Monthly Facts About Your Creekside PTSA

Why You Need To Be Involved Fact #7 You’ll Be A Role Model ! You’ll  show  your  children  that  not  only  are  they  important to you, but their education is as well. They’ll  see  you  taking  a  stand  making  education  better for them and their peers, and chances are they’ll  do  the  same.

Contents

Talent Show 1

Science Fair 2

Save The Date 3

Newspaper Club 4

ISF 5

ISF Breakfast 6

Community Reward Program 7

PTSA NEWS 8

Volunteer Appreciation Raffle 9

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CREEKSIDE PTSA IS PROUD TO PRESENT

Registration is open for the Creekside Talent Show! Get out your dancing shoes, sing a song, write/tell  a  story,  paint  a  picture,  find  your  magic  wand,  gather  friends  or  do  a  solo.  This  year’s  Creekside talent show will be Friday, May 2. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for visual art viewing. Performances will start at 5:30.

Performing arts: In order to allow as many students as possible to participate, students may be involved in only ONE performance act (with the exception of students in the choir who may do ONE act outside their choir numbers). All acts are limited to 2 minutes. Students wanting to participate can sign up at the link below. To help our talent show run smoothly, each act is required to attend rehearsals on Wednesday, April 23 AND Wednesday, April 30. Space is limited so plan your act and sign up!

Visual arts: all art must be registered by April 16th so we can plan display space, with pieces turned in on Wednesday, April 30. View the Web page for restrictions on size.

For additional details and to sign up, visit our Web page at:

http://creeksideptsa.ourschoolpages.com/Page/Talent%20Night/Talent%20Night

PTSA Board Members:

President: Kavitha Kumar kavitha.k.kumar@gmail.com

Executive VP: Jackie Firth

jacquelinecfirth@gmail.com and

Linda Arnold vaporbuggy@gmail.com

Treasurer: Amy Lowrance amygator@yahoo.com Secretary: Michele McCoy michele@healeyalliance.com Co-VPs Fundraising: Lisa Bourdeau

lisabourdeau22@gmail.com and Kim Meade meadek@comcast.net Co-VPs Volunteers: Christine Chafin

thechafins@hotmail.com and Marquelle Morgan chrisandmarquelle@hotmail.com Co-Chair of Communications: Theresa Nguyen

thn12@uw.edu and

Ghada Madkour ghadahamdi7@yahoo.com Webmaster: Jackie Firth

jacquelinecfirth@gmail.com Community Liaison: Christine Watson clcwatson@gmail.com Check out Creekside  PTSA’s  website for the latest PTSA news and events. Like us on Facebook! PTSA Hotline: (425) 837-5260

Creekside PTSA Newsletter – Volume 6, Issue 7, March 2014 Creekside Elementary * 20777 SE 16th Street * Sammamish, WA 98075

Hope you all had a chance to come and check out the young scientist

work at Creekside. There were some fun exhibits and posters

describing volcanoes , Tsunamis, Very cool optical illusions, and

researches on what music is better and what breads are healthier! The

FISH table with the Salmon dissection , was a big

hit! Thank you to Mrs.Myers for all the ideas. Students had a great time

explaining their projects to our special guests ! Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped with

the judging and with helping set up. The entire team of Science

Fair chairs - Kirsten Holmes, Karen Rajtar and Kristine

Chen, who spent a lot of hours working out the logistics and

planning this full day event at the school. Thank you to you all!

A MESSAGE FROM THE PTSA PRESIDENT

See You All Next Year

Event Highlights

So many amazing displays to see and be inspired by!

Kindergarten Robots on Parade

So Many wonderful ideas

F.I.S.H (Friends of Issaquah Salmon Hatchery) Mr. Myers, a friend of the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery and a wonderful demonstrator too!

Make n' Take - Optical Illusions fascinated many creators at the fair!

The overwhelming community support for our budding scientists was made evident by the turnout at the fair!

