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VV P arent & T eacher A ssociation

Venetia Valley PTA. Venetia Valley PTA. VV P arent & T eacher A ssociation. January 15, 2014 General Meeting. AGENDA. Venetia Valley Kindergarten. Who we are?. Deirdre Wilson Kristin Vandro Sheila Torres. What is happening in K?. New collaborations New model

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VV P arent & T eacher A ssociation

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  1. Venetia Valley PTA Venetia Valley PTA VV Parent & Teacher Association January 15, 2014 General Meeting

  2. AGENDA

  3. Venetia Valley Kindergarten

  4. Who we are? Deirdre Wilson Kristin Vandro Sheila Torres

  5. What is happening in K? • New collaborations • New model • New and revised themes

  6. Collaborations • A new adventure born in spring of 2013 • Hoover School visit with our PK Old Gallinas • Introduced to SEAL: a bilingual model

  7. SEAL Model(Sobrato Early Academic Language)

  8. Summer Kinder Academy

  9. 2013-2014 Continuing to train with Dr. Laurie Olsen and the SEAL coaches Aligning our curriculum with Old Gallinas and with each other

  10. Launched the Bilingual Model • Goal is to begin to close the achievement gap by teaching students all academics in Spanish • Kinder 80% in Spanish • 50% in Spanish by 3rd grade • Demands alignment to ensure all groups are working on the same theme and teaching the same skills • Spanish Enrichment is given to non-spanish speakers 30 min per day. (exposure and conversation only)

  11. Super ParentsOur parents have an active role in their child’s education

  12. Kinder Themes • Teaching common core standards through SEAL strategies • 6 Science and Social Studies related themes

  13. Citizenship Citizenship

  14. Community Helpers

  15. Community Helpers

  16. Push and Pull Experiment

  17. Push and Pull Unit

  18. Weather Unit

  19. Coming Up! • Living things/Farm • Long Ago and Today

  20. Math CurriculumWe have aligned the common core standards to our Everyday Math Program

  21. Specials • Garden • Music • Library • Playworks

  22. Counseling Services Margarett Anne Centrella, M.Ed, Counselor Sandra Ramirez Griggs, MFT, Youth & Family Services, Mental Health and Substance Use Services, County of Marin

  23. PTA SHOUT OUT! CECILIA PEREZ! Venetia Valley’s Bi-literacy coach Thank you for: • Giving a stellar presentation at November PTA regarding Common Core • Regularly updates Venetia Valley’s web page • Overall great attitude and beautiful smile

  24. FALCON FUND!FONDO HALCON!GOAL: 100% participation from FAMILIES & TEACHERS/STAFF Donations accepted YEAR ROUND!

  25. Falcon Fund Status Through 1/6/2014 • 32% of VV Students have contributed • 60% of teachers/staff have contributed • Amount raised through 1/06/2014: $24,376

  26. THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING! IsaiasGramajo/Wendy De Leon Juan Hernandez/YesseniaGiron Brett/Ally Mitchell Alberto Hernandez/Irma Morfin Gidalti Lopez/Maricela Calderon Amparo Lopez Alfredo Rivera/Soledad Ramirez Victor Valiente/Arlene Castro William Hernandez/Celia Pineda Samuel Jimenez/Sandra Mancia Elvira Lopez Thomas & Maria Larson Juan Carlos Hernandez/Maria Castro Grace Xin Adam/Erin Chaffee Parminder & MalkeetGrewal Holly Wipfler Kuldeep Singh/AmarjitKaur Scot & Monica Stafford Samuel Cardenas/Alede Ruiz Isaac Urbano/Loyola Sedano Vanier/Alberta Amilcar Jessica Blake Juan Castellon/Teresa Alas Jorge Coronado/Angela Najarro Tuan Tiet/Bong Nguyen Mildred Gramajo Hector/Herlinda Garcia Mynor & Thelma Maldonado Jheny Jut Recinos Adam & Erin Chaffee Chris & Oriel Cook Joshua Frost & Amy Cosby Elmer Gramajo/Dorita De Leon Candace Langley Baldomero Ramirez/Maria Alvarado Osman Zacarias/LondiCifuentes Mark & Kimberly Press Belico De Leon/Alondra Diaz Claudia & Jose Garcia Luis Jimenez & DalilaMazariegos Andreas & Jessica Bosch Francisco Chan/Vilma Escobar Edgar Leon/AlidaVilleda Teresa Magana Jose Mazariegos/Elba Jimenez Shannon & Renee O'Hare Vlanderley/MariluciaResende Jose Ruiz/Norma Barrientos Julian/SukhwinderSaban Ilso De Leon/Onelia Diaz Erik/Marisol Diaz William Fenner/Monique Rutter Samuel Morales/Esmeralda Garcia Manuel Gomez/Dora Ramirez DelfinaRogel Oliverio Calderon/MariaElena Reyes Zoila Flores Agapito Rodriguez/Yolanda Mancia Felipe Vasquez/Feliciana Perez Bina Patel and HamedSalahshor Leonel Vazquez/Guadalupe Reyes Jaswant & GurpreetBassi John/Ericka Benassini Salvador Diaz/Robelia De Leon Eduardo Gonzalez/JianettePuacara Jose Orozco/Marianela Reyes Elma Reyes Petr/Connie Kadera Azucely Escobar Gabriela Santos Maritza Lopez/Jaime Mazariegos Reina Gonzalez Vilma Gonzalez Martha Orellana

