Mission Accomplished! Here’s what we did during the 2006-07 school year:

Supported students and teachers through the enrichment of academics
  • Supported Arts enrichment activities:
  • Won City of Oakland $16,000 grant supporting Glenview’s Arts
    Consultant Program, providing dance, music and visual arts for all
    grades.
  • Won 3rd year of Oakland Fund for the Arts grant for Vision Impaired
    Program students, preschool-5th grade and their peer partners, to
    learn Capoeira dance.
  • Presented Ezra Ben Cohen Performing Arts Assembly -
    Crosspulse Percussion Ensemble.
  • Organized Language Arts and Literacy enrichment activities:
  • Held 2nd annual Glenview Spelling Bee.
  • Held Scholastic Book Fair, including “One for One” donations
    campaign purchasing books for Manzanita Community School.
  • Produced Read-a-thon Day, March 29th, with Chin Chin the
    magician and guest readers from the community.
  • Offered Reading is Fundamental free-choice books to all students,
    3 times per year.
  • Staffed and cataloged school library.
  • Organized Science enrichment activities:
  • Produced Family Science Day activities.
  • Held Science Fair, including assembly and preparation workshops.
  • Hosted visiting engineers to classrooms, for Engineers Week.
  • Celebrated Solar Celebration to initiate our Solar Schools Program
    with PG&E.
  • Coordinated refurbishing, installation and troubleshooting for iMacs in
    classrooms:
  • Won $500 Wells Fargo grant for iMac project.
  • Started two after school Odyssey of the Mind project teams, grades 2-5.
  • Competed in Regional, State and World Finals tournaments.
  • Coordinated two sessions of after-school enrichment classes and
    provided student scholarships for after-school Art and Science classes.
  • Provided field trip funding and teacher classroom supplies reimbursement
    by request.

Promoted a safe and healthy learning environment
  • Initiated fundraising campaign to purchase play structure, in conjunction
    with advocating for drainage repairs for lower backyard.
  • PTA Garden Committee led a major renovation to front yard landscaping
    with school and community volunteers—it looks fabulous and was
    featured in April’s Bay-Friendly Garden Tours.
  • Participated in “Walk to School Day” campaign to slow traffic on Park
    Boulevard.
  • Formed Wellness Committee to promote physical education, physical
    activity and nutrition-oriented projects.
  • Organized an edible gardening project with kindergarten classes.
  • Secured a donation of $1,500 from local pediatrician Dr. Gary Bean
    to support learning about good nutrition and where food comes
    from.
  • Constructed planter beds in the lower kindergarten yard with the
    help of McCaffery Brothers Landscaping.
  • Coordinated and organized implementation of Glenview’s Site Disaster
    Response plan:
  • Developed school incident command team assignments and
    future training.
  • Organized binders and supply bins for each major command team.
  • Purchased equipment and supplies necessary for a major
    disaster, including communication, emergency medical, and
    search and rescue supplies.
  • Purchased a storage shed for the lower yard to house both
    disaster supplies and garden supplies.  
  • Purchased and organized classroom backpacks with additional
    classroom disaster supplies to augment the district’s future supply
    of emergency food and water for each classroom.

Welcomed, respected, and engaged all families in the school community
  • Organized outreach to new and prospective Glenview families:
  • Prospective Families Open House
  • Kindergarten Tea
  • New Kinder Families Potluck
  • OUSD School Options Fair
  • Hosted several special events for Glenview families and teachers:
  • Welcome Back Refreshments, 1st day of school
  • Family Games Night
  • Halloween Carnival and Haunted House
  • Winter Performing Arts Showcase
  • Teacher Appreciation Lunch
  • Community Celebration for Mrs. Hickman’s retirement
  • Hosted PTA General Membership Meetings:
  • Spaghetti Dinner
  • Family Fitness Fun
  • Parenting from the Heart
  • Summer Programs for Kids
  • Play Structure Fundraising Project
  • Translated PTA event flyers into Spanish and Chinese.
  • Produced The Griffin, a periodic Parent-Teacher Newsletter.
  • Organized 2nd annual Yard Sale fundraiser.
  • Conducted “Students Helping Students” Book Drive for Manzanita
    Community School.
About Glenview Elementary School
Glenview Elementary School nestles against
the East Bay Foothills in the Glenview district
of Oakland, California (click to view a map or
a satellite image). Its high level of parent
involvement, braced with a strong
administrative leadership, outstanding
teachers and support staff forms a cogent
force for addressing school challenges.

Glenview's parents, staff, faculty,
administration, and community have a strong
commitment to the arts, thus making every
effort to integrate dance, drama, theater,
music and visual arts programs with the
regular curriculum. In this way we hope to
inspire students with a broad range of ideas
for a well-rounded educational experience.
About Us
Glenview PTA: Our Mission
The mission of the Glenview PTA is to support students and teachers through the
enrichment of academics; promote a safe and healthy learning environment; and
welcome, respect, and engage all families in the school community.
Glenview PTA
Glenview Elementary School
4215 La Cresta Avenue
Oakland, CA 94602
(510) 879-1190
"Just can't hide that
Glenview pride!"
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Peralta District PTA
(Glenview's district)