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THE INFORMER
April 25, 2017
IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES
4/25 - LWPTSA Resource Fair Free Event
5/1-5 - Staff Appreciation Week
5/3 - 3:30pm Wednesday release (no early release)
5/5 - Mariners Baseball Family Night
5/9 - Backpack Awareness Day Workshop
5/18 - Art Walk and Spaghetti Dinner 6:30-8:30pm
Dear <<First Name>>,
The Annual Community Resource Fair is TONIGHT, Tuesday April 25th from 7:00 - 8:30pm at
the Lake Washington School District Resource Center (16250 NE 74th Street,
Redmond). Parents, care givers, families and educators are invited to come and meet vendors
offering after school, summer, and other recreational activities or services to children with
special needs and their families. Children welcome and the event is free. For more information
please contact [email protected].
Make it a fantastic week!
Jym McMurdo, PTSA Co-President
ART WALK AND SPAGHETTI DINNER
Save the Date!
Please join us for an evening of art, creative expression and dinner as we celebrate our annual
Art Walk! Mark your calendar for Thursday, May 18 from 6:30-8:30pm. Dinner will take place in
The Commons. Then before or after dinner, plan to participate with the finishing touches of an
outdoor Community Art Installation piece of wonderful weaving, as well as stroll the school
hallways for an all-school art exhibit proudly put together by our students and teachers. May is
Arts Education Month. Celebrate with us!
Volunteers are needed for the days leading up to Art Walk with the installation art piece during
lunch recesses (Monday thru Thursday, shifts from 11:45-2:15 p.m.) and with the Spaghetti
Dinner set-up, serving and clean-up. If you'd like to help, please go to this link on SignUp.com
and confirm your shift: http://signup.com/go/AHqiIeA
Dinner tickets will be pre-sale only. More information on how to purchase and the cost of
tickets will be available later this week.
Questions about the event may be directed to Kelly Lie, [email protected]. We hope to see
you there!
FOURTH GRADE CATALOG FUNDRAISER
Need to do a little Spring organizing? Running low on gift wrap? Looking for a new beach mat
or weekend bag? Our 4th graders are doing a catalog fundraiser with lots of great items
including tote bags, accessories, kitchen gadgets, gift wrap and more! All profits (40% on all
online sales and 45% on all catalog sales!) will help fund their Outdoor Education experience at
Islandwood next year.
You can place a catalog order with one of our 4th graders for delivery to school with no
shipping cost - but hurry, as TODAY IS THE LAST DAY! Also, anyone can order online to ship
direct within the US, with free shipping on orders $75+. Talk to a 4th grade family for more
info. Although today is the last day to place a catalog order, online ordering will be available
through June. Spread the word and shop to support Outdoor Ed!
Link to online ordering: www.mixedbagdesigns.com/?fundraiserid=669815
4th Grade families: Please turn in order forms and money from catalog sales to your classroom
teacher Wednesday, April 26th.
Questions? Please contact Catherine Hauck at [email protected].
ORDER YEARBOOKS NOW
Order your yearbook TODAY!
Go to ybpay.lifetouch.com
Use the Sandburg/DCS Code: ID code is 1569317
Sales end 4/28!
Any Questions: Contact Renee at [email protected]
VOLUNTEER AWARDS
It's that time of year again! Nominate your favorite volunteer for PTSA Awards!
Carl Sandburg is a wonderful community in large part because of our devoted volunteers and
staff working to create the magic we see every day in our school. Each year,
the PTSA recognizes the most outstanding individuals for their efforts, but we need your help
to make this happen! Now is the time to submit your nominations for the 2016-
2017 PTSA Awards. If you know of an outstanding teacher, incredible child advocate, or
fabulous volunteer who has devoted time and energy towards out community, please take the
time to fill out an awards nomination form (also available in the office) and return it by kidmail,
to the front office, or via email to: [email protected] no later than May 8th. Please
put Award Nomination in subject line.
PTSA Award Nomination 2016/2017
ENRICHMENT UPDATE
Spring Enrichment has started! There are a couple of updates to note:
Drama: Goofs and Giggles- class was cancelled due to low enrollment!
SCHOOL PLAY: One more spot just opened up. If you know someone who is interested, contact
Jess Cook at [email protected]
ALUMNI STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
Carl Sandburg/DCS PTSA is awarding two $1000 scholarships to students who
graduated from Carl Sandburg Elementary or Discovery Community School and are
currently GRADUATING SENIORS from the Lake Washington School District. The
deadline to apply for this scholarship is Friday, May 19, 2017. Please help us get the
word out by providing copies of the attached scholarship application to interested and
qualified students at your school. The application will also be posted on Carl
Sandburg's website
athttp://Sandburgdcs.ourschoolpages.com/Doc/AlumniScholarship/scholarshipapp2
017.docx.
