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Dear Miramonte Community,
Believe it or not, but it’s March! We’re a week away from ending the 3rd Quarter and starting our countdown to the finish line. This is a good time to encourage your child to advocate for themselves by communicating with their teachers, tagging themselves for specific Academy sessions, and making an appointment with their counselor.
Also, it’s a great time for students to attend some school-wide events and get involved in various activities that are happening this month and next. Our spring sports are in full swing, Grease the musical is coming, Career Night is on Wednesday, March 22, and our Spring Dance is Friday, March 24! As always, please visit our school website to keep up with the latest news and information, have a wonderful weekend, and GO MATS!
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Dear Miramonte Families,
Wow -- the Orinda Network for Education (ONE) is celebrating its third anniversary this month! Congratulations to the hard-working staff and volunteers of ONE! Please join your fellow Orindans in celebrating this milestone on Tuesday, March 14, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Wilder Art and Garden Center. View the invitation and purchase your tickets here.
ONE works in partnership with our Parents' Club fundraising organization, ONE-Miramonte. Confused about the difference?
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ONE-Miramonte is our site-specific fundraising organization and is managed by Miramonte Parents' Club volunteers. Donations from Miramonte families to ONE-Miramonte support the Parents' Club budget, which is created in collaboration with the school administration and faculty. Keep an eye on the Fundraising section of this newsletter, and you'll learn more every week about all of the things we are able to do for our students and school because you give to ONE-Miramonte.
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ONE's efforts benefit students in all Orinda schools, from TK to Grade 12, educating our local community about the reasons Orinda schools need financial support, and raising funds from the broader Orinda community, local businesses, and other opportunities.
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By working together, we are able to share best practices, combine our knowledge and efforts, eliminate duplicative systems and procedures, and operate more efficiently.
We know that our students' next three months will be busy ones, with coursework, clubs, sports, extracurricular activities, AP exams, standardized tests, volunteering, social events, and more. We hope you have found the District's parent presentations helpful to you as you support your student through it all. The next presentation on Tuesday, March 21, will focus on "Supporting Students With Anxiety." See the calendar below for time and Zoom link information.
Best of luck to our Public Speaking students at the State Qualifying Tournament this weekend. Go Mats!
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March 4-5: Public Speaking State Qualifying Tournament
March 6: Boosters Meeting; 6:00-7:30 p.m.; MHS Library
March 9: Class of 2026 Parent Social
March 10: Deadline to drop a class
March 10: End of third quarter
March 15: AUHSD Governing Board Meeting; 7:00 p.m.; district office
March 17 & 18: Musical: Grease; 7:00 p.m.; MHS Theater; (tickets)
March 20: Staff Development Day; No School for Students
March 21: Parent Ed: Supporting Students With Anxiety; 6:00-7:00 p.m.; Zoom
March 24: Spring Dance; 7:00-9:30 p.m.; MHS Gym
March 25: Musical: Grease; 7:00 p.m.; MHS Theater; (tickets)
March 26: Musical: Grease; 4:00 p.m.; MHS Theater; (tickets)
March 27-31: Canned Food Drive; bins around campus
March 30-April 1: CAJCL Latin Convention hosted by Miramonte HS
April 3-7: Spring Break
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ONE-Miramonte Fundraising | |
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60%
Only 60% of Miramonte families have made a donation to ONE-Miramonte this year.
Even with only 60% of families making a gift to ONE-Miramonte, we still fund extra class sections allowing for a 7-period day, and support our Wellness Center, College & Career Center, performing arts, clubs, and many programs that are meaningful to students.
Imagine how much more we could do if everyone made a gift to ONE-Miramonte.
If you haven’t made a donation to ONE-Miramonte yet this year, please consider doing so today. Every gift counts, and gifts of any size are gratefully accepted and appreciated. Our goal is 100% participation since every student benefits from your donations.
