Mandatory At-Home COVID Testing Before Coming to Campus

COVID-19 Safety Protocols

We are excited to welcome you to the Summer Festival of Learning on Tuesday, July 5th. Listed below are our current COVID-19 protocols for our Summer Festival of Learning Program. These are subject to change as we get closer to the start date based on updated guidance and requirements from CDPH and Santa Clara County. We will email reminders and updates at least a week before the first day of the program.

If a student is a household close contact to a positive case, it is school policy that the student remains home for 48 hours from the date of exposure. If the student is able to completely isolate themselves from the positive case (meaning staying in separate living areas, bedroom, and bathroom) they can attend school upon receiving a negative rapid antigen test at school. The student will need to receive a second rapid antigen test at school on day 5 of exposure. During this time the student will need to remain masked indoors and outdoors except while eating and drinking.

Testing-24 Hours prior to the first day

• We ask that each family perform an at home rapid test before bringing their child to school.  
• You can provide your own testing kit OR pick one up at the Middle Campus Office the week of June 27-July 1 anytime between 8:30-3:30pm. (Middle Campus: 327 Fremont Avenue Los Altos) 

Face Masks

• Masking is optional.

Ventilation

• We will promote natural ventilation with doors and windows open at all times when possible
• On hot or cold days we are able to maintain increased ventilation in the classrooms with our Merv 13 filters on our HVAC system and HEPA air purifiers in every classroom.

Symptoms

• If your child is experiencing any COVID or flu-like symptoms, please refrain from bringing them to school and notify the appropriate campus office manager as well as Theresa Maksim (tmaksim@pinewood.edu), K-12 Health and Safety Coordinator.
  • Lower Campus (Gr K,1) | 650-209-3050 | lcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Middle Campus (Gr 2, 3) | 650-209-3030 | mcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Upper Campus (Gr 4-8) | 650-209-3010 | ucsummer@pinewood.edu
• You will be required to keep your child home for a full two days. If their symptoms have improved or resolved, you may bring them to school on the third day, and we will conduct an antigen test at school. If the test is negative, they will be allowed to attend school. If the result is positive, you will be notified of next steps.

Rapid Testing

Please click here to register your child which will allow us to rapid test them at school. Your child only needs to be registered once for the entire duration of Summer Festival.

As always, these are subject to change at any time when new information is available to us. 


Lower Campus Grades K-1

Location

• Pinewood Lower Campus 477 Fremont Ave, Los Altos, CA 94024

First Day of School

• 4-week session | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 1 | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 2 | July 18th

July 5th & 6th | Staggered Arrival

• Students in Grade 1 arrive between 8:00 am and 8:15 am. 
• Students in Kindergarten arrive between 8:20 am and 8:30 am. (Please don't arrive any earlier than 8:15 am unless a student's sibling is in the earlier arrival time.)
• Teachers will be on hand to greet students as cars continue through the arrival line; you do not need to leave your car. If you feel it absolutely necessary to walk with your child, please park on Fremont Avenue and walk to the entry gate where you can leave your child to join his/her track.

Regular Arrival After July 6th

• Lower Campus will open at 8:00 am each day and classes begin at 8:30.
• There is no before-school supervision. Students should not arrive at school earlier than 8:00 am.
• Session 2 students arriving on July 18 will be directed to the field where they will be oriented and matched with their class and teachers.

Name Tags

• All students will receive a name tag in the mail. Please have your child wear his/her name tag every day the first week of the program.

Dismissal (12:30 pm, 3:00 pm, and 5:00 pm)

(please note: if you registered for a 3:00 pm pick-up, you can pick up your child anytime between 2:55-3:10. We hope that this staggered approach will help ease traffic.)

• Dismissal is a very busy time, especially the 3:00pm dismissal. Therefore, we ask for your complete cooperation and patience.
• Please read the dismissal instructions carefully (in separate tab, below).
• A car sign with your child's name on it will be sent in the mail. Before entering the dismissal line, please place the car sign in the front, driver's side corner of your car's windshield.
• Your child's dismissal pick-up time is indicated on their name tag that you will receive in the mail. 
• There is a 15-minute grace period if a student is picked up after his/her selected dismissal time. If a student is picked up after the 15-minute grace period, a late fee will be charged to the student's account.

