Hillview PTO Newsletter
March 7, 2010
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Updates For 8th Grade Parents
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High School Registration
High School registration materials are due to CORE teachers by 4:00 on Tuesday (That's THIS Tuesday, March 9th!) There are THREE pieces that need to be SIGNED and
returned. They are: the Class Recommendation Sheet (triplicate form
but YOU KEEP THE PINK COPY) the blue Emergency Medical Information
and the white Sequoia High School Student Registration for
(the yellow migrant
sheet should ONLY be returned if it applies to your family).
PLEASE
DO NOT RETURN THE PROOF OF ADDRESS FORM TO HILLVIEW. That form and the
accompanying documentation needs to be delivered to Sequoia District
Office. OR you can bring it to Hllview's Open House on May 20th. Sequoia
personnel will have a table set up on campus to collect the forms and
documentation from 6:00-7:30.
Quetions? Contact Debbie Devoto
(Students whose last name begins with A-L) or Robyn Watts (students
whose last name begins with M-Z).
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PTO Seeks Feedback
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Attention
Parents - PTO Seeks your Input
The PTO
would like to improve our communications with parents and staff. The
weekly newsletter and the website are our primary means of communication
and we
want these publications to be useful, relevant, timely and informative.
We are seeking your feedback about how we can better serve the
community's needs. Please send your comments and suggestions to
Dianne Child.
Also, if you'd like to be part of a team to design and
implement these changes over the coming summer months please let me
know.
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Parking Lot Tips 
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Parking lot tips: In the mornings, please pull up as far as
possible toward the library. Do not stop at the entrance of the
driveway, as it prevents others from entering, and causes back-ups on
Elder and Santa Cruz. - Once you've dropped off your child/ren, please
pull as far up as possible, or exit the parking lot altogether. The
drop-off area is an "active unloading" area.
In the afternoons,
there are two pick-up
lanes. One to the far left, and one along the curb on the right.
Again, please pull up as cars move forward. Your child will meet you
at your car. Students know to use the crosswalk to cross to the far
side, or to the sidewalk. - Do not stop in the middle of the parking
lot. This is a "passing lane" only, and is intended for those exiting.
Please
do
not switch from the left to the right lane. We ask that you pick
one lane and stick with that choice. There have been some very close
calls of cars nearly clipping one another. - Do not stop in the
red-curbed area just outside of the parking lot on Elder. You may be
ticketed if you are stopped there. The Menlo Park Police Department
has requested that you stop at the corner and wait to turn until the
parking lot has space for you.
Please drive through the parking lot
very slowly. This is a school lot. Although you may have your child
in the car, there are still others. Please take caution when driving
through. - Please refrain from using your cell phone in the parking
lot. (especially if it's NOT hands-free) All your attention should be
focused on the safety of our students (your children).
Please only
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Hot Lunch Volunteers Needed!
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Don't miss out on the opportunity to meet other Hillview parents, observe your middle schooler's social life, and serve a vital purpose!! Join our Hot Food Lunch Volunteer Force!! Contact Kathy Oppenheimer to arrange a time and day (once a month is all we ask!) that suits your needs. Or offer to be on the substitution list and just come when you can! We can always use a few more hands. Join us; it's fun! back to top
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Writing Clinics |
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Register Now for
Spring Writing Clinics
Writing Workouts
is a one day per week after school writing clinic for 6th, 7th and 8th
graders starting March 18. Writing
Workouts
feature short, in-class exercises designed to complement Hillview's CORE curriculum. Seminars will be
highly interactive. Students will participate and practice the common
criteria
needed to write well in any genre: Voice, Audience, Logic and Editing
(VALE). Classes meet at Hillview immediately after school for one hour
on either Wednesdays or Thursdays. Students will have the opportunity
to
review and discuss their writing, including writing for school
assignments. No homework will be given and class size will be limited
to 15 students. Instructor Jennifer Tsay is a writing tutor,
Hillview parent and former attorney (Stanford English BA/Harvard JD).
She has
designed an integrated writing curriculum to help writers of all levels.
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Parent Education Night 
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The PTO Council is pleased to present:
Dr. Jim Taylor, Positive
Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child
Wednesday, April 7th
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Hillview
Middle School Multi
Are you pushing your child too much or too
little? Come listen to Dr. Jim Taylor share his
no-nonsense approach with plenty of real life anecdotes, practical
solutions and humor. Based on his first parenting book, Dr. Taylor
introduces parents to the use of positive pushing that is very different from
the kind of pushing with which they may be familiar. He demonstrates how
to push, when to push and importantly, when to back off. You will leave
his workshop with new insights and useful tools you can use to encourage your
children to achieve both success and happiness. Jim is the author of ten
books, including Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and
Happy Child, which he discussed on an appearance on NBC's The Today
Show. He has consulted with young people and their parents in
education, sports, and the performing arts for over 25 years. To
learn more, visit www.drjimtaylor.com
The event is free, however please RSVP at jimtaylorevent@yahoo.com with the name(s) of the person(s) attending. Childcare
for elementary
age children is available for $12 if
reserved before April 5th. If reserving childcare, please include your cell number
and the ages of your children in your RSVP.
