Upcoming Events - Palm Valley School

Phoenix of Friday, May 23, 2014
Upcoming Events:
Sat., May 24 - US Prom - Westin Mission Hills 8pm-11:30pm
Mon., May 26 - Memorial Day - SCHOOL CLOSED
Tues. - Fri., May 27-30 - Teacher Appreciation
Week
Sat., May 31 - Senior Grad Night - Disneyland
Mon, June 2 - LS Donuts with Dads
Mon. - Fri., June 2-6 - Exam Week - Grades 6-12
Wed., June 4 - PA Luncheon
Fri., June 6 - PS Luau
Fri., June 6 - Half Day - MS/HS
Tues., June 10 - LS End of the Year Party/Water
Day
Tues., June 10 - Last Day of School - PS/LS out at
NOON - MS/US out at 3:20pm
Wed., June 11 - Commencement - Westin Mission
Hills - 6pm
Summer School: There will be three weeks of summer
school for children Preschool through Kindergarten
(going into First Grade next year). Classes are June
23rd through July 3rd. You may sign up for individual
weeks or all three weeks. Please find attached a flyer
at the back of the Phoenix or contact Mrs. Leany
@jleany@pvs.org for more information. We will be
artist, chefs, and travelers. The weeks go quickly so
sign up before May 27th.
Yearbook: The 2013-2014 Digital Yearbook is now on
sale! It will have a flash drive inside the cover of the
printed book which contains a file that plays as a DVD.
Please fill out the flyer and return with payment of $60
to the Front Office at the MS/US School.
News from Lower School:
Campaign for Tomorrow: Support PVS and the
Campaign for Tomorrow, purchase a brick and help pave
the way for a brighter future. Tax-deductible bricks make
a great gift for promotion, graduation or permanent
memorial. See the form attached or pick one up at the
Upper School Front Office.
Admission Open House, May 27th at 9am: The easiest
way to share all the great things our school has to offer
is to invite your friends, neighbors, teammates, or anyone else who is curious about Palm Valley School to our
Tuesday Morning Admission Open House. Let them
know they can stop in any Tuesday from 9-11 am for a
tour of the campus and to have all of their questions answered. No RSVP required. Contact Lisa Olson with questions, lolson@pvs.org or 760-328-0861.
Volume 2013/2014
Issue 33
May 23, 2014
Mrs. Van Vliet’s Kindergarteners are busy building
their own city
News from Middle School: On June 10th, after the
MS/US Awards assembly, the Middle School students
will be going to the Wet 'n' Wild Water Park for our
end-of-the-year activity. We are still looking for parents to help with carpooling students to the water
park at 10 am that morning. If you can help with this,
please contact Mrs. Ferguson at school.
Congratulations to our 6th grade class for qualifying
for a pizza party as a reward for their participation in
our Palm Valley golf tournament. The party will be at
lunchtime on June 5th at the tables near the
snack bar. All 6th grade students will not need to bring
a lunch that day as pizza, drinks, and dessert will be
provided free of charge. Thank you, 6th grade class
and parents.
Graduation Information Notices are attached to this
edition of The Phoenix. Please access and read over
the instructions as all students and families are
encouraged to attend our Graduation Exercises
on June 11th at 6:00 pm at the Westin Mission Hills
Resort. Please pay special attention to the dress code
for each grade level for this important community
ceremony.
As the end of the year approaches, students are
encouraged to begin cleaning their lockers and taking
home materials not needed for classes. Early efforts
here make the last day clean-up much less hectic for
students and for staff.
June Exams begin on Monday, June 2nd. Please see
the Exam Schedule attached to The Phoenix this week
and for the next 2 weeks. Students will be given review
outlines in their classes and review will begin in earnest after the Memorial Day weekend.
A whole hearted thank you to the Palm Valley parents
who, by their selfless gifts of time, money, and energy,
made the Middle School play a record-breaking
success this year. The talented team of parents, teachers, administrators, and students have given a delightful gift to the School community that has created
unity, enlivened spirits, elevated public opinion,
and bequeathed a positive memory that will be
enjoyed for years to come.
