Enjoy a delicious meal at Islands Restaurant in Newport Beach on  May 9th and support the PTA. Just present the below flyer to your server (or show it on your mobile device) and Islands will donate 20% of your food and beverage purchases back to our school. Valid on Dine-In orders only.

Parenting is not for the faint of heart, and it takes a village to raise children.  Coming together to support one another is vital.  These Parent Pep Talks are designed to offer strategies and suggestions for some of the greatest challenges we are currently facing.  This series of videos begins with Adult Self-Care because we often take care of our children before we take care of ourselves. They are followed by videos that provide practical strategies for thriving through the ever-complex adolescent years. Check out these awesome resources here.

Superintendents will address current school and education issues of the minds of PTA leaders and parents across the country during this forum on Friday, April 28th at 9:30am at the Orange County Department of Education Building in Costa Mesa.

We have two Earth Day events coming up in April. On Thursday, April 20th, come see a special screening of the movie “Kiss the Ground,” narrated by Woody Harrelson, a full-length documentary shedding light on a “new/old approach” to farming called regenerative agriculture, a practice with the extraordinary ability to balance our climate and feed the world. More details on time and location coming soon.

The second event is on Friday, April 21st at school and will feature a variety of fun activities including demonstrations of: vermi-composting where kids can touch worms and see compost in various stages, carbon in different forms including rocks, soil and air, acidification, respiration & photo-synthesis with CO2 analyzer, visual displays of soils, carbon cycle, ocean PH, Keeling Curve and painting with soil.

Volunteers are needed! Please contact Leila at vpvolunteers@vistaverdepta.org