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Come and join us for math games and science experiments:

• Play Nine Men’s Morris, Area Antics, Stop Gate and more • Make an electrical circuit, a Marble Walker, and a hovercraft • Does the edge of a piece of paper look more like a knife-edge or a feather? Let’s magnify it 100x

with our microscope and find out • What is a one sided figure? What happens when you cut it in half?

Make knot puzzles, solve and take home – stump your friends » Questions?? Contact Stephanie Youngquist ([email protected])

Carmeletter Issue 11 El Carmelo PTA Newsletter March 16, 2007

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March 18— March 20— March 21— March 22— March 24— March 30— April 2-6— April 10— April 12— April 14—

Math/Science Night (3:30—5:30 pm) PTA General Meeting (7 pm) Crazy Hair Day Carmeletter Submission Deadline (3:00 pm) Pancake Breakfast (8:30—10:30 am) Minimum Day (1:30 pm Dismissal) NO SCHOOL—Spring Break Board of Education Meeting (7:00 pm) Carmeletter Submission Deadline (3:00 pm) El Carmelo Auction (6:00—11:30 pm)

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Book Exchange (see pg. 4)Volunteer

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Pancake Breakfast Volunteers Needed!



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Pancake Breakfast

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Volunteers Needed!

Where: MP Room Date: Sunday, March 18 Time: 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Grades: K-5

FAMILY MATH AND SCIENCE EXPLORATION

Principal’s Letter Dear El Carmelo Parents, Students, and Community, What a great series of successful, community-building events we have had! From the inaugural Asian Dinner in February, to the Parent Education Programs, to the Book Faire, to the Rumplestiltskin performances, to the Auction Kick-Off Dinner this past weekend— all were extremely engaging and well attended. A special “Thank You” to the organizers of these and other school events for bringing them to fruition through their extraordinary effort and leadership. Updates and Other General Information:

• Plans for Next Year: You have or will soon receive a questionnaire requesting information regarding your plans for the next school year. Many of you have already returned them. If you have not, please do so. This information, along with new registrants, determines the size of our teaching staff. Your timely response is greatly appreciated.

• Site Council Vacancies: The El Carmelo Site Council will have two parent vacancies for two-year terms beginning in the 2007-2008 school year. If you would like more information about the Site Council, please read the article in this edition of the Carmeletter about this topic or feel free to contact one of the current members: Margarita Perreault, Barbara Sonner, Elizabeth Maulick, Maggi Smeal, Leslie Bell, John Walton, Kathy Chin, Grace Lee or Lupe Garcia.

• Other Thank Yous: We are most appreciative of the depth of parent and community involvement. Many of you are actively and quietly involved in the classrooms in an on-going basis. The staff and I would like to say “Thank You” to all who provide essential support to our children. In addition, major school events happen because individuals step up and take responsibility for organizing, coordinating, and making sure to take care of the “details.” To these individuals, I would also like to say, “We are most grateful.” Needless to say, it takes the participation of many helpers (quiet hands) to put on an event, so please forgive me in advance if your names are not mentioned (though I would personally like to express my gratitude to each of you directly). Thank you to:

• Eiko Baldwin, Sherwin Wong, Kim Cho and many others for an extremely successful inaugural Asian Dinner.

• Ana-Maria Dias, Jill Spain, Martha Velez, Alfredo Gonzalez, Yvette Mitchell, Kesha Brown, Nicole Marshall, Cynthia McGraw, Debra Graham, Sharon Johnson, and MANY OTHERS for a job well-done with the Auction Kick-Off Dinner .

• Faith Brigel (Editor), Andrea Christensen (Backup Editor), Erina DuBois (Layout), Wilfredo Gonzalez (Distribution), Hortensia Halstead (Translation) and to ALL contributors for producing such a high quality Carmeletter.

