February 8, 2010

New Announcements:

·         DESEF Online Auction Closes Tuesday! The Disney  Education Foundation's online auction is NOW OPEN and runs through Tuesday, February 9. Additionally, the live auction / dinner / casino night gala is scheduled for Saturday, February 27. Tickets are still for sale to this fabulous event. You can purchase tickets to the live auction event online at the auction site.

 

·         Eat at Chevy's in San Ramon and raise money for Disney: eat or order "to-go" at the San Ramon Chevy's restaurant from 11 am to 10 pm this Thursday, February 11 and Chevy's will donate 25% to the Disney Education Foundation. Make sure you mention that you are from Disney Elementary.

·         Meeting this Thursday: come to this month's PTA meeting this Thursday, February 11, in the library. Our general meeting starts at 7:00 pm. This is a great opportunity to hear about the latest school happenings and events. Also, I’d like to send out a big “thank you” to our PTA for another fun family fun night this past Friday. We had another Bingo night that was very well attended. Children and family enjoyed playing bingo, previewing the classroom auction baskets that are on sale at the auction, and enjoying treats baked by members of one of our Disney girl scout troops. If you have not attended a PTA family fun night, there will be others coming soon!

·         Spirit Day this Friday: our student council is sponsoring another school "spirit day" this Friday, February 12. This Friday is "Crazy Hair Day." All students and staff are invited to come to school with their favorite crazy hair-do.

·         Chevron Matching Grants: thanks to Chevron and Donors Choose, our teachers can post their proposed projects in Math, Science, Technology, and Engineering for individuals and companies to give funds to pay for associated equipment. For every dollar you or your employer donates to a project, Chevron will match your donation until the teacher can fund the project. Disney's 3^rd grade team has posted their Flipping Over Math project. Check it out.

·         Time with Technology: thanks to both our PTA and DESEF for funds that have contributed greatly to our movement towards providing Disney students with “21^st century tools.” In addition to our new presentation systems (document camera, upgraded computers, and LCD projectors) in all K-5 classrooms, our new iMac lab is driving an updated learning experience for our students. If you’d like to view the technology standards that students are learning both in the lab and within classrooms, visit the Disney Computer Lab website. You can also visit the Disney Lab wiki to view links of specific online sites and resources that Disney students use. Children can also visit most of these sites from home.

In order to give you a “snapshot” of some of the work being accomplished in our iMac lab, here are this week’s highlights of what students have been doing in the lab with Ms. Manghirmalani:

K: Students worked on their counting skills.

1st : Students worked on basic addition and subtraction skills.

2nd: Students worked on and completed the time telling skills.

3rd: Students worked on multiplication and division skills.

4th & 5th: Students researched  about and took notes on Vancouver 2010 Olympics report.

 

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

February 1, 2010

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Congratulations to this week’s WOW winners who were “caught being good” by showing their “mega-skills.”

 

Riane A. from Mr. Blair’s class

Isabella C. from Ms. Faber’s class

Jared J. from Ms. Koby’s class

Alyssa G. from Ms. Fagerbourg’s class

Anjali K. from Ms. Costa’s class

Kolton V. from Ms. Hughes’ class

Kendra H. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Haley R. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Marlon A. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Andrew R. from Ms. Macias’ class

Owen T. from Ms. Frank/Windham’s class

Atticus M. from Ms. Biven’s class

Amy V. from Ms. Parkhurst’s class

Madison Q. from Ms. Garrahan’s class

Hanna C. from Ms. Tayeb’s class

Morgan C. from Ms. Schaeffer’s class

·         DESEF Auction is Here! The Disney  Education Foundation’s online auction is NOW OPEN and runs through February 9. Additionally, the live auction / dinner / casino night gala is scheduled for Saturday, February 27. Tickets are still for sale to this fabulous event. You can purchase tickets to the live auction event online at the auction site.

