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IUSD VIRTUAL ACADEMY PTA NEWSLETTER

MAY EDITION, 5/16/22

Hi IVA Dragon Families!


Happy May! In this edition, you will find information for the following:


1. Multicultural Celebration

2. Pizza with the Principal

3. PTA Association Meeting (Last Meeting of the Year)

4. School Of Excellence - Final Survey

5. Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week Update

6. Spirit Of Community


Read on for more information!

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MULTICULTUAL CELEBRATION


A huge THANK YOU to all our Dragon families that signed up to participate and share their culture!


Thank you!!!

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PIZZA WITH THE PRINCIPAL


PTA is partnering with Mr. Linville for our May Dine-out! Come join Mr. Linville for a live virtual pizza making experience! Our dine-out is with Z Pizza. See information below to purchase yours today!


Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022

Time: 5:30pm

Dine-In: Z Pizza

Purchase Deadline: Monday, May 23, 2022

Pick up: Curbside pick up at school, more information to come with date and time.


Click here to purchase a Regular Pizza.


Click here for Gluten Free.


Pizza kits cost $15 each for regular pizza and $18 for gluten free. Z Pizza will donate 20% of the proceeds to IUSD Virtual Academy PTA!


Each kit will include pizza dough, sauce, cheese, and 2 toppings of choice during pick up based on availability. One kit will feed an average of 2 people.


Thank you for supporting our last Dine-Out of the year!

SAVE THE DATE - LAST PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING


Join us at our last PTA Association meeting of the year! Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at noon.


Topic: May IVA PTA Association Meeting
Time: May 17, 2022 12:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/97146571227?pwd=VWpxV1JPVTF3emJObDJrMUhCdGI3Zz09
Meeting ID: 971 4657 1227
Passcode: P513CR


Hope to see you there!

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SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - FINAL SURVEY
We need your feedback!


PTA is continuing our participation in the National PTA School of Excellence program to grow our family-school partnerships and enrich the educational experience and overall well-being of all students in our community.

As part of the process, National PTA requests feedback from families, administrators, and teachers are tow points in the school year - the beginning and the end. We have used your responses from the first survey to implement an action plan for continuous school improvement. Thus far, our focus is on Digital Safety. We've shared information on how to be safe on different digital platforms (Family Guides on: gaming, social media, etc.), and partnered with school to continue the efforts on digital safety with Digital Citizen.

Now is the time for our second survey! We are proud of what we have accomplished so far, and kindly ask for your feedback once again. Your responses will not only help us show our improvements but will also provide us with more information as we continue to build upon our efforts to enhance family-school partnerships in the future.

Please take 5-10 minutes to reflect on your experience at IUSD Virtual Academy and complete the following survey by clicking here. Mark the responses that most accurately express how you feel about your experience. this survey is completely anonymous. Please complete this survey by Thursday, May 26 2022.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to hearing from you soon!

SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE - DIGITAL SAFETY

Earlier this year, IUSD Virtual Academy PTA applied for School of Excellence for our school. Digital Safety is our focus area for this program. For the month of February, we featured Digital Safety Guides in our Newsletter and Website. We compiled the Parent's Guides on our website and they may be accessed by clicking here.

TEACHER & STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK UPDATE


Thank you so much to our Dragon community for your generous donations and supporting us with our fundraisers this year! With the funds raised, we were able to provide a special celebration for Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week. We provided lunch from Jimmy John's and beverages. We also provided snacks and sweets for our teachers and staff to make their own goody bags to take home and enjoy.


Thank you to Angie Weiss for helping us with the set up!

HONORARY SERVICE AWARD WINNERS


Congratulations to the Honorary Service Award Winners! They were presented their award at the Spirit of Community event hosted by IPSF and IUCPTA last week.


Pictured below from left to right:

Very Special Person Award, Hardip Passamanti

Outstanding Teacher Award, Donbi Chung

Honorary Service Award, Alli Novosel

Life Achievement Award, Connie Stone

Continuing Service Award, Mimi Chen

Golden Oak Award, Jim Leung

Superintendent Terry Walker

*A big Congratulations to our Irvine Unified Council PTA President and IUSD Virtual Academy PTA Parliamentarian, Connie Stone, for being awarded the National PTA's Life Achievement Award!!!

