Sunny Hills Elementary Sunny Hills Elementary PTA Calendar | Join | Volunteer Mustang Messenger eNews Pony Express newsletter Like us on facebook September 2012 Volume 1, Issue 1 Message from The President 1 Introducing The Pony Express 2 Membership Report 2 Invitation to Volunteer 2 What’s been happening? KinderConnect 3 ISF Fashion Show 3 School Tours 4 School Supply Orders 4 Meet the Teacher Day 4 Staff Lunch 5 Tears & Cheers 5 Bus Greeters 6 Chair Orientation Meeting 6 What’s coming up? After-School Movie 7 Gift Wrap Fundraiser 7 Popcorn 7 Enrichment Grants 7 General Membership Meeting 7 Upcoming Parent Ed Programs 8 Box Tops Drive 8 Book Fair 8 Reflections Art Contest 8 What else is going on? Become an Art Docent 9 Order your yearbook 9 Check the Lost & Found 9 Support Issaquah Meals 9 Gift-a-Book 9 Silent Fundraising: Tops & Labels 10 What’s happening in district/state? Issaquah PTSA Council 11 WSPTA Survey 11 ISF All in for Kids 11 Hello to all our Sunny Hills students, parents, and staff - and WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! I hope you all had a fabulous summer break and your jets are refueled for another exciting year at Sunny Hills. I would like to extend a special welcome to all of our new students and families. We are so happy to have you here and hope that you enjoy your first year at Sunny Hills! This year as a PTA, we will continue to focus on the fundamental education needs of our students while encouraging community involvement and support. We have worked diligently to develop a budget that focuses on central requirements of the school based on feedback from both staff and parents, and we look forward to continuing to support our Sunny Hills school community. We have some great programs and activities coming up that our community has grown to love, such as the Washington State PTA Reflections art program, our annual Scholastic Book Fair, and the Eager Reader program, to name a few. We also have some great social events on our calendar for the year, including After-School Movies for students and our Sock Hop social, which has been a Sunny Hills tradition since 1979! We’d love for you to proactively seek information about PTA-sponsored events and programs through our various forms of communication: our website, our weekly “Mustang Messenger” (published jointly by the school and the PTA), and new this year, our monthly “Pony Express” newsletter. These are great resources you can use to find the information you need to make your way through the first few more chaotic weeks of school and beyond. Without a doubt, Sunny Hills has excelled in parent, teacher, and student involvement, and our success in providing quality educational and social experiences to our school is tied directly to continued enthusiastic participation from all of you. There are many ways to be part of this shared endeavor, and I encourage you to support our students and school through active involvement. You can do this by coming to our General Membership Meetings to understand our budget; understand how our PTA funds are expected to meet our mission and goals; become aware of legislative issues in our local and state community; and make a difference in our children’s educational and social experiences. Get to know your PTA board members and express your desires, priorities, and interests related to PTA activities. We’d love to have you participate in committees in areas that excite you! When you see our calls for help, please find out more and get actively involved by volunteering at an event. Be sure to sign up for volunteer activities on our website. We would love your support! I am looking forward to the year ahead and getting to meet many more of you in our community. Please feel free to contact me with any comments, concerns, questions or feedback. Here’s to a fabulous year of learning, friendships, and experiences that we will all cherish for years to come! Danielle Miller, Sunny Hills PTA President 2012-2013 [email protected]| 626.390.5075 Message from the President Quick Links In This Issue Published monthly by Sunny Hills Elementary PTA | Sammamish, WA | Unit 2.6.25 www.sunnyhillspta.org | [email protected]| 425.837.7400
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Sunny Hills Elementary
Sunny Hills Elementary PTA
Calendar | Join | Volunteer
Mustang Messenger eNews
Pony Express newsletter
Like us on facebook
September 2012
Volume 1, Issue 1
Message from The President 1 Introducing The Pony Express 2 Membership Report 2 Invitation to Volunteer 2
What’s been happening? KinderConnect 3 ISF Fashion Show 3 School Tours 4 School Supply Orders 4 Meet the Teacher Day 4 Staff Lunch 5 Tears & Cheers 5 Bus Greeters 6 Chair Orientation Meeting 6
What’s coming up? After-School Movie 7 Gift Wrap Fundraiser 7 Popcorn 7 Enrichment Grants 7 General Membership Meeting 7 Upcoming Parent Ed Programs 8 Box Tops Drive 8 Book Fair 8 Reflections Art Contest 8
