John Stanford International School
 PTSA eNews
01/05/15
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Calendar
January 11th-23rd 
January 14th 
Two Hour Early Dismissal

January 19th 
MLK Day
No School

January 21st, 7pm 
PTSA Board Meeting

January 28th, 7pm 
PTSA General Meeting

January 30th 
End of Semester
No School 
Announcements
ASA Registration Starts Sunday, January 11th

It's time to start planning for the next session of Before & After School Activities! Popular favorites are back along with a few new options, including some morning offerings. Registration opens on Sunday, January 11 at 6pm and closes EOD Friday, January 23. The session will run from February through mid May. Further details are posted on the ASA website.

Wally Info

On January 6th, your child will come home with our school newspaper. They may ask to participate in the following activities:

Wally Chopped: A cooking contest (due by 1/20)
Applying for the layout editor: Please fill out the application and return it by Jan. 20th.
Writing articles:Your child may want to write an article for Wally. They can write for Miss Know It All, Sports, Reviews, Comics, EPIK, Pop, Do It Yourself (DIY)  Questions?  Email here

New Traffic Plan Volunteers Needed Next Week


Ms. Dedy needs volunteers to help implement the new drop-off and pick-up policies. Traffic volunteers will make sure that students are safely loaded or unloaded in the correct areas. They will also be checking cars to ensure that cars are not left unattended in the loading zones. Sign up here.

Geography Bee

JSIS is holding a National Geographic Geography Bee this January. 4th and 5th graders are eligible to participate. Interested students should sign up with Mrs. U by Friday January 9th. The preliminary rounds will be held on January 17.

Family Chess Night, Tuesday 1/13 6:30-8:30p.m.

Open to all JSIS families!  New and experienced chess
players welcome.

Learn about Chess Club at JSIS, the educational benefits of chess, and participate in a "simul" demonstration by Coach Leo. Juice will be served, but this isn't a dinner event.  Questions? Please contact Emily Menon Bender

PTSA General Meeting Speaker on 1/28

Ron Hertel
Program Supervisor for Student Mental Health and Wellbeing
Program Director of Compassionate Schools
Student Support
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

Mr. Hertel will help us understand the need for more thoughtful consideration of our children's mental health and psychological wellness in the contemporary school systems.  Ron has helped WA state procure a multimillion dollar grant to create better programming that will ultimately lead to greater socio-emotional skills training in our Washington schools, and put our state out in front as a beacon to the rest of the nation. Come hear him speak of the vision he and others have to help our children find, not only, standard academic training in our schools, but also standard psychological wellness skills training that will make them more satisfied in their future lives.

Interested in serving on the Nominating Committee?

This group of parents is responsible for recruiting candidates for vacant positions on the PTA Board for the following year. We will need three members and two alternates.

This committee will be elected by the general membership at our next General Meeting on January 28, 2015. Nominating committee members must have been a member of the PTA unit for at least 30 days prior to the election of the committee.

Interested in helping shape next year's PTSA leadership? Contact Julie Wittmann.

JSIS PTSA eNews

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Laura Leahy & Alex Okubo
John Stanford International School
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