Additional contacts for enrollment and learn more about PACT School:
Or, e-mail a Stevenson PACT parent:
To stay current about PACT outreach activities, subscribe to our mailing list, Future PACT Families or add our 
community to your circle.
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PACT PALS
In true PACT spirit, PACT parents orchestratedthis one-stop shop onsite after-school care at Stevenson School. It comprises of a la carte enrichment classes taught by various professional extracurricular service providers, and extended care by Newton Center. (Enrichment classes are also assisted by parent volunteers.) Combining PACT PALS and Newton Centers care allows a student to stay on campus till up to 6pm. Cost of each class and extended care session is incremental. Your total cost depends on total time and selection of classes, starting from $10 a week. Past classes include Spanish, Drama, Mandarin, Karate, Chess, Newton Center, Tae Kwon Do, Public Speaking, Web programming, and so on.
Here is the current schedule of classes.
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Arts Focus
The Stevenson PACT School has an intensive arts program called "Arts Focus" that is designed to help students explore art in-depth in five subject areas: clay, drawing and painting, paper arts, textiles, and 3-dimensional art. In this program, each child rotates through all the disciplines over a two-year period. The program concludes each year with a professional-grade art exhibit during the last month of school. The exhibition this year will be held at Mountain View City Hall.
The enhanced arts curriculum is designed to:
- substantially increase the number of hours the children participate in creative exploration,
- expose them to a much greater variety of art media than what the schools are able to provide, and
- contribute enormously to the children's cognitive, academic, and social development. The goal of this program is for the children to experience all phases of the creative process, with emphasis on the free expression of ideas (rather than on simply creating facsimiles of pre-established end products).
This program was conceived, designed and implemented by PACT parents who volunteer their time extensively to make it happen. It is funded by a grant from the Christensen Fund and has won the 2006 Mayor's Award in education. See more about Arts Education.
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Natalie La Rosa
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Natalie La Rosa, Second Grade
Natalie La Rosa, Second GradeNatalie LaRosa, originally from Thousand Oaks, recently graduated from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and is excited to begin her teaching career at Stevenson PACT Elementary. She thanks the wonderful teachers she had growing up for inspiring her to want to become a teacher herself...
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Student Absentee Hotline
If your child is absent, please call the Stevenson Voice Mail Absentee Hotline, (650) 903-6950, then press #2. You may call this number 24 hours a day. Make sure you leave student's name and a brief reason for absence (fever, sore throat, stomach ache, etc.) so our school nurse can monitor health conditions.
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Basic Information
Stevenson Elementary School, a public K-5 school in Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD
), is the home of a popular Choice program called PACT that offers progressive education and a developmental curriculum based on the state Board's Content Standards. Located at the reopened Stevenson site since 2009, PACT has successfully run since 1996, and obtained alternative school status since 2001. As a Choice program, PACT School accepts students from all neighborhoods within the district, adheres to all California educational standards, and conforms to all public funding and staffing requirements. MVWSD presently does not allow inter-district transfers into PACT.
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Hot Lunch
School Hot Lunch
MVWSD coordinates healthy hot lunch at Stevenson PACT. School hot lunch is $3.25 per meal. Stevenson does not have a breakfast program.
All students have a hot lunch card, which is very similar to a prepaid charge card. Parents are able to send lunch money that is credited to your child’s hot lunch account so your child can order hot lunch without having to pay for it daily. Provided the card has sufficient fund, students can find their card on the card rack, go through the hot lunch line, and the lunch supervisor runs the card through the system.
Free or Reduced-price Lunch
Any student from a family whose income is at or below the current eligibility scale may receive a free or reduced-price lunch by completing an application form, which are located in the school office. New students should submit their application as soon as possible and pay full price until approved. Applications for free or reduced price lunches must be completed every year.
Eligibility status expires at the end of every school year. Remember to reapply at the beginning of every year!
No Charge Policy
Parents, please make sure your child has money on his/her hot lunch card if you want them to eat hot lunch. The MVWSD Child Nutrition Department has a no charge policy. No charges will be permitted for the full pay students. If a student does not have money on their lunch card or owes money, they may be sent to the office and the office staff will call you. Parents are encouraged to keep money in their child(ren’s) account or to send money daily for their students meal(s).
How to Pay for Hot Lunch
If your child wants to eat hot lunch and this is acceptable to you, you can send money in a sealed envelope marked “LUNCH MONEY” with your child’s name and room number and drop it in the office. (Extra envelopes are available in the office for your convenience.) You can also pay on-line at www.ezschoolpay.com. (Convenience fee applies. You will need your child’s student # to process payment. Student # is shown on his or her student ID. See school Secretary if you do not know.) The lunch supervisor will deposit this money into your child’s account so that they can use the card for lunch. If you have specific questions regarding the hot lunch program, you can contact Sophia Zalot at 650-903-6965.