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Carmeletter Publication Members

PTA President Eric Schuur

PTA Executive Vice-President

Ana-Maria Dias

Principal Lupe Garcia

Editor

Faith Brigel

Guest Editor Andrea Christensen

Layout

Erina DuBois

Distribution Wilfredo Gonzalez

Spanish Translations by

Hortensia Halsted

Published Biweekly Submissions may be sent to:

[email protected]

A printed copy may be left in the Carmeletter editor folder in the main

office (below the mailboxes). Submissions will usually be reformatted, so plain text is

preferred. Although we try to include everything submitted, please be aware that we need to keep the

length of the newsletter reasonable, so we may shorten articles.

Next Issue

Submission Publication March 22 March 30

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Twice a month much thought, care and effort is given to ensure that this on-going communication vehicle meets its deadline in order to inform our community.

• Jean Hsia for managing and coordinating our eNews in an ongoing basis. Timely communication helps our community stay well informed on current happenings.

• Elizabeth Maulick for continuing to coordinate, monitor and take care of the lice patrol. • Megan Fisher for continuing to organize and maintain the Math Lab Program • Liz Cowie and Carrie Manley for organizing and bringing us such a captivating Visiting

Author, Annie Barrows. • Carrie Manley for organizing the practical and timely parent education events for El

Carmelo. • Sue Hermsen and cast for putting on a fabulous Noon Art Program every other

Wednesday. It’s sure a “beehive” of activity in the MP Room during lunch. Kids come out at the end of the period with projects to share proudly with friends and parents.

• Megan Fogarty for her tireless and successful leadership with the PiE Fundraising campaign.

• Elisa Schmit for another successful Book Exchange week. Students, parents and teachers all took advantage of the opportunity to find new treasures without additional expense.

• Jennifer Mutz and Erina DuBois for organizing the after school student activities. • Rebecca Davis for overseeing another successful Children’s Theatre production

(Rumplestiltskin). Thank you to all who completed and returned the school surveys. Your input will be helpful as we reflect on what we do for all our children at El Carmelo. Warmest regards, Lupe García

PTA President’s Letter

We value our El Carmelo community, but we’ve told you that. We’ve done lots of fun stuff this year as a school community, including the recent Asian Dinner and Auction Kick-Off Dinner. But, lest we forget, we are a part of the larger Palo Alto community and there are lots of opportunities to contribute there, too. Here are a few examples. We have had two wonderful Parent Education events since Winter Break, courtesy of the great organizational efforts of our Parent Education Chair, Car-rie Manley. Both of these events were co-hosted with neighboring schools, Fairmeadow and Palo Verde. In addition, plans are afoot to get together with parents from Fairmeadow and Palo Verde for a softball game and barbeque. More details will be coming when available. Events such as these give us an opportunity to share our community with those around us, giving to them and learning from them. We hope you will take ad-vantage of these events. They’re fun, interesting, and a good chance to meet new people.

Hello, El Carmelo families. It is time again for our annual Pancake Breakfast, brought to you by your very own El Carmelo PTA. It is fun, it is FREE, and it is the place to come for breakfast on:

Date: March 24 Time: 8:30 - 10:30 am Where: Multipurpose Room (MP) Room

We appreciate all of our families here at El Carmelo, and we hope that all of you will come and have a good time with us that morning. If you are a good pancake-flipper and would like to help for an hour that morning, please call Mona Napaa at 424-1431 or Barb Rains at 329-1185. We would love to see you.



Beyond South Palo Alto there are plenty of opportunities for those of us who want to contribute to the whole of the Palo Alto community. The PAUSD Board of Education has a full slate of important issues to deal with that affect our schools and community. Examples include developing a Master Plan for school facilities, the search for a new Superintendent, and a possible new Charter School based on Mandarin Im-mersion. The Board members value community input in these areas and many others we haven’t men-tioned here. Another district-wide way to participate is via the Palo Alto PTA Council, which coordinates and sup-ports parent involvement and child advocacy efforts district-wide. The PTA Council currently has lots of opportunities for those who would like to participate. For more information, visit the PTAC web site (http://www.paloaltopta.org/) or just ask us. Information on these and other events, PAUSD Board activities, and more are available not only in the Carmeletter, but also on our web site (http://elcarmelo.paloaltopta.org/), via eNews, and in the Commu-nity Kiosk (attached to the Carmeletter). Please take advantage of these information resources to find just the right way to get involved and give a little of yourself to our community. Eric Schuur Ana-Maria Dias President Executive Vice-President

“PTA President Letter” (continued)

Pancake Breakfast

Leave the cooking up

to the PTA on Saturday, March 24!



