Comments to the School Board – May 9, 2012

I would like to share the highlights of the Issaquah and Washington State PTA convention. This public forum gives us a chance to show the work of our units and how they shape up compared to the state.

Units taking Significant Action this was won by Grand Ridge for their cultural fair and it is the third time in the last 4 years that a local unit in Issaquah has won this award for an innovative and fantastic programme put on by a local unit.

In the Standards of Excellence award given to unit who apply to show how well they are following best practice.

Standards of Excellence-Bronze

  • Maywood
  • Issaquah High
  • Briarwood
  • Cougar Ridge
  • Challenger
  • Skyline
  • Cascade Ridge
  • Grand Ridge
  • Pine Lake
  • Issaquah Valley

Standards of Excellence-Silver

  • Issaquah Middle
  • Creekside
  • Beaver Lake
  • Pacific Cascade
  • Discovery
  • Clark

Standards of Excellence-Gold

  • Maple Hills
  • Sunset
  • Sunny Hills

Council Standards of Excellence – Gold

  • Issaquah Council

Bronze Honor Unit was awarded to Beaver Lake Middle School for going above and above and well beyond these basic standards.

Sunny Hills had a PTA Men’s Essay Contest winner-3rd grader Niranjanaa Kannan ~ once again there is never a dry eye in the house when the student read such touching stories.

In the communications section

  • Newcastle-3rd Place Newsletter (300+)
  • Skyline-3rd Place Newsletter (Jr, Middle, High)
  • Skyline-3rd Place Outstanding Communcation Electronic/Paper

Membership once again rocks in Issaquah

Maple Hills won the “12 in 2012” Membership Drive, for enrolling the most new members in the state. They get to send someone to State PTA Convention for free next year!

In Washington State there were 19 100% membership units which means that every student in a school is covered by a PTSA member. Of those 19 units 17 were in our Region 2 and 11 were in Issaquah. They are

  • Cascade Ridge
  • Creekside
  • Challenger
  • Cougar Ridge PTSA
  • Maple Hills
  • Endeavour
  • Sunny Hills
  • Sunset PTA
  • Beaver Lake Middle
  • Pacific Cascade Middle
  • Pine Lake Middle

So if I do my math correctly and my memory serves me right we’re 10% of the membership in the state with 1% of the students.

We also had 2 units recognized with 100% teacher membership

  • Cascade Ridge PTSA 2.6.2
  • Endeavour PTA 2.6.20

And as I speak there is someone busy working on something to celebrate and appreciate our staff during this week of staff appreciation.

With all these wonderful things to report I encourage you to come to hear the full story at our end of year luncheon next Thursday May 17th  at Tibbett.