Mark your calendars! HVPTO is gearing up to welcome summer and toast to another fantastic school year. Join us for an unforgettable evening at our Summer Sunset Parent Party at The Deck on Friday, June 5th, from 6-9 PM—and don’t forget to wear your best white outfit!

Tickets: $55 per person—includes beer, wine and a delicious dinner buffet! Get your TICKETS HERE before they are gone!

Questions: Chandler Bondan or Naomi Brugnatelli

Hermosa View Field Day is happening on Tuesday, June 2nd, followed by Vista Field Day on Wednesday, June 3rd. Our kiddos have worked so hard all year - it's time let to have them have some pure, unadulterated fun.

Help us make 2026 the most unforgettable Field Day yet!

While most volunteer slots are already full, we still NEED volunteers for Set Up & Tear Down on BOTH DAYS, as well as Preschool Games.

👉 To volunteer at View, sign up HERE.

👉 To volunteer at Vista, sign up HERE.

Your support makes all the difference in creating a day our kids will never forget!

Looking for 5th - 8th Grade Parent Volunteers! Valley Spirit Games will be at the Beach THIS Wednesday, May 27th. We will depart school at 10:10am, and will come back to school at 1:51pm. We appreciate all the parent support and help we can get. Please review the available slots here and sign up where you can. Thank you!

When you order with 1st Day School Supplies, your child gets exactly what they need—while you enjoy bulk pricing discounts.

Our HVS TK–5 teachers have already created grade-specific kits with everything students need for next year—no guesswork. Why run around at the end of summer and pay retail prices for items your child may not even need?

Plus, $5 per kit goes back to HVPTO—a win-win!

Order now (for next year’s grade level):

• Hermosa View (TK–1st): Order HERE
• Hermosa Vista (2nd-4th): Order HERE
• Hermosa Valley (5th): Order HERE

HVPTO is once again teaming up with The Commencement Group to offer 8th Grade parents a special opportunity to celebrate their students’ promotion in style! Make the day even more memorable with preordered bouquets, elegant orchid leis, kukui necklaces, cuddly teddy bears, and custom class t-shirts honoring the HVS Class of 2026.

Skip the hassle and PREORDER for easy pickup at the event. HVPTO will receive 25% of all preorders and 15% from day-of sales, helping support our community.

Every year, 6th and 7th grade families pay it forward by volunteering at the 8th Grade Reception — so 8th grade parents can focus on celebrating with their kids. When your student gets there, others will do the same for you! 

We are still in need of volunteers for the reception following the promotion ceremony.

Please sign up here to help out!

Need a wardrobe refresh?! Search no further than the HVPTO Online Store 😉 From now until the end of the school year, all remaining Spirit Wear inventory is on sale for 50% off.

Get your gear HERE!

HBEF is bridging the gap to move our Hermosa View and Vista counselors from part-time (80%) to 100% full-time status for the 2026-2027 school year. Our goal is 3 full-time counselors on-site daily to support all 1,450 students!

🌟 Counselor Spotlight: Sabrina Okuda

Ms. Okuda has made a tremendous impact on the Hermosa View community through her compassion, leadership, and dedication to students’ social-emotional growth. From leading engaging PBIS SURF lessons on kindness, leadership, and active listening to organizing meaningful schoolwide experiences like our first Career Day, she helps create a positive, connected culture where every student feels supported and valued.

Deadline: Donate HERE by June 7th to help us get to 100%!

Together, we can make Hermosa schools stronger!

Finalizing your summer schedule? Use our exclusive code 26SFHERMOSA to save $50 on your Camp Galileo purchase. The best part? Galileo will match that $50 as a donation to HBEF!

Go to galileo-camps.com to browse the 2026 projects! 🎨 🛠️

Help HBEF make next year's Hearts of Hermosa even better… Whether you attended or not, please share your thoughts in this quick survey — your feedback is most appreciated!

Hearts of Hermosa 2026 Survey

Join the Team for 2026–27!

Do you have a talent for creativity, communications, fundraising, or event planning? The Hermosa Beach Education Foundation (HBEF) is looking for passionate volunteers to join our Board and Committees for the upcoming school year.

Whether you love bringing events to life, building community partnerships, supporting marketing efforts, or helping behind the scenes, your time and talents make a direct impact on every student in Hermosa Schools.



Interested in getting involved? We’d love to hear from you! Email VicePresident@hbef.org to learn more.