The AUCTION

There are many great, silent auction items to bid on:

· Stanford sporting events · Football camp with Jim Harbaugh

(Stanford’s new head coach) · Dinner out at Bistro Elan, Amber

Indian Restaurant and Los Altos Grill

· Back to School Swim Party · Wine and Cheese Party · Overnight trip to Safari West · Mother/Daughter Weekend in

National Forest Plus, Live Auction items including:

· A limo ride to, wine tour and lunch at Long Meadow Ranch in Napa

· Trip to New York · Stanford Golf Outing · Trip to New Mexico to stay in a

resort on the Santa Ana Pueblo reservation

So, Come Aboard, bid high and bid often! If you have any questions, please let me know. Jill Spain

Highlights

The El Carmelo "Love Boat" auction sets sail April 14th. Ticket forms are available in the office. Please get yours now. Things to Know

• Check-out will begin at 10:15 p.m. (no sooner).

• When bidding on an item with

multiple winners, if you make a subsequent bid you must cross out your previous bid. Otherwise, you may get duplicates of an item.

• Party bids are per person. If two

people will be attending, you need to bid twice.

• If you are the lucky bidder, you

must pay for the items the night of auction. If you have to leave, have a friend pay for you.



The El Carmelo Site Council will have two parent vacancies for two-year terms beginning in the 2007-2008 school year. The School Site Council is a decision making body that is composed equally of four parents and four staff members from El Carmelo School, plus the Principal. The purpose of the council is to work with the principal as an advisory group, in developing a comprehensive school plan and in developing and approving a school improvement budget that is supportive of that plan. The council periodically reviews the implementation of the school plan and assesses its effectiveness and makes appropriate recommendations to update and adjust it. It meets once a month, typically on the first Monday of the month from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. The term of office for all members of the site council is two years, with the exception of the principal, who is a permanent member. Two of our parent members’ terms are expiring in June of 2006: Margarita Perreault and Barbara Sonner. We will be having an election in May during our school Open House to replace these capable and hard working members. If you would like more information about the Site Council, feel free to contact one of the current members: Margarita Perreault, Barbara Sonner, Elizabeth Maulick, Maggi Smeal, Leslie Bell, John Walton, Kathy Chin, Grace Lee or Lupe Garcia. If you would like to run for this office, please write a paragraph about yourself and why you would like to be on the Site Council. Give it to Lupe or Jennifer Fernandez in the Main Office by Friday, May 4, 2007. We will add your name and statement to the ballot and print it in the following Carmeletter for the community. In addition, the ballot (with the candidates’ names and statements) will also be printed and posted on Main Office windows and school bulletin boards for the community. The election will be held at Open House on May 23, 2007. Lupe Garcia

School Site Council

Vacancies for 2007- 2009

El Carmelo School Site Council Candidate Form _______ Yes, I am definitely interested in having my name “stand” as candidate for the El

Carmelo School Site Council. My name is: ___________________________________ My telephone number is: _________________________ _______ Yes, please contact me so we can discuss this further. I have children in the following classrooms: ______________________________________



The El Carmelo PTA is looking for volunteers for next year. If you are wondering how to get more involved and to

