December 2023
This email is your monthly run-down of important PTSA news and events at Innovation Lab. We hope you'll find a few minutes to keep up-to-date with our wonderful school!

WINTER SOCIAL

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13

(After school) 

 

Holiday movie - 1:30-2:15pm

Photos with "Raven Claus" - 1:30-2:45pm

 

This is a family event - all are welcome to attend! 

 

Free entry. Bring cash to support ILHS clubs.

 

Free Hot Cocoa Bar

Ornament Decorating

Festive Music

Club Market

Wreath Crafting ($10)

Clay Kits ($5)

Puzzles

Snowman-grams

Games

Holiday Decor Contest

 

Volunteers needed! Sign up here to help out! 

December Staff Appreciation

Friday, December 15 

 

Please consider sharing your family's favorite holiday cookies with our staff to show your appreciation this holiday season. (Homemade and store-bought cookies welcome!)

 

Sign up here to contribute your cookies

THANK YOU!
 
Thank you to everyone who donated during, before AND after to our ILHS PTSA Day of Giving event!! We have such an amazing community and we are so grateful for your support. We were able to collect a significant amount of funds to help support our PTSA activities, programs, grant opportunities for school/staff/students and more! We were also able to deliver a very generous pile of socks, underwear and pajamas to Threads & Treads!

If you missed us during the Day of Giving - don't worry! You can still pitch in with a donation to
our PTSA Raising for Ravens fundraiser. We're about 61% of the way to our goal of $7,000!  
 

To fully support our school, we need you!

 

If you haven't joined yet this school year, it is still a great time to join the Innovation Lab High School PTSAAnnual PTSA Membership runs through October of the following year, so you still have time to take advantage of your membership.  (We are thrilled to have 182 members, but we're still a little short of last year's membership total and we'd love to match or beat it. Can you help us get there?)

 

PTSA membership also makes a great holiday gift for family members. Everyone is welcome to be a part of our community and support our students and school!

 

Join by January 2 to be entered into a drawing for an ILHS T-shirt and drawstring bag. 

 

Interested in a free membership? Everyone is welcome. Fill out this form to request a scholarship

Show your Raven Spirit this holiday season!

(These make fantastic stocking stuffers!)

 

Sport a waterproof, weatherproof ILHS Raven mascot sticker on your water bottles, binders, computer, or family car.

 

Order your raven stickers today. 

 

(Please note that sticker orders will be closed over the winter break - 12/16-1/2 - so any holiday orders must be submitted by Friday December 15! Happy holidays!)

Double Your Dollars with Corporate Matching!

(Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity before the end of 2023)

 

As the year winds down, we hope you'll take advantage of any corporate matching available to you for 2023. 

 

Many corporations - large and small - will match donations made to non-profit organizations like ours! Some companies will even give $ per hour that you volunteer with the PTSA. Please check with your employer/HR department to take advantage of this amazing program!

Climate Action Petition

Support our students in saving our planet.

 

Innovation Lab activists in the Climate Action Club have drafted a powerful petition, urging our lawmakers to declare a climate emergency in Washington State. 

 

Learn more about the initiative led by students, and read their proposal here.

 

Sign the petition here.

Short Film Competition
Submission Deadline: April 14, 2024
 
Student films are now being accepted for the Raven Film Festival! 
 
Find resources for making your film, competition details, and submission guidelines on the ASB website

Focus on Advocacy Day 

January 15, 2024

 

Every year during the legislative session, Washington State PTA hosts an in-person event in Olympia called Focus Day.

 

This year's Focus Day is January 15. It's an amazing opportunity for you to connect face-to-face with our elected representatives. We encourage all students, parents/guardians, and teachers to come and make your voice heard in support of our schools.

 

For more information, please go to https://wastatepta.org/event/focus-on-advocacy-day/

 

(Registration is now open. Use the Eventbrite link to reserve a spot. Then, please email advocacy@ILHSPTSA.org so that we can set up appointments with legislators and start figuring out who can carpool!) 

 

** Please note that ILHS PTSA doesn’t provide transportation or run background checks on drivers.  We would just be helping you connect with others from ILHS or NSD who are also attending.

Join Us at Our Next Meeting

 

ILHS PTSA Membership Meeting

January 18 

6:30pm

ILHS Commons

 

Our next full PTSA membership meeting is a chance for our entire membership to come together in support of ILHS. Please mark your calendars!

Upcoming Dates & Events
 
You belong in the PTSA! Join or Renew today!
      ILHS PTSA OFFICER CONTACT INFORMATION:

          President - Jane Chiodo

          Vice President - Liz Wong

          Treasurer - Rachel Fitzgerald

          Secretary - Aimee Kelly

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