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In This Issue
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Bike Safety
8th Grade Grad Party
Parent Feedback Form
Yearbooks
Volunteer this Fall
9th Grade Summer Reading/Assignment Volunteer Support M-A Football Computer Donations
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Quick Links
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Questions? Email:
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This Week
Monday, June 13
- 8th Grade Trip to Great America
- Graduation Band rehearsal, 7:45 - 8:20 a.m., Music Room
- 6th and 7th Graders Receive Yearbooks
- MPCSD Regular Board Meeting, 6:00 p.m., TERC Building 181 Encinal Avenue, Atherton CA
Tuesday, June 14
- Last Day of School - Minimum Day
- Hawkapalooza
- Graduation Band Rehearsal, 8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m., 2nd floor
- Graduation Band Call Time, 4:30 p.m.
- 8th Grade Graduation, 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., Courtyard
- 8th Grade Grad Night Party, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m. Gym & Fitness Room
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Looking Ahead
Monday, August 29
- E Komo Mai Luau, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
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Hillview School News
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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 8th grade graduation event and to work shifts at the event. There is a sign-up page for 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 began on Friday night, June 10, and will continue up to the event. It takes the efforts of many to transform the school gym into a party-worthy venue. If you can help, please visit the Hillview Graduation Event: Set Up Help sign up page. We 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.
Parent Feedback Form While Hillview does not entertain requests for specific teachers or academies, we nevertheless want any feedback you would like to give us that will inform our placement for your student in 2016 - 17. For this reason, we make the Hillview Parent Feedback Form available to you. It can be found on our website in the "QuickLinks" section (right-hand side of the home page, below the "Contact Us" icon). Please return it to the front office, or email it directly to your child's counselor. For the 2016 - 17 school year, Ms. Robyn Watts will be the counselor for 6th graders, last names M-Z, and 7th graders; Ms. Kristyn Cardosi will be the counselor for 6th graders, last names A-L and 8th graders.
There are only a handful of yearbooks remaining. To purchase one, have your student bring a check, made payable to Hillview, to Mrs. Fichou in the Student Center from 9:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Or, visit the office and hand your check to Mrs. Bell or Mrs. Bosch. The cost is $45. Students then take their receipt to Mr. Chang's room to pick up their yearbook. **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 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!
Thank You to Hillview Newsletter Editors and Webmasters
A huge thank you to Helen Chen and Lise Olson for compiling and editing our weekly Hillview Newsletter over the course of this school year. They have worked diligently each week, often over weekends and holiday breaks. Thank you also to Betsy Muhlner and Jo Lofthouse for regularly updating the Hillview PTO website, ensuring that parents have up-to-date and relevant information available at their fingertips.
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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
Disneyland Wrap-Up! Congratulations to the Hillview Concert Band, Orchestra and Chorus for their wonderful performance at Disneyland! It was a great trip and special thanks to the eleven incredible chaperones for all of your hard work. We couldn't have done it without you!
Jazz Band Jazz Band Audition Music for 2016-2017 is now available! Please go to the following link. Read the Cover Letter and print the appropriate parts! See you in August!Grad Band Reminder Rehearsal and Performance Schedule Monday, June 13, 7:45 - 8:20 a.m. in the Music Room Tuesday, June 14, 8:15 - 9:00 a.m., 2nd floor Tuesday, June 14, 4:30 p.m. call time and 4:40 p.m. downbeat!
After-School SportsAll spring sports have now come to a close. For families who may have any after-school sports jerseys at home, please return them to the Hillview office.
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 and Volunteer 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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Thank you: $3.6 Million Dollars to Support our Schools
Thanks to the support of our district parents, community members, event sponsors, local business, realtors and our fundraisers, the MPAEF unanimously voted to present the District with a grant in the amount of $3.6 million dollars for the 2016-2017 school year. The official check presentation will take place at the School Board meeting on Monday, June 13. We welcome all families to join us to celebrate our community fundraising efforts in support of our schools.
MPAEF Leadership and 2016-2017 Board of Directors
The MPAEF would like to thank and recognize Calla Griffith for her two years of service as MPAEF Co-President, and welcome Jennifer Dahmus to join Alka Gupta as Co-President for the 2016-2017 school year. We are pleased to present the 2016-2017 MPAEF Board of Directors:
Executive Committee
Co-Presidents: Jennifer Dahmus & Alka Gupta
Treasurer: Heather Buch
Secretary: Jessica Gilmartin
Annual Parent Campaign Co-Chairs: Kelly Morehead & Liliana Perazich
Business and Realtor Campaign Chair: Jennifer Bartle
Endowment Campaign Chair: Katherine Armstrong-Hochstetler
Marketing Chair: Emily Record
Events Chair: Kendall Harris
Jeanie Ritchie Innovation Grants Committee Chair: Colleen Cutcliffe
Annual Parent Campaign School Teams and Stewards
Encinal: Annie Anderson, Tim Burks, Amy Coolican, Stephanie Kim, Ellen Long, Scott Marshall, Reed Moulds, Rob Noravian, Astor Toyos
Hillview: Laura Hale, Cristy Barnes, Ashley Honerkamp, Elizabeth Lorenz, Laura Paul
Laurel: Colleen Cutcliffe, Vicki Eckert, Sandra Ewers, Molly Kossow, Jennifer Shoup, Stephanie Virag
Oak Knoll: Jason Banks, Jen Birk, Aarti Chandna, Sina Djafari, Keith Flaum, Mags Keane, Christa West
Analytics: Natty Netsuwan
Business and Realtor Campaign Committee
Susan Barker, Marc Bryman, Suneeta Chilukuri, Page Curtin, Jamie D'Alessandro, Katherine Heidel, Liz Hove, Jessica Lanier, Julie Lee, Paige Parenti
Marketing Committee
Sam Bacic, Danielle Hayes, Stephanie Lucianovic, Julia Molise, Lea Pence, Stacey Wueste
Spring Event & Auction
Amy Redell, Tamara Striffler (off-Board)
Schoolhouse Rocks 5K
Tara Moeller
Jeanie Ritchie Innovation Grants
Ashley Honerkamp
Advisory Council
Calla Griffith, Chair
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!
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Community News
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Creative Art for Young Children
Inspiration for our art will come from Dr. Seuss, Sea Life, Mermaids and Pirates. Thiebaud's dessert paintings, Picasso's Portraits and Op-Art, Portola Valley Town Center. For more information, click here.
Free Lacrosse Clinic with the Menlo-Atherton Grizzlies: Introductory clinic 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 19, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m.. Please click here to register.
Piano Performance: "What I Learned Last Summer- a Piano Recital." Come listen to Bartholomew
Baker (8th grade) and enjoy an evening of music ranging from Bach to Michael Jackson. Friday, June 24th 7:30 p.m. at the Santa Clara University Music Recital Hall 940 Franklin St. Santa Clara, CA. Admission is free. Visit here for more information.
Stanford Soccer Club Tryouts: All ages welcome. Click here to contact the team manager for your player's age and to 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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