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In This Issue
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Washington, D.C. Trip
Bike Safety
8th Grade Grad Party Yearbooks
MPCSD News
Board Meeting
Volunteer for this Fall
Teacher/Staff Gifts
9th Grade Summer Reading/Assignment Volunteer Support M-A Football Computer Donations MPAEF Endowment
Free Lacrosse Clinics
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This Week
Monday, June 6
- Washington, D.C. Mini-Course Information Session for 7th Grade Students and Parents, 6:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
Tuesday, June 7
- MPCSD Regular Board Meeting, 6:00 - 10:00 p.m., District Office, 181 Encinal Ave., Atherton
Wednesday, June 8
- 8th Graders Turn in iPads
- Not a Block Day
Thursday, June 9
- Block H Trip to Raging Waters
- 6th Graders Turn in iPads
- Not a Block Day
Friday, June 10
- 8th Graders Receive Yearbooks
- Academy Competition Winners Trip, 9:30 a.m.
- 8th Grade Awards Assembly, 1:30 p.m., Hillview PAC
- 7th Graders Turn in iPads
Saturday, June 11
- Deadline to Order Flowers/Leis for Graduation
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Looking Ahead
Monday, June 13
- 8th Grade Trip to Great America
- 6th and 7th Graders Receive Yearbooks
Tuesday, June 14
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Last Day of School - Minimum Day
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Hawkapalooza
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8th Grade Graduation, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Courtyard
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Grad Night Party, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m., Gym & Fitness Room
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Hillview School News
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Attention 7th Grade Students & Parents: Washington, D.C. Trip Information MeetingInterested in spending your Mini-Course making history come alive while creating fantastic memories with your friends next year? Come join us on the Washington, D.C. trip and you will have memories to last a lifetime. If you are interested in learning more about the trip, please join us at an informational meeting on Monday, June 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Hillview PAC. For more information, contact Carolyn Malquist. Sign up forms and FAQ sheet available in the Hillview front office.
Bike Safety
We have received numerous reports these past few weeks about unsafe Hillview bicyclists - riding in large groups, weaving in and out of traffic, and wearing no helmets. Please remind your students to wear their helmets and follow all rules of the road. Bicyclists should ride on the right side of the road, single file, in the designated bike lane, and should obey all traffic signs.
Help Needed for 8th Grade Graduation Event
Parents are needed to help with set up for the graduation event and to work shifts at the event. There are separate sign-up pages for Set Up Help (before the event) and Day of Event helpers. We especially need 2 or 3 volunteers with NO graduating students to help with vendors and security during the graduation ceremony (5:00 - 6:30 p.m.). If you are considering coordinating this event next year, this would be a great job for you! (Please sign up on the Grad Help - Day of Event page.) Set up will take place beginning Friday night, June 10, and continue up to the event. It will take the efforts of many to transform the school gym into a party-worthy venue. If you can help with set up, please visit the Hillview Graduation Event: Set Up Help sign up page. We will also need parents to help at coat check, staff games and prepare and serve food. Traditionally, 7th grade parents help at the event, but 8th grade parents are strongly encouraged! Note that if your kid doesn't want you there, we have jobs where you won't encounter any students or we can also offer a disguise. If you can help out, please visit the Grad Help - Day of Event sign up page. Thanks for your help! If you have any questions please contact Kristi or Joel.
Yearbooks: Time is Running Out
Please either go online and purchase one, have your student bring a check made out to Hillview to Mrs. Fichou in the Student Center from 9:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. or drop by the office and hand off your check to either Mrs. Bell or Mrs. Bosch. The cost is $45. **If you have an ASB card, you already have a yearbook coming!
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PTO News
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Fall Volunteer Opportunities at Hillview Even though you are up to your eyeballs in end-of-the-school-year chaos, we would like you to think briefly about next year. WE NEED YOU! As you probably know, there are many areas in which you can volunteer at Hillview, contribute to our award-winning community, and connect in a more meaningful way with your child's school. The teachers rely on the Academy Parents to help coordinate academy-wide activities and assist in a variety of ways inside and outside the classroom. We also need volunteers to help with our Back-to-School Luau set up and check in; serve hot lunch; assist in the library, and, at the Book Fair; help coordinate staff-appreciation events as well as assist with many other activities. If you are interested in helping out at Hillview, in any capacity, in the Fall, please send an email here. Best of luck with the last few days of school and we look forward to seeing you again in September!
