Upcoming Events - Palm Valley School

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Upcoming Events - Palm Valley School
Phoenix of Friday, March 07, 2014
Upcoming Events:
Sat., March 8 - The Great Gala - Hard Rock Hotel 5:30 pm
Fri., March 14 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Teacher Appreciation Luncheon - No Classes
Mon., March 17 - Faculty-Staff Professional Day No Classes
Thurs., March 20 - Scholastic Book Fair Begins
Fri., March 21 - Grandparents/Special Friends
Day; Half Day
Sun., March 23 - Admission All School Open
House
Tues., March 25 - Last day of Scholastic Book Fair
Fri., March 28 - Pep Rally - Gym - 1:55 - 2:40pm
Annual Fund: Thank you to all the families who made a
contribution to the annual fund - your contribution
made a difference. To date we have raised over
$325,000 toward our goal. We need 100% of our families
to participate to meet our goal this year. Once again we
are offering a special free dress day to any grade with
100% participation. You can send your payment directly
to the business office or donate online at www.pvs.org
and click on the support button. For questions or assistance please email [email protected].
Admission Open House, March 11th at 9 am: The easiest way to share all the great things our school has to
offer is to invite your friends, neighbors, teammates, or
anyone else who is curious about Palm Valley School to
our Tuesday Morning Admission Open House. Let them
know they can stop in any Tuesday from 9-11 am for a
tour of the campus and to have all of their questions answered. No RSVP required. Contact Lisa Olson with questions, [email protected] or 760-328-0861.
News from Lower School: Time seems to be moving
ever faster here at school! The month of March holds so
much learning, and an equal measure of socializVolume 2013/2014
Issue 23
March 07, 2014
ing. Across the grades our students are growing, learning, and thriving! Students are: traveling the desert
environment on a guided jeep tour, exploring Mission
San Juan Capistrano, participating in Grandparents’
Day through song, creating silent films for social science, solving the area of squares, parallelograms, and
trapezoids, reading biographies of famous scientists,
eating and reading Green Eggs and Ham, reading and
sharing The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
and much more!!!
Congratulations to Lower School student Lucca
Jacome, whose artwork was selected by the city of
Rancho Mirage for their Race to Be Ready!
All families are now able to sign in to check their
child’s progress in the Accelerated Reader program.
This makes it possible for you to see both the quizzes
taken and your child's overall performance. Please
take a look! If you have any questions, please contact
Joan Black at [email protected].
The end of the year is coming up, buy your Lower
School Yearbook today. Information went home with
the students on Friday or you can find it in the front
office. The hardcover book is $25, it has 100 pages
filled with all the memories from this school year.
Don't miss out all orders must be in by April 30th. If
you would like to send a message to your son or
daughter in the yearbook please see the attached
form or pick one up in the office. All messages must be
in by March 31st, 2014. If you have any questions
please contact Mr. Gilmour at [email protected] or
Shelley Jefferson at [email protected].
Calling all talented Lower School students! Please complete the application that went home on February
28th, and bring it to the office. Students can audition
on Monday, April 21st, from 3:30- 4:30 in the gym. If
the date and time conflict with your schedule, please
contact Mrs. Black to setup another time. All acts and
costumes must be approved, and they must be appropriate for all ages. A practice and full dress rehearsal
will be held on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 3:305:00pm in the gymnasium. The Talent Show is scheduled for Friday, April 25th, at 6:00 pm in the gym. Parent Association has kindly offered to prepare their traditional ice cream social to follow he performance.
News from Middle School: "Jackie Robinson Day" at
Petco Park: Permission slips with all the information
about our all-Middle School trip to San Diego for the
Padres-Colorado Rockies baseball game on April 15th,
2014, were sent home on Wednesday this week with
students. Look for a bright red flyer with all the information and a permission slip portion to be returned to
Mrs. Ferguson no later than March 20th, 2014. The
entire Middle School is looking forward to this special
activity which is a culminating activity of last October's "Jackie Robinson Week" focusing on respectful
behavior.
