PTA/Booster Club   School Supplies 14-15 Field Day Slide Show Night   5th Grd Band Auditions Incoming 6th to RIS PVBA Sign Ups   Summer Reading HSA Award Recipients   May Super Stars Amazon Link   Thank You!    |  ---------------------------------- Save the Date 
 
 5th Grd Colonial Fair   Wed., May 28
  Field Day   Thu., May 29, 9:15-12 (see article)    3rd Grd Concert   Fri., May 30, 9 A.M.    Slide Show Night   Fri., May 30, 6 P.M. (see article)    Panda Express Fundraiser   Fri., May 30
  1st Grd Jump Rope Show   Tue., June 3, 11:30 A.M.
  Last Day of School/   5th Grd Party/Promotion/ Minimum Day   Thu., June 5 12:46 dismissal
   School Registration   Fri. Aug. 22, MPR 9:30-11:30 A.M.
   First Day of School   Welcome Tea   Mon. Aug. 25 12:46 dismissal
 
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 Soleado Elementary School 27800 Longhill Drive   Rancho Palos Verdes California 90275   (310) 377-6854
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  |   Principal's Message      Click above for Mrs. Stutzel's video message.  Teachers Are the Best!     Above: A small sample of Soleado Teachers Appreciation Week |    
   
   PTA/Booster Club News       Here's your chance to give us your opinion about communication you receive from school.  Click on the link here to take our Communications Survey.  We have read your comments and suggestions and look forward to a more streamlined experience next year.  You may also take the survey anonymously.  We appreciate your constructive suggestions!  Thank you to those who have supported our PTA and Booster Club!  Without parent volunteers we could not exist.  The PTA and Booster Club wishes everyone a safe and restful summer.        A huge thank you to our entire Soleado Community—families, friends, staff, and community supporters—for a great year, where our Booster Club was able to raise over $83,000 to help our students enrich their learning experiences.  Whether you donated money, goods, services, or time, or attended our fundraising events, you made a huge difference to our school.  Without your help, our students would not have classroom software to supplement their learning, or the benefit of our Art at Your Fingertips program, or assemblies, or field trips, or campus upgrades, and so much more.   I especially want to thank this year's Booster Board for all of their hard work and dedication to Soleado: Michelle Jongkind, Ray Roostaeyan, Alice Kim, Cindy Van Scoyoc, John Accardo, Donna Epstein, Georgina McGovern, Erica Mangham, Deborah North, and Jessica Norwood.  Our Soleado Suns shine brighter because of them.   -Jennifer Novak   Congratulations to our incoming 2014-2015 Soleado Booster Club Board Officers and Members:   President Erica Mangham Executive Vice-President Michelle Jongkind Treasurer Ray Roostaeyan   Financial Secretary John Accardo Secretary Adelaide Vaughn Members: Amy Davis, Donna Epstein, Alice Kim, Georgina McGovern, Jessica Norwood, Jennifer Novak, Heidi Sublette, and Cindy Van Scoyoc  return   to top    Pre-purchase 2014-2015 School Supplies             To assure that your child's supplies will be waiting for them in the classroom on the first day of school, pre-orders are being taken now.     Please have your donation in by June 6, 2014   The total cost for classroom and school supplies per child  for the whole school year  is $65(TK-5) $40 Student Classroom Supplies   $20 Grade Level Supplies $5 Student Scholastic Subscriptions  |   
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  Field Day, Thursday May 29th   
   Field day - a fun day for the kids! This will start at about 9:15 A.M. and go until 12:00 noon.  Come join us for a fun filled day of jump roping, tug of war, water fun, and much more!    Feel free to stay after to picnic with your child. Please note there will not be food to buy at this event. Kids can bring a sack lunch, order from cafeteria or you can bring something to eat with them.  Don't forget the sunscreen!   
 
 
  Slide Show Night, Friday May 30th   
      All Soleado families and friends are welcome to join us Friday night, May 30th at 6:00 P.M., at school to celebrate our 2013-2014 school year with a special slide show presentation, capturing all of our students and the fun they had this year.  This year, we are welcoming Chef Michael Shafer of the Buffalo Fire Department to provide food for any families who would like to picnic before the show.      Flyers with pre-orders were sent home via Mrs. Stutzel.  See the menu here.  Sorry, food ordered after May 27th is subject to a $2 additional fee and availability is limited at the event.   
 
   Our Historian, Daniel Carranza collected and organized photos and video from the entire school year into this presentation.  Don't miss it!   
 
