Congratulations again to Willy Wonka’s main cast, ensemble, and cast families for a terrific show! In case you missed some of the articles and online links highlighting our school play, you’ll find them listed below.
Finally, while we’re on the topic of media coverage, in case you didn’t catch the CBS news segment in 2012, which focused on physical education at Clifford, view the clip here. You can enjoy hearing our very own students talking on camera, along with others, including our former principal, Mr. Phil Lind!
Whether you’re blessed––or cursed––with a sweet tooth, you’ll love your sugary ride into Wonka’s world. Enjoy a fabulous family night out (or matinée) watching Clifford’s students in Willy Wonka Junior, Feb 22-24, in San Carlos.
Show Times:
Friday, Feb 22, 7PM
Saturday, Feb 23, 7PM
Sunday, Feb 24, 1PM
Tickets are available now in the school office. $10 per person for general seating; $15 reserved. The office staff have the forms you need.
Gob-stopper, anyone?! Here’s a sneak peek of a critical prop!
Alternatively, you can go online to purchase––and your tix will be waiting at the door for you before the show!
Performances:
Mustang Hall, Central Middle School, 828 Chestnut Street, San Carlos
For additional details about Willy Wonka Junior and the San Carlos Children’s Theater, visit the SCCT web site.
Note that reserved seating will be assigned according to the date of purchase, and will not be available the day of the performance. (Tickets are $12 at the door.) Children under 2 years do not need a ticket unless they require an individual seat.
Cast families: By now, we hope that you have turned in your ticket order form and payment. If you haven’t––and you want to buy reserved seats––remember that the sooner you order them, the “better” your seats!
Produced by the PTO, the new 2012/2013 Clifford School Directory is available. If you already donated $$ to the PTO, you automatically get one––and you will receive a directory from your child (via folders).
You can also purchase a directory for $4 from 8AM to 9AM, week days, outside the school office.
Be a part of Roald Dahl’s timeless story of the world-famous candy man and his quest to find an heir for his chocolate factory. Willy Wonka stages a contest by hiding five golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever finds these tickets will win a free tour of the Wonka factory, as well as a lifetime supply of candy. Four of the five winning children are insufferable brats: the fifth is a likeable young lad named Charlie Bucket who takes the tour in the company of his equally amiable grandfather. The children must learn to follow Mr. Wonka’s rules in the factory–or suffer the consequences!
Note: Our school play, Willy Wonka Junior, is produced by the PTO. All parents will be required to complete volunteer hours. The performances will be held February 22, 23rd, and 24th, 2013.
The catalog for Spring Session after-school enrichment classes is taking shape! New additions this year include a Creative Robotics Lab on Fridays for 3rd-6th graders.
Thank you to the parents and faculty who joined us last Thursday at a very informative PTO meeting. Many of the items discussed have been written about in detail on this blog.
Keep checking the website weekly for more information on all the great events that the PTO has planned in the coming months. For those of you that weren’t able to attend, please see the minutes below.
Mr. Lind spoke about the new parking lot. If you have any questions or ideas please direct them to Mr. Lind and he will pass them on to the district. Also, please do not drop off your kids at the stop sign on Scenic Drive. Either come around and park at the curb or go thru the upper parking lot or the drop off in front of the school. Sheriff will continue to patrol Scenic Dr.
7th Grade Science Fair is January 26th. Open House is from 6-8pm. All are welcome to attend.
Movie night was a HUGE success! John Claude would like to have more people help with this fun event. If interested, please let Lisa Chad know and she will get your info to John. He is looking for a minimum of 3 adults.
Holiday Boutique brought in $1,121 and $137 was last minute bake sale items!! There were 19 vendors and Barbara got positive feedback from both attendees and vendors. If you are interested in helping or selling next year, please let Barbara know.
January is Literacy Month at Clifford!! Read-A-Thon starts Tuesday, January 17th. Please, let’s make this a success, sponsor your children and encourage friends and family to sponsor as well. The class from each grade that raises the most money will have a party! Check to see if your employer will match your child’s total. 50% of all the money raised for your child’s homeroom goes directly to the teacher to help buy supplies and items that will enhance their experience at school. There will also be a percentage that will go directly to the resource teachers and aides.
