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Menlo Park City School District
181 Encinal Avenue
Atherton, CA 94027

650-321-7140


2007-2008
August

3 Bulk mailing Day, 9:00am (L)
11 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
17 Collaborative Planning Days (D)
Class lists posted (L)
New Family coffee, 9am (E)
Class lists posted (OK)
19 Harvest Festival (E)
20 Collaborative Planning Days (D)
PTO Back to School Lunch, noon (L)
New Family Potluck, 6pm (OK)
21 Collaborative Planning Days (D)
22
Teacher Work Day (D)
New Family Orientation/Tours, 9:30am (L)
Kindergarten Welcome (OK)
Mandatory Arena Check-In (H)
23 School Opens
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8:15am (L)
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8am - 9:15 (E)
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8:15am (OK)
24 Head Room Parent Training Mtg, 8:45am (L)
Head Room Parent Training, 8:45 (E)
School Spirit Day, Wear Blue & White (L)
27 Head Room Parent Training Mtg, 7:00pm (L)
28 Library Volunteer Training, 8:30 (L)
Library Volunteer Training, 10:15 (L)
Room Parent Welcome & Orientation (OK)
29 Camp Hillview (H)
Hot Food Online Sign up Starts
PTO Board meeting, 8:30 (E)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45 (L)
Meet the new Principal!, 6:45 (E)
Back to School Night, 7pm (E)
30 Camp Hillview (H)
Back to School Night, 7pm (H)
31 Camp Hillview (H)
Staff Appreciation teacher lunch, 11:45 (E)

September

3 Labor Day Holiday - no school
5 Carpool Pick up Begins (L)
Back to School Teacher Lunch (OK)
Hot Food Online Signup Ends (H)
6 MPAEF Board Meeting
Back to School Night, 7pm (L)
Back to School Night, K-2: 6:30-7:30pm; 3-5: 7:30-8:30pm (OK)
7 PTO Council meeting, 8:30am
Meeting for Head Room Parents, 1:30pm (L)
Hot Food Service Begins (H)
Fall Family Picnic, 6pm (E)
8 Laurel Quarter Gourmet, 5:30pm (L)
10 Bike Safety Week kick-off (OK)
Spirit Week - PJ/College Day (H)
11 Kid Chow Lunch Delivery begins (L)
Spirit Week - Sport Jersey Day (H)
12 PTO General Meeting & Discussions w/ David, 8:15am (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45-10:30 (L)
PTO General Meeting, 8:30am (E)
Spirit Week - Inside Out Day (H)
Picture Day (E)
School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
13 Spirit Week - TV/Movie Day (H)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Gift Wrap Sales begin (H)
14 Spirit Week - Hillview (H)
Quarter Gourmet, 5:30pm (L)
Fall Family Fiesta, 5pm - 7pm (OK)
Hillview "Spirit" Dance, 7:30pm (H)
16 Michelle Mazzei Memorial Bike Ride, 8am (OK)
Fall Clean-Up Day, 9am - 1pm (L)
18 Read Naturally Training, 8:15am (E)
19 Read Naturally Training, 7:45am (E)
Art Training Meeting, 9:30am (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
Read Naturally Training, 1:40pm (E)
Site Council, 3pm (L)
21 Head Room Parent Meeting, Multi, 1:30pm (L)
Walk & Bike to School Day (L)
26 5th grade Coffee, 8:15am (E)
PTO General Meeting, 7pm (L)
27 3rd grade Coffee, 8:15am (E)
Family Science Night with Environmental Volunteers (OK)
28 4th grade Coffee, 8:15am (E)
Community Festival, 5:30pm (H)