I am truly looking forward to my first auction event here at Disney. I want to especially thank DESEF and especially Michelle Cordoba for her leadership in organizing this fundraising effort. The prizes that will be auctioned off are incredible. With the continued cuts that we anticipate coming from the recently released Governor’s budget, we know that our operating budget for the 2010-2011 school year will be a challenge, to say the least. With funds from the state decreasing, the local fundraising efforts of schools become increasingly important to ensure that our children have the high quality education that they deserve. The funds raised from events like the upcoming auctions will fund critical programs here at Disney Elementary such as our library, technology, art program, and classroom / intervention aides.

 

·         DESEF Auction Poster Contest: Congratulations to our student winners! Thank you to all our student artists who participated. I’d like to especially thank Sherry Rosso who organized this contest.

 

Online Auction Poster Winners
 
Kindergarten – 2nd Grade
 
1st Place: Matthew H – Thelan
2nd Place: Chris H – Drain/Fissore
3rd Place: Ian D - Drain/Fissore
Honorable Mention: Siddharth K – Drain/Fissore
 
 3rd Grade – 5th Grade
 
1st Place: Juliette M - Rodriguez
2nd Place: Rohith K - Schaeffer
3rd Place: Simrin S - Biven
 
Certificates for Largest Class Participation go to Ms. Drain/Ms. Fissore (K-2nd) and Ms. Biven (3rd – 5th)!
 
Posters will be displayed in the halls, near the library. Please come in to see our students' display!

 

·         SRVEF 1^st Annual Read-a-thon: The San Ramon Education Foundation is holding their first every read-a-thon to raise funds and, at the same time, promote the critical skill of reading. At Disney, we will promote and encourage students to participate in the read-a-thon, however, we will promote the read-a-thon part without the fundraising aspect for this year. We strongly support SRVEF, however, we have our DESEF auction event currently running and our WDPTA spell-a-thon event coming in the near future. I feel strongly that we cannot go to our community one more time for additional fundraising. If you and your child would like to obtain pledges and participate in the fundraising portion, you can visit the SRVEF Read-a-thon website. There are prizes and incentives for students who participate in just the reading aspect as well. Our wonderful librarian, Dianna Rom, will give students information about the read-a-thon during their library time.

·         Parking in Front of Kids Country: We have observed an increasing number of cars illegally parked in front of Kids Country both before school and at the 9:30 drop off time for our late readers. When cars are parked in the loading zone curb, other cars cannot safely drop off children at the curb. Some cars are resorting to dropping off their children in the middle of the lane. Please find parking in our parking lot or on Pine Valley Road and walk your child into Kids Country to create a safer parking lot for our children and community.

 

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 25, 2010

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Congratulations to this week’s WOW winners who were “caught being good” by showing their “mega-skills.”

 

Mia R. from Mr. Blair’s class

Kailey C. from Ms. Faber’s class

Michael C. from Ms. Koby’s class

Ruby R. from Ms. Fagerbourg’s class

Z Ryn E. from Ms. Costa’s class

Ryan P. from Ms. Hughes’ class

Nora S. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Kelsea M. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Bella R. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Kyle H. from Ms. Macias’ class

Sydney B. from Ms. Frank/Windham’s class

Jocelyn G. from Ms. Biven’s class

Lizzy V. from Ms. Parkhurst’s class

 

·         Staff Development Day on Monday, January 25: Enjoy your 3 day weekend.

·         DESEF Auction is Coming! The Disney  Education Foundation’s online auction will be opening on January 29 and runs through February 9. Additionally, the live auction / dinner / casino night gala is scheduled for Saturday, February 27. Tickets are still for sale to this fabulous event. I am truly looking forward to my first auction event here at Disney. I want to especially thank DESEF and especially Michelle Cordoba for her leadership in organizing this fundraising effort. The prizes that will be auctioned off are incredible. With the continued cuts that we anticipate coming from the recently released Governor’s budget, we know that our operating budget for the 2010-2011 school year will be a challenge, to say the least. With funds from the state decreasing, the local fundraising efforts of schools become increasingly important to ensure that our children have the high quality education that they deserve. The funds raised from events like the upcoming auctions will fund critical programs here at Disney Elementary such as our library, technology, art program, and classroom / intervention aides.

