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ISLAND PARK EAGLE NEWS
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Island Park Elementary PTA
December 2nd, 2014
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Principal's Letter 
Mathew's
My favorite holiday tradition is preserved and protected in a memory snow globe. Gently shake the orb and flakes flutter and fall onto a downtown street in Omaha, Nebraska. It is almost evening. Holiday lights are draped between and wrapped around street lamps. The decorations twinkle like glitter against the slate sky. Frosted shop windows illuminate gifts and other goodies. Peer closely into the glass sphere and you will see a father gently corralling his three small children, dressed in puffy snowsuits and dangling stocking caps toward the front door of a small bookshop. The name on the storefront reads, Mathew's Bookstore. Continue Reading...
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Superintendent's Message
December 2014
It has been a busy and productive fall for the Mercer Island School District. The recently formed Boundary Committee is reviewing options for new elementary school boundaries for the four elementary schools to determine which neighborhoods attend each school beginning the fall of 2016. The Boundary Committee will host a public preview with their preliminary recommendation on Dec. 10, from 5:30 - 7:00 p.m., in the Islander Middle School library. I am hoping for a robust turnout at this public preview prior to the formal public hearing early next year. Continue Reading...
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Eagle Spirit Wear is Back Just in Time for the Holidays!
We are excited to debut the new Island Park Spirit Wear! Kid and adult sized t-shirts and sweatshirts are available. New this year are plaid flannel PJ pants.
Visit islandparkpta.org/spiritwear to shop online for your spirit wear. To accommodate holiday orders, the "online store" will close at Midnight on Thursday, December 4, 2014. Orders will be delivered to Island Park before winter break from December 17-19. You may designate a student for delivery, or opt for parent pick up. Spirit Wear orders benefit the Island Park PTA fund. Questions? Contact spiritwear@islandparkpta.org.
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Amazon Perks
Sign Up Before Your Holiday Shopping!
 When you shop Amazon, please remember to bookmark our special link. You will continue to shop as usual and can use your Prime membership and all your saved billing info. Just follow the simple instructions below... the earnings are endless!
1. Go to www.islandparkpta.org
2. Click Amazon.com logo on left side of screen
3. Bookmark this page and use it each time you shop!
Contact Julene Levin (JuleneLevin@gmail.com) or Sarah Vaux (SJVaux@comcast.net) if you have any questions about this program.
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Brunch and Browse - GREAT NEWS!!
Brunch and Browse was a wonderful success again this year, with much thanks going to Roger and Nancy Page and the staff of Island Books for hosting us. Island Park sales netted approximately $7100, with $1400 going to our PTA!! The Island Park Library also benefits from this great event, receiving 6 books as donations. Meredith Carlson won a $50 gift card to Island books through the teacher raffle, CONGRATULATIONS!! Special thanks and appreciation to Tiffany Holland, Eydie Katz, Jamie Hochmon-Herz, Elizabeth Kaplan, and Michelle LoBosco who volunteered their time, resources and the delicious brunch bites; they were wonderful and much appreciated. I hope I was able to personally speak to and thank each of our shoppers for their time and support - it means the world to our kids. Look for a new twist on this old fav next year...
Shelley Boyle
Chair, Brunch and Browse
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Save the Date!
Island Park Science Olympiad Fun Night
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 6-8pm
Mark your calendars for an evening of hands-on science fun for all grades! This year we have decided to try a new event -- the Science Olympiad Fun Night!
During the Science Olympiad Fun Night, students will be grouped in teams of three or four and will be led by a parent volunteer. The groups will rotate through a series of three half-hour events designed to meet age-appropriate skills and knowledge bases.
This is a drop-off event, however, the Science Olympiad Fun Night will need many parent volunteers to assist the evening of the event.
Calling all scientists! We want to tap into our Island Park parents who have a background in science fields to serve as facilitators of the science activities. Presenters of the science activities will be provided information to present, as well as all of the materials for the activity.
