The Owl Weekly Parent Newsletter 9/9/19
Early Dismissal Sept 20
Reminder: We have an early dismissal on Friday, Sept 20. This is for faculty professional development meetings.
Please pick up all students by 12:45pm at the latest unless you are registered for Global Kids. Picture Day is This Wednesday!
Picture Day is this Wednesday, September 11th! Order forms are going home with your child this week, if they have not already. Please check backpacks! Pre-orders for picture packages may also be placed online at https://ios.mydorian.com using our school’s access key provided here: CTEP3XHP. Online pre-orders using your school’s access key are available up to 4 days AFTER picture day. For order accuracy, please return your completed envelope on picture day for all payment types. Curriculum Night – Full Schedules!
All parents are encouraged to attend ISP Curriculum Night(s), when teachers meet with parents as a group to share information about our academic program, homework and expectations for the year. It is also a great time to meet other parents in your child’s class. WEDNESDAY, SEPT 11: ALL PREK, ALL LOWK, CHINESE & SPANISH KINDER, CHINESE & SPANISH GRADE 5 5th Grade Schedule (Chinese & Spanish)
Kindergarten (Chinese & Spanish), PreK & LowK Schedule 6:00-6:45pm: PreK, LowK and K in Homerooms All Homeroom presentations will be in your child’s classroom. English & Capstone presentation locations will be announced. JAPANESE KINDER, ALL GRADES 1 & 3 (except Japanese 3rd): Wednesday, Sept 18th, 6-7:45
All Homeroom presentations will be in your child’s classroom. English presentation locations will be announced. GRADES 2 & 4 (and Japanese 3rd and 5th): Thursday, Sept 19th, 6-7:45:
Photo from last week’s Founder’s Day. Taken by ISP Parent Tim Vanevenhoven. We Almost Have all of our Room Parents!
Thanks to the many of you who have stepped up to room parent this year! At this point, there are only four classes with no room parent, and two classes that are seeking partners. And remember: The main role of room parenting is to DELEGATE volunteering opportunities to fellow parents in the class, not to do it all yourself. 🙂
See intlschool.org/room-parents for the “job” description, or CLICK HERE to sign up. Questions about room parenting? Feel free to reach out to Kat Simons, current room parents, or our Parent Network leads, Andrea Long and Meryl Villarreal (parentnetwork@intlschool.org) MobyMax
ISP is continuing MobyMax this year. MobyMax finds and fixes learning gaps with the power of personalized learning. MobyMax’s adaptive curriculum creates an individualized education plan for each student, allowing gifted students to progress as quickly as they like while simultaneously ensuring that students who need extra support in certain areas get the extra instruction they need. Each student at ISP in grades 1-5 has a login to access this online program; login info is the same as last year. If you have questions or need additional information, please contact your student’s teacher. www.mobymax.com Head of Elementary Coffees
All parents of Elementary students (1st – 5th grade) are invited to join Bodo Heiliger at Head of School Coffees throughout the year. This will give members of the community an opportunity to come and hear about developments in the school, as well as provide an open forum to ask questions or voice concerns.
All Coffees will happen in Learners’ Hall. Looking forward to seeing you there,Bodo Heiliger, bodoh@intlschool.org Bodo Heiliger, bodoh@intlschool.org Bodo always makes sure to keep up with the latest in children’s literature! Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) ISP will be participating in OBOB for the third year now. If your child loves to read this is the activity for them! Students from 3rd, 4th and 5th grade are welcome to participate. The battles are between teams of 4-5 students (although technically a team can have as little as 2 members). Please keep in mind that at the battles only 4 team members may participate at a time so if you have a 5th member one would be an alternate and have to sit out. The battles consist of 2 teams taking turns answering questions about 16 different books. There will be a school battle held in February and the winner will go to the regional battle which will be hosted at ISP sometime in March (it will be scheduled around Capstone so 5th graders can participate). If the ISP team wins the regional battle then that team would go compete at the state battle which is on April 4th. Students are encouraged to participate even if they don’t read all of the books. Many of the teams divide up the books so that each member becomes an expert at 4 books. Please contact ISP Parent and OBOB Organizer Betsy Cruz (cruzme77@yahoo.com ) with any questions. We will be starting to put team rosters together in the next few weeks. For more information and for the 2020 book titles click on link below. Oregon Battle of the Books – Battle for your School…with BOOKS! Are Your Grandparents Getting “The Globe?”
Click here to add your children’s grandparents or special friends to our ISP mailing list. They will receive a monthly issue of our electronic newsletter “The Globe.” Written especially for grandparents and special friends of ISP, each newsletter is full of stories, photos and videos from around campus as well as opportunities to get involved. Grandparents on our mailing list also receive several paper letters and publications throughout the year, including our Annual Report, an invitation to the Grandparents Tea, our fall appeal letter, an invitation to the Auction Gala and a calendar of school events. Carpool Requests
Are you interested in setting up a carpool for the upcoming school year? Publish your request in The Owl! Simply send your name, nearest street corner or part of town, number of children, and best way to contact you to owleditor@intlschool.org. No need to know your exact before/after school needs yet – you can discuss this with interested families. Upcoming Events
WEDNESDAY, SEPT 11 ISP Picture Day – Order forms will be going home this week, or pre-pay online. Please see above post for details. CURRICULUM NIGHT: PREK, LOWK, CHINESE & SPANISH KINDER, CHINESE & SPANISH 5TH GRADE Please see above post for schedule. ——————— THURSDAY, SEPT 12 ISP Board of Trustees Meeting. All are invited to attend meetings of the ISP Board of Trustees. 6:00-8:00pm, Learners’ Hall. ——————— SATURDAY, SEPT 14 Lan Su Chinese Garden Mid-Autumn Festival. Come visit our booth this afternoon! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! 2-5pm, Lan Su Chinese Garden. ——————— WEDNESDAY, SEPT 18 Curriculum Night: Japanese Kinder, Grade 1 (All) & Grade 3 (Chinese & Spanish) Please see above post for schedule. ——————— THURSDAY, SEPT 19 Curriculum Night: Grades 2 & 4 (All), Plus Japanese Grades 3 & 5 Please see above post for schedule. ——————— FRIDAY, SEPT 20 Early Dismissal. Curbside and walk up pickup will be available. Global Kids will be available. Dismissal begins at 12:15pm. Please pick up your student by 12:45pm unless they are registered in Global Kids Alternative Day. Photo by ISP Parent Tim Vanevenhoven Run Club and Cross Country: After School Classes
Cross Country Cross Country (1st through 5th grade) is just getting started! There is room to join ANYTIME during the short season (ends October 24th). After school Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturday morning trail runs. Includes Five Cross Country meets at Overlook Park in N. Portland (held on Thursdays). Run Club Run Club happens Monday and Wednesdays. Again, join ANYTIME during the season. Kindergarten runners can join Wednesdays. Details at www.OurSportingLives.com. These classes are independent of Global Kids but pick up from ISP. Questions? Contact Coach Robert oursportinglives@gmail.com cell: 503-348-0799 |