"RHYTHM is the new sensation, snappy happy
syncopation,
Spreading quite a celebration everywhere.
Human beings all declaring they’re for caring and
for sharing
Fireworks and rockets flaring in the air"
News from Upper School: Congratulations to junior
Youn Jun Ben Cho. Ben won the grand trophy at last
Saturday's Palm Springs Rotary-sponsored Chess Tournament! Ben was the grand champion of the Youth
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Category. Ben went five rounds in five hours. This was a
United States Chess Federation sanctioned and rated
tournament and drew players from all over Southern
California.
The Crystal Ball Prom is Saturday at the Westin
Mission Hills, 8-11:30 pm. Grab your guy, your girl, your
tux, your corsage.
All seniors and senior parents, join us for the Final
Senior Breakfast Parent Potluck on Friday, May 30th,
after Morning Assembly on the Upper School Courtyard.
There will be "Moonwatch" music and the
beginning of fond goodbyes.
Join the Upper School Book Club for a discussion of The
Fault In Our Stars on Friday, May 30th, at lunch in the
MPR. There will be Pepsi, pillows, and popcorn, and
good reading company.
The senior class will meet at PVS at 4 p.m. on Saturday,
May 31st, to take off via luxury bus to DISNEYLAND'S
GRAD NITE! Seniors will be up all night and will return
approximately 5 a.m. See Mr. Kulevich for any lastminute questions.
Seniors! Don't delay! Mr. Sackett needs six photos for
your end of year Senior slide show and yearbook page.
Please bring to him the originals or on a flash drive, you
can even email them to him at dsackett@pvs.org or
yearbook@pvs.org. Baby photos, Kindergarten photos,
6th grade photos, 9th grade photos, 12 grade photos.
Any questions, please see Mr. Kulevich or Mr. Sackett.
Library: Please scour your shelves and your children's
rooms for any school library books! Notices have gone
home in folders this week. If any books seem to have
gone missing, please replace. Amazon.com is a great resource for reasonably priced books. Thank you for maintaining our collection.
Parent Association: Parent Association Reimbursements
are due by Tuesday, June 3th, 2014. Please turn in all
approved expense reimbursements to the Parent Association box located in the Lower School office. The request should include the PA Reimbursement Form, receipts, and signature of appropriate PA Board Member.
Please include a contact email address and summer
mailing address. Thank you.
(760) 328-0861/www.pvs.org
On Wednesday June 4th at 8:30 am, we are hosting
the Parent Appreciation Breakfast, held in our new
Upper School Building. The Parent Association would
like to say "thank you" to all our wonderful volunteers who have helped throughout the school year. If
you drove on a field trip or sporting event, brought
treats to a party, hosted a senior breakfast, shelved
books in the Library, coordinated an event or helped
in ANY way, please join us and let us show you our
appreciation.
Varsity Softball: Coaches’ Award: Sarah Chaffins;
Most Improved: Ashley Zhou.
Varsity Baseball: MVP: Eliot Weintraub; Coaches’
Awards: Matt Elliott; Most Improved: Bryan Tamura.
Scrip: Scrip has many wonderful gift cards to choose
from. Let's not forget Fathers Day is around the corner. Please submit any Summer orders you would like
no later than May 28th, to receive your order before
the end if the school year. Attached is the family order form. If you have any questions, please contact
Raquel Homec at 760-578-0863
or rhomec@yahoo.com.
Sports Results:
2014 Spring Sports Awards:
A-Team Soccer: MVP: Jensen Jabara; Coaches’
Award: Jillian Barbato; Most Improved: Beau Tattersall.
Varsity Track: MVP: David Kocen; Coaches’ Award:
Sam Barton.
Varsity Golf: MVP: Conor Morley; Coaches’ Award:
Sam Struthers; Most Improved: Stockton Smith.
Varsity Tennis: MVP: Nick Kaufmann; Coaches’
Award: Cody Coleman; Most Improved: Ben Cho.
