Last year's Jag-A-Thon was so successful that we've decided to bring it back again this year!

Our second annual Jag-A-Thon will take place on Friday, October 4th and we will be celebrating with some fun school spirit activities and lunch raffle prizes in the week leading up to big day. This event will take place during the school day - which we are excited about because it allows 100% student participation.

Please note: This is our ONE AND ONLY FUNDRAISER for this school year. In lieu of hosting an auction this Spring we've decided to throw all of our resources into this one fundraising event. Please keep this in mind as you plan your donations for the school year.

Please join us for a fun-filled evening of pizza, bingo, awesome prizes including toys, books, and gift cards!

Coordinates volunteers to pop and handout popcorn for popcorn Fridays and other social events throughout the year.

The Birthday Book Club is a great way to recognize your child’s birthday and help fill the school’s library with books.

The Scholastic Book Fair offers new reasonably priced books and other educational items available for purchase. The chairperson acts as a liaison between the PTSA and the book company, schedules volunteers for the event, and orders supplies and arranges publicity for the fair.

Every spring, school supplies for the following year are available for purchase at a discounted price. Purchased school supply kits are delivered to your child's classroom on Meet the Teacher Day in the Fall. This committee is in charge of coordinating school supplies requested by the staff at various grade levels, selecting a vendor, advertising in the spring, taking pre-orders for school supply packs, and distributing school supply packs.

The 5th Grade Committee plans events specific to 5th grade at Endeavour, including the 5th grade end of year party, a gift to the school, and the promotion ceremony.

We sell high quality t-shirts and sweatshirts with our school colors and logo. Parents can purchase these items at the beginning of the year and kids can wear them on spirit days, every Friday.

The Advocacy Representative will work to keep the Board and membership appraised of key state and local legislative issues and seek the committee’s input if necessary. If appropriate, this may also require enlisting other members to help advocate for issues or building relationships outside of the PTSA in the community to work collaboratively on issues.

Maintain and update the Endeavour PTSA website.

Take photographs of programs and events at Endeavour. Request photographs from room parents. Compile and prepare the Endeavour yearbook to be distributed at year-end.

This committee handles PTSA membership throughout the year. We are striving for 100% membership!

Family STEM Math Night is a fun, family-friendly event that sparks passion for STEM through activities and games for BOTH students and their families.

Parents and students will explore … inspire … empower … and educate yourselves about how much fun math can be. Learn simple things you can do at home to foster interest in STEM. Most importantly, this is a fun time to connect with other families, learn and play together.

We will obviously be reimagining our in-person events and programs this year and need your help. If you would like to head up this new committee or join as a volunteer we would greatly appreciate it!

The Washington State PTA, in partnership with the National PTA, sponsors the state wide Reflections arts education contest. Students can submit entries in the following six categories: dance, film, music, visual arts, photograpy, and literature. The student art entries are judged at the school (Endeavour), council (Issaquah School District), and Washington State PTA levels. More information on this program can be found on the WA State PTA website at www.wastatepta.org.

Spooky Spaghetti night has quickly become a great tradition at Endeavour Elementary. All students and families come together for this fun fall social event. Students dress up in family-friendly costumes, play games, dance and enjoy a spaghetti dinner.

This is a PTSA funded and volunteer run Art Program which provides art curriculum to each classroom throughout the school year. This program is led by a Chair and committee to organize volunteer training, supply management and running of the kiln. Art Docent volunteers present monthly art curriculum projects to their child’s class. All materials and training provided by PTSA Art Docent Program, Discover Art.

First LEGO League (FLL) is an ASB sponsored club for 4th & 5th Graders to become immersed in real-world science and technology challenges. Teams build LEGO-based robots and develop research projects. Through their participation, children gain hands-on programming, engineering, and presentation experience, all within a fun and teamwork oriented environment. Plus, they develop valuable life skills and discover exciting career possibilities. The program culminates with a competition against other local teams in December.

The Eager Reader Program is a voluntary reading program sponsored by the PTSA. The objective of this program is to foster a love of reading and encourage students to read for their own enjoyment. Students earn prizes as they read outside of class time and record minutes online.

The chair for this program helps identify and submit grant applications to the Issaquah Schools Foundation for special projects designed by Endeavour teachers.

4th and 5th graders who are interested in taking their math skills to the next level are invited to join the Endeavour Jaguars Math Club. We study mathematics, not arithmetic. We will use math to explore “how things work” in the real world.

Student Expectations:
* Attend Math Club sessions after-school on campus or the math sessions off campus if any
* Learn Algebra, Geometry, Probability and Potpourri
* Complete homework assignments and practice additional hours
* Participate in math competitions

Parent Expectations
* Parent volunteers as chairs (4th & 5th grades) and coaches are quite welcome.
* Give your kids encouragement. It will take effort to learn the new material.
* Make enough time for your kids to do all the assigned homework.
* Help your kids to practice.

We currently have a 5th grade chair but are still in need of a 4th grade chair. If you are interested please contact Programs@EndeavourPTSA.org.

The chair is responsible for maintaining and replenishing our school emergency supplies and attending CERT training for the school.

The PTSA offers grants to our educational services team for items purchased benefitting students, parents, or the school community.

An afterschool club that teaches kids how to plan, organize, and carry out service projects. Our aim is to show kindness to others, one kid at a time through serving and loving our community in an impactful way.

The Art Walk is an annual event for families to see the art work the students have done through the PTSA Discover Art program. The walls of the school are dedicated to beautiful art displays. Often guest artists and hands-on art activities are offered as well as free ice cream sundaes!

This is a family event that celebrates the different cultures of our school community. Students can participate by picking a country or state and showcasing the culture by wearing traditional clothing and presenting facts they have learned – or – they can choose to perform traditional song, dance, or other performance art.

The Endeavour Elementary PTA Science Fair is held each year in the spring, and all students are invited to participate by entering a science project. Participation is required for fifth graders and MERLIN. The chair will organize and publicize the event, record entries, organize volunteers, and coordinate outside exhibitors.

This committee provides baked goods as requested for PTSA events. The chairperson coordinates volunteers to bake the treats.

The Issaquah School District nurses perform vision and hearing testing on a yearly basis. The chairperson is responsible for acting as liaison to ISD nurse, soliciting and scheduling volunteers and providing training immediately prior to the volunteer shifts.

Help coordinate communication of PTSA and other events to all parents in your child's classroom. Help the teacher with communication to parents in the classroom, administrative tasks, party planning, etc.

Create and distribute bus tags to Kinder and 1st grade teachers prior to the start of school.

Kids love the library! This program helps organize parent volunteers to help in the library during their child's library visit. Volunteers help kids checkout books, file books, return and check out books.

This committee is charged with soliciting from the school community the names of individuals who are extraordinary volunteers at school and in the community at large. They will score all nominees on a rubric and present the winners with a gift of appreciation and an invitation to the District PTSA Council’s Golden Acorn reception in March.

Work with front office to plan tours for incoming Kindergarten Families. Coordinate volunteers to help with tours.

Organize the lost & found. Send notices to parents when lost & found is overflowing prior to donation to local charities.

Chair coordinates volunteers to assist with individual pictures in the fall and and class pictures in the spring.

This committee plans breakfasts/luncheons periodically to thank our staff for the hard work they do. They also plan and encourage student and parent participation during teacher appreciation week.

This chairperson, along with PE staff, coordinates this all-school spring event of outdoor games held during the school day. The chair helps mainly with volunteer coordination.

Our school has a vibrant garden planted and harvested by the students each year. The garden requires regular maintenance throughout the year by parent volunteers. Do you have a green thumb? We need one parent per grade level to assist with this.