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Jaguar Print May 05, 2017
Endeavour Elementary PTSA 2.6.20 26205 SE Issaquah Fall City Road, Issaquah, WA 98029
PTSA President Care Maree Harper
PTSA Vice President Casey Crane
Treasurer
Joanna Moore
Secretary Meredith Spencer
Co-VP Volunteers
Lisa Dore Meredith King
VP Membership Lindsay Meyer
VP Ways and Means
Ana Gentilini
VP Programs Meghan Harden
Co-VP Communications
Lisa Peppin Suma Krishnaiyengar
Room Parent Coordinator
Carly Simon
ISF Chair Sara Miller
Advocacy
Taya Montgomery
FACE Chair Rachael Wright
May 05, 2017 Issue 19
www.endeavourptsa.org
Do YOU have what it takes to take on a leadership role in the
PTSA? Answer: Yes you do! We need you! The PTSA cannot continue to do the work it does without a full board and standing chair roles filled. The following are elected
PTSA Board positions that still need to be filled:
President (must have) Co-VP Communications
Co-VP Volunteers In addition, we need to fill the following (not elected) standing
chair positions:
Advocacy Family and Community Engagement (FACE)
Issaquah Schools Foundation (ISF) Room Parent
What happens without a functioning PTSA? We risk losing essential programs: Art Docent, Science Fair, Art Walk, Culture
Night, Popcorn Fridays, Walkathon, Robotics, Math Club, Spooky Spaghetti, Eager Reader and much, much more! Come be a part
of the wonderful team that makes these things come to life!
Email [email protected] for more information
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Volunteers Needed For Art Walk
Endeavour Art Walk is a fun family event with lots of Art, Music and FREE ICE CREAM!!! To run it smoothly we need your help. Please
signup to volunteer here.
Endeavour Art Walk
Come and enjoy an Endeavour tradition!
Art Walk is a wonderful evening of your Children’s art on display!
This a fabulous family event. In addition to class displays, this year’s event will include
creating hands-on art projects, guest artists, musical performances and FREE Ice Cream
Sundaes!
Also ride the shuttle from PCMS and get a
ticket for a raffle prize.
Wednesday, May 17th 6:00-8:00 p.m. Shuttle Starts 5:30 Shuttle Ends 8:15
Open Chair Positions for 2017-18
We are looking to fill the following open chair positions for the next school year. Please
email [email protected] if you or anyone you know is interested in taking it
on. It’s a fun way to get involved and makes a huge difference to our kids.
Back to School BUS Ambassador
Destination Imagination
Emergency Preparedness
Geography Bee
Holiday Gift Drive
Summer Kinder Playdates
Lost & Found
Movie Nights
Parent Education
Event Parking & Shuttle Bus
Robotics Club
Spelling Bee
VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Huge Thanks to our Popcorn Friday Chairs Dave Keith and Marmar Wright. They put a big pop into the first
Friday of every month.
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Spotlight on: Discover Art
Discover ART is the engaging, fun & easy to use Art Docent program sponsored by the Endeavour
Elementary PTSA. This curriculum was created eight years ago in partnership with Museo Art
Academy, thanks to an ambitious Art Docent, Stacy O'Daffer. She recognized the need for
more structure so that ANYONE who had the time and interest could be an Art Docent, not
only those with artistic backgrounds or skills. A grant from the Issaquah Schools Foundation was
also crucial to making this wonderful program a
reality.
From Painting and Drawing, to Ceramic and Glass (fired in a kiln on-site), to Printmaking, to varieties of mixed media; your children are exposed to art in a meaningful and fun way.
In addition to different media, your children learn about artistic concepts like line, texture, color, form, etc. (Some of us Art Docent's learn too!)
Discover Art by the numbers:
* 54 Art Docents volunteer in 31 classrooms * 5-7 projects per classroom per year (totaling over 180 projects)
* Approximately 1 ton of clay and 5 gallons of glaze used in ceramic projects each year
* Glass projects use enough glass to fill a large picture window * ~100 kiln firings for glass and clay each year
* 100% funded by your PTSA and 100% supported by volunteers * Over $4300 raised with classroom projects in this year's Auction
Discover Art is just one of the many ways in which Membership Matters. If you haven't yet joined the PTSA, you still can -- Plus, your Washington State PTSA benefits won't expire
until October so you can still get the summer's worth out of them! Also, look out for the opportunity to volunteer next year -- being an Art Docent is an extremely satisfying way
to contribute to your child's classroom.
Let's put a big shout out to the behind the scenes crew: Geneva Tracy, who's been
involved in the program for years and lead the team this year to make some major changes to bring in some excitement ; Kathy Pelham who tirelessly loads/unloads and
fires all the clay and glass in the kiln, keeps us stocked in glaze and clay and cool tools to do this work; Janet Bien and Heather Morrow who keep the supply room stocked and
organized, and Sunshine Kragh who runs the Art Walk (coming up on May 17th - see details above in Art Walk section). Thanks to ALL!
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ParentWiser News
Join our book discussion on the national best-selling book "The Gift of Failure" by Jessica Lahey. Read a copy in advance if you can, and come exchange ideas on how together we can implement a cultural change in raising resilient, self-motivated kids. Author Jessica Lahey talked to parents about her research and advice on April 25th in the Issaquah school district. Whether you attended her talk or not, you can participate in this debrief discussion to provide insight on our own local society to enable all ages of kids
(and parents?) to learn, grow, and succeed from their mistakes. Join us on May 22nd at 7pm in Cafe 1910 at
Swedish Issaquah. See you then!
