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Sunday March 3rd, 2024 / 3 de Marzo de 2024
Message from Mrs. Harp // Mensaje de la Sra. Harp
Hello Panther families-
Voting day is Tuesday! Please be sure to educate yourself about measures B and E, and get out your vote! I sent my ballot in last week!
Carley Harp
What's the haps at Penngrove?!?
This report is presented at PTA each month, and we thought it would be great to share with everyone! There is so much incredible learning happening all over campus!
- TK is working on lowercase letter recognition and number recognition, counting with one to one correspondence, and practicing our routines slowly and intentionally as we return from break.
- Kindergarten is really focusing on teen numbers, handwriting, and the concept of adding using the plus and equal symbol. All grade levels are in the midst of assessments and report cards as we look ahead to conferences.
- 1st- First grade just wrapped up a math unit on place value and is starting to talk about time to the hour. We are talking about animals and how their bodies help them in their environments. We have planned a field trip to the Petaluma Wildlife Museum and the Children's Museum for the upcoming months. We continue to enjoy our VAPA time with the wonderful art teachers.
- 2nd- Second graders are just wrapping up unit 6 in math which covered Whole Number Operations and Number Stories. We've been working on Opinion pieces in writing and are reading expository texts in language arts. We did a fun rainy day art project right before the break with lovely parent volunteers. And we're still thinking about how successful our Market Day was a few weeks ago!
- 3rd- Before break, third grade wrapped up learning all about Lunar New Year. We had a special classroom visit from an "expert" parent who shared all about their culture and celebration. We ended our unit with a lovely food tasting experience provided by a PTA grant. Thank you PTA! In writing, we are working on proper paragraph structure and beginning to learn about peer editing. In ELA we are focusing on using evidence from nonfiction text to strengthen our writing and recall information from the text. In math, we just finished our division unit and have moved onto Area and Perimeter. This week we are learning the distributive property-yikes! We are also gearing up for our Exploratorium Day (April 26th) and kicking that off with a field trip to Luther Burbank in a couple of weeks.
- 4th- 4th grade Wax Museum was AMAZING! The students learned a lot about famous people who lived/live in California. We are getting ready for Fort Ross. The Petaluma Bounty Field Trip organized by Ms. Ortiz is next week for Hlebakos' class. We will miss our VAPA Art Docents after next week, as our 12 week session is coming to an end.
- 5th- 5th grade is doing poetry cafe, multiplying fractions, writing biography essays on influential people of color, learning about space and space exploration and finishing our American revolution unit. We are getting ready for our overnight soon!
- 6th- We are starting a new heroes unit; talking about modern day real life heroes and the traits and characteristics they possess. Students are working on country reports. In math, we are talking about rates, how to calculate how much money various fundraisers make, etc. camp paperwork went home and kids are getting excited!!
❓ Principal Harp's Question of the Week ❓
❓ La pregunta de la semana del director Harp ❓
Our students have been having a special guest come to their room to work on classroom culture and team-building! It is a ton of fun!
This week's question:
last week's answers:
🍄 Garden Update 🍄 Actualización del jardín 🍄
Hello Panther families!
We have been working hard to create and implement a new waste management system on campus. It is now California State law (SB1383) that any compostable materials are diverted from the landfill and placed into our municipal compost bins. We are now sorting into five bins during lunch and plan to keep expanding our capacity to be composting and recycling throughout campus. Our five bin system includes a milk and juice bucket, recycling, compost, landfill and a share table for school lunch items only. Students have learned about the new system during garden classes, had an assembly about it and are now becoming experts at sorting during lunch as well as in garden class with a game. If you would like any more information you can go to https://www.recology.com OR you can visit our bulletin board in the multi.
In a couple weeks we will be completing our waste audit data collection and will have the results to share with the student body. If you have a fifth or sixth grader you can ask them about it! I am so proud of our students for their willingness to participate in this important way to protect our planet.
I truly appreciate the ongoing support and enthusiasm our amazing parent volunteers bring to garden every week. You and your family are WELCOME to hang out in the garden it is a community space!! Stay tuned for more updates as we head into spring. We will be starting seeds in preparation for a plant sale as well as to re plant our school garden. Reach out any time aortiz@petk12.org
With gratitude,
Ms. Ortiz
📚 Library Update 📚 Actualización de la biblioteca 📚
On Thursday, March 7th, your student will have the opportunity to meet and listen to author/illustrator Shawn Harris as he shares his new picture book, The Teeny-Weeny Unicorn. Kids will enjoy the twists and turns of his hilarious (and thoughtful) new book. We are delighted to have him visit your school! We think every family
will love this book. The event is for 1st-3rd grade.