What else is going on? Become an Art Docent 9 Order your yearbook 9 Check the Lost & Found 9 Support Issaquah Meals 9 Gift-a-Book 9 Silent Fundraising: Tops & Labels 10
What’s happening in district/state? Issaquah PTSA Council 11 WSPTA Survey 11 ISF All in for Kids 11
Hello to all our Sunny Hills students, parents, and staff - and WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL! I hope you all had a fabulous summer break and your jets are refueled for another exciting year at Sunny Hills. I would like to extend a special welcome to all of our new students and families. We are so happy to have you here and hope that you enjoy your first year at Sunny Hills!
This year as a PTA, we will continue to focus on the fundamental education needs of our students while encouraging community involvement and support. We have worked diligently to develop a budget that focuses on central requirements of the school based on feedback from both staff and parents, and we look forward to continuing to support our Sunny Hills school community.
We have some great programs and activities coming up that our community has grown to love, such as the Washington State PTA Reflections art program, our annual Scholastic Book Fair, and the Eager Reader program, to name a few. We also have some great social events on our calendar for the year, including After-School Movies for students and our Sock Hop social, which has been a Sunny Hills tradition since 1979!
We’d love for you to proactively seek information about PTA-sponsored events and programs through our various forms of communication: our website, our weekly “Mustang Messenger” (published jointly by the school and the PTA), and new this year, our monthly “Pony Express” newsletter. These are great resources you can use to find the information you need to make your way through the first few more chaotic weeks of school and beyond.
Without a doubt, Sunny Hills has excelled in parent, teacher, and student involvement, and our success in providing quality educational and social experiences to our school is tied directly to continued enthusiastic participation from all of you. There are many ways to be part of this shared endeavor, and I encourage you to support our students and school through active involvement. You can do this by coming to our General Membership Meetings to understand our budget; understand how our PTA funds are expected to meet our mission and goals; become aware of legislative issues in our local and state community; and make a difference in our children’s educational and social experiences.
Get to know your PTA board members and express your desires, priorities, and interests related to PTA activities. We’d love to have you participate in committees in areas that excite you! When you see our calls for help, please find out more and get actively involved by volunteering at an event. Be sure to sign up for volunteer activities on our website. We would love your support!
I am looking forward to the year ahead and getting to meet many more of you in our community. Please feel free to contact me with any comments, concerns, questions or feedback.
Here’s to a fabulous year of learning, friendships, and experiences that we will all cherish for years to come!
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We are happy to introduce the Pony Express, the new monthly newsletter of the Sunny Hills PTA. The Pony Express will serve as a record of the school year, with reports and photos from events and programs, recaps of meetings, committee reports, recognition of volunteers, and a message from the PTA president. We will continue to provide information about upcoming events and deadlines through the Mustang Messenger (weekly eNews), which is sent by the school.
The Pony Express will be published monthly to the PTA website, with email notification being sent to all PTA website subscribers. You will be able to access past issues on the PTA website, as well as find information about submission deadlines and publication calendar.
[Questions? Contact Leigh Taylor]
PTA Membership is 59% Strong Did you know that last year, out of 900 PTAs in Washington state, Sunny Hills PTA was one of only 19 schools with 100% PTA membership? Let's maintain that distinctive honor this year by continuing to have every Sunny Hills student represented by a PTA member. Every membership helps us to achieve that goal. As of September 24, 59% of our students are covered by a PTA member. If you haven't already enrolled for a 2012-2013 PTA Family Membership, there are 2 ways to join. Please either register and pay online, or print the paper enrollment form and send in your completed form with a check. Forms can also be found in the Sunny Hills office.