*Congratulations to our IUSD Virtual Academy PTA President and Irvine Unified Council PTA Treasurer, Mimi Chen, for being awarded the Continuing Service Award!

THANK YOU to all our volunteers this year! We couldn't have done it without your support. Your volunteer hours are invaluable and it's reflected by the picture below showing how much all the volunteer hours from all of the Irvine PTA & PTSA's combined is worth if it was translated into a dollar amount. Thank you for your dedication and support!


Pictured below:

Superintendent Terry Walker

Hideh Hassani, IUCPTA Historian

Connie Stone, IUCPTA President, IVA PTA Parliamentarian

Congratulations to our newly elected 2022-2023 IUSD Virtual Academy PTA Executive Board!


President - Mimi Chen

Secretary - Austin Brown

VP Fundraising - Ana Tran


Open positions:

Treasurer

VP Programs

VP Membership

Historian

Auditor

Financial Secretary


If you're returning to IVA next year and interested in joining our board, please email president@ivapta.org.

SCHOOL SPIRIT FRIDAYS

Show your School Spirit each Friday by wearing your Spiritwear or school colors! We can't wait to see your Dragon Pride! If you'd like to share, please email us a picture at: info@ivapta.org. We'd love to see your school spirit!


Note: By emailing us your picture, parental permission is granted for PTA to share your picture on social media/website.

YEARBOOK

Yearbooks are in printing production! But it's not too late to order a yearbook. Please see the links below.


Click here to Buy your IVA Yearbook


Guide to Setting up Treering Account


IVA Passcode: 101625753750925


Email yearbook questions to: yearbook@ivapta.org.
For assistance placing orders: click here or call 877-755-TREE (Monday - Friday from 6AM to 6PM ) (treering.com customer support)

EARN & LEARN AT THE THE MARKETPLACE - SCHOOL REWARDS

Our Earn N Learn Program at The Market Place has concluded. Thank you to everyone for supporting us and taking the time to upload your receipts! We will announce our standing when we have the information.
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AMAZONSMILE

We are registered with AmazonSmile! Do you shop on Amazon? If so, you can earn $ for our PTA. Here's how:

1. Click here to direct you to our AmazonSmile Page

2. Click on the "Start Shopping" button

3. Shop as usual

4. For mobile devices: activate AmazonSmile in the Amazon Shopping app on your iOS or Android phone within the Settings or Programs & Features menu.


  • Same products, same prices, same services as the Amazon you know.

  • Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of eligible purchases.


Would you like to change your current charity to IUSD Virtual Academy PTA? Simply visit smile.amazon.com/change, or tap "AmazonSmile" within the Settings menu in the Amazon Shopping app on your phone and select "Change your charity". Your AmazonSmile purchases made after changing your charity will count towards your newly selected charity.


Are you new to Amazon? No problem! When first visiting AmazonSmile, customers are prompted to select a charitable organization. In order to browse or shop at AmazonSmile, customers must first select a charitable organization. Please choose IUSD Virtual Academy PTA.

Ralph's Community Rewards

Ralph's Community Rewards

Link your Shopper's Card to IUSD Virtual Academy PTA.

Box Tops

Box Tops

Select IUSD Virtual Academy as your school.

AmazonSmile

AmazonSmile Program

Use the following link dedicated to our IVA PTA for purchases through AmazonSmile. For eligible purchases at AmazonSmile, the AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to our IVA PTA.

IUSD VIRTUAL ACADEMY PTA ASSOCIATION MEETING DATES

May 17, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

Meetings occur on Tuesdays at 12 pm. Dates and times are subject to change.

PTA WEBSITE
PTA INSTAGRAM
IUSD Virtual Academy PTA

1 Liberty, Irvine, CA 92620

Email: info@ivapta.org

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