Leaving Early in the Day

• During the school day, if your child needs to leave early, please go to the office where you will sign him/her out and then your child will be called to join you. 

Absences

• If you know your student will be absent on a given day(s) prior to the start of the program, please email your child's name, grade, and the date(s) he/she will be absent to lcsummer@pinewood.edu.
• If your child has any COVID-19 symptoms, please keep them home from school.
• If your child tests positive for COVID-19 or becomes sick with ANY infectious disease (Hand/Foot/Mouth, Strep, lice, etc.), please call the office immediately.

Attire + School Supplies

• Students should bring a small backpack and writing utensils (pencil and eraser)

• Students should bring a filled water bottle, water only. Drinking fountains will only be allowed to be used to refill water bottles.

• School attire is casual; clothes should be comfortable and suitable for enthusiastic work and play.

• Shoes appropriate for play should be worn.

• All other school supplies will be provided.


For students who have a 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm Pick-Up

• Splash Bash (Week 4): bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes.
• Students enrolled in Extended Day (3:00-5:00 pm) will have the option to get wet. If your child would like to participate in any water activities, please have him/her bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes (going barefoot is not permitted). 

Snack/Lunch

• Students will have a break/snack sometime between 10:15 am - 11:15am daily. Please send your child to school each day with a healthy and substantial snack labeled with his/her name.
• Students that are enrolled in a 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm dismissal should bring a sack lunch unless they have ordered the Epicurean lunch program.

Homework (Grade 1 only)

• Regular homework assignments will be given in the following classes: Language Arts Essentials and Math Basics.
• Your child should do homework independently. This helps the teacher assess your student’s mastery of the concepts in the homework and determine whether your child needs reinforcement on any concept.
• If your child does not understand the assigned homework, please write a brief note to the teacher indicating that there are difficulties.

Academic Class Progress Check

We invite you to track your child's progress and curriculum in the following ways:

Kindergarten

• Read weekly class e-newsletters
• Check your child's class take-home folder on a regular basis for completed work.
• The teacher will contact you if your student is experiencing difficulties.
• You are welcome to contact the teacher if you have any questions. The best way to contact teachers is via email. Summer Festival of Learning teacher email addresses are formatted as such: first initial + last name @pinewood.edu (ex. tjones@pinewood.edu). Teachers’ first initial and last names are listed on your student’s schedule that will be mailed June 13th.

Grade 1

• Read weekly class e-newsletters.
• Check your child's class take-home folder, spiral, and/or workbook on a regular basis. Corrections will be in a different color. (Math Basics/Mastery and Language Arts Essentials classes have a workbook from which they will do their daily homework.)
• Sign and return quizzes that are given in the following classes: Math Basics and Language Arts Essentials. Quizzes typically come home on Mondays and should be returned to the teacher the following day as part of the homework.
• The teacher will contact you if your student is experiencing difficulties.
• You are welcome to contact the teacher if you have any questions. The best way to contact teachers is via email. Summer Festival of Learning teacher email addresses are formatted as such: first initial + last name @pinewood.edu (ex. tjones@pinewood.edu). Teachers’ first initial and last names are listed on your student’s schedule that will be mailed June 13th.

Questions and Cancellations

• Questions prior to July 5th: please contact the office at (650) 209-3050 or lcsummer@pinewood.edu.
• Questions about Student Schedules: email Laura Blotter prior to June 24th.
• Cancellations: please email Barbara Hantke immediately.

