Read-A-Thon 2016

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The K-5 Read-a-thon kicked off on January 19th and goes through February 16! Don’t forget to encourage your kids to read and gather pledges for how many minutes they’ve read in a month. Please ask friends, family members, and neighbors to make a pledge or donation. Every little bit counts!

Classrooms with the most participating students will win a class party. There will also be prizes for the student who collects the most pledges and for the student who reads the most minutes.

As a bonus the Read-a-Thon works in conjunction with Stanford University’s reading program, Classroom Cardinal. Students are eligible to earn a FREE ticket to the Stanford Women’s Basketball game on February 28.

And there’s more! As an extra incentive, each individual classroom will receive a classroom visit from a Stanford student-athlete just for participating!

This awesome fundraiser promotes literacy, sports, and going to college! Thank you for your support in helping make this Read-a-thon a success!

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Tips for Success:

  1. Set a daily reading goal. The Read-a-thon is based on minutes read, which allows students with different reading speeds to compete on a level playing field for recognition.
  2. Pick a quiet, well-lit and comfortable place to read.
  3. Use a clock to ensure accuracy of how many minutes read.
  4. Enjoy!

Get Your Tickets for Peter Pan Jr.

PeterPanJR_4CBUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE HERE!

Come join Tinkerbell, Captain Hook, Peter Pan, and the whole Neverland gang in an adventurous tale about what it means to never grow up!

Clifford School PTO and the San Carlos Children’s Theater proudly present Disney’s PETER PAN, JR February 19, 20, and 21, 2016.

Join in celebrating Clifford students, from Kindergarten through 8th Grade, performing this time-honored tale of pixie dust, lost boys, pirates, mermaids, and fairies!

Performance Information

Dates

Friday, February 19: 7PM

Saturday, February 20th: 7 pm

Sunday, February 21st: 1 pm

Venue

McKinley Middle School Auditorium, 400 Duane St., Redwood City

Ticket prices

$15 reserved

$12 general

$14 at the door

Buy your tickets early – with only 3 performances tickets are sure to sell out!

Purchase Tickets

▪ Tickets will be available in the school office, starting Monday, January, 11.

▪ The week leading up to the show, you can buy tickets at the outside tables before and after school.

Click here to buy your tickets now via PayPal (a small fee will apply for your online transaction). You don’t need to have an account with PayPal to buy tickets — just use your credit card.

Note: If you buy online, pick up your tickets at will call before the performance.

Future Chef Competition

 

future-chef-symbolFrom the Redwood City School District:

We’re thrilled to announce our Future Chef competition for the 2015/2016 school year. This year we’re accepting entries K-grade 5. The idea behind this event is to help educate the students in HEALTHY EATING HABITS. This year we want students to submit their recipes for their favorite healthy breakfast.

We are collecting recipes through January 15, 2016. The contest will be held at Hawes Elementary School on February 25, 2016 from 3:00-5:00 pm. All recipes will be collected and a finalist from each school will be selected to participate in the contest.

Judging will be based on the following criteria:
-Originality
-Kid friendly
-Ease of preparation
-Healthy attributes
-Plate presentation
-Taste

All participants will receive a certificate, medal, embroidered chef coat, and chef hat. The winner of the event will then be entered into our National competition.

Send recipe submissions to Vanessa at the RCSD office at vcorona[at]rcsdk8[dot]net.

After School Enrichment: Winter 2016

Clifford’s winter session of After School Enrichment Classes is starting, so register before it is too late!

“Yes for Chess” has their first class this Monday, January 11th. Mad Science’s “Earth, Wind, Inspire” and Digital Monkey’s “Into to Game Development” courses started last week, but there are still spaces if you are interested.

Class offerings include, reading, math, art, science, chess, Spanish, coding, and sports camp. For complete information, see the Enrichment Programs page, for detailed class descriptions and how to register.