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		<title>Parents: Grasp the Power of Shaolin</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents: Grasp the Power of Shaolin
Join Shaolin monk Master Chen and fellow TIS parents for gongfu (k&#8217;ung-fu) classes on the TIS playground on Tuesday or Friday mornings from 8:00-9:00 beginning after Spring Break.
Increase flexibility, strength, endurance, balance, and concentration by learning this 1,400 year old tradition, which originated at the Shaolin Buddhist monastery in China [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Run for the Cheetah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[THE 6th ANNUAL RUN FOR THE CHEETAH is coming this month.
It&#8217;s a fun run/walk to raise awareness about the endangered cheetah and to support the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
The Kid&#8217;s Dash is a 1/2 mile sprint. Some of the fun things to do include a booth for face painting &#38; other activities.
The unique 5K and 8K [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Alfonso &#8211; 3/8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings Friends,
Where did this thing called March come from? The days are flying past, but they should return to something less than time lapse now that our dearly missed colleague, Maria Abad, has returned from Ecuador. Welcome back, Maria!
Today in School Council meeting, I addressed my young colleagues in leadership and urged them to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latino Festival &#8211; mark your calendars!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(This is not in the pink Parent Handbook calendar since we didn&#8217;t know the date when that was published)
Latino Festival is coming! Friday, April 30 from 9:30 to 11:00am at the Gerding Theater at the Armory in Portland&#8217;s Pearl district.

All Spanish Track students will need to be in the downstairs student waiting area by 9:10am. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China Capstone Blog 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Shanghai was the first stop, then on to Blue Tassel School in Suzhou, China. Find out how our fifth grade Chinese class fared on their first day in China!
&#8220;Today was Welcoming Day at Blue Tassel School in Suzhou, China! The Chinese  track 5th-grade students arrived at BT School and met their pen-pals, gave a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico Capstone Blog 2010!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From Merida, Mexico &#8211; Day One&#8217;s meet and exchange with host families went well. TIS Parents on the trip are now exploring Merida. Find out what they&#8217;ve seen so far.
Click here for the full blog!
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7634</link>
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		<title>Tell us what you think!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ALL current TIS parents:  Evaluate the school, your teachers, your principal, headmaster and all the staff! This year it&#8217;s more of an evaluation of the school &#8211; and we&#8217;re doing it early to allow for course corrections as necessary during this school year.  It should take 10-20 minutes depending how many TIS Kids you have.
Please [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7587</link>
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		<title>Summer Administrative Assistant position open</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are looking for an Administrative Assistant to work for Summer Camp 2010. This position is for 7:30am to 4pm from June 21st through August 20th, 2010. Applicants must be able to:

Perform administrative duties associated with the Summer Camp Program
Make class schedules for each camp session
Provide information to the school community and to the public in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7435</link>
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		<title>SquareGator offers Spring Break Camp</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Click on this attachment for more details!
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7637</link>
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		<title>Stella&#8217;s Cut-A-Thon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Get a beautiful new look that benefits an even more beautiful cause!”
As many of you know, 8 year-old Stella Monteverde-Cakebread, a former student at The International School, has been diagnosed with Leukemia in February 2010. Stella has a great support network, including many current TIS families. This group is starting several fundraising events to help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7667</link>
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		<title>PONYO! Japanese Movie Night</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for Japanese Movie Night on March 12 (Friday), 6:30 p.m. at the TIS Gym.  Japanese learners of all ages are welcome to reserve a seat for the showing of  &#8220;PONYO&#8221;, an animated Japanese film.
For more information, please visit our website at www.intlschool.org/japanese . To make a reservation, please contact Keiko Buckendahl, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New after school class: phonics fun for kindergarteners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Taught by TIS English teacher, Kristie Weldon, Phonics Fun will focus on pre-reading skills for kindergarteners who are not yet readers in English. Children will sing songs and play games to introduce letters, sounds, and rhymes.
Click here for flyer. Thursdays, 3:45 to 4:30 starting April 8. Cost is $7 per class. A minimum of 3 students is required [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7555</link>
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		<title>Making Reading Fun&#8230; an after school reading program for K-3rd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a certified Reading Specialist with 7 years experience leading school reading programs,  I would like to help your student  develop into an independent learner with a love of reading. This class will target individual student needs using guided reading and games.   It&#8217;s all about having fun while learning strategies.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7579</link>
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		<title>Weekly Twitter Updates for 2010-03-07</title>
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I posted 17 photos on Facebook in the album &#34;Dr. Seuss&#39; Birthday!&#34; http://bit.ly/9pyU0d #
I posted 65 photos on Facebook in the album &#34;Chinese New Year!&#34; http://bit.ly/9S9YrP #

