April 2023 Edition

Don't miss out on this chance for your kids to try out some amazing enrichment classes!

• Weekly classes from June 12 through July 21
• Choose from morning or afternoon classes
• Morning classes are from 8:30 to 11:30 am
• Afternoon classes are from 12 to 3 pm
• Classes will be offered at Pine Valley Middle School
• All Imagineering classes are taught by SRVUSD teachers

For incoming 2nd - 4th graders:

• Discover your Inner Artist: Brushstrokes and More!
• Coding with Sphero - The Ball That Does it All
• Zoology: Create your Own Habitat
• The Magic of Sculpture

For incoming 2nd - 5th graders:

• Creative Coding with O-mazing Ozobots

For incoming 3rd - 5th graders:

• Hands-On Science
• Marvelous Math and Me
• Summer Fun Cooking
• Creative Writing and Design
• 3D Modeling and Printing (Game Crafting with 3D printing!)
• Culinary Arts 1 - Baking and Chemistry for 3rd - 5th Graders
• Chemistry of Suds, Smells & Bubbles
• Environmental Crusaders and Planet Protectors
• Marine Biology- Exploring California's Oceans for 3rd - 5th Graders
• Culinary Arts 2 - Baking and Virtual Travel for 3rd - 5th graders
• Anime, Sketch, and Color Fun

For incoming 3rd - 6th graders:

• Stop Motion Animation: Lights Camera Action

For incoming 4th - 8th graders:

• Introduction to Engineering
• Application of Mathematics In Structural Engineering

For incoming 6th - 9th graders:

• CSI: Forensics
• Come Play Guitar and Learn Your Favorite Songs!
• Intro to Computer Graphic Arts
• Cooking while Learning Knife Skills
• Creative Book Making and Journaling
• Culinary Arts 1 - Baking and Chemistry
• Build Life Skills and Academic Focus - Art, Analysis, and Asana
• Public Speaking Practice: Become a Confident Speaker
• Marine Biology - Exploring California's Oceans
• Your Brain! How Does it Work & How Can You Use it Most Effectively
• Survivor! Home Economics Edition (Cook, Sew, Budget and more)
• Building Collaboration - Art, Analysis and Asana
• Web Comic Workshop
• Culinary Arts 2 - Baking and Virtual Travel

For incoming 6th graders+ (middle and high school)

• Intro to Raspberry Pi with Python
• Build and Program a Robotic Car with the Raspberry Pi using Python
• Designing and Creating Projects with Raspberry Pi

For incoming 7th graders and up+

• Modeling Our World Through Math

For incoming 8th - 12th graders

• Advanced Biotechnology Lab

San Ramon Valley Unified School District staff receive 20% off any Summer Imagineering Class! Click HERE to request your discount

Calling SRVUSD high school students!! The Imagineering Program needs Mentors for our Summer 2023 Imagineering classes. Week-long classes will start June 12. Complete this application form to be considered for a Mentor position. 

Questions? imagineering@srvef.org

Program Details:

• Class Time: 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. with a break for a snack (note our new class times that include one additional hour of instruction time each day than in previous years)
• Class Dates: Five Weeks of Classes June 12 - July 21 (no class on June 19 or the week of July 3 - July 7)
• Location:
• Pine Valley Middle School (June 12th- July 15th) AND
• California High School (July 17th- 21st)
• Grades: For students ages 7 - 17
• Tickets will be available for purchase for our two Evening Performances scheduled for Thursday, July 20th, and July 21st at 7:00 p.m. at California High School
• Instructors: Jennifer Brown, Charlotte Wood MS Choir Teacher & Heather Raines, Iron Horse MS Drama Teacher

Perform in and produce "Guys and Dolls, Jr." with us this summer! During this five-week course, students will be cast in this inspiring, coming-of-age tale and will design the scenery and props of the show. Students may be “double cast” (two actors per role) and perform in one of our two performances. In addition, students will receive training on how to conceptualize, design and technically construct a show. Students will help to create their set and props. Due to the cumulative and collaborative nature of performance, students would need to commit to the whole of the time and to all performances.

You can also check out the website for the production:

https://sites.google.com/srvusd.net/theatreproductionclass/home

You are cordially invited to our 2023 Night with the Stars event on Monday, April 17, 2023 at 5 pm at Blackhawk Country Club. We will celebrate the work of our Affiliates and all the individuals that make our schools shine above the rest. Come and enjoy dinner while we honor these exceptional Shining Stars and their significant contributions to our schools. 

SRVEF has chosen a very special person as our own Shining Star, and each of the schools nominated someone who goes above and beyond to serve their school community.

Please join us in congratulating the 2022-2023 San Ramon Valley Education Foundation Shining Stars:

At this event we will also celebrate the SRVUSD Teachers of the Year:

Ashley Fabro - Golden View Elementary

Chris Connor - Monte Vista High School



And the SRVUSD Classified Employee of the Year:

Shubhra Bhatnaghar - Coyote Creek Elementary

40th Annual Run for Education

Logo Art Contest Deadline Extended to April 18!

Now through Tuesday, April 18, we will be accepting submissions of a logo for the 40th Annual Run for Education. The winning design will be highlighted on t-shirts and the winning student will receive $100 in gift cards.

Criteria:

• Artist must be a student of SRVUSD
• Logo must include the SRVEF tree in the design (see image to the right)
• Must include the words "40th Annual Run for Education" and "Chevron Presents"
• Please submit it as a PDF file and include the student's name, grade, and school with the entry
• Logo must be colorful and easy to see from a distance

Submission:

Please email entries to info@srvef.org with the subject line "Run for Education Logo Contest" by Tuesday, April 18. 

Save the Date!

Mark your calendars for the 40th Anniversary of the Run for Education. Join us on Sunday, October 8, 2023! We had lots of fun last year and the 40th Annual Run for Education promises to be even better!

Registration is open at www.srvef.org/the-run

Truck Time!

Turn imagination into real life! Mark your calendars! Truck Time is an interactive outdoor family festival that encourages children (and their adults) to explore the trucks and vehicles they see around them all the time, and maybe some they've never seen before.

Saturday, April 29, 2023. 9 am to 1 pm

2700 Camino Ramon, San Ramon

Visit www.TruckTimeSanRamon.org for additional details and to pre-purchase tickets. Tickets are $4.99 per person (age 1 and over) if purchased in advance or $7 on the event day.

In addition to buying your tickets, we invite you to:

• Share the event information with friends and family!
• Bring a vehicle to the event! Do you, or someone you know, have a fun truck, or other vehicles that you think we should have at the event for children and their families to learn about and explore? If so, please click here! 
• Sponsor the event or a specific area of the event. We would love to have you, or your company, become sponsors of our event. To learn more about becoming an event sponsor, please email us at TruckTimeSR@gmail.com.
• Purchase tickets as gifts by clicking here! Tickets to this event are $4.99 and will make an inexpensive and fun gift for family and friends.

This event is presented by the Dougherty Valley/San Ramon Rotary Club. It benefits the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation, the San Ramon Historic Foundation, the Dougherty Valley/San Ramon Rotary Club, and its Foundation.

Would you consider making a donation to support public education in the San Ramon Valley? We welcome you to become a Friend of the Foundation. SRVEF accepts donations via check, through PayPal, or our website. Thank you for your support!

To donate via check, please mail a check to:

SRVEF

3280 Crow Canyon Road

San Ramon, CA 94583

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