Performers please arrive at 6

We will have a finger food potluck and a holiday market in the yurt from 7:30-8:30

We’ll have hot chocolate and popcorn at morning snack to celebrate student efforts meeting our fundraising goal for Drive For Schools. Well done, everyone!

This is a celebration for meeting our fundraising goal selling Drive For School tickets. We made over $13,000 thanks to the efforts of students, parents and teachers. Skating is complimentary for all students and chaperones. Other parents and families are welcome to join but you’ll need to pay for your skates. There is also an additional fee for students/parents wanting inline skates instead of quads.

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.

Students may bring a toy from home to play with at school. This is a thank you reward for selling Drive for School tickets in the fall. The toy must be small enough to fit in your student’s cubby, no weapons, no electronic devices (such as iPads, iPhones etc) but a remote control toy is ok. See Manila with questions about the parameters.

We will be hosting a documentary screening of the award winning movie Counted Out. This is open to the wider community, with a sliding scale admission, and limited childcare available for an additional fee. There will be a community discussion following the show.

You can buy your movie tickets here:

https://www.orchardschoolaptos.org/shop

For childcare contact us at 688-1074 to sign up and to find out your payment options. Only 25 spots available.

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.

And that’s a wrap! Half day and no hot lunch! Have a great summer Orchard families!