2024-05-09 Noticias de ISLA y ISLA PTO
Emily Smith
Save the Date
It's time to purchase YEARBOOKS! ¡Ya es tiempo de comprar el ANUARIO!
THE WINDOW CLOSES IN MAY 10!
Order your yearbook HERE today! Compre su anuario AQUÍ hoy!
We’re also looking for ISLA community photos to use in the yearbook! Use the links below to share your photos with the yearbook team. If you need to sign up for the first time, our school code is 1016123740893948. Please reach out to hestrada@isla.school with any questions.
También buscamos fotos de la comunidad de ISLA para usar en el anuario. Usa los vínculos abajo para compartir tus fotos con el equipo del anuario. Si necesitan registrarse por primera vez, el código escolar es 1016123740893948. Por cualquier pregunta, se pueden conectar con hestrada@isla.school.
Fundraising Committee Corner
The ISLA School Board Committees and the ISLA PTO are working together to plan an End of Year Celebration for our community! Please mark your calendars for Sunday, June 2nd from 2pm-5pm on the ISLA playground and covered parking area. This free event will have a bounce house, dunk tank, music, face painting, lemonade stand, and more!
Food for purchase: Kurbside Catering's Ice Company Sno Balls, Sophia's Kitchen tacos and more, Los Traviesos Tacos y Tortas
All are welcome.
Thank you to ChiroCenter Chiropractic for their sponsorship of the bounce house! We are still looking for a sponsor for the dunk tank! Please reach out to Lisa Wittig if your company would be interested in supporting the event.
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School Board Election - May 17 - 20
ISLA's annual board of directors election will be held via an online voting platform, Election Buddy, in mid-May, with results announced at the May 21, 2024 board meeting. All ISLA staff members and parents/guardians of ISLA students are eligible to vote for school board members.
Eligible voters should receive a unique ballot link by email on Friday, May 17, 2024 and will be permitted to cast their vote using that link anytime thereafter until 5:00pm on Monday, May 20, 2024. If you do NOT currently have an email address on file with the school, please contact Emily Smith at esmith@isla.school to provide a current email address to receive your online ballot. If you do not have access to email or a device for online voting, you will be able to vote in person at the school office during school hours on Friday May 17, 2024 and Monday May 20, 2024.
Biographies of the board candidates and a sample ballot can be found on the ISLA website: https://www.isla.school/board/board-candidates
Field Day!
Field Day is on Friday, May 17th and it will take place at ISLA. The alternate day in case of bad weather will be Friday, May 24th. Field Day is a non uniform day for students and I encourage them to bring sport clothes and comfortable tennis shoes. We will have two sessions for Field Day:
- Morning session from 10:00 - 12:00 for PreK - Second grade.
- Afternoon session from 1:15 - 3:15 for Third - Sixth grade.
Please make sure your kid brings a water bottle and sunscreen. Everyone is invited to come and watch!
Come lend a hand and spend the day with your kids as they enjoy Field Day! Sr. Diaz needs help with the food/drink station. Please sign up through the following link:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0C45A9AF2EA4FF2-49437173-volunteers
Parking Restrictions for Field Day
PTO Highlights
We want the PTO Website to be the go-to source for our community. The information provided in Noticias may be slightly more condensed... So please make sure to keep tabs on the website as we continue to work towards this goal!!
Kudos to the Community
There are so many wonderful humans in the ISLA Community & we would really LOVE to give special shout-outs to those that deserve it!! Please check out this new page on the PTO Website to see these shoutouts!!
If you’d like to share a positive experience you’ve had with a teacher, staff member, LA, parent, grandparent or even a student– Please complete this form (available in English & Spanish)!
ISO (in search of) Videographer
We are on the hunt for a parent with some videography experience/interest to help coordinate the update of the ISLA school video after Molly OFFICIALLY joins the team. The existing video also features the previous building, so it would be great to highlight our new location, as well! If interested, please email Jenner Moretto, the PTO Chair at ptochair@isla.school.
CHALK THE WALK AND
TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK
There’s still time to draw some fun "thank yous" for the staff on the lower level covered parking areas– Chalk provided by the PTO!
