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BEAR TRACKS WEEKLY NEWS & UPDATES
V.2 - Monday, November 21, 2016. Please ignore previous message.
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UPCOMING EVENTS at RMS
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Wednesday, November 23
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Half-Day: Thanksgiving Break
(SCHOOL ENDS AT 10:50 AM)
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Thursday, November 24
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NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break |
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Friday, November 25
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NO SCHOOL - Thanksgiving Break
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To see all school events, see the online
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Did you lose $100? We found it!
Just kidding. We do however have an overflowing lost and found area in the back corner of the Commons. All unclaimed items will be donated on December 16. Please peruse the picture below to get an idea of what was there on Tuesday, November 15.
LOST AND FOUND PICTURE BELOW
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Sign-up to donate food for the November 22 Staff Gratitude Feast - See PTSA News/Events, RMS PTSA
Donate baby food jars for a science experiment - See Academic News
CHECK LOST AND FOUND!
Congratulate the 7th & 8th grade Math Teams and the Reflections Art winners!! Well done!
Check out the Scholarship Basket Auction gift baskets (and maybe place a bid!) - See PTSA News, LWSD PTSA
Check your mail for first quarter grades
Take the survey for Redmond's Community Centers - See City of Redmond, Events and Activities
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CHECK YOUR MAIL FOR FIRST QUARTER GRADES
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Absences / Vacations
If your student will be missing school between now and the end of the year (due to traveling, vacations, etc), please call the Safe Arrival Line @
(425) 936-2441
and leave a message.
You may also have your student pick up and bring home an absence form from the Attendance Desk.
Pre-Arranged Absence Form
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Baby Food Jars Needed
One of our science teachers is in need of 30 baby food jars for a science lab. Please drop off empty, clean jars in the Main Office.
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For the NEW BOOKS and GAMES in the Library!
The kids and librarians are excited about the new books and games that have been purchased and donated to the library through the Amazon wish list and Marbles the Brain Store. Each item has received a bookplate (shown here thanking the Goodsell family), and they have been flying off the shelves ever since! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
Remind your kids to check out the "What's New" shelf in the library frequently and see what other fascinating things have arrived!
Check out the RMS Library Book Wish List at Amazon
Remember, if your purchase is made through Amazon Smile, credit can be given to Redmond Middle School PTSA 2 8 80, which means that more funds will go towards supporting classroom grants!
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- YEARBOOK CLUB met Tuesday, Nov 15, in RM 202. This meeting is for existing members and people who are interested in joining.
- SAFE SCHOOL AMBASSADORS met Tuesday, Nov 15, in room 153. Please email or see Ms. Morris if you have questions about being involved.
- DR. WHO CLUB met Thursday in room 214.
- CURRENT NJHS MEMBERS: The voting just closed for NJHS Officers. Email Ms. Morris with questions.
- LGBTQ+ CLUB: Join the LGBTQ+ Club here at RMS. Show your support by becoming an ally to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer or Questioning community! Our first meeting was held Friday in room 214.
- D&D CLUB met after school Friday in room 162.
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Grade 7 and 8 Math Teams Qualify for Math is Cool (MIC) Masters
34 students from Grade 7 and 8 represented 10 teams from RMS in Math is Cool Regionals held at Redmond High on November 12, 2016. 500 students from 28 schools participated in this day long competition.
Students were tested in multiple sections involving an individual exam, a team exam, a mental round and a college bowl round. In the college bowl round teams competed directly with teams from three other schools.
Our Grade 7 and 8 teams did quite well and both these teams were placed 4th in their division.
Raghav Narula and Arnav Narula, our Grade 8 students, won the 6th and 9th place individual award trophy respectively in Geometry section.
