Weekly Wildcat – November 28

2021 AV Virtual Marketplace Starts 12/5!

Wildcat Adventure All Year Long!

Record your participation at ptav.org/wildcat for the Book Fair, Walk Home Week, AV Gives Back November Projects, and AV Marketplace!

A raffle drawing for November participation will take place on November 30th, so keep an eye out on Instagram for the winners. Winners will be notified via email.

AV’s Drought Tolerant Garden Gets a Makeover

It was hot, but AV’s team of dedicated Site Beautification Committee volunteers were a great team. Over the Thanksgiving break, they got the large succulents out and replaced them with various California native perennials that will attract pollinators all year long!

The Site Beautification Committee is excited to help interested teachers incorporate learning about all the new types of flowers into their curriculums this spring! Thanks especially to staff volunteers, Ms. Roni, Ms. Nina and Leslie Brill, and parent volunteer, Ellie Faustino, and her son, Lazlo for their super hard work. Most of all, thank you to parents Sally Reynolds and Jason Austin, who lent their expertise to organize the event and who selected and donated all the plants!

AV Teacher of the Year – Sharon Reed!

Congratulations Sharon Reed! Fourth grade teacher, Sharon Reed, was recognized at a recent Board of Education meeting as AV’s 2021 Teacher of the Year. Each year, one teacher from each school is honored with this title.

Sharon Reed has been teaching since 1991. During her time at Arroyo Vista, she has taught every grade level. She is full of dedication and passion, and she loves the craft of teaching. She has a knack for getting students excited about learning by incorporating many different hands-on activities.

Sharon creates a sense of community in her classroom as well as provides a supportive, collaborative environment for her students. She loves learning new teaching strategies and incorporating new technologies into lessons to engage the students. She is also the first to offer help, advice, or share something new she learned with other colleagues.

The students, teachers, and staff at AV are very lucky to have such a dedicated educator.

AV Gives Back – November Service Project

Project link: https://ptav.org/av-gives-back/#sthash.oz0TiR4X.dpbs

2nd Grade Parents Needed!

Each month, a different grade will be asked to volunteer to keep our drop-off lanes running. Without volunteers, we will have to close the lanes. December is 2nd grade month! If you are a 2nd grade parent, please, please, please sign up for a day or 3 or 4. We need 4 volunteers per day! Sign Up HERE.

Tiger Run is Back!

The Tiger Run is back and running on December 4 – just FOUR weeks away! Whether live or virtual, come walk, jog or run to help support the clubs, activities and teams at SPHS by taking part in this SoPas tradition.

Bring the family as there’ll be a Cub Run and a $5 pancake breakfast as well as a student designed t-shirt, raffle prizes for all registered runners and top 3 age division awards. Please register at www.SPTigerRun.com. Your support is appreciated!