Thank you for supporting the students, staff and community of Sunny Hills Elementary School!
[Questions? Contact Barb Howe]
Sunny Hills is known for having some of the best volunteers in the district, thanks to our dedicated parents and community members. Our success each year depends solely on the volunteers who step forward to help, and WE NEED YOU! Yes, YOU!! There are positions available to accommodate EVERY situation and BUSY schedule. Volunteering is not required, but our kids would benefit even more if you did! Learn more about volunteer opportunities - and please consider signing up for a volunteer role when you join the PTA!
[Questions? Contact Kym Clayton]
Sunny Hills PTA Needs YOU!
11 Picture Day [individual pictures]
11 PTA General Membership Meeting, 6:30 pm, Sunny Hills Library
18 Vision & hearing screening
22-26 Scholastic Book Fair
23 Family Night at the Book Fair, 6-8 pm, Sunny Hills Library
26 Reflections submissions due
October 2012
5-16 Thanksgiving Food Drive
9 Picture make-ups [individual pictures]
12 NO SCHOOL [VETERANS DAY]
16 Sock Hop / Carnival, 7-8:30 pm, Pine Lake Middle School
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What's been happening?
Big thanks go out to all of the new kindergarten families that participated in our summer KinderConnect events. We held four events over the summer so that incoming kindergartners and their families could meet new friends in an effort to help make starting their school careers at Sunny Hills a positive experience from Day 1. We had more than 20 families at each event. It was great to make so many new friends before school even started!
Welcome, Sunny Hills kindergartners!
Amy Owens and Tracy Drake, KinderConnect co-chairs
KinderConnect
News Flash! Two of our very own Sunny Hills fourth-grade teachers, Patricia Foryan and Derona Burkholder, walked the runway in the Issaquah Schools Foundation’s First Annual Fall into Fashion fundraiser August 24 at Swedish Hospital in Issaquah. Patricia and Derona donned fashions from local stores in the community, including Daisy, Suburban Soul, and Swedish Hospital’s Be Well fitness boutique.
Bruce Pflaumer, a professional stylist and image consultant at Pstyle Image Consulting, carefully selected looks in three categories for each of the models.
Guests paid to attend this event and were treated to a fabulous homemade dinner, along with the show. All the ticket proceeds went directly to the Issaquah Schools Foundation.
The models in the show were teachers and/or moms in the Issaquah School District. Grace H, a Pacific Cascade Middle School student and Sunny Hills alum, was an assistant stylist for the show, as was Michelle Anderson, a Sunny Hills mom.
The Fall into Fashion committee consisted of Issaquah School District moms, including Danielle Miller, Lisa Foley, and Jenell Tamaela from Sunny Hills. The event raised more than $3,000 for ISF.
[more info about ISF and its upcoming All in For Kids fall fundraiser]
Model Teachers
↑ Fourth-grade teachers Derona Burkholder and Patricia Foryan
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What's been happening?
On August 27, PTA volunteers helped provide tours of the school to new incoming Sunny Hills families. Thanks to tour guides Jamie Menold, Amy Gathright, Lisa Small, Tracy Drake, Lori Riskin, Monica Rockwell, Heather Duenaz, Kym Clayton, Jenell Tamaela, Laura Yamashita, and Shannon Holliway for your help!
School Tours In response to your feedback (and with support from the school), we changed our school supply pre-order program this year to have supplies delivered to the school. This meant that prices were about $15 lower than in previous years, and many more of you chose to take advantage of this program! Thanks to Jenell Tamaela, Sally Porter, Alison Tobey, and Karin Danner. Thanks also to our kid helpers, including Keelin D, Rowan D, Shea D, Taylor T, Macy T, Jack P, Charlie P, Kristina W, and Riley R.