Varsity Baseball pose with Coaches Elliott and Reedy and
their many awards
Varsity team awards as selected through our leagues
include:
 Tennis: Nick Kaufmann is MVP of the
DeAnza League;
 Golf: Conor Morley is 1st Team All-league
honors in the Victory League
 Softball: Jackie Sutton is MVP of the Majestic League, All-league 1st Team honors
to both Christina Romo and Seline
Schinke with 2nd Team honors to Kaleese
Fountain;
 Baseball: Eliot Weintraub is MVP of the
Majestic League, All-league 1st Team
honors to both Chase Doremus and Matt
Elliott with 2nd Team honors to Andrew
Olson.
Palm Valley Spring Sports Roster:
A-Team Soccer: Mr. John Zembo, Head Coach and
Mr. Andrew Laule, Assistant Coach; Players: Ethan
Abrams, Shelby Armor, Sydney Armor, Michael
Arzano, Robert Arzano, Genti Ballazhi, Chandler
Barbato, Jillian Barbato, Alexa Briskman, Jack
Danforth, Cameron Desnoes, Chynna Doremus, Pablo
Drenning, Frank Gilbert, Jensen Jabara, Oliver
Kaufmann, Amanda Laule, Marcelo Lopez, Hannah
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Makkai, Carson McCalla, Josh Olson, Douglas Sears,
Beau Tattersall, Josh Tyer, and Gavin Wessman.
Varsity Track: Mrs. Josie Huerta-Goforth, Head Coach;
Runners: Sam Barton and David Kocen.
Varsity Golf: Mr. Earl Morley and Mr. Wheels Bauder,
Coaches; Players: Cole Donahue, Sam Struthers, Conor
Morley, Joe Hall, Stockton Smith, and Aaron Berenzweig.
Jackie Sutton led the team and the league in runs
scored in a season with 38 and had a batting average
of .568 which was 2nd highest on our team.
Seline Schinke - most strikeouts in season with 36.
Most homeruns in a season with 5. Tied the standing
firebird record of 11 strikeouts in one game.
Varsity Tennis: Ms. Rebecca Vineyard and Mr. Eddie
Verdugo, Coaches; Players: Sarah Frimtzis, Tamy Lin,
Johann Ochoa, Jing Zhu, Sheri Yan, Lettie Sun, Sam
McDonald, Soren Craig. Cody Coleman, Ben Cho, Jim
Wang, Nick Kaufmann, Adam McDonald and Jacob
Barton.
Varsity Softball: Mrs. Michelle Bateman, Head Coach,
Mr. Daniel Romo, Ms. Jessica Graves and Mrs. Raphael McGrew, Assistant Coaches; Players: Sarah Chaffins, Jackie Sutton, Kaleese Fountain, Emily
Neiderman, Suzannah Schmidt, Karey Graves, Doodle
Spears, Seline Schinke, Christina Romo, Ashley Zhou,
Jade Yoon, Shade Young, and Sarah Angel.
Varsity Baseball: Mr. Jim Elliott, Head Coach, and Mr.
Keith Reedy, Assistant Coach; Players: Matt Elliott,
Chase Doremus, Emerson Harris, Eliot Weintraub,
Andrew Buliga, Kyle Mezrahi, Brett Velarde, Raymond
Walter, Colin Wessman, Max Mulé, Hugh Hu, Andrew
Olson, Gaige Griffin, and Bryan Tamura.
Some of the Softball girls smile with their League Awards
Soccer: The parents defeated the students in a penalty
kick shoot-out by the score of 4-3. This was an exciting
culmination to a season that saw the PVS middle
school soccer team compile a 11-1 record. Way to go
Firebirds!
A hearty Thank You from the Athletics Department
goes to Mrs. Barbato for her 3-years as 'team photographer'. Thank you very much!
GO FIREBIRDS!
