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Celebrate National
Teacher Day today, May 9. Superintendent Janet Barry highlights the
immense collection of talent and dedication in the District in her letter of
thanks to teachers and staff. Did you know that almost 90 percent of
randomly-polled local residents rate our teachers as doing A or B quality
work?
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The District’s Pandemic Flu Committee holds regular
meetings to prepare for the possibility of a pandemic flu outbreak in our area.
The District’s final plan will incorporate local, state, and federal agency
reports and guidelines to keep students as safe and healthy as possible.
For general tips about staying healthy and avoiding flu strains, and for more
information about pandemic flu inaccuracies in tonight’s primetime television
movie, visit the
District’s student health pages. One important step families can take
immediately is making sure their e-mail addresses and contact information are up
to date in Family
Access.
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Listen to Board meetings without
staying up past your bedtime! The District will now post audio recordings of complete Board meetings
online, beginning with
the April 26, 2006 meeting. You can choose to listen immediately via the Web
page or subscribe to the podcast to be notified every time a new file becomes
available.
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The Issaquah
Schools Foundation/Communities in Schools of Issaquah (ISF/CISI) is
holding its second-annual
phone-a-thon from 6:30-8 p.m. May 22-24. Volunteers will call every home
with students in the District to ask for a donation to directly support Junior
Great Books for elementary schools, graphing calculators for middle schools, and
science data collection tools for high schools. The goal is to raise $175,000.
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Check out our
amazing students, who have recently taken top honors in
statewide sports
medicine and literature/writing
competitions.
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Hear a scholar’s perspective about
emerging trends in teaching science
and math at “Slings and Arrows:
Deconstructing Public Rhetoric around the Classroom Reforms in Science and Math
Education” at noon on Friday, May 26, at the
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