Hands on Art Needs Your Help!

Our final Hands on Art project of the year will take place during PE classes, Tuesday, March 28 through Monday, April 3. 

Check out our final project of the year: Tricks of Trompe L'Oeil.

 Questions: hoa@parrasptsa.org

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2023-2024 Parras PTSA Executive Board Slate

Parras PTSA Membership

By joining the Parras PTSA, you support programs and events such as: Hands On Art, Assemblies, Teacher Grants, S.T.E.M. Night, 7th Grade Science Fair, and more...

We are currently at 869 members!

• 798 members (teachers students, family members, relatived and friends)
• 71 community members

We have 100% teacher participation!!!

Our goal is to have 1062 members and reach 100% participation. we are currently 82% to our goal.

Thank you to everyone who had already joined the Parras PTSA.

Parras Yearbook

Yearbook Recognition Ads are the perfect way to commemorate achievements and celebrate milestones. In addition, revenues from Recognition Ads help our school create a better yearbook. To purchase your ad online, click the link below. You will have to create your ad and then you will be prompted to pay after.

Jostens is responsible for our school's yearbook ad sales. Please do not contact or send materials to the school. All early-bird orders must be placed by 12/01/2022. After this date, the prices go up! Also, don't forget to purchase the actual Yearbook in addition to a Recognition Ad. The yearbook is produced by the Yearbook Class lead by Mrs. Kanemaru.

8th Grade Promotion Dance

We need volunteers for the 8th Grade Promotion Dance which will take place on June 2nd (5PM to 8PM). Multiple volunteer shifts will be available: planning the event, event set-up, volunteer during the event, and event tear down.

If you can help, please contact Beth Siracusa at 8thgradedance@parrasptsa.org.

National Women's History Month

In 1978 The Education Task Force of the Sonoma County (CA) Commission on the Status of Women initiated Women’s History Week. This was a celebration to educate students on women's achievements and contributions. It was a very successful campaign that brought about a global movement. This prompted President Jimmy Carter in 1980 to issue the first Presidential Proclamation declaring the Week of March 8th National Women’s History Week. In 1987, Congress declared March as National Women’s History Month. Thanks to these outstanding individuals who organized and highlighted women like Clarissa Barton, Mary Fields, Flora Patterson, Gloria Steinem, and Alice Ball, their contributions to society will never be forgotten.

March 1^{st -} 20^th - 19 Day Fast – This fast is for those who follow the Baha'i religion's path. Along with obligatory prayer, it is one of the greatest obligations of a Baháʼí, and its chief purpose is spiritual: to reinvigorate the soul and bring the person closer to God.

March 20^th- 22^nd - Nowruz – Known as the Persian New Year and the most important holiday in Iran, this period marks the official New Year of the country. It is Farvardin's first day, corresponding to the Spring Equinox. Nowruz translates to “new day” in Persian and has been celebrated for over 3,000 years. Though the actual New Year’s Day is March 21st, the celebration of Nowruz continues over several weeks with many customary symbolic rituals relating to renewal.

March 21^st – World Down Syndrome Day - The United Nations have celebrated the 21st World Down Syndrome Day since 2012. Each year the UN holds a special session to discuss a theme relevant to people with Down syndrome. WDSD has its website: https://www.worlddownsyndromeday.org/. This year's theme is “With Us Not For Us.” The message of “With Us Not For Us is vital to a human rights-based approach to disability. Down syndrome International is committed to moving on from the outdated charity model of disability, where people with disability were treated as objects of charity, deserving of pity and relying on others for support. Instead, a human rights-based approach views people with disabilities as having the right to be treated fairly and have the same opportunities. An excellent way to celebrate is to talk about including people with Down syndrome in your school, workplace, faith community, or club. Please celebrate with positive messages about what people with DS can do rather than what they can’t do.

March 21^st- International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination – This day has been observed annually by the United Nations General Assembly since 1966, remembering the peaceful demonstration that police fired upon in 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa.

March 22^nd - April 21^st - Ramadan – This period is considered the holiest month of the Islamic Hijra (lunar) calendar. This is when Muslims elevate their spiritual and physical submission to God through fasting. Muslims abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from the break of dawn till sunset.