The Guardian Gazette

Mark your calendars and see below for further information

March 15 - Empty Bowls for SW Hope Food Drive
March 24 -28 Spring Break
April 2 - Community Equity Council Meeting
April 3 - IBW College Night
April 3 - Know Your Rights Workshop at Jackson MS

April 4 - Designer Purse and Wine Sale for 2025 Grad Night
April 9 - PTA Social
April 14 - Booster Club Meeting
April 19 - Welding & Cocktails for 2025 Grad Night

April 25 - IBWHS Auction

If you haven't had a chance to look at the newsletters from earlier this week:
The Guardian Gazette, Student News, March 10 https://secure.smore.com/n/tc538
IBW Athletics Weekly, Winter Re-Cap https://secure.smore.com/n/ecb3xr
Senior Newsletter, March 5 https://secure.smore.com/n/er9kx

And always be sure and check the Trivory Calendar for more dates!

https://trivory.com/ibw/calendar

The Booster Club Spring into A(u)ction

How can you support this year's auction?

Keep Collecting Donations! Our clubs, programs and athletic teams are seeking your help in procuring items for the Auction. Proceeds from procured items (less 10% to help offset fees to run the auction) that are sold to the highest bidder will go directly back to the club/program/team specified on the donation form. Each group, program or team is able to have four procured packages at the auction, may submit an unlimited amount of gift certificates and/or gift cards and can host one sign up party. Here is the Donation Form. We have some great items coming in already! Keep up the good work!!

Bingo: The Booster Club is hostly weekly Bingo on Mondays at 6:30 at the Old Barn ! Please bring cash to buy bingo sheets. Cash prizes! Bingo sheets range from two dollars to five dollars. The past two weeks have been such a fun night for our community! We need volunteers to run these weekly events. If you have a secret dream of spinning the Bingo cage, sign up to volunteer here.

Volunteers needed: The Booster Club is in need of volunteers for concessions this spring! The schedule is posted here for Track and Baseball, LAX will be added soon. https://signup.com/go/ycboLia

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PTA Social
The next PTA Social is Wednesday, April 9th at Buffalo Gap, 6:30-8 pm. Mark your calendars for the upcoming socials!

• Tues, May 6

• Tues, June 3

PTA Senior Scholarship Application is Open Now!

The PTA scholarship for seniors application is open now until April 1st. The PTA will award scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to assist with minimizing the cost of continuing education. Continuing education may include advanced study at a variety of educational institutions such as universities, colleges, seminaries, institutes of technology, trade schools, and career colleges. All seniors are welcome to apply. Application link here - PTA Scholarship.

It takes lots of contributions to make this fun, fresh event a success. Please check out the link for donations needed and find details in the signup header. https://volunteersignup.org/RACPD

Questions? Message Jessica at jess_jon@msn.com.

Come play with fire *and* enjoy adult beverages (not at the same time)!

You're invited to a Welding & Cocktails fundraiser for Grad Night. Our host says: "I know, it sounds dangerous, but it won’t be. Come find out!"

What: Short welding lessons and an array of cocktails. Dress in leather shoes, work pants and long sleeves (no polyester of any kind).

When: 5 p.m. Saturday, April 19.

Where: NANCO World Headquarters, 1855 S.W. Multnomah Blvd., underneath and behind the Vertical Diner on Barbur Blvd.

Cost: $100 a person/$150 a couple.

Tickets: Buy by March 18 on SchoolPay: https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Welding-and-Cocktails/Se9fr8y

This event is limited to 18 people.

This year's Purse and Wine Sale includes an opportunity to create your own custom pottery, thanks to our host, The Butterfly Effect in Multnomah Village.

Why: Ida B. Wells Class of 2025 Fundraiser

When: April 4, First Friday

What: Designer Purse and Wine Sale. Sip, shop and paint at The Butterfly Effect, 7829 S.W. Capitol Highway (across from Annie Bloom's Books in the Village).

Prices: Wine $20 a bottle. Purses from $15-$50.

Our Advanced Ceramics class has donated bowls for this year's Empty Bowl Fundraiser for Neighborhood House

Empty Bowls, A Community Favorite! Saturday, March 15, 1pm-3pm Neighborhood House Senior Center located within the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway

Join us at Empty Bowls, where you can take home soups & hearty bread from SW Portland's finest restaurants, and pick out your own hand-crafted bowl, all while supporting our Free Food Market. See https:// nhpdx.org/sw-hope for details.

We are hiring a Special Education Intensive Skills Center Teacher (Job Opening ID is 28408)

and custodians. Information is on the PPS website.https://www.pps.net/Page/2158

The 2025-2026 School Calendar has been approved by the PPS Board of Education. More information is included in this Smore Newsletter from the District https://secure.smore.com/n/ny109 including PDF versions in all supported languages.

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