·         Let’s Cut Down Our Tardies! Please make a concerted effort to get your children to school on time in the morning. Our staff begin supervising the grounds starting at 8:25 am. A “warning bell” rings at 8:35 am with the tardy bell ringing at 8:40 am. This week, our attendance desk has prepared over 70 letters to families to warn them that their child(ren) have 3 or more tardies since the start of the school year. Being late to school leads to the following challenges for your child:

·         Your child misses important classroom announcements

·         Missing valuable instruction

·         Increased stress felt by children

·         A possible belief that school or promptness is not important

·         Missing out on play time and social opportunities that he/she could have on the playground before school

 

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

·         Are you cleaning out your house after the Holidays? Please support Walt Disney Junior Girl Scout Troop 30940 as they work towards earning their Bronze Award with Operation Donation. Our scouts are collecting items for families in need starting Tuesday, 1/19/10, they will have bins in the front of the school by the flag pole, back of the school, and one in the front office. They will be collecting the following items: blankets, sleeping bags, toys, clothing, shoes (new or slightly used), coats, rain ponchos, and new socks. These items will be donated to St. Anthony's Padua Dining Hall to be distributed to people and families in need. Operation Donation ends on Friday 1/29/10. Thank you for your support.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

January 19, 2010

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Congratulations to this week’s WOW winners who were “caught being good” by showing their “mega-skills.”

 

Jack B. from Mr. Blair’s class

Jenna W. from Ms. Faber’s class

Viola S. from Ms. Koby’s class

Angelia D. from Ms. Fagerbourg’s class

Karl L. from Ms. Garrahan’s class

Jake D. from Ms. Costa’s class

Aramis S. from Ms. Schaeffer’s class

CC F. from Ms. Hughes’ class

Nikolina B. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Kayla W. & Sarah St. from Ms. Tayeb’s class

Megan O. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Lilliana M. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Annie K. from Ms. Macias’ class

Fiona X. from Ms. Frank/Windham’s class

Christian V. from Ms. Biven’s class

 

·         Are you cleaning out your house after the Holidays? Please support Walt Disney Junior Girl Scout Troop 30940 as they work towards earning their Bronze Award with Operation Donation. Our scouts are collecting items for families in need starting Tuesday, 1/19/10, they will have bins in the front of the school by the flag pole, back of the school, and one in the front office. They will be collecting the following items: blankets, sleeping bags, toys, clothing, shoes (new or slightly used), coats, rain ponchos, and new socks. These items will be donated to St. Anthony's Padua Dining Hall to be distributed to people and families in need. Operation Donation ends on Friday 1/29/10. Thank you for your support.  

 

·         Memorial Services for Teacher Judy Reid: We will have a memorial service for Judy Reid on Saturday, January 23 at 10 am in the school MPR. Judy was a teacher at Disney for 33 years. We welcome the community to attend to remember and celebrate Judy’s life and impact on us as a teacher, colleague, and friend.

 

·         Staff Development Day on Monday, January 25: Next Monday, students do not have school as our teachers will be working hard in two specific topics during Staff Development Day. We will collaborate on aligning our writing instruction and also receive training on our new classroom presentations systems (LCD projectors, document cameras, and computers).

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

·         Attention all artists: The 6th Annual Street Smarts Storybook Poster Contest presented by Sunset Development Company is here!  Elementary school children from throughout the San Ramon Valley are encouraged to draw illustrations for Street Smarts’ third traffic safety storybook, “The Giant’s Party” by local author Dana Mentink.  In the story, Jack climbs the beanstalk up to the giant’s castle and receives instructions to deliver party invitations to other storybook characters.  Jack learns about bicycle, scooter, skateboard, and rollerblade safety along the way.

