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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
| 2/6 |
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No School - Snow Day |
| 2/10 |
6:00 - 8:00 PM |
Bite of IS, IS Gym |
| 2/20 - 2/24 |
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No School - Mid-Winter Break |
| 2/28 |
7:00 PM |
PTSA General Membership Meeting |
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Screenagers Is Postponed!
Due to the closure of the Bellevue Schools on Monday due to snow, the viewing of Screenagers at the school Monday night will be postponed. Please stay tuned for an update on a future viewing date from this email or our website at isptsa.org
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 Bite of IS is this Friday!
IS Gym from 6-8pm
SIGN UP NOW for your food booth and reserve tickets for the whole family! THANK YOU to the students, teachers, families and clubs who have registered 50 booths as of last week offering delicious foods from Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Caribbean, Philippines, Taiwan, and USA. WOW!
JOIN IN one of the IS Community's best loved events and host a food or cultural booth for a good cause. This year, all proceeds will benefit the charity, International Rescue Committee, who helps refugees in crisis.
Click here for booth sign up forms and drop it off in the school office.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance at the school office or at the door on Friday.
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Scholastic Book Fair 
Please support our school's library through the purchases at the Scholastic Book Fair
from February 7th-10th, 2017 in the library.
The Book Fair will be opened during lunch and after school until 4 pm.
On Friday 2/10/2017 the Book Fair will be opened during lunch and then later in the common during the Bite of IS from 5:30 pm- 7:30 pm. You can also make online purchases at http://www.scholastic.com/bf/internationalschool3
from Feb 7th-17th, 2017. Free raffle tickets are available during the Book Fair. Winners will be announced on Friday night (You don't
need to be present to win).
If you would like to volunteer please sign up
here.
Thank You!
IS PTSA, Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen, Michele Dang and Tara Jones
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Reminder: Parking Lot Safety 
Please remember to take your time and safely navigate the parking lot during pick up and drop off times. Students should never run in between buses or through the parking lot. Please remind students to use crosswalks and look at on coming traffic before deciding to cross at any point in the parking lot.
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Grab & Go Breakfast 
It has been 4 weeks of breakfast offerings at IS. Though PTSA has shown support of this by offering free breakfast to about 30+ students on Thursday morning on a first come first serve basis, without enough students; 30-50 per day buying breakfast, the program will most likely end. If you would like to see this program continue, please have your student buy breakfast and/or contact Dr. Jen Rose.
Breakfast is from 7:40-8:10 AM. For $2.75, students can buy a choice of "Grab & Go" breakfast entrees: egg/meat cheese bagel breakfast sandwiches, muffins and yoghurt parfaits, coffee cake or breakfast breads, canned or fresh fruit and choice of milk or juice. This is an a la carte program. Your school lunch account is available to pay for this. For free and reduced plans, the cost is free.
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Journey Project 
e pluribus unum:
out of many, one
How wonderful to celebrate so many amazing immigration stories among us!
Students in Tamara's HuG (Human Geography) classes at International School, Bellevue, have been utilizing their journalism skills in researching, interviewing, creating a compelling narrative, and graphically designing their feature articles about a migration story. Thanks to Tara Jones, Research Technology Specialist, for assistance! Please enjoy this impressive collection of feature articles on Docs.com. They are organized by period, alphabetically by first name
here. Please share the link with family and friends!
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Reflections Program 2016-2017 Judging Results!
Congratulations to all who submitted works for this year's Reflections
program.
And congratulations to Joshua Anderson, Felicity Huang, Noel Anderson, and Sanjita Rishikesan for earning the Outstanding Interpretation Award. Their submissions will move onto to state judging later this year.
The judging results are as follows:
Outstanding Interpretation:
Photography...Palm Trees...Joshua Anderson...Special Artist
Visual Arts...Maze Traveler...Felicity Huang...High School
Visual Arts...Natsukashii (Nostalgia)...Noel Anderson...High School
Visual Arts...True Colors...Sanjita Rishikesan...Middle School
Award of Excellence:
Photography...From a Bird's View...Abigail Lee...High School
Photography...LA Skyline...Joshua Anderson...Special Artist
Visual Arts...Flip a Page...Ariel Chang...Middle School
Award of Merit:
Literature...What Is Your Story?...Jessica Massey...Middle School
Photography...In Each Cart...Abigail Lee...High School
Photography...The Others...Abigail Lee...High School
Visual Arts...In the Forest...Arjan Dillon...High School
Visual Arts...The Dreamer...Elsie Cheung...High School
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IS Students Advancing to the FLL State Championship
Congratulations to Nishita Khosla, Catalina Blanco and Sofia Blanco,
members of First Lego League (FLL) Team 6778 Rose Dragons and Llamacorn for earning the FLL Programing and Project Research award at the State Semi Finals. The robot programing award recognizes a team that utilizes outstanding programming principles, including clear, concise and reusable code that allows their robot to perform challenge missions autonomously and consistently. The project
 research award recognizes a team that utilizes diverse resources to
formulate an in-depth and comprehensive understanding of the problem they have identified.