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Announcements & Reminders | |
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"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." - unknown
We are so thankful for our huge team of parent volunteers who share their individual "gifts" with our school each and every day. The Parents' Club is in the process of assembling yet another amazing volunteer team for next school year, but we still need your help! We are looking for the following volunteers to join the team:
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Matador News Meet A Matador Editor – Submit a bimonthly article highlighting a Miramonte staff member
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Matador News Contributing Sports Editor – Periodically submit updates to the Matador News about our sports teams and upcoming sporting event news
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Matador News Contributing Visual & Performing Arts Marketing Committee – New committee next year! Periodically submit updates to the Matador News about upcoming and past arts, drama, choir, musical, public speaking, mock trial, etc., performances, competitions, and exhibits. Assist our VPA programs with event promotion to the community.
If you would like more information about any of these positions, please contact our parliamentarian, Alissa Lille, or indicate your interest on this form, and we will contact you soon with a list of open volunteer positions that align with your interests.
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Please come out for the Miramonte Color Run on Friday, March 10, 3:30 p.m. This event is open to all community members and is hosted by the ASB leadership classes of 2024 and 2025. Run or walk the half-mile trail while being doused with different colored powder. Wear your own white t-shirt or purchase one at the event for $5. The run will start on the Miramonte track, continue around the baseball loop, and finish in the pool lot. The first elementary student to finish the race will win a gift from Orinda Hardware!
Orinda students and faculty participate for free, and there is a $5 admission for all other community members. Additional donations are welcomed.
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Help Needed - Spring Dance, Friday, March 24
A note from the Miramonte Leadership class -
We have our Spring dance coming up on Friday, March 24, and we need all the support we can get to make this event a huge success. We need some support with getting food, drinks, other items, and chaperones for the event.
Sign up to donate items or volunteer here. We really appreciate your contributions and help!
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AUHSD Parent Education Series
The next event in the series is Supporting Students With Anxiety, presented by Patrick Turner MA, PPS, APCC. on Tuesday, March 21, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Register for this event here.
The AUHSD website includes recordings of past AUHSD Parent Ed events as well as information and registration details for the remaining events in the series.
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Visual & Performing Arts News | |
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Check out the March 1st issue of Lamorinda Weekly to read about the upcoming production (article written by cast member Ashley Dong) and see the fantastic photo of the Grease cast during a recent rehearsal.
Leather jackets, poodle skirts, and Greased Lightnin’! Watch out, Orinda, Rydell High is coming to Miramonte! One of Miramonte High School’s most anticipated annual events returns in March when more than 80 cast, crew, and band members will be cruising the halls of Rydell High, dreaming of “Summer Nights” and “Beauty School Dropout’” as they perform the rollicking musical Grease.
Come out to support the arts at Miramonte High School. These performing arts programs are vital opportunities for creative and artistic expression for our students. Be there or be square!
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Yearbook is looking for photos from your holiday breaks! If you have any photos of your student(s) over their holiday breaks that you would like to be featured in the yearbook this year, please submit them here. (School code: gomats) Please fill in all required information, and include a brief description of the who, what, and where of the photo. | |
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Schedule Changes
The deadline to drop a class without it appearing on the transcript is Friday, March 10.
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Junior Student Meetings
Junior meetings are underway! Counselors will spend the next two months calling in all juniors for a check-in. This meeting typically lasts between 15-20 minutes as we go over senior year course requests and post-high school plans. Please have your junior student come ready with their questions!
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AUHSD Summer School
If your child earned a D or F in a high school graduation requirement course this year, they may be able to remediate the course during summer school. See a counselor for an application or visit the district website!
- Summer school will be held this year in one, 5-week session.
- Classes begin Tuesday, June 6, and end Friday, July 7, 2023.
- Location: Acalanes High School
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DVC Career Academies
Sophomores and juniors, are you looking for a summer program that is affordable and close to home? If so, DVC has a great option for you to explore! DVC Career Academies are week(s) long offerings that run all summer long! These are the types of programs that colleges love to see and you will earn college credits upon completion!! If you would like more information, please click here.
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There has been so much in the news lately about the relationship between phone use, social media, and screen time in general, and the mental health of kids and teens. It is hard to determine a causal relationship, but there is certainly a correlation. Depression symptoms have risen steadily and correlate with smartphone adoption year over year since 2007. The recently released CDC data on Mental Health and Suicidality amongst our youth is especially alarming.
