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Mon, Mar. 11, 2024
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2023/2024 School Year
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NEWS & UPDATES FROM NEWCASTLE ELEMENTARY PTSA |
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Important Dates to Remember Friday, March 15: Golden Acorn Nominations Due Friday, March 15: Yearbook Photo Submissions Due Monday, March 18 - Friday, March 22: Book Fair Wednesday, March 20: Last Day to Purchase Mariners Tickets Wednesday, March 27: Multi-Cultural Fair
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Yearbook Personalized Pages
Attention Current 5th Grade Families! We currently have FIVE spots remaining for purchase for yearbook personalized pages from our March 2023 school auction. If you would like to purchase one for $75, you can do so on our website beginning Thursday, March 14th, at 8pm. GO TO OUR WEBSITE, then click on the yearbook icon on the left-hand side of the menu to see the option for "5th Grade Yearbook Page." Good luck!
 Yearbook Sales
Don’t miss out on the 2023-2024 yearbook for your student! If you did not purchase a yearbook for your child earlier in the school year, it’s not too late - but time is running out! To purchase: GO TO OUR WEBSITE and click on the "Yearbook" icon in the left column list and follow the prompts to complete your purchase. Each copy is $26. The final deadline to order is Friday, May 31st.
Note: If you do not remember if you have already ordered a copy, go to the PTSA website, click on "my account", log in, and go to “current orders”. A confirmation of your purchase will appear on that screen.  Join us at Issaquah Schools Foundation Nourish Every Mind Event
Our PTSA would be so honored if you'd join us at our table for the Issaquah Schools Foundation Nourish Every Mind Student Showcase!
During the one hour event, we invite you to reconnect over a complimentary lunch with friends as students share how your Foundation support fuels innovation and student success in our schools. Registration is now open for the event, so please visit the registration page HERE to sign up. You’ll also be able to see the menu choices and choose your lunch. Be sure to choose Mary Vickers (our PTSA co-president) in the Table Captain drop-down menu. Space for the event will be limited so please register as soon as you can!
Event details are below: Nourish Every Mind Student Showcase Luncheon Thursday, March 28, 2024 from 12:00pm-1:00pm Issaquah Community Center Doors will open at 11:00am for mingling and visiting student showcase booths. Light lunch and program begin at 12:00pm. The elementary school with the most attendees will win a visit from Blitz at a PTSA event of their choice! Let's get that visit!  2nd/3rd Grade Movie Night Our first movie night of the school year was a great success! Even with the special circumstance of the building being under construction, needing to find creative ways to get audio and visual working, your PTSA made it happen! Special thanks to the McAleer family for the loan of their projector and stand, Scott Vickers (husband of co-president Mary Vickers) and Daniel Dang (our Tech Support Newcastle Staff) for helping figure out the technical side! Extension cords, laptops, Amazon accounts (to purchase the movie), AV plugs, sweat and tears, it all came together. We appreciate the collaborative effort to bring back this wonderful family event. Of course, our superb popcorn volunteers (Dalyn Huevelt, Katie Green, Cindy Fang and Alice Kim), VPs of Programs, Bisa Meek and Fiorella Tapiarene, and our co-president, Mindy Niehaus were essential in pulling this off GO LIONS! Stay tuned for our next movie nights: 4th and 5th grades: April 4th at 6p (pending approval) TK-1st grades: May 17th at 6p
Book Fair NEWCASTLE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR IS BACK! The Scholastic Book Fair will be held in our library from March 18-March 22. All proceeds will buy books for homeroom classroom libraries! Students can shop on their own during their assigned lunch recess or with an adult on family shopping day. The schedule is as follows:
* This year, parents can choose to create an eWallet for their children to spend at the fair which means they won’t have to carry cash to school. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/videos/intro-to-ewallet-fair-files.html See you at the fair!
Read-A-Thon Our Read-A-Thon closed out last night and the final numbers will be confirmed soon! Great job on reading, Lions! Stay tuned for the winners of top readers! We are proud of our amazing book worms.
