News & Announcements

This coming Friday, December 6, the College Park Music Department will be performing our 13th Annual Candlelight Concerts.  For over a decade now, this concert event has become a staple of the holiday season in the CP performing arts community. This is a collaborative event between our choral & instrumental music programs and features Bella Voce, Chamber Singers, String Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra & the Symphony Orchestra.

Tickets are available online at http://www.collegeparkchoirs.com/ and we have two performances to choose from; 6:00pm & 8:00pm.

The concert is held at:
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
1601 Mary Dr
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523

Please join us Friday December, 13th from 4:00 - 7:00pm in the Multi Use room at CPHS for our annual Winter Showcase of student artwork as well as a fundraiser for the Visual Arts programs.

The Visual Arts Boosters raises funds for consumable materials used in the Visual Arts classrooms as well as creates a community of committed parents who value art in the education of their children. 

 

The last 3 days of the Fall semester are finals

Wednesday, December 18	periods 1 and 2
Thursday, December 19	periods 3 and 4
Friday, December 20	periods 5 and 6

Growing Healthy Kids is a non-profit that runs outdoor education programs with MDUSD students and this year they're expanding opportunities for high school students to get service hours volunteering with our organization. 

Here are some upcoming opportunities:

1. Fri. 10/25, Trunk or Treat (4PM to 7PM) : We’re looking for volunteers to help staff a booth at Walnut Creek Trunk or Treat! Volunteers at this event need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Sign up and details here.

2. Sun. 10/27, Garden Farm Tree Planting (9AM to 12PM): Growing Healthy Kids is building an outdoor Garden Farm at Rio Vista Elementary! Last year, over 70 HS volunteers came to our tree planting event, and this year, we’re hoping for even more! A flyer for this event is attached.

3. Bi-weekly Small Work Crews at Rio Vista Garden Farm: We’re going to be running smaller work days every other week all school year at the Rio Vista Garden Farm. A full list is on our volunteer portal.

4. Upcoming workdays: We run volunteer days at all our elementary school garden sites. Here are some upcoming days looking for volunteers…

   1. 10/12, Bancroft Elementary in Walnut Creek (8AM to 1PM). Register here

   2. 11/02, Valle Verde Elementary in Walnut Creek (9AM to 12 PM). Register here

   3. 11/16, Monte Gardens Elementary in Concord (9AM to 12PM). Register here

In general students can check the volunteer portal on our website for an updated list of all opportunities.

 

Please contact Sam Gross with any questions: sam.gross@ghkids.org

Event: Youth Mental Health Symposium: Your Child's Technology Use and Digital Safety

Date: Thursday, October 24 from 6:00 - 7:30pm. Free, virtual via Zoom webinar. 

Registration: Please register via the link below; a flyer is also attached. 

Audience and Purpose: For families, caregivers, and educators who want to support mental wellness for children and teens. A panel of experts will discuss the benefits and risks of social media use, how to identify problematic technology use, what an effective family social media plan looks like, and how to support your child relative to online spaces. 

Panelists:

Nicole Owings-Fonner, MA, PMP, is the Director of the American Academy of Pediatrics National Center on Social Media and Youth Mental Health.

Maya Hernandez, Ph.D., is the Senior Manager of Next Gen Initiatives at Go For Broke National Education Center

Derek E. Baird, M.Ed., is the author of The Gen Z Frequency and serves as a social media consultant

Reichi Lee, J.D., serves as the Director of Curriculum and Programs at My Digital TAT2

 

Please contact Andrew Tuttle with any questions: andrew@namisf.org

Director of Education Programming, NAMI SF

MDUSD will hold a Fentanyl Awareness and Saving a Life Event on Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at Foothill Middle School. 

This is a family event and we will share the latest information and data about the dangers of fentanyl and train families and students how to recognize an opioid overdose and administer Naloxone to save a life.  Each adult who registers will  receive a free Naloxone Kit. 

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to get the tools you can use to save a life.  Use this link to register for this event 

Printable Fentanyl Awareness Flyer: English | Spanish 

Help Make A Difference at CPHS!  P. Hill Community Service Day Sept 21

Join PTSA and the Pleasant Hill community on campus at CPHS to help with a variety of projects that will improve and beautify our campus. Projects include (not limited to), weeding, picking up garbage, Bike Rack Area project, front of school Garden Box beautification and more. Come ready with gloves, shovels, gardening tools, buckets (if you can) and bring family, friends!

 

• When: Saturday, 9/21/24

• Time:    8:30am-11am 

• Where: CPHS (check-in at the Front Office Gate)

 

USE THIS LINK TO SIGN UP (be sure to indicate your T-shirt size):      https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4FA9A729A4FCC52-50899945-community

Two events to get your t-shirts at Pleasant Hill Park (on Gregory): 

• Fri. 9/20 Party in the Park Friday night 6-8pm. There will be food trucks, games, music.

• 9/21 Pancake breakfast 7:30-9am

 

Let’s get to work Falcon community!

If you missed the senior parent night, please see the recorded video and powerpoint slides.  

If you have any questions, please contact your student's counselor.