Dr. Chip Kimball, superintendent of Lake Washington School District, announced that the 2011-12 school year will be his last in that position. Beginning in the summer of 2012, Dr. Kimball will serve as superintendent of the Singapore American School in Singapore. Read more in the LWSD announcement.  

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This year all the young musicians at Einstein will have many varied musical experiences in their music class time. Every student has music for two 30-minute sessions a week. Understanding patterns of rhythm, melody, and harmony will be explored along with lessons on various composers, cultures, and music styles. Some other units of study will be basic theory, improvisation, composition, drumming, and folk dance.

Choir is scheduled to have the very first rehearsal on Thursday, September 22. Choir is offered to all of the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade students, if they like to sing, are willing to make a commitment to come to rehearsals regularly, and attend performances and field trips. Rehearsals will be held once a week on Thursday mornings before school from 8:00 to 8:45.

The music room is an exciting place to be. We will be exploring Orff instruments, ukuleles, recorders, drums, boomwackers, and other non-pitched instruments.

Thanks for sharing your musicians' talents with our school!  

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More information is available in the Picture Day flyer and order form that will be coming home with your child today, September 19. You can also visit Lifetouch.com for clothing suggestions, online payment details and more.

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Elementary Band is ready to start. Music is an integral part of a child's development and Performance Music (Band, Choir, Orchestra) is the best way to learn Music! Your students have seen, or will soon see, a demonstration at their school.

Band meets each week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8-8:35, at Evergreen Junior. The first day of Elementary Beginner Band is today, September 19. More information is available at: https://sites.google.com/site/ejhmusicdept/EvergreenElementaryBand. 

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** PTSA NEWS **

Thank you to the 230 parents, teachers and relatives that have joined the PTSA in the first two weeks of school!!

If you have not joined yet, please consider joining today. Want to learn more about what the PTSA does? Please see the About Us page on the Einstein PTSA site.   

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The Einstein PTSA is again pleased to announce our Otter Grant program. Parents, teachers or staff members can submit a grant application to fund projects, programs or materials that would benefit the students at our school. 

Program guidelines cover everything you want to know about the process. Applications are due October 3. 

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The Fall Fundraiser will soon be here. Our theme this year is Under the Big Top with Eloise the Elephant. Eloise will be at our kick-off Assembly on September 29. Look for the new catalog to come home with your child that day. It is full of new gift items, wrapping paper, candy, cookies, magazines and much more. So get ready to SHOP!

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On Saturday, October 1 at Marymoor Park, the Project Athena Race Series offers something for everyone: a 10K Run, 5K-ish Athena Team Adventure Hike & a Kidz 1K Fun Run with the proceeds all benefitting survivors!

The Foundation helps female survivors of medical or traumatic setbacks to live their athletic dreams as part of their recovery. 

Registration information can be found at: http://www.projectathena.org/seattle.php. 

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