Joni Reicher is our Parcel Tax Coordinator. She is asking for your help in recruiting friends and family to work the Clifford Phone bank nights on Tuesday, April 10 and Tuesday, May 8 from 5:30-8:30pm. She needs at least 100 volunteers and we can’t use school or district resources (email lists or property) to assist in anyway. Pleases encourage your friends and family to sign up directly on the Redwood City Community for Better Schools site at http://betterrwcschools.org/Better-RWC-Schools/GetInvolved-BetterSchools.html or by letting her know via email (jbreicher@mac.com). Redwood City School District is the only district that feeds into Sequoia Union High School District that does not have a parcel tax. This puts our kids at a huge disadvantage as they enter high school. Please do what you can to support this!
Aoife McEvoy has taken on the HUGE task of the Dolphin Newsletter. This was done in the past by Mrs. Torres and now alleviates her to focus on more pressing issues. If anyone is interested in helping or contributing to the Dolphin, please contact Aoife!
Clifford Luau and Auction is on March 10 at Sandpiper Community Center in Redwood Shores . Look out for a beautiful flyer with information on how to purchase tickets. $55 per person, or if you reserve a table, then it’s $50 per person. Go to the Clifford Website to sign up to help. Help is needed with set-up, decorations, auction items, baskets, etc. Also, all classes are required to submit either a themed basket or class art item to start bidding at $50. There will be a live and silent auction. Contact Bunnie Morrow and Elaina Pitre if you would like to help or if you need more information.
Garden is looking for help. If you can take a bed to weed, the kids love it! Coordinate with the teacher and you can take the class for a bit to help and learn about soil and how plants grow. Check the Clifford PTO website for more info.
Ann Berljafa wants to bring the movie, “Race to Nowhere” to Clifford. She is going to check on liscensing and purchasing info and get back to us.
Multi-Cultural Day is June 1st from 4-8pm. There will be a meeting for those interested in helping on Thursday, February 2nd from 6-7:30 in the Clifford Library. They are changing the performance to a Clifford Talent Show “Clifford’s got Talent”, there will be new games and activities and Valerie, Suaima and Cecilia are looking for parents to help with events and donations for middle school prizes, baked goods and ethinic dishes to sell. Please come to the meeting! If you can’t attend but would like to help with games, or donations, please contact one of the following Valerie Bioc vbioc@comcast.net, Suaima Figueroa suiama.figueroa@gmail.com, or Cecilia Velasquez jcjjfernandez@sbcglobal.net.
We look forward to seeing you at the next meeting (Feb. 9, 7pm, in the Library).
Have you ever wondered how you might get your child to eat more fruits and vegetables? In our veggie lab behind the kindergarten and first grade classrooms, we have discovered that a child who would otherwise run from anything green will eat a whole bush of snow peas if they have grown it themselves. It’s also a fact that they have higher IQs. We have discovered crafty ways of sneaking scientific information into their heads while we distract them with worms and seeds.
Obviously, the Clifford School Garden Science program is a wonderful way to enhance your child’s academic program at Clifford school. The Garden Science Program is run by volunteers and there are ways that you can help. If you would like to ensure that your child’s class is taught Garden Science please contact one of the Volunteers so you can learn to be a docent or help out another parent who is doing so. It’s easy, fun and requires very minimal time commitment. If you don’t have a green thumb we will teach you how to grow one!
A second way to help is as easy as recycling your plastic pots. Please save those small plastic pots and donate them to the school Garden Science program. You can leave them in the office in a bag labeled Garden Science or simply toss them over the fence into the garden. Its an easy step for you, saves space in your garbage and reuses plastic containers that are not accepted in our recycling bins.
Congratulations again to Willy Wonka’s main cast, ensemble, and cast families for a terrific show! In case you missed some of the articles and online links highlighting our school play, you’ll find them listed below.
