VV Parent & Teacher Association

January 15, 2014General Meeting

Venetia Valley PTAVenetia Valley PTA

AGENDATopic Presenter Time

AllocatedCall to Order Renee O’Hare 5 min

Introduction to Kindergarten

Kindergarten Teachers 20 min

Counseling Services Margarett Ann Centrella 15 min

PTA Business Renee O’Hare 20 min

Principal’s Update Mari Kernan 20 min

Close of Meeting Renee O’Hare 5 min

Venetia Valley Kindergarten

Who we are?

Deirdre Wilson

Kristin Vandro

Sheila Torres

What is happening in K?

• New collaborations

• New model

• New and revised themes

Collaborations

• A new adventure born in spring of 2013• Hoover School visit with our PK Old Gallinas

• Introduced to SEAL: a bilingual model

SEAL Model(Sobrato Early Academic Language)

Goal to develop academically proficient and literate students who love reading and writing, express

themselves articulately in two languages, and are actively engaged in their learning.

Pillar 1 Focus on Rich,

Powerful, Precise and Academic

Language

Foundation 1Research on Preventing

the Creation of Long Term English Learners

Foundation 2Enacting the Research

on Effective English Learners Practices

Pillar 3 Articulation Across

Grades, and Alignment of the Preschool and K-3

Systems

Pillar 2 Creation of an Affirming and

Enriched Environment

Pillar 4 Strong Partnerships Between Parents and

Teachers

Foundation 3Seizing the Opportunity and Addressing the Demands of

the Common Core Standards

Summer Kinder Academy

2013-2014

• Continuing to train with Dr. Laurie Olsen and the SEAL coaches

• Aligning our curriculum with Old Gallinas and with each other

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)

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

Kinder Themes

• Teaching common core standards through SEAL strategies

• 6 Science and Social Studies related themes

Citizenship

Citizenship

Community Helpers

Community Helpers

Push and Pull Experiment

Push and Pull Unit

Weather Unit

Coming Up!

• Living things/Farm• Long Ago and Today

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

Specials

• Garden • Music• Library• Playworks

Counseling Services

• Margarett Anne Centrella, M.Ed, Counselor • Sandra Ramirez Griggs, MFT, Youth & Family

Services, Mental Health and Substance Use Services, County of Marin

PTA SHOUT OUT!CECILIA PEREZ!Venetia Valley’s Bi-literacy coachThank 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

FALCON FUND!FONDO HALCON!

GOAL: 100% participation from FAMILIES & TEACHERS/STAFF

Donations accepted YEAR ROUND!

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

THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING!Isaias Gramajo/Wendy De LeonJuan Hernandez/Yessenia GironBrett/Ally MitchellAlberto Hernandez/Irma MorfinGidalti Lopez/Maricela CalderonAmparo LopezAlfredo Rivera/Soledad RamirezVictor Valiente/Arlene CastroWilliam Hernandez/Celia PinedaSamuel Jimenez/Sandra ManciaElvira LopezThomas & Maria LarsonJuan Carlos Hernandez/Maria CastroGrace XinAdam/Erin ChaffeeParminder & Malkeet GrewalHolly WipflerKuldeep Singh/Amarjit KaurScot & Monica StaffordSamuel Cardenas/Alede RuizIsaac Urbano/Loyola SedanoVanier/Alberta AmilcarJessica BlakeJuan Castellon/Teresa AlasJorge Coronado/Angela Najarro

Ilso De Leon/Onelia DiazErik/Marisol DiazWilliam Fenner/Monique RutterSamuel Morales/Esmeralda GarciaManuel Gomez/Dora RamirezDelfina RogelOliverio Calderon/MariaElena ReyesZoila FloresAgapito Rodriguez/Yolanda ManciaFelipe Vasquez/Feliciana PerezBina Patel and Hamed SalahshorLeonel Vazquez/Guadalupe ReyesJaswant & Gurpreet BassiJohn/Ericka BenassiniSalvador Diaz/Robelia De LeonEduardo Gonzalez/Jianette PuacaraJose Orozco/Marianela ReyesElma ReyesPetr/Connie KaderaAzucely EscobarGabriela SantosMaritza Lopez/Jaime MazariegosReina GonzalezVilma GonzalezMartha Orellana

