El Toro Weekly 3/14/2013

Third Quarter Ending Soon
Portola’s third quarter is scheduled to end on Friday, March 22. Please check PowerSchool to make sure there are no missing assignments which may affect final grades.

Expanding Horizons
Female students at Portola are scheduled to attend the Expanding Your Horizons conference at Contra Costa College on Friday, March 15. The program is designed to motivate young women in science and mathematics. It features hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities led by professional women scientists and engineers.

Spring Faire is Coming Up!
Spring Faire is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, and features games, crafts, food, music and other fun carnival-type activities.  We need your help to organize the event and also to volunteer on the day of the Spring Faire– please contact Evangeline Ireland at emireland@yahoo.com to get involved.

Tree Planting
Thanks to students in Mr. Kunz’s 6th and 7th period classes for helping to plant trees at Cerrito Vista Park.

Spring Break
A reminder that school will be closed for Spring Break from April 1-April 5.

Bay Area Science Fair
Students planning to submit science fair projects for the Bay Area Science Fair should please turn in their projects to Mr. Kunz by Monday, March 18. The Bay Area Science Fair is scheduled for Thursday, March 21.