Both Grade 7 and 8 teams have qualified for MIC Masters where they will compete with Top 10 teams within WA State. MIC Masters will be held in Moses Lake, WA on December 10 and the following teams will represent RMS at this competition:
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Grade 7 team
Andrea Wu
Conor Kennedy
Julia Liu
Krish Jain
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Grade 8 team
Arnav Narula
Raghav Narula
Shrey Srivastava
Shreyas Bhoir
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Best wishes to RMS teams for MIC Masters and we hope that they have an enjoyable time at Moses Lake besides bringing laurels for RMS!
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Battle of the Books
If you have not chosen a captain and gotten the form back to Ms. Metcalf, you need to do so immediately.
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XTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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UPCOMING RMS SPORTING EVENTS
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- GIRLS BASKETBALL: Held tryouts Monday, Nov 14 and results were posted Tuesday. If you have any questions, please see Coach Hagerman.
- BOYS BASKETBALL: Held tryouts on Tuesday, Nov 15 and results were posted Wednesday. If you have any questions, see Mr. Mahendran.
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Sports and Activities in Redmond (Non-School Sponsored)
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Redmond Jr. Mustangs Football JV Team Falls to Bellevue in Overtime, 68-62
Thank you to everyone who came out and supported the JV team as they battled Bellevue in the championship game at Pop Keeney stadium. It was a very exciting game and both teams played tough. They had a great season with the final game being their only loss. The Redmond High School players and coaches who were there cheering them on said they can't wait until they are playing for the high school team!
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Redmond Lacrosse
Registration
:
Spring registration
is open. Please take advantage of the early bird discount ($100 off at each level!) If you are looking to buy new equipment (starter kits, and/or helmets) reach out to me (
Coach Rob
)
directly. I am going to work with our vendor to offer some more discounted gear.
Redmond Lacrosse
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STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS (Week of November 14 - 18, 2016):
- SCHOOL MURAL: Hey Grizzlies: today during PACE we are going to start a pretty special activity for RMS. PACE classes will be invited to add to our school mural in the upstairs hallway. Today we will start with the portables and classes in the gym or music rooms. Be sure to listen up to see if your class is on the list of those coming over to add to the mural today.
- INCENTIVE DAY: Did you hear the announcement about incentive day? Well, the bad news is incentive day has been postponed to the end of first semester. But, the good news is you have more time to focus on your work, more time to earn awesome pawsomes, and we have more time to make our Grizzly fun day is even bigger and better than before. More information will be coming in the announcements and during PACE. In the meantime, keep living that Grizzly way and saving your awesome pawsomes!
- Be Kind, Be Honest, and Be Proud.
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RMS PTSA General Meeting Updates
STUDENT DIRECTORIES
are on their way to PTSA members. Didn't join yet? Don't worry! We did print some extra copies for future members. Simply go to the
PTSA website
and join now!
NEW ASB TEAM:
T
he me
mbership voted to approve a
new National Geographic Bee team
, stay tuned for more information.
SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE:
Minh Nguyen has stepped up to lead the School of Excellence team and you can contact her at
excellence@rmsptsa.org
** Help is needed **to deliver on our roadmap to excellence.
Thank you Minh for volunteering!
STUDENT ANXIETY:
There will be a parent education session on Student Anxiety on December 6
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at 7:00 pm. All parents are welcome.
NEXT MEETING:
Tuesday, January 10th
**Save the date for the RMS Career Exploration Night: April 11th
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November Staff Appreciation Volunteer Request
RMS PTSA needs your help for the November Gratitude Feast on Tuesday, November 22nd. We will need set up, food, and clean up volunteers. If you donate food, please bring it in a disposable dish. Otherwise,
if you want your dishes back you must be at the staff room promptly at 2pm.
I created a
Pinterest Board
to help me get inspired for what to make/do. Feel free to look through if you like/need ideas too.
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Upcoming Parent Education - Student Anxiety and Advocacy
Save the date for a
7 pm presentation on Tuesday, December 6 at Redmond Middle School open to all families. Topics include: What is anxiety? What does it look like? What is developmentally normal, and at what point would a family see further assistance? Strategies for support - how can we avoid anxiety and/or mitigate its effects? Self-advocacy / advocacy for students. More information coming soon!