Tuan Tiet/Bong NguyenMildred GramajoHector/Herlinda GarciaMynor & Thelma MaldonadoJheny Jut RecinosAdam & Erin ChaffeeChris & Oriel CookJoshua Frost & Amy CosbyElmer Gramajo/Dorita De LeonCandace LangleyBaldomero Ramirez/Maria AlvaradoOsman Zacarias/Londi CifuentesMark & Kimberly PressBelico De Leon/Alondra DiazClaudia & Jose GarciaLuis Jimenez & Dalila MazariegosAndreas & Jessica BoschFrancisco Chan/Vilma EscobarEdgar Leon/Alida VilledaTeresa MaganaJose Mazariegos/Elba JimenezShannon & Renee O'HareVlanderley/Marilucia ResendeJose Ruiz/Norma BarrientosJulian/Sukhwinder Saban

THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING!Nixon and Jeanine ChangeuxJorge Espejo/Liliana MontejanoLuis Hernandez/Maria MacedoOmar Mazariegos & Maria OrtizBenedicto Mazariegos/Sara RodasAlejo Salinas/Yolanda CamachoRosa FrancoFrancisco/Ingrid GalindoHenri Reyes/Nohemi MonterrosoMaynor Rodas/Marleny MaldonadoMayra DiazJames & Torhalla DabalosJose Felix & Sheila TorresJuan Arreaga/Marta LopezMagdalena Ortiz & Roger De LeonPaul & Grace DearbornSteven/Sarah HinkleyJose Quintero & Martha FloresDavid & Lisette RossAdilso De Leon/Rosa GramajoSteve Litras/Kari FranciscoPatrick Muithya/Mary KilonzoAura GarciaFrancisco & Berta CaleroJavier & Lynn Hernandez

Paul & Christina DearbornTeresa MagañaRoger/Pamela HarrellMinh Le/Thuy TruongEduardo Utrilla/Fatima GonzalezJames/Torhalla DabalosBenjie CortezSamuel Gallegos & Helen ReidJose Felix/Sheila TorresGraciela ChavezMiguel Godoy/Mayra BuenoMayra RomeroJulian Saban/Sukhwinder KaurHector& Ana ChanErik/Dioneyra DiazMatthew Griggy & Jennifer StebbinsRaul Lopez/Dianeth MazariegosRoseli Santos/Alma MaldonadoJesus Vara & Irene EscobarIrlanda MunozKathleen BraboGalindo De Leon/Amilda CifuentesOsvaldo & Max EspaillatJuan Florencio/Matilde CruzHector Garcia/Herlinda Martinez

THANK YOU FOR CONTRIBUTING!Quirino Gonzalez/Ninfa Ku

Jesus Luna/Jacqueline Castro

Hugo Mejia/Yadira Munguia

Ken & Corey Monge

Manolo Morales/Silvia Hernandez

Jose/Maria Pena

Julio Reyes/Silvia Hernandez

John Gofeng Xu/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/Mirna Batres

Andrea Hedin and Peter Fisher

Alden and Phyllis Fleming

Charles Runkel / Marciam Taylor

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

Rulaman Mazariegos/Cleotilde Calderon

Aleksei & Lina Rajamachvili

Patrick & Kimberly Barr

Hugo Anaya & Claudia De Jesus

Luis Jimenez & Dalila Mazarieg

Jorge Espejo & Liliana Monteja

Sarahi Mazariegos

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)

Thanks to the Teachers/Staff Who Have Contributed to the Falcon Fund!

STAFFJuan RodriguezMari KernanMaria BartlettBarbara WingLeslie Ramirez Coach CarlyRoxanna GuzmanLaura McCurdyNancy DonovanJaquie Parker Margaret Anne Centrella

Kindergarten – 4th Kristin Vandro – KSheila Torres – KDeirdre Wilson - KYoana Landin – 1st Briana Padilla – 1st