Positions include:

• Marketing Team: Director of Marketing, Social Media Chair, Graphic Designers, Web Designer & Email Newsletter Designer

There's still time to vote for HBEF! Our generous Community Partner, Lazy Acres, is selecting partners for their Envirotokens program for next year. (If you’ve shopped at Lazy Acres, you’ve seen this program in action: Shoppers receive a token for each reusable bag they bring into the store and they can deposit those tokens into the box for the organizations they wish to support.) 

Over the last school year, HBEF has earned over $1,200 — just from Envirotokens! We need YOUR help to keep HBEF included as an Envirotokens partner for next year: VOTE for HBEF today!

Please spread the word to all of your friends, family, and neighbors, too! Voting closes June 2nd.

⛳ Do you like golf? We’ve already had an awesome turnout for team signups for the inaugural HBEF Strand Classic, and spots are filling fast.

This is a 3-person scramble with both a competitive tier and a social tier. So if you’re good at golf, let’s get after it 🔥 And if you’re not good at golf… let’s get after it too 🍻

Two teams play together, so rally your crew and get your friends to sign up alongside you for the full experience.

We’ll have amazing sponsors plus food and beverage activations across the course all day long. Don’t get left in the bunker — grab your threesome and sign up before spots are gone!

Secure your spot on the green here!

Young at Art needs your help with the End of Year Art Show! During Valley's Open House on Thursday, June 4th from 5:30pm-7:30pm, Young at Art will be putting on an art show featuring EVERY Hermosa student from TK-8th grade!

Join us for a fun experience showcasing this year's Mix of 6 and grab dinner for your family while you're there! We are asking ALL PARENTS (and middle schoolers needing service points!), not just docents or helpers, to join us to help put up artwork and organize the MPR or help us with food donations for this special event!

Join Young at Art at CPK Manhattan Beach for a fundraiser on Wednesday, June 3rd! All day, 20% of all food and beverage purchases will be donated back to Young at Art helping fund supplies for the greater program. Mention Young at Art in person or enter BACK20% at checkout online.

Family Theatre Inc. presents the 18th Annual HVS Talent Show and Rock Concert on Friday, May 29th at 6pm at the Hermosa Beach Community Theatre (710 Pier Avenue). All students are welcome to participate. See the FLYER for more details.

Please email Family Theatre Inc if you would like your Hermosa student to perform!

Join your fellow South Hermosa neighbors for a beach clean up on June 20th from 1-2pm & June 22nd from 10-11am! Led by three of your local 7th Grade Girl Scouts, we will briefly meet to share some basic ocean safety tips we learned through Junior Life Guards, and then proceed to clean up the beach between Tower 2 (2nd Street) and TK Tower (1st Street). Help us to keep our sea plastic free!

We encourage you to bring gloves to wear and buckets to collect trash. Don’t worry, we will have extra supplies on hand for those who need it. Just for fun, we

will be giving out gift cards to some local South Hermosa restaurants for our neighbors that collect the most trash! This is a family friendly event supported by Heal the Bay Adopt-a-Beach and we encourage all ages to join in helping to clean up our neighborhood beach! We hope to see you there! For questions, email hermosabeachcleanups@gmail.com.

Join the Mira Costa Boys Tennis Matchplay Summer Camp on Friday, August 7th to prepare for tournaments, tune up for tryouts or to just get more match play experience before school starts. Campers will play round robin doubles and some singles as well. Enrollment is limited to 40 campers to maximize match play. Check out this flyer for more details!

Calling all mini cheerleaders ages 4-12! You will not want to miss out on our Mini Mustangs Summer Cheer Camp - four days of bonding with the Mira Costa Cheerleaders, learning new cheers and sideline dances, being creative with daily craft time and enjoying a special activity each day including water games, a talent show, and finishing off the camp with a performance for family and friends. Camp runs from July 6th-9th, 9am-1pm each day. Register today at www.costacheer.com. 

The MCHS Drama Tech department presents its 3rd annual Mini Mustang Summer Theatre Camp.

Calling all aspiring thespians ages 5-11! Mira Costa Drama students will be hosting a week long theatre camp where campers will act, sing, dance, play games and do some fun crafts! Our camp is held on the Mira Costa campus the week of July 13th and runs 9am-2pm daily. We can't wait to meet our campers!  

Click HERE to register or visit our website to learn more.