End-of-Year Teacher and Staff Gift Fund
Wondering how to recognize your child's teacher at the end of the school year? At Hillview, we have a tradition of gifting to the staff as a community. The school community is encouraged to contribute to a centralized Teacher/Staff Gift Fund organized by parent volunteers. All proceeds are used to buy gift cards for the entire Hillview team. The benefits of this approach are:
- It's what the teachers and staff prefer. With gift cards, they can pick out something they really want or need;
- No one is overlooked. The Gift Fund recognizes more than 80 Hillview employees, including academy teachers, elective teachers, specialists, and staff; and
- It's easy! Just make a contribution, and the committee does the rest. Gift cards are delivered on the last day of school on behalf of the entire Hillview community.
Due to issues with tax regulations and Paypal policies, we're unable to accept online donations, but you can contribute to this fantastic program by making out a check to Amy Boyle. Please drop off your payment in the school office, or mail it to Amy Boyle c/o Hillview Middle School, 1100 Elder Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. If you have questions or would like additional information, please contact Kate Kennedy.
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Programs & Activities
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ASB
2016 Hillview Talent Show Now Online
Special thanks to the Hillview Broadcast Team led by Chris Harris, Andrew Gordan, Milo Yue, Tyler Lafayette and Jocelyn Mchugo. Click here for a video of Act 1. Click here for Act 2.
Please Donate Water Jugs for Hawkapalooza and ASB Events
ASB is in need of donations of 10 to 15 three- or five-gallon, plastic water jugs. We would not be able to return these as we will be modifying them, so no loaners please. If you can donate a three- or five-gallon water jug to our supply cabinet for Hawkapalooza and upcoming 2016-2017 ASB events, please email Mr. Darmanin. Thank you!
Hawkapalooza
Parent Volunteers Needed to Help with Hawkapalooza
What better way to celebrate the last day of school than with Hawkapalooza? Come one, come all! We need parent volunteers to help manage the lines and run the games - all of which are easy to understand and fun to run. Please sign up here or contact Nancy Witeck to help us on Tuesday, June 14.
All Books are Due. Please help us get all of our books back so we can complete our inventory.
Overdrive eBooks and Audiobooks available all summer! Even to 8th graders. We've told all the students, but they could always use reminders from you. Directions for how to download eBooks are available here or students can bring personal devices to the library for help. Kindle Lottery: Students who wish to check out a kindle for the summer will find directions for entering our lottery here. Summer reading: Packets have gone home to most returning students. All information can be found on our Summer Reading Page.
Homework Center is now done for the year. The library will be open only for a few minutes after school each day.
Music News
Audition Music for the 2016 - 2017 Jazz Band is now available. Come to the Music Room to pick up yours.
Intramural Sports have concluded for the school year. See you in the fall.
After-School SportsAll spring sports have now come to a close. We thank and congratulate players and coaches for their efforts. Special thanks to the parent volunteers who supported teams with rides, treats, coaching, etc. For families who may have any after-school sports jerseys at home, please return them to the Hillview office since there are still some outstanding. We thank you for your cooperation.
Tournament Team Basketball and Volleyball
Next year will be the final year of the Tournament Team Program. The PTO and Mr. Bell made this decision earlier in the school year. A meeting was held last Tuesday to discuss the format of next year's program. Lists of players interested in each program were created. At this time, we have the following numbers of players: Volleyball - 8 players; Girls Basketball - 6 players; and Boys Basketball - 13 players. We assume there will be more interest because some were unable to attend the meeting. If there is not enough interest when tryouts begin, the program will not take place. Volleyball tryouts will be held close to the first day of school on September 1. There also will be voluntary summer open session workouts prior to the beginning of school. Basketball tryouts typically take place during Conference Week.