Upcoming Events

May 2 Talent Show May 8 ISF Nourish Every Mind Luncheon May 12-16 Staff Appreciation Week May 14 ISF Nourish Every Mind Breakfast

The PSTA boards wants you!!! An exciting and fulfilling leadership position is available on the Creekside PTSA board. Share

your experience and leaderships skills with the rest of the team. In this position, you will have the

opportunity to shape the role and direction of the PTSA within Creekside. If you are looking to get involved and want to have a positive, meaningful

impact on our amazing school, then this is the position for you.

We look forward to hearing from you!!! Please contact Christine Chafin at

thechafins@hotmail.com

Halloween Decor

May 12th – May 15th

Coming up soon is a chance for us to celebrate our

amazing Staff at Creekside Elementary. For making a positive difference in our children’s lives everyday.

Would you like to help us create a very special week for our wonderful Creekside Staff ? There are so many different opportunities during the week to help out.

Please Contact Ghada Madkour at

ghadahamdi7@yahoo.com.

Middle School Math Common Core

Standards Repeat Presentation

Wednesday, April 2, 6:30 to 8:00 pm at Pacific Cascade

Middle School. This is a repeat of the presentations offered in January and February for families who were unable to attend and want more information. Parents of 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders from any middle school in

the district are welcome to attend

Congratulations to the following Creekside kids for successfully qualifying for The State elementary chess Championship. First Grade: Palash Singhal Palash qualified in Presidential Scholastic tournament with a store of 5.0. Third Grader: Tyler Arnold: Tyler participated in the tournament at chess4life and qualified with 3.0 points. Forth Grade: Justin Kim Amin participated in the tournament at Blackwell elementary and scored 3.0 points and is qualified for the championship. Fifth Grade: Amin Sidialicherif Justin qualified with 4.0 points at a qualifier in chess for life.

We wish them best of luck for the state championship. This championship is scheduled on

4/12/2014. There are over 1100 kids participating at this event from all over the northwest. Hope our

kids bring glory to Creekside elementary.

CHESS CLUB

INTRODUCING CREATED BY CREEKSIDE STUDENTS New This Month, Otter Tales would like to showcase the work of some very talented writers at Creekside.

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March 2014 Volume 1, Issue 3

                 Put  First  Things  First

By Ella Miller When you put first things first you prioritize. Prioritizing is when you organize what you want to and have to do. It means doing the most important things first. For example, if you have a book report due Friday, a math sheet due tomorrow, and a science project due next week, you would do the things you have to do first. It might look something like this: first, do the math sheet. Next, do one paragraph of your book report. Finally, do some research for your science project. Now you can go play Minecraft or do whatever you want. If you put first things first, life will probably be a lot easier.

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March 2014 Volume 1, Issue 3 Created by a group of proactive 4th graders: Sylvia Daw, Serena Cao, Anna Kuhner, Megan Karr, Emily Karupiah, Eleanor Miller,

Emma Pavlich Vishnu Varadhan and Norah White.

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Ode to our Soldiers By Ella Miller

Here no more They fought And fought

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Honored Forevermore.

CAREER DAY IS COMING! April 1st

Career Dress-Up Day April 2nd

Please check out the full edition at the Creekside office.

The Newspaper Club was started by a group of 4th graders who created the very first edition entirely on their own. Because of their interest in writing, April Stevens, the Guidance Counselor offered to be the advisor for a more formal Newspaper Club and opened it up to any others who were interested in joining. The club meets on Wednesday mornings at 8:30 (roughly every other Wed) and the students work on their articles on their own in between meetings. The students really run the club. They decide what they want to write about and April helps them pull it all together into a newsletter format.

