Jogging for the Arts Thank You

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the volunteers who
signed up to help at the Jogathon and helped make it such a successful event. A huge thank you goes to: Tony Picone, Ted Goyette, Hillary Sweet, Heather Bragga, Ellen Abelar, Tawni Pardue, Linda Feldbrugge, Debbie Collins, Denise Russo, Stacey Ely, Kimberly Grover, Katie Esche, Veronica Seitchick, Jennifer Spinelli, Dave Wardle, Cindy Evans, Christy Tall, Michelle Rossi, Lisa Bruce, Grandpa and Grandma Chapa, Kathleen DeFrancesco, Allysen Lanagan, Gabby Mackle, Kristin Witwam and last but not least Maria and Gayle in the office.

In addition to all who signed up to help, I'd like to thank all the room parents and parent volunteers who came out that day to help in the classrooms, distribute water, or came by to cheer on the children. To all of you we want to express our sincere appreciation. We could not have done it without you!

Andrea Burrell and Brenda Picone

December Restaurant Day Fundraiser

Order lunch or dinner from Pizza 1 253 Center Drive in Seacliff, on December 9th from Noon till 9pm and help raise funds for Rio!

Rio Restaurant Day Fundraiser at Chili's

Chill out at Chili's on November 17th and raise funds for Rio!
Dine-In or Take-Out from 11:00a.m.-to-10:00p.m.
1855 41st Avenue in Capitola
Call 462-1813 for takeout orders

***, you must bring the Rio's Restaurant Day flyer (coming home in backpacks ) to Chili's to get credit***

Next Parent Alliance Meeting

No Parent Alliance Meeting tonight, November 11th due to the holiday. Join us at the next Parent Alliance meeting, Tuesday December 9th at 6:30pm in the Library. Childcare and refreshments provided!

Jogging for the Arts Schedule by Class

Class Jogging Schedule for Friday November 14th:

8:00 3rd Grade-Mayer/Terribilini
8:15 A.M. Kindergarten -Varni/Castro
8:30 1st Grade-Clouse/Sandman
8:45 1st Grade-Werner/Robinson
9:00 2nd Grade-Kieval/Cooper
9:15 4th Grade-Manier
9:30 4th Grade-Davis
9:45 4th Grade-Bryant
10:00 2nd Grade-McMillan
10:15 3rd Grade-Carrillo/Maraldo
10:30 2nd and SED class-Casey/Hegerle &Taylor
10:45 5th Grade- Sweet/Kitch
11:00 5th Grade-Koue
11:15 6th Grade-McKusick
11:30-6th Grade-Kyle
11:45-6th Grade-McNeilly/Salazar
12:00P.M. Kindergarten-Sillavo/Wolcott

November Update

See's Candy is on sale now through November 17th. Order forms are going home this week with the children, Additional forms can be found in the school office. Delivery is expected around December 3rd, just in time for the holidays!

Put your organizational and spatial awareness skills to work! Room 27, the storage room for the school and the Parent Alliance needs to be cleaned out. Please contact Michelle Guzman, via the Rio Del Mar Parent Alliance email (riodelmar.pa@gmail.com) to let us know if you are available on a weekday or a Sat or Sun afternoon. We will schedule a date in the next couple of weeks, accordingly.

Drive for Schools Update

This year's Drive for Schools Fundraiser was a huge success! We increased our revenue by 400% over last year for a total received of $5837! A huge thank you to every parent who bought and/or sold tickets this year, for your wonderful support of our RDM school community. Your generosity and efforts are very much appreciated!

Rio Restaurant Day Fundraiser

Our first Rio School Restaurant Day will be at Quizno's in Aptos, October 25th and 26th, from 11am to 7pm.

Please support our school by having a meal (or two) on Restaurant day! Just tell the cashier that you are from Rio Del Mar School and a percentage of the total sales will be donated back to us.

Busy Fall News

Please come to the Parent Alliance meeting this Tuesday, October 14th, from 6:30-8 pm. The meeting location has been changed this month to room 12. Childcare is provided and will be in the lower Kindergarten classroom. Snacks (for the meeting and childcare) are provided. Attending a meeting is a great way to stay informed!

Our See's candy fundraiser is scheduled to run from November 3rd to 17th with an expected delivery date of about December 3rd.

Innisbrook orders are here! You can pick up your order in the cafeteria/MPR. Thank you again for making this such a successful fundraiser!

Rio Del Mar Parent Alliance Blog

Welcome to the Rio Del Mar PA blog. Check here frequently for Parent Alliance news, updates, volunteer opportunities and more. The best way to stay informed at Rio Del Mar school is to check the school and Parent Alliance home pages once/week (if not more). Hint: Set your home page to http://www.riodelmar.pvusd.net/. For help with this, click Tools->Internet Options->past url in Home Page box.

Information regarding fundraisers and donations may be found in the left sidebar. Please note, all checks should be made out to RDMPA.

Please contact any Parent Alliance Board member with questions/concerns.
This blog is currently under construction.