Softball: Firebird team season records broken: batting
average, runs scored, hits scored, RBI's, doubles, home
runs, on-base percentage, slugging percentage
4 New single game records: runs, RBI's, slugging percentage, strikeouts.
Individual player records broken:
Christina Romo: batting average of .673, slugging percentage of 1.036, she had 37 hits, scored 36 runs and
got 13 extra bases on hits. Also led league in RBI's with
42.
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Student-Athletes, if you haven't turned in your team
uniform as yet, please launder it and give it directly to
Coach Makkai - Thank you!
*Note from the Editor: If you have anything to add to
next week’s edition of the Phoenix, please contact
Jessica Graves at jgraves@pvs.org. All submissions are
due on Wednesdays by NOON. Thank you.
(760) 328-0861/www.pvs.org
Palm Valley School Annual Fund
2013-2014 Campaign Participation
Thank you for your Support!
Pre School
Miguel and Celeste Amaya (FFC)
Peter and Jarmila Cunningham (RBC)
David and Laurie Greenberg (S)
Jeff and Alma Smith (S)
Craig and Erica Steinke (RBC)
Third Grade
Brenda Berman (S)
David and Melanie Borun (F)
Manuel and Karen De Jesus (S)
Pepper and Vanessa Foster (RBC)
David and Laurie Greenberg (S)
Lee Erwin and Timothy Jochen (HC)
(T) Jason and Kelley Huskey (RBC)
Richard and Courtney Korenkiewicz (S)
Chris and Marcella Madain (F)
James and Vasanti Saas (S)
Kavita Sinha (PC)
Pre Kindergarten
John and Tracy Berkey (RBC)
Mehran and Kristeen Elly (F)
Pepper and Vanessa Foster (RBC)
Charles and Nah Young Lee (S)
Richard and Shari Liotta (S)
(T) Walter and Laura Neil (PC)
Mahsa Zadeh (S)
Kindergarten
Thomas and Amiya Linton (RBC)
Koushan Siami and Mojguan Shams (F)
First Grade
Wheels and Amelia Bauder (S)
Manuel and Karen De Jesus (S)
Martin and Jarka Dolemo (RBC)
Doug and Jeanie Eberts (HC)
Gary and Raquel Homec (S)
Henry and Christa Jones (RBC)
Christopher Knight and Mary Ann Vicari (S)
Lindsey Leavitt (S)
Andrea Shih (S)
Craig and Erica Steinke (RBC)
Second Grade
(T) Max and Margi Briggs (LC)
Gregory and Sherry Hill (F)
Bradley and Elodie Mullen (RBC)
(T) Walter and Laura Neil (PC)
Barry Schnell (S)
Brian and (T) Cherise Sonderman (PC)
Mahsa Zadeh (S)
Fourth Grade
Bruce and Sharon Bryant (F)
Rob and (T) Christina Capetz (RBC)
Martin and Jarka Dolemo (RBC)
Doug and Jeanie Eberts (HC)
Mehran and Kristeen Elly (F)
Bahman and (T) Beatrice Eslamboly (RBC)
David and Keri Frediani (S)
Saied and Cindy Habibipour (PC)
Gary and Raquel Homec (S)
Roberta Frink Sobey (RBC)
Fifth Grade
Lew Baskerville (PC)
The Bauer Family (S)
Susan Behnke (S)
Rob and (T) Christina Capetz (RBC)
William and Helen Carroll (S)
Lynne Chasen and Sharyl Walker (S)
JP and Shelley Jefferson (PC)
Mark and Katie Malnati (F)
The Mergl-Taylor Family (S)
Leslie Scheil (RBC)
Michael and Sabine Shor (S)
Tom and Veronica Schlicht (F)
John and Samara Shay (S)
Brian and (T) Cherise Sonderman (PC)
James and Joanna Struthers (PC)
Josh and Valerie Tanner (F)
Bret and Kathryn Thurman (PC)
(A) Alumni (G) Grandparent
Sixth Grade
Robert and Tracy Arzano (RBC)
John Armor and Mario Koppe (RBC)
Paige Brown (S)
Larry and Kristen Carroll (PC)
Fred and Elizabeth Crockett (F)
David and (T) Jennifer Jenkins (PC)
Robert and Alana Pike (PC)
Barry Schnell (S)
Kavita Sinha (PC)
Eric and Christina Sloan (S)
Seventh Grade
Bernard and Susan Dervieux (RBC)
Harvey and Missy Jabara (FFC)
Paul and Lindsay Kaufmann (S)
Curtis and Traci McCalla (RBC)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
Dina Segerson (PC)
Neil and Rose Tanner (PC)
Eighth Grade
(T) Antun and Lisa Barbato (LC)
Doug and Valerie Bornstein (RBC)
Michael and Nicole Botello (F)
Bernard and Susan Dervieux (RBC)
Bahman and (T) Beatrice Eslamboly (RBC)
Dirk Wayne and Kim Hanson
Harvey and Missy Jabara (FFC)
JP and Shelley Jefferson (PC)
Daryl and Renée Katz (FFC)
(T) Kevin and Joan Knee (FFC)
James and Brianna Lawton (PC)
Mark and Lori Matthews (RBC)
Richard and Elyssa Weintraub (S)
(T) Trustee
Palm Valley School Annual Fund
2013-2014 Campaign Participation
Thank you for your Support!