ALL ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER CLUB

Add Some Joy to Your Day Want to enjoy the most energizing, informative and inspiring lunch of the year? Join us for the Issaquah Schools Foundation’s  16th Annual Nourish Every Mind Benefit Luncheon, Thursday, May 8 from 11 am – 1 pm at the Issaquah Community Center.  This  year’s  guest  emcee  is  Evening Magazine’s  Jim  Dever. Be there to meet, mingle and learn how much our students benefit from your support. Contact Jenell Tamaela, jenell1973@comcast.net to reserve your seat. …  If  Breakfast  Is  more  your  style,  then join us at the NEW Nourish Every Mind Breakfast, Wednesday, May 14 from 7:00 am – 8:30 am at Eastridge Church in Issaquah with guest emcee Molly Shen, KOMO 4 Anchor and ISD parent. Experience all the hallmarks of the Luncheon and still make it to work on time. Contact Rachel Auffant, rauffant@issaquahschoolsfoundation.org for information. Balloon Brigade Part II Foundation volunteers bearing balloons and cheer surprised winners of Kateri Brow Big Idea/Biggest Need Grants on Friday, March 28. Awards ranged in amounts from $1,000 - $10,000 and covered a myriad of projects, from Academic Intervention Systems and Teen Center Support to Go! Motion Sensors and Lab Quest equipment for Science. Each grant was made possible by Foundation donors whose generous contributions enabled us to award nearly $90,000 for Classroom Enrichment and Kateri Brow projects that enrich education, inspire innovation and fulfill unmet classroom needs. Congratulations to our award-wining teachers and THANK YOU to our donors. View the full list of winners at Kateri Brow Awards. Well Done We  received  a  glowing  review  from  a  parent  who  attended  Matt  Glover’s Writing Workshop last month. His residency at our elementary schools and parent workshop were made possible by Foundation donors. Thank you!

I enjoyed the workshop and feel I am better prepared to support my children in their writing development. Additionally, I want to mention the changes to the writing curriculum have been noticeable and impactful. The differences in my first grader’s  experiences and that of my fourth grader and sixth grader at that point in school are phenomenal. There is no reluctance and the energy and motivation are natural and inherent. The curriculum changes and the workshop address what as a parent I knew needed attention but I did not know what if anything could be done. You got it done! Lisa Milkowski, Briarwood Elementary parent

Spring Celebrations If  you’re  preparing  for  spring  holidays  or  starting  the  annual  spring  clean,  remember  to  include  the  Foundation  in your plans. There are two easy ways to shop and earn money for our students and schools.

Amazon.com Use  the  Amazon  link  on  the  isfdn.org  website  and  you’ll  earn  up  to  8%  of  your  purchase  price  for the Foundation. Better yet, add Shop Amazon for ISF to your bookmarks.

Fred Meyer Community Rewards Link your rewards card to the Community Rewards program  and  they’ll  donate money to the Foundation. Start today.

Save the Date!

The Issaquah School Foundation is once again hosting a fundraising Luncheon on May 8th from 11:30-1:00pm at its traditional place, at the Issaquah Community Center.    It’s  a  terrific  way to support our schools, network with parents, community and business leaders and hear inspirational  stories  from  ISF  grant  recipients  and  program  participants.  You’ll  also  learn  why  private support of our public schools has become the only way to ensure student success. There’s  no  fee  for  the  lunch,  but  a  suggested  donation  of  $150  during  the  event  will  go  a  long  way towards reaching the Nourish Every Mind goal. Last year, you helped Nourish Every Mind 2013 raise a record $691,500--nearly half of the Foundation's budgeted revenue. This year, our goal is $744,000. We can't achieve it without you! This year, our event is bigger than ever with the addition of a Nourish Every Mind Breakfast. The Breakfast will take place on Wednesday, May 14 from 7:00 am - 8:30 am at Eastridge Church. Theresa Nguyen, Creekside PTSA ISF Rep, and our very own PTSA President, Kavitha Kumar, will be Table Co-Captains this year. Please contact Theresa Nguyen at thn12@uw.edu or Kavitha Kumar at kavitha.k.kumar@gmail.com if you would like to attend. This is a very big event in our school community and well-attended each year. Don't miss it!

