As we're getting ready for Winter Break, we'd like to take this opportunity to send a huge THANK YOU to all our families for your support in the first half of the school year! We will miss some of our families that are planning to return to their home school and wish them all the best. Happy Holidays to all our Dragon Families and a Happy New Year! We will see you all in January! Have a relaxing and fun filled Winter Break!

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

1. Spiritwear Distribution

2. Holiday Wishes for our Teachers & Staff from Students

3. Nominating Committee

4. December Dine-Out

5. Yearbook Sale

6. Room Parent Sign-Up

7. Pledge and Membership

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

Read on for more information!

Thank you for your spiritwear orders! Our spiritwear has arrived and orders are ready to be distributed! PTA will have a table outside the office. If you're unable to pick up at this time, no worries! Your order will be available for pick up in the front office. Please contact the front office if you need special arrangements for pick up.

SPIRITWEAR PICKUP:

Monday, 12/13/21 in the afternoon from 2-4pm at school. 1 Liberty, Irvine, 92620

Please email us at info@ivapta.org if you have any questions.

We have an opportunity for all students to participate in our Holiday Wishes Program for Teachers and Staff. Interested students can submit a Holiday Wish via this Padlet by clicking here, one per student no longer than 1 minute due by this Wednesday, December 15th at 3:00 p.m. We are looking forward to seeing our student's Holiday Wishes!

Directions for Padlet:

1. Click the pink plus sign in the bottom right.
2. Add the staff name as the title.
3. Type in their message at the bottom, or use the icons to upload.
4. They can change the color in the bottom left of their message (where white is the default).
5. Click publish to submit.

It's that time of year to start our Nominating Committee! Our Nominating Committee consists of 5 Nominating Committee members and 2 alternates. We need 1 more volunteer to be a Nominating Committee member. The purpose of the Nominating Committee is to help identify potential candidates to serve on our PTA Executive Board for the 2022-2023 school year. If you're interested in serving on the nominating committee, please email us at info@ivapta.org.

We are ready to start taking yearbook orders! Please see the links below.

Click here to Buy your IVA Yearbook

Guide to Upload Portrait Photo

Guide to Setting up Treering Account

Guide to Creating Custom Pages

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)

We are still looking for Room Parents for your student's class. Room Parents are essential to facilitate communication between the PTA, teacher, and families. We have updated the responsibilities for this role. Responsibilities include communication with the PTA and emailing PTA information/updates to your teacher and classroom parents. We will provide a quick training/tutorial. You are a key to our success!

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

Your support is crucial to our success. Please consider joining our PTA. Your voice makes a difference by being an advocate for all our students. Your membership and pledge donations help PTA fund amazing student programs like Reflections, Red Ribbon Week, Multicultural Festival, Year-End Celebration, and Teacher Appreciation Week! We accept donations and membership year round.

Membership and Donations - Your $15.00 membership and donations supports valuable programs and events. Members enjoy many benefits including Membership Perks and voting rights at our meetings. Our Membership Goal is 275 members for the year. We encourage everyone to become a member (parents, grandparents, any family members, friends and neighbors just to name a few). Donations of any amount are always welcome.

Company Match Program - Check with your company/employer to find out if they match donations.

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. Please add your student and teacher name to your membership and/or donation as a non-member.

Help our school earn dollars! The Market Place is a great place to shop for your everyday needs or for that little something 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 per 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!

**For receipts from these stores dated & submitted 11/16-1/15/21:

Barnes & Noble

Game Stop

The Home Depot (Including the Christmas Tree Lot 11/26-12/16)

Sprouts

ULTA

All other receipts from all businesses at The Market Place will earn 5 points per dollar spent.

Thank you and Happy shopping!

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