News from Upper School: Parents and Juniors, please
schedule two mandatory meetings with
Mr. Kulevich between now and June 13th. We will go
over your list of colleges and your game plan for the
summer. Let's talk about applications, essays, community service, summer programs, financial aid, etc. Testing Information: SATs are on March 8th; May
3rd (subject tests); June 7th (subject tests). Please take
the SATs at least three times. I'm looking forward to
seeing you during parent-teacher conferences and
then again before June. If you want acceptances, you
have to work on a plan now. I'm here to help!
Art: Congratulations are in order for Senior Tamy Lin.
Her art has been entered into The Palm Springs Art
Museum Show "The Unknown". Contest Places and
Scholarships to be announced in May.
Celebrations are already being held for 3rd grader
Lucca Jacome and 8th grader Jillian Barbato. Tuesday,
March 4th they were honored at Rancho Mirage Library for winning the "Race to be Ready" medal and tshirt design. On March 30th the kids will also be present at the 5k race and given a hundred dollars for
their prize. Check out the race-to-beready.com website for race information.
College: Financial aid applications, requirements and
deadlines vary from school to school, however, you
will need to complete the FAFSA (www.fafsa.ed.gov)
and some schools require the CSS/Profile (http://
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student.collegboard.org/cc-fincial-aid-profile) and/or
their own application. Check with each of your colleges.
Mr. Kulevich will automatically send your mid-year
grades to every college where you have an active application. Please give him a call, if you have any questions
regarding the FAFSA. Or contact FAFSA customer service
directly at 800-433-3243.
Parent Association: The PA Nominating Committee will
be meeting in March to prepare the slate of candidates
for next year’s PA Board. Please submit any nominations
by email to Christina Capetz
at [email protected] no later than March 15th,
2014.
Please join us in thanking our teachers for all they do
throughout the year by bringing in your favorite Asian
Fusion dish to our Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on
Friday, March 14th, 2014. Preschool: (6) platters of sushi
servings 8-10. Lower School Grades JK – 2nd : 4-5 platters
serving 8-10 of Chicken Dishes - Some ideas: Asian
chicken lettuce wraps, Orange chicken, Chicken satay.
Lower School Grades 3rd – 5th : 4-5 platters serving 8-10
Beef Dishes – Some ideas: Beef and broccoli, Beef satay,
Braised short ribs. Middle School: 4-Salads serving 8, 4Rice dishes serving 8, 4-Noodle dishes serving 8. High
School – Drinks & Desserts: 3 cases of each Water/Tea,
4 platters of Brownies, 4 platters of cookies. Volunteers:
Two volunteers for set up at 10:30 am; Two volunteers
for cleanup at 1:00 pm. Please remember to provide
serving utensils and use disposable pans/dishware when
possible. All items may be placed in the upper school
teachers’ lounge any time before 11:30 am. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT: [email protected] with the dish or
contribution of your choice. As Always, THANK YOU
again for your participation.
Grandparents and Special Friends Day: Save the Date!
Grandparents Day, March 21st by the Circle Drive, between the Middle School and Gymnasium. Come enjoy
the morning to celebrate and honor your Grandparent
or Special Friend.
Scrip: Please support our school through our Scrip program. Scrip has many wonderful gift cards for your everyday shopping experiences and our gift cards make such
great gifts. You can stop by the Lower or Upper
School offices where you can purchase a variety of
cards. Attached is the family order form. As of March 1,
2014 all scrip orders will be placed on the 1st and 3rd
(760) 328-0861/www.pvs.org
Friday of every month. Orders placed will be delivered by the following week. If you have any questions, please contact Raquel Homec at 760-578-0863
or [email protected].
SPORTS RESULTS:
Boys A-Team Basketball: The team successfully won
against Sacred Heart in the finals and took the Championship for the third year in a row with a nail-biting
45-42 victory. Chandler Barbato’s 27 points, along
with the excellent rebounding and aggressive play by
Jaxon Jabara, Marcelo Lopez and Izak Weintraub had
all of the parents on the edge of their seats the entire
game. It was a battle to the finish and because of the
intense focus of the entire team and the excellent
direction by Coach Ward Blanchard, PVS maintains its
title as League Champions.