KINDERGARTEN FAMILIES!! This event is right after kinder dismissal at 1:40. We would LOVE to have you join with your kinder student.
Order link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/penngrove-welcome-author-illustrator-shawn-harris-tickets-843131718667
Honorary Service Awards 🏆 Premios al servicio honorífico
Honorary Service Award is a way that National and State PTA recognizes the dedication and hard work of their volunteers. Every year during our last PTA association meeting we honor individuals and local businesses for outstanding community involvement, and we need your help with nominations! Click here to nominate someone who you think goes above and beyond in making our school such a magical place. Feel free to send in multiple nominations!
If you would like to be on the committee that reviews nominations and presents the awards, please email FOPPTAVolunteer@gmail.com. We will meet 1-2 times between April 15 and May 20 when the awards will be presented.
PTA Executive Board 2024-2025 Nominations
Nominaciones de la Junta Ejecutiva de la PTA 2024-2025
We need your Nominations!
Without your nominations, our PTA Board won't come to fruition.
Without the PTA Board, we'll miss out on all the fantastic events
(such as Fiesta Familiar, Field Day, and End of Year BBQ).
Please spare a moment to consider who you envision bringing magic to next year.
Could it be you? Your closest friend? Send those nominations our way!
Send in your nominations for next year's PTA Executive Board!
The magic that is Penngrove Elementary is created by parents
*like you* who come together to make it happen
For more info, please reach out to our current PTA President Adrien McGoon with any questions- friendsofpenngrovepta@gmail.com
FAMILY FUN NIGHT - BINGO! 03/14/24
NOCHE DE DIVERSIÓN FAMILIAR - ¡BINGO! 14/03/24
RSVPs are REQUIRED & LIMITED
Don't miss out on a super fun night of BINGO! at school! Hosted by the Friends of Penngrove PTA- this is a free event to our families.
RSVPs are required and & are limited, so be sure to get yours now!
Walk & Roll Art Contest 🎨 Concurso de arte Walk & Roll
There is still time to enter the Walk & Roll to School Art Contest (see the graphics for the full details). Deadline has been extended! Winners will receive a $25 gift certificate to a local art supply store and the winning pictures will be included in a 2024-2025 "I Love Walk & Roll" wall calendar!
This March, we challenge students to get outside and march with the penguins! Students may walk or roll to school (or anywhere) on as many days as they can during the month of March, and track "penguin" miles while learning about penguins or California/western birds. The goal: to make it Antarctica (note: this could be an individual student goal or a classroom goal)! Students can earn penguin miles for every mile walked, by observing California birds, or by reading books or watching documentaries about penguins OR California/western birds.
Submitted March of the Penguins tracking sheet is an entry for a drawing for a fabulous pair of binoculars! All entries qualify for our drawing regardless of the number of miles achieved.
All resources are accessible at www.sonomasaferoutes.org
Don't wait till it's too late! Get your 2023-2024 Yearbook NOW!
¡No esperes hasta que sea demasiado tarde! ¡Obtenga su Anuario 2023-24 AHORA!
The 2023/2034 Penngrove Panthers yearbook is now available to purchase!
To order CLICK HERE
$25 members/$30 non-members.
🚧 PTA MEMBERS- at checkout- apply the code included in the MEMBERS ONLY NEWSLETTER that went out to all members on 01/27/2024, to receive your discount 🚧 (if you are a PTA member and didn't receive the email, please reach out to Sara at fopptacomm@gmail.com)
6th Graders do NOT need to order-
the PTA will be gifting a copy to each member of the Class of 2024
The book is 92 colored pages of events, classroom activities and student portraits.
From Ice Cream Social, to Jog-a-thon, to Family Fun Nights and Global School Playday - everything is included!
Yearbooks will be distributed in June and are only available via pre-order from now until April 12th.
(The cutoff is a FIRM date- in order to have the books printed in time for distribution. NO SALES after April 12th, 2024)
Email fopptayearbook@gmail.com with any questions.
Upcoming Events - *some dates have changed*
Próximos eventos: *algunas fechas han cambiado*
PJHS Upcoming Events / PJHS Próximos eventos
Penngrove School Tours 2024-25
Visitas guiadas a la escuela Penngrove para 2024-25
🗒️ Things To Do, Classes & More 🗒️
🗒️ Cosas que hacer, clases y más 🗒️
Parent Circle on March 4th at Petaluma HS
We hope you'll join us for a Parent Circle facilitated by Aaron Kahlow, as we learn and practice skills with other parents, create meaningful connections, and learn about the three stages of emotional resilience to support us in difficult moments with our children or family.
