It’s Back to School nights for parents and children

Jessica Garrison

NEWPORT-MESA -- From a tent at Sonora Elementary School to lavishly

decorated classrooms at Paularino, ‘tis the season for Back to School

nights.

Sonora Elementary School has lavish plans for today’s Back to School

night.

“It’s a really big event for us,” said office manager Peggy Olrich.

At 5:30 p.m., Sonora parents and their children are invited to come

have dinner -- they can bring or buy from Carl’s Jr., which will be

selling hamburgers at the school.

Everyone, however, is asked to bring a sweet for a potluck dessert,

which parents will eat in the multipurpose room while children frolic --

supervised -- on the playground.

Then, parents will visit their children’s classrooms, and learn in

detail what their children will be studying throughout the year.

At Paularino, on the other hand, Back to School night is for parents

only, and teachers will describe everything students need to do for a

successful year.

And at Killybrooke, PTA members, fund-raisers and the principal will

address the parents, and then parents will visit classrooms.

The following is a list of Back to School nights in Newport Mesa.

* Today

Killybrooke Elementary School

Paularino Elementary School

Sonora Elementary School

Kaiser Primary Center

Newport Heights

* Tuesday

Ensign Intermediate School

* Sept. 30

College Park Elementary

TeWinkle Middle School

Corona del Mar High School

Newport Harbor High School