John Stanford International School
 PTSA eNews
05/18/15
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Announcements
Childcare for May 19th School Closure

Childcare information is available on the SPS website.

Young Author's Day, May 20th

Wednesday, May 20th we will have our school-wide celebration of all of our amazing student writers. The day will begin at 9:45 with Book-It presentation of Alice in Wonderland. In the afternoon students will share a published piece in a small, multi-age group.

Int'l School/Immersion Advocacy Group

The next meeting for the International School/Language Immersion Advocacy Group is Tuesday May 19th at  6:30pm at the John Stanford Center for Education Excellence. You are invited to join the group of concerned parents and principals of the International schools in the District. By working together, we have a stronger voice and support system for International programming and the SPS Immersion Director. Please email Jennifer to join the google group.

JSIS BBQ Lunch - Friday, May 29th - Volunteers Needed!

Help out at the annual JSIS School BBQ by prepping and serving food.  All volunteers get a free lunch.  Lunch times are by grade band, and you can choose a time slot that lets you eat with your child.  Sign-up here.

JSIS Sports Day/Field Day will be June 5th
Events will begin at JSIS in the gym around noon and then we will walk to Gas Works Park for the races, and walk back to school around 2:45.

If you would like to be an official or an equipment distributor please contact Mrs. U.  One of the biggest needs we have is someone to sit at Gas Works with "our fields and equipment" from 11 to 12:45 when the whole school arrives at the park. It involves a chair and a presence. Thank you.

Prop Request for 4th Grade Musical

The 4th Graders are presenting their spring musical on June 4th. Part of the theme of the show is around a food drive, and we are in need of props. If you have any empty cereal boxes, clean cans or plastic jars, or other recyclables that we can use as part of our show, please send them to the stage. Thank you!

Playground Improvement community meeting  - June 4th  6:30-7:30 pm in the Room 301

Tour the playground and discuss ideas for improvement.  We will be presenting a brief history of the playground improvement and the current set of proposals.  Contact Greg Lewis with questions.

Summer Language Camp with Firefly

Summer Language Camp offers a chance for existing students to continue their learning of the immersion language - and for incoming John Stanford students to get a fun introduction to the immersion program.  Because of the change in school end date, the camp will now run Wednesday, June 17th - Friday June 26th.  Students who signed up early for the week containing June 16th will be refunded $30 for that date.  For more information contact Firefly Tutoring.

PLEASE READ! 

SPS will be migrating its websites to a new platform, with a launch date of June 1st. Due to contract restrictions, the District has been unable to move this date to the end of the school year, despite concerns about readiness.   In the meantime, the JSIS web team is backing up our current site so that we can ensure minimal loss of information.   If you or your student use Fusion to store files, you will need to back those up prior to June 1, or the files will be lost.  Calendars will not be migrated, so if you rely on our web calendar, please take note of important dates now. Questions?  Please visit the website update page for more information, or contact Darla Rhodes.

Buy Prepaid QFC Cards For The Summer

You can support JSIS over the summer by stocking up on prepaid cards. Buy Amazon, QFC/Fred Meyer, Safeway, PCC, REI, Starbuck's, etc for shopping over the summer. You can purchase them at the weekly Friday coffee hour at 9:30 am or you can order them here. Questions? Email Laura.

Don't forget to use the JSIS PTSA Amazon link. The link is on the "fundraising" tab of the JSIS Homepage. Bookmark it and always start your shopping by clicking on the link first. We receive 6-7% on all your purchases.
Community News
Teacher Walkout

The Seattle Education Association welcomes kids, parents, educators and supporters to attend the march and rally for education funding on Tuesday, May 19th.  Gather at Seattle Center at Broad Street near the Space Needle at 11:00 a.m. to march to Westlake Park.  From noon to 1:00, rally at Westlake Park to let the Washington state legislature now that education needs to be funded.

Wear RED for public ed.  More information is available here

JSIS PTSA eNews

Submissions are welcome to the weekly Monday eNews. If submitting to eNews, please keep your submissions limited to 3-4 sentences without any formatting. Links work really well to get out additional information. Deadline is noon on Saturday for Monday eNews.
 
Laura Leahy & Alex Okubo
John Stanford International School
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