Cyber bullying Parent workshop- zoom 3/15/2024 - Care Solice
Teens around the world are dealing with the omnipresent reality of cyberbullying. Ensuring that parents and children alike have the tools to identify and work through the impact of cyberbullying is critical. The beautiful thing is that many outlets for support exist and conflict such as cyberbullying presents a unique opportunity to intentionally develop emotional resilience. Join Valera Health and Care Solace as we discuss this important topic! Click here to register
Wise Parent Workshops: Helping Anxious Kids
Hi Penngrove-
My name is Sierra Dator, and I am an LCSW with a private therapy practice in Petaluma and also am the founder and facilitator of Wise Girl Workshops.
I wanted to let you know about my upcoming workshop that may be relevant to some of the parents at your school called "Wise Parent Workshops: Helping Anxious Kids." In this workshop series, parents will learn the why behind anxiety, delve into applicable theory, and walk away with a host of tools and strategies to support their child when worry and anxiety strikes.
This workshop is for parents of ALL GENDER youth who are in grade school and starts February 28, 2024. I’ve worked with hundreds of families and youth over my 23 years in the field and have developed a 6 week series to offer insight, help, and relief when it comes supporting children with worry and anxiety.
Because what I know is anxiety often becomes a family problem. While it might start with one person, it often infiltrates the entire family system. All of a sudden everyone is shaping their life around anxiety and no one is feeling good about it.
This workshop will take place on zoom. As always, I keep the workshops small so we can dive deeper into the content and address problems as they relate to our participants.
While I am a local therapist working with children and families, this workshop is not therapy but instead offers a wellness approach to helping parents help their child with anxiety. There will be no diagnosis or assessment.
You can find out more info and register at wisegirlworkshops.com or here at
https://buytickets.at/wisegirlworkshops/1128426
Please let me know if you have any questions or want to talk further. Thank you!
Kindly,
Sierra Dator, MSW, LCSW
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For Workshops
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707-478-4351
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Music on the Green - Family Day Event
On Saturday, April 6, the Green Music Center will present our annual Family Day event, featuring a concert by 123 Andrés.
The event will have a festival feel, with refreshments and a variety of arts activities led by local teaching artists and Sonoma State teaching credential students for children of all ages.
Thanks to a grant we received from the California Arts Council, this event will be free to all!
For The Love of Comics - After School Comics and Cartoons with Gio Benedetti
Tuesdays after school on Penngrove Elementary campus, 3:10 - 4:10pm
Wednesday after school on McDowell Elementary campus, 1:20 - 2:20pm
Thursday after school on McNear Elementary campus, 3pm - 4pm
(Instructor will be on site at dismissal and kids are welcome to join him immediately after school.)
Gio Benedetti is a local author and comic creator.
4th, 5th and 6th graders are invited to join him after school to make comics, draw, talk about comics, learn about comic making, and have a lovely time doing groovy art things.
All supplies are provided, and each student will have a finshed comic printed in the Spring edition of For The Love of Comics, the magazine Gio makes full of student work.
Places are limited, so if this sounds like something your kid is into, jump on it!
Registration link is here: https://forms.gle/CfMREVS7reP3KB48A
Care Solace
If you or a family member are looking for help with mental health or substance use, Care Solace can help you quickly find treatment options matched to your needs regardless of the circumstance. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential service provided to students, staff, and their families by Petaluma City Schools. Care Solace’s team is available 24/7/365 and can support you in any language.
If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:
Call 888-515-0595 available 24/7/365
Visit www.caresolace.com/petk12 and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email, or phone.
🍏Breakfast & Lunch Menus - March🍏
🍏 Menús de Desayuno y Almuerzo - Marzo 🍏
🐾 Meals are free for all students 🐾
Reading Kit Request
We're so excited to introduce Penngrove Reading Kits this year. This is a fun way to bring new books home to read as a family, support a struggling reader, encourage a love of reading, or just for FUN! If you're curious which kit would be best for your reader, don't hesitate to reach out to their classroom teacher.
Detailed description of these kits are here. Otherwise, feel free to browse the kits in the office or reach out to Mrs. M with any questions at amiljkovic@petk12.org. There are multiple kits at most levels with different titles to keep things interesting :)
Families can check out 2 kits per student at a time and return in 2 weeks.
Penngrove Elementary - Home of the #PennPanthers
Email: penngrove@petk12.org
Website: penngroveelementary.org
Location: 365 Adobe Road, Penngrove, CA, USA
Phone: (707) 778-4755
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