The Newsletter of the International School at Dundee

Friday

April 11, 2014

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
14 Spring Recess	15 Spring Recess	16 Spring Recess	17 Spring Recess	18 Spring Recess
21 7:45 Adv. Orch. Spring Afters Begin	22 7:45 Beg. Orch. 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Café 7:55am Chorus Part 1 Wordmasters Meet 3 Gr. 3-5	23 7:45 Adv. Orch. 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Café Audubon Workshop Gr. 2 @ ISD 12 - 3pm	24 7:55 All Chorus 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Café BOE Mtg Riverside 7pm	25 7:45 Band Rehearsals and Lessons 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Café Spanish Spelling Bee Gr. 5 6pm Media Center
28 7:45 Adv. Orch	29 7:55 All Chorus 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 K to Stamford Nature Center 9:15-12:30 Gr. 5 Exhibition Presentations 9-12pm	30 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Early Release 1:15pm Playground Playdate Gr. 5 Exhibition Presentations 9-12pm	1 7:55 All Chorus 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Gr. 5 Exhibition Presentation 9-12pm	2 7:30 Gr. 4 & 5 Band Rehearsal #3 7:45 ALP Testing Gr. 3 & 4 Gr. 3 to Philipsburg Manor 9-1:30p PTA Nomination Period Ends

Dear ISD Parents,

I want to take this opportunity to acknowledge everyone involved with the Travel the World parent event who made it such a special night. The families, who hosted and opened their beautiful homes to everyone, included the Keegan family, the McKenna family, the Hartofilis family and the Breier family. Also, thank you to the co-hosts and organizers for planning a fun event with great food and fanfare. It was a great way to come together to welcome spring after a very long winter.

Speaking of spring, the nicer weather appears to bring out the restlessness in some of our students. This was apparent in some of the behavior exhibited on bus rides this week. If your child rides the bus, please review expectations regarding behavior. The main expectation is that students are expected to remain seated through the duration of their ride. Obviously, we would like for them to refrain from any other behaviors that could distract the bus driver, whose primary responsibility is to drive the bus safely. Also, remind your children there are cameras on the bus that record each ride and can be accessed to verify any reports of misbehavior.

At the general information portion of the PTA meeting this past Wednesday night, a proposal was made and voted unanimously to move forward on allocating funds toward improving the playground area. Although the current playground equipment is considered safe, we are looking to enhance it with an additional piece or two. This is just the first step in working with the town to bring this plan to fruition. Please look for more information in the future.

The speaker at this meeting, Dr. Julia Trebing, spoke on the topic of positive parenting. Many valuable points were made in the presentation, including, the importance of play in the lives of young children and the caution of over programming them, which may result in "burnt out" later on in their teen years. With those points in mind, I wish everyone a fun, carefree but safe spring break.

Sincerely, Terry Ricci

NEWS

BRIDGEPORT BLUEFISH FAMILY & FRIENDS EVENT

Take Me Out to The Ball Game!

Sunday, May 4 @ 1:05pm

vs. Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

This fun filled day includes:

Pre-Game autograph session at 12:10pm
ISD recognition over the PA system and on the scoreboard
Post-game run around the bases for kids

Tickets $11 per person with registration form returned to office by Wednesday, April 23rd.

For inquiries contact Charlie Ginste,Margaret Mullen

or Cathy Steel.

PTA VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

ISD Globe Logo

ISD PTA Volunteer Nomination Period March 28 - May 2

Parent volunteers are an important part of the ISD Community.

We need YOU... your voice, your talent, your commitment.

To see how you can get involved click here.

To nominate yourself for a role click here.

For inquiries or further discussion, please contact Carisa Sykes, VP Volunteers, or other members of the Nominating Committee: Vera Merrill, Jill Townsend, Rosaura Artola (Balaguer), or Cathy Steel.

BEACH PARTY: SAVE THE DATE JUNE 1

ISD's Community Beach Party

Sunday, June 1 from 3pm to 6pm

Food, Live Music, Games,
and Activities

Please help us gather donations for this much anticipated 2014 Annual ISD Beach Party & Fundraiser supporting PTA events and programs.

The Silent Auction will be targeted toward adults. Raffle items will be targeted toward kids.

Looking for Ideas?

Restaurant Certificates, Spa Certificates, Vacation Home Weekends, Tickets to events, Game tickets, Evening at the Movies, Kid Friendly Electronics... the possibilities are endless.

Most Local Businesses welcome the opportunity to contribute to their community and advertise to their customers.

Please return completed sponsor forms (also below) to the ISD office - Attn: ISD 2014 Beach Party & Fundraiser. Email Kysa Englund with questions, comments, ideas and volunteer interests.

WE TRAVELED THE WORLD!

Saturday evening we traveled the world of Mediterranean cuisine sampling Italy, Greece and Spain.

Beginning with a delicious and beautiful display of Italian cuisine at Louise & Chris McKenna's assisted by co-hosts Debra Hess, Suzanne Sullivan and Karen Grant.

Next stop, we received a warm and authentic Greek welcome from Angie & Jonathan Hartofilis assisted by co-hosts Ursula Howard-Sneyd, Mallika Singh, Joanne Rosenthal and Ann-Caroline Schraa.

Spain, with all its vibrancy & festiveness, was hosted by Liz and Mazz Keegan and co-hosted by Marela Sicic, Sarah Zeegan and Stacey Cleary.

The evening finished at Lynette Breier's home with a decadent display of dessert including a chocolate fountain, tiramisu donated by MJ and our resident baker, Ms. Lamanna's 'perfect' cheesecake. Co-hosted by Patricia Carey, Vera Merrill and Margaret Mullen.

A big thank you to Ann-Caroline Schraa for Chairing the event! We appreciate our hosts and co-hosts GENEROSITY AND TIME in continuing to make this a fun evening for the ISD Community - parents and teachers. Parents and teachers, thank you for traveling with us.

Where will we go next year?

THANK YOU

PTA MEMBERS

Thank you to those of you who came to our meeting on Tuesday and approved both the by-law amendments and authorized the PTA to spend up to $55,000 on the Outdoor Play Space.

The Executive Board will be working with the Board of Education, Parks and Recreation and the RTM to move forward on this project.

Thank you as well to Dr. Julia Trebing, Director of Creative Therapies at the Cottage, for sharing her insight through her Positive Parenting discussion. It was very informative and helpful to hear her suggestions on how to think about positive behavior in our children and ourselves.

SPRING AFTERS

Start immediately after spring break and

run for 7 weeks.

CLASSICAL CAFE