  27. THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING! Nixon and Jeanine Changeux Jorge Espejo/LilianaMontejano Luis Hernandez/Maria Macedo Omar Mazariegos & Maria Ortiz BenedictoMazariegos/Sara Rodas Alejo Salinas/Yolanda Camacho Rosa Franco Francisco/Ingrid Galindo Henri Reyes/NohemiMonterroso MaynorRodas/Marleny Maldonado Mayra Diaz James & Torhalla Dabalos Jose Felix & Sheila Torres Juan Arreaga/Marta Lopez Magdalena Ortiz & Roger De Leon Paul & Grace Dearborn Steven/Sarah Hinkley Jose Quintero & Martha Flores David & Lisette Ross Adilso De Leon/Rosa Gramajo Steve Litras/Kari Francisco Patrick Muithya/Mary Kilonzo Aura Garcia Francisco & Berta Calero Javier & Lynn Hernandez Paul & Christina Dearborn Teresa Magaña Roger/Pamela Harrell Minh Le/Thuy Truong Eduardo Utrilla/Fatima Gonzalez James/Torhalla Dabalos Benjie Cortez Samuel Gallegos & Helen Reid Jose Felix/Sheila Torres Graciela Chavez Miguel Godoy/Mayra Bueno Mayra Romero Julian Saban/SukhwinderKaur Hector& Ana Chan Erik/Dioneyra Diaz Matthew Griggy & Jennifer Stebbins Raul Lopez/DianethMazariegos Roseli Santos/Alma Maldonado Jesus Vara & Irene Escobar Irlanda Munoz Kathleen Brabo Galindo De Leon/AmildaCifuentes Osvaldo & Max Espaillat Juan Florencio/Matilde Cruz Hector Garcia/Herlinda Martinez

  28. THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING! Quirino Gonzalez/Ninfa Ku Jesus Luna/Jacqueline Castro Hugo Mejia/YadiraMunguia Ken & Corey Monge Manolo Morales/Silvia Hernandez Jose/Maria Pena Julio Reyes/Silvia Hernandez John GofengXu/Jan Cizhen Zhu Salvador Alvarado/Adela Ramirez Juan Carlos Barrios/Ruth Pelico Francisco Tespa/Sulma Campos Manuel Escobar/Martha Sierra Mauricio Garduno/Darlin Ruiz Juan Lopez/Norma Araujo Maria Rodriguez Sabino Rodriguez/MirnaBatres Andrea Hedin and Peter Fisher Alden and Phyllis Fleming Charles Runkel / MarciamTaylor Duc-Tin & Thanh-Nhan To James & Monica Walsh Jose Gongora/Judith Calderon William/Rebecca Honick George Paloglou/Julie Chan-Paloglou Eliasar Rodriguez/Marquin Maldonado Marlo Cruz/Carmen Quintanilla Kevin & Helen Driscoll Steven Litras/Kari Francisco RulamanMazariegos/Cleotilde Calderon Aleksei & LinaRajamachvili Patrick & Kimberly Barr Hugo Anaya & Claudia De Jesus Luis Jimenez & DalilaMazarieg Jorge Espejo & LilianaMonteja SarahiMazariegos Rafael/Alma Pulido Delfino Torres & Rosa Bolanos Michael & Rebecca Hornick Riccardo Cruz & Michelle Castillo Tad Jr. & Jennifer Inouye Edgar & Diana Mendoza Edwar & Elisabeth Shea (Ed and Betty Shea)

