Heads Up! Our 2019-2020 Yearbook will be available for purchase via our Online Store. Coming January 2020! ($20). More to come! Questions? Email Alison Askham Price and Alicia Francis.

5th Graders will be given yearbooks, courtesy of the Irving PTO.

From our PTO Newsletter, here is what you do not want to miss this week!

• Thursday 12/5 7:00 PM PTO Meeting: Our next PTO meeting will be held on Thursday, December 5th at 7pm in the Irving Auditorium.  The learning session for December will focus on Restorative Practices.  Come join us to learn about effective statements, proactive and responsive circles, and restorative questions. All are welcome and childcare is always available.
• Saturday 12/7 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM Craft Fair and Cookie Crumble: Come and do your holiday shopping at our unique student, alumni and community vendors.  Come early 9-12 for the Cookie Crumble, $10 a box and fill up your cookie cravings!- Can you help set up, clean up or bake? Click here to sign up.

Looking ahead:

• Tuesday 12/10 6:30 PM The Irving Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s Book Club/ Table Talk: The 5 Love Languages of Children.  Join us in a meaningful conversation as we explore “The 5 Love Languages of Children” authored by Dr. Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, M.D. Limited copies of the book are available inside the school’s main office. More copies are also available at our local libraries in both hard copy and audiobook formats. RSVP for this event using thelink.

The Irving School Cookie Crumble is one of the easiest ways to help our PTO raise money to help our school.  You can help in a few different ways.

Do you love to bake?  Sign up below to make 5 dozen of your specialty cookie/treat and deliver on Friday, December 6th to the office, or Saturday, December 7th (between 8-9am) to the cafeteria.

You don’t bake?  Volunteer your time helping us set up the cookies and boxes, organize, and clean up.

Do you like to eat cookies?  Come to the Cookie Crumble between 9-12am and fill an empty box with homemade cookies for $10.  Come early because we usually sell out within a few hours!

Sign up here! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094aadab2aa6f85-2019

The Irving Diversity and Inclusion Committee’s Book Club/ Table Talk:
The 5 Love Languages of Children – Tues. December 10 @ 6:30PM

Join us in a meaningful conversation as we explore “The 5 Love Languages of Children” authored by Dr. Gary Chapman and Ross Campbell, M.D. Limited copies of the book are available inside the school’s main office. More copies are also available at our local libraries in both hard copy and audiobook formats. RSVP for this event using the eventbrite link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irving-divinc-table-talk5-love-languages-of-children-tickets-81414130857

Good Morning All,

After sending out DIVINC updates this week, we were informed that there would not be an Inclusive Playdate this month as previously scheduled. Please share the announcement below. We deeply apologize for any inconvenience, but would like to get the word out to as many parents as possible before Sunday. Thank you!

~Your Diversity & Inclusion Team

Inclusive Playdate Announcement!!!

Due to the unavailability of our adaptive play location, this month’s Everybody Plays Inclusive Playdate has been canceled for Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. The next meetup will resume on Sunday,  Dec.15, 2019, 1-2PM.

NOTE: There is still the Taste of Irving Potluck tomorrow Thursday 11/21 at 6:30 PM.