The new ITK is available at intlschool.org/itk.

Monday Nov 14: forms due for speech & hearing screening. Click here for info & form.

Monday Nov 14 & Tuesday Nov 15: Meet Head Search Candidate Robert Woods (last one!)
See his and all candidates’ resumes at intlschool.org/newhead - use the All-Parent password

• Monday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum (Gym). Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare (for TIS students and siblings age 3+).
• Tuesday 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
• Tuesday 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (Gym)

Tuesday Nov 15, 3:15pm: Parent-Teacher conferences – advance sign-up required.

Thursday Nov 17, 6:30pm: Campus Master Plan presentation in the gym. Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare (for TIS students and siblings age 3+).

Friday Nov 18: Speech & Hearing screening. Sign-up by Nov 14.
7:45-8:30am: SCRIP sale outside Stearns Hall

Saturday, Nov 19, 5:00pm: TIS auction – buy tickets by Mon Nov 14. intlschool.org/auction

Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Nov 21-23: Full days of school
Thursday & Friday Nov 24: No school – Thanksgiving

Monday, November 28: Scholastic Book orders due – click here for details.

Friday, December 2: Winter Festival at the Gerding Theater at the Armory
All shows will be professionally recorded and edited. You will be able to purchase DVDs from TIS receptionists (starting next week) and at the show. Volunteers needed to help with the TIS Spirit Wear sale at the show – contact marketing@Intlschool.org.

• Show 1 - 9 to 10am: PreK & LowK with special guest performances by Maria’s 4th grade, Hong’s 5th grade, and Masami’s 2nd/3rd grade
• Show 2 - 11:30am to 12:30pm: Kinder & 1st grade with special guest performances by Wen’s 5th grade, Constanza’s 5th grade, and Taka’s 4th/5th grade
• Show3 - 3-4:30pm: all 2nd through 5th grades including Mei’s older dance class

Sunday, December 4
Japanese Language Proficiency Test for 5th graders.

I hope you can all make it to the auction this coming Saturday night and bid at a level that is meaningful for you. The auction raises critical funds that help make our work possible for each and every child.

PLEASE, please do not park in the designated auction spaces next to the hilltop building and in front of Stearns Hall. These people very kindly and significantly supported our children’s learning by buying these spaces. Help me! And on a related note, if there are construction delays or such, please take a deep breath and DRIVE SLOWLY around campus.

I trust everyone had an illuminating parent teacher conference last Friday. As we adults meet and talk about our students, it is important for us to remember to include the student in the future plans to as great an extent as is possible given the age of the student. If not, we can end up running around in circles while the student stands stationary at the middle. And let’s remember that effort counts for a great deal. Let’s remember to commend genuine effort even when it does not immediately yield the results we would like.

Please do stop in to meet Head Candidate Robert Woods either today or tomorrow and welcome him to TIS from Moshi, Tanzania.

So here we are with the auction this week, Thanksgiving the next,  and Winter Festival right around the corner! Have a good week and see you at the corner,

Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, Head of School, AOrsini@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 x122 

The money we raise from this annual event enables us to purchase books and equipment and to offer teacher training, and means we can keep tuition at a lower level than most Independent Schools in our class! So please support the school with your presence.

Yi Guan and Sandy’s Chinese Pre-K art project
Exquisite black lacquer-effect three-panel screen decorated with photos of whimsical portraits made by the class using felt, buttons, beads and other objects.

Jossie & Abelid’s Spanish Low-K Art Project
Your kids will be over the moon when you bring this hand-made Puppet Theater home with you from the auction!

Taka’s Japanese 4th/5th Grade Art Project
A fused glass platter featuring Japanese carp and the phrase Ichi Go Ichi E (Once in a lifetime, this moment)

Thank you to everyone who worked on or contributed to a class project or basket!
Thank you to everyone who has donated! At this point we are no longer accepting donations.
Thank you to Reba Akin and Huma Pierce for coordinating both the class projects and the preview!

• Winter Festival December 2, details above
• Chinese New Year: January 27, morning, at the Gerding Theater
• Japanese Sakura Matsuri: February 17, morning, at University Place Hotel
• Latino Festival: June 1, morning, at the Gerding Theater

Linda Bonder, Marketing & Communications Director, marketing@Intlschool.org, 503-477-5231

First we have to thank once again Run for the Arts Leaders Joan Francis and Holly Levow as well as the many dedicated volunteers who helped out. Joan has managed RFA for some years now, and will be running it again with Holly next year. According to Joan, the preliminary total is $15,704.79! I love that total, not just because it is ginormous (a new word I learned from students) but because when there are cents involved it indicates people really reached down to contribute and support arts education. THANK YOU all for your contributions. And if you find the donation form under your sofa cushion or in the pocket of your coat, it is not too late to bring it in!