  29. Thanks to the Teachers/Staff Who Have Contributed to the Falcon Fund! STAFF Juan Rodriguez Mari Kernan Maria Bartlett Barbara Wing Leslie Ramirez Coach Carly Roxanna Guzman Laura McCurdy Nancy Donovan JaquieParker Margaret Anne Centrella Kindergarten – 4th Kristin Vandro– K Sheila Torres – K Deirdre Wilson - K YoanaLandin – 1st Briana Padilla – 1st Lucia Wahl – 1st Kim Press – 2nd Diana Mendoza – 2nd Megan Sulsberger– 2nd Michelle Rosecrans – 2/3 AlexaSakellariou – 2/3 Jessica Ferrar – 3rd Carolyn Kenneray – 3rd John Seligman – 3rd 4th – 8th Joy Conway – 4th Kim O’Brien – 4th Maggie Dawes – 4th Karen DeTore – 5th Marc Belmont – 5th Mary Kate Kenney 5th Michelle Castillo – 5th Freddy Dominguez - MS Shannon McKown – MS Raleigh Yasinitsky – MS Mabel Bialik – MS David Schmitz – MS Michele Harland - MS

  30. 2013-2014 Approved BudgetRevenue Generated this year

  31. 2013-2014 Approved BudgetExpenses Paid Through 1/6/2014

  32. 2013-2014 Approved Budget

  33. The Good News! • Last year we raised 28K in Falcon Fund – this year we’ve already Raised 24K!!! • 32% of our families have already made a contribution to our schools programs – We still have 68% left that can help out! • Carnival had a huge year for fundraising!

  34. The Other News….. • We need to raise 44K in order to pay this years bills • Already cut from our budget: • School Supervision Personnel: $10k • We may have to reduce: • Garden hours • K-3 Music hours • Teacher Supply Accounts

  35. How do we meet the Falcon Fund Goals? $180 perfamily donation to the falcon fund would cover ALL of our expenses for THIS YEAR ONLY

  36. Other Ways To Raise Money • Dinner Dance (Tropical Night) • Live and/or Silent Auction at an event • Raffle • Rummage Sale • Dine-For-Dollars Events • Father-Daughter Dance • Mother-Son Event • Use Amazon, sign up for Escrip

  37. How Can You Help? • Give to the Falcon Fund if you haven’t already • Spread the word! Share tonight’s information with other parents, encourage them to give. • Volunteer to make phone calls, 5-15 calls per class • Come to the fundraising meeting on 1/22 with your ideas or contact Amy if you have questions or ideas • Volunteer for potential upcoming events such as a dinner dance, rummage sale, dining events

  38. Another easy way to earn! Go to VVPTA.ORG, click on the AMAZON link and BUY, BUY, BUY! October 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013 = $488.50

  39. Next Steps? • Fund Raising meeting 1/22 – 6:30 – 8pm, all are invited (School Library) • Some ideas: Rummage Sale, Dine 4 Dollars, Auctions, Raffles, Mother/Son fun night, etc • Falcon fund campaign continues: • 1/23: Letter home to families that have not contributed • 2/3 – 2/7: Phone calls to individual families who have not contributed

  40. Upcoming Dates to Know! • Jan 20: Martin Luther King Day (No School) • Jan 29: SELAC Meeting • Jan 30: Kindergarten Tour • Feb 2 - 7: Falcon Fund phone campaign • February 11: 5th Grade-Parent Middle School Information Night • February 12: Parent Meeting (5th grade & LEAP Review) • February 13: Kindergarten Tour • Feb 17-21: Mid Winter Break (No School) • February 27: Kindergarten Tour

  41. How to stay in touch? • PTA Mail blasts – please email us if you’d like to subscribe: venetiavalleypta@gmail.com • Facebook: LIKE us “Venetia Valley K-8 PTA”

  42. Principal’s Update Mari Kernan, Assistant Principal

  43. Common Core State StandardsCCSS What are they? Where can I find more information? http://www.srcs.org/

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