In this Issue - Annual Costume & SpiritWear Exchange (10/10-10/16)
- Buy Tickets for 'Denim & Diamonds' Parent Social & Auction (10/21)
- Halloween Hoot & School Parade (10/27)
- Become a Dragon Tales Editor!
- PTA-at-Work
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- Check off your PTA To-Dos on 'My Forms' Page
- Firmender's Friday Update
- ISDY News
- Community News
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Annual Costume & SpiritWear Exchange (10/10-10/16) Our annual costume and ISD SpiritWear exchange is back just in time for Halloween! Swap out your gently-used/outgrown (and laundered) costumes/SpiritWear/accessories and pick up fresh, "new" outfits for your children! Starting on Tuesday, October 10th through Monday, October 16th, there will be a clothing rack of costumes and volunteers at the traffic circle during drop-off and pick-up - roughly from 8:30 - 9:00am and 2:45 - 3:30pm on each of those days. We need your help to run this swap! Please choose a time that works and volunteer below to help us run this exchange. Please bring your outfits directly to the volunteers helming the exchange rack during the specified times and not to the front desk of the school. |
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Fling a Ring at the 'Denim & Diamonds' Parent Social & Auction (10/21) The countdown has almost begun for our big fundraiser; we are only two weeks out! Join your fellow ISD parents for the much anticipated "Denim & Diamonds" Parent Social & Auction. There will be dinner, cocktails, auction prizes, games, and more! Date: Saturday, October 21st, 2023 Location: Greenwich Water Club (Cos Cob) Tickets: $125 ($10 OFF for PTA members) Open Position: We are looking for a tech-savvy person to help with technical needs such as linking a computer screen to TV screens and similar for the Parent Social event at the Greenwich Water Club on the day of the event in order to showcase the live silent auction. It will be approximately 3 hours of your time commitment. If you are interested, please reach out to the Fundraising Team for more information.
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| Wine Toss One, two, three...fling the ring! An entertaining and fun tradition - Wine Toss - will be back again this year. For $20, you can try your luck and toss three rings to win a bottle of liquor or three! To keep this tradition alive, we need your help! Please donate bottle(s) of wine or spirts through Friday, October 20th. You can drop them off or coordinate pick-up with either: - Roli Agrawal - 105 Florence Road, Riverside - (702) 417-6546
- Irina Moskalenko - 24 Midbrook Lane, Old Greenwich - (239) 877-4879
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Auction Items/Experiences Our Parent Social Auction Team is also in the process of procuring auction items and experiences from the community. |
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If you own a business and/or skills and time that you would like to donate towards the auction/raffle, please reach out to our Fundraising Team(Martina Kusurin and Zuzana Hylova).The next time you're eating out at your favorite restaurant, getting your nails done, or think of another business who might like to support us, just email the SPONSOR LETTER or DIGITAL LINK to them. Or just ask them the next time you're there - we are depending on all of your support! In order to make this event a success, we need all hands on deck and we need all of your help to reach our goal! Remember, the money raised during this auction will go towards enrichment and other educational programs for our children. Even if you cannot attend the Parent Social, consider buying your tickets in order to help us reach our fundraising goal. Thank you for making this a fantastic event - your support is greatly appreciated! |
Save the Date: Halloween Hoot & School Parade (10/27) Save the date for this year's Halloween Hoot & School Parade which will take place on Friday, October 27th. The parade will take place at 2:30pm and parents are invited to line up around the perimeter of the school building to view their children in costume. Costumes must be easy to put on by the children themselves! View more information in Mrs. Firmender's Friday Update below. More details on the Halloween Hoot line-up that same evening and other information on how you can help us put on this very popular event will follow! |
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| Become a Dragon Tales Editor! We are looking for a few good volunteers to help us reach out to the ISD community through our weekly newsletter! If you have any experience in copywriting, editing, marketing, or communications, please consider giving us a bit of your time! You can work entirely from home or office as you contribute to ISD! DT Editor shifts are 6 weeks long and training is provided! Reach out to comm_team@isdpta.org to learn more. |
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PTA-at-Work: Hip Hop Fundamentals Assembly Last week, Hip Hop Fundamentals, an award-winning team of diverse professional Breakers visited our school and held two interactive and educational assemblies for all the grade levels. They empowered and inspired the children and teachers/staff alike with their agility, flexibility and signature moves tied into lessons about culture, historical roots, and youth involvement. Hip Hop is all about expression - and even if the dance moves are the same, the way an individual expresses them is very different. Thanks to our amazing Enrichment Team for bringing our children such an incredible opportunity that combined education and audience participation in such a fun manner. A very special thanks also goes to our Teachers & Staff for being such good sports and impressing all the children with some fierce dance moves - you stole the show! |
PTA-at-Work: Fall Happy Hours Warm weather, good company, and a couple of fun settings! New parents and old friends from ISD were able to relax over a drink at Lugano's and the Old Greenwich Social Club last week and enjoy some grown-up time. Thank you to our Past President and PTA team for organizing these fun gatherings and giving us an opportunity to meet and mingle on one of the most gorgeous Fall weather weeks! |
Check off your PTA To-Dos on the 'My Forms' Page Visit your My Forms page on the ISDPTA.org website to take care of all PTA To-Dos such as: Joining the PTA, Volunteering for PTA Committees, Traffic Circle, Music Rehearsals, shopping for SpiritWear and more. |
| Firmender's Friday Update See Mrs. Firmender's latest weekly Friday Newsletter for important information regarding: - Hip Hop Fundamentals School Assembly
- Important Procedural Drill Information
- Halloween Information
- The Great Pumpkin Character Showcase
- News from PE
- Turkey Trot Registration is Open!
