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

February 19, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Parents 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!

Community, Enrichment

NEW After-School Dance Program!

February 3, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Dance_art Students, 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

Print and fill out this form––or pick up a hard-copy form in the School Office (Spanish version here).
Return the completed form and payment for $160 to the School Office.
Make checks payable to Daniel Giray.

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!

Community, Fundraising

Clifford Family Movie Night: Friday, 1/30

January 25, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Greetings Clifford families,

You are all invited to this Friday’s movie night at the MUB at 6PM, to help raise funds for 5th Graders’ Outdoor Ed (in February). Rio 2 — the top pick voted by 5th Graders — will be showing!

A $5-per-family donation is suggested.

Pizza, drinks, popcorn & snacks will be on sale.

Bring blankies and pillows, and make yourselves cosy! A kiddie corner will be available, too.

See you there!

When: 1/30/2015
What: Rio 2
Time: 6PM
Where: MUB

Sports

New Clifford Student Artwork: Library Exhibit

January 25, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

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We have updated Clifford School’s Art in Action exhibit in Redwood City downtown library in the children’s section. The 3rd graders’ “Starry Night” paintings inspired by Van Gogh are on display.

If you haven’t seen the Art in Action library exhibit yet, we encourage you to visit! Selby Lane, Orion, Redeemer, Roy Cloud, Clifford & Adelante elementary schools are participating, and each school displays and updates their students’ artwork monthly.

Please come and check out fellow-students’ artwork!

–Kay Rim and Rachel Winmill

If you are interested in teaching or assisting in Art in Action lessons, please contact:

Kay at kaysuzu70@yahoo.com
Rachel at wade_rachel@hotmail.com

Thank you.

6th Grade Student Writers: New Year’s Publication

January 21, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Dolphin_Splash_logo Did you know that Mrs. Garcia’s 6th Graders have their very own newspaper, The Dolphin Splash?

Well, check out the first edition of 2015. The Dolphin Splash articles and poetry are written by students in Mrs. Garcia’s Exploratory Writing Class.

Congratulations Mrs. Garcia and student writers!

For previous editions, visit The Dolphin Splash: Star Writers Right Here.

Community, Enrichment

After-School: Awesome Winter Creations

January 13, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Before the holidays, during the Winter Holiday Gift-Making enrichment program, 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders worked on really fun — and festive — projects: They decorated glass and wooden ornaments, and painted a penguin on canvas!

These classes are fun and children create unique gifts for their family members. The children are proud of their art projects!

This spring, the Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Gift-Making classes are coming up. Please check the bulletin board outside of the school office for updates, along with the class information flyers, which will be included in the children’s folders sometime in April.

Community, Fundraising, Volunteering

It’s Show Time: The Little Mermaid Opens Friday!

January 1, 2015 PTO Communications Leave a comment

Psh, psh, psh. Swish, swish, swish. Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle.

These are some of the sounds you might encounter roaming around under the sea: gliding mermaids, thriving fish, oceanic plants swaying — along with the thrill of a bubbling and gurgling world under water!

Clifford School PTO and the San Carlos Children’s Theater proudly present Disney’s LITTLE MERMAID JR, February 6, 7, and 8, 2015.

As you read this, rehearsals are concluding, sets are complete, costumes are getting perfected, makeup plans are in motion–and teams of other parents are focused on ticket sales, program print production, concessions, and more!

Join us as we journey under the sea with Ariel and her aquatic friends. Clifford students, from Kindergarten through 8th Grade, will be performing in this colorful and enchanting musical based on the 2008 Broadway hit.

The Little Mermaid will have you singing popular songs like “Part of Your World” and “Under the Sea” long after the show’s over!

Performance information

Dates
Friday, February 6th: 7PM
Saturday, February 7th: 7 pm
Sunday, February 8th: 1 pm

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

Ticket prices
$15 reserved
$12 general
$14 at the door

With just 3 performances, it’s sure to be a sell-out.

Purchase Tickets

Tickets will be available in the school office, starting Monday, January 12.
The week leading up to the show, you can buy tickets at 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.