Luncheon: Thursday, May 8th from 11 am – 1 pm at the Issaquah Community Center

Breakfast: Wednesday, May 14th from 7:00-8:30am at Eastridge Church

Fred Meyer is putting control of community donations in your hands. With their new Community Reward Program, you can help earn money for our students and schools each time you shop. All you have to do is go online to connect your Fred Meyer Reward Card to the Issaquah Schools Foundation. How easy is that?! The program begins on February 3rd; but you have to register now. Follow the directions below to get started. Thank you!

Sign up for the Community Rewards program by linking your Fred Meyer Rewards Card to the Issaquah Schools Foundation at www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.

Search for us by our name or by our non-profit number--91119

Now  you’re  ready  to  shop  and  support  our  students  and  schools.

Rest  assured  …  you  will  still  earn  your  Rewards  Points,  Fuel  Points,  and  Rebates.

If you do not have a Rewards Card, they are available at the Customer Service desk of any Fred Meyer store.

For more information, please visit www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards.

Passive Fundraising for Creekside PTSA

Creekside PTSA is participating in the following passive fundraisers.

Please read below to find out how you can support Creekside.

eScrip & Safeway is a proven, passive fundraiser that contributes a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards from participating business partners, credit card and debit/ATM card purchases to our PTSA. Getting signed up is easy! If you would like to sign up or get more information, please click here or contact Theresa Nguyen at thn12@uw.edu for more information.

Brown Bear Car Wash

After a busy summer of road trips and camping we know your car is probably in need of a little TLC! Get your Brown Bear Car Wash Tickets and help Creekside PTSA at the same time!

STOCK UP NOW! 1 for $6

5 for $25 10 for $40

To purchase these tickets, please contact Lisa Bourdeau at lisabourdeau22@gmail.com or Kim Meade at meadek@comcast.net.

MATCHING : Time and money

Thank you Volunteers for your time and effort in helping at Creekside.

Some of the companies match the time their employees put in for a school program and donate money to the PTSA. So please do avail of this facility if your company supports it.

Also, if you have friends and family( who had company matching funds options via their employer) who supported your fundraiser during the fall, please remind them to put in their matching amounts in the company matching requests, if they haven't already done so.

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Kavitha Kumar Kavitha.k.kumar@gmail.com

Creekside PTSA – New Website!

Check it out! Our Webmaster has worked tirelessly to give our PTSA a new, fresh look! Check out our new website at: http://creeksideptsa.ourschoolpages.com/Home You’ll   be   able   to   find   information   about   all   our  programs, PTSA meeting minutes, financial reports and other helpful information. For the upcoming General PTSA meeting, you can see copies of financial reports by going to our Creekside   PTSA   website,   under   “Important  Information”  then  “Finances”  or  by  clicking  here.

Golden Acorn and Outstanding Advocate

Award Winners !!! Creekside PTSA is happy to announce this  year’s  Golden  Acorn  and  Outstanding  Advocate winners! We are so grateful to have so many fantastic volunteers. Thank you  to  all  of  this  year’s  recipients  for  supporting our school.

Golden Acorn Recipients for 2014:

Ghada Madkour Kim Meade Katy Loucks Ed Kennedy Outstanding Advocate Neva Luke

March Volunteer of the Month

Min-Hua Burton

Min-Hua has a 5th grader attending Creekside.

She has been involved in various school and PTSA activities since Creekside

opened. This year, Min-Hua serves as the Chair of the Wonderful Eager Reader program. Min-Hua also participates and helps with many other PTSA events such

as the Cultural Fair, popcorn, and volunteers in the classrooms. Please join

us in thanking Min-Hua for her commitment and enthusiasm!

Please help us appreciate and honor the Volunteers here at Creekside. Put in the name(s) of any volunteers that you appreciate for their service to the school and kids. We will draw names the 2nd Wednesday of every month and honor them. Everyone is welcome to recommend names. Thank you, Creekside PTSA