Thursday, September 5, 2013

Central Valley Home School - Welcome Back!





Fundraising
Do you shop at SaveMart, FoodMax, Lucky, or S-Mart Foods? These grocery stores generously donate to our school, in cash, up to 3% of your total purchase.  Just swipe your S.H.A.R.E.S. card! 

Forestiere Underground Gardens Field Trip
On Thursday, Sept. 12, students will travel to the Forestiere Underground Gardens.  They are a California State Landmark, a Fresno City and County Historical Site, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  Students will see:

  • A hand-built network of underground rooms, courtyards and passageways reminiscent of the ancient catacombs
  • Unique fruit producing trees, shrubs, and vines growing underground -- some over 90 years-old
  • Ancient Roman architecture - arches, vaults and stone-built walls
  • Underground micro-climates - temperature variations from 10 to 30 degrees
  • Underground home of Sicilian visionary and self-taught
    artist/builder Baldassare Forestiere

CVHS Opening Day
On August 23, students and their parents toured the Kingsburg Historical Park.  Tours were given and everyone enjoyed getting to know the history of Kingsburg.