Auction Chair Needed
Newcastle Elementary is in need of Auction Chairs. This can be one or two people. This is our biggest fundraiser and the funds raised support our PTSA for two years. Without co-chairs, we are unable to have this fun and crucial event. If you have never been to a Newcastle auction, that's great! Attending a previous auction is not a prequestitie. In fact, two of our past chairs had never attended either! We have a wonderful consulting company of Newcastle alumni mothers who have both run successful auctions who will be supporting you throughout the process. In fact, they have already secured a venue with a date and an MC for this event!
If you are interested in hearing more about this position, please contact Mary Vickers and Mindy Niehaus at newcastleptsa.president@gmail.com. Without an auction, we cannot continue to do all the wonderful things this PTSA offers. We need YOU!
 Yearbook Photos Needed by 3/15
We are in need of photos to complete the yearbook. Please submit only photos that fit into one of these categories. Photos should be of Newcastle students ONLY and be at least 750KB. Please check the size of the photos before you send them, as anything smaller than 750KB will not be included in the yearbook because the resolution is too low. If you have any photos taken at school (in the classroom, at lunch or at Library, etc.) those would also be greatly appreciated! You can submit up to 5 photos per student. Send all pictures to Nita Kelly at nitakelly117@gmail.com.
Newcastle Yearbook Categories: Fletcher Farm Pumpkin Patch, Halloween, Outdoor Adventures, Pets, Newcastle Siblings (all siblings should be at Newcastle), Multicultural Night (Upcoming on March 27th - Send photos immediately), Spirit Days, Movie Nights  School on March 15th
March 15, 2024, which was previously noted on the school-year calendar as a potential inclement weather make-up day, will be a school day to make up for the day the district canceled school due to poor road conditions on January 17. The new 2023-24 school-year calendar is available on the district website. If school is canceled again during the school year due to inclement weather or other unforeseen changes, additional school days will be added to the school calendar in June.  Baseball Night Fundraiser! Grab your family, friends, or neighbors and spend a night watching the Seattle Mariners take on the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday, April 27, 6:40pm at T-Mobile Park. Tickets are $25 (normally these seats start at $50!) and a portion of ticket sales goes directly back to the Newcastle Elementary PTSA. Your actual tickets will be emailed to you as the event nears. Purchase tickets HERE by March 20th, while supplies last!
Golden Acorn Award Nominations Due March 15th! Each year, our PTSA awards the Golden Acorn to individuals who have given outstanding volunteer service to the children and youth in our school and community. The Golden Acorn is special and given for continued and dedicated service. This is an excellent way to honor our volunteers that have gone “above and beyond!" Award winners receive the Golden Acorn Award Pin and a special certificate from the Washington State PTA. The PTSA also contributes in the winners’ name to the Washington State PTA Scholarship Foundation, which provides scholarships to selected high school students entering post-secondary education. Lastly, we will celebrate the Golden Acorn winners with the PTSA Board and previous recipients in April. For more information, please click HERE. Please complete the form HERE, using as much detail as possible, to nominate someone who is making a difference in our children’s lives. The Golden Acorn Committee will make the final selections. If you have questions, please feel free to contact the committee chair, Mary Vickers, at mary.joanna@gmail.com. The committee consists of last year's recipients, Mary Vickers and Ellie Diaz. THE NOMINATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 15TH, 2024. Nominations are confidential, but we ask that you provide your contact information in case we have a question.
 Join the PTSA Executive Board for the 2024-2025 School Year
Would you like to help set the direction for the PTSA? Want to be more “in the know” about what happens at school? Interested in meeting new people? All while working in service of our students? Then please consider joining our PTSA Executive Board. We’re made up of parents from all different backgrounds and experiences, just like our community. We have moms, a dad, parents who work full-time and part-time, and parents who don’t work outside the home. There’s a place for everyone. You can learn more about the various roles on the Board and the time commitment (typically less than 3-5 hours per month) HERE. If you’re interested in learning more or have someone you think would be great on the board, please contact Dana Kinghorn (part of our Nominating Committee) at dkinghorn80@gmail.com.
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