Arrival + Dismissal Map

• Place the car sign that you received in the mail with your child’s name in the front, left corner (driver’s side) of your car’s windshield to aid us in loading your child at dismissal.
• To help us unload or load students in the car more easily, please place car seats behind the passenger seat or middle seat. Once your student is loaded and if he/she needs help fastening his/her seat belt, please pull up to the circle a few yards away to do this.
• In order to avoid gridlock on Fremont Avenue left turns into the school driveway during arrival and dismissal are not permitted.
• Once inside the driveway, you will be directed into the correct lane.
• Please do not leave your vehicle once you have entered the arrival and dismissal area.
• When queued on Campbell Avenue, please do not block neighborhood driveways.
• You may turn right or left when you exit.
• For the safety of all students, it is important that you utilize the drop-off and pick-up lines as opposed to parking and walking into the school during arrival and dismissal.
• Please do not drive on Bellevue Court (adjacent to Middle Campus) at any time. The use of Bellevue Court during arrival and dismissal is prohibited at all times.
• Dropping-off or picking-up a student along Campbell Avenue or in the Campbell Avenue parking lot is strictly prohibited at all times. This includes using the Campbell Avenue gate to walk into the school to pick-up your child.
• No “U” turns are allowed on Campbell or Fremont Avenues
• If your child needs to be picked-up early, park along Fremont Avenue and walk into the school via the crosswalk located between the administration building and Fremont Avenue.
• Please note: there are red "no parking" zones, enforced by the City of Los Altos, located between the exit driveway and adjacent neighbor and alongside the fire hydrant in front of the school. Cars are not allowed to park in this zone for loading or unloading; vehicles may be ticketed.

5:00 pm Dismissal
You have a choice of using the pick-up line or parking in the parking spaces in the driveway and picking up your child on the lawn area. If walking in, please bring your car sign with your child's name and check your child out with the teacher.

Kindergarten
Students enrolled in the 4-week program will have a music showcase for families on Wednesday, July 27. (See your child's schedule that will be mailed on June 13, to view their assigned track.)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27 at the Lower Campus Theater 
11:40: K3 & K4 Tracks 
12:10: K1 & K2 Tracks

Grade 1 
Students enrolled in the 4-week Partial Day (3pm) or Full Day (5pm) program will be in Curtain Time! Final Performance for families and friends will be on Thursday, July 28, or Friday, July 29. (See your child's schedule, mailed on June 13, to see what period he/she has Curtain Time!)

THURSDAY, JULY 28 at the Lower Campus Theater 
9:30am - Period 2 Curtain Time!

FRIDAY, JULY 29 at the Lower Campus Theater 
8:30am - Period 1 Curtain Time!
10:45am - Period 3 Curtain Time!
11:45am - Period 5  Curtain Time!

Note: Students will perform for other students the day prior to their final performance.

***For 1st-grade students, it is important that directors know ahead of time if a student plans to be absent for the performance day or any other day. An email was sent to parents which included a Curtain Time form that parents need to fill out by June 1. If your student will be in Curtain Time and you have not yet filled this form out, please do so now HERE.

COVID-19 Safety Protocols

We are excited to welcome you to the Summer Festival of Learning on Tuesday, July 5th. Listed below are our current COVID-19 protocols for our Summer Festival of Learning Program. These are subject to change as we get closer to the start date based on updated guidance and requirements from CDPH and Santa Clara County. We will email reminders and updates at least a week before the first day of the program.

If a student is a household close contact to a positive case, it is school policy that the student remains home for 48 hours from the date of exposure. If the student is able to completely isolate themselves from the positive case (meaning staying in separate living areas, bedroom, and bathroom) they can attend school upon receiving a negative rapid antigen test at school. The student will need to receive a second rapid antigen test at school on day 5 of exposure. During this time the student will need to remain masked indoors and outdoors except while eating and drinking.

Testing-24 Hours prior to the first day

• We ask that each family perform an at home rapid test before bringing their child to school.  
• You can provide your own testing kit OR pick one up at the Middle Campus Office the week of June 27-July 1 anytime between 8:30-3:30pm. (Middle Campus: 327 Fremont Avenue Los Altos) 

Face Masks

• Masking is optional.

Ventilation

• We will promote natural ventilation with doors and windows open at all times when possible
•  On hot or cold days we are able to maintain increased ventilation in the classrooms with our Merv 13 filters on our HVAC system and HEPA air purifiers in every classroom.

Symptoms

• If your child is experiencing any COVID or flu-like symptoms, please refrain from bringing them to school and notify the appropriate campus office manager as well as Theresa Maksim (tmaksim@pinewood.edu), K-12 Health and Safety Coordinator.
  • Lower Campus (Gr K,1) | 650-209-3050 | lcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Middle Campus (Gr 2, 3) | 650-209-3030 | mcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Upper Campus (Gr 4-8) | 650-209-3010 | ucsummer@pinewood.edu
• You will be required to keep your child home for a full two days. If their symptoms have improved or resolved, you may bring them to school on the third day, and we will conduct an antigen test at school. If the test is negative, they will be allowed to attend school. If the result is positive, you will be notified of next steps.

