June 16 at lunchtime! We’ll need some parent volunteers to help serve. Family is welcome, just fill out the form when it comes home to let the lunch room know how many folks to expect. The end-of-the-year BBQ is always fun, so please join us! Contact Lisa Keith at granolagulch@earthlink.net if you can help.

Please join us for a kite making workshop on Saturday, June 5, at 11a.m. Take Flight is a FREE kite making workshop open to all ages. Open Satellite is located at 989-112th Avenue NE, Suite 102, in Bellevue. For more information, go to www.opensatellite.org or call (425) 454-7355. Make a kite, then take it home to enjoy!

Want to help out with Sanislo’s funnest and easiest fundraiser? Angie Erdman is heading up the JAT again this year, but it will be her last time. This is the perfect opportunity to shadow her as an assistant so you can learn the ropes for next year. This year’s JAT will take place on May 20th. Duties are mainly administrative, and lots of folks sign up to help out. We’ve even got everything you need to do written down. Contact Angie at aserdman@hotmail.com for more information or to volunteer.

our PE teacher Luther Bonow is hoping to enlist the services of a few parents to help out with Field Day this year. He can save our school big bucks if someone can pick up equipment and tow it to Sanislo from Merry Makers in Tacoma. The driver needs a vehicle hitch with a standard 2” ball. Equipment can be picked up on Monday, June 21 and taken back the next day. Also needed is a 3000 watt or greater generator to power a piece of inflatable equipment for about 3 ½ hours. If any Sanislo parents can help with these tasks, we won’t have to rent trucks or generators, which means more budget dollars go to equipment and prizes! For more info, call Mr. Bonow at 206-252-8403 or e-mail ltbonow@seattleschools.org.

The Sanislo Allstar Team won its first game in the Elementary level league last weekend on Saturday, March 20! Great teamwork, lots of fun, beautiful weather and a great coach! Come out Saturday, April 10th at 9am and cheer for your school. All games are held at the South Park Playfield (Southpark Community Center, 8th and Rose). Until then more girls are needed on the team. Please talk to Ellen O’Connor if your daughter is interested. Thanks to our PTA for providing team T-shirts!

Science Fair information packets went home last week. If you didn’t receive one, you can pick one up at the front office. The event will take place Thursday, April 8 from 6-8pm. We are looking for parent volunteers: demonstrate how your work or hobby uses science/tech/math in a hands-on way. Sandy, a massage therapist, will be showing us the “levers” in our body. Matt, a graphic designer, will show how he uses computer technology to help create his art. How do YOU use science, technology, or math for fun or work? Please contact 2nd grade teacher Robert Femiano at 252-8394 or rbfemiano[at]seattleschools.org.

Celebrate Sanislo at a FREE party to be held April 23rd, 6-10 pm, at the Alki Masonic Temple. We heard you: although you may not miss the work of the auction, you were mourning the loss of a chance to celebrate with your Sanislo friends. . .

OK, then, let’s party! Please join us for this free party and mini-auction. We’ll gather to eat, mingle, and share our time and talents. Food will be potluck appetizers (bring your favorite nibble) and we’ll have a silent auction on-site. Want to donate your expertise or time? Fill out the paperwork then and there and folks will bid that night! (You’ll have the opportunity to fill out forms ahead of time, too, if you like.) All the fun without the procurement stress and craziness. Pass on the word to your friends, family and Sanislo supporters, and please join us!

TONIGHT, March 18, join us for “Bedtime Stories” from 6:30-8pm at Sanislo. Wear your PJs and bring your favorite bedtime story! Students will have the opportunity to share story time with two great storytellers, choose a FREE book to read with family at home, and enjoy a sweet treat. Grown-ups will have the opportunity to connect with teachers and other parents and get ideas on ways to support your child’s reading at home. You’ll also learn how to help your child choose books for their reading level, grade level and interest. Story time and conversations begin at 6:30. THANK YOU to our wonderful Washington Reading Corps volunteers for organizing this wonderful evening to celebrate readers and reading!

Sanislo’s litter patrol picked up bags and bags of litter and garbage from the roads surrounding our school on Saturday March 6th. It was sort of amazing and disgusting all at once: parents and kids sacrificing a gorgeous morning to haul out loads of someone else’s nasty trash was a gift not only to Sanislo, but to our neighbors as well. Thank you to the Hoffman-Probst family for organizing, and to all the volunteers who turned out.

We are looking for parent volunteers for our 2nd annual Math/Science/Technology Fair. It will take place Thursday, Apr. 8th. We are looking for volunteers to demonstrate how their work or hobby uses science/tech/math in a hands-on way. Please contact 2nd grade teacher Robert Femiano at 252-8394 or rbfemiano@seattleschools.org.