meet other parents, volunteering to ‘chair’ one of the positions below is a great way to do it. The following positions are open for someone like you to step into. If there is an event or activity listed below that interests you, or if you have questions or need clarification, please contact one of the members of the nominating committee (that’s a fancy term for ‘recruiters’). The PTA runs solely on volunteers just like you. The support, time and interest you give to the PTA benefits our whole school community. »»Critical Positions Available These positions need to be filled soon, because of the time-critical nature of the job. TREASURER: Help prepare budget. Keep accurate records of income and expenditures. Maintain PTA bank accounts. Issue checks to cover expenses. Present financial reports at PTA and Executive Board meetings. Follow local and national PTA guidelines and procedures. PIE REPRESENTATIVE: Report - Provide two-way communication between your school and Partners in Education (PiE). Keep your school community informed via newsletter, eNews and posters/flyers on campus. Provide periodic updates and opportunities for feedback through special PiE events, attend PTA and Site Council meetings, and meetings with principal, PTA presidents and Site Council chair. Represent - Attend PIE representative meetings held approximately once every two months (this may change) to represent your school's needs and interests, as well as to receive campaign updates and information on planned campaign activities. Rally - Be PiE's primary cheerleader at your school site. Recruit a team of volunteers at your school to help with campaign activities (e.g., write personal notes on direct appeal letters, help with phone bank calls or other special events). NOON ART: Select 2 art activities for each week, recruit parent volunteers to help. Reserve MP room. Advertise Noon Art with banners, Carmeletter, fliers. Procure (solicit donations or inexpensively gather) materials for projects. Set up projects before lunch one day each week, clean up by 1:30. [We will help you to recruit other ‘helpers’ for this position] BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES CO-CHAIR (work with Megan Fisher): Combine classroom fall buy lists and purchase supplies in bulk. Sign interested families up through spring Carmeletter. Buy items over the summer, determine cost per child and collect funds from parents interested in bulk buy program. Distribute bulk purchase to parents and collect checks on or around the day class lists are available. Alternatively, work with school staff to arrange for bulk purchase to be distributed throughout the school year. ENEWS: Notices are sent from the district level and from the El Carmelo community. Assemble and organize the notices and send out weekly. Usually no editing required. Before mailing out to El Carmelo community, it is run by Principal, PTA President and VP, and Carmeletter Editor, who usually approve without suggesting any changes. Typically takes about one hour a week.

Our PTA is a

community of

volunteers like YOU!

NEEDED: PTA Volunteers



OTHER POSITIONS AVAILABLE Detailed descriptions of these positions are posted in the PTA window Auditor Back to School Packets Book Fair (both seasons) Adopt-A-Family Email Distribution Ice Cream Social Carmeletter Spotlight Carmeletter Translation Carmeletter Editor (backup) Carmeletter Layout (back-up) Carmeletter Translation (back-up) Game Closet Fifth Grade Refreshments Fifth Grade Memory Book First Day Coffee - co-chair Ice Skating Party - co-chair Kinder Playdates Lice Control Neighborhood Assoc Liaison Open House Parent Ed - co-chair Recording Secretary Room Parent Coordinator (3-5) VP Membership School and Traffic Safety Site Council Liaison Special Ed Liaison Stories Under the Stars VP Volunteer Services Visiting Author We hope you see something that sounds interesting and fun. You can sign up or you can sign up with a friend (co-chair) or we can help find someone to co-chair with you if you are looking to buddy-up with someone. Again, thank you for support. Your nominating committee members, Abbie Wolfson 329-0140 Erina DuBois 813-1710 [email protected] Jenny Kuan 329-1629 [email protected] Michele Kasper 858-1807 [email protected] Susan Rider 327-3735 [email protected]

Educator Ali Zidel Meyers, MSW recently led a PTA session on teaching children time management and organizational skills. Meyers said kids learn more by what we do, than by what we say; our daily modeling has a huge impact on what our children learn and do. Other tips:

• Start Talking: As parents we often have a running, internal monologue going on in our heads about how much time we have to get various tasks done. Meyers suggests verbalizing that process so that your kids can learn from you. They will hear as you strategize and prioritize what needs to get done and how much time each thing will take.