October

1-5 Outdoor Ed (E)
3 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
4 MPAEF Board Meeting
5 PTO Council meeting, 8:30am
8 Laurel/Encinal Book Fair (L/E)
Accepting our Differences Week (OK)
School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
9 Laurel/Encinal Book Fair (L/E)
Accepting our Differences Week (OK)
Music Potluck Dinner (H)
10 Picture Day Make-Up (H)
Laurel/Encinal Book Fair (L/E)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
Accepting our Differences Week (OK)
11 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Accepting our Differences Week (OK)
Laurel/Encinal Book Fair (L/E)
12 Math Day (H)
Accepting our Differences Week (OK)
Laurel/Encinal Book Fair (L/E)
13 Gift Wrap Ends (H), 5pm
15 Minimum Day - Teacher Conferencing (H)
MPAEF Annual Campaign Kick-off
16 Minimum Day - Teacher Conferencing (H)
17 Minimum Day - Teacher Conferencing (H)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
Site Council, 3pm (L)
Family Science Night, 6pm (E)
Jim Wilten's Leadership Class, 6:15 (E)
18 Minimum Day - Conferencing K-8 (D)
19 Staff Development Day - No School (D)
22 Book Fair (OK)
23 7th Grade Field Trip (H)
Book Fair (OK)
Picture Day (L)
24 7th Grade Field Trip (H)
Picture Make-up Day (E)
Book Fair (OK)
Jim Wilten's Leadership Class, 6:15 (E)
25 PTO General Meeting P2P Series, Sheila Dubin, M.S., speaking on Girls' Friendships: Intimacy and Cruelty (H)
Book Fair (OK)
26 Magazine Drive Begins (H)
Book Fair (OK)
7th/8th Grade Halloween Dance, 7:30pm (H)
27 Menlo Park City Halloween Parade, 12pm (H)
31 PTO General Meeting & Discussions w/ David, 8:15am (OK)
Halloween Parade, 8:30am (L)
Halloween Parade, 12:30 (E)

November

1 MPAEF Board Meeting
2 PTO Council meeting, 9am
7 Fall Luncheon for Teachers & Staff (H)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
Jim Wilten's Leadership Class, 6:15 (E)
8 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
12 Veteran's Day Holiday, no school
14 Minimum Day for Parent/Teacher Conferences, K-5 only (D)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
Jim Wilten's Leadership Class, 6:15 (E)
15 Minimum Day for Parent/Teacher Conferences, K-5 only (D)
16 Minimum Day for Parent/Teacher Conferences, K-5 only (D)
19 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
21-23 Thanksgiving Holiday (no school on Wed.)
27 Picture Make-Up Day (L)
28 Teacher Holiday Lunch, noon (L)
Site Council, 3pm (L)

December

5 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
6 MPAEF Board Meeting
7 PTO Council meeting, 9am
Holiday Teacher Luncheon, noon (L)
1st Trimester Report Cards Home
11 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
12 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45 (L)
13 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Oak Knoll Site Council, 3:30 (OK)
14 Laurel Winter Sing & PTO Bake Sale, 8:45am (L)
Laurel Winter Sing (2nd show), 1:15pm (L)
19 Teacher Coffee Cart (sponsored by Mazzei Family) (OK)
Winter Concert, 7pm (H)
21 Minimum Day (D)
22 Winter Break begins (D)

January

7 Back to school! (D)
9 PTO Board meeting, 8:45am (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
10 MPAEF Board Meeting
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
11 PTO Council meeting, 9am
15 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
16 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
Site Council, 3pm (L)
17-20 School Play (H)
21 Martin Luther King Jr Holiday
23 PTO General Meeting, 8:15am (OK)
25 Grandparents/Special Friends Day (OK)
Head Room Parent meeting, 1:30pm (L)

February

1 PTO Council meeting, 9am
CMEA Jazz Festival, Hillview 7/8 Strings (H)
2 CMEA Jazz Festival, Hillview 7/8 Strings (H)
5 8th Grade Field Trip (H)
School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
6 8th Grade Field Trip (H)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
7 MPAEF Board Meeting
13 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
14 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Valentine Luncheon for Teachers (OK)
Valentine Luncheon for Teachers (H)
Staff Appreciation Soup from the Heart, 12:30 (E)
15 Staff Development - No School (D)
18-22 February Break (D)
27 Site Council, 3pm (L)

March

1 MPAEF Board Meeting
3 Hillview Music - CMEA Solo & Ensemble Festival (H)
5 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
6 8th Grade Biography Tea (H)
7 PTO Council meeting, 9am
8th Grade Career Day (H)
7th/8th Grade Dance, 7-9pm (H)
8 8th Grade Biography Tea (H)
10-15 Staff Appreciation Week (L)
Staff Appreciation Week (OK)
11 Africa Day (H)
School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
12 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
Science Night, "Brainiacs", 6pm & 7pm (E)
13 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
14 Spring Dance, 7pm (H)
2nd Trimester Report Cards home (D)
17-21 Spring Break (D)
26 PTO Council: Madeline Levine, Ph.D., New York Times bestselling author of The Price of Privilege, 7pm - 9pm Hillview Multi

