Dear Upper School Families, This is week two of finals and students continue to work hard and put forth great effort on their exams. I know this time is stressful, so please continue to tell your child what a fantastic job they are doing in school. Spring semester will begin this next Monday,…
Upper School Activities January 22, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalinkDear Middle School Families, Google forms for the selection of elective classes have gone out to your students. Please encourage them to think about which class they’d like to have next semester and to choose carefully. They have the opportunity to change their minds after making a choice, but only during the first…
Uncategorized January 22, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalinkDear Families, Believe it or not, Friday is the end of the second academic quarter. Students will be bringing home report cards on Friday, February 7th, and most will be anxious to share their grades with you. As they do so, I encourage you to look not only at the letter grade, but also…
Weekly Notes from the Head of Lower School January 22, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalinkDear Preschool Families, This is a very exciting week for our students. On Friday, we will be having our Annual Move Up Day! We will be talking with all of our students about the classrooms that they will be moving up to the next school year. Our students who are eligible to start…
Weekly Notes from Preschool Director January 22, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalinkFirebirds, what a great first week of practice for middle school basketball! There was lots of heart and hustle shown by everyone on the three middle school teams, as well as progress in skill development. Let's continue the excellent work. An important basketball parent/coach meeting will take place on Thursday, January 23 at 4:20 pm…
Athletics News January 21, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalinkTo all members of our Firebird Family: A BIG thank you for your participation in this search process! Your engagement and personal thoughts you have shared about our school have been helpful to both the candidates and the search team. Many great questions were asked, which provided significant feedback. With our 3rd finalist…
Message from Palm Valley School January 21, 2020Sarai JimenezPermalink
When our family made the decision to enroll our daughter Brooklyn in Palm Valley School this year, we had heard from friends and family all the good qualities of the school. We had heard about the camaraderie among stude...
Palm Valley School was introduced to me as a potential solution to a very big problem. It was 2013, and my son was months into 6th grade at the public Middle School. It’s common knowledge that “the Middle School years ar...
As a past educator, my own children’s education is an absolute top priority. I visited many schools in the Coachella Valley before making a decision. We chose Palm Valley for the safe environment and quality education. W...
