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Bi-Monthly Updates for IMS PTSA Families
www.imsptsa.orgMid-Oct. 2015
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In This Issue
Dear IMS Families - From Co-Principal Aaron Miller
IMS Chess Club
Apply & Participate in Giant Glass Mosaic Workshops at Luther Burbank Park Playground
Make It a Twopeat! Join Wrestling
Get Your Little Dribblers Signed Up!
Candidate Forum - Focus on Schools (Hosted by MI PTA Council)
Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Fall/Winter Guide & Registration
TechSmart Kids: After School Coding Classes
TechSmart Kids: Girls Only Coding Class
Upcoming Events
October 20: Photo Retakes 9:30-11:00am
October 26-27: MISF Phone-a-thon
October 31: Halloween
November 3: Fall Band Concert 6:30-9:00pm
November 4: Orchestra and Choir Concert 6:30-8:00pm
November 6: End of First Trimester
November 11: Veterans Day - NO SCHOOL
November 26-28: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

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DEAR IMS FAMILIES,
FROM CO-PRINCIPAL AARON MILLER
 
Your School Board is holding a special board meeting at Islander Middle School on November 5 to meet with teachers and other staff and visit classrooms beginning at 7:45 that morning and lasting until 11:30. Our board members are also interested in meeting parents that morning, too. Parents who wish to meet the board and share information and exchange ideas with them may do so beginning at 9:45 until 10:30. The parent meeting will be held in what is referred to as the "new library space" which is the former location of the student center.
 
We hope that you will join us.
 
Aaron Miller
Co-Principal
Islander Middle School
(206) 236-3407

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Islander Middle School Chess Club 
TWO Sessions on Thursdays 3:00-4:00pm

IMS Chess Club is open to all levels from learning players to advanced competitors.

Coach Chouchan (pronounced Shoushan) Airapetian is the IMS Chess Coach.  She is an accomplished coach and competitor in the US Chess Championships.  To read more about Coach Chouchan and how to enroll your student, click here.

Questions?  Contact Coach Chouchan via email at chornyaa@msn.com or call 206-914-4252.

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Free Art Mosaic Workshops
Open to All Interested IMS students - Apply by 10/30/2015

Islander Middle School students are invited to participate in mosaic workshops led by artists Sandy Glass and Jose Orantes.  The mosaics will be installed as a 25 foot by 14 inch border in the Luther Burbank Park Playground.  Students interested in this permanent art installation project should be able to commit to at least 75% of the workshops and enjoy creative detail-oriented projects.  No art skills are necessary.  For more information, please contact sandyglass1@gmail.com.  
  • Looking for a maximum of 25 students with good representation from grades 6-8th
  • City of Mercer Island sponsored and approved
  • Workshops will be Thursdays from 3:00-4:00pm at IMS starting January 7, 2016 to March 3, 2015 (no session on February 18 for mid-winter break) 
Click here for more information and the link to the short application for Middle School Students: 


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Make It a Twopeat!  Join Wrestling 
Starts Monday, October 26th

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IMS Gators wrestling team won both the league and tourney last year, and we intend to defend both titles again. Be part of history!  



Questions? Interested in joining? Call Coach John Frazier at (206) 612-3060 or email him at frazier.johnb@gmail.com
 
 
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Get Your Little Dribblers Signed Up!
Online Registration Starts October 23, 2015

The Little Dribblers program run by the MI Boys Basketball Booster Club is the most successful and fun youth basketball program on Mercer Island, with a rich 40+ year history of creating passionate ballers. Get your boys on the court each Saturday learning from the Island's best coaches and players.

For more information, practice dates and online registration information - click here!

If you have any questions, contact youthcoordinator@mibasketball.org.

THE YOUTH BASKETBALL TRADITION!  

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Mercer Island Community Events!  
Candidates Forum - Focus on Schools (Hosted by MI PTA COUNCIL)
October 26, 7-9pm, West Mercer Elementary School - GYM
 
Come get informed and hear from all of the Mercer Island candidates running in the November 3 General Election. This forum is an opportunity for the candidates to share their positions on school-related issues. This forum will include a brief talk from each of the candidates and an ample audience Q&A period.

Read more
 
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 2015-16
Legislative Assembly is October 24 in Olympia. If you are interested in attending, contact our Co-VPs of Advocacy To read about the WSPTA priorities for the 2015-2016 school year, click here


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Mercer Island Parks and Recreation
Fall/Winter Registration and Online Digital Guide


Parks and Recreation Fall/winter registration begins online Monday, August 24 and by phone and in person Wednesday, August 26.  View your Recreation Guide by clicking here.  You can register by clicking the course code in the online digital guide.  Or call the Community & Event Center on 8/26 to register 206-275-7609.




TechSmart Kids 
After School Coding Classes

TechSmartKids, a leading provider of computer science education for K-12 is offering afterschool computer coding classes this fall. Coding classes are available as fall session only or full year. Coding classes begin the week of October 5th.

Click here to see Fall schedule classes or call (425) 786-7824.
          
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"WOMEN OF CODE" Coding in Python I
Girls Only Coding Class

Grades 6-8- NEW CLASS OFFERED! C301W- "Women of Code" Coding in Python I- Hosted at IMS.  For more information and registration, go to:

The C301-W class is girls only and meets once a week for 1.5 hours at the following times: Wednesday- 4:30-6pm
 
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