See the full TIS calendar at intlschool.org/parents – click on the yellow calendar button to the right.

Thursday, February 23

• Auction party: Bottle Shop Beer and Wine Tasting – $35/person
• 6:00pm: Open House for prospective families – please tell your friends!

Friday, February 24: No school for students, teacher report-card writing & planning day – contact www.squaregator.com for childcare

Tuesday, February 28: Last day to sign up on-line for parent-teacher conferences. On-line sign-ups at intlschool.org/parents/ptc – use the All-Parent Password. After today, please contact the teacher directly to sign up.

Tuesday, February 28: Scholastic Book orders due
Your Scholastic book orders benefit TIS! Go to pcool.scholastic.com. Follow the registration directions, and use class activation code GKBJ6. Spanish books are in the Club Leo flyer. The books will arrive at TIS and library volunteers will distribute them to your children’s folders in their classrooms.

Wednesday, February 29: Friday Specialist Schedule for Grades 1 – 5 and Gilberto’s class

Friday, March 2: No school for students, Parent-teacher conferences. Childcare provided for TIS students and their siblings age 3+ while parents are in conferences.

Tuesday, March 6, 3:30-4:45pm: More parent-teacher conferences. Childcare provided for TIS students and their siblings age 3+ while parents are in conferences.

Wednesday, March 7: Friday Specialist Schedule for Grades 1 – 5 and Gilberto’s class

Thursday, March 8: 4th grade choir festival – field trip to German American School

Friday, March 9: 6:30pm Auction party: Auction Chair Party at Clear Creek Distillery

Dear friends,

First up congratulations to the students and teachers of the Japanese track on their excellent Sakura Matsuri performance last week. We were fortunate to be joined by Consul General Okabe of Japan as well as former board member Mr George Nakata and his wife Keiko. The show was really a celebration of spring.

We are working on the homework survey and a report and action will be forthcoming. There is a lot of data to synthesize.

This Friday there will be no classes as we set aside a day for teachers to write assessment reports.

We wish you a peaceful week, and see you at the corner,

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

Thank you and congratulations to the Japanese Track for a great celebration! Click here for a short highlights video. Full professionally recorded and edited videos (not like this one ) are available for sale from any TIS receptionist until March 2.

If you appreciate the education that TIS is providing to your child, think about these
words from John F. Kennedy.

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to
utter words, but to live by them.”

We invite you to express your gratitude by making a contribution to the TIS Fund.

When you think about how much to give, think of these words from Teddy Roosevelt.

“Do what you can with what you have.”

We hope that you will go the extra mile and participate in the TIS Fund at a level that is
right for you.

To donate securely on-line, click this “Donate Now” button.

OR Bring a check to any of the reception desks.
OR Mail it to the attention of Development Office, The International School, 025 SW Sherman St, Portland, OR 97201.

Make sure to check your mailbox – you will be receiving a mailing featuring TIS News and a request to support the TIS Fund.

Thank you

Kelsey Cleveland, Development Director, KCleveland@intlschool.org, 503-265-8635

Join Barnes & Noble to welcome author Kristina McMorris for a book release and signing of her new book, The Bridge of Scarlet Leaves. This book launch and signing event also includes a panel discussion featuring two remarkable guests from Oregon Nikkei: a former Japanese American relocation camp resident and a Japanese American WWII veteran recently awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. Kristina was kind enough to name the International School as the beneficiary of a special book fair in conjunction with her book launch.

Book Launch and Panel Discussion
Friday March 02, 2012 7:00 PM
Barnes & Noble Book Store, Clackamas Town Ctr Mall
12000 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR 97086, 503-786-3464

Book Fair
March 2-7, 2012
Shop at any Barnes & Noble book store or online during the event, show your voucher or Bookfair ID 10682086 (distributed to all TIS families or click here) at checkout and Barnes & Noble will contribute a percentage of the net sale to TIS. In-store purchases earn more dollars than online purchases. To shop online go to bn.com/bookfairs.

Japanese Cultural Event
Saturday March 3, 2012 12 pm- 3 pm
Come to the Clackamas Barnes & Noble to do Japanese crafts with TIS volunteers and to see our PreK Japanese track students perform. The performance will begin at 2 pm.

Tamara Fornell, TIS Librarian, library@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496
Keiko Buckendahl, Japanese Track Marketing Coordinator, keikob@intlschool.org

Join us for a fun-filled summer at The International School! We’ve added new camp sections this year to better serve our TIS second language speakers, including project-based camps for kids entering 2nd through 5th (Perform a play in Spanish! Host a Japanese cultural fair! Publish a Chinese newspaper!).

Our camps include:

• Fun indoor and outdoor activities aimed at enhancing language skills (stories, games, crafts, folktales, and more)
• Cultural performances
• Ice cream socials
• Exciting field days (water balloon toss, relay races, more!)
• Classes with trained specialists- yoga, sports & games
• Swimming lessons for kids in 2nd – 5th.

For more information visit intlschool.org/summer or contact me. Register early- camps fill up quickly! Hope to see you this summer!