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"Linkage Session" between School Board and Special Education stakeholders
Your opportunity to provide input - Monday, November 21 5:30 pm
Please join us for the Linkage Session on Nov 21. The
Board of Directors, superintendent, and key district staff would like to meet with parents of students receiving special services to:
- Hear feedback on the Special Services Program Review Final Report and Action Plan; and,
- Hear specific ideas and suggestions for how the district can best address the Parent and Family Engagement aspects of the plan. Specifically:
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What ideas do you have for parent engagement at the district level?
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What communication resources and tools would be beneficial to families?
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As a parent, how would you like to be provided opportunities for feedback? What parent education resources and opportunities should the district be providing?
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What community partnerships would you like to see enhanced and/or formed?
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What other ideas, suggestions, feedback do you have related to Parent and Family Engagement?
The meeting will take place
on Monday, November 21, 2016 from 6:15 p.m. - 8:45 p.m. at the Lake Washington School District Resource Center. (The LWPTSA website lists the start time as 5:30) If you wish to be a participant and speak at the session, please contact Diane Jenkins
or phone (425) 936-1257.
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LWPTSA Council Silent Auction to Support Student & Staff Scholarships
The basket auction in support of the LWPTSA Council Scholarship fund has begun! RMS PTSA's theme is "As Seen on TV" so please stop by
weekdays 7:30 am to 4:30 pm to see it and perhaps make a bid! Every school in the district has donated a basket so there is something for everyone. Prefer to come by in the evening? Many nights the building is open for meetings and other events, so please call the front desk to check on specific evening availability.
Bidding closes the morning of December 1, 2016 around 10:30 am.
Baskets are on display at the Lake Washington School District offices in downtown Redmond Town Center (16250 NE 74th St, Redmond, WA 98052)
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YOU'RE INVITED to the LWPTSA Council Auction Reception
Join us for the 2016 Lake Washington PTSA Council Scholarship Basket Auction Reception and close of bidding on
December 1, 2016, 11 am-12 pm at the Lake Washington Resource Center.
· Complementary barista espresso drinks
· Raffle
· Door prizes
· Dessert
Proceeds benefit the LWPTSA Council Scholarship Fund to provide scholarships for continuing education to staff and students in the LWSD.
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Legislative Focus Day - January 16th
Come advocate with us in Olympia on January 16th Registration is open now!
$0-$12 depending on if you order a lunch for yourself and/or your children.
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We are excited to announce the winners of PTSA Reflections Art Program Contest 2016-2017 at Redmond Middle School! First, congratulations to all the students who participated in this program this year. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our judges for taking valuable time out their day to judge our student entries and support our Reflections Program.
We are proud to announce that we had entries in all categories this year.
A few of these entries scored high enough to advance to the next level of Judging and have made it to the LWPTSA council!
Qualifying entries that made their way into the Council are:
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VISUAL ARTS
1st Place- Maya Adelman - "Scattered Pages"
2nd Place-
Neerja Natu - "Your Story is Written by You"
Kaylor Ariel - "Colorful World"
Maya Adelman - "Unpublished Story"
Owen Johnson - "Rising Sun"
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FILM
1st Place-
Varun Wescott - "Flower Life"
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PHOTOGRAPHY
1st Place-
Maya Adelman - "Journey Into Your Story"
2nd Place-
Maya Adelman - "Reading Someone's Story"
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MUSIC
1st Place-
Ian Craig- "Expectations of Me"
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DANCE
1st Place-
Maya Adelman - "Write Your Own Story"
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LITERATURE
1st Place-
Tanvi Dalvi - "Kate's Special Project"
2nd Place-
Varun Wescott
- "Flower Life"
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The Reflections Open House date at the LWSD Resource Center will be announced later.
