February 2010
In this issue….
Membership Update and Benefits
Volunteers for Issaquah Schools (VIS)
Please join us for our next IH PTSA meeting Friday, February 12, 9:30 AM, room C-5 (Career Center).
Membership
Update and Benefits
The Issaquah High PTSA
is now 1,055 members strong although our goal is to reach 100% membership,
which means we need to reach at least 1,275 members. One benefit of
membership is receiving one student directory per membership. Directories
are still available if you would like to join, click here for our membership form. If you would like to receive a National
PTA membership card please contact Karen Knitter at mindydog3@comcast.net.
Read on for yet another PTSA Member benefit!
As part of a National PTA benefit program, T-Mobile offers 14% off
monthly recurring cell phone charges (BOEING offers their employees 15%).
Both offer non-recurring charge benefits in which activation charges may
be waived.
If you are a family or individual PTSA member, you can call T-mobile
to request the 14% discount affiliated with the WA State PTA. The
user/member that is named on the cell phone account must make the call.
Here is the information you will need:
1) Issaquah High PTSA’s unit ID number: 2.6.45
2) The telephone number
of the State PTA to verify your membership: 800-562-3804
3) Your PTSA member
number. If you don’t know your number, contact IH PTSA Membership Chair,
Karen Knitter at mindydog3@comcast.net.
The discount stays in effect for as long as you are a PTA member and
the PTA has the affiliation with T-mobile! For BOEING, a 15% discount
applies (the employee needs to be the main mobile number on the account to
qualify for the discount).
Do the math…. what is 14% of your monthly cell phone bill? I
calculated that our family should receive a discount of approximately $20 per
month. If you consider that a yearly family membership is $24
and individual is $16, that is quite a benefit!
The Issaquah High Site
Council is comprised of staff, parents, students, and community representatives
who meet to address issues that impact student learning. Areas in which we are
focusing our efforts this year include monitoring progress of the Optimal High
School Experience task force, the School construction project, preparing for
transition into the new buildings and the return of freshman to our campus. The
next meeting is scheduled for March 24th at 2:30 pm. Karin Allen is the PTSA liaison. Please contact
her at kallen@allenmarketing.com
if you have any issues you'd like her to raise on behalf of the PTSA community.
Volunteers for Issaquah Schools Update
Vote NOW and vote
YES!
Ballots for the Issaquah School District Levy were
mailed to all registered voters between Jan. 18th and 20th.
VIS will be out in force with parents and School District
staff waving signs and making phone calls to remind people to vote. When you see those signs and receive
that call, be sure to show your support.
We need 9908 YES votes
on all 3 levies for the February 9th ballot – make sure yours
is on all of them!
X Yes ___No M & O: Basic general classroom and operational needs –
teachers and classified staff
X Yes ___No Capital: Technology and critical repairs
X Yes ___No Transportation: 41 new safe, clean, and efficient buses
These are renewal levies and WILL NOT raise your
taxes. They will renew existing
and expiring levies. When these
levies pass, the average homeowner will pay the same or lower school taxes for
the next 4 years.
To help with this campaign, please go to www.visvote.org to donate and/or sign up to volunteer.
SAT Prep classes (6 weeks of classes - none mid-winter break) will be offered starting
the week of Feb. 1. It is not too late to sign up. We have lots of
space in the late classes (5:00 - 7:00). Math classes will be offered on
Mondays and Verbal Classes will be offered on Thursdays. They will be
taught by Ms. Crain (math) and Ms. Jarvinen and Ms. Dean (verbal). There
will be two classes offered for each subject - early class 2:45 - 4:45 and late
class 5:00 - 7:00. The PTSA website has online registration. See www.issaquahhighptsa.org for more information.
Mock ACT exam: These are a great opportunity to try out the ACT exams without
the worry of colleges seeing your test scores. These tests are
administered by Kaplan and are a chance to be exposed to the test material and
test time constraints. The exams are conveniently offered here at school.
The Mock ACT exam is to be offered Saturday,
February 6, 2010. Online registration is available on the website.
A take home option is also available.
Call Blythe Meigs (425) 401-1508 or e-mail at SATreadyihs@hotmail.com if you have questions.
We’d like your input.... Every year the PTSA honors people who have
given exemplary volunteer service to children and youth in our school community
by awarding the Golden Acorn Award. We also
recognize individuals for their on-going advocacy work on issues concerning
children by awarding the Outstanding Advocate Award. We need
your help in gathering nominations. Please submit forms to Lisa Westover
at gbwestover@comcast.net by February 5,
2010. Both forms can be found at www.issaquahhighptsa.org under forms, or click on the links to the
awards mentioned above.
Seniors – don’t forget to register for the Senior All Night
Grad Party! We have reopened registration so that no one misses out on this
amazing night after graduation. We will extend the deadline for another
month. Click on the link below to sign up. http://www.issaquahhighptsa.org/Forms/Senior%20Celebration%20Registration-Release.pdf
Junior Parents – we are looking for a volunteer that would like to coordinate
the 2011 Senior All Night Party. This is an amazing event that is put on
by a senior events company and they do most of the work! We need a person
that would be willing to work with the company and coordinate with the school
and kids. Please contact Colleen Volk at ncvolk@comast.net to find out
more.
Three Parent Education courses that may be of
interest are coming up in March:
“Parenting the Digital Child”
Tuesday, March 2, 7-8:30 pm, Beaver Lake Middle
School
“Taking the Stress Out of Parenting and Building Great Relationships
with Your Children”
Thursday, March 4, 6:30-8 pm, Apollo Elementary
School
“Battling Bullies Today”
Monday, March 15, 7-8:30 pm, Clark Elementary
For more information on these and other Parent Ed
Seminars, go to http://www.issaquahptsa.org/parented/
On January 6, the District held its Reflections
Reception and Gallery Night.
Over 500 people attended to see the best of the
arts in our district, which will send 51 finalists on to the Washington state-level
competition.
The IHS finalists are:
Brian Carey for Photography
Phillip Logan for Photography
Emily Repp for Literature
Congratulations and best of luck to you!
Wendy Logan,
IH PTSA Reflections Chair
ASB and JSA are Rocking the Vote by having voter registration available to all 18-year-old students every
Wednesday morning from 8:30-9:20 and during 1st and 2nd lunch during the month
of February. Students can register on-line and then ASB mails in their
information.
ASB Varsity Sports Calendars are still on sale
in the ASB Bookkeeper’s office!
Calendars are now only $5 and feature all Issy sports!
TOLO is coming…
TOLO Week: March 8th-12th
TOLO Dance: March 13th from 8:00 -11:00 pm at the Meydenbauer in Bellevue
Students of the Month for December for Time
Management:
Seniors: Aron Suh & Nicole Arend
Juniors: Nicholas Donwen & Becky Rex
Sophomores: Austin Abbott
& Katherine Anderson
that of our 1,384 students,
133 are Running Start students,
18 are new students,
8 are NEVAC students,
1 student is here
for orchestra only,
and 87 students (including PCFC) participate in ROTC?