5th Grade School Supply Bulk Purchase Option - Due June 19th

CHECKS MUST BE RECEIVED AT ISM BY FRIDAY JUNE 19TH, 2009

If you are interested in participating in the bulk purchase of classroom supplies please fill out the form below. By purchasing from ISM you ensure that your child's teacher will get the required supplies necessary to do their very best. If you choose to buy supplies on your own please make sure that you purchase the brands requested. Over the years teachers have found that certain brands last longer and are more efficient, making them more cost-effective over time, even if they are slightly more expensive. Also, if you purchase items on your own please be aware that the student will be asked to purchase a Student Planner on the first day of school for $5.00.

5th Grade Costs
$100 (includes Spanish Dictionary)
$93 (without Spanish Dictionary)

If your child already has the following items, please subtract from your check total:
Student Calculator (subtract $5)
Student Compass (subtract $2.00)
Student 12 inch metric/stand and ruler (subtract $1.00)
Fiskars Scissors - 7inch - sharp tip (subtract $5.00)

Please make out a check to ISM and in the memo line mark "classroom supplies." Attach your check to this form and then return to your child's homeroom teacher.

Student Name _________________________

Date ______________

Grade (School Year 2009/2010) _____________


Check #___________________

Amt#_____________________

CHECKS MUST BE RECEIVED AT ISM BY FRIDAY JUNE 19TH, 2009

Student Supplies List for Fifth Grade 2009-2010

STUDENT SUPPLIES LIST 2009 - 2010
FIFTH GRADE

The below items should be labeled with the student's name:

__ 1 pencil organizer pouch (mesh)
__ 1 pencil sharpener, with enclosure for shavings
__ 1 student drawing compass for geometry that uses standard pencil only, no leads
__ 1 12-inch ruler marked in centimeters and inches, rigid only, transparent preferred
__ 1 pair of 7 inch student scissors, sharp point (e.g. Fiskars)
__ 1 set (24-pack) of colored pencils (sharpened)
__ 1 box of (16 ct.) crayons
__ 1 set (10-12 ct.) Crayola Classic Colors Wedge markers (non-toxic and washable)
__ 6 composition books, any color, standard size
__ 1 pocket folder for homework, very sturdy plastic
__ 2 spiral notebooks (wide ruled)
__ 1 ISM Student Planner ($5 on first day of school if not purchased through bulk program)

These below items are shared supplies and should not be labeled with student's name:

__ 6 plain pocket folders
__ 1 package of wide-ruled loose leaf notebook paper
__ 2 black Sharpie markers, fine point
__ 2 highlighters, any color
__ 2 pkgs. (12 ct.) Ticonderoga #2 pencils
__ 6 large erasers (suggest "Magic Rub")
__ 2 large glue sticks
__ 2 boxes tissues


SPANISH SUPPLIES FOR FIFTH GRADE (PACKAGE SEPARATELY FROM ABOVE)

__ 1 package wide-ruled loose leaf notebook paper
__ 1 Spanish / English pocket dictionary
__ 1 composition notebook - yellow & white
__ 2 Yellow pocket folders with prongs

For Spanish - except for the dictionary, there is no need to label any of the above items. These will be "community property" to be shared by all.

Note: Please let the Director know if you cannot afford to purchase the above materials. Arrangements will be made to supply them. Thank you!

4th Grade Class Picnic Reminder

This is basically a repeat of the letter from the back of your Class Picnic permission slip, and just serves as a reminder of the date, time, and potluck plans.

Please make note of the details. If you, yourself, are not planning to attend, but your child is, please send in your potluck item with your child.

Date: Tuesday, June 16th

Time/Place: We'll leave campus right after recess, around 10:10, arriving at Lover's Point about 10:30.

What to bring / send along with your child:

If your child's number is:
1-5: Fruit for 12
5-9: Side Dish (salad, vegetable dish, pasta, sushi, etc.) for 12
10-16: Main Dish for 8
17-20: Drinks for 15
22-25: Snack Item for 15

Please ask your kids to bring balls, flying toys, etc. WE PLAN TO NOT GET WET.

Hope this makes sense. Please email me with any questions or suggestions.

Thanks and hope to see you there,

Karen Monahan

ISM NEEDS Volunteers for the Air Show in August! Second Notice

The Salinas Air Show has been one of the great outside fundraising sources for ISM. For the 2009 Air Show, the Blue Angles will fly for three days in August.