And here we are arriving at the auction, which promises to be a lovely event at the Art Museum this year. Buy tickets, invite friends, chip in and get super nanny to come and watch your kids! And please bring in your donation items. I’ll probably be wearing a reminder signboard this week . . .

Last Thursday at grade 1 and 2 assembly I shared a wonderful story called Sarah’s little Ghosts about guilt feelings when we don’t admit to something bad we have done. While it can be challenging to maintain the attention of over 100 six and seven year olds, it is remarkable to see that in this digital age, they can still be utterly transfixed by a good story! A couple of times I almost lost my place in reading when I noted the beautiful look of wonder on their faces.

And the school council has come up with a great idea for assemblies. They have asked that teachers share their experiences of growing up and going to school in their countries. I am looking forward to hearing these stories myself.

Teachers worked hard on assessment reports last Friday; I hope you had a chance or will have a chance to read my Friday communication about how assessment works. Please be sure to sign up for a teacher conference on 11/11 or 11/15 if you haven’t already (click here to sign up).

And speaking of learning milestones, congratulations to Chinese KG student Ahna who stopped at the corner last week to proudly show me that she had learned to whistle. The longer I work in this profession the more incredible it is to me that we learn not only language and calculus, but also how to speak, walk, eat solid food, and whistle.

See you at the corner,

Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, Head of School, AOrsini@intlschool.org, 503.226.2496 x 122
*Pacific Northwest Association of Independent Schools

Class project Preview Thurs Nov 10th, 3pm in the Gym. Come see great auction baskets and imaginative art projects!  Can you help set up at 1.30, or break down at 5pm?  Contact rebaakin@gmail.com

This is the last week for auction donations, so if you have a gift certificate or a cool experience you can procure, you can find donation forms at the front desks, or at inltschool.org/auction. Items can be dropped off at the front desks until Friday.

See below for details on this year’s Special Appeal: Alfonso’s Choice!

We would like every attending family to bring at least one non-TIS friend to the auction, and help break last year’s attendance record!

• Library and classroom resources: $30,000
• Technology: $25,000
• Faculty professional development: $20,000

If we surpass our $75,000 goal, extra funds will go toward Alfonso’s choice of the three areas supported by the appeal.

The Details
Library and classroom resources: $30,000
Alfonso has made library and classroom resources a Special Appeal priority for the past three years. This has had an enormous impact on our students. Alfonso and the teachers agree that we still need to build our International Baccalaureate (IB) program by investing in books and classroom resources.

With your help, this year’s Special Appeal will support inquiry-based learning for all students in all four of our languages. Focused on all our IB units of inquiry, the fund will purchase books and bookcases for a classroom-based library system to work together with our main library-based collection.

Alfonso envisions hiring people to write books in our track languages for certain topics where books in the target language don’t exist, are not age appropriate, or are too costly. (For example, it’s hard to find information on the US constitution written in Chinese, Japanese and Spanish for elementary school students.)

We will allocate approximately $25,000 for books and $5,000 for additional classroom resources.

Faculty Professional Development: $20,000

“By funding faculty professional growth, you can enhance the quality of your school more and with fewer dollars than by directing
comparable amounts of money to any other point in your budget of expenses.”
– Independent School Management Magazine

Alfonso prides himself on prudent financial management and making the most impact for students with every dollar spent. As stated by Independent School Management Magazine, faculty professional development is one of the best investments a school can make. There is a virtually unlimited supply of professional development opportunities that will not only help students, but will also increase teachers’ personal growth and job satisfaction.

By raising your paddle on November 19, you will fund professional development related to the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, teaching literacy skills, and developing rubrics to help students understand teacher expectations.

