff, and community members. Questions? Please contact Charlene Margot or 650.868.0590.
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Menlo-Atherton High School News
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Menlo-Atherton High School announces several ways to get to know the school:
Shadowing Program: This program enables 8th grade students to experience a typical day at the school, by pairing them with 9th grade hosts. The program runs from October through February. Shadowing is very popular and appointments fill up fast, so sign up early to reserve your spot. Click here for full program details and frequently asked questions. 8th Grade Information Night: Come learn more about our academic program offerings and graduation requirements on Wednesday, October 21, 2015. Our Information Night includes a Principal's welcome, small-group tours led by students and PTA parent volunteers, and presentations by M-A teachers from core subject areas. Prospective students and parents are welcome. The program runs from 6:00 - 8:30 p.m. Meet at Ayers Gym. No reservation is necessary. Special Saturday Campus Tour: On Saturday, October 24, middle school students and their parents are invited to an informal outdoor walking tour of the campus. Tours will be lead by M-A Leadership students who will share their enthusiasm for the school and answer questions. Meet at the library. Tours run from 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m., and the last tour departs at 11:15 a.m. No sign-up is necessary. For more information in English and Spanish, click here.
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Community News
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Design Farm: Wednesdays or Thursdays, September 23 - December 17, after school at the Mitchell Park Community Center. Calling all teens! Rock your entrepreneurial spirit and join Design Farm! Ever wonder how people come up with great ideas? We'll show you how using the design thinking process! Do you have an idea but are feeling overwhelmed about how to move forward? Connect with mentors to move your idea forward. In our program, we don't want to talk about design thinking, we do it! Harness your natural creativity to define why and when, and our mentors will show you how and when to make it real. Whether it's a widget, a social problem, or something for your own personal development. For more information and registration, click here.
2015 Menlo Movie Series: The 2015 Menlo Movie Series features free movies in Downtown Menlo Park on the Chestnut Paseo (Chestnut St. & Santa Cruz Ave.) each Friday night in September. Click here for more information. All movies are subject to change. Parental discretion advised.
Mid-Peninsula Water Polo Club: If your young athlete enjoys swimming and would like to try the fun and fast game of water polo, check out fall water polo for middle school kids at Menlo-Atherton High School this fall. International pro water polo player Bruno Antonino (Italy) will be coaching this economical two month program that will take your young athlete through the fundamentals and deep into the skills and game awareness needed to play competitive water polo. Don't miss this fun and exciting opportunity! Sign up here. For more information, visit the club web site, email or call ( 650) 387-5932.
NJB Winter Basketball: Registration is now open. Our focus is on skills-based instruction, personal growth, and positive competition for kids in grades 1-8 in Menlo Park, Atherton, Portola Valley, Woodside, or East Palo Alto. The season runs from November through February. Deadline for early registration with reduced fees is 9/28!
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Newsletter Details
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This newsletter is published by Hillview School 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 hvnewsletter@mpcsd.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. Submissions are eligible to run for up to two weeks.
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 other communications from the school? Look up past issues in our online archive.
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