Calendar
May 22 : Open House 6-8 pm
May 28 : School Closed, Memorial Day
May 30 : Annual Talent Show
May 31 : Restaurant Night, Fresh Choice
June 4 : Last PTA Meeting, Teachers Lounge
June 7 : Last Day of School, 1:30 pm Ice Cream Social
Palo Verde and PTA News
Open House May 22 6:00pm – 6:30pm BYOF Dinner and Project Resilience Meeting 6:30pm – 8:00pm Classrooms Are Open
Please plan on attending our 2011/12 Open House, Tuesday, May 22.
Classroom doors will open at 6:30 PM. A reminder to all, that Open House is not a night to conference with your child’s teacher about the academic progress he/she is making, nor is it a time to interview potential teachers for next year. We encourage you to visit all the classrooms in the school and let your child (ren) show off the school to you.
The walk and bike to school committee is meeting informally on Wednesday, May 23 after school at 1:30 pm, by the lunch tables near Rm 4, to brainstorm on ways to ease the possible increased traffic next year when everyone starts and ends at the same time. We are going to talk about ways to encourage greener commutes. If you are interested in helping out next year we look forward to meeting you.
Restaurant Night
Give yourself a night off from the kitchen and join other Palo Verde families for lunch or dinner at Fresh Choice, a self-service salad, soup and pasta restaurant. Fresh Choice will donate 15% of lunch and dinner sales to our school from patrons bringing in the Palo Verde flyer on Thursday May 31st. Join us at Fresh Choice, Mountain View at 2540 W El Camino Real.
World Music Day
The Palo Alto Recreation Foundation is sponsoring the 4th Annual World Music Day. It will be held on Sunday, June 17th in Downtown Palo Alto. In addition to the music performers, we anticipate having a variety of dance groups performing AND dancing for the crowd at King Plaza.Please click on the WMD Flyer link on the website for more information.
No Regrets Parenting Book on Sale
The Palo Verde PTA, in conjunction with the Fairmeadow, El Carmelo and JLS PTAs, was pleased to sponsor Dr. Harley Rotbart for a Parent Education event on May 1st. Dr. Rotbart spoke about his most recent book, No Regrets Parenting. We had over 100 guests and enjoyed a potluck before the presentation.
With his book as a foundation for his talk, Dr. Rotbart provided an overview of the challenges we face as parents and outlined some strategies and suggestions for making the most of these precious years, which fly by so quickly. Many were inspired by Dr. Rotbart’s suggestions because they seemed so achievable and so instinctive. In brief, the book is about time management with kids, from crib through college. Unlike other time management books that concentrate on finding and creating efficiencies and new methods for organizing, No Regrets Parenting talks instead about creating opportunities that result in meaningful and memorable times with your kids.
If you missed Dr. Rotbart’s talk but are interested in his book, copies are available for $10. You can pick up a copy in the Palo Verde office and drop your check off in the PTA president’s mail box..Chris or Jenny can help you. For more information on Dr. Rotbart andNo Regrets Parenting, please visit www.noregretsparenting.com
New Schedule For 2012-13 School Year:
More Instructional Time for Reading
We are excited to announce a new schedule that will be in place at Palo Verde beginning next year. As a staff we have decided to end our Early/Late Reading sessions.
With the district-wide implementation of Reader’s Workshop and Guided Reading we are finding that dividing our students into two groups for reading limits the amount of time and activities that we are able to spend on reading instruction. Reader’s Workshop requires significantly more time than the 50 minutes of time allotted for reading instruction currently.
Every first through third grade student will now receive an additional fifteen minutes of instruction Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We will have one start time for all students, 8:15 am. Kindergarten schedule will remain the same for next year. 1st – 3rd grade students will be released as an entire group at 2:15 Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday. 4th and 5th grade students will be released at 2:50 pm.
In the past Palo Verde had a longer Wednesday schedule than all other schools in the district to make up some of the time lost for the fewer minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. With our increase in minutes for next year we will reduce Wednesday’s schedule to match the rest of the schools in PAUSD. Wednesday’s all students, K – 5, will attend school from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm.