Consider:

• An IB Primary Years Programme workshop for 27 teachers, March 2-4 right here in Portland ($725 per person).
• When workshops are given in other cities, a few teachers could attend and become our resident experts training other teachers on that topic. ($1,500-$2,000 per person)
• Professional Development Day in-house training for all staff on topics such as assessment strategies and tools ($1,500 per day)

Technology: $25,000
Thanks to your support and Alfonso’s leadership, the school has made great technological strides in the past few years. Now we must
continue the journey, investing more for technology-based support of inquiry-based teaching and learning. Alfonso envisions:

• iPad listening stations for students to improve listening and comprehension skills and gain exposure to native speakers other than their teacher by listening to books, poems, music, plays and more.
• iPad applications that help students learn to write characters or letters with their fingers. The iPad provides immediate visual feedback that helps students self-correct. (20 iPads: $10,000)
• A permanent, reliable projection system caged into the gym ceiling to support assemblies, student presentations, guest speakers, parent meetings, and teacher professional development.
• Support and training for teachers to integrate technology into their lesson plans and communications.
• Improved connectivity infrastructure so that MacBooks and teacher computers connect to the internet without fail and frustration.

How to support the Special Appeal?
If you want to support the appeal and will be at the auction, raise your paddle proudly during the appeal.

Have you signed up for Parent-teacher conferences?  Click here to sign up now. 

All week this week: Auction item pick-up outside Stearns. Honk and we’ll come to your car!

Monday Oct 31
School Picture Retakes Posted Online- see separate e-mail with your password

Tuesday Nov 1 & Wednesday Nov 2: Meet Head Search Candidate Glenn Chapin
See his and all candidates’ resumes at intlschool.org/newhead - use the All-Parent password

• Tuesday 8-8:30 am: Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
• Tuesday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym. Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare.
• Wed 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
• Wed 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (Gym)

Wednesday Nov 2: Last Day to Order School Pictures! See separate e-mail with your password & instructions, or contact the agency: Phone (360.513.2589) or email (jenn@agencypictures.net)

Friday Nov 4: No school for students
9:15am: Gilkey Middle School tour for TIS families – click here for info & to RSVP

NEW! Saturday November 5, 9:00am-noon: Garden Work Party. More info below.

Monday Nov 7 & Tuesday Nov 8: Meet Head Search Candidate Peter Metzger
See his and all candidates’ resumes at intlschool.org/newhead - use the All-Parent password

• Monday 8-8:30 am: Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
• Monday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym. Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare.
• Tuesday 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
• Tuesday 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (Gym)

Tuesday Nov 8
* Deadline for donation of auction items including class donations
* 8:30am: Northwest Academy tour for TIS parents

Thursday Nov 10, 3-4:30pm: Auction Preview in the gym. Volunteers needed, contact rebaakin@gmail.com

Friday, Nov 11: No school for students
Parent-Teacher conferences - advance sign-up required. Click here to sign up. 

NEW! Saturday Nov 12: 9:00am-noon: Garden Work Party. More info below.

Monday Nov 14: forms due for speech & hearing screening. More info below.

Monday Nov 14 & Tuesday Nov 15: Meet Head Search Candidate Robert Woods
See his and all candidates’ resumes at intlschool.org/newhead - use the All-Parent password

• Monday 8-8:30 am: Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
• Monday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym. Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare.
• Tuesday 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
• Tuesday 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (Gym)

Tuesday Nov 15, 3:15pm: Parent-Teacher conferences – advance sign-up required. Click here to sign up.

Friday Nov 18: Speech & Hearing screening. Advance sign-up required. More info below.

Saturday, Nov 19, 5:00pm: TIS auction! Buy tickets and see all info at intlschool.org/auction.

Last week ended with the flourish of our annual fall costume parade. It was exciting to see so many princesses, ninjas (and yes a mutant ninja turtle here and there), Star Wars friends, Egyptian princesses, and even Sesame Street characters.

Please see the announcements about auction donations and tickets below and in the weeks ahead. As you know the auction is our largest fundraiser every year, and in addition to supporting operating costs, the money raised also supports purchase of resources, books, technology, and professional development for teachers and other staff.

You will also see below that Head candidate Glenn Chapin will be visiting tomorrow and Wednesday. PLease do make every effort to meet him on one of the occasions listed below. You can find his and the other candidates’ resumes at intlschool.org/newhead (use the All-Parent Password).

And can it be? It is already time for assessment report writing this Friday so there will be no school for students.

I will shortly be sharing with you an email about assessment and reporting, so I will cut short here and wish you a very positive and dry week. And Happy Halloween.

See you at the corner
Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, Head of School, AOrsini@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 x122

Tickets on sale now – click the button above or visit intlschool.org/auction. Reserve a table and invite some friends!

What kind of resources would help students with inquiry-based learning?

How does Alfonso want to help TIS teachers before he leaves?

