TIGER TRACKS
News from the Dewey PTA
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Smore can translate into 90 languages! Here's how to access them:
Step 1 - Click on the Translate button
This button can be found at the top of the emailed newsletter.
Step 2 - Access the Translation and ADA bar
On the right side of the newsletter, you'll see the ADA and Translation features. To translate your newsletter, click on the Translate button and choose your desired language.
Smore puede traducir a 90 idiomas! He aquí cómo acceder a ellos:
Paso 1: haga clic en el botón Traducir
Este botón se encuentra en la parte superior del boletín enviado por correo electrónico.
Paso 2: acceda a la barra de traducción y ADA
En el lado derecho del boletín, verá las funciones de traducción y ADA. Para traducir su boletín, haga clic en el botón Traducir y elija el idioma deseado.
FALL FIESTA THIS FRIDAY
Dewey Fall Fiesta
Friday, September 18th; 5:00-7:00
ROOM PARENTS STILL NEEDED
Spicuzza (K)
Mohamed (1st)
Dierks (2nd)
Page (3rd)
Willman (4th)
Please reach out to our Room Parent Coordinator, Andrea Lang (alang143@gmail.com), with interest.
ARTS & CULTURE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
The PTA is proud to support the art and culture of Dewey School. One way we do that is by decorating the bulletin boards in the front hallway of the school to honor heritage and history months and other special art and culture celebrations throughout the year. We are in need of volunteers to create the following bulletin board displays:
December/January: Winter/Winter Holidays or Lunar New Year
February: Black History Month
April: Arab American History Month or National Poetry Month
May/June: Asian American & Pacific Islander Month or Jewish Heritage Month
If you would like to volunteer and have an idea not listed here, please let us know. Email deweytigerspta@gmail.com or fill out our Volunteer Form to let us know you're interested and we will get you more information.
ATTEND DEWEY PTA COMMUNITY MEETINGS
Thank you to everyone who came to our first Community PTA Meeting last week! We had a great turnout and are hopeful that we can keep this momentum going! Click here to access the minutes from the September 9th meeting.
Our next Community PTA meeting of the school year will be held on Wednesday, October 14th, from 6:30-7:30 in the Dewey multipurpose room. We will be joined at this October meeting by representatives from Thrive65, who will speak for a few minutes at the start of the meeting about their advocacy work. Come for the information and stay for conversation and collaboration with Dewey community members! Pizza and babysitting will be provided for children during the meetings.
The remaining dates for Community PTA Meetings are as follows: October 14th, November 11th, February 17th, March 10th, and April 14th.
ORDER DEWEY SPIRIT WEAR
HAVE SOMETHING TO SHARE? LET US KNOW!
If you know of something going on at Dewey or in the broader Evanston community that you think should be included in our monthly Tiger Tracks newsletter or in our weekly Tiger Tidbits, please send any submissions to deweytigerspta@gmail.com. Advance notice for submissions is greatly appreciated.
Information About Thrive65
Thrive65 (www.wethrive65.org) is an advocacy coalition created to provide accurate information on all things D65. Our core values are:
Equitable educational excellence
Financial responsibility
Valued educators
Over the past year several of us have been advocating to the Board and having countless conversations throughout our community, through which we have learned there are many who share these same priorities for our district. Centering these ideas, Thrive65 aims to provide resources to the community so they can be advocates for what they want to see in our schools.
On our site you will find a guide to Board advocacy, a quick look by the numbers, an explainer of 5 relevant parts of our district's history around structural deficits, facilities, staffing, equity, and more. We also lay out our own thoughts, but try to keep opinions separate from the facts.
Board conversations and decisions move faster than most in the district can track. Sign up on our email list to receive a heads up on what's coming before board meetings, short summaries after meetings, and analysis when something warrants a closer look.
Please check us out at www.wethrive65.org and share with anyone in your community who would like to feel more informed and empowered in these decisions.
Screen Sense Evanston
Screen Sense Evanston is a group of Evanston parents who are concerned about technology and our kids. We focus on raising awareness about Wait Until 8th and Screen Sanity, and pursuing conversations about technology in our schools.