Individual Awards: Girls’ League MVP: Jasmine
Bosnino; 1st Team Selection: Seline Schinke; 2nd
Team Selection: Kaleese Fountain and Jackie Sutton;
Boy’s 1st Team Selection: Matt Elliott, Sam Struthers
and Will Struthers; 2nd Team Selection: Chase
Doremus.
Palm Valley Winter Sports Roster:
A-Girls Basketball: Mrs. Michelle Bateman, Head
Coach; Players: Jillian Barbato, Joanna Berkowitz,
Camille Dervieux, Megan Jefferson, Teddy Knee, Nicki
Dezfuli and Anika Selberg.
B-Girls Basketball: Mrs. Michelle Bateman, Head
Coach; Players: Sarah Olson, Rachell Rothstein,
Cambria McCalla, Camille Dervieux, Chynna Doremus
and Shelby Armor.
2014 Winter Sports Awards:
A-Girls Basketball: MPV: Jillian Barbato; Coaches’
Award: Anika Selberg; Most Improved: Camille
Dervieux.
B-Girls Basketball: MPV: Rachell Rothstein; Coaches’
Award: Cambria McCalla; Most Improved: Chynna
Doremus.
C-Grils Basketball: MVP: Claire Jenkins; Coaches’
Award: Alexis Pike; Most Improved: Alexa Briskman.
A-Boys Basketball: MPV: Chandler Barbato; Coaches’
Award: Jaxon Jabara; Most Improved: Izak
Weintraub.
B-Boys Basketball: MPV: Jensen Jabara; Coaches’
Award: Daniel Romo; Most Improved: Connor Cook.
C-Boys Basketball: MPV: Frank Gilbert; Coaches’
Award: Gavin Wessman; Most Improved: Charles
Schnell.
Varsity Girls Basketball: MVP: Seline Schinke;
Coaches’ Award: Kaleese Fountain; Most Improved:
Sarah Chaffins.
Varsity Boys Basketball: MVP: Sam Struthers;
Coaches’ Award: Will Struthers; Most Improved:
Chase Doremus.
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C-Girls Basketball: Ms. Wendy Heckmann and Ms.
Michelle Dirkes, Coaches; Players: Hannah Makkai,
Hannah Sloan, Madi Heckmann, Mia Heckmann,
Alexa Briskman, Julia Crockett, Claire Jenkins, Ava
Sinha and Alexis Pike.
A-Boys Basketball: Mr. Ward Blanchard, Head
Coach; Players: Chandler Barbato, Jaxon Jarbara,
Anthony Bross, Cameron Matthews, CJ Chaffins, Doug
Sears, Izak Weintraub, Jacob Sullivan, Joe Bolek,
Marcelo Lopez, Rand Lander and Pablo Drenning.
B-Boys Basketball: Mr. Braden Homec, Head Coach;
Players: Holden Hartle, Jake Mulé, Daniel Romo,
Carson McCalla, Colin Dervieux, Seth Menn, Jensen
Jabara, Benjamin Snyder, Jackson Dean, Griffin Swan,
Connor Cook, Drew Winkler and Oliver Kaufmann.
C-Boys Basketball: Mr. John Olsen, Head Coach;
Players: Lawrence Carroll, Ethan Abrams, Frank Gilbert, Gavin Wessman, Charles Schnell, Genti Ballazhi,
Luke Langlois and Lawrence Nelson.
Varsity Girls Basketball: Mr. Adam Emmer, Head
Coach, and Ms. Mindy Carganilla, Assistant Coach;
Players: Sarah Chaffins, Jasmine Bosnino, Kaleese
Fountain, Jackie Sutton, Christina Romo and Seline
Schinke.
(760) 328-0861/www.pvs.org
Varsity Boys Basketball: Mr. Kevin Smith, Head Coach,
and Mr. Ryan Lighthill, Assistant Coach;
Players: Sam Struthers, Matt Elliott, Chase Doremus,
Derek Schinke, Golan Bosnino, Soren Craig, Eliot
Weintraub, Colin Wessman, Will Struthers, Eddie Knee,
Jacob Langlois, Owen Thurman and Adam Briggs.
3:15pm
HOME
Thurs., March 13
29-Palms HS
3:15pm
HOME
Mon., March 17
Xavier Prep.
