Discovery Elementary PTSA Unit 2.6.9 PTSA President : Hollie Smith

www.discoveryptsa.org Editor and VP Communications: Jen Rose www.facebook.com/discoveryelementaryptsa Sammamish, WA

The Eagle Times

October 2014

October 6th - Hearing and Vision Testing

August 2015

August 5th-12th: Enrollment Verification

Process Open– log into Family Access

August 19th: Taking Care of Business

August 31st: Take 5

August at a glance…

Enrollment

Verification

Opens Online

Taking Care of

Business

Take 5

President: Hollie Smith

Vice President: Rohit Puri

Co-Treasurer: Shana Jukes

Co-Treasurer: Cary Wade

Secretary: Veronica Winkler

VP Communications: Jen Rose

VP Programs: Melissa Jewell

VP Volunteers: Sara Manningsmith

VP Fundraising: Alisha Brummet

Webmaster: Nancy Huang

Executive Board

2015-2016

Hello Discovery Family!

As summer begins to wind down and we approach the start of a new school year, I wanted to take a moment to introduce my-self. My name is Hollie Smith and I’ll be your new PTSA president this school year. A little about me… I have one daughter going into 4th grade at Discovery and one daughter going into 6th grade at Pine Lake Middle School. My husband and I are both from Olympia, Washington (Yes we were “high school sweehearts”) and after a period of time living in the Midwest, we are so hap-py to be part of this wonderful community of Sammamish. Even more so, we feel in-credibly lucky to be part of the Discovery Elementary Family. What an incredi-ble school community we have! I am very excited for a new school year and look for-ward to getting to know your family this year.

Hollie Smith

PTSA President

It is an honor to introduce myself to you as the new principal

at Discovery Elementary. Though I am new to Issaquah

School District, I have worked in public education over 20

years now—it’s hard to believe how fast the time goes! I began my career teaching

2nd grade. I moved on to teach 4th and 5th grade, and also spent time at the middle

level teaching 6th through 8th grade. Most recently I worked as an assistant prin-

cipal at both middle and elementary levels in Kent School District. Outside of

school I enjoy a lot of outdoor activities so I am very happy to be moving to this

beautiful area.

As I have had an opportunity to meet and begin working with staff members these

last few weeks, I have seen their warmth and commitment to doing their best for

your children. Our custodians are ahead in preparing the building. Teachers have

already been preparing their classrooms for the upcoming year and many have al-

so attended classes to continue to hone their instructional skills. September 1st is not

far away, and I am so looking forward to this day.

Marti J. Shefveland

Principal, Discovery Elementary School

Important Dates to Remember Before School Starts

August 5th-12th : Enrollment Verifications Process Opens- confirm your child/childrens

enrollment and print all necessary paperwork from,

http://www.issaquah.wednet.edu/family/FamilyAccess, to bring to “Taking Care of Busi-

ness”.

August 19th: Taking Care of Business...drop off paperwork and find out your child/

childrens teacher (if available).

August 31st: Take 5...meet your child’s teachers.

Bus Greeters Needed

This program helps get the wheels rolling during the first week of school. Bus greeters will meet students as they exit the bus at school. They will help kids

learn their bus numbers, by writing the bus number on their hand as they exit the bus. After school, they will hold signs with bus numbers and assist children to get to the correct bus.

Approx time investment 15 min in the AM and 15 min in the PM (Sept 1st - 8th). Please sign up here: http://discoveryptsa.org/Packet/BusGreetersVolunteer

Lunch Room Helper

Assist the students at the beginning of the year, each day for two weeks, to get their student numbers and receive their lunches. Walk around and

help any kids who need help opening their lunch containers or who may have questions. Great way to interact with the kids. Lunches run from 11:30-12:50, but most of the help will

be needed during the first lunch (K-1st grade). Please sign up here: http://discoveryptsa.org/Packet/LunchRoomHelperVolunteer

If there are any questions for either position, please contact Melissa Jewell at

melissaann.jewell@gmail.com

We are grateful for the financial support from our local retailers and businesses~

Thank you!

Discovery’s Amazon link is now on our website!

Simply shop on Amazon through our link and a

percentage of your sale will be donated to

Discovery PTSA.

www.amazon.com.

Safeway

Please remember to register your Safeway Club

Cards at www.escrip.com or you can go directly

to our website to register

www.discoveryptsa.org). Even if you registered

in years past, you need to go to escrip.com and

renew. It’s completely free and it’s so beneficial

to our school! Encourage your friends, neigh-

bors, and relatives to register their cards too.

Box Tops

An easy way to earn money for Discovery Ele-

mentary!!!! Simply cut, and collect and turn

into the school. Each Box Top is worth 10 cents.

Believe it or not, these really do add up. We

earned over $1,000 last year. Kids love looking

out for these on packages.

B Cards (Bartell)

Enroll for your ‘B’ Carding Card at Bartell Drugs

by filling out the form and turning it into the

store. (http://www.escrip.com/merchants/

identity/bcaringcard/pdfs/

visit_stores_bartell.pdf)

Office Depot

Shop at Office Depot for your school supplies

and use ID# 70107272

Target

If you have a REDcard, go to www.target.com/

tcoe to designate Discovery as your school of

choice and use your REDcard every time you

shop.

Yo Plateau

On the first Friday of each month, mention you

are with Discovery and 20% of the sales will go

to our school.