“Caring through Sharing” is a holiday gift program for Issaquah School District families with children
ages birth-18. New this year, Pickering Barn will become a “department store” for families in need to
do their holiday shopping. Please click on the Issaquah Food Bank website below to get to the link for
more details and registration forms: http://issaquahfoodbank.org/ (Ctrl + Click to follow link).
Registration is required between November 1-30.
This link has the information for Issaquah School District families in need who want to register as a
shopper as well as information for anyone or any group wishing to donate items to the Holiday Shop.
A huge thank-you goes out to all the parent volunteers and my vision/hearing coordinator Angie
Lukens who made the Vision/Hearing Screening on October 15th, 2012 a huge success. In October
and November, I will be re-screening students who did not pass the school screening or may have
been absent during the screening. After being re-screened, if your child still does not pass either the
vision or hearing portion of the test, you will receive a letter in the mail from me.
As required by State law, students in the Issaquah School District have their vision screened annually
in grades Kindergarten through 3rd grade, 5th grade and 7th grade. We were able to capture all of our
4th grade students this year. This is a mass school screening test for distance vision only. It does not
measure the eye health, eye movement control, focusing ability, or how well the eyes work together.
Just as you would bring your child to the dentist/doctor, I would encourage you to bring your child to
an eye doctor. If you do not have vision insurance and feel this is a huge burden on your family,
please feel free to contact me for possible resources.
Thank you,
Alison Cathro RN, SANE-A
CA Tu-Th-Fr
425-837-5506