Team Rose Dragons is one of two teams from Bellevue advancing to the FLL Western Washington State Championship tournament on February 4, 2017 at Kent ShoWare Center.
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Coming Soon: New Technology Specialist!
Our new Technology Specialist will begin in March. In the interim students can email
techhelp49@bsd405.org
or receive Tech Support in room 213:
- Monday through Friday 9:45-11:30 AM
- Monday and Friday 12:30-4:00PM
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If you are planning a trip over mid-winter break that includes school days, please refer to the attendance policy regarding prearranging absences. The completed paperwork for a prearranged absence needs to be in to the attendance office at least 5 school days before the absence. The attendance policy and prearranged absence form, can be found on the front page of the school website, 'Report an Absence'.
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Paint Donation Needed - Naomi Cheuk Senior Project
My Senior Project involves teaching art projects to elementary schoolers at the Boys and Girls Club. Any new/used donations involving paint supplies would be greatly appreciated (watercolor, tempera, paintbrushes).
Please look for the labeled box will be located in the office. Donations would by the end of January would be ideal.
Thank you so much for contributing to my project!
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George Song - Senior Project
For my senior project, I will be starting a hip hop crew f
or the Bellevue School District Area. I am promoting my crew looking for kids to join!
No experience needed!
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Lunchroom Volunteers Needed!
We are in search of 2-4 parents daily to help provide supervision during Lunch. Presently only one staff member is on duty, and with kids eating in every corner of the school, we're seeking to augment staff supervision and care of campus/clean-up policy with Parent Volunteers.
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Sports News & Opportunities
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High School Spring Sports 
The first practice and try outs for spring sports typically occurs in February.
Find all registration information on the
District Athletic Page:
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King Country Sports Results
Check King County Sports results
here.
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Bellevue Girls Water Polo 
If you are looking for a FANTASTIC Spring sport, check out girls' water polo! It is like a combination of basketball & soccer but in a pool! Not only will our coaches provide incredible training & get you in the best shape of your life, you will likely become addicted to this sport & make some amazing friends in a tight-knit community of girls. No experience necessary.
Don't delay! Register by Feb 16. Complete ImPACT Testing by Feb 15. First practice starts on Feb 27 at the Edgebrook Pool in Bellevue.
Questions? Email
bellevuegirlswaterpolo@gmail.com.
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Bellevue Boys Lacrosse Club
Registration Open!
Lacrosse is a fast-paced sport that has grown exponentially over the past decade.
Bellevue Boys Lacrosse Club serves boys in grades K-12 who reside within the Bellevue High School boundary area. The Bellevue Lacrosse program is dedicated to developing players at every age and preparing them for a successful high school experience -
for more information about our programs click here. Over the past 7 years the BHS Varsity team has played in the state championship 6 times and won the state title 5 times.
Visit our alumni page to see where our athletes are playing in college.
Visit our website at
www.bellevuelacrosse.com
to register for spring season now - just click on the orange REGISTER NOW button!
Youth practices start in February (March for K-2) and high school tryouts start February 27th. High school players must also complete the BHS Athletics Department sports packet and be cleared to participate.
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Summer Camps & Opportunities
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 Summer Language Camp - OneWorld Now!
One World Now offers Language, Leadership and Study Abroad programs in the WA state area. This is a summer camp with great global language exposure programs such as
Modern Standard Arabic, Mandarin Chinese or Korean
which are all becoming increasingly more important to know given what is happening in the world.
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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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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.
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Contact Us:
President
VP - Outreach
VP - Community
Treasurer
Membership
Advocacy
Monday Messenger
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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 Donate at any time. Write your check to the International School PTSA and send it ISPTSA at 445 128th Ave. SE, Bellevue, WA 98005
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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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Shop for the Bellevue Schools Foundation
Enter Amazon.com through this link and Amazon will donate 8% of every purchase you make to support Bellevue students, including those at IS! Share the link and spread the word to family and friends anywhere.
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