Rapid Testing

Please click here to register your child which will allow us to rapid test them at school. Your child only needs to be registered once for the entire duration of Summer Festival.

As always, these are subject to change at any time when new information is available to us. 


Middle Campus Grades 2-3

Location

• Pinewood Middle Campus 327 Fremont Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94024

First Day of School

• 4-week session | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 1 | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 2 | July 18th

July 5th and 6th | Staggered Arrival

• Students in Grade 3 arrive between 8:00 am and 8:15 am.
• Students in Grade 2 arrive between 8:20 am and 8:30 am. (Please don't arrive any earlier than 8:15 am unless a student's sibling is in the earlier arrival time.)
• Teachers will be on hand to greet students as cars continue through the arrival line; you do not need to leave your car. 
   

Regular Arrival After July 6th

• Middle Campus will open at 8:00 am each day and classes begin at 8:30.
• There is no before-school supervision. Students should not arrive at school earlier than 8:00 am.
• Session 2 students arriving on July 18, will be directed to the field where they will be oriented and matched with their class and teachers.

Lanyards

• All students will receive a lanyard with their schedule in the mail. Please have your child wear his/her lanyard every day the first week of the program.

Dismissal (12:30 pm, 3:00 pm, & 5:00 pm)

• Please note: if you registered for a 3:00 pm pick-up, you can pick up your child anytime between 3:00-3:15. We hope that this staggered approach will help ease traffic.
• Dismissal is a very busy time, especially the 3:00 pm dismissal. Therefore, we ask for your complete cooperation and patience.
• Please read the dismissal instructions carefully (in separate tab, below).
• A car sign with your child's name on it will be sent in the mail. Before entering the dismissal line, please place the car sign in the front, driver's side corner of your car's windshield.
• Your child's dismissal pick-up time is indicated on their schedule and name tag that you will receive in the mail. 
• There is a 15-minute grace period if a student is picked up after his/her selected dismissal time. If a student is picked up after the 15-minute grace period, a late fee will be charged to the student's account.

Leaving Early in the Day

• During the school day, if your child needs to leave early, please go to the office where you will sign him/her out and then your child will be called to join you.

Absences

• If you know your student will be absent on a given day(s) prior to the start of the program, please email your child's name, grade, and the date(s) he/she will be absent to mcsummer@pinewood.edu.
• If your child has any COVID-19 symptoms, please keep them home from school.
• If your child tests positive for COVID-19 or becomes sick with ANY infectious disease (Hand/Foot/Mouth, Strep, lice, etc.), please call the office immediately.

Attire + School Supplies

• Students should bring a small backpack and writing utensils (pencil and eraser)

• Students should bring a filled water bottle, water only. Drinking fountains will only be allowed to be used to refill water bottles.

• School attire is casual; clothes should be comfortable and suitable for enthusiastic work and play.

• Shoes appropriate for play should be worn.

• All other school supplies will be provided.


For students who have a 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm Pick-Up

• Splash Bash (Week 4): bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes.
• Students enrolled in Extended Day (3:00-5:00 pm) will have the option to get wet. If your child would like to participate in any water activities, please have him/her bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes (going barefoot is not permitted). 

Snack/Lunch

• Students will have a break/snack at 10:20 daily. Please send your child to school each day with a healthy and substantial snack labeled with his/her name.
• Students that are enrolled in a 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm dismissal should bring a sack lunch unless they have ordered the Epicurean lunch program.

Homework

• Regular homework assignments will be given in the following classes: Language Arts Essentials and Math Mastery.
• Your child should do homework independently. This helps the teacher assess your student’s mastery of the concepts in the homework and determine whether your child needs reinforcement on any concept.
• If your child does not understand the assigned homework, please write a brief note to the teacher indicating that there are difficulties.
   

Academic Class Progress Check

We invite you to track your child's progress and curriculum in the following ways:

• Read weekly class e-newsletters.
• Check your child's class take-home folder, spiral, and/or workbook on a regular basis. Corrections will be in a different color. (Math Mastery and Language Arts Essentials classes have a workbook from which they will do their daily homework.)
• Sign and return quizzes that are given in the following classes: Math Mastery and Language Arts Essentials. Quizzes typically come home on Mondays and should be returned to the teacher the following day as part of the homework.
• The teacher will contact you if your student is experiencing difficulties.
• You are welcome to contact the teacher if you have any questions. The best way to contact teachers is via email. Summer Festival of Learning teacher email addresses are formatted as such: first initial + last name @pinewood.edu (ex. tjones@pinewood.edu). Teachers’ first initial and last names are listed on your student’s schedule that will be mailed June 13th.

