April 22, 2022 | Issue 4.22.22 |
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Upcoming Events
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Mondays, 4/18/22-5/9/22, 3:35-4:45pm, Wednesday 5/11/22, Saturday 5/14/22: Flamenco Dance After School Program
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Tuesday, 4/26/22, 12-3pm: Passport Check
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Tuesday, 4/26/22, 6pm: Bedtime Stories with Sra. Brody
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Wednesday, 4/27/22, 6:30-8pm: Art Fest Gallery Night
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Monday, 5/2/22 - Friday, 5/6/22: Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week
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Saturday, 5/7/22, 6:10pm: Puesta del Sol PTA Mariners Night
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Friday, 5/13/22: Intent to Return and Parent Input forms due
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Friday, 5/13/22, 11am-1pm: Bellevue Schools Foundation Spring for Schools
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PTA Board Positions are
NOW OPEN for next year!
Are you interested or know someone who would be a great PTA board member for next year? The current PTA board is looking for individuals who want to be involved and make a difference. There are also committee positions open as well.
Our PTA runs a variety of programs like educational enhancement programs, community-building events for our families, classroom grants for teachers, and hosting amity interns. The PTA sponsors many things at Puesta del Sol and it is here to advocate for you
and your student for just about any issue that affects your student’s experience at Puesta del Sol.
We encourage you to browse through the various committees and find something you think you would enjoy that aligns with a particular talent, skill or hobby you have and also that meets your time
restrictions.
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Intent to Return and Parent Input for 2022-2023
Puesta del Sol is asking that families communicate (1) their intention to have their student/s return to Puesta del Sol next year, and (2) family input on the student placement process for next year.
Please complete the following form/s and submit the questions below no later than May 13, 2022.
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Free Movies for April!
Watch FREE streaming movies this school year!
Did you know Puesta del Sol PTA pays the license allowing teachers to show copyrighted material like movies or documentaries at school?
Swank, our movie licensing company, is piloting FREE access to selected movies on scheduled dates, including streaming in Spanish and other languages (when available).
PTA Members - you do not need to email to get the code.
Movies are available on scheduled dates (see below)
Allow >2 business days to get the code. (PTA Members—get the code immediately)
The codes do not apply beyond our school community, please do not share beyond current Puesta del Sol families, teachers or staff.
Families must have their own internet access and device to stream.
Here are the remaining movies, which are available all day on demand:
FRIDAY, APRIL 22 – Wall-E (PG)
SATURDAY, APRIL 23 – Happy Feet (G)
FRIDAY and SATURDAY, APRIL 29-30 - Sing 2 (PG)
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April Passport Check
Tuesday, April 26th 12-3pm
Puesta del Sol Library
Special Itinerary for this month is Mexico.
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Bedtime Stories with Sra. Brody |
Please join us Tuesday, April 26th for a special Bedtime Stories with Sra. Brody!
This one will be the last one for the school year, so we'd love for you to join us!
Tuesday, April 26th 6:00pm
Zoom link:
Meeting ID: 830 9792 1221
Passcode: puesta
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Art Fest Gallery Night
Save the Date! This school-wide event will feature performances by the marimba band, artwork displayed from each class, poetry recited in the library, a food fundraiser and more!
Wednesday, April 27th 6:30-8pm
at Puesta del Sol's Gym and Library
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GRACIAS A NUESTROS MAESTR@S!
Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week
May 2nd — 6th
Join us in making the Puesta del Sol teachers and staff feel loved and appreciated for all they do to help our students learn, nurture, and grow.
The PTA is hosting a luncheon for all staff on Wednesday. As with tradition, families are asked to contribute snacks and other items throughout the week. We have divided up the days based on grade levels for families to bring in themed items.
Please review the SignUp Genius page for available slots for your respective grade.
*Note that all items should be delivered to the Staff lounge in the office at 8am on your specified day.
We will be presenting the teachers with a special gift during the luncheon on Wednesday.
Please find the Amazon Wish List for items we still need. We appreciate your generous support!
Finally, please encourage your child(ren) to participate as noted below during the week.
Schedule:
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Monday, May 2: Kindergarten & 1st Grade Sponsored (students: bring your teacher's favorite fruit)
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Tuesday, May 3: 2nd Grade Sponsored (students: wear your teacher's favorite color)
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Wednesday, May 4: PTA Sponsored (students: bring supplies your teacher needs)
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Thursday, May 5: 3rd and 4th Grade Sponsored (students: bring an appreciation note)
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Friday, May 6: 5th Grade Sponsored (students: bring a flower to brighten your teacher's day)
¡Mil gracias!
PTA Staff Appreciation Committee
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Puesta del Sol Field Day - Save the Date! |
When: Friday, June 17th – afternoon (Time TBD)
Where: Puesta del Sol Fields
Field Day is BACK!
Make plans to volunteer at this K-5 end-of-year student-favorite event. We’re planning 25+ activity stations, including dancing with Sra. Monica (3rd Grade) and DJ Floresita (Srta. Flores - Kindergarten), and will need a lot of volunteers to make Field Day fantastic!
Sign-up sheet and additional details to come.
YAY Field Day!
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Save the Date - 5th Grade Graduation!
Save the Date for 5th Grade Graduation!
Fifth Grade Families and friends, save the date for
Wednesday, June 15th, 6pm
We are planning for an outdoor event on the lawn, south of the playground.
