PLAN FOR THE YEAR: Community events 2015-2016

Here are the community events for 2015-2016 that we know about, as of September 28.  (This text is from a document handed out September 10, 2015, and a few items have been corrected or changed from earlier versions handed out Aug 19 and Sep 3.)

Welcome to the Portland Village Parent Association (PVPA)!

PVPA meetings are usually the second Thursday of the month.  All PVS adults are welcome, there is no fee, and babysitting is available with an RSVP.

This year, we will share a potluck dinner from 6-6:30, with the actual PVPA meeting from 6:30-8:30.  Sometimes the first hour will be an adult education opportunity.

Please consider being a PVPA Class Representative: you’ll help coordinate your class families’ interests, and the needs of your class teacher, with the organizing efforts of the PVPA, passing information to the class and passing class ideas to the PVPA.

Dates and times might shift, so watch the online calendar and the weekly email Digest for updates.

AUGUST 2015

Thu Aug 27 Opening Day!

Greeting Flowers (for teachers) 8:15-8:30

Community Social 8:30-9:15

Rose Ceremony at 9:30 (introduces staff and welcomes 1st graders)

SEPTEMBER 2015

Thu Sep 3 PVS Back to School Night 6:30-8:30

Thu Sep 10 PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting -- welcome :)!

OCTOBER 2015

Fri Oct 2 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Sat Oct 3 HARVEST FESTIVAL at Kenton Park (schoolwide celebration)

Thu Oct 8 6:30-8:30pm SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER:  
An evening with Stephen Keith Sagarin, PhD: 
Media and Technology in Waldorf Education

Wed Oct 14 PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting

Sat Oct 17 Bon Vivants work party: let’s fix and beautify our school :)!

NOVEMBER 2015

Thu Nov 5 6:00-6:30 pm PVPA potluck

6:30-7:30 adult education

7:30-8:30 PVPA meeting

Fri Nov 6 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Tue Nov 10 evening: Lantern Walk, grades K-2
Sat Nov 21 CRAFT FAIR! (holiday pies, handmade crafts, kid activities, food)

DECEMBER 2015

Tue-Wed, Dec 1-2 during the school day: Spiral Walks (each grade, about an hour)

Tue Dec 1 6:30pm: hopefully, an adult opportunity Spiral Walk

Fri Dec 4 8:30-9:15 Coffee Social

Thu Dec 10 PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting

JANUARY 2016

Fri Jan 8 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Thu Jan 14 6:00-6:30 PVPA potluck

6:30-7:30 adult education

7:30-8:30 PVPA meeting

FEBRUARY 2016

Fri Feb 5 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Mon-Fri, Feb 8-12 Teacher Appreciation Week (“TAW”)

Thu Feb 11 PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting

MARCH 2016*

Fri Mar 4 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Thu Mar 10 6:00-6:30 PVPA potluck

6:30-7:30 adult education

7:30-8:30 PVPA meeting

APRIL 2016*

Fri Apr 1 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Thu Apr 14 PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting

* (sometime in March, April, or May: our big community fundraising event, tba :)! )

MAY 2016*

Fri May 6 8:30-9:15 am Coffee Social

Thu May 12 6:00-6:30 PVPA potluck

6:30-7:30 adult education

7:30-8:30 PVPA meeting

JUNE 2016

date tbd PVPA meeting: 6pm potluck, 6:30-8:30 meeting

Fri Jun 3 8:30-9:15am Coffee Social

Tue Jun 7 Last Day of School tradition: no-host, schoolwide picnic at Kenton Park

We look forward to seeing you around school this year, and hope everyone can make it to at least one PVPA meeting :)!

PVPA Co-Chairs: Gemma Metzger and Kirsten Rayhawk
for questions or to share ideas: pvpa@portlandvillageschool.org

to find event updates: https://www.facebook.com/PortlandVillageParentAssociation

[ -- published by Kirsten, 9/28/2015]