 

The winning illustrations will be featured in the final ten-page storybook and will be distributed to thousands of children in the San Ramon Valley at libraries and community centers.  The ten winners will get their own treasure: a Flip Video Camcorder and art kit.  The winning artwork and final storybook will be unveiled at the Storybook Poster Contest Awards Ceremony on March 11, 2010 at the Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center.

 

Students in grades K-5 of all artistic abilities are encouraged to participate.  The contest ends February 8, 2010.  Entry forms and contest information can be picked up at the main office or by visiting www.streetsmarts-srv.com.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year Everyone -- January 11, 2010

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Congratulations to this week’s WOW winners! All winners were showing our Disney “Mega-skills” and were given a WOW slip. These winners had their slips drawn by their teacher and had lunch with me. Wow winners are also given a prize – a $1 gift certificate to our student council’s student store.

 

Kevin V. from Mr. Blair’s class

Christian A. from Ms. Faber’s class

Christa F. from Ms. Koby’s class

Andrew M. from Ms. Fagerbourg’s class

Miriam M. from Ms. Garrahan’s class

Edwin V. from Ms. Costa’s class

Halley M. from Ms. Schaeffer’s class

Marie J. from Ms. Hughes’ class

Aaron C. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Katarina B. from Ms. Tayeb’s class

Reide D. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Haley C. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Karen S. from Ms. Macias’ class

Sofia G. from Ms. Frank/Windham’s class

Christian F. from Ms. Parkhurst’s class

 

·         Thank you for the 21^st century tools:  Over the winter break, little “elves” came onto our campus and installed LCD projectors and document cameras into all K-5 classrooms. We also had installed new iMac computers in our computer lab. Our staff and students came back this week to these new teaching and learning tools. We would like to thank our three major parent groups—DESEF, PTA, and Site Council for their roles in providing the funds to acquire these tools that will greatly impact teaching and learning. Here are some quotes from staff and students that I’d like to share with you.

 

I just used the doc camera... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  -- Mr. Blair (1st grade)

I used the visual presenter this afternoon and it was fantastic. It is so nice to be able to place any document under it and have it up on the screen. Thank you, thank you for pursuing this. I think it will save time and some money on supplies (such as transparencies) – Mrs. Parkhurst (3rd grade)

Thank you for buying the projectors for us! We like it a lot — 1st grade student

 

When I was in yesterday, Julie showed me how to use the doc camera and lcd.  Oh my goodness!  My face lit up through the entire math lesson today.  I LOVE IT!  It is amazing how two technological components can entirely change how I teach math and even more importantly, improves how students understand and visually see what is being taught.  I am floored by how much I love it!!! – Mrs. Frank (1^st grade)

 

The projector came at a perfect time. While studying about the explorers, students learned that in 1565 Spain founded St Augustine (in present-day Florida), the first European settlement in what is now the United States. I had just read an article in Coastal Living on St. Augustine that had pictures of the way the town is today. It was wonderful that the students could compare the “then and now.” – Mrs. Hughes (5^th grade)

 

I, too, used the doc camera today (thanks to Marianne)!! Way cool!  Looking forward to increasing my tech fluency. :)  -- Ms. Koby (2^nd grade)

 

My teacher was teaching writing with it today and she was showing different students’ papers. Then, I was able to go up and use the document camera because she asked me to show how I wrote my paragraph to my class. – 4^th grade student

 

·         Attention all artists: The 6th Annual Street Smarts Storybook Poster Contest presented by Sunset Development Company is here!  Elementary school children from throughout the San Ramon Valley are encouraged to draw illustrations for Street Smarts’ third traffic safety storybook, “The Giant’s Party” by local author Dana Mentink.  In the story, Jack climbs the beanstalk up to the giant’s castle and receives instructions to deliver party invitations to other storybook characters.  Jack learns about bicycle, scooter, skateboard, and rollerblade safety along the way.