So what can you do? Talk with your kids about the negative AND positive aspects of their phone use. Set limits, and let your kids help determine them. Remember, today’s teens didn’t create smartphones, Tiktok, or Instagram - it isn’t their fault, but it is a part of their world. Here are two podcasts you might find to be helpful resources as you have these conversations:
How Much Screen Time is Too Much?
Breaking Up (and Making up) with Your Phone
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We will be focusing on these issues next week in Wellness! The ScreenTime Challenge will be Monday, March 6, through Friday, March 10, and the Screen Time and Social Media Academy presentation will be on Friday. All week long, students can check in with Wellness and show their screen time on their phones. The goal is to see less screen time each day and create awareness about just how much time kids spend on their phones. For each day they show a decrease, they will receive a raffle ticket. On Friday, prizes will be awarded, including Loards, ShareTea, and Zoonies. Please encourage your students to participate!
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Swim Team Fundraiser - Wednesday, March 8
Will swim for breakfast, burgers, and pies! The Miramonte Swim Team invites the Miramonte community to participate in our fundraiser at the Orinda Nation’s (65 Moraga Way) on Wednesday, March 8. Twenty percent of sales from the entire day - 6:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. - will be donated to our team for those orders that mention “Miramonte Swim Team”. See this flyer for additional details and to learn how to order online.
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Last week, Miramonte swimmers checked out just some of the new team equipment funded by the Boosters Club, including kickboards, fins, paddles, stopwatches, new backstroke flags, and more!
Thanks to member donations, Boosters is able to purchase much-needed equipment, gear, and supplies for 100% of our athletic teams. More importantly, the club helps pay for the salaries of personnel, such as the athletic trainer and strength/conditioning coach.
We seek 100% participation of families with student-athletes to join the Boosters Club. Please join today!
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Can you help with the Boosters Celebration on Saturday, May 13, 4:30-8:00 p.m.? We are looking for volunteers to help us with decorations, solicit raffle and auction items, and with event set up and take down. Please review the SignUpGenius now and consider volunteering your time and enthusiasm.
Questions? Please reach out to Piera Bignetti (415-794-8658) Kim Washburn (917-608-6631)
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Class of 2023
Final Parent Party - Sip and Slide
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 22, for our final parent party - Sip and Slide at The Fourth Bore. Click here to join us at the party. Please fill out this google form to participate in the raffle.
Senior Ball - volunteer and donate
We need volunteers for to help plan and execute this special event for our seniors. We’re also looking for donations for some special experiences before and at the Ball. Please sign up here.
Grad Night - volunteer, donate, and buy tickets
There is so much to do to make this night a success. Please sign up here to help and donate, and purchase tickets on the Web Store.
Class of 2023 Yard Signs - Celebrate Your Senior!
Click here to purchase before Friday, March 31.
CCC - donate snacks
Please click here to donate snacks.
Orinda News - grad ad
Celebrate your soon-to-be graduate with a personalized ad. Find the details here. Due by Monday, April 10.
Questions? Contact the Class of 2023 Parent Advisors
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Class of 2024
Junior Prom tickets are now on sale on the Web Store! Ticket sales close on Friday, March 24, and tickets must be purchased by that date to attend. Print, complete, and submit your Miramonte Student Permission Form and/or Non-MHS Student Permission Form to the front office no later than 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 31.
Bus sign-ups will take place at lunch on Friday, March 31. Students should talk to their friends and select which bus they would like to take. Depending on attendance numbers, we expect six or seven buses.
The Junior Prom theme reveal will take place at lunch on Wednesday, March 15. Please refer to the Prom FAQ for all of the important details and information about Junior Prom. Questions about prom? Please reach out to our Prom Chairs Cady Behles and Lara Chua.
Questions? Contact the Class of 2024 Parent Advisors
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Class of 2026
Come join your fellow Class of 2026 Parents for a Warriors watch party on Thursday, March 9, at the Fourth Bore from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Ticket includes dinner and one drink ticket. Purchase tickets here.
Questions? Contact the Class of 2026 Parent Advisors
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