The new Schedule is as follows
K – 5 School Starts at 8:15 am for all students every day, M – F
1-3 grades School ends at 2:15 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
4-5 grades School Ends at 2:50 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
Wednesday Schedule for all 8:15 am to 1:15 pm
Technology & PE Summer Class @ Palo Verde!
A Mixture of Technology, P.E., & Fun
4 Weeks / 16 students / Current Grades 3rd, 4th, & 5th
The goal for this summer school class is to provide a fun, interactive learning experience that offers a small number of students the opportunity to increase, explore, and expand their technology skills while making time to exercise and have fun outside. The class will be limited to 16 students and will be held during the dates of traditional summer school: June 18th through July 13, with no class on July 4th. Each day this 3-hour class will include a blend of morning warmup activities, a technology session, a time for organized PE activities & games, then another technology session. There will not be a separate recess or snack time as the class is three hours. Snacks and drinks can be brought to class and consumed when needed.
In Palo Alto, families have numerous summer opportunities for kids, however this class is offered as a unique opportunity focusing on fun, technology, and exercise. Due to the limited number of students in this program, the class will be filled according to a first come, first serve basis. Thank you for considering this summer class for your child.
Family Portraits Fundraiser in Gamble Gardens May 27.
Students with a Camera (SWAC) will be offering 25 min Mini Sessions to capture family and individual portraits at Gamble Gardens. Sessions are $40 and include one 8×10 and an online viewing portfolio of your images. Visit our website to see samples and learn more about our organization. All photographs will be available for digital as well as print purchases and we have a great variety of custom unique gifts and items for your home. Book your session online A.S.A.P at www.gunnswac.org 100% of the profits go to benefit local students in their photography pursuits.
Dine Out & Earn More eScrip $$$ for Palo Verde
eScrip runs the eScrip Dining rewards program. When you dine at participating restaurants and use a credit card that is registered with eScrip, a percentage of your payment will be given to Palo Verde. Here is a sampling of participating restaurants in and around Palo Alto:
- Anatolian Kitchen
- Café Epi
- Illusions
- Janta
- Mantra
- Siam Orchid
- Sliderbar Café
To search for other participating restaurants, go to www.escrip.rewardsnetwork.com. Please just be sure the credit cards you use when you dine out are registered with eScrip. If you aren’t registered for eScrip yet, please go to www.escrip.comand complete the registration process; we are group number137331259. If you are registered for eScrip but need to add credit card numbers to your registration, go to www.escrip.com and click on “my eScrip”.
for the flyer and more information.
No Regrets Parenting Book on Sale
The Palo Verde PTA, in conjunction with the Fairmeadow, El Carmelo and JLS PTAs, was pleased to sponsor Dr. Harley Rotbart for a Parent Education event on May 1st. Dr. Rotbart spoke about his most recent book, No Regrets Parenting. We had over 100 guests and enjoyed a potluck before the presentation.
With his book as a foundation for his talk, Dr. Rotbart provided an overview of the challenges we face as parents and outlined some strategies and suggestions for making the most of these precious years, which fly by so quickly. Many were inspired by Dr. Rotbart’s suggestions because they seemed so achievable and so instinctive. In brief, the book is about time management with kids, from crib through college. Unlike other time management books that concentrate on finding and creating efficiencies and new methods for organizing, No Regrets Parenting talks instead about creating opportunities that result in meaningful and memorable times with your kids.
If you missed Dr. Rotbart’s talk but are interested in his book, copies are available for $10. You can pick up a copy in the Palo Verde office and drop your check off in the PTA president’s mail box..Chris or Jenny can help you. For more information on Dr. Rotbart andNo Regrets Parenting, please visit www.noregretsparenting.com
New Schedule For 2012-13 School Year:
More Instructional Time for Reading
We are excited to announce a new schedule that will be in place at Palo Verde beginning next year. As a staff we have decided to end our Early/Late Reading sessions.