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November 2016 Featured PTSA Benefit
Sylvan Learning
and the
PTA
are teaming up to offer free and discounted educational resources for both students and parents. All PTA members can receive
50% off a Sylvan Insight Assessment
, which identifies a child's academic strengths and weaknesses as well as his or her attitudes about school and learning. The assessment is designed to help families and educators determine the right support a child needs to excel. In addition to the discount, for every student who takes an assessment, the local Sylvan center will donate $10 to the student's local PTA. Members can email
membership@rmsptsa.org
for the coupon to take advantage of this partnership.
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CITY OF REDMOND EVENTS / ACTIVITIES
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City of Redmond Programs
S
tudy Lab:
Need help with homework?
S
free, homework help, drop-in program
run in partnership with the City of Redmond and RMS. Students can receive assistance from staff, volunteer tutors, and peers as they work on homework and projects in the RMS Library.
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 2:20-3:30 pm and
Wednesdays 1:00-3:00pm (bus available on Wednesdays).
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The links in the After Hours section below are NOT active.
Please use these instead.
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We Need to Hear from You -
Create the future for Redmond's Community Centers
It's time for us to create the future for
Redmond's Community Centers. Our existing community centers need replacement or repair. Our pool is on life support, and we're losing our lease for the Old Redmond Schoolhouse Community Center. We need to make decisions about what to do next, as a community, now. Before we move forward with any major public investment into Redmond's Community Centers, we need to agree on what we want.
What recreational and cultural opportunities are important to you? What do you want for our community centers? We're looking for your input about the future of Redmond's Community Centers.
Take the survey and let your voice be heard.
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LAKE WASHINGTON SCHOOL DISTRICT NEWS
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UPCOMING Lake Washington School District EVENTS
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Redmond High School News and Events
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Mustang Holiday Bazaar
Saturday, December 10, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm in
RHS Cafeteria
Looking for some unique gifts? Then join us for the 2nd Annual Mustang Holiday Bazaar on Saturday 10 December from 10am to 4pm in the cafeteria. There will be 70 vendors selling a variety of goodies ranging from jewelry, fragrant soaps, lotions, candles, RHS spirit wear, clothing, home and garden decor, delicious baked goods, fused glass art, papercrafts, wood crafts ....... The list is endless. Purchase raffle tickets for over 70 prizes donated by the vendors. Want to catch up with friends while shopping? We will have food trucks, hot drinks and freshly popped kettle corn on site and an area where you can sit and chat! Hope you will join us!
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Animal Shelter Supply Drive
ANIMAL SHELTER SUPPLY DRIVE GOING ON NOW!!
The RHS Animal Club is collecting pet food for the Seattle Humane Society. All donations will go to Seattle Humane's Community Outreach program which helps provide 16,000 lbs of food monthly to over 2,000 pets whose owners are no longer able to provide for them. Any and all donations help, thank you!
Did you know that . . . Each year, about 3.7 million animals are euthanized. 5 in 10 dogs and 7 in 10 cats in shelters are euthanized simply because there is no one to adopt them! 25% of shelter dogs are purebred. ONLY 10 to 20% of dogs and cats owned are adopted from shelters.
Pet food may be dropped off in the Main Office at Redmond High School
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You shop. Amazon gives!
Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice. (
Redmond Middle School PTSA 2 8 80, of course!)
Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at
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$48.88 from AmazonSmile
Redmond Middle School PTSA 2 8 80 (EIN: 91-1098652) has been issued a $48.88 donation from the AmazonSmile Foundation as a result of AmazonSmile program activity between July 1 and September 30, 2016.
Do your holiday shopping at smile.amazon.com and Amazon will donate to Redmond Middle School PTSA 2 8 80 when you shop for holiday gifts and supplies.
Support us when you shop for holiday gifts. #StartWithaSmile at http://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1098652 and Amazon donates.
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Deadline for Bear Tracks Entries is Thursday!
Got something to say? Shout it from email inboxes with the RMS Bear Tracks newsletter! At the discretion of the editor, this newsletter accepts articles from parents, students and staff on a variety of subjects for our school and community.
For Monday morning publication, please submit articles by the preceding Thursday!
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