Kathy Dillon, School Supplies Chair
School Supply Orders
Meet the Teacher Day On August 31, students came to school to meet their teachers and bring in their school supplies. To help kick off the new school year, the PTA sponsored “Back-to-School Donuts” in the courtyard. Sunny Hills alums and PTA members helped serve donuts to students and their families. A huge thank you to the Pine Lake QFC for its generous donation of 600 donuts for this event!
Students and parents also had an opportunity to check out this year’s selection of Mustang Spirit Wear, take a look at photos from PTA-sponsored events from years past, and learn about this year’s upcoming events (and volunteer opportunities).
Thanks to all who participated, and helped with, this year’s back-to-school event!
↑ Sixth-grade Sunny Hills alums Beck T, Spencer B, and Art S help serve donuts
↗ Mustang Spirit Wear chair Shannon Holliway and student Ellie H help families check out Spirit Wear samples
→ This is what 600 donuts looks like!
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What's been happening?
Boxes to Go! The Staff Appreciation Committee started the school year with a box lunch spread for the staff on Meet the Teacher day.
The staff loaded their boxes with club or deli sandwiches, Tim's chips, an apple or a banana, and a wrapped cookie so they could head back to their class to prepare for the first day of school! The tables were decorated with Sunny Hills colors and water bottles that read, “The first day of school is near, so here's a snack to stay in gear. Welcome Back! Your Sunny Hills PTA.”
Special thanks to the Sunny Hills PTA for providing supplies, to QFC for donating the boxes, to Fred Meyer for discounting the sandwiches, and to Sunny Hills parent Stacy Heller for donating the cookie sleeves.
Hooray for the first day of kindergarten! On September 5, a crowd of 48 kindergarten parents gathered in the Sunny Hills MPR for the PTA’s annual Tears & Cheers event. Approximately half of those parents represent families that are new to Sunny Hills.
Principal Sarah White welcomed parents, told them a little bit about the Sunny Hills community, and reiterated how excited Sunny Hills is to have their kiddos at school.
Tears & Cheers PTA President Danielle Miller explained what the PTA does and detailed some of the reasons families might want to join the PTA.
Attendees enjoyed light refreshments and had an opportunity to meet and mingle with kindergarten families and other parents. We’ll never tell who cheered and who needed a tissue …
Barb Howe, Membership Director
← Principal Sarah White and PTA President Danielle Miller raise a sparkling cider toast to the first day of kindergarten
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What's been happening?
Thank you to all of the bus greeters who helped make sure we had another smooth transition back to school this year. Because of the help of all of these wonderful volunteers, all of our students got on and off the bus safely during the first week of school! Thank you very much for your time and efforts.
Bus Greeters
A big Thank You goes out to all our Committee Chairs and other attendees of our Committee Chair Orientation and Kick off Meeting! Our first meeting of the year was a huge success with over 40 of you in attendance. We welcome our PTA Committee Chairs with open arms and appreciate your dedication and commitment in helping make our programs and events at Sunny Hills a success. Here’s to a fabulous year!
Danielle Miller, PTA President
Committee Chair Orientation & Kickoff Meeting
Many thanks to Laura Yamashita, Jill Benson, Jenell Tamaela, Barb Howe, Laurie Saxe, Jennifer Frederick, Martha Roorda, Lisa Small, Kris Broenneke, Alison Tobey, Stephanie Shipley, Jennifer Olsen, Shelby Morton, Danielle Miller, Dana Rundle, Heather Duenaz, Jennifer Murai, Amy Wisler, Megan Haas, Alicia Veevaert, Kym Clayton, Lisa Foley, Shannon Rogers, and Shirley Murphy.
Shannon Holliway, Bus Greeter chair
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What's coming up?