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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7666</link>
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		<title>Photos from Dr. Seuss&#8217; birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Very special thanks to TIS Librarian Tamara Fornell for hosting a great campus-wide party for Dr. Seuss! Many thanks also to all the parent volunteers who cut cake and &#8220;tested&#8221; children on their Dr Seuss rhymes. The cake, striped hats, birthday smiles, Red Fish Blue Fish and Green Eggs and Ham were plentiful in all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7621</link>
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		<title>News from Alfonso &#8211; 3/1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
First and foremost, I am sure all of our thoughts are with the people of Chile in this very difficult time. I learned from our Chilean staff members Pilar, Gloria, and Judith this morning that their families were not affected, which is some personal consolation when so many others were so deeply affected. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7602</link>
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		<title>Child starting at TIS for the first time?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are enrolling a new child at TIS next year, please be sure to submit an application by March 1st so we can guarantee a spot for him or her.  You can find applications at www.intlschool.org/admissions/application-form/ , or you can stop by any of the receptionists to pick up a paper copy.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7464</link>
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		<title>PTO meeting, childcare, TrackTales &#8211; Wed March 10, 6:30pm</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join us at the next PTO meeting, Wednesday March 10th at 6:30 in the gym.
Agenda
6:30 &#8211; 6:45  Committee Updates
6:45 &#8211; 7:00  PTO Update and Upcoming Officer Elections
7:00 &#8211; 7:05  Parking/Driving Etiquette
7:05 &#8211; 7:35  Dr. Orsini &#8220;Show Me the Money&#8221; (explanation of the school budget for &#8216;09-&#8217;10)
7:35 &#8211; 8:00  New Business
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 Childcare during PTO meetings [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7562</link>
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		<title>Parent/teacher conferences, childcare</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you have not already signed up for parent-teacher conferences on-line, please check your inbox from last week for an e-mail from your teacher with the link. If you would like to meet with one of your child&#8217;s specialist teachers and are unable to get a slot, please contact that teacher directly to arrange an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HAPPY BIRTHDAY DR. SEUSS &#8211; MARCH 2</title>
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What is your favorite Dr. Seuss book? The Cat in the Hat? Horton Hears A Who? The Lorax? Dr. Seuss books are adored by young and old alike. On March 2 readers will come together all across the country to celebrate the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel.
Please join us in the TIS library during lunch for a slice [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7287</link>
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		<title>The International School Wine Tasting on May 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With wine and hope, anything is possible.
- Spanish Proverb
We hope you will join us as The International School Wine Tasting on May 1 at 7pm. All proceeds benefit the TIS Library Media Center.
To learn more, go to www.intlschool.org/wine or look for the Save the Date postcard in your mailboxes this week.
To purchase tickets at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7598</link>
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		<title>Summer camp registration now open!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TIS Summer Camp is a great way for children to keep building their fluency or to try a new language with all the fun of summer. This year campers in all language tracks will explore unique animals from Japan, China and the Americas while learning or improving their Chinese, Japanese or Spanish. And campers entering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7439</link>
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		<title>Girls on the Run: looking for Running Buddies for girls!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Girls on the Run is a non-profit program that encourages pre-teen girls to develop self-respect and healthy lifestyles through running. They are looking for 150 women to be running buddies for the girls in the program &#8211; who include some of our own TIS students! You don&#8217;t have to be fast or super athletic to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7565</link>
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		<title>News from Alfonso &#8211; 2/22</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
It is so nice to see some light when I get on the streetcar in the morning. (Don’t tell me what’s coming. For the first time I have set the local weather as a favorite on my computer). Last week was another busy week, the highlight of which was a very beautiful and enjoyable [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7494</link>
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		<title>Sakura Matsuri photos!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations and thank you to all the Japanese Track teachers, students and parents for putting on such a terrific Sakura Matsuri Festival on Friday, February 19!
See slideshow below or, if reading this from e-mail, click here to see photos!

