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October 8st, 2018
 
ASB Popcorn and Cookie Drive Volunteers Needed
Turn-in Days:
1. Tuesday, October 9
2. Thursday, October 11
3. Tuesday, October 16
This is the IMS ASB’s only fundraiser and we would love your help! ASB provides funds for programs such as school sports, clubs, music trips, drama, parties and more. 
The IMS PTSA provides the necessary volunteers to make this ASB fundraiser successful. 
Counting Day Volunteers (counting money and orders) – If you enjoy the sound of a 10-key machine and the clacking of calculators, then the counting job is for you! Work with other volunteers to help count and tabulate the popcorn and cookie orders received on each collection day. 
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Questions? Please contact Kristin Brennock at asbfundraising@issaquahmiddleptsa.org. Thank you!  

Music Concert Series at IMS. We need your help to make it a success!
Please take a moment to sign up to bring some of the items and/or volunteer for set-up or clean-up.
Instructions on when & where to drop off your items are included in the confirmation email you will receive after signing up. Thank you!
Chorus Concert - October 18th Sing up here 

Welcome 6th graders and new families night.
Oct 26th
Help welcome the new families to IMS with drinks and treats. We welcome store bought or homemade, whichever works best with your schedule.
Donations can be dropped off at the school office (by you or your student) on the day of the event until 5pm and should be marked "New families night".
Thank you for your consideration and supporting our school community!
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Call for Entries: Reflections. Let your imagination fly and unleash your inner artist!
Choreograph a dance, produce a film, write a poem or story, compose a song, take a picture or create a piece of visual art and tell us what the theme: “Heroes Around Us” means to you. Pick up a PTA Reflections Entry Form today here, and return the form and your artwork by November 1, 2018. Questions? Email Liz St. Andre at reflections@issaquahmiddleptsa.org.
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Vision and Hearing Volunteers Needed!
Nov 19th
Monday, Nov. 19 is Vision and Hearing day at IMS. We need a crew of 20 parents to help us check only the 7th grade student’s vision and hearing. It’s only a 3 hour commitment, 7:30 to 10:45. No training needed, we provide that at the time. This is a short and sweet way to help the school and students. Please join us, we can’t do it without you!
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HELP US MAKE IMS BETTER AND JOIN PTSA!
We are currently down 40% of membership numbers from this time last year!
Your membership is vital in supporting many of our PTSA programs such as All School Grants, Teacher Classroom Funds, Parent Education and Backpack Bootcamp to name a few.  Please consider signing up today.  One more bonus, Family and Individual memberships include an IMS Student Directory! 
LINK TO REGISTRATION PAGE
or print a membership form and turn it into our PTA mailbox in the school’s office.
LINK TO REGISTRATION FORM

VOLUNTEERING AT IMS
We would love to have you consider volunteering at IMS.  All volunteers must complete the online registration and be approved.  If you were approved to volunteer last year, you will need to sign into the system and go to your check-off list.  There is a 2018-19 Volunteer Orientation added to your list.  Once this has been completed, you will be approved.  New volunteers will need to complete the entire approval process before being able to volunteer. 
Click here to sign in.

Get Your Logowear!
Check out our ordering site for this year's IMS apparel, hosted by LogoHouse.  Items will be delivered to your student in the Fall after the ordering window closes (TBD).  See the all new BE KIND design! 

News from the Issaquah Schools Foundation
Go All in for Kids!
The Issaquah Schools Foundation invites you to go All in for Kids and donate today! Gifts to the Foundation’s All in for Kids annual campaign fund programs such as robotics, art education, food aid, STEM clubs, one-to-one mentoring, orchestra and band – and much more – in each of the Issaquah School District’s 24 schools. Learn more at isfdn.org/all-in-for-kids/
Cultural Bridges Family Guide
Download a Free Family Guide in Chinese (Mandarin), English, Korean, Russian, Spanish, or Vietnamese today! This guide has information on how the school system works in the Issaquah School District and how to get involved at your child’s school. The Issaquah Schools Foundation’s Family Guide is available online at bit.ly/CulturalBridges
 
 
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