The Owl 9/17/2024
Hispanic Heritage Month – Join us for Spanish Track Language & Culture Day!
ISP is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs from September 15th through October 15th. Dating back to 1968, Hispanic Heritage Month honors contributions by people of Hispanic identity. At ISP, we’re excited to celebrate the diverse cultures and countries within our Spanish Track and school community at large!
This Friday, September 20th, ISP will be hosting a special Spanish Track Language and Culture Day! The event will be split held both during the school day AND after school, so that as many ISP community members can enjoy it.
The after school portion will involve music, games, snacks, and other activities. Please come by between 3-4pm to enjoy and celebrate!
We would love to have some more parent volunteers help support the after school portion of the event! Below is the link for more information about the volunteer opportunities and to sign up.
Curriculum Night is Next Week!
All parents are encouraged to attend ISP Curriculum Night, when teachers meet with parents as a group to share information about our academic program, homework and expectations for the year. Meet and speak with your student(s)’ Homeroom and English teachers! Art, Music, and PE Specialists will also be sending out more information.
WHAT: ISP Curriculum Night
WHEN: Wednesday, September 25, 5-7pm
INFO AND ZOOM LINKS
ZOOM LINKS
Homeroom and English teachers will host their session in their individual “Zoom Rooms.” Click here for their zoom links.
Your Art, Music, and PE Specialists will also be sharing introduction videos with you!
ISP Fall Spirit Week!
In collaboration with the ISP Parent Network, we invite all community members to share in some fun and simple daily activities to show off our school spirit. Look around your house and grab some wacky wear to show off during class!
ISP Fall Spirit Week (Sept 23 – 27th) – Next Week!
Monday: Tie Dye / Rainbow Day! Go with the flow and splash some more color onto the world! Mix and match your favorite colors or just pick one!
Tuesday: Superhero Day! Dress up as in your favorite comic or movie hero, or don a cape and be your own!! Just leave the crime-fighting weapons at home, please…
Wednesday: Pajama Day! Time to get comfy!
Thursday: School Spirit Day! Show off your ISP pride with your school t-shirt or other gear! Make some wings and dress like Owly the mascot!
Friday: Dress to Impress Day! Get dressed like you are going out to a special party! (Pssst – It’s also School Picture Day!)
Picture Day is Next Friday!
Picture Day is next Friday, September 27th (it’s also “Dress to Impress Day” for ISP Spirit Week)!
Order forms should be going with your child this week. Please check backpacks! Pre-orders for picture packages may also be placed online by visiting and searching for “International School of Portland.” Your online order can be placed before and up to four (4) days after picture day. For order accuracy, please return your completed envelope on picture day for all payment types.
You are not required to purchase a photo package. However, we will be photographing every student for internal record-keeping purposes.
PICTURE RETAKE DAY: Tuesday, November 12th. If your child is absent on September 27th, please plan on having your child’s photo being taken on November 12th. We will send a reminder to all families whose students did not attend on Sept 27.
***If your child does not attend school on Fridays, your child is still welcome to get their photo taken! Please reach out to your child’s teacher about the times for their students’ pictures. You can bring your child to the gym with their class for their photo. You can also choose to wait for Retake Day, above***
Japanese Middle Schoolers Visit ISP!
Middle School students from the city of Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, will be on campus from next Monday through Wednesday! As many of you know, we have developed an amazingly strong and close relationship with our friends in Hachinohe. Last Fall, our 4th and 5th Graders spent one week in Hachinohe and spent four nights living with incredibly gracious families. We returned the favor by hosting 13 middle school students this past spring.
These recent trips are part of an ongoing bond between International School of Portland and the children of Hachinohe. In 2013, two kasagi (top beams) from two sacred Japanese Shinto gates, or torii, washed up on the Oregon Coast after the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and tsunami. As part of the effort to restore and return the kasagi, 1000 paper cranes were folded by children from International School of Portland and other Portland schools. They continued to send messages and letters to each other and prior to Covid, our Japanese track began their 5th Grade Capstone trips to Hachinohe. Last year, our in-person visits were revived!
If you see the group around don’t be shy – say hello and introduce yourself!
Thanks to all of our wonderful ISP families who are hosting students!
Subscribe to the ISP Calendar through MySchool App
Our 2024-25 ISP school calendar is on our website: intlschool.org/calendar, but did you know that you can subscribe to it to get updates on your phone and personal calendar? The calendar gets fed through MySchool App, so log in to subscribe!
About the MySchool App Calendar
You can access the school calendars by logging into MySchool App (https://intlschool.myschoolapp.com/) and clicking on “Calendar” on your navigation bar.
The calendar defaults to display an aggregate of your school’s events; however, you can use the date options on top and the filter options on the left to find and filter to your desired view.
How to subscribe to the School Calendar
1. Click on the little “feed” icon in the top right hand corner of the calendar (thats the one that looks like a partial rainbow):
2. Scroll down to School Calendar
3. Select whether to use a feed for the entire calendar or for individual calendars within a section (NOTE: There isn’t much else on those calendars!). Add to your calendar by clicking on whichever feed you want.
4. You should then get an option for adding it to various calendar apps like iCal, etc.
QUICK GUIDE: Add to your GOOGLE Calendar
If you use Google Calendar you can use the quick steps below to subscribe to the ISP School Calendar
1.Go to your Google Calendar
2. Scroll down to “Other Calendars” and press the + sign to add other calendars
3. Choose “From URL”
4. Copy and paste the ENTIRE link below:
webcal://intlschool.myschoolapp.com/podium/feed/iCal.aspx?z=29D9APyV2dyrN3Hht1ZXVVAsz5Dz5NQkhQR6MuG%2bnfjJoXWaMY4YQT0VSg3H%2bTLg8uikyBW2foGfG9CgCKs36w%3d%3d
5. The calendar will be saved under that link name in Google, but you can edit the name to be ISP – Public Calendar or whatever you want.
6. You can also then click back to your calendar lists and change the color of this calendar and/or HIDE the old calendar from your list by using the three dots to the right of the calendar name in Google.