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Hillview Student Makes Local News
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The following
article was recently published in the Palo Alto Daily News about
Hillview's own Josef Nevigato:
13-year-old
boy inspires fundraiser for Haiti
BY JESSICA BERNSTEINWAX
Daily NewsStaff Writer
A 13-year-old boy's horror at the
devastation a 7.0 earthquake wreaked in Haiti
earlier this year has been channeled into launching a large fundraising effort
among Menlo
Park businesses. Hillview
Middle School eighth-grader Josef
Nevigato said he was watching a television program a couple of days after the
Jan. 12 earthquake struck the Caribbean nation
when he heard "a really inspirational phone call." Josef
said the call convinced him that "if someone with nothing could donate, then
someone with something should donate." When
his mother, Maria Nevigato, and sister, Elizabeth Nevigato, came home, Josef
told them he would like to adopt a child from Haiti . Instead, he decided that a
more realistic way to help would be to hold a pancake breakfast benefitting the
earthquake survivors at his family's restaurant, Cedro Ristorante Italiano, on El Camino
Real.
From 6 to 11 a.m. Sunday, March 14, Cedro restaurant will serve buttermilk
and whole wheat pancakes, with 100 percent of proceeds going to
two nonprofits working in Haiti
: Partners in Health , Haiti and Whirlwind
Wheelchair International , which is providing wheelchairs to amputees and other
physically disabled survivors of the quake. All of the servers and kitchen
staff will work for free and donate their tips during the breakfast. For
the rest of the day, 10 percent of all sales at the restaurant will go to the
organizations, said Elizabeth Nevigato, a Menlo-Atherton High School graduate. Other Menlo Park businesses are signing up for the
event, with each deciding what percentage of sales to donate. Participating
businesses include Cafe Zoë, the British Bankers Club, Cafe Borrone, Kepler's Books & Magazines, Cheeky Monkey Toys and Ela Lingerie.
"To me the real story behind it is
how this eighth-grader from Menlo Park
can really have such a huge effect on his community," Elizabeth Nevigato said.
"These are all independent businesses. What
corporate business would be able to do this in under a month?" She
added that the group is hoping for corporate matching funds and expects more Menlo Park businesses to
sign up before March 14.
For more information on the event
or about participating businesses, visit http://svanetwork. org/HeartForHaiti.
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Spring Sports Sign-Ups
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After School Sports and Phys Ed Notes
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To view all After School Sports updates, please go to http://cms.hillviewpto.org/node/3184 on the Hillview PTO website.
To view all Phys Ed Notes updates, please go to http://cms.hillviewpto.org/node/3185 on the Hillview PTO website.
Questions regarding Hillview after school sports and PE should be directed to Mr. Bell @ 326-4341 ext. 2811; hbell@mpcsd.org.
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Community
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KEPLER'S EVENTS. Youth Author Carrie Ryan, author of "The Dead-Tossed Waves," Monday, March 22, 7:00 p.m.
What Parents Need to Know about
Eating Disorders: "Anorexia has the highest lethality rate of any psychiatric
disorder, including depression and substance abuse," said Dr. Tonja Krautter, a
licensed clinical psychologist and specialist in childhood and adolescent
issues. "...and the longer the person has the illness, the more likely it is that
he or she will die from it." To learn more about Anorexia and Bulimia,
including signs and symptoms, and to read the personal stories of three young
women currently in treatment for eating disorders, please click here: http://cms.hillviewpto.org/node/3202
PARENT EDUCATION SERIES #6, Emotional Competency in the Family, with Frederic Luskin, Ph.D. Thursday, March 11, 7 - 8:30 p.m. Location: M-A Library or PAC (to be announced) . To RSVP, please contact Charlene Margot, Parent Education Series Chair, at parenteducation@mabearspta.org or 650.868.0590. Parenting Teens in the Age of Texting, Sexting, Gaming and Facebook, a FREE Parent Education Class with Children's Health Council panelists. Tuesday, March 9, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Central Middle School, San Carlos. Pre-registration required, call 650.688.3675 or email parented@chconline.org
Explore! by Environmental Volunteers: Summer Eco-Adventures for Middle Schoolers!Embark daily on exciting eco-adventures around the Bay Area and beyond! For more information, visit our website http://evols.org/summer. Camp Menlo: Spring Break Swim Camps at Burgess Pools. Three one-week camps 8:45am to 2pm March 29 - April 16. Skill-appropriate swim instruction, water games, and land activities for ages 6-12. http://www.menloswim.com/menlo/spring_camps.html
Galileo Summer Quest (entering 5th - 8th grades). Design your perfect summer day, choosing from a selection of "Majors," such as Fashion Design, Go-Karts and Video Game Design. Campers also participate in two "Minors" from a variety of topics, including Hip-Hop Dance, Science of Explosions and Sports. www.galileo-learning.comThe San Mateo
Community College District's Community Education Office is pleased
to present College for Kids, a popular three-week summer academic enrichment
program. Students entering 5th to 9th grades may select classes in creative art,
math, sciences, computers, language
arts, physical education and more. For further information, call College for
Kids with Community Education at (650) 574-6149 or
visit http://www.smccd.edu/collegeforkids.To subscribe to Stanford For You, a free monthly newsletter of events, please visit: http://4you.stanford.edu. Click here for the March issue. back to top
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Parenting Tip of the Week
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"Remember that important talk begins with topics that may seem
unimportant. Your teenager will first choose a subject that he feels
safe talking to you about. If you listen well, your teenageer will
eventually move to topics that are closer to the center of his
struggles."
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Newsletter Submissions
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To submit an announcement to the Hillview PTO Newsletter, email your announcement to newsletter@hillviewpto.org. Outside organization submissions must be no more than two sentences in length and must include the name of the organization, event, date, time, location, contact info and web site URL. The editors reserve the right to edit all announcements. See General Guidelines for Submitting Announcements for further information.
Announcement deadline: Every Wednesday at noon unless otherwise noted. Please mention announcement content in subject line.
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