• Be The Farmer, Not The Fly: Often, as parents we buzz around, saying ‘do this, do that, stop this, stop

that,’ and somehow all that buzzing doesn’t really register with kids. It is the same way a fly buzzing around your face is annoying. Instead, Meyers says try to think more like a farmer. What does the farmer do to grow bountiful crops? It’s not about glaring at the plant and saying, “grow!” It is about making the conditions right for the plant to thrive. For example, if mornings are chaotic at your house, think less like the fly (Buzz-buzz, hurry-hurry, where are your books? Where is your sweatshirt?) Instead, think more like the farmer. That might mean having your kids pack lunches the night before or help lay out clothes. The farmer thinks ahead and does what needs to be done so the conditions are optimal for the tasks at hand and ahead.

Parent Ed Time Management • • • Recap

An enormous thank you to everyone who helped with the Book Exchange:

· Jean Hsia, my mentor · Student Council Teachers Diana McCoy and Debbie Hillary for organizing the students · Students who hauled over 1700 books: Mia Cain, Ahran Cho, Laurel Fisher, Jordan Ford, Frankie

Hattler, Clara Harrington, Lexie Livingston, Kevin Marachin, Tim Sarmiento, Everett Spackman, Kati Espinoza, Willam Yang

· Parent Volunteers who sorted the many donations: Sarit Arazi-Elata, Jeff Bondor, Serena Chandley, Jennifer Chu, Liz Cowie, Rebecca Davis, Ana-Maria Dias, Erina DuBois, Gwen Fisher, Megan Fogarty, Sue Hermsen, Michelle Kasper, Sripriya Kannan, Carrie Manley, Lisa Marachin, Asmita Runge, Barb Sonner, Tanya Wing, Stephanie Youngquist

· Our fantastic administrative assistants: Jennifer Fernandez and Ginny Nagao (for keeping me sane and for gathering boxes)

· All the wonderful teachers for “talking up” the event and recording on class lists · All the students who donated books, especially those who shared many extra books so every

student could enjoy this event · Thea for always skipping and smiling despite being dragged around with Mom

After the teachers looked through the extra books for their classrooms, Troop 654 collected an estimated 250 leftover books for the East Palo Alto Schools. To anyone I have forgotten, I apologize. It was only with your help that this was a successful event. See you next year. Elisa Schmit



Book Exchange—THANK YOU!

For more tips from this useful presentation, check out the El Carmelo website at www.elcarmelo.paloaltopta.org/documents/_notes/ParentEd_Timemanagement.doc If you have a topic of interest that would help you and your family, or if you have a recommendation for a future guest speaker, please contact [email protected].

“Recap” (continued from page 8)



Eiko Baldwin Based on the large turnout, great food, inspirational demonstrations, and enlightening exhibits, El Carmelo's first ever Asian Dinner was definitely a tremendous success. I want to thank all the parents who contributed by bringing food and/or helping during the dinner. Also, thanks to the PTA for giving me the opportunity to coordinate this event, and especially to Executive V.P. Ana-Maria Dias who worked with me. Thanks to El Carmelo and the Principal, Mr. Lupe Garcia, for supporting us. Thanks to Art teachers, Lisa Fremont and Stephanie Enos for working on the beautiful art with students. Thanks to the PiE community for joining us at the dinner. Thanks to my husband Alex for supporting and working with me. And finally, a special thanks to Sherwin Wong, the Chinese lead, and Eunsook Kim Cho, the Korean lead, for their exceptional efforts. They both worked extremely hard and were always smiling, even with kids in tow. Through my efforts on the Asian Dinner, I learned about the strong communities of both the El Carmelo School and the many beautiful Asian cultures. Thanks to the following people for helping and the delicious food: Radhika Thekkath Karpagam Narayanan Divya Ramakrishnan Sripriya Kannan Geeta Iyer Erina DuBois Varsha Shah Shanti Srinivasan Lana Moore Nirmy Kang Sherwin Wong Chynthia Tham Mike Cheong Jenny Kuan Lily Hu Jing Liu Cong Li Ping Wang OiHa Lam Grace Lee Greta Tan Sherry Wei Anna Chang Jian Yin Gloria Cheung Calvin Woon Rhiannon Wallace Javad Mostofizadeh Jennifer Mutz Margaret Zhao Elaine Ji Jenny Hsiung Yi-Mei Chang Helsa Servis Xiaomei Huang Rui Yun Debbie, Phillip Shiozawa Nami Elizabeth Doi-Ludwig Jame Littan Jennifer Lee Eunjung Hong Megan Fogarty Mary Baker Wendell Baker Julia Yu (Chinese Music) Yao Chen Ford (Chinese Harp) Yuko Nammo (Origami Demo) Ken Chao (Chinese Calligraphy) Akiko Tracton (Origami) United Studies of Self Defense (Karate Performance) Kaz Shiozawa (Violin Play) Junko (Sushi Demonstration) Alee Cho, Kyulim Kim, Jay Chang, Raphael Kim (high school students) The dinner would not have been a success without everyone’s efforts.