Lucia Wahl – 1st

Kim Press – 2nd Diana Mendoza – 2nd

Megan Sulsberger– 2nd

Michelle Rosecrans – 2/3Alexa Sakellariou – 2/3Jessica Ferrar – 3rd

Carolyn Kenneray – 3rd

John Seligman – 3rd

4th – 8thJoy Conway – 4th

Kim O’Brien – 4th

Maggie Dawes – 4th

Karen DeTore – 5th Marc Belmont – 5th Mary Kate Kenney 5th

Michelle Castillo – 5th

Freddy Dominguez - MSShannon McKown – MSRaleigh Yasinitsky – MSMabel Bialik – MSDavid Schmitz – MSMichele Harland - MS

2013-2014 Approved BudgetRevenue Generated this year

Description of Revenue Revenue Amount

Falcon Fund Donations up to 01/06/2014 $24,376

Spirit Wear Revenue $6,014

Carnival $15,801

Library $393

Middle School Music $650

Book Fair $7978

Misc donations (Gaspares, Target, United, Escrip, HeadsUp) $4,643

TOTAL REVENUE $59,855

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

Description of Expense Expense Amount

School Beautification - mural $613

Teachers Supply Accounts $4200

Academic competitions – Spelling Bee, Mathletes $450

Library: Refunds of lost book fees $86

Book Fair $392

Teacher Lunch: Staff mtg 1st week of school $138

Middle School Music $565

Kindy Welcome & 1st Day coffee $90

Bank Supplies, service fee’s $185

Spirit Wear $4602

Carnival $2175

Total Expenses Paid $7113

2013-2014 Approved Budget

Total Approved Budgeted Amount $110,465With approved amendments…..

Tropical Night (+$2,800), Online Auction (+$1,000)School Supervision (-10,000)

$104,265

-$59,855WE STILL NEED TO RAISE $44,410

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!

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

How do we meet the Falcon Fund Goals?

$180 per family donation to the falcon fund would cover ALL of our

expenses for THIS YEAR ONLY

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

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

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

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

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

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”

Principal’s Update

• Mari Kernan, Assistant Principal

Common Core State StandardsCCSS

What are they?

Where can I find more information?

http://www.srcs.org/

Professional Development

• Teaching in a way that is effectively aligned with the Common Core takes practice, effort, and patience.

• We are accelerating the process by offering extensive professional development for our teachers.

• Venetia Valley teachers are lifelong learners.

English Language Arts

• Kindergarten, 1st, & 2nd grade teachers are working with Laurie Olsen and her team of coaches.

• They work extensively on thematic unit planning and English language development & alignment to common core.

Mathematics

• 4th & 5th grade teachers are working with Hallie Foster & Julie McNamara on Common Core alignment & best practices in teaching mathematics.

• 6th-8th grade teachers are also working with Hallie and Julie, as well as with Davidson & the high schools on Common Core & vertical alignment as they articulate across the grade levels 6-12.

Science, Social Studies, English

• 6-8 teachers are working with Phyllis Goldsmith & Emily Richards, of the UC Berkeley History-Social Science project, on cross-discipline writing strategies.

• Literacy leads in ELA and Science attend articulation meetings with DMS & high school leads.

• K-5 teachers are working with Phyllis & Emily on writing prompts and strategies.

Common Core “Shifts”

• Shift 1-Read more informational text• Shift 2-Read more complex text• Shift 3-Use of academic vocabulary• Shift 4-Have conversations around

texts• Shift 5-Use evidence to inform or to

make an argument• Shift 6-Reading and writing is

emphasized in all subjects.

Why the change????

So all students are college and career ready!!

Smarter Balanced Assessments

• No more STAR tests! (Except for Science in grades 5, 8, & 10)

Instead…

• Students in grades 3-8 will take a field-test version of the new Smarter Balanced tests in Mathematics and/or English Language Arts

What else is going on at VV?

K-5• Enrichment Homework Club• Health Van Coming-Healthy

human Services Dept. (K/1st)• Kinder School tours• Kinder Courtesy Registration

Date-Feb 5th• Drama classes–6 weeks

sessions by Marin Shakespeare Company

• Run for Reading-March 31st

6-8• Mathletes• Valentine’s Day Dance• Basketball• Afterschool Enrichment

Classes• Homework Club• Restorative Justice• College Days• Mitzvah Kitchen – 7th grade

5th Grade Parent Information Night

• February 11

• 6:30-7:30

Come learn about:• All the amazing

things going on in the Venetia Valley Middle School!

• What classes will be offered!

• Q & A with a panel of VV middle school teachers!