April

1 Flower Day for Staff Appreciation (E)
2 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
3 7th Grade Renaissance Faire (H)
MPAEF Board Meeting
Kindergareten Orientation, 2pm (L)
4 PTO Council meeting, 9am
School Board Meeting, 7pm (D)
9 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
10 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Science Discovery Day / 5th grade Science Fair (OK)
11 Talent Show (H)
12 Talent Show (H)
15 Spring Luncheon for Teachers & Staff (H)
School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
16 Day of the Reader (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
Site Council, 3pm (L)
17 6th Grade Greek Festival (H)
18 Staff Development - No School (D)
21 Staff Development - No School (D)
24 Art & Science Fair, 9am (L)
25 PTO General Meeting, 8:30am (L)
Reno Jazz Festival, Hillview Jazz Bands (H)
26 Reno Jazz Festival, Hillview Jazz Bands (H)
28 Spring Concert, 7pm in the Hillview Multi (E)
30 Volunteer Recognition, 9:30 (E)
Spring Concert, 7pm (H)

May

1 MPAEF Board Meeting
Kindergarten Orientation, 2pm (L)
Fine Arts Festival, 6:30 (E)
Open House, 7pm (E)
2 8th Grade Great America (H)
PTO Council meeting, 9am
Spring Family Event (OK)
3 4th/5th Grade Concert (E)
Kepler's Day Performance (H)
7 PTO General Meeting, 8:15 (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
8 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
Open House & Fine Arts Festival, 6:30pm (L)

School Board meeting, 7pm - Special meeting at Oak Knoll

10 Laurel/Encinal Pancake Breakfast, 8am (L & E)
13 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
14 Flower Day for Teachers & Staff (H)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
15 Spring Drama Performance (H)
Open House, 7pm (OK)
16 Spring Drama Performance (H)
PTO General Meeting, 8:30 (E)
Spring Fling, 5:30pm (L)
17 Spring Drama Performance (H)
MPAEF Auction, 4pm, Menlo College
18 Spring Drama Performance (H)
20 Volunteer Appreciation Reception, 2:45pm (L)
21 Site Council, 3pm (L)
22 8th Grade American History Day (H)
Open House, 7pm (H)
23 7th & 8th Grade Track Meet at Menlo School (H)
26 Memorial Day Holiday (D)
28 PTO Board Transition Meeting, 8:30 (E)
End of Year Teacher & Staff Luncheon (H)
29 Last Day of Kid Chow (L)
HSA Award Ceremony, 4pm
31 Pancake Breakfast (L/E)

June

1 Otter Run (OK)
4 PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30 (E)
5 End-of-Year Teacher Lunch (OK)
PTO Board Meeting, 8:30-10:30 (H)
6 PTO Council meeting, 9am
7 MPAEF Board Meeting
9 Raging Waters Trip (H)
11 PTO Board Meeting, 8:45am (L)
5th Grade Celebration (E)
12 Last Day of Instruction - Minimum Day

Hillview 8th Grade Graduation Ceremony (H)

13 Teacher Work Day (D)
16 Hillview Band performs at SF Giants v Detroit Tigers (H)
17 School Board meeting, 7pm (D)
2008-2009
August 08

18 Collaborative Planning - teachers only
19-20 Staff Development Days
22 Arena Check-in (H)
25 School Opens
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8:15am (L)
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8am - 9:15 (E)
PTO Back to School Coffee, 8:15am (OK)

September

1 Labor Day Holiday - no school
29-30 Accepting our Differences Week (E)

October

1-3 Accepting our Differences Week (E)
6 Staff Development Day, No School
14-17 Minimum Days, Conferencing Hillview only (H)
16 Minimum Day, Conferency All Grades

November

4 Election Day
11 Veteran's Day Holiday, no school
17-19 Minimum Days, Conferencing Grades K-5 only
20 Conferencing after school K-5, regular school attendance
26-28 Thanksgiving Holiday (no school on Wed.) (D)

December

19 Minimum Day
22 Winter Break begins (D)

January

5 Back to school! (D)
19 Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

February

13 President's Holiday - No School (D)
16 President's Holiday - No School (D)

April

6-10 Spring Break (D)

May

25 Memorial Day Holiday (D)

June

5 Last Day of Instruction - Minimum Day
8 Teacher Work Day
9-10 Collaborative Planning Days
Last modified Thursday, May 15, 2008