Questions and Cancellations

• Questions prior to July 5th: please contact the office at (650) 209-3030 or mcsummer@pinewood.edu
• Questions about Student Schedules: email Heather McCauley prior to June 24th.
• Cancellations: please email Barbara Hantke immediately.

Arrival + Dismissal Map

Place the car sign that you received in the mail with your child’s name in the front, left corner (driver’s side) of your car’s windshield to aid us in loading your child at dismissal.

Morning Drop-off

• One lane of traffic only is in use during morning drop-off
• Your student(s) must exit on the vehicle's passenger side.
• Use the left lane at the top of the driveway to exit turning left (use the right lane to turn right). 
• Important! Pull up to the end of the red curb near the administrations building so that more cars are able to unload.

Afternoon Dismissal

• Two lanes of traffic are in use during afternoon dismissal. 
• Your student(s) must enter on the vehicle's passenger side.
• Several teachers will be on duty to assist students.
• Remain in your vehicle; we will call your student to come to you. 
• Important! Choose your lane according to how you will exit (turning left: use the left lane, turning right: use the right lane). No lane changes are allowed in the driveway.

5:00 pm Dismissal
You have a choice of using the pick-up line or parking in the parking spaces in the driveway and picking up your child on the lawn area. If walking in, please bring your car sign with your child's name and check your child out with the teacher.
 

Your child is enrolled in Curtain Time! or Showtime! if you received an email and attendance form link that is to be filled out by June 1. If you received the email, and have not yet filled out the form, please do so now HERE. It is important that directors know ahead of time if a student plans to be absent for the performance day or any other day.

Final Performance For Families and Friends at the Middle Campus Theater: (See your child's schedule that will be mailed on June 13, to see what period he/she has Curtain Time! or Showtime!)

THURSDAY, July 28
10:45am - Period 3  (Grade 2- Showtime!)

FRIDAY, JULY 29
8:30am - Period 1 (Grade 3 - Curtain Time!)
9:30am - Period 2 (Grade 3 - Curtain Time!)
10:45am - Period 5  (Grade 2- Showtime!)
11:45am - Period 4 (Grade 3 - Curtain Time!)

Note: Students will perform for other students the day before their final performance.    

COVID-19 Safety Protocols

We are excited to welcome you to the Summer Festival of Learning on Tuesday, July 5th. Listed below are our current COVID-19 protocols for our Summer Festival of Learning Program. These are subject to change as we get closer to the start date based on updated guidance and requirements from CDPH and Santa Clara County. We will e-mail reminders and updates at least a week before the first day of the program.

If a student is a household close contact to a positive case, it is school policy that the student remains home for 48 hours from the date of exposure. If the student is able to completely isolate themselves from the positive case (meaning staying in separate living areas, bedroom, and bathroom) they can attend school upon receiving a negative rapid antigen test at school. The student will need to receive a second rapid antigen test at school on day 5 of exposure. During this time the student will need to remain masked indoors and outdoors except while eating and drinking.

Testing-24 Hours prior to the first day

• We ask that each family perform an at home rapid test before bringing their child to school.  
• You can provide your own testing kit OR pick one up at the Middle Campus Office the week of June 27-July 1 anytime between 8:30-3:30pm. (Middle Campus: 327 Fremont Avenue Los Altos) 

Face Masks

• Masking is optional.

Ventilation

• We will promote natural ventilation with doors and windows open at all times when possible
•  On hot or cold days we are able to maintain increased ventilation in the classrooms with our Merv 13 filters on our HVAC system and HEPA air purifiers in every classroom.