Asian Dinner—Thank you!

COMMUNITY KIOSK

Community Events for the Palo Alto Area –March 16, 2007– Issue 12

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El Camino Youth Symphony Announces: MEMBERSHIP AUDITIONS for 2007-2008 SEASON. AUDECYS invites musicians ages 6 - 20 with at least 1 year of emusic education program for the 2007-2008 Season. EnterSymphony has an after school music education program ththeir school program while augmenting their orchestra and Symphony, the most advanced orchestra, goes on tour evesoloists of international renown. ECYS also hosts a Summean intensive study of orchestral and chamber music repertofor all levels, from beginning through advanced. To be consaudition application online at www.ecys.org or contact (650

Getting Results: The Next Generation of Women Scientists

onday, March 26, 4-7pm. Cubberley Auditorium, hool of Ed, 485 Lasuen Mall, Stanford campus.

e Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender search invites the public, and particularly our local

iddle and high school communities, to view a reening of "The Gender Chip Project," a cumentary following a group of young women in ience courses at Ohio State University from their shman year to making career decisions. The film ll be followed by a panel discussion (audience rticipation encouraged), and a reception with light freshments. Free and all are welcome to attend. NoVP required, but can reserve blocks of seating for

rge groups.

rking free and plentiful after 4pm. More info: tp://gender.stanford.edu

Transitioning to Middle School Helping Your Child Balance School, Homework, and Enrichment Activities Coffee and Conversation for Parents of 4th, 5th & 6th Graders with Denise Clarke Pope Weds, March 28, 8:45-9:45am Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School, 450 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto Denise Clarke Pope, Ph.D., directs the SOS: Stressed-Out Students Project at Stanford, Denise will discuss how parents can encourage academic engagement and healthy lifestyle choices for their children entering middle school. Please RSVP to Audrey Fox at 494.8200 ext. 104 or [email protected] Space is limited.

Greenmeadow Community Association Pool (GMCA) 303 Parkside Drive

oking for a family-friendly place to swim this mmer? Conveniently located in the reenmeadow neighborhood in south Palo lto, GMCA has been great place to relax, eet friends, learn to swim or be a part of our reenmeadow Marlins swim team. GMCA hasrtified lifeguards on duty, recreational swim, p swim, all levels of children’s swim lessons nd other aquatics programs. We also offer a riety of social events throughout the year.

ou don't have to be a resident of reenmeadow to join GMCA! More info ww.greenmeadow.org or contact us at [email protected] or 494-3157

Library Presents Free Poetry Slam For Teens The Palo Alto City Library invites youth in grades 6-12 to perform, judge, listen, eat and boogie at Saturday Night Slam, a free poetry slam and open mike event. Presented in collaboration with Gunn High School, the program will feature the Gunn High School Slam Team. At Mitchell Park Library Sat, April 21. 7pm: Open Mike Poetry Reading; 8pm: Poetry Slam. Signup online for the slam or poetry reading at www.cityofpaloalto.org/library or at the door if space permits. For info: www.cityofpaloalto.org/library or 329-2436 (press #2 for Ref).Prizes and free food!

ITION APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE NOW xperience on a musical instrument to join their

ing its 45th Season, the El Camino Youth at allows musicians to honor their commitment to ensemble experience. The ECYS Senior ry 2 years, in addition to regularly performing with r Workshop every year for students interested in ire. We are currently taking audition applications idered for program membership, please submit an ) 327-2611.