 
 
 Attention 5th Grade Band/Orchestra!   
  Where: Auditions will be held on Saturday, May 31, 2014 from  9:00-1:00PM in room 102 at Ridgecrest Intermediate. Audition Requirements: Come in prepared to play a piece that   best demonstrates your level on your instrument. Audition Times: Flutes: (9:00am-9:30), Violins (9:30-10:30), Clarinets (10:30-11:00), Violas, Cellos, and Trombones (11:00- 11:30), Saxes (11:30-12:00PM),Trumpets, Percussion, and Piano   (12:00-12:30PM, or until done) If you can't make the above audition times please come in on Saturday when you can, but email Mrs. Lewis-Wang: lewiswang@pvpusd.k12.ca.us   If you have signed up for Advanced Band or Advanced Orchestra Mrs. Lewis-Wang will contact you and set up your audition time. Please respond to the email or phone call.Ridgecrest News for Incoming 6th Grade  Middle School is right around the corner!  Here are some important dates and links for Ridgecrest:    Registration is scheduled for August 20th. Camp Ridgecrest information will be mailed to parents.  First Day of School is Monday, August 25th. Sign up here for the Raider Review Newsletter.   Familiarize yourself with the Ridgecrest Edline site here. Also, Ridgecrest has an app!  Good Clean Fun In Science
    Above: 5th graders dissect squid in Mrs. Ellis' science class.   PVBA Summer Basketball Sign Ups     [click above for details or click on PVBA.net]  Summer Reading Program at PVLD        Click above for a detailed view.    Watch for registration information coming to your inbox or mailbox this July!   Registration will take place Friday, August 22nd in our MPR, 9:30-11:30 A.M. School starts Monday, August 25th.
 
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  Honorary Service Award Recipients   
   The following people were honored at the Soleado H.S.A. Awards Luncheon May 20, 2014 for their outstanding achievements for our school.  Click here for a photo album of the event.     HSA Award  Jeannie Hahn  Sara Robinson    Very Special Person Linh Tu Jennifer Wong Wendy Ser Jacque Hockensmith   Susan Carey Sandra Field    Shining Service Award Rosa Kim Cindy Levine Lauren Kearns and Kristin Biggins   Rookie of the Year   Spencer Kreisberg Gina Stutzel   Certificate of Appreciation Jennifer Novak  Paula Persson Palos Verdes Fire Dept. Torrance Memorial Hospital Tammy Bouise, Lomita Sheriff      Life Award Mimi Frengs
 
    May Super Stars     The Following Students Received "Soleado Super Star" Certificates on Friday May 23, 2014  | TK-Villaescusa | Dylan A. |     | 1st-Rogers |   Jason F. |  
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     Buy them for your favorite people: teachers, coaches, moms, dads and grads. If you are not sure you are activating the fundraiser, fill your cart, close the window and click on the link again to purchase. Thank you for shopping!!!    |    Thank you to all of the families that have donated to PEF...you have paid for Coach K, Kathleen Davis (Technology Aide), and our wonderful music teachers.    
  
  We are setting a special recess aside with Coach K on June 3 for all the students who's family donated to PEF this year...you have until May 28th!  Any donation amount is supportive and appreciated!   Click here to donate.     Soleado kids Sophie K., Sydney S. and little brother pose with a dragon at the International Fair China booth.A big thank you to Donna Epstein for spearheading our annual International Fair May 18th.  We appreciate our multi-cultural community for bringing such wonderful diversity to our campus through music, dance, food and crafts.  Together we enrich each other's lives.  See a photo album by clicking here.    |  
     Additional thanks to Jessica and David Norwood for hosting Cirque du Soleado Parent's Night Out for our kids.  We appreciate your creative touch, bringing a smile to the Soleado Suns!     Many, many thanks to our HSA team for a lovely event on May 20th.  Catherine Lucas put together such a wonderful program for all of our guests and honorees.  In addition, Eva Ruiz and Noelle Whitaker set up the food and decorations with such flair as usual.    We are also grateful to our hospitality VPs Eva and Noelle for coordinating the lovely TEAchers Appreciation luncheon for our wonderful deserving teachers and staff here at Soleado.
  A big THANK YOU to the following individuals for all their hard work and dedication to Soleado this year in their role as room parents!  You provide an invaluable service to the school.  
  TK -    Sandra Kim, Anne Bobek, Christine Collins   
 
   Kindergarten -    Kerry Nadal, Kim Borg   Amy Davis, Sunny Accardo, John Accardo   Wendy Ser, Svetlana O'Shea    
  First Grade -   Melissa Pusavet, Natasha Scott   Linh Tu, Maggie Mercer   Rika Nakata, Beckie Constantino   Erica Mangham, Heidi Sublette, Michelle Choi   
 
   2nd Grade  -    Rachel Rioux, Catherine Lucas, Donna Epstein   Svetlana O'Shea, Jennifer Masaguchi, Sharandeep Michra   
  3rd Grade -    Leslie Ho, Cindy Van Scoyoc   Jeannie Hahn, Wendy Ser   
 
   4th Grade -    Helen Barnfather, Lori Quan, Adelaide Vaughn   Catherine Lucas, Jennifer Masuguchi, Deborah North   
  5th Grade -   Paula Persson, Marion Castro   Rachel Rioux, Rika Nakata, Leslie Ho, Beckie Constantino    A message of thanks from our Art At Your Fingertips Chair...       A HUGE thank you to Georgina McGovern for all her work on the beautification out in front of school.  It's really incredible what she has put together this year!    return    to top |    
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