Lunch Menu
Menu is sent home at the start of each month with the Wednesday newsletter. If you have requested online newsletters, it will be part of your PDF file.
An up-to-date lunch menu can be downloaded from this link: School Lunch at Mountain View Whisman School District.
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Registration Info
Check PACT Information Presentations to attend upcoming presentations/discussions about all aspects of PACT School.
Stevenson PACT is open to enrollment for students from all neighborhoods in Mountain View Whisman School District (MVWSD) and subject to MVWSD's open enrollment process for a Choice program. In a nutshell, you select PACT as your Choice program, then wait for a lottery decision from the district. Results should be mailed to you by late March. Please note MVWSD presently does not allow inter-district transfers into the PACT Program.
To learn about the registration process, please follow this link to the MVWSD website.
For more information about PACT, send an E-mail to school office. To stay current about PACT specific activities and ask PACT parent questions, subscribe to our mailing list, Future PACT Families, and/or include us in your circles.
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Rebecca Westover Bio
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Rebecca Westover, Principal
Rebecca Westover, PrincipalI am ecstatic to be the new principal of Stevenson PACT Elementary School. I am a graduate of Gonzaga University and University of California Irvine where I earned my B.A., M.A and teaching credentials
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PACT Foundation
Communication Chain of the PACT Foundation
All parents and legal guardians of PACT students are members of the PACT Foundation, and everyone has a voice within the Foundation. If you have a question, comment, or concern that you would like the Foundation to discuss or address, there are several easy ways to communicate with the chairpersons of the Foundation.
Foundation Meetings
Everyone is invited and welcome to attend the monthly Foundation meetings. The meeting schedule is on the school calendar as well as the UpToUs calendar. Everyone may bring up new issues to be included in the agenda, discuss issues on the agenda, and be part of the consensus decision-making process. The meeting agendas and minutes are posted to the whole school community via UpToUs for you to read whenever you have the time.
If you cannot attend the Foundation meetings in person but want to bring up an issue for discussion, please feel free to contact your classroom Foundation Representative or one of the Foundation officers.
Classroom Reps
In each class there is a Foundation Representative, who is elected by the attendees of the first classroom meeting of the school year or appointed by the teacher. Classroom Reps are responsible for bringing information both to and from the classrooms and the monthly Foundation meetings. At each classroom meeting, they tell the parents what has been happening in the Foundation. At every Foundation meeting, the Classroom Reps bring up any issues or concerns from the classrooms, and vote on all Foundation decisions, budget and agenda items.
Be sure to bring to the attention of your Classroom Rep any issues related to your child’s classroom or the Foundation.
Foundation Officers
The Foundation officers (Chair, Vice-chair, Secretary, Treasurer, and Fifth Officer) are responsible for managing the day-to-day running of the PACT Foundation, including:
- Creating, modifying and balancing an annual budget
- Overseeing parent-run committees
- Creating guidelines and policies for the Foundation and its parent-run committees
They must ensure that the budget and policies meet the Stevenson PACT philosophy, the long-range planning, and the curriculum goals developed by the Advisory Group (see below).
You can always feel free to talk or write to the Foundation officers about any concerns, issues or question you may have about the Foundation.
Related Documents
For more information about how the PACT Foundation works, please refer to the PACT Foundation Bylaws in the “PACT Foundation Documents” file folder of the “PACT Community” on UpToUs.
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PACT Philosophy
Our Philosophy and Goals
PACT program offers children a developmental education within a compassionate and creative environment. Hands-on experimentation, small group learning, research and guided discovery are all teaching methods used in PACT classrooms. PACT’s educational goals are facilitated by a strong collaboration between teachers and parents. Parents enhance teacher curriculum through enrichment activities such as a strong Arts Focus program, abundant field trips, working in an educational garden, and providing cooking, music, and more.
Provide Developmental Learning Opportunities
Developmental learning means that educational challenges are presented based on a child’s readiness, not on his or her age or grade. With Stevenson PACT parents aiding in the classrooms, teachers spend more time working with small groups, making it easier to assess and support each child.
Develop Innovative Teaching Methods and Curriculum
In acknowledgement of individual learning styles, Stevenson PACT teachers and parents use a variety of teaching methods to engage all children. Material is frequently presented in an experiential, hands-on manner that allows children to gain knowledge through research and guided discovery. To achieve differentiated instruction and to allow small child-to-adult ratios, our classrooms may have several learning centers running simultaneously.
Stevenson PACT parents are encouraged to bring their own expertise into the classroom. Enrichment activities have included an extensive arts program, gardening, carpentry, electricity, dance and unique field trips.