Lauren Hostetler, Summer Camp Director,  LaurenH@intlschool.org, 503.226.2496 ext 121

See the full TIS calendar at intlschool.org/parents – click on the yellow calendar button to the right.

Friday, February 17, 10am: Sakura Matsuri at the University Place Hotel – details below
Scrip sale outside Stearns Hall at drop-off & pick-up times

Monday, February 20: President’s Day, no school (no need for a snow make-up day)

Thursday, February 23

• Auction party: Bottle Shop Beer and Wine Tasting – $35/person
• 6:00pm: Open House for prospective families – please tell your friends!

Friday, February 24: No school for students, teacher report-card writing & planning day - contact www.squaregator.com for childcare

Tuesday, February 28: Scholastic Book orders due
Your Scholastic book orders benefit TIS! Go to pcool.scholastic.com. Follow the registration directions, and use class activation code GKBJ6. Spanish books are in the Club Leo flyer. The books will arrive at TIS and library volunteers will distribute them to your children’s folders in their classrooms.

Wednesday, February 29: Friday Specialist Schedule for Grades 1 – 5 and Gilberto’s class

Friday, March 2: No school for students, Parent-teacher conferences. On-line sign-ups will open by end of day Wednesday, Feb 15 – watch your e-mail for the links.

Dear Friends,
Last Thursday our Chinese dance troupe did us proud down at the Capitol Building in Salem. The weather was rather chilly out on the terrace where they danced, and the costumes were not fleece lined, but the girls still managed to dance beautifully before the Governor and the Chinese Consul General from San Francisco as well as other legislators and dignitaries and a crowd of over 100. I am amazed at the confidence of even the 4 and 5 year old group. They were risk takers indeed.

In other news a reminder about picking up students curbside or from the waiting room after school. First, please use the waiting rooms for later pickup only when you NEED to. Those rooms are getting kind of crowded and hard to manage. Try to be at school on time for pickup as a rule. Second, when you come to pickup curbside or in person you must have your pickup up card. If you do not, then you will need to get clearance from the receptionist and a temporary pass, which will require photo ID. Do not EVER get impatient with us about this. One aide may know you and another may not. Whenever there is doubt at all the aides are instructed to send you for verification, even if you look like a perfectly nice person. Last point: once you have dropped off or picked up, do not go steaming blithely out of here. Slowly. Slowly.

This Friday the Japanese track will celebrate Sakura MAtsuri. We can’t invite everyone but a livestream version and professional DVD will be available for those who would like to tune in (details below).

Finally a reminder that next Monday there will be no school for President’s Day, which many of us consider a chance to catch up on work in honor of our hard working founders.

Have a good week and see you at the corner.
Alfonso
Dr. Alfonso Orsini, Head of School, AOrsini@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 x122

This Friday’s Sakura Matsuri performance will be livestreamed at www.justin.tv/intlschool. Use the All-Parent password.

The show will also be professionally recorded – DVDs will be for sale outside the ballroom and at TIS until March 5.

There is limited off-street parking at the hotel – the cost is $3 per hour. (Sorry we are not able to get that fee waived.) The venue is at 310 SW Lincoln Street, Portland, OR 97201 (click for a map).

Some classes will have activities in addition to the show – please see e-mails from your child’s teacher for details.

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

On site sales:

Thursday afternoon – Hilltop building
Friday morning – Stearns Hall
Friday afternoon- Stearns Hall

Go to www.shopwithscrip.com and order to your hearts content (hundreds of stores) by Sunday night OR download this form, print it and turn it in with a check or cash to any of our amazing front desks (you can write on the back anything you desire from shopwithscrip.com) by Friday afternoon.

Thank you so much! Remember – you give us $25, we give you a $25 gift card and the retailer donates to TIS… nothing like a FREE FUNDRAISER!!!

The Scrip Team, scrip@intlschool.org

I could use periodic assistance with simple website organizing skills (adding pictures), filing, tuning, minor instrument repair, etc.  If you have a little time, let me know.

Peter Musselman, Music Specialist for grades 1-5, peterm@intlschool.org

Please check your last week’s e-mail for more details about what’s going on in 1st-5th grade music. Here are the specifics on field trips in case you missed them:

March 8 Fourth Grade music festival field trip.  For the second year in a row TIS has been invited to participate in the spring music festival with the French American International School and The German American School. Our 4th graders will spend the day sharing music, language, activity, and creativity with French and German language learners!

March 9: Third Grade Field Trip! (& Masami’s 2nd Graders). Field Trip to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall: Young People’s Concert- “Composer’s Toolbox” – Featuring Beethoven, Gabrieli, Ives, Hindemith, Bach/Cailliet, Haydn, and Gould. An Oregon Symphony Docent visited last week to help prepare the students with listening maps and historical context.

March 9 Fourth Grade Field Trip to Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.  Young People’s Concert- “Composer’s Toolbox” – Featuring Beethoven, Gabrieli, Ives, Hindemith, Bach/Cailliet, Haydn, and Gould. An Oregon Symphony Docent visited last week to help prepare the students with listening maps and historical context.