We need adult volunteers to sell parking tickets from 1 pm to 8 pm on Friday, August 7th, and from 7:15 am to 3:30 pm on both Saturday Aug 8th and Sunday Aug 9th. I have received more than 10 sign-ups from last week's announcement, but I need more response from the ISM community to be sure we have enough people to sell the tickets, especially on Friday, 7 Aug.

Even though it is still two months away, as the show will be held a week before school starts, I need to know NOW how many volunteers we can get approximately for this event before ISM commits to this event.

Please let me know if you'd like to work for the event and for what day(s). If you are interested but not sure if you will be available, please indicate "very likely", "likely", or "maybe". Please also provide an e-mail address and a phone number that I can reach you during summer.


If it looks like we will not be able to do it and some other organizations take over our responsibility, we may not be able to get it back next year. So it's important that you sign up now.

Please e-mail Clara Wang at clarawang@comcast.net ASAP.

Stoves, Pets and Picnic

Hello all,

Just a few items for you...

We have been collecting pennies (and other change - Thank you all for that!) to help with supplies for families in the country of Georgia where our former ISM family, the Parrishes, are living. We heard from them yesterday that the families who have become refugees in the war are in great need of cooking stoves. There are 54 families in need and the stoves cost $30 each. Our class has about $10 dollars collected so far. We would like to send money to purchase at least one stove. The problem is, we need to get the money by this Friday before their school year ends in Georgia. If you have any change you'd like to send in, we would gladly accept it and send it on to Georgia for the stoves. Every penny counts!

If anyone has the time and desire to adopt one of our class pets over the summer, please let me know. We have 3 aquariums. One with red-bellied toads, another with crawdads and fish and the third with 2 anole lizards. They are all fairly low maintenance but do require someone to keep an eye on them.

I still need field trip forms from the following students for the class picnic on Tuesday, June 16th: Mercury, Camille. Halie, Ariana, and Vincent. Thank you to all who have offered to drive. With your help, we are in good shape for seats for everyone. Everyone will need to bring a food item to share. Please see the list sent home for the item your child will bring.

Thanks everyone,
Mary Welsh

Parent Update - 6/7/2009

Dear Grade 4 Families,

Two more weeks to go. While I am sure the students are ready for summer, we do have a few things to finish up this week and next. Somehow we will try to keep a little focus on school but I'm sure it will be getting increasingly more difficult as the week unfolds.

This week is ISM Spirit Week. Students may wear clothing and hair styles as outlined in the note sent home last week. If the students choose not to participate on any given day, they need to come to school in full ISM uniform. Monday's theme is International Day and students can wear clothes from another culture. It will be fun. (Please refer to note for each day's theme.) On Friday, our class is assigned yellow as the color of our clothing to wear. I know we all at least have the Apple Store shirts we were given on the field trip. I hope everyone in our class can dress out on that day.

We will work on the last of our Electricity unit and complete the Circuit Quiz boards in class. We are still working on our Innovator projects and hope to also have those complete by the end of the week. If your child has a Monterey Public Library card. please have them bring it to school. It can be used to go to the biography section of the Monterey Library website which will save a lot of time in gathering needed information.

We will continue with spelling and math this week as usual. This will be the last week of spelling for the year.

If you haven't yet turned in the field trip form for the class picnic on Tuesday, June 16th to Lover's Point, please do so as soon as possible. We are asking everyone to bring a little food or drink to share. Please see the note attached to the field trip form for suggestions by student numbers of what to bring.

Homework this week:

Monday:
Math: Study Links 12.1
Reading: 20 minutes and record in Planner
Spelling: Sort and write words
Handwriting: one page of packet (will be sent home)

Tuesday:
Math: Study Links 12.2
Reading: 20 minutes and record in Planner
Spelling: Sort and write words
Handwriting: one page of packet (will be sent home)

Wednesday
Math: Study Links 12.3
Reading: 20 minutes and record in Planner
Spelling: Sort and write words
Handwriting: one page of packet (will be sent home)

Thursday
Math: Study Links 12.4
Reading: 20 minutes and record in Planner
Spelling: Study for Test
Handwriting: one page of packet (will be sent home)

Have a great week everyone,

Mary Cunningham-Welsh