Lights! Camera! Action! Wednesday, September 26 marks the first showing of our After-School Movie program, featuring Diary of Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules. Registration is closed for this event. Watch for another After-School Movie event this spring!
9/26: Movies! In response to member feedback, we've made some changes to our annual gift wrap fundraiser. This time around, order online, anytime throughout the year, and have purchases shipped directly to you. No deadlines, no order pick-up , no pressure to sell. We will be featuring Innisbrook products - including gift wrap, dry cookie mix, seasonal items, and more!
Our online store opens this Thursday, September 27. Shop online at www.innisbrook.com and enter our school number, 121191.
[Questions? Contact Maya Quinn]
9/27: Gift Wrap! Pop … pop … pop! Get ready for Popcorn Fridays, starting this Friday, September 28. Popcorn will be available for purchase during lunch recess for 25 cents.
[We are looking for volunteers! Contact Jennifer Frederick]
9/28: Popcorn!
Each year the Sunny Hills PTA sets aside money for enrichment grants. Any teacher, specialist, staff member, parent, or student (with an adult sponsor) can apply for a grant. Submit your application to Lori Riskin by email or via the school office, no later than Friday, September 28.
9/28: PTA Enrichment Grant Applications Due Last year the PTA awarded enrichment grants that supported a variety of programs and resources:
BrainPOP subscription access
“Just Right” books for class libraries and non-fiction science curriculum books
Headphones for the music room
In-school events with author Matthew Holm, geologist Bob Jackson, and the toymaker
[We are looking for volunteers to serve on the Enrichment Grant Committee ! Contact Lori Riskin]
[more info & download the application]
[Questions? Contact Lori Riskin]
All Sunny Hills parents and adults are welcome to attend our upcoming General Membership Meeting: Thursday, October 11, 6:30 pm, Sunny Hills Library
On our meeting agenda:
6:30 PTA business meeting: goals for 2012-2013, updates to Standing Rules, approve budget.
6:50 ISF rep Dana Rundle will discuss the All in For Kids campaign.
10/11: General Membership Meeting (all are welcome!) 7:00 Special guest Mia Beck, a Love and Family Life Coach and Sunny Hills parent, will be here to talk about “What children wish their parents knew.” She will discuss promoting self esteem and self confidence in our children by giving us tools to appropriately praise our children. She will talk about how we can break patterns of arguing in our families, and she will explain the basis of understanding our child’s need for certainty, significance, love, and
connection. Don’t miss this great opportunity to gain knowledge about such an important topic!
Childcare will be available at no cost, but requires an advance “reservation.”
[Questions or child care reservation? Contact Danielle Miller]
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Highlights of upcoming programs sponsored by PTA organizations within the Issaquah School District.
[Complete list of programs]
[Questions? Contact Cheryl Furey]
Dads of Daughters Julie Metzger, RN, MN and Rob Lehman, MD, co-founders of Great Conversations Wednesday, October 10, 2012 7-8:30 pm Sunset Elementary Sponsored by Sunset Elementary PTA [more info]
Understanding & Keeping up with Social Media and Your Child Stephanie Thomas with the Seattle Police Department's Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Monday, October 15, 2012 7-8 pm Pacific Cascade Middle School Library Sponsored by Pacific Cascade Middle School PTSA [more info]
Mothers of Sons Julie Metzger, RN, MN and Rob Lehman, MD, co-founders of Great Conversations Wednesday, October 17, 2012 7-8:30 pm Sunset Elementary Sponsored by Sunset Elementary PTA [more info]
Upcoming Parent
Ed Programs
What's coming up?
Thru 10/24: Fall
Box Tops Drive Now through October 24, each student who submits 10 or more box tops will receive one free
Friday popcorn certificate and will have his or her name entered in a drawing for great prizes! Check your student’s kid mail for a Box Tops Collection Sheet, or download one from the PTA website. Turn in the completed form in the Box Tops collection box in the office. Box Tops are redeemed for cash and used for educational items, programs, and events sponsored by the Sunny Hills PTA. Last year, we collected over $800 in Box Tops—they really do add up!