Community Events for the Palo Alto Area – March 16, 2007

EL CAMINO YOUTH SYMPHONY Dr. Camilla Kolchinsky, Music Director

The Symphony debuts at Flint Center in Cupertino on March 24, 7:30PM. Flint Center, De Anza College. Tickets: $10 adults, $5 students. For more info: ECYS office at (650) 327-2611 or visit www.ECYS.org.

Parents Place Workshop Peers, Popularity and Power, Understanding Girls’ Friendships (4th–8th gr), Mon, 3/19, 7 – 9 p.m. with Sheila Dubin, MA.

Parents Place 200 Channing Ave, Palo Alto.

To register: 650-688-3040 or www.ParentsPlaceOnline.org

PALO ALTO LIBRARY PROGRAMS

Toddler Storytime (18 mo- 3yrs) Mondays: 10 or 11am at Main Library Fridays: 10am at Mitchell Park Library Preschool Storytime (3-5yrs): Tuesdays: 10am at Main Library Wednesdays: 11am, College Terrace Library, 2300 Wellesley Fridays: 11am. Mitchell Park Library All programs are free & open to all!

Viking Wrestling Club Wrestling develops self-confidence and discipline and enables children of any size to fairly compete. Open to all Boys & Girls, 3rd-8th grades. The Spring season is March 13 - May 10th. Practices: 6:00-7:30P, Tues & Thurs, Paly HS Wrestling Room. Cost: $100 for new wrestlers, $75 for continuing Winter Session wrestlers. For information or to register, contact Jack Moses at 321-7991 or [email protected].

SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES • Jeff Arons’ Youth Tennis Camps @ Sacred Heart

School, Atherton. Kids 4-18 yrs. Weekdays; 9am-noon or 2-5pm. Starts 6/11. For information & registration www.jeffaronstennis.com or Jeff Arons at 650-851-3059.

• MOAH- Math & Science Summer Camp- Session 1: June 25-29, Session 2: July 9-13. From 9:00-4:00pm. 10yrs & up. For information & registration: visit www.moah.org click "education" or call Gwenyth or Laurie 321-1004. Registration must be completed by March 31.

• HOPE MUSICAL THEATRE- Sign up NOW for SPRING and SUMMER CLASSES! Printable registration forms at www.HopeMusicalTheatre.com or Call: (650) 568-3332 Email: [email protected]

• The Diabetes Society has Summer Programs available for Families, Youth and Teens living with diabetes. For information, go to http://www.diabetesscv.org

• WILD ABOUT ART CAMPS- June 18-29, M-F, 8:30-noon or 1:00-4:30. At Duveneck Elem Room 12. For kids in 2nd grade and up. For information www.wildaboutart.org or contact Laura Condito @ 321-2809 or [email protected]

• PTI SAILING CAMP in Redwood City. Learn to sail and race in small one person boats. Week long sessions. 9-3pm. For kids 7-12 years. More info call Denise 650-851-7580 or online at: www.pysf.us

VOLUNTEER AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY THE COMMUNITY COMMITTEE FOR INT’L STUDENTS Join in activities that introduce foreign students, visiting professors, and their spouses to American culture. ENGLISH-IN-ACTION The program will match you with a foreign student, fellow, or spouse for English conversation 1 hour each week. Info: M Dieckmann 857 0793, [email protected] Other CCIS volunteer opportunities at www.CCISstanfordU.org

ANDY HARADER SUMMER TENNIS CAMP @ Paly. June 18 - Aug 17,

Mon-Fri, 9-noon, ages 7-16 * all levels e-mail: [email protected] *

364-6233. For more info: www.andystenniscamp.com

Community Kiosk A bi-weekly publication of the Palo Alto Council of PTAs. The mention of any business or service does not imply

an endorsement by the Palo Alto council of PTAs or the Palo Alto Unified School District. Submissions may be edited for clarity or space.

Next Deadline: Wednesday, March 21, 2007; 5:00pm Please email submissions to [email protected]

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