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Rocket eReview for the Week of September 22nd
What’s Happening Around Rocket-town
September 23rd: General PTA Meeting, 7PM, school librarySeptember 25th: 5th Grade Science Camp Parents Meeting, 7PM, Multipurpose Room
October 1st: Entertainment Book Sales EndOctober 7th: Open PTA Board Meeting, 7PM, school library
October 13th-17th: Fall Book FairOctober 17th: Family Dinner, Bingo Night and Membership Raffle Drawing, 6PM-8PM, Multipurpose Room
To view the full PTA calendar, click HERE ,
YOU Are the KEY…
We’re at 58% of our goal to have one voice for every Apollo student. Thanks to all who have already paid for their PTA membership.Don’t miss out! Only 8 days left to be entered into a drawing for $50 gift certificates to Red Robin and Regal Cinemas. The drawing will be held at Family Dinner and Bingo night on Friday, October 17th (don’t need to be present to win).
Questions? Click HERE for more information about why to join the PTA and member benefits or contact Candy at: [email protected].
5th Grade Camp Informational Night
Please join the 5th Grade Camp Informational Night on Thursday, September 25th at 7PM-8PM. It’s very important that at least one parent attends.*Camp Warm Beach Overview*Camp and Cookie Dough Fundraiser Packets Handed Out*Cost Overview and FundraisingQuestions? Contact Myrriah at [email protected].
PTA Meetings – Join us!
The first general PTA Meeting of the year will be this Tuesday, September 23rd at 7PM immediately following the K-2, Title 1, LRC I, LRC II Primary, and Overload Music/PE curriculum. Principal Mundell will provide an update on the school, Miss Louser will give information about each grade level, and information on the three grant proposals received this month will be reported. Click HERE to view the complete agenda. Come check it out! Your input and involvement shape how the programs are offered.
Washington State PTA NEWS
The Supreme Court holds the Washington State Legislature in contempt in the McCleary vs. State of Washington. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on September 4 regarding the legislature’s lack of a plan to fully fund basic education and returned an order of contempt on September 11. The Supreme Court requires the legislature to provide their plan to the court by the end of the 2015 legislative session.
Washington State PTA is one of 11 founding members of NEWS (Network for Excellent Washington Schools). NEWS is a co-plaintiff in the McCleary case. Washington State PTA has worked diligently through our legislative platform to impact legislative change in redefining basic education through HB 2261 and HB 2776 in 2009 and 2010. These reforms are scheduled to be fully implemented in 2018 and the Supreme Court is demanding the legislature’s plan to implement the required funding to meet the provisions of our constitution.
Plan now to participate in WSPTA’s Focus Day, January 19, 2015 in Olympia. We need to remind our legislators of their duty to the children of our state. “It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders.” Article IX, Section 1, Washington State Constitution.
Additional information regarding NEWS and the McCleary lawsuit can be found at http://waschoolexcellence.org/ .
Eastside Enrichment
Eastside Enrichment is dedicated to providing a wide range of lifelong learning opportunities for elementary age students. Art, Chess, Karate, & Lego afterschool programs are available at Apollo Elementary. Fall registration is now open and classes start October 6th! Please click HERE for more information.
"The world would be a better place if…" – 2014-15 Reflections Theme
If you’re not familiar with the Reflections Program, it is a National PTA and Washington State PTA cultural arts competition. The purpose of this program is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works.
Each year, Reflections challenges students to create art that supports a specific theme. A student may submit an entry in any of six art areas: Visual Arts, Photography, Literature, Music Composition, Dance Choreography, and Film Production.
Stay tuned for more information! Questions about Reflections or want to get involved? Contact Jodi at [email protected].
Math at Home and Reading at Home (MAH & RAH) Curriculum Night Raffle
During Curriculum night, teachers will distribute a RAH/MAH flyer. At the bottom of the flyer is a tear-away sheet where students have a chance to be a “problem solver” and answer the question and enter in the prize raffle for either Rick Riordan’s Greek Gods hardcover book or an OgoSport disc and ball. One winner will be selected from the pool of correct answers. Students must return the tear away/answer to teachers by Monday Sept. 29 for the raffle. The winner will be announced Oct. 1. During curriculum night, be sure to stop by the glass display case by the front of the school to see the plethora of prizes we will giving away!
RAH & MAH is in need of 1 parent volunteer per classroom. If you would like to help, please sign-up on the PTA website or in your child’s classroom on curriculum night. Questions? Contact Loan at [email protected] or Khanh at [email protected]. Thank you to those who have already volunteered!
Are you passionate about Fitness?
Kids circuit training, running club, new soccer goals, jump rope jump-off, Fitness Fridays, dance party recesses...? YOU can help make these ideas a reality. Apollo PTA is forming a new Fitness Committee to get our kids up, moving and having fun! Please signup online or contact Kimberly & Jodi at [email protected] for more information.
Calling all Volunteers!Not sure where to start? Apollo PTA always has jobs that need to be filled and if you are a "worker bee" type, WE NEED YOU!!!
By choosing to be a "General Volunteer", you will be sent an email when there is a job that needs to be filled. If you can do it, let us know. If you are unavailable for that job but ready for the next one, let us know that too.
Many hands make light work and our students and teachers need anything we can give them! :-)
Click HERE to find out more.
Sponge Language Classes
Hola and Ni Hao! At Sponge, we see language as a passport to the world. Let’s help your children become global citizens this fall! We’re excited to offer Mandarin (Monday’s) and Spanish (Wednesday’s) at Apollo with an engaging, exciting curriculum taught primarily in the target language.
There will be parents meetings on Monday, September 22, 2014 from 7pm-8pm at the Mercer Island Community Center and Tuesday, September 23, 2014 from 6:30 – 7:30 pm in the Multipurpose Room at Medina Elementary School. We’ll be discussing the Sponge elementary program, our curriculum, teaching methods, and much more! Please RSVP to [email protected].
For more information, click HERE.
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