Please direct questions regarding any of the sports programs to Harry Bell, (650) 483-4049.
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Menlo-Atherton High School News
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AS English I Summer Assignment for Incoming Menlo-Atherton 9th Graders
As has been announced, every incoming 9th grader is required to read Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (ISBN#: 978-0-8125-5070-2). Kepler's in downtown Menlo Park will be selling the book in their Summer Reading Section for your convenience. Please mention M-A at check-out, so the English Department will receive a portion of the proceeds.
Students in AS English I must also complete an assignment over the Summer, which can be found here. Questions? Please email Dori Britts.
Get familiar with M-A by volunteering with the Administrative Volunteer Support Committee
Is your 8th grader attending Menlo-Atherton High School next year? If so, please sign up to be on the Administrative Volunteer Support Committee. There are no specific obligations. When the M-A Administration needs parent volunteers, the chairs send out an email. If the volunteer opportunity fits your schedule, you sign up; otherwise, no need to respond.
A sampling of events that use parent volunteers include Arena Check-In; textbook distribution; schedule distribution (Fall and Spring); AP sign-ups; AP test proctoring; and, textbook returns. Administrative Volunteer Support volunteer opportunities happen a few times a year and is a great way to meet other M-A parents and to find out what's happening at M-A. To be added to the list, please add your contact information by clicking here. Thank you, and welcome to M-A!
M-A Football
Is you child interested in playing football at Menlo-Atherton High School? Click here to find all the information you need about the M-A Football Program and sign up on-line. Questions? Contact Steven Kryger, M-A Athletic Director. Go Bears!! M-A PTA Computer Donation Program: Used computers and parts are needed for M-A High School students. Wanted: Old computers or parts, working or not, for Menlo-Atherton High School PTA computer donation program. We can use your laptop, laptop charger, desktop, monitor, mouse, laser printer, digital camera, USB flash drive, and computer parts. We will securely erase your computer, reload it, and send it home with a hard-working, deserving student from East Palo Alto, or we will place the computer into a classroom at M-A High. To donate a computer (or a truckload from a company that is upgrading), or for more information click here or email Sue Kayton.
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MPAEF News
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Looking for a special way to remember your student's time at Encinal, Laurel, Oak Knoll or Hillview? Want to show your appreciation to a teacher or staff member who has made a lasting impact on your student? Consider a gift to the MPAEF Endowment in their name. Your honoree will be acknowledged as a Tribute recipient for the Class of 2016 under the MPAEF's Endowment Donor Roll.
As a restricted revenue source, the Endowment s a permanent resource for professional development designed to benefit the District for generations to come. The MPAEF Endowment is dedicated to fostering academic excellence, especially in areas of writing, math, science and music through professional development, particularly teacher leadership, and design thinking innovation. Click here to learn more.
To make a Tribute gift, please click here. Be sure to include the name of your Tribute honoree.
If there were an easy way to help earn money for our schools, wouldn't you do it? This year we earned $5,000 from our Amazon rewards program alone. So if you shop online at merchants like Amazon, Expedia, Bloomingdale's, Staples, PetSmart, or many others, you can help earn up to 10% of your purchase total for our schools.
It is so easy that you'll wish you did it sooner. All you have to do is visit here, click our merchant referral link before you shop, then shop and check out like you always do. Just by clicking our referral link before you purchase, you've earned money for our schools to fund teachers, specialists, technology and innovation. Start shopping today!
Thanks to Our Realtor and Business Partners
We want to take the opportunity to shout out some appreciation to just a few of our many realtor and business partners in the community. Thank you for your support.
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Community News
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Free Lacrosse Clinics with the Menlo-Atherton Grizzlies: Introductory clinics hosted by the Menlo-Atherton Grizzlies Lacrosse for boys and girls, ages 6 to 14 years old at Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton on Sunday, June 5 and Sunday, June 19, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.. Please click here to register.
Stanford Soccer Club Tryouts: All ages welcome. Click here to contact the team manager for your player's age and arrange a tryout time.
Summer Camp Webpage: Please visit MPCSD's Summer Camp webpage for updated information about available camp programs in the community.
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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 the preceding 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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