Hello Freshparents:
Now that all the excitement and drama surrounding Homecoming week is behind us, life seems dull. I take that back …. life is never dull with teenagers in the house.
PTSA Membership
Ski Swap
BSF Phonathon
PTSA Publication
Magazines for Appel
Reminders
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PTSA Membership
The emails I send you are a service provided by Newport's PTSA. The Class Liaisons are happy to provide this service whether or not parents become members of our PTSA. We want everyone to be informed and feel welcome in our Newport community.
Besides sending these emails, our PTSA provides the newsletter, Knightline, which is mailed to your home seven times each school year. We sponsor the Knight Valor program, which encourages students to complete 100 hours of Community Service before graduation. We also give classroom grants to teachers, assist students in need, manage the annual Reflections arts program, publish a student phone directory, coordinate staff appreciation events, and work with the other schools in Bellevue to support the staff and students of Robinswood. Membership fees ensure that our volunteers receive training specific to their committee work and that our leaders are fully prepared to successfully manage a large non-profit here in the State of Washington.
Membership is also one way of quantifying Newport's parent involvement. Right now we have 912 members and about 1642 students. That's a membership rate of about 56%. Wouldn't it be great to say we have 100%? Because we know we have 100% parent involvement! Please take time now to consider joining Newport’s PTSA to support all the great services it provides. I have attached the membership form to this email. You may drop the completed membership form at the office with your check, or mail it to the Newport PTSA at the address on the form.
Thanks very much for your support of Newport's PTSA.
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Ski Swap
The annual Ski Swap at Newport is Saturday, November 8, from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm, and Sunday, November 9, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. If you have something to sell, go to school on Friday, November 7, between 3:30 to 6:00. All unsold gear must be picked up Sunday evening.
Students who would like to earn some Community Service hours or to get first pick of gear should go to http://skiswap.info and sign up for whatever shifts and jobs they want. Parent volunteers are also welcome!
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BSF Phonathon
There is a dire need of volunteers for the Bellevue Schools Foundation Phonathon on Tuesday November 11 and Wednesday November 12 from 6:30 to 9:00 PM. Students will receive up to 5 hours of community service (and everyone gets free pizza)! For more information, and to sign up as a volunteer, contact Karen Tokita at (425) 277-1707 or atkaren@yahoo.com . You may also sign up in the office. Volunteers who can speak more than one language are particularly valuable. Please consider helping out if you can speak a second language. Parent volunteers are also welcome!
BSF funds a variety of programs to increase rigor and support students throughout the district. This year, BSF has paid for the new K-5 math curriculum and the new science curriculum in grades 6-10. BSF also funds “Bridging the Achievement Gap” grants for students who need extra academic support in schools with high poverty and significant English language learner populations. BSF also funds National Board certification for teachers so that our students learn from highly qualified teachers. The Bellevue School District has twice as many National Board Certified teachers as the district with the next highest number. Let’s help BSF continue these remarkable programs.
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PTSA Publication
The Washington State PTA is pleased to announce that its premier parent involvement magazine, “The Child Advocate,” is now available as an online membership benefit available to all 150,000 PTA members statewide. The new online edition, which will be published electronically in smaller, monthly editions during the school year, replaces the relatively small number of printed copies previously distributed on a quarterly basis.
While the publication schedule for “The Child Advocate” has changed, the quality of the content has not; the online editions will contain the same great articles with helpful tips for parents that the magazine has been known for during the past 16 years. The online publication will be available in two formats. One has the look and feel of an electronic magazine, and can easily be read on a computer screen. In addition, the articles can be downloaded in a PDF format.
To see the latest online issue of The Child Advocate, click on this link or clip and paste it into the address bar of your browser: http://www.wastatepta.org/programs/child_advocate.htm
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Magazines for Appel
Dawn Appel, the wife of Newport Science teacher Casey Appel, was diagnosed with leukemia over a year ago. She's in bed most of the day and passes time by reading a lot of magazines. If you have any that you've finished reading, please take them to the main office at school so staff can drop them in Dawn’s magazine box. If you'd like them back just put a note on them so Casey can return them to you. Dawn will be going in for a bone marrow transplant in the near future and that might include 100 days in the hospital, so she'll definitely need plenty of magazines. Go to this link -- http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/dawnappel -- to check on Dawn’s progress. Thanks for your help.
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Reminders
* Any student who still hasn’t picked up freshman sweats should go to Room 3119 after school to take care of this.
* Winter Sports Packets are due by November 7, 2008.
* The Yearbook staff is still looking for photo contributions; please contact Ms. Driscoll at driscollk@bsd405.org ASAP!
* The freshman class won “Most Creative” honors for its 2008 Homecoming Hall Decs. Thanks to all parents and students who helped with this effort.
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