- Yearbook Photo Cover Contest
- Raising Lifelong Learners Early Literacy Skills Series Part II (Pre-K - Grade 2). Register HERE.
- Cellphones & Smartwatches Policy
- Join the PTA
- 2023-2024 Assured Experiences
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ISDY News: 10.6.2023 Here is the first episode of the 2023-2024 ISDY News Show - produced by our very own ISD students and coordinated by Mr. Harris! Highlights: - Reminders of the week
- Silly Holidays
- Ask the Class - 2S
"If you could only eat one food for the rest of your life, what would that food be?" - School Store Commercial
- Meet The Teacher's Pet
- Birthdays Shoutouts
View the news show here. |
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Kids in Crisis: Tobacco Flavor Banning Committee Kids In Crisis invites interested Parents to join a New "Tobacco Flavor Banning Committee," which will focus efforts on implementing policies in Greenwich to eliminate the sale of tobacco-flavored products. If you want to get involved, email crestrepo@kidsincrisis.org |
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The Greenwich Local Elections on November 7th are very likely to have very significant impacts for our schools, including (but not limited to) funding for the badly needed building projects for Central Middle School, Old Greenwich School, Julian Curtiss School, Riverside School, the remediation of the water quality issues at Parkway, Ham Ave parking structure repairs, and more. |
It's Pumpkin Patch Time! It's (almost) Fall y'all! Get pumped for the 53rd annual Pumpkin Patch at Old Greenwich School on Saturday, October 14th from 11am-4pm. The annual fall festival is Old Greenwich School's largest fundraiser and is going to be better than ever! Featuring an amazing pumpkin carving station, hay maze, haunted house, fall-themed games, prizes, food trucks and much more. You won't want to miss it! |
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Community Gardens of HOPE (10/14) Join The Yellow Tulip Project for the 2nd Annual planting of Community Gardens of HOPE on Saturday, October 14th at 10am at the Cos Cob Elementary School. Bring your shovel, gloves, and hopeful spirit to help smash the stigma around mental illness. Learn more HERE. |
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Set Sail! (10/15) Join the OGRCC for the popular annual Model Sailboat Regatta on Sunday, October 15, 2023, at Binney Park, Old Greenwich, CT. Pre-registration is required, visit the OGRCC website for more details. |
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Abilis Walk/Run (10/15) The 18th annual Walk/Run for Abilis is designed for individuals of all ages and abilities and includes a 5K run, a one-mile accessible walk, family-friendly activities, Carnival for a Cause, balloon artist, face-painting, and more! Registration is FREE for all walkers and everyone 11 and under! Register, donate, or volunteer HERE. Download flyer HERE. |
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Back-to-School Tutoring Greenwich Academics is a nonprofit tutoring organization by and for Greenwich students. The tutors are Greenwich High School Honor Roll Students, who receive community service hours for their efforts. The tutoring is available free to students in all grades (K-12) and is done either virtually, or can be done at the Greenwich Library. Tutoring is offered in a large variety of subjects and levels (math, science, english, social studies, music, etc). Visit the Greenwich Academics Website for more info. |
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Upcoming Events | | Monday, October 9 | | | Saturday, October 21 | | | Wednesday, October 25 | | | Friday, October 27 | | | Tuesday, November 7 | | | Wednesday, November 8 | | | Friday, November 10 | |
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