If you have questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact Michelle Ritter at mcodyritter@yahoo.com
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Island Park Holiday Art Camp
Join us after school for holiday craft, gift and card making. 3:30 pm - 5 pm in room 22 for Grades 1-5. Preregistration required. $20 per session. Tuesdays Dec 9 and 16 and Thursdays Dec 11 and 18. Sign up for one or all by email to Anne Hritzay at: ahritzay@comcast.net
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Upcoming Events
Island Park Music Recitals
December 9-12
Because of the Color of Their Skin
Documentary 12/10 at 1:00pm MIHS
Winter Break
December 22nd - January 2nd
IP Movie Night - Monster Inc.
January 9th at 6:00pm
No School
January 19th
5th Grade Band/Orchestra Assembly
January 23rd at 9:00am
IP Hoe Down
January 30th from 6-8pm
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Staff Lunch
Big thank you to Kim Chou for hosting a wonderful Staff Luncheon on Nov. 17th. The Staff loved all the delicious food and had a lot of fun with the guessing game. Thank you also, to all the parents that donated their time, food and other items to the lunch.
Island Books - Brunch and Browse
Once again, Shelley Boyle held a fun and successful Island Books Brunch and Browse. Many IP parents attended, shopped and enjoyed yummy treats. Thank you Shelley!
Student Directory
Huge kudos to Mindy Rowe for pulling together our Island Park Student Directory! With the new online parent packs and updated District privacy policy, the directory was a special kind of challenge and Mindy did a beautiful job!
Directory Cover Art Contest Winner
Congratulations to Kaisa Olson, our Student Directory Cover Art Contest Winner! There were many wonderful art submissions from our talented 5th graders and all will be printed in the directory. Thank you to all the 5th graders who participated!
Eagle Spirit Wear
Thank you to Erin & Jeff Underwood for their willingness to revive Eagle Spirit Wear. They built the web page and order form and will be handling ordering and delivery. It will be exciting to see the new spirit wear on our Island Park students, staff and parents!
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District Event
The documentary Because of the Color of Their Skin will be shown Wednesday 12/10 @ 1:00pm in the Library Presentation Room at MIHS. This is sponsored by the MISD Diversity Advisory Committee.
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Island Park Music Recitals and News
 For the past several months in the music room, the children in 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades have been learning melody concepts and using these concepts to play the piano or recorder.
As the culminating event to this unit, I would like to invite you and any other significant adults in your child's life to attend a classroom recital. Recitals will take place in the music room during your child's regularly schedule music time. As each student will also be assessed on their performance, please respect that no younger children will be allowed.
If you are unable to come to the recital, please feel free to visit the music room after school and have your own personal recital with your child. We hope you can join us!
Click here for class schedules.
Choir
Choir will resume on Tuesday, January 20th and all fourth and fifth grade students are welcome to join!
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Lost and Found 
Don't forget to check the lost and found at the school! Lots of coats, sweatshirts, swea
ters, and lunch boxes. Lost and Found items are hanging on a rack in the main hall way shortly after the office.
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Parent Edge Rep needed!
Spot Still Vacant!
Join a group of engaged and fun parents representing all five Mercer Island schools and St. Monica's. Parent Edge committee members research topics and speakers to bring to our community. The team meet five to six times during the year to discuss marketing and planning for upcoming speaker events. Parent Edge is an important program under the Mercer Island School District PTA council. If you are interested, please contact Liz Kenny lizkenny@comcast.net for more information.
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MERCER ISLAND RESOURCES FOR PARENTS AND FAMILIES
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Holiday Tree Lighting & Firehouse Munch, Friday December 5th
hosted by MI Parks & Recreation and MI Fire
Gather with your family, friends & neighbors for an evening of holiday merriment at the community tree lighting ceremony and caroling at Mercerdale Park. Arts & crafts, Santa photos, treats and musical entertainment will follow at the Firehouse. Bring an unwrapped toy for the Toys for Tots drive to help a child in need have a better holiday season.