This year’s special appeal, Alfonso’s Choice, answers these questions by addressing Alfonso’s educational priorities for TIS:

• Library and classroom resources: $30,000
• Technology: $25,000
• Faculty professional development: $20,000

If we surpass our $75,000 goal, extra funds will go toward Alfonso’s choice of the three areas supported by the appeal.

For more information, click here to download more information on the Special Appeal.

Donate in person at the live auction or click here to donate now. Your on-line donation will count toward the total raised!

To have your child screened, your form & payment is due to any TIS receptionist by Monday Nov 14. Please click here for the form (and more info).  Click here for more info on the PSU Speech & Hearing Sciences program.

Our subscription databases include World Book, OSLIS, Tumblebooks and Bookflix. On the library web site (intlschool.org/library), under “For Parents” – use the TIS All-Parent password to see “Passwords for Parents” for access to WorldBook & OSLIS.

WorldBook Online
The World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that includes encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites. “Read-Aloud” and “Translation’ abilities are located in the Tool Box found in the articles

Gale Databases/Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS) - (see the ITK e-mail for password info)

• OSLIS is a SAFE environment for kids to do Internet-based research.
• Quality licensed online databases are now accessible to all K-12 Oregon schools.
• There are a large variety of reliable information resources available at one location.
• Online tutorials and access to information resources help Oregon’s students learn.
• There are age appropriate articles with reading levels defined for K-12 (lexiles).
• Information skills practice provided by information literacy curriculum framework.
• It provides the resources to instruct students on citing work and how to research.
• Content is varied and includes a multitude of magazine, encyclopedia and newspaper resources.
• It provides the most current and constantly updated information.
• Access from home is available so students can do research at night and on weekends.
• Student achievement improves on the Oregon statewide assessment in schools where OSLIS is used.
• Informe (Spanish language database)
• Article translator

Tumblebooks
An online collection of animated, talking picture books. Available in English and Spanish.

BookFlix
An online literacy resource that pairs fictional video storybooks with related nonfiction eBooks. Available in English and Spanish.

I am always happy to hear your feedback!

Tamara Beecroft-Fornell, Librarian, library@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 ext. 102

Points earned with this program are very important to the school.  Points are used to purchase quality books, equipment, digital media, professional development materials and supplies.  Please take a moment to sift through the many Scholastic offerings in each catalog and you will find some fun reads, good literature and good deals.  I post recommendations on the library web page each month (under “For Parents”).  Orders placed in November should arrive in time for the December holidays!

Please let me know if you have any questions.
Tamara Beecroft-Fornell, Librarian, library@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 ext. 102

Please bring your pick-up card or stop by any receptionist for a pick-up pass.

We have had a few instances lately of parents getting angry with the teacher assistants (TAs) when asked for their pick-up cards or passes. We understand your frustration, but please know that the TAs are just trying to protect your kids. If you have an issue with the system, please discuss it with Alfonso or Maria Abad.

TIS Admin Staff

• Kidzlist.com
• Yellowpages.com
• The Savvy Source – a web site for preschool parents
• Portland CitySearch
• Greatschools.net
• Superpages.com
• DexKnows
• UrbanMamas
• Guidestar.com
• Portland Business Directory – preschools
• Portland Oregon Business Directory – elementary schools

Linda Bonder, Marketing & Communications Director, lbonder@intlschool.org, 503-477-5231

• Board embarks on projects for TIS’ future
• Graduate Profile: Khali Lanning ’02
• An IB Primer
• IB lessons connect kids to science
• Why PreK teachers wear mouse costumes

Monday, Oct 24
Run for the Arts collections due to any receptionist

Monday, Oct 24 & Tuesday, Oct 25
* Meet Head Search Candidate Don Fitzmahan (see his resume at intlschool.org/newhead. use the All-Parent password)
Monday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym. Reserve childcare at intlschool.org/childcare.
Tuesday 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
Tuesday 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (Gym)

Tuesday, Oct 25
* Picture retake day (must have requested the retake by Oct 21)

Thursday Oct 27
* 3:30pm: 5th grade parent meeting re: IB Exhibition (repeat of Oct 17 presentation in case you missed that one)

Friday, Oct 28
* 10:30am: Fall costume parade, all grades. Livestreamed at www.ustream.tv/channel/intlschool (use the All-Parent Password) (not at 10:20 as previously advertised)
* 7:30am: Stearns Hall SCRIP sale (every Friday)
* Scholastic Book orders due

Wednesday, Nov 2: Last Day to Order School Pictures!

