January 6th Parent Ed, 6:30-8pm Skyline High school
January 7th Gibson Ek Parent Night,5-6pm
January 11th FINAL Walk About Training 7pm, Commons
January 12th Reflections District Wide Art Reception 6:30-8pm, IHS Commons
January 15th Spirit Day Backpack Bootcamp
January 18th NO SCHOOL- MLK Day
January 20th 10:30am PTSA Meeting
January 25th NO SCHOOL
IMS PTSA Board
President Becky Gordon
Secretary Anne Livingston
Treasurer Tara Moe
VP Hospitality Kristen Brennock Kristen Wood
VP Communications Rachel Stoner
VP Ways & Means Amy Cancelosi
VP Programs Victoria Evans
VP Volunteers Valerie Yanni
PARENT EDUCATION Thomas Guskey, author of “On Your Mark” January 6, 6:30-8pm Skyline High School Theater
The Issaquah School District will host author, Thomas Guskey, to speak to parents in the district about grading practices.
January 4th, 2016
Introducing a new PTSA/School Partnership: Backpack Bootcamp!
Wandering down the hallways of IMS between classes or before or after school, it is impossible not to notice that some of our students are struggling with organization. Binders are crammed with papers stuck haphazardly in every direction. Lack of organization can lead to missed homework, misplaced finished homework, and general angst. The PTSA has an opportunity to partner with the school in helping kids get organized and on top of their personal paperwork. Parent volunteers will work with one or two students in the cafeteria onFriday January 15th. There will be sharpies, folder and labels as well as manila folders to create a “take and leave home” folders. A brief training will be provided at the beginning of each period. The number of students served will be contingent on the number of parent volunteers** who sign up. Please consider giving an hour of your time. Students will be chosen by teachers; the kids most in need of organizational services will be prioritized. If this is successful, however, who knows how many kids we could help!
The PTSA is looking for some enthusiastic, patient recruits to help IMS students get organized! January 15th will be IMS’ first ever Backpack Bootcamp. Volunteers** will work with students to help them organize their binders and backpacks.
** volunteers must be cleared by the district to participate. If you have not yet completed this step, log on to the school website and follow the link.
LAST WALKABOUT TRAINING!!
We want to keep our Walkabout program lively and robust in this dark, dull winter season. Please join us and please send friends to our LAST TRAINING OF THE YEAR, MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2016 at 7:00pm in the library. Remember that this is a no obligation training, but a necessary precursor to involvement in the program. A huge thank you to everyone who donated items for the Lunch for the Break food drive. We collected more food than we signed up to donate, filling 7 boxes instead of 5, with more left over. It took 2 vehicles to ferry the entire collection of donated food to the drop off site. It is wonderful to belong to such a generous community.Did you know the School district is looking at adjusting the Bell Times for next year?
The proposed bell times for IMS will be 9:10 to 3:35(M,T,Th,F) and 10:25 to 3:35(W) To learn more please visit this website. A decision will be made in March of this year.Gibson Ek High School Students who are currently in the 8th or 9th grade who reside in the Issaquah School District can apply now to Gibson Ek High School for the 2016-2017 school year. The application process will remain open from now through January 31, 2016 at midnight. Applications can be found here.
Parent and Student Information Night January 7, 5:00-6pm in the Issaquah High School Library
LAST WALKABOUT TRAINING!! 
Did you know the School district is looking at adjusting the Bell Times for next year?