With the district-wide implementation of Reader’s Workshop and Guided Reading we are finding that dividing our students into two groups for reading limits the amount of time and activities that we are able to spend on reading instruction. Reader’s Workshop requires significantly more time than the 50 minutes of time allotted for reading instruction currently.
Every first through third grade student will now receive an additional fifteen minutes of instruction Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We will have one start time for all students, 8:15 am. Kindergarten schedule will remain the same for next year. 1st – 3rd grade students will be released as an entire group at 2:15 Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday. 4th and 5th grade students will be released at 2:50 pm.
In the past Palo Verde had a longer Wednesday schedule than all other schools in the district to make up some of the time lost for the fewer minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. With our increase in minutes for next year we will reduce Wednesday’s schedule to match the rest of the schools in PAUSD. Wednesday’s all students, K – 5, will attend school from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm.
The new Schedule is as follows
K – 5 School Starts at 8:15 am for all students every day, M – F
1-3 grades School ends at 2:15 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
4-5 grades School Ends at 2:50 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
Wednesday Schedule for all 8:15 am to 1:15 pm
Technology & PE Summer Class @ Palo Verde!
A Mixture of Technology, P.E., & Fun
4 Weeks / 16 students / Current Grades 3rd, 4th, & 5th
The goal for this summer school class is to provide a fun, interactive learning experience that offers a small number of students the opportunity to increase, explore, and expand their technology skills while making time to exercise and have fun outside. The class will be limited to 16 students and will be held during the dates of traditional summer school: June 18th through July 13, with no class on July 4th. Each day this 3-hour class will include a blend of morning warmup activities, a technology session, a time for organized PE activities & games, then another technology session. There will not be a separate recess or snack time as the class is three hours. Snacks and drinks can be brought to class and consumed when needed.
In Palo Alto, families have numerous summer opportunities for kids, however this class is offered as a unique opportunity focusing on fun, technology, and exercise. Due to the limited number of students in this program, the class will be filled according to a first come, first serve basis. Thank you for considering this summer class for your child.
Students with a Camera (SWAC) will be offering 25 min Mini Sessions to capture family and individual portraits at Gamble Gardens. Sessions are $40 and include one 8×10 and an online viewing portfolio of your images. Visit our website to see samples and learn more about our organization. All photographs will be available for digital as well as print purchases and we have a great variety of custom unique gifts and items for your home. Book your session online A.S.A.P at www.gunnswac.org 100% of the profits go to benefit local students in their photography pursuits.
eScrip runs the eScrip Dining rewards program. When you dine at participating restaurants and use a credit card that is registered with eScrip, a percentage of your payment will be given to Palo Verde. Here is a sampling of participating restaurants in and around Palo Alto:
- Anatolian Kitchen
- Café Epi
- Illusions
- Janta
- Mantra
- Siam Orchid
- Sliderbar Café
To search for other participating restaurants, go to www.escrip.rewardsnetwork.com. Please just be sure the credit cards you use when you dine out are registered with eScrip. If you aren’t registered for eScrip yet, please go to www.escrip.comand complete the registration process; we are group number137331259. If you are registered for eScrip but need to add credit card numbers to your registration, go to www.escrip.com and click on “my eScrip”.
for the flyer and more information.
No Regrets Parenting Book on Sale
The Palo Verde PTA, in conjunction with the Fairmeadow, El Carmelo and JLS PTAs, was pleased to sponsor Dr. Harley Rotbart for a Parent Education event on May 1st. Dr. Rotbart spoke about his most recent book, No Regrets Parenting. We had over 100 guests and enjoyed a potluck before the presentation.
With his book as a foundation for his talk, Dr. Rotbart provided an overview of the challenges we face as parents and outlined some strategies and suggestions for making the most of these precious years, which fly by so quickly. Many were inspired by Dr. Rotbart’s suggestions because they seemed so achievable and so instinctive. In brief, the book is about time management with kids, from crib through college. Unlike other time management books that concentrate on finding and creating efficiencies and new methods for organizing, No Regrets Parenting talks instead about creating opportunities that result in meaningful and memorable times with your kids.
