Mary E. Silveira Elementary School

Silveira Times~In the news this week!
Walker Creek this week!
The week has arrived. On Monday morning, our 5th graders will be making their way to the Walker Creek Ranch where they will most certainly have the experience of a lifetime.
Transitional Kindergarten - New Board Policy Approved
On April 24, 2012 the Trustees adopted Board Policy 6170.1 (a) regarding Transitional Kindergarten. A child shall be admitted to a kindergarten at the beginning of a school year, or at a later time in the same year if the child will have his or her fifth birthday on or before one of the following dates.
2012–13 school year the date is November 1 2013–14 school year the date is October 1 2014–15 school year and each school year thereafter the date is September 1.
A transitional kindergarten is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program that uses a modified kindergarten curriculum that is age and developmentally appropriate.
Staff Appreciation Week
Thank you for the luncheon!! Sarah and Julie and their team were remarkable with their Bonanza theme. What a treat! Our staff was really appreciative of the efforts that were made on the part of our parent community. The whole week was lovely and we thank you for your generosity! We hope the new version of celebrating our staff works for all of you. We are in line with how they celebrate at both Val and Dixie:)
Workshop for Parents!
Marin County Office of Education and Parents Place of Marin are holding a workshop entitled: “Challenging Cyber-Bullying: What Parents Need to Know” on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 from 6:30-8:00 p.m. for Parents, Guardians and Educators. The flyer is on our home page, under flyers.
Underage Drinking Educational Evening
The Marin County Friday Night Live program will be teaming up with MANY community partners to host a Town Hall Meeting about underage drinking on May 23rd from 6:30-8:30pm at the San Rafael Community Center. This will be an exciting night to hear from the community of San Rafael and come together to create action on this very important issue! Light refreshments will be provided as will limited childcare.
Flyers on the home page
Please make sure to check the flyers section on our home website (link at the top of this page)
Spelling Bee News!
Saturday was the Jr. High State Championship Spelling Bee and our very own Maggie Wang from Miller Creek was the CHAMPION! Hurray!! It was a very exciting finish but in the end, Maggie outlasted them all and is the California State Champion! Go Dixie!!
Walk-a-thon!
Wonderful effort on all of your parts this year! Special thanks to Pamela and Erik for their leadership once again! Raised: $16,411.36 !!! # Students Participating in Fundraising: 191 students - 47%!!! Largest gift: $500 Smallest gift: $5
Our Top Ten Donors (are actually 11 due to tie) - Raised $3637.60 - Gave $237 or more! Our $200+ Donors (not including Top Ten) - receive two t-shirts! - Raised $1858.48
- Nine students in this category! Our $50+ Donors - receive a tshirt! - Raised $9736.28 - 133 students!! We had 38 students participate in amounts of $5 to $35!! Way to go! Mrs. Chapman's class had the greatest participation - 70% ! Mrs. Ritscher's class raised the most money - $1321.84 ! Here is participation by class -
Chapman 70% Di Girolamo 65% Lum 62% Palmer 62% Ritscher 62% Beck/Ryan 60% Miro-Jones 55% Charton 52% Malaret 50% Van Deusen 50% Franklin 45% Case 45% Camarda 43% Hu 43% Campagna 37% Costello 33% Hodge 28% Sakellar 28% Presson 15%

Have a great week!

Mr. Will Anderson

Principal

May 14th-May 18th~5th Grade Walker Creek

May 18th~Assembly Life Skill Confidence 8:30am-9:15am

May 21st-May 25th- Tech Lab Open House Week!

May 22nd~Musical Festival Final Band Performance at Miller Creek

May 23rd~Musical Festival Final Orchestra Performance at Miller Creek

May 23rd~Site Council Meeting 4:30pm-6:00pm

May 24th~Silveira Open House & Art Show 6:30pm-8:00pm

May 25th~Coordinating Council Meeting 9:00am-10:00am

May 28th~Memorial Day Holiday-NO SCHOOL

May 30th~Musical Festival Final Choir Performance at Miller Creek