Reminder: Read-A-Thon Forms & Money Due!

Dolphin_Splash_logoParents of TK through 5th graders:

Please give your kids a final push to read!

This year’s Read-a-Thon ends Friday, Feb 20th. Help your readers earn well-deserved money for their classroom teacher; 50 percent of the fundraising profits will go directly to our kids’ teachers to buy school supplies.

Help your kids fill out their pledge forms and collect their dollars!

Another reminder: The Stanford book marks are also due on Feb 20th. If students read 10 books, they earn a free ticket to a Stanford basketball game on Sunday, March 1st.

Thank you for your support!

Happy reading!

Meeting this Thursday, Feb 19

Hi Clifford families, teachers & staff,

Come on down to the Clifford campus for our February meeting this Thursday.

  • Date: Feb 19, 2015
  • Time: 7PM
  • Location: Library

A light meal will be served upon your arrival, and children are welcome to come along and sit quietly in the Library (on-site childcare is not available).

Hear about all the great things that are happening at our great school: the Read-a-thon, for example, along with other events that have happened–including The Little Mermaid school musical and Rio 2 Movie Night! And so much more.

See you there.

 

 

 

NEW After-School Dance Program!

Dance_artStudents, are you ready to hit the dance floor after the final school bell?!

Well, a new performing arts enrichment program has begun for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd graders on Wednesdays (started Feb 11). And 4th & 5th graders  have a class on Mondays (started Feb 23).

Spots are available in both classes–and if your student is starting late, the fee is pro-rated.

The dance program’s teacher is Danny G, a wonderful choreographer, well-known in the community for his work with Adelante, John Gill, Roosevelt, Hawes, along with other schools in the Bay Area. Danny has also choreographed many San Carlos Children’s Theater productions––and he has taught at SCCT camps.

1st, 2nd & 3rd Graders

  • Once a week on Wednesday
  • 2:45PM to 3:45PM in the MUB
  • From 2/11 through 4/15
  • Maximum is 25 students total
  • The final class will have a performance for families (last half-hour)!
  • $160 fee (or pro-rated, depending on start date)

4th & 5th Graders

  • Once a week on Monday
  • 2:45PM to 3:45PM in the MUB
  • From 2/23 through 5/4
  • Maximum is 25 students total
  • The final class will have a performance for families (last half-hour)!
  • $160 fee (or pro-rated, depending on start date)

NO CLASS DURING SPRING BREAK.

To sign up your student

View Danny G’s flier for 1st-3rd graders here, and the flier for 4th-5th graders here.

Dance attire
Have your student wear sneakers along with loose clothing — leggings or shorts and comfortable t-shirts / tops!

Performance clips
Ready for some Kool & The Gang action?! Check out this fun YouTube video where Danny G’s John Gill students move and groove to “Celebration!”

For some 1950s moves, see more John Gill students dancing to Mr. Sandman by The Chordettes on this YouTube segment.

And lastly, a nod to Mary Poppins: See these super dancers perform the Penguin Dance  — and then they dance to “Party Rock” by LMFAO. This group of students won 1st Place in the downtown parade, too!

Enjoy!