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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
9/1
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8:15 AM
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First Day of School
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9/7
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6th Grade Retreat
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9/8-
9/9
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High School Retreat
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9/9
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9:00 AM
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Back to School Coffee
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9/12
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3:00 PM
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Play Auditions |
9/13
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6:30 PM
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New Student / Family Tech Night |
9/13
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7:00 PM
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PTSA Board Meeting
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9/15
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7:00 PM
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2017 Parent Graduation Committee Meeting
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9/22
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7:00 PM
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Senior Parent Night
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9/27
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7:00 PM
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PTSA General Membership Meeting
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9/28
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7:30 AM
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Picture Retake Day
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9/29
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7:00 PM
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9th & 10th Grade Parent Night
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9/30
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7:00 PM
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Middle School Social
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The ISPTSA Needs You!
Please consider volunteering for one of these crucial positions to help continue to make our PTSA a strong organization that works toward the goals of serving our International School students, staff and community:
VP Fundraising
Responsible for working with volunteers to organize and manage the Fall and Spring Fundraising campaigns to meet budget revenue goals.
Advocacy Chair
Keeps IS community informed about national, state, and local education issues, policies and legislation.
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Visit our website keep informed about what is going with ISPTSA including meetings, programs and community events and activities. We hope it will be your home for joining the ISPTSA, volunteering, signing up for the Messenger weekly newsletter and keeping current on what is happening at the school.
Please take a moment to:
1) Create an ISPTSA account or update your current information. We will be using this for directory information. We will also have an online directory which will be available to ISPTSA members.
2) Join the ISPTSA, just click on the link that says Join.
3) Sign up for the Monday Messenger weekly e-newsletter, this is the best way to get the most current information on what is happening at school.
4) Volunteer - There are lots of ways to volunteer, both from home and at school. Parent involvement in creating and staffing programs such as Reflections, Staff Appreciation, Grade level representatives, awarding grants and editing the website is what makes IS unique.
5) Donate - Your donations to the PTSA allows us to invest, approximately $100,000 a year toward the school's mission of academic excellence through a broad spectrum of curriculum extension grants, programs, clubs, and community building.
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Summer Math and Computer Science Work
Please check
here for all the information your student need to be set for the first day of class.
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6th Grade Retreat: Wed. 9/7
This is a wonderful event, run primarily by our 11
th and 12
th grade Big Buddies. 6
th grade students will be taken to Kelsey Creek for a fun day of community building activities.
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High School Retreat: Thurs. 9/8 & Fri. 9/9
Retreat Chaperone Volunteers Desperately Needed! Please Join Us!
We still need 12 male chaperones and 6 female chaperones.
We will have to cancel the event if we cannot fill these spots!
The trip is only possible with your support! Our greatest need is for cabin chaperones; we need 12 male and 12 female chaperones to stay in cabins with students. We need some of those chaperones to ride to camp and back on buses and to chaperone during the Thursday afternoon sessions, Friday morning meetings, meals and evening events. We recognize that some parents can be available overnight but may need to drive separately after work or late in the afternoon. If you are able to chaperone please let us know the following:
- If you can ride the bus and stay for the entire retreat or will need to drive separately
- If you are coming separately, what time will you plan to arrive and to leave Camp Schechter (approximately)
- Your cell phone number
- Best email address to reach you
Alternately, you can sign up at the following here.
Please consider volunteering for this valuable student experience!
Thank you!
Retreat Information
The International School holds an annual retreat for our high school students in order to build community and realize its mission of providing students with a globally focused education.
High school students (grades 9-12) will come to school the morning of Thursday, September 8th and will be bussed to Camp Solomon Schechter, near Olympia, WA. They will spend the night there and will return by bus the following day, Friday, September 9th by 2:30 pm.
At this point the late registration fee is $85. The fee for the retreat has been added to your student's account online so you may pay online or at school on Back to Business Day, August 17th.
The flyer for the High School Retreat can be found by clicking here:
The permission slip packet can be found by clicking here:
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Titan Robotics Club is Looking for Adult FIRST Lego League Coaches
Titan Robotics Club is looking for adult coaches to help run our FIRST Lego League program for middle school students. We ideally are looking for at least 3 adults to help run our teams with the assistance of a team of high school mentors that will know all the material and technology required. Adults are to help with keeping students on task, coordinating the meeting, program development and coaching the team(much like any other team sport). While you are encouraged to learn the technology, you do not have to become an expert, the high school students are there for that. We have previously run our program on Wednesday afternoons but are considering moving it to evenings or weekends in order to involve a team of adult volunteers. It is an approximately a 2-3 hour a week commitment from middle of September until typically the middle of December, possibly middle of January if a team qualifies for the State Championship. If you are interested in becoming a coach please contact Amy McIvor at
[email protected] and include your availability. We are looking to build a team of adults that would like to build a competitive program and can not run this program without adults. If you have any questions please let us know.
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Get Ready For Robotics
Sept. 6th, 7-8pm, Location: International School (Room # TBD)
Are you a middle schooler interested in joining the FLL Robotics team?
Are you a high schooler interested in joining the FTC Robotics team?
Come to the interest meeting Sept. 6th 7-8pm @IS!
Lots of important information regarding the season and registration will be given, so if you are even slightly interested in joining either the FLL or FTC Robotics team, please come and bring your parent/guardian too!
If you are interested but unavailable that evening, please contact [email protected]
for further info.
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High School Athletic Opportunities
Does your child want to get involved in High School Athletics?
Of course they do!
Find all registration information on the District Athletic Page:
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Bellevue High School Water Polo Team
The Bellevue High School Boys' Water Polo team is looking for a few more Freshman and Sophomore to join, no experience is required. If you are interested, please talk to Jesse Hainze, Senior and team captain, or Jason Hainze, Sophomore.
Unsure? Come to a few practices at Woodridge Swim Club (12320 SE 14th St, Bellevue, WA 98005), walking distance from International.
Practices this week:
8/29-31 Mon-Wed 8-10am & 8-9:30pm
9/1 1st day of school 6-8pm
9/2 Friday 4-6pm
If you are staff member's child that attends International School, but doesn't live within BSD, you can still join. For parents who have questions and want to know more details, please email
[email protected] or call 425-516-9908.
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Messenger Submissions
Want to submit information to publish in the Messenger? Please submit your information by
FRIDAY.
(Submissions are subject to PTA approval).
Plain text is preferred, although you are welcome to send along an image or icon to include. Need to link to a registration form? Send us the link to include or a pdf copy.
Note: you will no longer receive an automatic confirmation response when submitting.
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School Directory and Links
ATTENDANCE 425-456-6545
MAIN OFFICE 425-456-6500
COUNSELING 425-456-6542
REGISTRAR 425-456-6535
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| Supporting PTSA
You can donate at any time by simply writing your check to the International School PTSA and sending it to school: 445 128th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98005 Or even easier - just donate via PayPal!
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International School Store
Show your school spirit! Shop for sweatshirts, t-shirts, duffel bags and more! Visit the International School Fieldhouse store. Proceeds benefit the International School ASB.
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Contact Us:
President: David Doud
E-Mail: [email protected]
President-Elect: Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
E-Mail: [email protected]
VP - Outreach: Carolyn Watson and Allison Stirret
VP - Communications: Leo de Barros Barreto
Membership: Sylvia Abrahamsson
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