Build A Strong Community
A sense of community is naturally established in each classroom as teachers, parents and children regularly work together. We also strive to create a greater sense of community by holding family outings throughout the year. These activities, combined with school-wide events like family game night, help to build community at all levels.
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Edward Peck
Edward Peck, 2nd Grade
Edward Peck was raised in the suburbs of London by two immigrant university lecturers. He was fortunate enough to grow up in an environment where education was an end in itself...
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Teresa Coughlan
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Teresa Coughlan, First Grade
Teresa Coughlan, First GradeMs. Coughlan has been teaching in the MVWSD for the past 19 years, most recently at Castro Elementary School, where she was also teaching first grade. She became interested in teaching around the time her son asked me to teach him how to read. She was motivated to join the Stevenson PACT community because of its dual commitments to...
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Danielle DeMaio
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Danielle DeMaio, Kindergarten
Danielle DeMaio, KindergartenMs. DeMaio is joining us from Griswold Elementary School, in Kensington, CT where she taught kindergarten and first grade. In addition to teaching Danielle created her own after school program of Musical Theater for 2nd through 5th grade. She is also a professional clown.
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Jessica Chavez
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Jessica Chavez, Kindergarten
Jessica Chavez, KindergartenJessica was born in Hayward and grew up in the Bay Area. Her little sister, who is 14 years younger, inspired her to pursue a career in education. “I saw what an impact I had on her personally, and wanted to extend this to a class of children,” she said. Jessica attended San Jose State where she studied Child and...
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Jennifer Brito
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Jennifer Brito, Kindergarten
Jennifer Brito, KindergartenMs. Brito joins us from Hoofer Elementary School in Palo Alto where she taught first grade. Jen is fluent in Spanish and was the lead teacher for two years at Stanford University’s multicultural Rainbow School where she worked with a wide variety of EL students. While at Hoover, Jen used Responsive Classroom to run morning meetings.
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Amanda Bean
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Amanda Bean, Instructional Coach
Amanda Bean, Instructional CoachAmanda was born and raised in San Diego. She attended UC, Irvine for her undergraduate work in Dance and Education and danced professionally for Sea World to help pay her college expenses. At UCI she participated in ArtsBridge in which …
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Principal's Message 2016
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Principal's Message
Stevenson PACT Elementary School, Mountain View’s alternative progressive school, is committed to educating the whole child in a collaborative community. Stevenson has been leading the region as a model for progressive education since 1996 and was founded on the fundamental belief in the importance of teachers, children, and parents working together to create a vibrant learning environment. Stevenson is committed to providing a balanced education that teaches to the whole child, incorporating the intellectual, creative, social, physical, and emotional growth of our students.
At Stevenson PACT, we believe that by utilizing a developmental approach grounded in hands-on education, students will realize their full potential as independent thinkers, life-long learners, and responsible citizens.
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PArent, Child, Teacher (PACT)
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PArent, Child, Teacher (PACT)
Started originally as the PACT Program, Stevenson PACT Elementary School is founded on the idea of the parent, child, teacher partnership. On one hand, dedicated teachers and administrators create and execute an alternative, integrated, developmental curriculum. Read more about:
On the other hand, parents support teachers and contribute their interests and talents through classroom and community volunteering. Parents participation in their children's education is key to their success. Stevenson PACT parents help to enrich the curriculum and support the school's philosophy, applying the principles learned in Parent Ed both inside and outside of the classroom. Read more about parent engagement.
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Mission and Vision Statement
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Mission, Vision, and Values of Stevenson PACT
Mission
The mission of Stevenson PACT Elementary School is to cultivate a life-long love of learning by educating the whole child (socially, emotionally, and intellectually) in a collaborative community.
Vision
Through a developmental approach and a rigorous hands-on education, Stevenson PACT Elementary School will engage all students and ensure they realize their full potential as independent thinkers, life-long learners, and responsible citizens.
Values
Respect: We consider the feelings, wishes, rights, and traditions of ourselves and others.
Resilience: When we encounter a difficult situation, we persevere, keep a positive attitude, stay optimistic, regulate our emotions, and learn from our setbacks.
Community: We embrace diversity of thought, a spirit of collaboration and open and honest communication between all stakeholders. Our community is formed around a commitment to the greater good, while respecting the needs of individuals.
Collaboration: We solve problems by listening to others, making compromises, and thinking interdependently. Our collective talent, intelligence, and creativity help us to achieve goals once thought unattainable.
Innovation: We explore, create, and invent as we learn in a variety of ways. We think inside and outside of the box as we tackle challenges, problem solve, and apply past knowledge to new situations. We value life long learning.
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