Laura Ingalls Wilder PTSA
School year 2006-2007

Calendar of Events

September 14, 2006

 

 

Wilder website: http://schools.lwsd.org/Wilder/

WA State PTSA:  http://www.wastatepta.org

 

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Table of Contents

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

FORMS

 

MAJOR EVENTS

 


 

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

 

Thu Sep 14

PTSA Board of Directors Meeting  (Art Portable) Everyone is welcome!

Curriculum Night for 4th and 5th grades*

Mr. Pollock’s presentation (Commons)

9:30 am

6-6:45 pm

7 :00-7:30 pm

Fri Sep 15

Rosa Parks Elementary Aloha Event!   Welcome night!  Wilder families invited*

5:30-8:30

Mon Sep 18

Cub Scouts Recruitment Night (Commons)

7:00 pm

Tue Sep 19

Math Adventures Leader/Helper Meeting (Y-Portable, the former music portable))

Kindergarten Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

First Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

9:15-10:30 am

 

9:30-12:00 pm

12:30-3:00 pm

Wed Sep 20

Early Release

AM Kinders

Fourth Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

ADAD-A Dad A Day Pizza Night-CANCELLED

2:00 pm

10:55 am

9:30-12:00 pm

Thu Sep 21

Orientation and Training Dates for Classic Books (Room 111)

Second Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

Third Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

Girl Scout Recruitment Night  (Library)

9:05-11:30 am

9:30-12:00 pm

12:30-3:00 pm

6:30-8:30 pm

Fri Sep 22

Orientation and Training Dates for Classic Books (Room 111)

Fifth Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

Sixth Grade Art Docent Training (Art Portable)

Wilder Back to School event/Raise the Torch Culmination Luau

9:05-11:30 am

9:30-12:00 pm

12:30-3:00 pm

5:30-8:00 pm

Wed Sep 27

Early Release

AM Kinders

Math Olympiad Mandatory Meeting (Library)

2:00 pm

10:55 am

7:00-7:30 pm

Thu Sep 28

Cub Scouts Pack Meeting (Gym)

7:00 pm

Fri Sep 29

Individual and Class Pictures (Gym)

All Day

Wed Oct4

Early Release

AM Kinders

2:00 pm

10:55 am

Tue Oct 10

Skate King

4:00 pm

Wed Oct 11

Early Release

AM Kinders

2:00 pm

10:55 am

Thu Oct 12

PTSA Board of Directors Meeting  (Art Portable) Everyone is welcome!

9:30 am

Wed Oct 18

Early Release

AM Kinders

2:00 pm

10:55 am

Tue Oct 24

Kindergarten Field Trip to Remlinger Farms

10:30 am

Wed Oct 25

Early Release

AM Kinders

2:00 pm

10:55 am

Fri Oct 27

NO SCHOOl: LEAP DAY

 

 

 

Information in italics is new this week.

* Asterisk indicates additional information in packet.

 

WEEKLY MORNING & AFTERNOON ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS

Class

Day

Location

Time

Upcoming Dates

Intermediate Chess

Mondays

Commons

8:00– 8:50 am

Starts 9/18, 9/25

Debate 3-4

Tuesdays

Portable 4*

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/19, 9/26

Debate 5-6

Wednesdays

Portable 4*

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/20, 9/27

Math 3-4

Thursdays

Portable 4*

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/21, 9/28

Novice Chess

Fridays

Commons

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/22, 9/29

Spanish KG & 1st gr.

Mon & Wed

Room 111*

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/18,9/20,9/25,9/27

Spanish 2nd and 3rd

Tue & Thu

Room 111*

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/19

Spanish  4th,5th & 6th  gr.

Tue & Thu

Commons

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/19

French KG, 1st, & 2nd gr.

Mon & Wed

Art Portable 1

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/18

French 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th gr.

