Congratulations to IMS parents Cindy Kelm andHeidi Fuhs who were awarded Golden Acorns from the Issaquah PTSA Council! How lucky we are to have them volunteering in our school! Thank you ladies for your service!
IMS PTSA Board
President Kristen Allen Bentsen Wendy Shah
Secretary Anne Livingston
Treasurer Kristin Brennock
VP Hospitality Kristen Brennock Kristen Wood
VP Communications Rachel Stoner
VP Ways & Means Amy Cancelosi
VP Programs Heather Bratton
VP Volunteers Tara Moe
VP Outreach Becky Gordon
March 13th, 2017
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED- LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!!! Organization is coming to IMS on TUESDAY!! The wildly successful Backpack Bootcamp is back again! The PTSA is running the next edition of Binder Bootcamp, an ongoing initiative to support students who are struggling with organization. Lack of organization can lead to missed homework, misplaced completed homework and general angst!
Parent volunteers will work one-to-one with students who are referred by teachers, counselors and parents. We will provide a brief training and all the supplies needed to help students organize their binder.
The number of students we are able to help depends upon the number of parent volunteers. Please consider helping with this worthwhile (and fun) activity and feel free to sign up for multiple shifts if you are able to give an entire morning or afternoon.Please sign up by Monday, March 13 to allow time to allocate and schedule students to be helped based on our volunteer numbers.
Support is needed for teachers who are trying to help students with missing assignments at lunch. Sign-up once or as many times as you like each week! It is super easy and the teachers REALLY APPRECIATE the help! Duties include:
Obtain list of students from office
Turn on 5-6 Surfaces for students to use
Going to lunchroom and asking for kids to be called over loudspeaker
Keeping track of who attended and whether work is completed
Outstanding Educator Awards Due SOON!! PLEASE SUBMIT A NOMINATION
Outstanding Educator Award honors educators (teacher, assistant, custodian, bus driver, administrator, faculty member)who have gone above and beyond for your IMS student and has had a positive influence in his or her life. The Outstanding Educator Award is your chance to say thank you. It was created to recognize individuals who have provided outstanding educational opportunities for youth that are above and beyond the normal scope of their job. Please talk with your student about the Outstanding Educator Award and personally nominate or encourage them to nominate someone. The 2016 recipients: Tim Baynes, Barbara Galler, Lindsay Laing.
Nominations for Outstanding Educator Award will be accepted until April 3, 2017 and can be submitted through the Online formor through the Paper form
Nomination forms can also be found in the IMS office Email the form to Tara Moe or return to the IMS office and place in the Golden Acorn box.
March 15th Disciplina Positiva para Padres (Positive Discipline, in Spanish), 6-8pm at Issaquah Valley Elementary. A special invitation for our Spanish-speaking families, join parent educator Lupita Zamora for an informative 6-class series in positive discipline, in your native Spanish language. This first session is FREE, where you can sign up for the 5 remaining classes at $40 per person. For parents of K-12, childcare provided if needed.
April 25th The Gift of Failure: Fostering Intrinsic Motivation and Resilience in Kids by national keynote and author, Jessica Lahey, at 10am or 7pm! In today’s culture, do we coddle our kids enough? Too much? Jessica Lahey summarizes the current research on autonomy-supportive parenting and teaching, competence, rewards, praise, and failure, and gives us advice on how to allow students to succeed over the long term. Join our community book read of Gift of Failure to prepare for a cultural change! For parents of K-12.
New - WATCH ONLINE!Did you miss Amy Lang’s talk on Birds+Bees+Kids? That event, plus 28 additional high caliber online parent ed talks from NextGenEd, are now available onParentWiser.org! With a click, enjoy parent ed on a variety of current topics from the convenience of your home, anytime. Audio downloads are included to listen on-the-go. ParentWiser is thrilled to offer these FREE with your PTSA membership to any Issaquah district school. Enjoy!
ParentWiser events are FREE for Issaquah school district PTSA members, donations requested for non-members at registration or at the door; sponsored by Issaquah PTSA Council, Issaquah Schools Foundation and Swedish Medical of Issaquah.