Thank you all so much for your participation in helping provide so many delicious snacks & lunches for our amazing staff this week!! With your help & support, we were able to provide a gift for EVERY teacher, LA, staff member in honor of such a “SUCC”essful year! There is one day left to sign up and bring a dish!!
ISLA on the big screen!
HUGE shoutout to ISLA Parent Bob Sparkins for coordinating an amazing day at the ballpark with over 270 ISLA friends! Our school had a special shoutout on the big screen during the game… 5 of our students ran in the mascot race after the 4th inning and more than a few families made some big screen appearances, too!! Here’s a quick peek at some of the fun, but you can find more Photos in the Facebook album! Please feel free to add yours if you’ve got them! And don’t forget, there is still time to join up with some friends and serve concessions at a Twins game!! Each game that our group brings 10 volunteers, the PTO receives at least $1000!
Get more details and share your availability by filling out this volunteer survey ASAP.
Torti’s Lost & Found Update: Clearing
Thank you to the amazing Laci Haviland & Jessica Gielen for all of their efforts in organizing, sorting and returning items from the Lost & Found. Thank you families for your attention to this matter! Let's work together to keep our school community organized and thriving.
Attention ISLA Families! Torti here with an important update about our Lost & Found items. ACTUALIZACIÓN DE OBJETOS PERDIDOS
¡Busque en el área de objetos perdidos las pertenencias de su estudiante!Próxima fecha de clasificación/devolución/donación de objetos perdidos y encontrados: Miércoles 15 de mayo
LOST & FOUND UPDATE
Please look through the lost & found for your student’s belongings!
Next LOST & FOUND sort/return/donate date: Wednesday, May 15,2024
All labeled items found in our Lost & Found will be returned to their rightful owners within two weeks of this date.
*Unlabeled Items:* Any items without labels will be repurposed within our school community. They'll either be added to our uniform exchange, given to other ISLA students in need, or donated to a local charity.
Please take a moment to stop by the Lost & Found prior to the cleanout date, whether it's during drop-off, pickup, or another convenient time. Your help in reclaiming lost treasures is greatly appreciated!
Looking to prevent future losses? Consider purchasing name labels for your child's belongings. Check out Mabel’s Labels!
• • • Get involved • • •
You can find more information on all of these topics on the PTO Website!Serve lunch
Click here to see available time slots!
Box Tops for Education
Get started!!
Mabel’s Labels
Visit their website and search for International Spanish Language Academy
Teacher Wishlists
Click here to view the full list of teachers broken down by grade!
Join the ISLA Community at some favorite local restaurants each month!!
We are less than $300 away from breaking $4,000 raised from our Community/ Restaurant Nights… That means we’ve raised almost HALF the cost it takes to cover one LA for a whole school year, friends!! Thanks so much to those that could come out to ISLA Family-owned Jersey Mikes in Hopkins this week!! We will report back numbers ASAP– Please keep an eye on the PTO Website for the full schedule which will be updated with Summer dates soon!
Tuesday 6/12 4–8pm
Davanni’s in Edina
5124 Gus Young Ln
Fiesta Updates
We had an AMAZING time celebrating the school with our ISLA Community at Fiesta de la Primavera and the Fiesta Committee is absolutely overwhelmed with the love & support shown for our ISLA PTO Language Ambassador Program! THANK YOU!!
Please use this folder to share any photos you may have taken during the event.
Upcoming Great Gatherings
There are some tickets available for Great Gatherings that we will leave open until the event is held or they sell out! TIP: Use this link or sort the auction items on Givesmart by category to view only "AVAILABLE" items!
5/11 Scavenger Hunt! Meet at the Hopkins Library for a fun scavenger hunt with a special stop for ice cream!
(NEW DATE due to weather forecast) 5/19 Get outdoors with some friends! Sunshine, friends, snacks and board games at Normandale Park with Sra Ruth & Tatiana!!
Questions? Reach out to Caitlin Edstrom on Facebook or via email at fiesta@isla.school
