Eastlake High School PTSA Wolf Tracks Newsletter 03.27.16
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425.936.1500

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Julie Carper
Julie Olson
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WOLF STRONG
PACK STRONG 
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Happenings at a Glance
 
April 4-8 - Spring Break

April 12-14 - SSO Bus Sign Ups at lunch

April 13 - LWSD Bond Community Mtg 6:30 EHS Commons

April 14,15,16 - EHS Drama Presents - You're A Good Man Charlie Brown

April 16 - TOLO

April 23 & May 1 - EHS Textile Drives, 9-3 pm 

April 25 - Deadline for EHS PTSA Service Award Nominations

April 26 - Welcome to the Pack - 9th grader Open House 6 - 8 pm EHS

LWSD 2015-2016 Calendar - click here
EHS Tandem Calendar -  click here
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Message from your PTSA President 

Our PTSA endorsed the LWSD Bond last month, so we'd like to give our members the current campaign updates and information on how you can get involved. There will be an informational meeting on the bond at Eastlake on April 13, 6:30-8:00 pm. Ballots are due by April 26, so make sure to mail yours in before the deadline and remind your friends in the district to do the same. Every vote really counts!
 
Lake Washington School District has grown from the sixth largest district in the state to the fourth largest. In the last five years, enrollment has grown by 3240 students. That's equal to five elementary schools. By 2020-21, five years from now, we expect to have over 30,000 students.
 
The April 2016 bond measure includes: two new elementary schools, one new middle school, rebuild and enlarge Juanita High School, rebuild and enlarge Kirk Elementary School, rebuild and enlarge Mead Elementary School, remodel Old Redmond School House for preschool, replace portables at Explorer Community School, other capital projects to provide special education program space and to address Title IX and Americans with Disability Act facility compliance.
 
What it would do: address the district's most urgent need, address overcrowding and aging facilities, reduce the district's reliance on portable classrooms. By September 2016, there will be 168 portables, or 14% of all classrooms. That's equal to seven elementary schools!
 
How we would build: These schools would be built using specific cost-effective design principles and planning recommended by a parent/community task force.
 
What it would cost: The $398 million bond measure would maintain the 2015 tax rate. The district is paying off past bonds and construction levies. As those items are paid off, these bonds would replace the items that have been repaid.

This measure is part of a long-term plan to meet the district's housing needs through 2029-30, developed by the Long-Term Facilities Planning Task Force. Three subsequent bond measures will meet the longer-term needs of the district. The subsequent measures would also maintain the 2015 tax rate.
 
When is the vote:  Ballots will be due April 26.
 
To get involved:
http://Vote4lwsdkids.org.  Make sure you go and personally endorse.
 Facebook group - like it today!
 
We hope all our members will choose to support this important bond measure!
 
WOLF STRONG PACK STRONG!! 
Julie Carper
Co-President
EHS PTSA

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Announcements
 

Volunteers Needed for Staff Appreciation
The committee is looking for parents to help with donations during staff appreciation week, May 2 to 6.  Volunteers donate one item for any of the events to include lunch, snacks, or gift cards.   If you'd like to be added to the distribution list, please contact Shannon Cannon. If you would like to donate a gift card ($5 to $10 to Starbucks, Target, Subway, etc.) for staff appreciation week without being added to the committee list, please drop it at the office, attention Michelle Bickford.  Thank you!
 
EHS PTSA Open Positions for 2016-2017 
Looking for a way to get involved in the EHS community? Join our EHS PTSA! We have many board and chair positions available for next year. 

Special Needs *
Graduation Programs *
Community Liaison *
Scholarships co-chairs (2)
Reflections co-chairs (2)
Projects Chair
Wall Tile Chair
Fundraising Drive & Matching Chair
Eastlake Angels Chair
Parent Education Chair
Senior Apparel Chair
Baccalaureate Chair
Senior Sendoff Logistics Chair
Senior Sendoff Volunteer Chair
Senior Sendoff Publicity Chair
Senior Sendoff Registration Chair
Senior Sendoff Hospitality Chair
      *designates Board position

Descriptions of each position can be found at: http://1drv.ms/1Lc7smH.  Please direct inquiries to: [email protected].  


Fund A Senior 
The EHS community is a very caring and giving one.  If you are able to fund a Senior that would otherwise not be able to attend our wonderful graduation tradition with their fellow classmates, please let us know! The full cost for Senior Send Off is $165 but any amount towards our scholarship fund would be greatly appreciated!  You can go online now or send us a check noting it's for SSO Scholarship Fund. 

Want to Come Along?
We are also looking for volunteers on graduation night, June 9, at EHS to help us facilitate Senior Send Off.  From folks helping load the buses to being a chaperone for the all night event - contact Gabriele to volunteer. 

Questions, Registration, Donations!
Click here for our handy FAQ regarding all things Senior Send Off!  Feel free to contact SSO Chair, Agustina Eiff.  To register or donate online click here.

Bus Sign Ups are April 12-14 
Register AND get the release forms in
BEFORE bus sign ups! Remember no signed release form, no bus sign up!  These forms are mandatory, click here to download, print and sign.


EHS Community News

Community Service - click here for community service opportunities and information for all students. 

LWSD has a system called Peachjar to make you aware of events happening in our area. New events are constantly added. Click here to view current flyers. 

New events this week include:  
  • Creating Poems from the Poems Suitcase
*Community news items have been submitted by members of the greater Eastlake High School Community; EHS PTSA does not sponsor, endorse, or recommend any of the organizations, services, or activities described within this section. Inclusion of community news items in Wolf Tracks is made on a case-by-case and space-avilable basis. 
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Carlene Camera and Sue Lauer,
Co-VPs, EHS PTSA Communications