IUSD VIRTUAL ACADEMY PTA NEWSLETTER

Hi IUSD Virtual Academy parents!

Welcome to our new Smore PTA Newsletter. We are so excited to share our latest update. In this edition, you will find information for the following:

1. Pledge and Membership Drive

2. Room Parent Sign Up

3. Reflections Art Program

4. September Dine-Out

5. Ways to support our PTA - Box Tops and Ralph's Community Rewards, please select IUSD Virtual Academy PTA as your school choice.

6. Association Meeting dates

Read on for more information!

Thank you for your support and have a terrific weekend!

As a new PTA, your support is crucial to our success. Please consider joining our PTA. Your voice makes a difference by being an advocate for our students. Your $15.00 membership supports valuable programs and events. Members enjoy many benefits including Membership Perks and voting rights at our meetings. Donations of any amount are always welcome. Your donations fund fun and exciting events for our students and families. To join and/or make a donation, please visit our TOTEM link: https://jointotem.com/ca/irvine/irvine-unified-school-district-virtual-academy-pta or scan our QR code below.

We are so excited to offer an opportunity to be a Room Parent for your student's class. Room Parents help facilitate communication between parents and the teacher. This role also supports the teacher with tasks that may include: prepping items at home for distribution, organizing virtual events for the class, and/or distributing materials on campus. Room Parents are also essential to facilitate communication between the teacher and the PTA. You are a key to our success!

If interested, please click here to Sign Up and be added to our list!

Deadline for sign up is October 8, 2021.

“I Will Change The World By…”

That’s the theme for the 2021-22 Reflections Art Program which has been bringing the arts to life for more than 10 million students since 1969. And California State PTA and its members, families and kids are on the forefront of this amazing program, which increases community awareness of the importance of arts in education.

Reflections encourages students of all ages to:

• Unleash creative talents and be inspired
• Express themselves imaginatively in their artwork
• Experience the fun and joy of making art
• Tap into critical-thinking skills to create art inspired by the annual theme
• Receive positive recognition for their original works of art.

HOW TO ENTER:

1. Have your child come up with an original idea for their entry around this year’s theme, “I Will Change The World By…”
2. Visit https://capta.org/resource/participant-forms/ for the Official Rules for each Category.
3. Submit an Entry Form by clicking here. (All entries must be submitted via the Google Form and must not exceed 1GB file size.)
   
4. Entries are due Saturday, October 23, 2021 at 11:59 pm.

For more information on the program, visit: https://capta.org/programs-events/reflections/

For all other inquiries, email: info@ivapta.org.

All students attending PTA schools sponsoring the program are invited to participate and submit original virtual artwork in one of seven areas:

2021-22 Rules by Category:

• Dance Choreography
• Film Production
• Literature
• Music Composition
• Photography
• Visual Arts
• Special Artist Division

Five decades. Ten million students. And you!

Help our school earn dollars! The Market Place is a great place to shop for your everyday needs or for that little some special. Shop and log your receipts to earn money for IUSD Virtual Academy PTA! Earn & Learn runs from September 1 through April 30. Plus, the school with the most dollars logged each month will earn a $250 bonus. Limit one bonus prize her school. Submit your receipts to help us earn $250 to $3,000 for our PTA. Go to: shopthemarketplace.com for a complete directory. Submit receipts on the Earn & Learn website and view program info. SHOPANDLOG.COM/TMP

Earn TRIPLE Points at the following locations and submit receipts by 10/31/21:

All beauty services and fitness studios:

24-Hour Fitness, AKT, Amazing Lash Studio, Bike 2 The Beat, Christopher Perry Salon, CorePower Yoga, European Wax Center, Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa, Happy Nails & Spa, Orangetheory Fitness, Sola Salon Studios, StretchLab, Stride, Supercuts

Thank you and Happy shopping!

October 19, 2021, 12 pm, Virtual

November 16, 2021, 12 pm, Virtual

January 25, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

February 15, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

March 15, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

April 26, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

May 17, 2022, 12 pm, Virtual

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

Email: info@ivapta.org
Location: 1 Liberty, Irvine, CA, USA
Phone: 949-517-1500