Friday, Nov 4: No school for students
9:15am: Gilkey Middle School tour for TIS families – click here for info & to RSVP

Tuesday, Nov 8: Deadline for donation of auction items
8:30am: Northwest Academy tour for TIS parents – click here for info & to RSVP

Thursday, November 10, 3:00pm: Auction Preview in the gym!

Friday, November 11: No school for students
Parent-Teacher conferences (see sign-up links below)

We always share our co oo  oo kies
We wash behind our ears
We don’t play tag too roughly
We build nice things with legos

This coming Friday we will have our fall costume festival parade in Stearns hall . You will be able to tune into this delightful event via live streaming at www.ustream.tv/channel/intlschool (use the All-Parent password).  A caution that all grades PreK – 5 will be together. We older kids should try to make our costumes not too gruesome for the little ones. Also, no swords, guns, cave man clubs or ketchup encrusted knives please.

Our first wonderful Head Candidate Mr Don Fitzmahan is here visiting today and tomorrow. Tonight, you can attend the Candidate Presentation and Q and A. We have moved it down to Stearns hall to make it easier. And please rsvp for childcare if you need it. You can also say hello to Don  tomorrow morning from 7:45 to 8:20 in the staff break room (corner of modular 3 below the garden) . Or you can meet Don tomorrow afternoon from 2:00 to 2:45 in the gym. It is critical that we have widespread participation in the Head Search process. And we need to welcome these four terrific candidates.

Okay take care and see you at the corner,
Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, AOrsini@intlschool.org,  503-226-2496 x122

Tickets on sale now – click the button above or visit intlschool.org/auction. Reserve a table and invite some friends!

Find out now at the all-new TIS Art Program web site! Thank you, Julie!

• No weapons of any kind (that includes swords, light sabers, guns, sticks, or anything that looks like any of those)
• No gowns/dresses/capes that trail on the ground

Please also make sure that your child has clothes with which s/he can play in the playground.

On Monday, Oct 31 we will be pretending that it’s not actually Halloween so we can all get a good day of learning.

Monday, Oct 17 – TODAY
* School Pictures Posted Online – watch for a separate e-mail with your link & password
* 5:30pm: IB Exhibition meeting for 5th grade parents, Stearns Hall Rm 25, Childcare in Rm 26 (attend today or Oct 27)
* Arrive at 6:20pm: Middle School Options Night, Stearns Hall

• See presentations by Catlin Gabel School, Gilkey International Middle School, Northwest Academy, Oregon Episcopal School, Portland Jewish Academy, and Portland Public Schools (click here for summaries of schools & where TIS grads go)
• Attendees can rotate through four presentations, 15 minutes each, then return to school representatives to ask questions.

Tuesday, Oct 18 & Thursday Oct 20
* 7:45am: SCRIP sale at Arthur Campus

Thursday, Oct 20
* Japanese Sing and Play for prospective students (click here for more info)

Friday, Oct 21
* 9:00am-noon: Open house for prospective families. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! Please contact Jan at admissions@intlschool.org if you can help
* Last day to request school photo retakes (contact laurenh@intlschool.org to request a retake)

Monday, Oct 24
* NEW: Run for the Arts collections due

Monday, Oct 24 & Tuesday, October 25
* NEW Meet Head Search Candidate Don Fitzmahan - details at intlschool.org/newhead
Monday 8-8:30 am: Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
Monday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym target=”_blank”>intlschool.org/childcare)
Tuesday 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
Tuesday 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Tuesday, Oct 25
* Picture retake day (must have requested the retake by Oct 21)

Thursday Oct 27
* 3:30pm: 5th grade parent meeting re: IB Exhibition (attend today or Oct 17)

Friday, Oct 28
* 10:20am: Fall costume parade, all grades. Livestreamed at www.ustream.tv/channel/intlschool (use the All-Parent Password)
* Scholastic Book orders due

Tuesday Nov 1 & Wed Nov 2
* Meet Head Search Candidate Glenn Chapin – details at intlschool.org/newhead
Tuesday 8-8:30 am: Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
Tuesday 6:30-8 pm: Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym target=”_blank”>intlschool.org/childcare)
Wed 7:45-8:20 am: Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
Wed 2-2:45 pm: Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Wednesday Nov 2
Last Day to Order School Pictures! (watch your e-mail for the link & password)

Friday, November 4
* No school for students (teacher work day)
* 9:15am: Gilkey Middle School tour for TIS families, RSVP to amovahed@faispdx.org

If you use a Google calendar, you can make the TIS calendar one of yours. At the bottom of your calendar list (generally on the left), click “add”, choose “add a friend’s calendar”, then as the e-mail address, type in: tisadmin@intlschool.org.