Age: All Ages
Time: 6:30pm - 7pm (Tree Lighting & Caroling*) | 7pm - 8:30pm (Firehouse Munch & Activities**)
Fee: FREE
Location: *Mercerdale Park & **North Fire Station
Documentary, Wednesday December 12th
The documentary Because of the Color of Their Skin will be shown Wednesday 12/10 @ 1:00pm in the Library Presentation Room at MIHS. This is sponsored by the MISD Diversity Advisory Committee.
MI Parent Edge - 2014-2015 Calendar of Parent Education Events
Join Parent Edge for a great year of stimulating speakers and events! Please visit www.miparentedge.org to view the entire calendar.
MI Parent Edge is jointly sponsored by the PTA's of Lakeridge, Island Park, West Mercer, Islander Middle, MIHS and St. Monica schools.
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MERCER ISLAND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
Looking for sports or activities for your child? Check out Mercer Island Activities for Kids for a listing of the most recent activities!
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Mercer Island Girls Lacrosse Grades 1-8
Annual Mandatory Parent Meeting & Pizza Feed
6:30 p.m., December 8
Islander Middle School MPR
Registration is OPEN for the 2015 Spring Season atwww.MIGirlsLacrosse.com. Plan on attending the annual Mandatory Parent Meeting and Pizza Feed
. Bring your player! Bring a potential new player and get a prize! This meeting is important for both new and returning players. A $25 late fee will be charged for registrations after January 15, 2015.
Little Dribblers 2014
Mercer Island Boys Basketball Tradition
Winter Saturday Program Dec 6th - Feb 7th
Little Dribblers is a long standing basketball tradition on Mercer Island, originally conceived and run by legendary coach Ed Pepple and continued by current head coach Gavin Cree. This program gives young kids interested in basketball a wonderful opportunity to interact with and learn from high school players and coaches. It allows high school players to share their skills and mentor these kids and indoctrinate the love of the game. Young kids adore these players and have lots of fun on the court. They learn skills which serve them well with their current teams and prepare them for future Islander basketball.
The program runs on Saturdays from December 6th thru Feb 7th
Mercer Island High School Main Gym
Fee: $85
Registration online only at www.mibasketball.org .
Register Now for December 8th Auditions for the Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra
Open to all symphonic instruments, musicians ages 6-19. Rehearsals are on Monday nights in Bellevue during the school year. For more information, please visit www.byso.org for more information.
Bellevue Magic Season Ice Arena
Nov. 28, 2014 - Jan. 11, 2015
Bellevue Downtown Park
Skate and celebrate at the Magic Season Ice Arena, the region's largest open-air holiday ice skating experience! The festive venue offers shelter for all-weather skating, seasonal food,beverage concessions, and music from STAR 101.5. This is also an easy fundraising opportunity for our school. Simply tell the attendant at the entrance which school you are from and each student attending will raise $3 for their school's PTA. Click here for more information. Boys Spring Lacrosse 2015 Registration Now Opened at mercerislandlacrosse.com Kindergarten-8th Grade Island Residents click HERE for more information. Art's Cool! In partnership with Island Park PTA Wednesdays- JANUARY 14,21,28, FEBRUARY 4,11,25, MARCH 4, 11,18, 25, Grades 1-5 2:00 - 3:30 HAND BUILDING AND SCULPTING IMAGINARY CLAY DWELLINGS Have fun sculpting with soft clay using tools and much imagination. Students will create sculptural compositions inspired by thought, memory and fantasy. They will further develop technical and application skills through several hands-on fabrication exercises and gain confidence, knowledge and understanding of the ceramic process producing unique individual clay artwork. The instructor assistance will include demonstration of various building techniques, tool usage, surface design and glaze application.Instructor: Stewart Wong Location: Gym Class Size 12 Tuition $150 Class Code: 0922
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Mercer Island School District
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Island Park PTA
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THANK YOU 2014 -2015 HAND IN HAND AUCTION SPONSORS!
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