 

The winning illustrations will be featured in the final ten-page storybook and will be distributed to thousands of children in the San Ramon Valley at libraries and community centers.  The ten winners will get their own treasure: a Flip Video Camcorder and art kit.  The winning artwork and final storybook will be unveiled at the Storybook Poster Contest Awards Ceremony on March 11, 2010 at the Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center.

 

Students in grades K-5 of all artistic abilities are encouraged to participate.  The contest ends February 8, 2010.  Entry forms and contest information can be picked up at the main office or by visiting www.streetsmarts-srv.com.

 

·         Loading/Unloading Zone on Pine Valley Blvd:  As a reminder, San Ramon Transportation has designated an approximate 90 ft. section of the street curb in front of our school to function as a loading/unloading area during our morning drop off and afternoon pick-up times. There is no parking along this section of curb during drop-off and pick-up times. Violations are citable by SRPD.

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 14, 2009

New Announcements:

 

·         WOW Winners:  Congratulations to the last two week’s WOW winners!

 

Sam K. and Jeremy J. from Mr. Blair’s class

James Y. and Trevor S. from Ms. Faber’s class

Justin W. and Gregory K. from Ms. Koby’s class

Isaiah B. and Katherine L. from Ms. Fagerbourg’s class

Dessyre T. Nicole G. from Ms. Garrahan’s class

Hanna C. and Dayton S. from Ms. Costa’s class

Haley F. and Tisan N. from Ms. Schaeffer’s class

Ryan H., Olivia M., and Kaylin D. from Ms. Hughes’ class

Taylor A. and Ryan S. from Ms. Siskind/ Ms. Vanasupa’s class

Mackenzie M. and Katie S. from Ms. Tayeb’s class

Lisa L. and Christine D. from Ms. Drain/Fissore’s class

Alyssa M. and Nicholas R. from Ms. Rodriguez’s class

Sarah K. and Ben M. from Ms. Macias’ class

Andrew S. and Zachary S. from Ms. Frank/Windham’s class

Brianna K. and Ariana D. from Ms. Biven’s class

Nick F. and Sergio S. from Ms. Parkhurst’s class

 

·         Disney Technology Survey:  Please give us your feedback regarding bringing more “21^st century” tools (computers) into our classrooms. We are also in need of parent volunteers who have some technology skills to help Mrs. Manghirmalani, our computer lab teacher and technician, install our new iMac’s. Give feedback and/or sign up to be a volunteer by going to the Disney Technology Survey.

 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

·         Traffix Busing Update: As you are aware, the TRAFFIX Program began providing student transportation service to your school in the fall of 2009. Funded by a countywide sales tax, TRAFFIX is designed specifically to provide traffic congestion relief to some of the most congested areas of the San Ramon Valley. TRAFFIX is operated by a separate independent agency, of which the San Ramon Valley Unified School District is a proud partner.
 
As a part of its route planning effort that is already underway for the 2010-11 school year, TRAFFIX would like to get your feedback about its service. The following link will take you to a confidential Web-based survey. Your feedback will allow TRAFFIX to continually improve their service and assess whether there is sufficient demand to maintain its program funding.
 
To take the survey, please click on the following link: http://traffix09.questionpro.com  The survey will be active until Sunday, December 13, 2009.   
 
Thank you in advance for your participation in this important planning effort.

·         New Schedule for 2^nd Graders in 2010: As we enter December, please be mindful that all 2^nd graders in SRVUSD will transition away from the early/late readers schedule. Some SRVUSD schools eliminated their 2^nd grade early/late reader schedule at the beginning of the year. This will be in effect starting January  4, 2010 upon our return from Winter Break. All 2^nd graders will go a full instructional day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 20, 2009

New Announcements:

 

·         Happy Thanksgiving: On behalf of the entire Disney staff, I’d like to wish you and your family a Happy Thanksgiving. We hope you enjoy your week off and are able to spend quality time with family and friends as the holidays are upon us.

