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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
8/17
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8:00 AM -
2:30 PM
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Back to Business Day
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8:00 AM
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6th Grade
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9:00 AM
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7th Grade
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10:00 AM
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8th Grade |
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11:00 AM
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9th Grade |
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12:30 PM
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10th Grade
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1:30 PM
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11th Grade
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2:30 PM
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12th Grade
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8/22
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8:30 AM
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9th Grade Orientation
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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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9/12
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3:00 PM
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Play Auditions
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9/13
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6:30 PM
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New Student / Family Tech Night
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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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Message From PTSA President, David Doud
Dear International School Students and Families,
As your PTSA President and Board, we look forward to seeing you at Back to Business Day Wednesday August 17th.
We encourage you to "Beat the Line" and sign-up for your PTSA membership online before Back to Business Day. Although we will have membership registration forms available at our PTSA table where we will be greeting you with coffee and baked goods, signing up online makes it easier for all. You can join ISPTSA online here or visit http://isptsa.org
and click JOIN. Please make sure to update your personal information as this information will be used for the 2016-17 directory!
We have three PTSA goals this year: 1.) get every family engaged, 2.) improve our communications infrastructure, and 3.) connect IS families and students to our dynamic local tech economy. As you can see from the chart below, your membership and donations help support a wide variety of needs throughout our school community.
As committed volunteers, we value your support and participation. We look forward to meeting you Wednesday, and joining hand in hand to make this the best year possible. Please contact me if you have any questions. See you Wednesday.
best./David Doud
ISPTSA President
cell 4254401244
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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.
Membership Chair
Creates membership campaign and tracks membership with state office.
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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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Back to Business Day: Wed. 8/17
At Back to Business day your student will get their schedule, PE lock, be assigned a locker, receive an ORCA card to ride the Metro Bus (if eligible), have their photo taken, and pay fees. Complete details for Back to Business Day including grade check in times, forms, and details can be found here. Please remember there will not be copies of the forms available at school during back to business day, so please print them out in advance and bring the completed copies with you.
You can pay for nearly all things online before Back to Business Day and cut down on time standing in line. If you don't mind the lines, you may pay in the main office or at the attendance window. We now take credit cards, checks and cash! We can only do one transaction per student so you will need at least one check per student to pay for class fees.
The school office is now open from 9-2 daily except for a planned closure on Thurs. 8/18.
Volunteers Still Needed
The school needs parent volunteers to please signup to help with prep and laptop handout August 17, and August 23.
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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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9th Grade Orientation: Thurs. 8/22
This is a day of review and prep for 9
th grade students understand expectations, strategies, and tools to start their high school career on the right foot. Please email Sally Fouche at
fouches@bsd405.org to sign up for this event.
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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
amy@titanrobotics.net 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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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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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: president@isptsa.org
President-Elect: Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
E-Mail: pres-elect@isptsa.org
VP - Outreach: Carolyn Watson and Allison Stirret
VP - Communications: Leo de Barros Barreto
Membership:
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