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| ISPTSA Committees | Chair | Committee Description | |
| Fundraising Committees | |||
| Co-VPs Fundraising |
Phil Bloch
Gang Chen
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vpfundraising@isptsa.org | Responsible for working with volunteers to organize and manage the Fall and Spring Fundraising campaigns to meet budget revenue goals. |
| Social - Spring Fundraising Event | OPEN | springsocial@isptsa.org | Plans, promotes and executes main IPSTSA fundraiser held in the spring. Committee kicks off in the fall. Procurement, marketing, event management volunteers needed. |
| Box Tops Fundraising Programs | OPEN | springsocial@isptsa.org | Box Tops for Education is an easy way for the PTSA to earn funds by turning in Box Top labels found on many types of food packaging from cereal to soup. Coordinators promote program and process Box Top on website. |
| Grants Committee | |||
| Grants Committee Chair | Edward Chung | grants@isptsa.org | Solicits and awards ISPTSA grants to International School staff and community members. |
| Position 1 | Masako Tamura | ||
| Position 2 | Emilie Castle | ||
| Position 3 | Vera Ho | ||
| Position 4 | Monette Anderson | ||
| Position 5 | Qiang Zeng | ||
| Outreach Committees | |||
| VP Outreach |
Melissa Richardson
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vpoutreach@isptsa.org | Recruits Committee Chairs, oversees committee activities and events. |
| PTSA Council Liaison | Melissa Richardson | councilliaison@isptsa.org | The Bellevue PTSA provides a monthly member meeting usually on the first Monday a month, 9:30-11:30am. The PTSA council meetings provide local unit representatives the opportunity to hear from and talk with district administrators and with one another and to receive information of interest to the students, families, and PTSA units in the Bellevue School District. The Liaison provides an in-person or written report to the ISPTSA board during scheduled board meetings. |
| BSF Ambassador | Renuka Getchell | Liaison to the Bellevue School Foundation. Helps promote Bellevue Schools Foundation events and fundraising to IS Community. Contact: Carmen Brenner carmen@bsfdn.org. | |
| Advocacy Chair | OPEN | advocacy@isptsa.org | Keeps IS community informed about national, state, and local education issues, policies and legislation. |
| Membership Chair | Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen | membership@isptsa.org | Works with the ISPTSA Board to create membership campaign. Tracks membership with School pages and PT Avenue. |
| Volunteer Coordinator | OPEN | volunteer@isptsa.org | Works with other committees to assess volunteer needs. Connects parent volunteers with volunteer opportunities |
| Reflections Program | Jiayuan Huang | reflections@isptsa.org | The Reflections Program is a National PTA and WSPTA cultural arts competition. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works. Committee promotes and executes program at IS. |
| WSPTA Game Development Competition Program | OPEN | vpoutreach@isptsa.org | The Game Development Competition Program is a STEM based WSPTA program. Teams in the ISPTSA computer club use their creatives talents to express themselves by developing a computer game using a theme. The teams submit their game in March to be judged. |
| ISPTSA Student Scholarship | OPEN | vpoutreach@isptsa.org | |
| Communications Committees | |||
| VP Communications | Jennifer Li | vpcommunications@isptsa.org | Oversees Communications committee chairs, ensure regular and constant communications between ISPTSA and community. |
| Monday Messenger Editor/Web Content | Jennifer Li | news@isptsa.org | Writes weekly newsletter that goes to International School community |
| Website | Honglian Gao | webmaster@isptsa.org | Updates and maintains the ISPTSA website |
| Directory Spot | Jennifer Li | directory@isptsa.org | Manages school directory annually. Skill with Excel required. |
| Bulletin Boards | OPEN | vpcommunications@isptsa.org | Updates and maintains the ISPTSA bulletin board located outside the school office. |
| Social Media | OPEN | vpcommunications@isptsa.org | Updates the ISPTSA Facebook page and monitors the group discussions. Shares information about ISPTSA events on relevant social media platforms. |
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Monday Messenger Liaisons |
Reads assigned newsletters and checks assigned websites regularly to identify any relevant events or opportunities for our students and families. Submits relevant information to the editor to be added to the next Monday Messenger (our weekly newsletter). | ||
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Bellevue High School |
OPEN | ||
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Newport High School |
OPEN | ||
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Sammamish High School |
OPEN | ||
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Interlake High School |
OPEN | ||
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Bellevue School District |
OPEN | ||
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Washington State PTA |