Symptoms

• If your child is experiencing any COVID or flu-like symptoms, please refrain from bringing them to school and notify the appropriate campus office manager as well as Theresa Maksim (tmaksim@pinewood.edu), K-12 Health and Safety Coordinator.
  • Lower Campus (Gr K,1) | 650-209-3050 | lcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Middle Campus (Gr 2, 3) | 650-209-3030 | mcsummer@pinewood.edu
  • Upper Campus (Gr 4-8) | 650-209-3010 | ucsummer@pinewood.edu
• You will be required to keep your child home for a full two days. If their symptoms have improved or resolved, you may bring them to school on the third day, and we will conduct an antigen test at school. If the test is negative, they will be allowed to attend school. If the result is positive, you will be notified of next steps.

Rapid Testing

Please click here to register your child which will allow us to rapid test them at school. Your child only needs to be registered once for the entire duration of Summer Festival.

As always, these are subject to change at any time when new information is available to us. 

 

Upper Campus Grades 4-8

Location

• Pinewood Upper Campus 26800 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills, CA 94022

First Day of School

• 4-week session | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 1 | Tuesday, July 5th
• 2-week session 2 | July 18th
• Upper Campus will open at 8:00am the first day.  Please have your student arrive by 8:20am. 
• Teachers will be on hand to greet students as cars continue through the arrival line; you do not need to leave your car. 
• Students will be directed to their first period classroom.
   

July 5th | Staggered Arrival

• Students in Grades 6-8 arrive between 8:00 am and 8:15 am.
• Students in Grades 4 and 5 arrive between 8:20 am and 8:30 am. (Please don't arrive any earlier than 8:20 am unless a student's sibling is in the earlier arrival time.) 
• Teachers will be on hand to greet students as cars continue through the arrival line; you do not need to leave your car.

Regular Arrival After July 5th

• Upper Campus will open at 8:00 am each day and classes begin at 8:30.
• There is no before-school supervision. Students should not arrive at school earlier than 8:00 am.
• Session 2 students arriving on July 18, will be directed to their classroom where they will be welcomed and oriented.

Lanyards

• All students will receive a lanyard with their schedule in the mail. Please have your child wear his/her lanyard every day the first week of the program.

Dismissal (12:30 pm, 3:05 pm, & 5:00 pm)

• Please note:
  • If you registered for a 12:30 pick-up, dismissal will start at 12:35.
  • If you registered for a 3:00 pick-up, you can pick up your child anytime between 3:05-3:20. 
  • We hope that this staggered approach will help ease traffic as well as give parents with children at other campuses more time to get to Upper Campus. 
• ​​​Dismissal is a very busy time, especially the 3:05 pm dismissal. Therefore, we ask for your complete cooperation and patience.
• Please read the dismissal instructions carefully (in separate tab, below).
• A car sign with your child's name on it will be sent in the mail. Before entering the dismissal line, please place the car sign in the front, driver's side corner of your car's windshield.
• Your child's dismissal pick-up time is indicated on their schedule and name tag that you will receive in the mail. 
• There is a 15-minute grace period if a student is picked up after his/her selected dismissal time. If a student is picked up after the 15-minute grace period, a late fee will be charged to the student's account.

Leaving Early in the Day

• During the school day, if your child needs to leave early, please go to the office where you will sign him/her out and then your child will be called to join you.
   

Absences

• If you know your student will be absent on a given day(s) prior to the start of the program, please email your child's name, grade, and the date(s) he/she will be absent to ucsummer@pinewood.edu.
• If your child has any COVID-19 symptoms, please keep them home from school.
• If your child tests positive for COVID-19 or becomes sick with ANY infectious disease (Hand/Foot/Mouth, Strep, lice, etc.), please call the office immediately.

Attire + School Supplies

• Students should bring a small backpack and writing utensils (pencil and eraser)

• Students should bring a filled water bottle, water only. Drinking fountains will only be allowed to be used to refill water bottles.

• School attire is casual; clothes should be comfortable and suitable for enthusiastic work and play.

• Shoes appropriate for play should be worn.

• All other school supplies will be provided.


For students who have a 3:05 pm or 5:00 pm Pick-Up

• Tennis during Activity Central: When your student’s schedule arrives in the mail, check to see if they have tennis as one of their Activity Central rotations. It will tell you the week that they have tennis.  If your child has tennis for a specific week, bring a tennis racket, hat, sunscreen, and tennis/athletic shoes that week.  Extra tennis rackets will be on hand if your child does not have one.
• Splash Bash (Week 4): bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes.
• Students enrolled in Extended Day (3:00-5:00 pm) will have the option to get wet. If your child would like to participate in any water activities, please have him/her bring a swimsuit, sunscreen, towel, and water shoes (going barefoot is not permitted). 
• Students enrolled in Tennis Club (3:00-5:00 pm) bring a tennis racket, hat, sunscreen, and tennis/athletic shoes.

