The Owl

A weekly parent newsletter

November 6, 2018

The Owl Weekly Parent Bulletin: 11/5/2018

  Chinese Host Students Arrive in January! For the 5th consecutive year, ISP and the Chinese track 5th grade families will be hosting students from our Capstone partner school in Suzhou, China. 20 students and 2 teachers from the Suzhou Experimental Elementary School (SEES), will be visiting January 28-February 1, 2019. They arrive the evening… View Article

October 29, 2018

The Owl Weekly Parent Bulletin 10/29/18

  Early Dismissal – November 16 We have an early dismissal on Friday, November 16. This is for faculty professional planning meetings. Dismissal will start at 12:15pm. Curbside and walk in service will be available Global Kids will be available that day until 6pm. If you ordered Friday lunch from DragonWell Bistro, your child will… View Article

October 22, 2018

The Owl Weekly Parent Bulletin 10/22/18

Welcome, Rosie Day Meet Rosie Day! Rosie is our New Marketing & Admissions Assistant. If you see her around campus please say hello! From Brighton, England Bachelor’s in Photography, University of the Arts London UK Master’s in Photography, Falmouth University UK Rosie writes:  After graduating from the University of the Arts London, I moved to… View Article

October 8, 2018

Willow Domes

A group of dedicated staff and parents came together this weekend and built two beautiful willow domes for the EC Playground! While the domes are new, please note a few things: 1) The willow is ALIVE. Leaves should begin to sprout in a few weeks, and then return in the spring! The domes will eventually look a… View Article

October 1, 2018

Water Quality Testing Results: We are safe!

This September, ISP conducted routine water tests of all of our campus buildings. These tests confirmed that all of our drinking water is safe. All of the water fountains on the Main Campus tested at less than 1 parts per billion (ppb), substantially below the Oregon Childcare Division threshold of 15ppb and the EPA threshold of… View Article

September 24, 2018

Lan Su Moon Festival – Thank you!

Thank you to all of the families who joined us at the Lan Su Garden Autumn Moon Festival over the weekend. ISP was the only school invited to be part of this special community event, and we were honored to be there. During the day, guests stopped by our event booth to create Chinese paper… View Article

September 4, 2018

PGE Substation Information

Since we have many new families on campus, we wanted to share further information about the PGE substation by he Marquam Bridge. It has been several years in the making; ISP initially shared information about the project in 2013. Please click here for the original document that details the project, as well as data about… View Article

August 21, 2018

Tomoyo is Library ParaProfessional of the Year!

Tomoyo Ogawa, our school’s Library Specialist, was chosen as the Library Paraprofessional of the Year through the Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL)! This is a wonderful recognition of the excellent work that Tomoyo does to support the entire ISP community, such as: Providing curriculum support to all teachers and students through managing the contents… View Article

August 7, 2018

Congrats to Greyson M!

Congratulations to ISP student Greyson M! He was recently named an All-American in high jump, placing 7th nationally! WOW!! Way to go, Greyson!

July 31, 2018

Welcome, Kelly Rogers

ISP is pleased to introduce Kelly Rogers, our new IB Coordinator, to our community (Paula is spending time with her baby daughter)! Kelly hails from the Washington, DC area, and she most recently was at The Washington International School.. Bachelor of Arts from University of Virginia Master of Teaching from University of Virginia In education… View Article