OPEN | ||
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National PTA |
OPEN | ||
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Community |
OPEN | ||
| Financial Committees | |||
| Budget Committee | Amanda Johnson | treasurer1@isptsa.org | Committee will review the ISPTSA annual budget and make recommendations for ongoing budget based on expenses, budgetary requests and income. Meets 2-3 times per school year. |
| Financial Review Committee | Amanda Johnson | treasurer1@isptsa.org | Committee will perform a financial review of the ISPTSA financial records twice a year per a WSPTA checklist (not an audit). Meets once in January and once in July/August |
| Community Committees | |||
| Co-VPs Community |
Maggie Lo
Anjum Anwar
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vpcommunity@isptsa.org | Recruits committee chairs, oversees community committee activities and events |
| Gen Mem Mtg\ Dinner | OPEN | Organizes the food and beverages for the free dinner offered as part of the first PTSA general meeting of the school year with help from volunteers | |
| Staff Appreciation | Anna Luan | staff-appreciation@isptsa.org | Coordinate monthly Staff Appreciation activities that are run by each grade and other community members. Once a year order and deliver Brown Bear car wash tickets to all IS staff. |
| Campus Improvement Co-Chairs |
Erdenebaatar Ochirbat
Tsend-Ayush Bayanmunkh
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campus-improvement@isptsa.org | Renew IS campus yearly, typically in May. Outside work; Inner courtyard, planting areas, power-wash sidewalks, specific clean-up in interior areas. This event is open to the whole family. Committee meets once a year to determine areas of need. Meets with Administration to determine the areas to focus on. |
| 5th Grade BBQ Parent Welcome | OPEN | Organizes parent portion of the incoming 6th grade BBQ, including speakers and coffee for incoming 6th grade parents. | |
| Senior Board Day Judges Luncheon | OPEN | Organizes a luncheon on Senior Board Day for the judges, alumni, adult volunteers, and IS staff. | |
| Community and Culture | OPEN | Promote community building and an IS culture of inclusion and connection for parents and students. | |
| Parent Representatives |
Parent representatives organize grade level parent social events, help organize the parents to support staff appreciation and membership and act as another channel of information about ISPTSA. * attend tailgate in the fall and get to know parents in their grade
* organize grade level parent social events (2-3 times a year)
* organize a 30-min parent social before school grade-level parent night (once a year)
* help organize the parents to support staff appreciation (once a year)
* act as another channel of information about ISPTSA (such as auction)
* help support graduating class:
-- 6th Grade Families: Host box lunch for seniors on Senior Project Board Day and light dinner for Senior Celebration Rehearsal.
-- 7th and 11th Grade Families: Host Graduation Reception following the Commencement ceremony. -- 8th and 9th Grade Families: Host Senior Celebration Dessert Reception. This event is held prior to graduation at an off-campus site with special recognition for each graduating senior. -- 10th Grade Families: Host light catered lunch the day of Graduation Rehearsal and snacks prior to Graduation. |
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| 6th Grade Parent Rep | OPEN | parent-rep2030@isptsa.org | |
| 6th Grade Parent Rep | OPEN | parent-rep2030@isptsa.org | |
| 7th Grade Parent Rep | Yue Mai | parent-rep2029@isptsa.org | |
| 7th Grade Parent Rep | OPEN | parent-rep2029@isptsa.org | |
| 8th Grade Parent Liaison | Cathy Wang | parent-rep2028@isptsa.org | |
| 8th Grade Parent Liaison | Ma Lily | parent-rep2028@isptsa.org | |
| 9th Grade Parent Liaison | Carrie Zhang | parent-rep2027@isptsa.org | |
| 9th Grade Parent Liaison | Fenghua Shen | parent-rep2027@isptsa.org | |
| 10th Grade Parent Liaison | Renuka Getchell | parent-rep2026@isptsa.org | |
| 10th Grade Parent Liaison | Azure Zhang | parent-rep2026@isptsa.org | |
| 10th Grade Parent Liaison | Angelika Koch-Leibmann | parent-rep2026@isptsa.org | |
| 11th Grade Parent Liaison | OPEN | parent-rep2025@isptsa.org | |
| 11th Grade Parent Liaison | OPEN | parent-rep2025@isptsa.org | |
| 12th Grade Parent Liaison | Sophia Cheng | parent-rep2024@isptsa.org | |
| 12th Grade Parent Liaison | Courtney Stanton | parent-rep2024@isptsa.org | |
| Senior Committee |
Plan and fundraise for all senior activities, especially those surrounding graduation.
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| Senior Committee Co-Chairs | Emilie Castle Swati Parekh | seniorcommittee@isptsa.org | |
| Senior Committee Member | Sophia Cheng | seniorcommittee@isptsa.org | |
| Senior Committee Member | Courtney Stanton | seniorcommittee@isptsa.org | |
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Please note that email addresses for open positions may go unanswered. If you need something from an open position please contact the VP in charge of it. If you are unsure who to contact, please email board@isptsa.org.