Ninth Grade
Anonymous (RBC)
Kim Angel (RBC)
(T) Max and Margi Briggs (LC)
Robert and Julie Graves (PC)
David and (T) Jennifer Jenkins (PC)
Paul and Lindsay Kaufmann (S)
(T) Kevin and Joan Knee (FFC)
Bryan and (T) Gail Kocen (LC)
Stan and Debbie Schinke (LC)
(T) Paul and Carrie Stone (PC)
James and Joanna Struthers (PC)
Bret and Kathryn Thurman (PC)
Students
Chandler Barbato
Jillian Barbato
Courtney Capetz
Marianne Capetz
Ethan Eslamboly
Megan Eslamboly
Coral Homec
Jacob Homec
Jeffrey Homec
Alexandra Kulevich
Jackson Kulevich
Jake Sonderman
Luke Sonderman
Tenth Grade
Wheels and Amelia Bauder (S)
Catherine Harris (S)
Shaul and Caroline Mezrahi (PC)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
Adrienne Walter (S)
Eleventh Grade
Anonymous (RBC)
Namung Cho (S)
Coleman Family Foundation (LC)
William and Denise DuBarry Hay (PC)
Bryan and (T) Gail Kocen (LC)
Floyd and Sandra Rhoades (RBC)
Don and Mary Sutton (RBC)
Richard and Elyssa Weintraub (S)
Twelfth Grade
Steven and Mia Frimtzis (S)
Stan and Debbie Schinke (LC)
James and Joanna Struthers (PC)
Alumni, Trustees, Grandparents, and Others
(G) Frances Barbato (RBC)
(T) Giuseppe Catalano and Pamela Broska (RBC)
(T) Tom Clark (RBC)
(T) Judy Davis (RBC)
(A) Aaron Golds (S)
(G) Katherine Laule (S)
Melanie Roe (RBC)
(G) Janice Vogt (S)
Faculty and Staff
Anthony and Stephanie Bassanelli (S)
Gordon and Michelle Bateman (S)
Bill and Carol Brantley (S)
Barbara Elliott (S)
Greg and Francine Fisher (S)
Robert and Julie Graves (PC)
Stephanie Greenwood (S)
Richard and Courtney Korenkiewicz (S)
Doug and Jackie Leany (F)
Joe and Rosemarie McDonnell (S)
Roy and Dorothy Morden (S)
(T) David and Manuela Mulé (RBC)
James and Andee Steinman (RBC)
Firebirds Founders Circle
$25, 000 and Up
Headmasters’ Circle
$10,000 - $24,999
Leadership Circle
$5,000 - $9,999
Phoenix Club
$2,500 - $4,999
Red and Black Club
$1,000 - $2,499
Friend of PVS
$500 - $999
Supporter of PVS
$100 - $499
(A) Alumni (G) Grandparent
(T) Trustee