3:00pm
Away@Classic Club
Wed., March 19
29-Palms HS
2:45pm
Away
Thurs., March 20
Temecula Prep
2:15pm Away@California Oaks-Colony Course/
Murrieta
Track:
Thurs., March 20 Palm Desert DHS at Cathedral City HS
3:15pm
@CCHS
Thurs., Apr. 3
Xavier@CCHS
3:15pm
@CCHS
Thurs., May 1
Palm Springs HS@CCHS
3:15pm
@CCHS
Upcoming Events:
Varsity Baseball:
Thurs., March 13
TBA
Fri., March 14
TBA
Sat., March 15
TBA
Tues., March 18
3:30pm
Thurs., March 20
3:30pm
Baptist Christian Tournament
Away in Hemet
Baptist Christian Tournament
Away in Hemet
Baptist Christian Tournament
Away in Hemet
29-Palms HS
Away@ 29-Palms HS
Baptist Christian
HOME
Varsity Softball:
Thurs., March 13
3:15pm
Wed., March 19
3:15pm
Thurs., March 20
3:30pm
Tues., March 25
3:00pm
Wed., March 26
3:30pm
West Shores HS
Away@WSHS
Desert Christian Academy
Away @ DCA
Baptist Christian
HOME
Desert Mirage HS
Away@DMHS
Xavier Prep.
HOME
Varsity Golf:
Mon, March 10
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Varsity Tennis:
Mon., March 17
3:15pm
Wed., March 19
3:15pm
Mon., March 24
3:15pm
Wed., March 26
3:15pm
Mon., March 31
3:15pm
Yucca Valley HS
HOME
Shadow Hills HS
Away@SHHS
29-Palms HS
Away@29-Palms
Yucca Valley HS
Away@YVHS
Shadow Hills HS
HOME
*Note from the Editor: If you have anything to add to
next week’s edition of the Phoenix, please contact Jessica Graves at [email protected]. All submissions are due
on Wednesdays by NOON. Thank you.
Desert Chapel
(760) 328-0861/www.pvs.org
Palm Valley School Annual Fund
2013-2014 Campaign Participation
Thank you for your Support!
Pre School
Miguel and Celeste Amaya (FFC)
David and Laurie Greenberg (S)
Jeff and Alma Smith (S)
Peter and Jarmila Cunningham (RBC)
Pre Kindergarten
John and Tracy Berkey (RBC)
Mehran and Kristeen Elly (F)
Charles and Nah Young Lee (S)
Richard and Shari Liotta (S)
(T) Walter and Laura Neil (PC)
Mahsa Zadeh (S)
Kindergarten
Thomas and Amiya Linton (RBC)
Koushan Siami and Mojguan Shams (F)
First Grade
Wheels and Amelia Bauder (S)
Manuel and Karen De Jesus (S)
Martin and Jarka Dolemo (RBC)
Doug and Jeanie Eberts (HC)
Henry and Christa Jones (RBC)
Christopher Knight and Mary Ann Vicari (S)
Lindsey Leavitt (S)
Andrea Shih (S)
Second Grade
(T) Max and Margi Briggs (LC)
Gregory and Sherry Hill (F)
Bradley and Elodie Mullen (F)
(T) Walter and Laura Neil (PC)
Barry Schnell (S)
Brian and (T) Cherise Sonderman (PC)
Mahsa Zadeh (S)
Third Grade
Brenda Berman (S)
David and Melanie Borun (F)
Manuel and Karen De Jesus (S)
Lee Erwin and Timothy Jochen (HC)
David and Laurie Greenberg (S)
(T) Jason and Kelley Huskey (RBC)
Richard and Courtney Korenkiewicz (S)
James and Vasanti Saas (S)
Fourth Grade
Bruce and Sharon Bryant (F)
Rob and (T) Christina Capetz (RBC)
Martin and Jarka Dolemo (RBC)
Doug and Jeanie Eberts (HC)
Mehran and Kristeen Elly (F)
Bahman and (T) Beatrice Eslamboly (RBC)
David and Keri Frediani (S)
Saied and Cindy Habibipour (PC)
Roberta Frink Sobey (RBC)
Fifth Grade
Lew Baskerville (PC)
The Bauer Family (S)
Rob and (T) Christina Capetz (RBC)