Tue & Thu

Art Portable 1

8:00 -8:50 am

Starts 9/19

Mandarin Chinese

Wednesdays

Commons

8:00-8:50 am

Starts 9/20

The morning enrichment classes for the Fall session begin next week.  All participants have been notified of the enrichment lottery results by class leaders and can be viewed on the Wilder website.  Payment for the classes should be made to Wilder PTSA before the classes begin.  *Portable 4 is behind the Art/Watershed/PTSA portable (aka Portable 1).  Room 111 is the Communication room across from the Plum Creek Pod room. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Early Release Wednesdays 

Hopefully, all families have received their new 2006.07 school calendars by now. If you have not received one yet, it should be in the mail soon. Please note that all Wednesdays our students will end their school day at 2:00 p.m. unless otherwise stated. AM kinders will be dismissed at 10:55 a.m.

 

Safe Arrival line 

Please call 425.556.9792 for all absences and late arrivals. We do our best to insure the safety of our students. If a student is absent or late without notification, a parent volunteer will contact you to find out about your child. If you email the teacher regarding upcoming absences or late arrivals, please include both Kathy Conrad (kconrad@lwsd.org) and me, Ann Yasui (ayasui@lwsd.org) in your correspondence. Thank you for your cooperation.

 

School visitations 

All visitors to the school must stop at the main office to sign in and pick up a visitors badge. This is for the safety of our students.

 

New volunteer procedures to keep kids safe

Thousands of parent and community volunteers serve in Lake Washington School District every year. The work that volunteers do is valuable and rewarding for our students and staff, as well as volunteers. It is especially important that the volunteer program provides the highest level of safety possible for students, staff, and volunteers. It has been a standard procedure to track and screen all new volunteer applicants through volunteer applications and background checks. This year, there are a few changes to the process to ensure an even higher level of safety.

 

The first change is that applicants must be approved by the district before they can begin their service.

Please allow at least two weeks for approval because of the anticipated volume. Apply now if you think you might volunteer at some point during the school year. It’s best to get your approval early so you’ll be ready for any last minute field trips or unexpected tasks that might come up. Also, volunteer applicants now must submit a copy of their driver’s license or other legal photo identification that includes their date of birth. Schools can make a copy of the driver’s license and submit it with the completed volunteer forms.

 

The second and most significant change is that the district is now required by law to re-screen volunteers every two years. 

This means that all volunteers who applied prior to last school year (2005-2006) must reapply this year. If you don’t remember when you initially applied to volunteer, it’s a good idea to reapply. You can get an application from any school or on the district’s Web site at www.lwsd.org.

 

Finally, volunteers who lead programs during non-school hours will be required to undergo a higher level of screening this year. 

This process will cover those who run before and after-school programs and clubs. If you are one of these volunteers, you will receive more specific information on what you will need to do.

 

PTSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING

Please join us on Thursday, September 14th at 9:30 am in Portable 1 (the Art Portable) for our first PTSA Board of Directors Meeting of the new school year.  You do not need to be a board member to attend.  Everyone is welcome!  The PTSA Board of Directors meets on the second Thursday of each month.  Feel free to join us anytime.

 

Parent Organizer/Weekly Calendar Information

To submit a notice to Parent Organizer or the weekly calendar, fill out the form located on the Wilder PTSA web site (http://www.wilderptsa.org/parentorganizer.htm) and send it to wilderptsa@hotmail.com. Submissions received by 9:00 pm on Tuesday will be included in the current week’s calendar on Parent Organizer.  All PTSA announcements to be included in the Thursday Parent Organizer must be approved by either Joy Arnquist or one of the Co-Presidents (Ginger Clough or Linda Brady). Non-PTSA groups must have their flyers approved by the Lake Washington School District. For questions about Parent Organizer and the Wilder website, please contact Barry Shaw at barrys@halcyon.com or Joy Arnquist at joy@arnquist.net.

 

Rosa Parks Aloha Night  September 15th @ 5:30-8:30 p.m.

All Wilder families invited.  Get a tour of the new school!  There will be games in each room of the school for kids to participate in and to connect with our sister school.