October 19, 2007

October 19, 2007 Calendar of upcoming events in October 25 4th - 7th Curriculum Nights 6:30-7:45 p.m. 26 Professional Development Day No School for students 30 Workshop: Understanding the Teen and Pre-teen Brain (5th-7th grade families) 6:30-8:00 p.m. Workshop Coming Soon UNDERSTANDING THE PRE-TEEN AND TEEN BRAIN* A free workshop for people parenting 5th -12th graders October 30th 6:00-8:30 p.m. Questions or want to sign up? Contact: Cherie Allbaugh At 503-916-6189 or callbaug@pps.k12.or.us Please call if you need childcare!! *Presented by Student Services Dept. Notes on Notes It's been a great beginning this year. I'm delighted to be teaching music at Irvington. As I have said numerous times in class, "Music is a performance art." To that end, I announced to all the classes, First Grade to Seventh Grade that on November 14th and 15th we will have a "Recital Day." It is not a requirement. It will be an opportunity for your child to perform in front of the rest of the class. If your child is taking lessons or practices some form of music regularly, please encourage him/her to get a piece ready to perform. I will try to have 3 of these recital days during this year and we will have the Talent Show in April. -- Daniel Brixius PTA Corner Please welcome our new PTA Vice President, Doug Carlson. Thanks for stepping up Doug. Next PTA meeting: Tuesday, November 6th, 6:30pm - 8pm, Library. PTA sponsored free child-care provided for children 3yrs + up. PTA information (meeting minutes, up-coming events, officers + committee contact information + up-to-date news) is available on the PTA bulletin board at the main entrance of school. It's also now available on our own school's website: . Please visit the web site as we work toward updating its information, making it even more useful to you. If you'd like to help us in further developing the web site and making it an even better tool of communication, please contact Irma @ or Steve @ For November, Scrip gift card orders are due in the main office on Monday, Nov. 5th with delivery or pick up on the playground after school on Thursday, Nov. 8th . There will be an additional order in November so people can use scrip for Thanksgiving purchases. It will be due the following week by 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 13th and will be ready on Friday Nov. 16th. There will be no order on Nov. 19th. Our school receives $2 for every $50 spent at Fred Meyer or New Seasons with Scrip gift cards - and it adds up! Order forms can be found on the PTA bulletin board outside the library and will soon be available on our website, www.irvingtonelementary.com Irvington School's 6th Annual School Auction Auction Chairs for this year's auction are: Colleen Walker - Auction Co-Chair 3146 NE 11th Avenue 503-287-3381 Rachel Reich - Auction Co-chair 2224 NE 23rd Avenue 503-946-8627 Susan O'Kelly - Beverage Chair 2617 NE 14th Avenue 503-284-1489 Leslie Dressel - Catalog Chair 503-841-5957 Renee Montmorency - Child Care Reservations Chair 2120 NE Knott Street 503-287-9155 Meghan O'Rourke - Classroom Projects Co-Chair 1631 NE Tillamook Avenue 503-282-5770 Megan Barrett - Classroom Projects Co-Chair 2536 NE 20th Avenue 503-249-7549 Margaret Morton - Decorations Co-Chair 2443 NE 20th Avenue 503-282-7598 Rachel Carlson -Procurement Chair 2746 NE 12th Avenue 281-5861 Rachael Moloney - Publicity/Promotions Co-Chair 3036 NE 13th Avenue 503-282-2450 Julie Cassin - Publicity/Promotions Co-Chair (Decorations Co-Chair) 2746 NE 17th Avenue 503-331-0697 Tory Cowan - Ticket Sales Chair 503-281-8268 Sponsors Chair (still open) - this could be a great one for someone who has a lot of business contacts Irma Murauskas - Volunteers Chair 2333 NE 9th Avenue 503-493-2219 If you would like to volunteer to help with one of these positions, please contact the chair directly. The auction needs many volunteers and there are many "small" jobs within each position. We need you! As we ask for donations from businesses for the auction, we are finding more and more schools are soliciting the same businesses and they are not able to give as much. So, we need your help. Do you work at a restaurant? Or do you have a relative that works at a hotel? Or a neighbor who owns a business? If so, please contact Rachel Carlson (503-281-5861 or rachelabra@msn.com Scared of commitment? Want to help with the auction but don't want to be tied down? Come join us for a letter stuffing party-only an hour and a half of your time! When: Thursday, October 25th, after school 3-4:30 p.m. Where: 2746 NE 12th Ave, 2 blocks from the school, between Knott and Stanton Questions: Rachel Carlson, 503-281-5861, rachelabra@msn.com GARDEN PARTY THANKS A hearty THANK YOU for a job well done by all this past Saturday in the Irvington School Garden. Although it resembles a graveyard at this point, it will soon be transformed into a gorgeous garden with a new tool shed and 26 raised beds. For those who couldn't be there this past weekend, you will have another opportunity to help. This coming Saturday, Oct. 20th, we will be assembling the new plot frames. We really need your help! Hope to see you Saturday from 9-Noon. Coffee and Donuts!

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