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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7450</link>
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		<title>Custom House pledge form due tomorrow 2/23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please fill in and return your Custom House form to me by tomorrow at 4 pm (February 23). The form has room to specify whether or not you support the Custom House and we would like to know your feelings either way. Thank you to everyone who has turned in their forms.
Kelsey Cleveland, Development Director, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7469</link>
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		<title>Chinese Track students pass college-level proficiency test!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday morning Feb 18, nine fifth grade students and one fourth grade student received awards from Meiru Liu, Director of the Confucius Institute at Portland State University. All ten children are native English speakers who passed the Chinese government language proficiency test, HSK for its Chinese initials. The test is likened to the Test of English as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7467</link>
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		<title>Chinese New Year photos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you and congratulations to all the Chinese Track teachers, students and parents who worked so hard and put on such a terrific Chinese New Year celebration!
See slideshow below or, if viewing this from e-mail, click here to see the photos.

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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7454</link>
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		<title>Parent / Teacher Conference sign-ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parent / Teacher conferences will be all day Friday, March 5 and after school Tuesday, March 9. Childcare will be provided for your TIS students while you are in the conferences. Please watch for an e-mail from your teacher coming soon with the link to the on-line sign-up sheet.
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7490</link>
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		<title>Feb Scholastic Book orders due Feb 26</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scholastic book flyers for February will be in your parent folders by 2-12. please have your orders in the blue TIS folders on your class bulletin board by 2-26. And remember, everyone wins with Scholastic. You get books at a greatly discounted rate and the school earns points they use to buy books for the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7397</link>
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		<title>Grandparents can get TIS News!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If there are grandparents or other special people in your child&#8217;s life, we can keep them updated with TIS News! The newsletter you recently received in the mail is issued three times per year and is specifically designed to update our community on school news and programs. By signing onto our mail list, grandparents and special [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7432</link>
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		<title>Write a review of TIS &#8211; even just a few lines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prospective parents want to hear what you have to say! Of our new families this year, 71% got recommendations from friends or acquaintances.  Please help steer other families to TIS by writing your review &#8211; even just a couple of lines. Click on any of these links and you will go directly to that vendor&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7362</link>
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		<title>SUMMER CAMP!</title>
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/about-tis/summer-camp/</link>
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		<title>Research group looking for parents of 10-14 year olds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a child 10-14?
We are conducting a research project to help parents talk to their child about puberty, sexual health, and pregnancy prevention. Receive $75 to participate in a 90 minute focus group. Call the Oregon Center for Applied Science 1-877-366-3119 and ask for the Communication Skills Program. This project is funded by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7462</link>
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		<title>Alfonso&#8217;s update &#8211; 2/16</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
First and foremost, please get your Custom House Pledge/No pledge form in today. Be heard!
Nothing lifts the spirits like a bit of sun in Portland February. It was a pleasure to see our Chinese dancers perform at the New Year celebration at the convention center over the weekend. They were excellent and the music [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7419</link>
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		<title>Message from the Board to TIS parents</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year TIS.  I am writing to provide information to you about three things.
First, please complete your pledge form regarding the Custom House. The level of support and parent enthusiasm for the project is critical to the Board in making a final decision on whether to go forward with the Custom House.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7410</link>
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		<title>O Custom House (Feb 23 deadline)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(Sung to the tune of O Tannenbaum/O Christmas Tree)
O Custom House
O Custom House
Will you be our future home?
O Custom House
O Custom House
Will you be our future home?
The board will soon vote to to stay or go
They ask ALL parents to let them know
O Custom House
O Custom House
Will you be our future home?
Please fill in and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7385</link>
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		<title>Chinese New Year DVDs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As it turns out, the Chinese New Year DVD master will be ready to duplicate next Monday Feb 22, so we will continue to accept orders until Monday the 22nd at 8am. You may order through any TIS receptionist or on-line at www.intlschool.org/CNY.
Linda Bonder, Marketing &#38; Communications Director, LBonder@intlschool.org, 503-226-2496 x104
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7414</link>
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		<title>Two more weeks before the volunteer notebooks are gone forever!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On March 1st, the volunteer log notebooks will be removed from the classrooms.  If you have recorded volunteer hours in the notebook for volunteer activities this fall and early winter, please remove your page and enter your hours into Volunteer Counter (www.intlschool.org/volunteer).  Once in the site, click on MY Volunteer Hours.
Don&#8217;t forget to complete [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7387</link>
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		<title>Check lost &amp; found- Unclaimed items will be donated</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All items from lost and found will be donated to Goodwill at the end of the month. Please take a moment this week to look in the two lost and found bins and make sure that none of the articles of clothing or other items collected belong to your child. The lost and found bins [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7358</link>
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		<title>New Books in the TIS Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[