Snack/Lunch

• Students will have a break/snack at 10:20 daily. Please send your child to school each day with a healthy and substantial snack labeled with his/her name.
• Students that are enrolled in a 3:00 pm or 5:00 pm dismissal should bring a sack lunch unless they have ordered the Epicurean lunch program.

Homework

• Regular homework assignments will be given in the following classes:
  • Grades 4-6: Language Arts Essentials, Math Mastery
  • Grades 7-8: Grammar, Pre-Algebra Prep, Algebra Prep, Writing & Rhetoric, Literary Analysis
• Your child should do homework independently. This helps the teacher assess your student’s mastery of the concepts in the homework and determine whether your child needs reinforcement on any concept.
• If your child does not understand the assigned homework, please write a brief note to the teacher indicating that there are difficulties.
   

Academic Class Progress Check

We invite you to track your child's progress and curriculum in the following ways:

• Read weekly class e-newsletters.
• Check your child's class take-home folder, spiral, and/or workbook on a regular basis. Corrections will be in a different color. (Math Mastery, Language Arts Essentials, Pre-Algebra Prep, and Algebra Prep classes have a workbook from which they will do their daily homework.)
• Sign and return quizzes that are given in the following classes: Math Mastery and Language Arts Essentials. Quizzes typically come home on Mondays and should be returned to the teacher the following day as part of the homework.
• The teacher will contact you if your student is experiencing difficulties.
• You are welcome to contact the teacher if you have any questions. The best way to contact teachers is via email. Summer Festival of Learning teacher email addresses are formatted as such: first initial + last name @pinewood.edu (ex. tjones@pinewood.edu). Teachers’ first initial and last names are listed on your student’s schedule that will be mailed June 13th.

Questions and Cancellations

• Questions prior to July 5th: please contact the office at (650) 209-3010 or ucsummer@pinewood.edu
• Questions about Student Schedules: email Heather McCauley prior to June 24th.
• Cancellations: please email Barbara Hantke immediately.

 

• Place the car sign that you received in the mail with your child’s name and pick-up time in the front, left corner (driver’s side) of your car’s windshield to aid us in loading your child at dismissal.
• When entering the driveway, proceed the entire length of the parking lot—do not stop at the top of the parking lot or cut around the circular planter containing the horizontal Pinewood School sign.
• At the bottom of the parking lot, the driveway is divided into two lanes.
• For MORNING drop off, please use only the right lane (closest to the buildings) and pull all the way to the door of the theater, or as far as traffic will allow.  
• For PICK UP, both lanes will be open.
• If you must leave your car for any reason, please park in a marked parking spot not on the same side as the loading and unloading area.

5:00 pm Dismissal: you have a choice of using the pick-up line or parking in the parking spaces in the driveway and picking up your child at the Murphy Patio (past the office). If walking in, please bring your car sign with your child's name and check your child out with the teacher.

(See your child's schedule that will be mailed on June 13, to see if they are enrolled in Music Showtime!, Curtain Time! or Onstage!)

Your child is enrolled in Curtain Time! or Onstage! if you received an email and attendance form link that is to be filled out by June 1. If you received the email, and have not yet filled out the form , please do so now HERE. It is important that directors know ahead of time if a student plans to be absent for the performance day or any other day.

Music Showtime students DO NOT need to fill out the form. If your child will be absent for an extended period of time or for the performance, please let their music teacher know the first week of school.

Final Performance For Families and Friends at the Upper Campus Theater: 
FRIDAY, JULY 29
8:30am - Period 6 Curtain Time (Grades 5 & 6)
9:30am - Period 2 Curtain Time (Grade 4)
10:45am - Period 3 Onstage (Grades 7 & 8)
11:45am - Period 4 Music Showtime! (Grades 5-8)
1:15pm - Period 5 Curtain Time (Grades 5 & 6)

Note: Students will perform for other students the day before their final performance.