PRINCIPAL'S UPDATE
January 30, 2022
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This Week's Bell Schedule
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday - Regular Schedule
Wednesday - Late Start
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Get ready for a Peninsula Spirit Week!!!
Monday: Pajama day. Dress up in your favorite pjs. Zoo gear will be sold at lunch in the amp so remember to bring money.
Tuesday: Decade Day. Dress up in any decade you want!!! 20s, 30s, 60s, 80s, etc. At panther time we’ll be selling even more zoo gear and class comp attire at the amp.
Wednesday: Pep rally day!!!! Come see all your favorite dance teams perform.
Thursday: Adam Sandler day!! Dress up in your favorite Adam Sandler look: oversized t-shirts, huge basketball shorts, and jorts! Look out at lunch for a life size Adam Sandler. Take a picture and tag @pvphs to be put into a raffle. The winner will get free zoo merchandise.
Friday: CLASS COMP DAY!!! We’ll play Dodgeball on the Football Field! Remember to dress out in your class color. Seniors are purple, juniors green, sophomores orange, and freshmen blue. See you then!
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Winter Formal Update
Peninsula High is proud to present Winter Formal: A Winter Solstice. It will be at Union Station on Saturday, February 26 from 6:30 until 10:30 pm. This is a semi-formal dance in which students from all grades may attend. Students may attend this dance in groups of friends or with a date- it is personal preference and whatever students are comfortable with.
Tickets for Winter Formal will go on sale in the Student Store starting February 7th. Peninsula High Seniors will have priority to purchase tickets first, with Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen being able to purchase next. If there is still space available, students may request to bring guests who do not attend Peninsula High.
Please see the following schedule for when tickets may be purchased:
Feb 7-9- Peninsula High Seniors- $120 with ASB, $130 without ASB
Feb 10-16 – Peninsula High Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen- $120 with ASB, $130 without ASB
February 16-18- Guest passes may begin to be accepted- $120 with ASB, $130 without ASB
February 22-23- All grade levels and guests may purchase tickets (if still available), but the price increases to $130 with ASB and $140 without. Guests must fill out a Guest Pass (available on the school website beginning February 7), and guests must attend with a current Peninsula High student whose parent/guardian will take responsibility of the guest on that evening.
Formal will include food, activities and dancing. It will be both an indoor and outdoor event.
For $20 per student, Winter Formal attendees may ride a charter bus to and from Union Station. There will be an opportunity to sign up for the charter bus at the time your ticket is purchased. The bus will be chaperoned by PVPHS staff members. If a parent or guardian chooses to allow their children to attend formal on a bus or limo that is not affiliated with the school, that is at the discretion of the parent or guardian.
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SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Please check Schoolinks for scholarship opportunities! Current postings include: Sandpipers (due 1/31), LA Military Charitable Fund (due 1/28), California State PTA scholarships (due 2/1), Elks Legacy scholarship (due 2/7), and more. To find scholarship listings on Schoolinks, click on Finances (left info bar), then Scholarship Matching. Look for scholarships that say, “posted by your district” above the name then click on the name of the scholarship to find out more information including how to apply. To apply for the Palos Verdes Peninsula Council of PTAs scholarship, a student must be a PTA member on or before Feb. 15th. The membership form is available on the PTA tab of the school’s website.
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid)
Seniors: Reminder that the FAFSA deadline for California schools is March 2, 2022. If seniors are applying to out-of-state schools, make sure you are checking the FAFSA deadline for those states. The CCC will be hosting a “How To Fill Out a FAFSA” webinar on Wednesday, February 16th at 6:30 p.m.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE FAFSA – FEBRUARY 16th @ 6:30P
Reminder that the FAFSA deadline for California schools is March 2, 2022. If you have not completed it yet and need assistance -Nancy Shafer, Financial Aid & Scholarship Specialist will be presenting How to Complete the FAFSA on February 16th at 6:30P virtually. Nancy will provide detailed information about how to complete the 2021-2022 FAFSA. This event is only for Seniors and parents as it brings you through the actual FAFSA. Registration is required with a valid PVPUSD Student ID# by noon on 2/16. Click HERE to register.
HOW COLLEGES MAKE ADMISSIONS DECISIONS - February 17th at 6:30P
The Admissions process may seem like a mystery shrouded in secrecy, but it really is not. Although each school prioritizes aspects of the same applicant differently, all look at similar components of an applicant. David Mills, Associate Director of West Coast Admissions of Lafayette College will discuss the admissions process and what colleges look at in the admissions decision. Registration is required with a valid PVPUSD Student ID# by noon on 2/17. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
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Free Tutoring Available For Peninsula Students
PVPUSD is offering FREE virtual tutoring with a company called Air Tutors. Students may receive up to two hours in ELA and/or Math each week. Please use the link below to register your child. However, if your child already has an Air Tutors account from the summer program, Jumpstart, when registering, they will be redirected to the login page (and they can "sign in with Google").
Once you select the times that might work for the session, Air Tutors will group students by grade level and subject. After schedules have been set by Air Tutors, the sessions will appear on the Air Tutors calendar and you will receive a notification via email and or text.
If you have any questions, please reach out directly to air tutors at [email protected] or 800-211-1986
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Korean Parents Group Donates to PVPHS
On behalf of Peninsula High School and our school's Associated Student Body, we want to extend our sincerest appreciation to the Korean Parents Group, who made an incredibly generous donation to our school and ASB this past week. This donation will help ASB purchase a new portable outdoor sound system for our many outdoor events around campus. Pictured here is Eunjoo Lee, President of the Korean Parents Group, presenting the donation to Dr. Kuykendall, Principal of PVPHS. Thank you to all members of the Korean Parents Group for helping improve the students' experiences at Peninsula High School.
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Wake up with Wellness Wednesdays
Our school's Sage therapists are hosting a weekly online support group through MS Teams for students struggling with anxiety. This is an open group allowing for drop-ins any week that you feel like you need more support. Sessions may include an activity centered on managing anxiety, guided meditation, goal-setting, or processing emotions. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety from quarantine/Covid, school, social relationships, or uncertainty, feel free to drop-in whenever you need. We’re here to support you.
Workshops begin starting January 26, 2022 and recurring every Wednesday until Spring Break from 8:30am – 9:00am (30 minutes). Follow this link for more information:
South Bay Families Connected: Focus on youth wellness
Finally, after a full year of distance learning, some students have, understandably, experienced the return to in-person learning as a social challenge. PVPUSD partner South Bay Families Connected (SBFC), a network of 115 schools in the South Bay, has organized Teaching Social Skills: Resources for Parents and Guardians, which contains a video featuring students at local schools, including PVPHS’s own Rhys Moon, sharing their perspectives regarding the social ups and downs of returning to in-person learning. There you will also find some useful tips to support your children and teens as they develop and refine their own social skills. For related resources, please visit the SBFC Healthy Relationships Page. The SBFC Virtual Teen Center contains a wide variety of mental health and wellness topics. To see more youth wellness resources provided by PVPUSD and SBFC, please visit our own PVPUSD Families Connected.
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Sincerely,
Dr. Brent Kuykendall
Principal
All District programs, activities, and practices shall be free from unlawful discrimination, including discrimination against an individual or group based on race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
Title IX Contact: Richard Licciardello, 310-378-9966 x 417
Section 504 Contact: Michael Bosler, 310-378-9966 x 444
375 Via Almar, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274
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