October 22, 2021 | Issue 10.22.21 |
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Puesta del Sol PTA Pumpkin Bash Trunk or Treat
Saturday, October 30!
Registration required. Please sign-up for a time slot in the form below!
Wilburton Elementary 12300 Main Street, Bellevue
We are going Trunk or Treat style with games, treats & more, and need your help to make this event spectacular!
Decorate your trunk
Families, teachers & staff are invited to decorate their trunks
Trunks must be decorated by 4pm, no need to bring any treats!
Attend our event
Please fill out this form to attend the event (trunk decorators use only the form above.)
This is required for treat counts and safety measures.
Volunteers, Equipment and Help Needed
Would you like to help our event by loaning us equipment, making a photo booth station, DJing or volunteering?
Donate treats
We need lots of fun treats for the treat bags
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The Big Give Fundraising Drive
Help us raise $75,000 to support our Puesta del Sol community!
* Cash or Check when returning the Yellow Envelope Pledge Form
Our Big Give Fundraising Drive is coming soon. Watch for yellow envelopes coming home with your student. Please have your student return their envelope and pledge form to their teacher, with or without donation. The classroom with the most envelopes returned will win a prize!
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Our 2nd Dining for Dinero event is scheduled for
Wednesday, October 27th
10 am – 7:30 pm
La Chingona Taqueria
29 148th AVE SE
Bellevue, WA 98007
La Chingona Taqueria is an awesome food truck located across the street from the Kelsey Creek Shopping Center, near the new, future campus of Puesta del Sol.
Outdoor seating and online ordering are available:
This popular Dining for Dinero location gets busy. Ordering ahead is recommended!
La Chingona Taqueria has graciously agreed to donate a portion of ALL their proceeds ALL DAY to Puesta del Sol’s PTA. No special code necessary!
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Bedtime Stories with Sra. Brody is back for 2021-2022!
Puesta del Sol PTA is please to bring back this popular online event with our beloved Librarian Sra. Brody!
Time to get in your favorite pajamas, grab a cup of cocoa, and sit back and relax as Sra. Brody reads bedtime stories to our Puesta del Sol families.
Some changes for 2021:
We appreciate our family feedback and have revised the time to 6:00pm. We also will be meeting earlier in the week instead of Thursdays.
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Family Explorations: Dia de los Muertos |
Join the Puesta del Sol familia to learn about and explore the rich and meaningful traditions of Dia de los Muertos.
The DEI committee is presenting two live virtual bilingual events; come to one or both!
Tuesday, November 2nd at 6:30 pm - Dia de los Muertos Live Presentation
Alonso Chehade, Vanessa Lopez-Kopp, Jackie Zawalski and Sra. Ojeda will take us on a virtual journey exploring the memories, tastes, traditions, symbols, art and beauty of Dia de los Muertos. Questions and discussion will follow. Fully bilingual and streamed via YouTube.
Wednesday, November 3rd at 3:00 pm - Virtual Calavera Art Workshop
Please join Holly Ellis-Brown for a virtual Dia de los Muertos Art Workshop. Free skull painting kit with all supplies needed to participate will be provided. Register here: https://forms.gle/qDEhfHARcdkLjvZFA
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Passport Check Day
Next Passport Check Day is on
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021
Puesta del Sol library
Special Itinerary for this month is Thailand
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Art Appreciation Volunteer Meeting
Are you interested in volunteering for Art Appreciation?
Join the volunteer meeting:
Wednesday, November 3rd, 9:15am
Outside the PTA Office
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Looking for Amity Host Families 2021-22 |
Puesta del Sol is looking for host families for our 2021-22 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 here
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Mental Health and Signs of Suicide:
The Data Behind the Stigmas
Wednesday, November 3rd 2021
5pm via Zoom
- Hear directly from district experts
- Engage through a Q&A session
- Learn about future programming
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Bellevue Schools Foundation's initiatives help support students across all 29 Bellevue School District schools, and allow all students to achieve higher levels of academic success and social-emotional well being regardless of language, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and special needs
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Calling for Volunteers for the Educational Enhancement Committee
We still have open positions to coordinate Educational Enhancement programs: Academic Challenge, After School Programs, International Spanish Academy (ISA), 5th Grade Math Olympiad, Reflections, Spanish Immersion Through the Arts (SITA), and more.
These are great opportunities to enrich our students' experience!
Note that the Flamenco teacher already contacted us about running classes, but we need a volunteer to help coordinate. We will not be able to run the programs for which we do not have volunteers. If you are interested in any of these open positions, please follow instructions here: https://puestadelsolpta.org/Page/AboutPTA/Committees.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at
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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! It works—our PTA has received $755.38 as of June 2021!
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Domestic and International Travel Policy
Travel policy can be found here
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There is NO CHARGE for school meals during the 2021-2022 school year! |
October is Now Dyslexia Awareness Month In Washington State
Washington State’s new literacy screening and intervention law goes into effect this 2021-22 school year.
This law requires schools to screen students for literacy problems and provide target support on a faster timeline.
Decoding Dyslexia Washington State (DDWA) has prepared this handy 3 page packet for families. It includes a "Question and Answer” page, a “Parent Worksheet”, and an “Information from the School” worksheet. These were designed by DDWA for use by families who receive notice from the school that their child has been “flagged” by a literacy screener.
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