Dragon Tales 3.10.08
Valley Oak Elementary
Davis Joint Unified School District
Web: www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/voak
E-mail: valleyoak@djusd.k12.ca.us
PTA website: http://www2.dcn.org/orgs/vopta/
PTA email: valleyoakpta@yahoo.com
(530) 757-5470
Week of Mar. 10, 2008
Calendar: March
March 10 PTA Meeting, 7 p.m. in Room 6
March 11 Parent Education, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Holmes MPR (see info below)
March 12 Hate Crime Presentation, 7 p.m., Harper Junior High (see info below)
March 14 2nd Trimester Awards Assemblies
March 14 Variety Show Auditions, 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., Room 4
March 19 School Site Council Meeting, 7 p.m.
March 20 Kindergarten Registration at schools
March 24-28 Spring Break! No School
PTA Meeting Tonight!
Please join us tonight, Monday, March 10, for the monthly PTA Meeting in Room 6.
Agenda items include a district budget update, a financial report, what to do with funds from the book fair and plans for the school carnival.
Dragon Bookslayers
Dragon Bookslayers, Valley Oak’s annual reading incentive program, is underway! The seven week program runs through April 18. Students will log their extracurricular reading on their reading log and will be awarded prizes as they reach various levels. The prize table will be in Room 4 on Wednesdays and Fridays after school beginning this week.
The Battle Begins!
The Valley Oak Battles of the Books will be held on Thursday, April 10 after lunch and Friday, April 11 in the morning.
This event is open to all 4th, 5th and 6th grade students.
Participating students will form teams of 4 and each team will read the 8 assigned titles.
On April 10 OR 11, the participating teams will meet in the MPR to “battle it out” to see which team can answer the most questions correctly.
The following titles are the 2008 Battle Books:
“Chasing Vermeer” by Balliett
“No Flying in the House” by Brock
“Time for Andrew” by Hahn
“Qwerty Stevens” by Gutman
“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by Lewis
“A Dog Called Kitty” by Wallace
“The Report Card” by Clements
“My Teacher is an Alien” by Coville
*If you would like to be a judge (no experience necessary) for one of the two Battles (or both), please tell Mrs. Pattison in the library. We need about 8 judges per Battle.
Valley Oak Variety Show
Auditions for the Valley Oak Variety Show will be held this Friday, March 14, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Room 4.
Mark your calendars now, performances will be held Monday, April 14.
Leap Into the Arts
The Davis School Arts Foundation is inviting the community to “Leap Into the Arts” and celebrate California Arts Education Month by attending the Young at Art Festival and student art exhibition and eating pizza at Lamppost Pizza.
The annual Young at Art Festival will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 16, at the Davis Arts Center and will feature hands-on art projects for kids of all ages and music, singing, and dance performances. New this year will be magician Craig Meyers and carnival games. Admission and performances are free but tickets will be sold for a small charge for each project or game.
The festival coincides with the annual elementary student art exhibition on display through March 20 at the Arts Center featuring original student artworks. The public is invited to view the exhibition during the Art Center’s regular hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Lamppost Pizza is supporting DSAF during California Arts Education Month by donating a portion of proceeds from all dine-in or take-out pizzas sold to customers with a DSAF coupon. Coupons are available at the Arts Center, at Davis public schools, and on the DSAF website at www.dcn.davis.ca.us/go/dsaf.
DSAF is an all-volunteer non-profit organization founded in 1981 to support music and arts education in Davis public schools.
Help Teens Make Good Choices
The Holmes Junior High School PTA will present “Helping Your Teens Make Good Choices” on Tuesday, March 11, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Holmes Junior High MPR.
UCDavis Assistant Professor Adrienne Nishina will discuss adolescent peer relationships and ER Clinical Nurse Educator Mary James will talk about the risks teens take and how to help your kids make good choices for life. If you have any questions, contact Cathy Farman at clfarman@sbcglobal.net.
Twelfth Night at DHS
Duke loves Olivia, who likes Cesario, who is really Viola, a woman disguised as a man, with whom Olivia falls in love. Oh, and Viola loves the duke (or just call him Orsino).
Bring the whole family to see the Davis High School Drama Department's production of Shakespeare's comedy “Twelfth Night:....in pirate theme. (Aaarrrrrrr! This is going to be fun!) It's a great introduction to Shakespeare for the kids.
All performances will be held at the Richard Brunelle Performance Hall on the Davis High School campus. Dates are March 13 at 7 p.m. and March 14 and 15 at 8 p.m. Students are $8 and general admission is $12.
For more information, call 757-5400, ext. 155.
Hate Crime Presentation
Did you know that young people are the most likely group to commit hate crimes across the country? Did you know that hate crimes committed by young people are thought to be the easiest to prevent? Did you know that there were two more hate crimes committed by students in Davis in December?
How can we respond as parents to help prevent more? Davis Blacks for Effective Community Action (BECA) will host: "Aren't All Crimes Hate Crimes? No! Preventing Student Hate Crimes in Davis” on Wednesday, March 12 at 7 p.m. at Harper Junior High School.
Jann Murray-Garcia, M.D., M.P.H. will conduct the presentation. Superintendent Hammond and a representative from the Davis Police Department will be in attendance. Join us - and bring your secondary students. Contact Dr. Murray-García at 753-7443 or jmurgar@comcast.net for questions.
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