[Questions? Contact Karen Goo]
10/22-26:
Book Fair Save the date! The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to Sunny Hills!
Book Fair: Monday, October 22 - Friday, October 26
Family Night at the Book Fair: Tuesday, October 23 6-8 pm Sunny Hills Library
[Questions? Contact Jennifer Olsen or Megan Haas]
10/26: Reflections submissions due Calling all students! Here is a chance to let your creativity shine. Each year, the Reflections Program challenges
students to create art that supports a specific theme. The theme for the 2012-2013 school year is "The Magic of a Moment." Entries are due in the office before 3:30 pm on Friday, October 26.
Students are allowed to enter up to three submissions for consideration at Sunny Hills, in any combination of the six art categories: dance/choreography, film/video, literature, musical composition, photography, and visual arts (art forms such as drawing, painting, print making, and collage). Original works of art, tailored to the theme, are considered for moving on to the Council/State/National levels.
Students at Sunny Hills are entered in one of the following categories: Primary (preschool to 2nd grade), Intermediate (3rd to 5th grade), or Special Artist (students who submit under and meet ADA guidelines).
All Reflections submissions will be displayed during the spring Art Fair and will be featured in the yearbook.
Complete rules & guidelines for each category, along with entry forms can be found on the Sunny Hills Reflections page and the Washington State PTA website. Paper copies are available in the Sunny Hills office.
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What else is going on?
Psssssttt … Here's a little-known secret: if you are looking for a fun way to contribute to your student's classroom, being an Art Docent is one of the best volunteer opportunities around! You get to teach fun and exciting art lessons and engage students in a new way each time. Have little or no experience with art? Not to worry, we have many lessons and supplies. All you need is an enthusiasm to teach and a willingness to sometimes get a little messy with your students.
[Questions? Contact Katelyn Shriber]
Become an
Art Docent
Has your child lost his coat or sweater? Please be sure to check the Lost and Found rack located at the back right-hand side of the stage of the Multipurpose Room. Also, you can help by putting a name tag inside your child’s coat, sweater, and lunch box - this helps us match items to owners! [Questions? Contact France Perron]
Check the
Lost & Found Now taking orders for the 2012-2013 yearbook! The cost is $16 per yearbook. Order anytime until March 22, 2013 – but we encourage you to order now and avoid last-minute panic in March.
Also—do you have a camera, on your phone or otherwise? When you take pictures at a school or PTA sponsored event, PLEASE consider submitting your photos for possible inclusion in the yearbook! Contact Yearbook Chair Milla Ciobanu for details about submitting photos.
[Order online]
[Questions? Contact Milla Ciobanu]
Order your
yearbook
Take advantage of a great opportunity to show your kids how wonderful and rewarding it feels to directly help our local residents in need! The Sunny Hills PTA works with the Issaquah Community Center to serve a delicious, hot meal to local residents who really need it. You and your family - or you and your group (Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, church group, good friends) - can help by preparing
Support Issaquah Meals food, serving food, donating funds to purchase the food - or all of the above!
We are looking for help in serving our local neighbors at the Issaquah Meals Center on the following dates
Monday, November 26 Monday, January 28 Monday, March 25 Monday, May 27
[Questions? Contact Sheila Barlow]
The Sunny Hills Gift-a-Book program helps to update the library's book collection. It is an excellent way to honor your child for a special occasion or remember a special person or teacher. The book you gift will be presented to your child during his/her library time and a book plate will be placed inside the book honoring the student and the occasion. If you choose to participate in the Gift-A-Book program, please pay online here OR fill out the form and return it with a check for $16 per student.
