Welcome back from break! Hopefully you all had a great, restful vacation and are ready for a busy month ahead at Cascade Ridge. We will be starting the month right off with our 4-week Eager Reader program on March 1st and our Book Fair and Spelling Bee on March 4, 5, & 6! We hope to have a big turnout of kids participating in these fun and educational events. Check out the details on our website and later in the newsletter.

We also hope that many young Cascade Ridge scientists (not just our 5th graders) are preparing science projects to share with the community at our Science Fair on March 21st. Science Pete and his crew have been working hard to ensure we have another great event and we expect it to be full of many interesting and educational experiments for all in the community to enjoy. This is a big event for kids and grown-ups and requires a lot of involvement from many people, so if you can find the time in your schedule to volunteer, this is a great (and rewarding) opportunity. Be sure to find more exciting details in this newsletter and on our website, and I hope to see you there!

Finally, we will round out the month on March 28th with Fine Arts night. This is a great opportunity to see some of your child’s artwork as well as create something new. We will also be hosting the Bellevue Art Museum’s traveling art exhibit this year so it’s sure to be a fun event for all who come. Again, more details later in this newsletter and online.

Please do not forget that our Nominating Committee is working diligently to fill the slate for our 2013-14 Cascade Ridge PTSA Executive Committee. If you know of anyone (including yourself) that would be interested and excited to be a part of our Board for the next school year, please contact me or anyone on this year’s Nominating Committee. The PTSA provides many services and activities to the Cascade Ridge community, we have a lot of fun in the process, and we need your help to continue the great tradition!

As you hopefully know through ongoing updates from Erica Fewel and Cathia Geller, our wonderful Issaquah Schools Foundation (ISF) Representatives, the Foundation is critically important to the ongoing welfare of our district students. We would like you to know about the upcoming annual Nourish Every Mind Luncheon that is a bunch of fun to attend and it benefits the ISF’s ongoing work. Our PTSA will host a table at the luncheon and we would love to fill it. If you are interested in attending the luncheon on May 9th at 11:00, we would love to have you join in the fun. Just contact me directly, and I’ll reserve you a seat!

See what I mean? Busy months are ahead and we hope to have everyone involved.

Have a great March and beginning to Spring!

Deanne King, PTSA President
deannewking@live.com