If you missed Dr. Rotbart’s talk but are interested in his book, copies are available for $10. You can pick up a copy in the Palo Verde office and drop your check off in the PTA president’s mail box..Chris or Jenny can help you. For more information on Dr. Rotbart andNo Regrets Parenting, please visit www.noregretsparenting.com
New Schedule For 2012-13 School Year:
More Instructional Time for Reading
We are excited to announce a new schedule that will be in place at Palo Verde beginning next year. As a staff we have decided to end our Early/Late Reading sessions.
With the district-wide implementation of Reader’s Workshop and Guided Reading we are finding that dividing our students into two groups for reading limits the amount of time and activities that we are able to spend on reading instruction. Reader’s Workshop requires significantly more time than the 50 minutes of time allotted for reading instruction currently.
Every first through third grade student will now receive an additional fifteen minutes of instruction Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. We will have one start time for all students, 8:15 am. Kindergarten schedule will remain the same for next year. 1st – 3rd grade students will be released as an entire group at 2:15 Mon, Tues, Thurs, and Friday. 4th and 5th grade students will be released at 2:50 pm.
In the past Palo Verde had a longer Wednesday schedule than all other schools in the district to make up some of the time lost for the fewer minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. With our increase in minutes for next year we will reduce Wednesday’s schedule to match the rest of the schools in PAUSD. Wednesday’s all students, K – 5, will attend school from 8:15 am to 1:15 pm.
The new Schedule is as follows
K – 5 School Starts at 8:15 am for all students every day, M – F
1-3 grades School ends at 2:15 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
4-5 grades School Ends at 2:50 pm – M, Tu, Th and Fri
Wednesday Schedule for all 8:15 am to 1:15 pm
Technology & PE Summer Class @ Palo Verde!
A Mixture of Technology, P.E., & Fun
4 Weeks / 16 students / Current Grades 3rd, 4th, & 5th
The goal for this summer school class is to provide a fun, interactive learning experience that offers a small number of students the opportunity to increase, explore, and expand their technology skills while making time to exercise and have fun outside. The class will be limited to 16 students and will be held during the dates of traditional summer school: June 18th through July 13, with no class on July 4th. Each day this 3-hour class will include a blend of morning warmup activities, a technology session, a time for organized PE activities & games, then another technology session. There will not be a separate recess or snack time as the class is three hours. Snacks and drinks can be brought to class and consumed when needed.
In Palo Alto, families have numerous summer opportunities for kids, however this class is offered as a unique opportunity focusing on fun, technology, and exercise. Due to the limited number of students in this program, the class will be filled according to a first come, first serve basis. Thank you for considering this summer class for your child.
Students with a Camera (SWAC) will be offering 25 min Mini Sessions to capture family and individual portraits at Gamble Gardens. Sessions are $40 and include one 8×10 and an online viewing portfolio of your images. Visit our website to see samples and learn more about our organization. All photographs will be available for digital as well as print purchases and we have a great variety of custom unique gifts and items for your home. Book your session online A.S.A.P at www.gunnswac.org 100% of the profits go to benefit local students in their photography pursuits.
eScrip runs the eScrip Dining rewards program. When you dine at participating restaurants and use a credit card that is registered with eScrip, a percentage of your payment will be given to Palo Verde. Here is a sampling of participating restaurants in and around Palo Alto:
- Anatolian Kitchen
- Café Epi
- Illusions
- Janta
- Mantra
- Siam Orchid
- Sliderbar Café
To search for other participating restaurants, go to www.escrip.rewardsnetwork.com. Please just be sure the credit cards you use when you dine out are registered with eScrip. If you aren’t registered for eScrip yet, please go to www.escrip.comand complete the registration process; we are group number137331259. If you are registered for eScrip but need to add credit card numbers to your registration, go to www.escrip.com and click on “my eScrip”.