 

·         Escrip – Did you know you can sign up for E-Scrip, register your Safeway card and/or your credit cards to the secure service, and earn money for Disney Elementary by just doing your normal and holiday shopping? This is the simplest thing to do. We would love to see 100% participation in this program. It is  quick and painless and as a result each time you shop you  know you are supporting our school. The link is http://www.escrip.comand I promise it only takes a few minutes but can yields thousands of dollars for us.  You can link to your Safeway Card as well as several different credit cards. Take your pick ..all will help out our school. 

 

·         Thank you to all the wonderful Walt Disney families for your generous donations during the "We Care" drive for our sister school in Antioch.  We delivered a car full of donations to Fremont Elementary that included warm coats and outerwear, mittens, umbrellas, and boxes of snacks.  The school staff was so grateful. They call our school families their special angels.  They assured us that every item would be put to use.  They shared stories of the children and how much they needed our help.  May you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and know what a huge difference you have made in the lives of others. Thank you to Disney parents Joan Knight and Christine Salisbury for their efforts in chairing this worthwhile program that models to our children the giving spirit.

 

·         New Schedule for 2^nd Graders in 2010: As we enter December, please be mindful that all 2^nd graders in SRVUSD will transition away from the early/late readers schedule. Some SRVUSD schools eliminated their 2^nd grade early/late reader schedule at the beginning of the year. This will be in effect starting January  4, 2010 upon our return from Winter Break. All 2^nd graders will go a full instructional day.

 

·         PTA Art Contest Winners:  Thank you to all of our students who submitted entries into our PTA Art Contest. They were all beautiful. A special thank you to Sherry Rosso and our PTA for chairing and sponsoring, respectively, this event. The following are our winning artists:

 

Visual Art:



Group One (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade):
1st Place: J. Sung - Reid/Costa,
2nd Place: C. Singh - Siskind/Vanasupa,
3rd Place: K. Hirtle  -Prochazka, Honorable Mention: M. Rosellini - Prochazka



Group Two (3rd Grade - 5th Grade):
1st Place: A. Moghannam – Rodriguez, 
2nd Place: N. Baer – Tayeb,
3rd Place: M. Jaber –Tayeb, 
Honorable Mention: J. Sung - Parkhurst



 

Photography



Group One (Kindergarten - 2nd Grade):
1st Place: C. Moghannam-Drain/Fissore,
2nd Place: C. Casparian - Drain/Fissore,
3rd Place: I. Dutta - Drain/Fissore



Group Two (3rd Grade - 5th Grade):
1st Place: A. Rosso – Biven,
2nd Place: A. Badain – Macias,
3rd Place: E. Campbell - Hughes 



 

Recurring Announcements:
         

·         PC Desktops/Laptops Needed: we are still looking for donations of PC desktop or laptops. Even though our school is predominantly on the Macintosh platform, our library and one classroom has a need for a limited number of PC’s. If you or your company are looking to donate PC desktops and/or laptops, please contact me via email or by calling the school office at 479-3900. I am looking for PC’s that are able to run Windows XP proficiently.  We would be happy to provide you with a tax ID number for your tax purposes (please consult your tax advisor to see if your donation is tax-deductible).

 

·         Traffix Busing Update: We've seen a big reduction in traffic congestion on Pine Valley Rd. since TRAFFIX bus service began this year. We've also heard from a lot of Walt Disney parents and students who love having the bus service available. The routes are short, the buses are new, and the drivers are doing a great job looking after our students.

TRAFFIX pro-rates their annual bus pass throughout the year. So if you didn't get on board in August, you can get a discounted pass now for just $175 for service through the end of school in June. That's cheaper than the cost of driving back and forth to school twice a day for most folks. It's saving parents a lot of time, and preventing the congestion and gridlock we used to have in front of the school.

So if you're not yet on board, please go to http://www.ridetraffix.comto see the pickup times for the stop nearest you. If you buy a pass online with your credit card today, your child can begin riding the bus tomorrow. For more information call the TRAFFIX program manager directly at 866-TRFX (8739).