We also met last week with Dee Ann Sandberg of the light rail project and the Stacey and Whitbeck team. For those of you who just joined us this year, let me try to summarize what it is about. The new Light rail will come from the East side, across a new bridge, to the waterfront (down closer to OHSU) and then north and cut up to run alongside Harbor Drive. Then it will go straight along the other side of Harbor Drive almost to just across from the streetcar stop and will then go up high and cut over Harbor up to Naito and then up Lincoln Street. It will cut through to Lincoln with the removal of the radio station which now stands across Naito. It will stop on Lincoln and 3rd and thus enable TIS families to commute from the East Side rather easily.

On November 1st they will begin using the stretch of ground up along Naito as a construction staging area for their trucks and equipment. They will create a gravel road whose entrance is behind the Hilltop Building and which will run down along Naito to the North where the staging area proper will be. Much further down along Naito almost to the area above the streetcar stop they will be drilling (and thankfully not pile driving) for the overpass that will bring the new light rail up and across Naito. At no point will the new light rail becoming very close to our campus, but it will come close enough to assist commuting.

The construction folks have been very focused on our needs and well being and they are aware of nap times, the necessity to keep dust down and so on. Resilient as we are and as open as they are to communication and concerns, we think this will work out fine. If you would like to see some renderings of how it will look around us when the project is completed click here to see them on our website.

Last Friday afternoon, a parent of a low K student slipped on the road. A group of parents stepped right in, called 911 and summoned me for help. The mom turned out to be fine. I appreciate that community spirit from those who helped out.

As you will see below we have four wonderful candidates for the Head of School post coming to visit in the next few weeks. Please do welcome them and try to stop in for one of the open discussions or meet and greets.

Finally, as most of you know, the people who founded TIS 22 years ago are Douglas and Frey Stearns. I am sorry to report that Frey’s mother, Mrs. Frances Novy Diack has passed on at the age of 103. Mrs Diack was a long standing supporter of this school and she will be missed.

As you look around for the sun today remember Bob Dylan’s words “The sun’s not yellow; it’s chicken.”

Have a peaceful week
Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, Head of School, AOrsini@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 x122

Childcare will be provided for the evening sessions – if you need it please reserve a spot at least 2 days in advance at intlschool.org/childcare.

See summary bios, resumes and personal statements at intlschool.org/newhead. Use the All-Parent Password.

Candidate Don Fitzmahan
Monday, October 24
8-8:30 am Meet & Greet, Arthur Street reception area
6:30-8 pm Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym target=”_blank”>intlschool.org/childcare)
Tuesday, October 25
7:45-8:20 am Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
2-2:45 pm Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Candidate Glenn Chapin
Tues Nov 1
8-8:30 am Meet & Greet, Arthur Street  reception area
6:30-8 pm Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym (Childcare provided, please RSVP to intlschool.org/childcare)
Wed Nov 2
7:45-8:20 am Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
2-2:45 pm Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Candidate Peter Metzger
Mon Nov 7
8-8:30 am Meet & Greet, Arthur Street  reception area
6:30-8 pm Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym (Childcare provided, please RSVP to intlschool.org/childcare)
Tue Nov 8
7:45-8:20 am Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
2-2:45 pm Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Candidate Robert Woods
Mon Nov 14
8-8:30 am Meet & Greet, Arthur Street  reception area
6:30-8 pm Community Forum in the Hilltop Gym (Childcare provided, please RSVP to intlschool.org/childcare)
Tues Nov 15
7:45-8:20 am Meet & Greet with the Candidate in the Staff Break Room (in Modular 3 between Stearns & Garden)
2-2:45 pm Community Q & A (classroom location TBD)

Head Search Committee, HeadSearchComments@intlschool.org

EVENT SCHEDULE

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5-6 pm Pre-party featuring a signature cocktail and a chance to make bids in the silent auction before the main event
• 6-7:15 pm Silent auction with items to suit every budget
• 7:30 pm Live entertainment and sit down dinner
• 8-9.30 pm Live auction with Special Appeal
• 10:30 pm Will call closes

Please bring your auction donations to school! We will pick them up at the front desks – and thank you!