SPCA educators will come to the kinder hut to give a presentation called “Pet Care 101”
Orchard School is set to rule and rock the Santa Cruz Downtown Holiday Parade. Meet Rock near the Santa Cruz Warriors stadium at 9:30 with your stilts and unicycles. Be sure to wear your Orchard ware. You don’t have to ride in the parade, you can just walk with the group. In other words, all students and families are invited to attend: Smilers, revelers, stiltwalkers, unicyclists, jugglers. Kindergarteners traditionally hold the Orchard banner.
More specific info will be forthcoming as we get closer to the date, but for now, get it on your calendar.
Performers please arrive at 6
We will have a finger food potluck and a holiday market in the yurt from 7:30-8:30
Come skate with us at the roller rink to celebrate the Drive For Schools fundraising effort. We made over $13,000!
We will leave school at 9:30 and return at 12:30. Students should bring a packed lunch and water and be sure to wear socks. Quad skates are complimentary, inlines require an additional $3 fee. Vending machines are off-limits. Parents are welcome to join. We will provide tickets for car pool drivers. Other parents are welcome to purchase their own, $10 each.
We will take the city bus from the bottom of Trout Gulch Road, two stops, to the Aptos Library. We’ll stay for story time with a librarian, get library cards, check out books, eat lunch, and then hop back on the bus to come back to school about 1pm.
Tara and Rosy will be traveling together on this trip. We welcome a parent chaperone as well.
Stay tuned for more details.
Childcare provided free of charge in our school’s aftercare program.
The financial aid deadline for returning students for the 2025-2026 school year is February 13th. We give priority to continuing students but will offer remaining monies to new families shortly after this date. Please be sure to turn in all tax information and all of the necessary paperwork, facts and figures, so there are no delays. The application costs $45 and can be found on the website under the Admissions tab. Look for the button named FAST. For help, please contact FAST’s support email address: familysupport@ismfast.com
This event will be similar to last year’s “casino night” with some tweaks. The date is a placeholder. We’ll let you know when it’s official.
SPCA educators will come to the kinder hut to give a presentation called “State and National Animal Symbols”
Please pay your re-enrollment fee by this date to hold your child’s place to attend in the fall.
Childcare provided free of charge in our school’s aftercare program.
This is an all school event. Students will participate in a short performance followed by a celebration of our graduates. We’ll end with a zero-waste, finger-food potluck.
Meet on the kinder deck at 12:30! Kindergarten family and friends only. Ceremony followed by potluck. You may take your children home early or hang around with them until 3pm.
And that’s a wrap! Half day and no hot lunch! Have a great summer Orchard families!
Our last Friday is a minimum day — School ends at noon. Families may set up tents then and return to the campout no earlier than 7pm.