Our beautiful schools are ready for the Dolphin Dash Jog-A-Thon on Monday, April 29th (View & Vista) and Wednesday, May 1st (Valley)!

With 8 days to go, we are 58% of our way to our $85,000 goal. Help us cross that finish line!

Still need to register your students? Click HERE to head to Pledgestar for super easy set-up instructions and full details. 

There are fantastic incentives to get our students excited to raise money! The more you share and raise, the more chances to win raffle prizes. Check out a full list of incentives and raffle prizes HERE. Who will win the $450 gift card to Hermosa Cyclery?

WHERE, WHEN, & DASH TIMES: 

View: 4/29

(8:40 1st Grade, 9:05 TK, 9:30 K, 9:50 Preschool) 

Vista: 4/29

(1:20 3rd Grade, 1:45 2nd Grade, 2:05 4th Grade)

Valley: 5/1

(8:20 5th Grade, 8:40 6th Grade, 9:00 7th Grade, 9:20 8th Grade) 

CHEER & VOLUNTEER: We would love for you to be a part of this fun event and watch your kiddos DASH, so sign-up to volunteer on Dash Day at VIEW & VISTA or VALLEY! We need your help!

Feeling competitive? We have individual, school campus, and district-wide challenges. CLICK HERE and scroll down to follow the leaderboard. These are the classes leading the pack at each campus:

View: #1 Ms.Corman/Ms. Koch & #2 Ms. Lange

Vista: #1 Ms. Navas & #2 Ms. Sugden

Valley: #1 Ms. Vizzi & #2 Mr. Underwood

The 2nd week of Dolphin Dash raffle winners are in! Congratulations to early registrants @ View: Landon G., Eponine C., Jackson D., Goldie D., Noah B., Donnie T., Adelyna D., Jake H., Kalea P.,Alice K​. @ Vista: Maddy B​., Dax C​., Elma H​., Maddy S​.​, Reza S​.​, Ethan T​.​, Malia J​.​, Violet V​., Hunter A​.​, Sienna M​. AND @​ Valley​: AJ A​., Taylor G., Blake S., Wesley M., Cru C., Kamila B., Shayne M., and Anthony G. who all won gift cards to local businesses!

Questions: dolphindash@hvpto.com

Staff Appreciation Week is coming May 6th-10th, and HVPTO is so excited to invite our Teachers to the "HVS Eras Tour!"

We will be sending out more information as we get closer, but we need your help to kick off the week by signing up HERE to either make or buy a treat for our teachers for our Evers'mores day on Monday, May 6th!

We look forward to showing our teachers and staff how much they mean to our families. 

HVPTO's first-ever Hermosapalooza is coming Wednesday, May 15th! Mark your calendars now for an amazing lineup of student and parent bands that will rock the house at Patrick Molloy's. More details to come, but grab a t-shirt, sweatshirt or hat at the upcoming HVS Open Houses before these hot items sell out at the event! We'll also have raffle ticket sales for nearly $6,000 in prizes including guitars, amplifiers, apparel, music lessons and more!

Ready to get more involved next school year? The Hermosa Beach Education Foundation is seeking interested parents to join our team for the 24/25 school year. Email our President, Jen Buchsbaum, at president@hbef.org to learn more about how you can help make a positive impact on our schools.

Look no further than HBEF Community Partners, Martha’s, Bottle Inn and SLAY Hermosa! For breakfast, hit up Martha’s and get their fresh avocado toast and $1 will be donated to HBEF! Need something meatier? Then grab a table with a gorgeous view at SLAY Hermosa and order the steak sandwich. Another $1 will be donated back to HBEF. If a sunset dinner overlooking the beach at 22nd Street is your vibe then head to The Bottle Inn and order their famous Rigatoni Pollo e Basilico pasta and, yep, you guessed it, $1 will be donated to HBEF.

Thank you to Martha’s, Slay Hermosa and the Bottle Inn for always supporting Hermosa Schools and being an amazing HBEF Community Partner!

Come celebrate all that our students have accomplished at the upcoming HVS Open Houses:

4/24 View (5:30-6:30)

4/25 Valley (5:30-6:30)

5/02 Vista (5:30-6:30)

Remember these days are minimum days at each respective school on the day of the event.

Also, while you are there, visit the Spirit Wear Tables to grab the last remaining items that will be 20%-45% off! Or CLICK HERE to order online and use code SPIRIT20 at checkout to save 20%.

Tomorrow is Earth Day (April 22nd) and Grades of Green is inviting everyone to show their eco-enthusiasm. Here are 5 ways to go green alongside us all week April 22-26:

1. Wear green

2. Recycle all your schoolwork paper

3. Pack your lunch trash-free

4. Walk or ride your bike to/from school

5. Pick up any trash you find on campus

In addition to showing our earth-loving spirit, we’ll be on campus at View all week to kick-off lunch tray composting, and we’ve donated a collection of new eco-relevant books to each of our libraries that are available ongoing for student check-out.

Have questions, ideas, or want to join our Green Team? Please email Grades of Green Co-Chairs, Jessie Kernan & Julia Lau, at gradesofgreenhb@gmail.com.

Come admire your child’s masterpiece!

All Hermosa View, Vista and Valley families are encouraged to come experience a full year of art education from the YAA program. Each grade (TK-8th) will represent one of the 6 YAA projects taught this year.

THURSDAY

April 25th 

Hermosa Valley MPR

During the Valley Open House

5:00-7:30pm

Make this a family night with dinner!

We will be selling pizza and other goodies. Try your luck at our fun instant raffle.

All proceeds go to Young-At-Art in Hermosa Beach.

Please join Girl Scout Troop 2633 for a Community Service Project at our local Farmers Market on Friday, May 10th at 3:45pm. 

Girl Scout Troop 2633 will lead a clean-up of leftover trash and litter around Clark Field after the Farmers Market. The girls will provide gloves and trash bags to anyone who wants to pitch in and help. Let’s keep Hermosa hermosa! 

Contact: Jo Anderson | 646-812-0754

Attention incoming freshman! Mira Costa Surf Team tryouts will be held on Tuesday, April 23rd and Thursday, April 25 on the beach just south of the Manhattan Beach pier starting at 6:30am. Please contact surf@mbxprograms.org for more information and to let us know you will be joining us. Go Costa! 

Want to get involved, but now sure how? Here is a summary of upcoming Volunteer opportunities.

Staff Appreciation Week

Dolphin Dash at View & Vista

Dolphin Dash at Valley

Watch D.O.G.S. at View

Watch D.O.G.S. at Vista

Watch D.O.G.S. at Valley

View and Vista Valet Lines

HVPTO Event & Fundraiser Chairs

Reach out to volunteers@hvpto.com to learn about other upcoming HVPTO volunteer opportunities.