September 2005

Dear Parents:

Bonjour, Hola, Hello! We are excited, full of energy and off to a great start this year!
We hope you will join us in celebrating some of the changes you may have noticed around our school. First, the addition of our circle drive in our north parking lot has been a huge success. Remember, you may drop off and pick up students in this safe area! Thank you TPS! (The pot hole has been fixed by the City of Tulsa – YEA!) Other parking rules are as follows: 1) Parents may drop off and pick up in front of the school along our fence. Please note parents must remain with their vehicles at all times. 2) Parents are allowed to leave their vehicles and park in the ESC parking lot. Parents must walk their children to our playground. Please note the children will not be able to cross parking lot on their own. This is a very dangerous situation and we are asking for your help.

If you have called the school and heard the voicemail message you may have noticed a change there as well. We are using the “target languages” our students are learning as much as possible. You may spot many other things in three languages as well!

We would like to invite everyone out tomorrow night to join us for “Back to School” night at EIS. The event is for adults only and will begin promptly at 6:30 in the gym.

The EIS staff has chosen to celebrate “Hispanic Heritage” month by having our “Hispanic Festival” at school. The date is September 22 with performances at 2:00 and 7:00. During the assembly we will bid farewell to our EIS Ambassadors who are going on the annual San Louis Potosi Exchange! We are sending twelve 5th grade students this year and eleven will be coming from Mexico.

TPS is holding its annual “Family Education Conference” on October 1 at Booker T. Washington High School from 8:30 – 12:00. Please mark your calendars now to attend. Childcare is available. The keynote speaker this year is Barbara Coloroso and she is speaking on the topic of “The Bully, The Bullied, and The Bystander – Breaking the Cycle of Violence”.

TPS is bringing a “Bond Package” to the voters in November. EIS is slated to receive $981,331 for facility renovation (central heat and air), library books/technology, and classroom books/technology, furniture, and health education. This bond package will replace the current one that is expiring. To date the bond projects have brought $677, 643 to our school!

EIS has a new Partner in Education! Please join me in welcoming “Tulsa Oilers” as our newest partner.

Thank you for making EIS your “School of Choice” and thanking you again for your part in helping us achieve the “Exemplary School” title!

Stacy Strow, Principal