Student Information Sheets

Student Information Sheets were sent home the other day. They need to be filled out with student info and returned. They haven't received many back, so if you haven't seen it, check the backpack.

Ribbon Dancing for 4th & 5th Grade Girls

Audition date December 10th, 3:45-4:45.
Schedule and permission slips were distributed last week.

This year, rehearsal days will be Mondays and Thursdays after school in Jan, March or April, depending on the performance date. If your daughter is interested, send in the permission slips by Friday, Dec. 4th.

Need more information or copy of the schedule & permission slip? Contact parent coordinator, Christie Rodgers, christie@ohana.org.

Surf, Sand and School Instead of Sleet and Slush?

Information about the February 2010 trip to Juan de Barrera school in Puerto Vallarta this February ---

Mexico!
Tired of the wind and the rain? Come to an informational meeting about the JSIS trip to Puerto Vallarta. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, Novemeber 17th, from 5:00 to 6:00pm in Room 206 (Ms. Margretta's room).

This educational trip takes place during the school break from February 15-19. JSIS students attend classes in the morning at our sister school, Juan de la Barrera, while parents work on school improvement projects. In the afternoon, families are free to relax, swim, and sightsee. Questions? Email Erin Branigan at braniganerin@yahoo.com

Conference Schedule

Check this list for your conference day and time.

Kids will be off school Monday Nov. 23 through Friday Nov. 27. Conferences are held all day Monday - Wednesday (11/23 - 11/25). The Thanksgiving holiday is Thursday and Friday (11/26 and 11/27).

Careful, the list is in alphabetical order, not time order.

Wednesday, November 18
Jasmine Arias 5:00 to 5:20
Aaron Castillo 5:30 to 5:50
Mitzi Mendoza 6:00 to 6:20
Enzo Moreno 4:00 to 4:30
Melissa Nunez 4:30 to 4:50
Brandon Rubio 6:30 to 6:50

Monday, November 23
Jean-Michel Alvarez 10:00 to 10:20
Nancy DeCoster 9:00 to 9:20
Mohammed Dopson 9:30 to 9:50
Andra Esterbrook 12:30 to 12:50
Anna Favour 1:00 to 1:20
Teya Heidenreich 11:30 to 11:50
Carolyn Lober 2:30 to 2:50
Julia Lober 3:00 to 3:20
Zsa Zsa Toms 1:30 to 1:50
Basquiat Vigil 3:30 to 3:50

Tuesday, November 24
Gabe Coffland 3:00 to 3:20
Aidan Denny 9:30 to 9:50
Lucia Minihan 9:00 to 9:20
Sara Sarmiento 1:00 to 1:20
Quintin Lee Serrano 3:30 to 3:50

Wednesday, November 25
Christian Amador 11:30 to 11:50
Sam Cooke 9:30 to 9:50
Sam D'Ambrosia 9:00 to 9:20
Marcos Munoz 11:00 to 11:20
Diego Roberts Buceta 11:50 to 12:20
Raina Zacks 10:00 to 10:20

February Trip to Mexico

Preparations are underway for the annual trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico!

The trip is planned for Winter Break (Feb 15-19, 2010), and is open to all JSIS students and their families. Students attend a half-day of classes at our sister school, Juan de la Barrera (JB), while parents volunteer, either in the classroom or helping to improve the school grounds. Afternoons are free for sight-seeing, swimming, etc.

Two JSIS teachers accompany the families. An orientation meeting will be held in early November, but as soon as possible we would like to get an idea of how many families are considering participating in the trip.

If you are interested, please contact Erin Branigan (braniganerin@yahoo.com), preferably by Nov 1. Please visit the JSIS website to view a list of Frequently Asked Questions from previous years.

Volunteers for Monster Mash Bake Sale

I received a request for volunteers at the Monster Mash Bake Sale from Michiko Sakai, Tia’s mom in the Japanese 5th grade. She needs 4 volunteers from our class.
From 6 to 7 pm – 2 volunteers
From 7 to 8 pm – 2 volunteers

If you are interested, please contact her at michikokendall@hotmail.com.

She also welcomes baked items for the sale.

Thanks.

5th Grade Haunted House -- More Information

The next organizing meeting for the 5th Grade Haunted House at the Monster Mash is this coming Monday, October 19, 4:30pm. There's still time to get involved.

Here's the full update from Glyde Hart King --

Thanks so much for your interest in this year's haunted house!

Our theme of Wax Museum will be very easy to produce and decorate, which was why we chose it. Remember that the BEST way for us to be scary is to be in cool costumes and to be able to stay still for a short period of time. However, eyes can follow people through the room. Movements can be slow but deliberate and robotic. Have you ever seen those guys that pretend to be statues at Seattle Center? They do it for hours... it is very strange and beautiful even in broad daylight.

Here are the characters we have so far:
Griffin = The Joker
Glyde = Miss Haversham
Julia Meno = Phantom of the Opera
Daniel Leong = Dracula
Maria Garcia = the wicked witch (of the west?) Aidan & Alec Denny = Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde or siamese twins Cavan Sperry = severed head Mike Sheets?
Ada Bowles?
Uly McNabb?
Owen Oliver?

Here are some needs:
Cool chairs
Velvet rope barriers
Odd set pieces such as pillars or candelabras Extension cords

I have a sound effects cd that will run throughout.
I also have clip lamps and a string of black lights I have asked my middle school drama students at Salmon Bay to get involved. We'll see what they come up with. Some of them are former JSIS students.

Anything else?

Our schedule:
Monday Oct. 19, next meeting, 4:30-5:30pm on the stage at JSIS Friday Oct 23, set up part one, 4-6pm on the stage at JSIS Saturday Oct 24 3-6pm set up part two on the stage as JSIS Wax Museum - 7-8pm Clean up 8-9pm

Please sign up to help with the Haunted House this year. It is going to be awesome!

Tracy Peltier will be in charge of the "Touchy Feely" room and Glyde will be in charge of the Wax Museum. If you are interested in the Touchy Feely, please contact Tracy at mike@ech-ps.com. If you are interested in the Wax Museum please contact Glyde.

Thanks so much! And boo - ha-ha-haaaaaa!

Glyde & Griffin.
kingofharts@mindspring.com

PS - Here's the scoop on the Wax Museum for those that missed it the first time...

The exhibit will be the kids themselves. It will be as big or as small accordingly.

Each child that would like to participate will choose a character from literature, from history, from film... that has a morbid, twisted, gory, haunted past.

Good examples include: Marie Antoinette, Joan of Arc, Frankenstein, Dracula, Ivan the Terrible, Mary Queen of Scots, Werewolf, Jesse James, Rasputin, etc.

Each child will dress up as this character and write up a small poster describing that character's BRIEF story written in letters big enough to read in the dim light. (remember no weapons but stage blood is cool). Try to look pale and waxy.

The story poster will be placed on a music stand. The child will be placed beside the music stand in the Wax Museum exhibit.

The child must be able to stay relatively motionless for ten minutes. Then there will be a swap-out and the kids will get a ten minute rest. So, it will be ten mins on and ten mins off for one hour only. (7-8pm)

There will be a red velvet (?) rope between the audience and the characters in the wax museum. There will be no contact between the audience and the exhibit.