Last year it was wonderful for everyone spread out in the sunshine. The gym will be our back up location.
We are also looking for volunteers to help out, including a co-chair for the Ceremony, and other opportunities from large to small!
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Mondays, 3:35-4:45pm
April 18, 25, May 2, 9
Wed, May 11 - Dress Rehearsal
Sat, May 14
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Learn Flamenco Dance!
Flamenco is from Andalucia in southern Spain. It is a profound, mysterious, powerful and passionate art form, expressing all of life, and emerged from a mixture of eastern and western cultures over many centuries, including influence from the Arabs and Moors, the Gypsies from India, the Jews... and coming from the heart and spirit of each individual, expressing their joys, their sadness, a great range of emotions... and touching the heart and soul of each other and the audience. We will be learning beautiful dance movements, involving a lot of arm and hand movements, proud posture, lots of fun rhythmical foot stomping, percussion of different kinds of hand clapping to flamenco rhythms, shouts of encouragement as flamenco artists do, a fun singing number with clapping and choreography, and another more involved choreography.
The instructor for this class is internationally known Flamenco dancer and teacher, Ana Montes (www.anamontes.com). One or more parents of students participating in the class will also be present to help with attendance.
This is a PTA-sponsored program and is taught in Spanish.
Dates, Location and Cost:
April 18, 25, May 2, 9, and Wed., May 11 dress rehearsal, and Sat., May 14
Mondays, 3:35-4:45pm in the Puesta del Sol Gymnasium.
*Class ends promptly at 4:45pm.
$120 for 6 classes.
Questions?
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Staff Art for Women's History Month
Maria Torres, Attendance Specialist for Puesta del Sol Elementary, completed a wonderful Women of History piece that is on display. Maria assembled a collection of images to craft a poster of trailblazing women who span generations, cultures and contributions. They include artists like Georgia O’Keefe and Frida Kahlo, Civil Rights leaders like Ruby Bridges, Rosa Parks and Harriet Tubman, pioneers like Amelia Earhart and two young women who defied the odds, Anne Frank and Malala Yousafzai. This poster reminds students at Puesta del Sol of the many ways that Women have left their mark on our collective history.
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Searching for Host Families
Puesta del Sol is looking for host families for our 2022-2023 Amity interns. Host families play a vital role in the success of the program. By welcoming an intern from another country into their home, volunteer host families gain friendship, understanding, knowledge and a connection to the world. Host families will experience new tastes and customs and have the chance to practice their intern's language. Your children will learn about different parts of the world from the intern and may receive extra help with their own language studies.
At Puesta del Sol, our host families typically host for 13 weeks but offer longer durations. You may select to host for Fall, Winter or Spring or half-year, and we will extend full-year if necessary. The Amity Committee needs 20 host family applications for 6 interns to ensure improved matching and experience for our interns and families. You may make a preference for male or female and/or time of year. We are in need of families interested in hosting male interns.
To apply to be a host family, please fill out an application.
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Did you know?
Puesta del Sol is Endorsed by the Embassy of Spain
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If you are shopping at Amazon.com, remember to sign up for AmazonSmile and designate Puesta del Sol Elementary/Sunset Elementary PTA Bellevue Council 2 3 95. It costs you nothing and gets money donated to our PTA with each purchase!
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Spanish Immersion / Dual Language / ISA Update |
The Puesta del Sol PTA board and the Bellevue PTSA Council jointly called for a Spanish Language Program Advisory Committee (SLPAC), and the district has accepted the proposal in concept. The details of how this will be rolled out are still to be determined.
Part of the Position Statement is below or read the full PTSA Council statement here.
“In support of the goal of engaging families and school staff in equal partnership in decisions that affect children and families, we join with the Puesta del Sol PTA Board in calling for the creation of a Spanish Language Program Advisory Committee to include proportional representation from all stakeholders including but not limited to secondary students, parents, teachers and administrators from at least each of the following:
• Elementary ISA Language Program (Puesta del Sol)
• Middle School ISA Language Program (Tillicum)
• High School ISA Language Program (Newport, Sammamish)
• Elementary Dual Language Programs (Stevenson, Sherwood Forest, Lake Hills)
• Middle School Dual Language Programs (Highland, Tillicum)
• High School Dual Language Program (Sammamish)
• K-12 Instructional Leader and Curriculum Developer for World Languages
The purpose of the committee would be to help advise District leaders regarding proposed program changes, as well as advocating for language programs in the long term to help ensure that the Dual Language and Immersion programs continue to thrive. A committee of this makeup would convene regularly to work together to inform, influence and create policies, practices, and programs that meet both community expectations and OSPI requirements.”
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COVID-19 Drive-Through Diagnostic Testing for BSD Students
Bellevue School District offers diagnostic testing for COVID-19. Diagnostic testing looks for infections in individuals who have symptoms of COVID-19 or have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Drive-through testing, by appointment only, will take place Monday - Friday from 8:30am to 12:30pm at:
Wilburton Instructional Services Center (WISC)
12241 Main St.
Bellevue, WA 98005
To register/sign up, click here.
For instructions and more information, click here.
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There is NO CHARGE for school meals during the 2021-2022 school year! |
You're Invited!
Spring For Schools
Friday, May 13th
11am-1pm
Hyatt Regency Bellevue
Join the Puesta del Sol table
in-person or virtually at this annual event.
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