Novels



2010 Newbery Medal Winner
As her mother prepares to be a contestant on the 1980s television game show, &#8220;The $20,000 Pyramid,&#8221; a twelve-year-old New York City girl tries to make sense of a series of mysterious notes received from an anonymous source that seems to defy the laws of time and space.




Picture Books



2010 Caldecott Medal Winner
In [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7399</link>
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		<title>Book Review: Kensuke&#8217;s Kingdom by Michal Morpurgo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Book review by TIS English Specialist Kristie Weldon
If you enjoy stories of freedom and of survival, then you’ll love Kensuke’s Kingdom. The main character, ten-year-old Michael, has a fairly normal life. He goes to school, plays soccer and hangs out with his friends. All of that changes, however, when his parents both lose their jobs.
After searching unsuccessfully for new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7403</link>
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		<title>The Neural Advantage of Speaking 2 Languages: Scientific American</title>
		<description><![CDATA[http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=bilingual-brains
Thank you to TIS parent Hugh Mackworth (Spanish 4th) for this article.
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		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7407</link>
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		<title>TIS donates 150 pairs of shoes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mission accomplished &#8230; today we dropped off over 150 pairs of shoes (plus 8 bags of clothes) from TIS to be sent to Haiti. You should have seen the MOUNTAIN of shoes! I understand they estimate that close to 100,000 pairs came in to the shoe drive headquarters during the last two weeks. It just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7395</link>
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		<title>White Bird Dance presents Taiwan dance, theatre and music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thur April 8 – Sat Apr 10, Newmark Theatre, 7:30pm
(www.whitebird.org/performance/u-theatre) 
U-Theatre is Taiwan’s most revered dance, theatre and music troupe blending movement with martial arts and drumming.  The company will make its Portland debut with its magnificent Meeting with Bodhisattva, a 80-minute dance-theatre work that depicts an individual’s journey toward becoming a Bodhisattva or “enlightened being” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7392</link>
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		<title>Alfonso&#8217;s update &#8211; Feb 8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Greetings friends,
And happy sunny Monday! Last Saturday night our dance troupe performed, or tried to perform, at the PSU Chinese New Year gala. Though the students who ran the event had been given our music via email and on a CD well in advance, they somehow lost it, and when the girls finally went on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7279</link>
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		<title>Custom House pledge form &#8211; please respond by Feb 23</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear TIS families,
Please click here for the Custom House pledge / no pledge form referred to in the earlier letter from TIS Board President Michelle Kerin. Please address any questions about the Custom House to Trustee Scott Kerman, chair of the Custom House Communications subcommittee at customhouse@intlschool.org, or contact me directly for questions or comments about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7236</link>
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		<title>Over 2300 hours logged on TIS Volunteer Counter!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to the families who are recording their volunteer hours on Volunteer Counter! By March 1, 2010, I would like to complete the transition from paper record keeping to Volunteer Counter.  At that time, the volunteer notebooks will be removed from the classrooms.  If you have already recorded some volunteer hours in the notebooks, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7285</link>
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		<title>Help publicize the Open House!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We will be holding an open house for prospective families on Tuesday February 23 with tours starting at 6, 6:30 and 7pm. Teachers will be giving tours at this special evening open house, and current parents will be on hand to answer questions.
If you go to a library, community center, coffee shop, playgroup or other [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.intlschool.org/archives/7294</link>
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		<title>Third graders exchange bookmarks with school in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My third grade class recently exchanged bookmarks with a third grade class at an international school in Shanghai, China.  The bookmarks included a drawing from their favorite books and a sentence about that book.  Some students chose to write the sentence in English and in their track language. My students were excited to receive this [...]]]></description>
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