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There are MANY WAYS to help fund PTA-sponsored programs and events through "silent" fundraising efforts - without ANY extra hassle for you! These are some of the EASIEST ways to support Sunny Hills PTA with much of the work done for us! Silent fundraisers are those in which we've partnered with another organization, and typically these fundraisers involve purchases you would already make each day and throughout the year. As a result, Sunny Hills receives a percentage of the sale, with the remainder going to the partner organization. You’ll find more information about all of these programs on the Silent Fundraising page on the website.
Several organizations offer rewards and incentives for various box tops and labels. There is always confusion about these programs - which products support which programs, which label/symbol/code needs to be submitted, etc. Here’s some information that might help you keep these programs straight:
Box Tops for Education (BTFE)
BTFE is a General Mills program. Every Box Top is worth 10 cents and has an expiration date. We receive cold, hard cash from this program - up to $20,000! There is also a Box Tops marketplace, which you can access through the Box Tops for Education website (www.btfe.com). This marketplace includes more than 200 online stores that give us up to 15 “eBoxTops” for every $10 you spend. You need to access these stores through the BTFE website in order for your purchases to be eligible for eBoxTops. The BTFE website also has printable coupons, and sometimes there are games/sweepstakes/surveys you can enter and earn eBoxTops. There is one going on now - check it out!
Rewardyourschool.com
The www.rewardyourschool.com site is for the Krogers chain (which includes QFC and Fred Meyer). Here you can
Silent Fundraising: Focus on Box Tops / Labels register your shopper card so that whenever you purchase eligible items, you can get a Catalina coupon for bonus Box Tops. You can get 5 eBoxTops (worth 50 cents) for our school just for registering on their site.
Growinglocallearning.com
The www.growinglocallearning.com site is for the Albertsons chain. You can get 5 eBoxTops (50 cents) for our school just for registering on their site also.
Labels for Education (LFE)
LFE is a Campbell’s Soup Company program. With this program, Instead of cash, we earn points - which are banked. There are more than 2,500 participating products—it’s not just soup labels! Turn in UPCs, barcodes, or caps for points—different products have different point values (1, 5, or 10 points). These do not have expiration dates.
When you clip Labels for Education, be sure to clip the entire UPC code!
LFE has a huge catalog of arts, athletics, and academics items that we are able to purchase using our points. LFE also has eLabels. And if you sign up your shopper cards on the LFE website (www.elabelsforeducation.com), every time you purchase a product, the school earns 1 point (1 eLabel) automatically. Then if you turn in the actual UPC, we get those points too -so the item you bought ends up being 2, 6, or 11 points.
Thanks for supporting these programs, which in turn help the PTA support our school!
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What's happening around the district and the state?
TPep During the September 13 Issaquah PTSA Council general meeting , Issaquah School District’s Superintendent of Schools Dr. Steve Rasmussen discussed TPep, Teacher/Principal Evaluation Pilot Program. The idea behind this program is that “Every teacher should be in front of every child, everyday, in every classroom.” ISD’s 120 new teachers are taking part in the pilot, as well as other teachers who volunteered. Overall, 33% of ISD teachers will test out TPep this year. One big change with this new evaluation system is that every four years, all teachers will get a comprehensive evaluation, not just new teachers.
News from Issaquah PTSA Council Homework The district is reconsidering the homework policy this year at all levels of schooling and they want to hear from you. Is it too much? Please email or call any of your Issaquah School District School Board Representatives, give feedback at a school board meeting or attend other community meetings, and let them know your thoughts about homework.
New Teachers The district has hired 120 new teachers this school year. Sixty are new teachers, and the other sixty have moved here from out of town or out of state.
[Questions? Contact Danielle Miller]
The vision of Washington State Par-ent Teacher Association (WPTSA) is to make every child's potential a reality. PTA works in classrooms and communities across the state, but we also advocate in Olympia for the well-being and education of all children.
Every fall, the association selects its legislative priorities, and hear-ing from you is a valuable step in the process. Please take a moment to fill out the survey and let your voice be heard.