Lynne Chasen and Sharyl Walker (S)
JP and Shelley Jefferson (PC)
Mark and Katie Malnati (F)
The Mergl-Taylor Family (S)
Leslie Scheil (RBC)
Tom and Veronica Schlicht (F)
John and Samara Shay (S)
Brian and (T) Cherise Sonderman (PC)
Josh and Valerie Tanner (F)
Bret and Kathryn Thurman (PC)
Sixth Grade
Robert and Tracy Arzano (RBC)
John Armor and Mario Koppe (RBC)
Larry and Kristen Carroll (PC)
Fred and Elizabeth Crockett (F)
David and (T) Jennifer Jenkins (PC)
Robert and Alana Pike (PC)
Barry Schnell (S)
Seventh Grade
Bernard and Susan Dervieux (RBC)
Harvey and Missy Jabara (FFC)
Paul and Lindsay Kaufmann (S)
Curtis and Traci McCalla (RBC)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
Dina Segerson (PC)
Eighth Grade
(T) Antun and Lisa Barbato (LC)
Doug and Valerie Bornstein (RBC)
(A) Alumni (G) Grandparent
(T) Trustee
Palm Valley School Annual Fund
2013-2014 Campaign Participation
Thank you for your Support!
Michael and Nicole Botello (F)
Bernard and Susan Dervieux (RBC)
Bahman and (T) Beatrice Eslamboly (RBC)
Dirk Wayne and Kim Hanson
Harvey and Missy Jabara (FFC)
JP and Shelley Jefferson (PC)
Daryl and Renée Katz (FFC)
(T) Kevin and Joan Knee (FFC)
James and Brianna Lawton (PC)
Mark and Lori Matthews (RBC)
Ninth Grade
Anonymous (RBC)
Kim Angel (RBC)
(T) Max and Margi Briggs (LC)
Robert and Julie Graves (PC)
David and (T) Jennifer Jenkins (PC)
Paul and Lindsay Kaufmann (S)
(T) Kevin and Joan Knee (FFC)
Bryan and (T) Gail Kocen (LC)
(T) Paul and Carrie Stone (PC)
Bret and Kathryn Thurman (PC)
Tenth Grade
Wheels and Amelia Bauder (S)
Catherine Harris (S)
Shaul and Caroline Mezrahi (PC)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
Adrienne Walter (S)
Alexandra Kulevich
Jackson Kulevich
Jake Sonderman
Luke Sonderman
Faculty and Staff
Gordon and Michelle Bateman (S)
Bill and Carol Brantley (S)
Barbara Elliott (S)
Greg and Francine Fisher (S)
Robert and Julie Graves (PC)
Stephanie Greenwood (S)
Richard and Courtney Korenkiewicz (S)
Joe and Rosemarie McDonnell (S)
Roy and Dorothy Morden (S)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
Doug and Jackie Leany (F)
Alumni, Trustees, Grandparents, and Others
(G) Frances Barbato (RBC)
(T) Giuseppe Catalano and Pamela Broska (RBC)
(T) Tom Clark (RBC)
(T) Judy Davis (RBC)
(A) Aaron Golds (S)
(G) Katherine Laule (S)
Melanie Roe (RBC)
(G) Janice Vogt (S)
Eleventh Grade
Anonymous (RBC)
Namung Cho (S)
Coleman Family Foundation (LC)
William and Denise DuBarry Hay (PC)
Bryan and (T) Gail Kocen (LC)
Floyd and Sandra Rhoades (RBC)
Don and Mary Sutton (RBC)
Firebirds Founders Circle
$25, 000 and Up
Headmasters’ Circle
$10,000 - $24,999
Leadership Circle
$5,000 - $9,999
Phoenix Club
$2,500 - $4,999
Twelfth Grade
Red and Black Club
$1,000 - $2,499
Students
Chandler Barbato
Jillian Barbato
Courtney Capetz
Marianne Capetz
Ethan Eslamboly
Megan Eslamboly
Friend of PVS
$500 - $999
Supporter of PVS
$100 - $499
(A) Alumni (G) Grandparent
(T) Trustee

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