For these and other events, check out: http://ParentWiser.org
ParentWiser events are free to Issaquah PTA/PTSA members
Spring is here! It's a great time to wash your car and support Endeavour! We have Brown
Bear Car Wash tickets for sale for $6 each. It's for the Beary Clean tunnel car wash (value $8).
Contact Alison Keith to purchase tickets: [email protected]
Do you shop at PCC? There is an easy way to
support the Endeavour PTSA while shopping for your favorite natural foods! Purchase a PCC
Scrip card already loaded with $25. Use it each time you shop. Every time you reload it ($50
minimum), PCC will donate 5% to Endeavour PTSA. Contact Alison Keith to
purchase : [email protected]
It's time for our final Box Tops contest of the
year and it's a good one! The top class K-2 will get to silly string our custodian, Randy at field
day while the top class 3-5 will get to silly string our Principal, Mrs. Sivadasan! Bring in
those Box Tops and put them in the mailbox in the front hall.
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Come out to Safeco Field on Saturday June 3rd at 7:10pm with Endeavour
Elementary and enjoy some Major League Baseball action!
Special group seating has been reserved and is available for you to purchase online. Nelson Cruz bobbleheads for the first 20,000 fans!
$13 View Level seats Buy Tickets at Mariners.com/Schools Password: Jaguars Deadline to purchase tickets: Friday, June 2 – 5:00 p.m.
Please contact Meghan Harden at [email protected] with questions.
Parents save up to 40% on school
supplies from EPI. We are excited to be
starting our school supply pack sale
soon on May 8th, 2017. This is also a
great fundraiser for our PTSA. Look for
details in your child’s take home folder
and online on the PTSA
website www.endeavourptsa.org.
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ENDEAVOUR MATH CLUB
Endeavour Elementary 4th grade team was ranked 9th
at the regional “math is cool” competition last week
and has been invited to the Master’s Competition in
Moses Lake at the end of May.
Endeavour Elementary 5th grade team was
ranked 11th at the regional “Math is cool”
competition and also has been invited to the
Master’s competition in Moses lake on May
20th.
Congratulation to all the kids who participated and Good luck for the next
level!!!
FOOD OF THE MONTH
Fun Fact for Food of the Month for May: Strawberry
In parts of Bavaria, country folk still practice the annual rite each spring of tying small baskets of wild strawberries to the horns of their cattle as an offering to elves. They believe that the elves, are passionately
fond of strawberries, will help to produce healthy calves and an abundance of milk in return.
For more fun facts and recipes visit Food of the Month - Endeavour Families FB page!
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Have you ordered an Endeavour Yearbook?
2016-2017 Yearbooks are on sale now. If you’re not sure if you’ve already ordered one, go to the Endeavour PTSA website and select “My Account” on the left side of the page.
Log in to your account and under “Orders”, you’ll find all your purchases for the year. Guarantee a yearbook with a Yearbook Pre-order now. The cost is $25. Only a limited
supply will be available for purchase at the end of the year.
Endeavour Gardens
It's planting time in the school garden! Thanks to Ms. Haines'
Kindergartners for sowing pumpkin seeds, Ms. Mohney’s 5th graders for
planting beats and radishes, and Ms. Nack's fourth graders for sowing
greens.
WSPTA Convention
Last weekend, four of your PTSA Leadership Team, Ana Gentilini, Meredith King, Joanna Moore and Lisa Peppin attended the Washington State PTA Convention in SeaTac. At the convention, bylaw changes were presented and voted on, new state leadership was elected, and various groups and individuals were recognized for their contributions. We also gathered information from relevant vendors and attended classes on various subjects including: strategic planning, leadership styles, organization, membership, and even on how to create readable newsletters! It was fun and educational -- and you don't need to be a Board Member to attend, so look out for it next year!
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Helpful Links:
Endeavour PTSA Website
PTSA Calendar
Past Issues of Jaguar Print
Endeavour Elementary School Website
Principal’s Corner
To unsubscribe, please reply with “unsubscribe” to [email protected].
May 5 -- Popcorn Friday (volunteers needed)
May 17 -- Art Walk!, E-Kids Meeting
May 29 – NO SCHOOL (Memorial Day)
Jun 02 – Popcorn Friday
Jun 06 – Banking Day
Jun 07 – Field Day!
Full PTSA Calendar
Did you know that every Friday is Spirit Wear
Friday? Wear your favorite team’s jersey or your
Endeavour Spirit Wear and show your school pride.
Popcorn Fridays Need YOU!
We need parent volunteers for the second shift in June, 12:30 – 2:00. Just head to the Endeavour
PTSA website to sign up and be the most popular person on campus.
.You can still help!
There are still opportunities to help. Events like Popcorn Fridays, Art Walk and Field Day need
volunteers. You can find something that meets your skills and availability!
See what works for you at the Endeavour PTSA website
WSPTA BENEFIT SPOTLIGHTS
Great Wolf Lodge - Additional 10% Discount Now - July 6; book by May 19 Use your exclusive WSPTA discount code at ANY Great Wolf Lodge location and receive up to 40% off! Look for details in your email from WSPTA. Cirque du Soleil LUZIA Now - May 21 Treat an extraordinary woman with tickets to LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil. Take your mom on a surrealistic journey filled with grand visuals, wonders, playfulness and breathtaking acrobatics.
Buy now and enjoy a special limited time 20% offer. Offer applicable on select price levels and select shows. Cannot be combines with any other offer. No exchanges or refund. While quantities last. Offer ends May 14 at 11:59pm.
