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October 29 ------ Principal and PTSA Coffee Hour 8:10am
PTSA Volunteer Meeting 9:00am
October 31 ------ Socktober donation deadline
November 1 ----- Reflections Art Entries due
Box Tops submission deadline
November 6 ----- PTSA Board Meeting 6:30pm
BSD Volunteer Training Evening Session 7:30pm
November 7 ----- Veterans Day Assembly 8:45am
November 11 --- Veterans Day: NO SCHOOL
November 12 --- Art of Discovery Volunteer Training
November 14 --- Reflections Art Walk
November 15 --- Passport Club check
Movie Night: Toy Story 4, 6:00-8:00pm
November 19-22 Art of Discovery Program
November 28-29 Thanksgiving Holiday: NO SCHOOL
| Volunteer Opportunity | Questions? | Needed | Progress |
| Passport Club Checkers 11/15 | Passport Club Chairs | 18 | 14 |
| Art of Discovery 11/19-11/22 | Art Teacher Ms Davidson | 21 | 3 |
| Art is Awesome! Classroom Art Docent | Art Docent Chair | 21 | 12 |
| PTSA Room Parent Coordinator | Volunteer Coordinator | 1+ | 0 |
| Academic Adventure Co-Chair | Volunteer Coordinator | 1+ | 0 |
| PTSA Staff Appreciation shadow | Staff Appreciation Chair | 1+ | 0 |
| Geo Bee shadow | Passport Club/Geo Bee Chairs | 1+ | 0 |
| Field Day Chair | Volunteer Coordinator | 1+ | 0 |
| Variety Show Chair | Volunteer Coordinator | 1+ | 0 |
| Carnival shadow | Volunteer Coordinator | 1+ | 0 |
| *What is a shadow? Shadows are future Chairs that learn by observing the current Chair |
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NEW! Principal MacDonald will be providing morning and evening BSD orientation sessions for volunteers helping out in classrooms, at school sponsored events, or as a chaperone for field-trips. The purpose of this orientation is to provide clear and consistent messaging and support about the role, expectations, and benefits of serving as a parent volunteer in our schools. If you plan on volunteering for any reason at Enatai during the 2019-20 school year, please plan on attending a volunteer orientation session.
The training Principal MacDonald is providing is different from last month's PTSA Volunteering 101 presentation. To support the many languages of Enatai families, online translation will be available.
Principal MacDonald will be offering two sessions:
Date: Tuesday, October 29th
Time: 8:10-9:00 AM
Location: STEM Room
And...
Date: Wednesday, November 6th
Time: 7:30-8:00 PM
Location: Library
Following the Principal Coffee, join us for our monthly PTSA Volunteers Meeting!
Thank you to those who were able to attend last month's PTSA Volunteer Meeting! The topic of the meeting was "Volunteering 101", which focused on what the PTSA helps support, the events planned for the year, and what administrative tools should be used by Event/Program Chairs.
Date: Tuesday, Oct 29th, 2019Time: 9-10amLocation: STEM RoomRSVP: Click here (Room Parents & Chairs encouraged to attend - All welcome!)
Parents! Need more incentive to get out of bed in the morning or to come to the next Principal's Coffee? On Tuesday, Oct 29th we have a Jazz Combo from Bellevue High School coming to play our students into school from 7:30-8:00 am. Stop by and enjoy the music! We have at least two Enatai Alumni playing in the combo and hope to have more BHS student musicians visit us in the future!
It's Socktober! Please donate new socks of any size BEFORE October 31st! Socks can be dropped off in the bin located in the Enatai office. New socks will be distributed to the Sophia Way, Eastside Baby Corner, and the Union Gospel Mission.
Reflections Entry Forms are now available!
Reflections, the National PTA Art Contest, is an opportunity for Enatai student to create artwork based on the "Look Within" 2019-2020 theme and compete in categories such as 2D visual, literature, photography, music composition, film production and dance choreography. Read more about it on our Reflections webpage.
Participants should download the Entry Form with their specific category rules at the Reflections webpage and the Submission Checklist to complete their project. Paper copies of the rules and entry forms are also available at the kiosk in front of the STEM Room at school. Entry Deadline is November 1, 2019. This activity is part of the Academic Adventure program.
The Reflections Art Walk will be held on the evening of November 14th, 6:30-8:00pm. The Art Walk will include a family friendly art docent project and display this year's artist entries.
THE OLD BOX TOPS CLIPS are still being collected at school! If you still have some at home, please clip and send them to school. Every valid Box Tops clip is worth 10¢ for your school. Make sure each one has a clearly visible product acronym and expiration date. Please bring them to the front office or have your student give them to their teacher by NOV 1st!
If you see this label, use the new Box Tops app to scan your receipt. Box Tops are still worth 10¢ each for your school. The app will find participating products purchased at any store and instantly add cash to your school's earnings online. If you don't want to scan receipts yourself, you can send your original or copied receipts into school and we will make sure Enatai gets credit.
Questions: Contact programs@enataiptsa.org
We invite all Veterans in our community to attend our Veterans Day Assembly on Thursday, November 7th at 8:45 am in the Enatai gym. The Enatai Choir will sing and our students will honor Veterans through songs. The Bellevue High School Chorale will also sing at our assembly! Students are encouraged to wear RED, WHITE, and BLUE.
When: Thursday, November 7th at 8:45am
Where: Enatai Elementary Gym
Art of Discovery Project 2019 needs parents help! The event will be held on November 19th-22nd. This is a great opportunity for our children to explore and experience interesting art works from well-known local artists without having to leave school! Please sign up to lead a group of approximately 6 students to the art exhibition during art classes. There will be a quick training on Tuesday, November 12th at 2.30-3pm in the art room with our art teacher, Ms. Davidson for those who are volunteering ( your children are welcome to stay in the art room while the training happens).
"Holy Smoke" that was a Fall Festival and Haunted House to remember! Thank you so much to the community for your good will, the many volunteers and donors who helped create this event, Amy MacDonald and Ali Sameti for your understanding, and the fire department for your patience!
There's so much to say, but we will have a take a breath to recover before we can say more in the next newsletter. But primarily: Thank you, Enatai!
Quick Update about BSF Clickathon Oct. 22nd & 23rd
Our community made a strong statement these past two days that all children deserve a better education than public funding provides. THANK YOU so much!
- 455 Donors (v. 354 last year). An increase of 29%.
- $68,840 raised from our parent community (v. $47,224 last year). An increase of 46%. Employee matching not yet calculated.
- $127,340 raised in total with our matching funds (v.$84,284 last year). An increase of 51%.
S.O.S. Program
Deborah Kraft, the Director of K-12 Counseling for the Bellevue School District, will be leading a discussion on the Bellevue School District’s new Signs of Suicide (SOS) program. This suicide prevention program is being implemented in all of Bellevue’s public secondary schools. Deborah will be joined by a panel that includes program staff and Middle and High School counselors. Two sessions are offered, both sessions are in the Rainier Room at WISC. Registration links are:
November 7th 11:30am-1:00pm https://tinyurl.com/yyxjehp9 (lite lunch provided)
November 14th 7:00pm-8:00pm https://tinyurl.com/y5bse6r
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