Parents as Partners Online Starts Jan 30

Participate in this inspiration and educational series of 50 talks over the course of the next five months. Go to the Suzuki Association website to learn more and register. You can join after January 30, also.

Annual String Concert Feb 26 at University of Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge

The 38th Annual String Concert will be held Feb. 26 at 2:00.

• Click for the Bulletin with all rehearsal dates and times.
• This concert features all string students by instrument, starting with the most advanced, adding students for each piece played and ending with the addition of the young students who have only mastered the Twinkle Variations.
• Also featured are PSSO, the most advanced string orchestra, and Espressivo Strings, the most advanced violin performing group.
• Concert is free and open to the public.

Preucil School Day at Bruegger's
Feb 24
Benefits Preucil Playground Resurfacing Project

Friday, February 24, (all day) is Preucil School Day at both Bruegger's Bagel Bakeries locations. Pick up a healthy snack, treat your colleagues or pick up supper and 15% of your purchase will benefit the Preucil School Playground Fund. See below for details of the project.

• Click Preucil Day Flyer to download a flyer to print.
• On Feb. 24 make a purchase from Bruegger's WITH a Preucil Day flyer.
• Ask the clerk to attach the flyer to the store copy of the bill so Preucil School gets the credit.
• 15% of your purchase will be donated to the Playground Resurfacing Project.
• Stores are located at 404 1st Avenue, Coralville, and 715 S Riverside Drive, Iowa City.

Capital Campaign for Resurface of North Campus Preschool Playground

Preucil School Playground project is a capital campaign to continue to make the vision of a safe, rubber surface playground a reality. The goal is to raise approximately $75,000 by spring. The project includes:

• Adding new railings.
• Expanding the fencing around the playground so it is a larger area for students to play in.
• Installing sod in areas where there is currently sand.
• Replacing the mulch base with a tiled material made from recycled Iowa tires.

Click for the Who, What, Where, When and Why of the campaign.

Contact Sonja Zeithamel if you can help.

Every Child Can!© Course Mar 24 with Christie Felsing

Every Child Can! is a one day introductory course on the Suzuki philosophy and its application to education. For parents, teachers, prospective teachers and others, this course provides an inspiring, in-depth look at the Suzuki approach to teaching and learning. For teachers, ECC serves as the first course in the Suzuki Association of the Americas Teacher Development Program. To learn more, click the link to read about the ECC course and its guidelines.

• Click for Flyer.
• Saturday, March 24, 2012.
• 9:00-12:00 & 1:30-4:30 in Wilson Auditorium at Main Campus.
• Public: $100; Preucil Faculty & Parents: $75.
• Call 319-337-4156 or Visit Main Campus to Register.
• Registration Deadline is March 10, 2012.

Summer Chamber Camp to be held June 25-29

Save the dates for a stimulating and fun chamber music experience.

Reinsager Family Donates $10,000 to Establish Endowed Scholarship

The Family of Robert Reinsager, who passed away unexpectedly January 25, 2010, recently donated $10,000 to the Preucil School to endow a scholarship in Robert's memory.

Robert was an organist, an opera buff and a world traveler, who enjoyed visiting cathedrals and churches to hear live organ music.

He served the Suzuki Association of the Americas for ten years, starting in 1981, as both Executive Secretary and Journal Editor. Robert lived in Muscatine and was a close friend of Bill and Doris Preucil.

Generate Donations to Preucil School When Shopping Online

Do you shop online? If you do, shopping your favorite stores through Goodshop.com will generate donations for the Preucil School Scholarship Fund.

Simply go to Goodshop.com, type Preucil School of Music as the cause you shop for, and then choose the store you want to shop at. Make your purchases as usual, and the store will automatically donate to Preucil School. Goodshop partners with 1600 stores, such as Target, itunes, Best Buy, Walmart and Kohls. Most stores donate 2%-3% of your purchase. Even small amounts make a big difference when lots of people shop.

Click here for more detailed information.