Please note all students who graduated from Carl Sandburg Elementary or Discovery
Community School are eligible to apply for the scholarships with the following
exceptions:
Pull-out Quest students are eligible only if Sandburg was the student's home
school
Sandburg/DCS students who elected to attend full-time Quest are not eligible.
The full-time Quest school location becomes the student's home school
according to the LWSD guidelines.
Sandburg/DCS students who left Sandburg after the 5th grade to attend
Choice schools within the LWSD are still eligible for the scholarship program.
Thank you for your help in informing eligible students of this scholarship opportunity!
Sandburg/DCS Alumni Scholarship Committee
PTSA NOMINATIONS
FINAL REPORT: Sandburg/DCS PTSA Nominating Committee
The following candidates are recommended to serve the Carl Sandburg PTSA for the 2017-
2018 term beginning 7/1/17 through 6/30/18:
President: Shannon Kruger
Secretary: Carly Buwalda
Treasurer (Banking): Serenity Gray
Treasurer (Reporting):
VP Community: Kelly Wasdin
VP Enrichment:
VP Outreach:
The nominees have been presented to you through recommendations and review by the 2017-
2017 nominating committee.
Kristen Dorwin, Carly Oberg, Megan Hullinger
The 2017-2018 PTSA Board will be elected at the PTSA General Meeting on May 11th.
Additional candidates may be nominated from the floor, as long as they meet PTSA
membership requirements. Please contact Kristen Dorwin([email protected]) if you are
interested in learning more.
BOXTOPS
Congratulations to Ms. Addison's 1st grade class for submitting the most Box Tops for
March. They win a class popcorn party! Class member Maëlle C. will receive a small prize for
being the top Box Top contributor.
We want to make it easy. Box Tops can be submitted by either affixing them to the collection
form or by sending them in an envelope or Ziploc bag. Either way, each Box Top earns $0.10
for our school. Please remember to include your child's and teacher's name when submitting,
and also check for expiration dates. The collection form can be found on the PTSA Easy
Fundraising page. http://sandburgdcs.ourschoolpages.com/Page/Pta/Easy%20Money.
Questions please contact Tonya Peeler - [email protected]
HERBICIDE FREE THANKS
Thank you to everyone who came out to help clean up trash & pull weeds to support our
Herbicide Free school grounds program this weekend!
If you are interested in adopting a part of our school grounds for weeding, please pm Christi
Damico at [email protected]
Green Tip of the Week: Energy Conservation
It's a simple thing to do: shut off the lights when you leave a room -- save money, save
energy! Good habits start early: remind your kids!
SNOW MAKE UP DAYS
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) will make up three snow days by extending the school
year by two days, and by changing four previously scheduled Wednesday early-release days, to
full days.
The last day of school, a half day, will move from June 21 to June 23. To make up the third
snow day, the following early-release Wednesdays will now be regular FULL school days:
May 3
May 31
June 21 and June 22 will now be full school days for students. June 21 will not be an early
release day. June 23 will be the last day of school. It will be a half day for students and a full
day for staff.
For up to date schedule information, you can refer to the LWSD Tandem Calendar
at http://www.lwsd.org/About/Pages/District-Calendar.aspx
BACKPACK AWARENESS DAY WORKSHOP
Come to the Backpack Awareness Day Workshop and learn how you can bring Backpack
Awareness Day to your school. Grassroots advocacy, the kind we do in our PTSAs, is advocacy
that starts at home and in our schools, and then spreads because of the many hands that join
in across our district. Kirkland Middle School started their own Backpack Awareness Day event
based on the National AOTA event. Now their team is sharing their how-to with all of our PTSAs
to make it easy for other schools to do the same thing in their own communities.
Come learn more at the Backpack Awareness Day Workshop!
When: Tuesday, May 9th, 10am-11:30am
Where: Redmond Library Conference Room (15990 NE 85th St., Redmond, WA)
RSVP: Include your school name and the number of attendees and
email [email protected]
Questions: Call Janis at 206-850-1193
INFORMER SUBMISSIONS
The PTSA Informer Newletter is distributed at 12:00pm on Tuesdays.
Deadline for all submissions is each Sunday at 8:00pm. *If there is no school on a Monday, the
deadline and distribution are moved up to Monday/Wednesday.
Volunteers Genevieve Boyles, Tracie Wilhelm and Debra Norby will be producing the 2016-
17 Informer. All submissions are subject to edits for clarification and spacial purposes.
Email submissions to [email protected].
IMPORTANT LINKS:
Sandburg LWSD Website
DCS LWSD Website
PTSA Website
On Facebook
Informer Archive
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