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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
| 3/14 |
7:00 PM |
PTSA Board Meeting |
| 3/15 |
7:00 PM |
Orchestra Concert |
| 3/16 |
7:00 PM |
High School Band Concert |
| 3/17 |
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No School: Professional Development Day |
| 3/20 |
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No School: Professional Development Day |
| 3/21 |
7:00 PM |
High School Choir Concert |
| 3/22 |
7:00 PM |
Middle School Choir Concert |
| 3/25 |
2:00 PM |
Talent Show |
| 3/28 |
7:00 PM |
Middle School Band Concert |
| 3/30 |
6:30 PM |
Parent Coffee Social |
| 3/30 |
7:00 PM |
PTSA General Membership Meeting |
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International School Funding & Budget
At last week's PTSA General Membership meeting, Principal Jen gave an important presentation on the total budget and the vital role played by the PTSA in making IS great.
For those who couldn't make it, please find presentation here.
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Spring is in the Air, and
Spring for Schools
is just around the corner. Join 1,000+ like-minded people on Friday,
March 24
th
, 2017, for this Benefit Luncheon and celebration of students. This year we are pleased to welcome back KOMO-TV weathercaster and renowned journalist Steve Pool as one of the event speakers. Enjoy the Education Showcase to see your dollars at work, and hear and see the impact you make. Join your school community-register now at
bellevueschoolsfoundation.org
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Advocacy News - Great News!
Breaking news from the Bellevue PTSA! The Levy lid senate bill was passed on March 8th. Click
here for the language of the bill.
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Extending Spring Break Vacations 
If you are planning a trip over spring break that includes school days, please refer to the attendance policy regarding prearranging absences. Due to Focus Week immediately prior to spring break, the completed paperwork for a prearranged absence needs to be in to the attendance by Friday, March 31st. 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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BSD Athletics & Activities Community Forum
Thursday, March 16th 6:00-7:30pm @ Newport High School - Library
All families are welcome to attend as Community Forums are not school specific. Forums are intended to be educational opportunities for parents and athletes, specific to middle and high school athletics and activities. District Athletics and Activities Director, Jeff Lowell, and other BSD staff will be available for open discussion and questions about athletic and activity topics that are important to you.
Topics may include but are not limited to ASB, field trips, travel, fundraising (ASB and Booster), administrative procedure 2151P, high school athletics registration and eligibility, non-WIAA sports, Special Olympics/Unified Sports, facility management for events, communication (school and department), Title IX, prime time for events specific to female programs, etc.
Hope to see you there!
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IS Yearbook: Looking for Sibling Group Pictures
Our school yearbook is doing a section highlighting some of our sibling groups. If you have more than one student at IS and have a great picture of them, please send the image to:
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Student News & Opportunities
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Bennett Elementary PTSA Scholarship
One $1,000 scholarship is awarded each year to a former Bennett student who is currently a senior at one of the six Bellevue public high schools. The student who is most likely to receive this award will have the following attributes:
- Minimum of a 3.0 GPA
- Has taken challenging courses
- Shows involvement in a variety of school activities
Deadline: Applications are due on Friday, May 5, 2017.
Mailing address:
Bennett Elementary
attn: PTSA Scholarship Chair
301 151st Pl NE
Bellevue, WA 98007
2017 Application Form can be found here.
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Reflections Program 2016-2017
Congratulations to Felicity Huang for earning the Award of Excellence award at State for her Visual Arts entry.
All Visual/Photography entries can now be picked up at the school office.
Come by and get them!
Thank you everyone for another great year.
Looking forward to next year!!
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Rafaela Barreto Senior Project
Do you want to learn more about body image? Are you curious on how to be more body positive? Starting march 13th through march 30th, every Monday and Thursday during lunch Rafaela Barreto will be having body positivity workshops in Andrew Bond's classroom as part of her senior project. Snacks will be provided as well as PE extra credit!
If you want more information feel free to send an email to s-barrosr@bsd405.org.
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Abigail Wilme Senior Project
Food and Supply Drive for Animal Shelter Happening Now!
Do you love animals? Do you have any of these common items in your house? Beginning March 13, bring any items you would like to donate to the Purrfect Pals shelter to I.S. and drop them off in the commons. Purrfect Pals is a non-profit cat shelter in Arlington that is mostly run through volunteer work and donations. Items that the shelter can always use include:
-Dry/wet cat food
-Cat litter
-Toilet paper
-Postage stamps
-Q-tips
-Bleach
-Unscented laundry soap
-Gift cards to: Costco, Amazon, Petsmart, Petco, Lowes, Home Depot, Staples, or Office Depot
-Plastic forks and spoons
-Gently used fleece blankets or comforters
For more information about donations, please contact Abigail Wilme at s-wilmea@bsd405.org
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Belle Lau Senior Project
Attention all Athletes and Non-Athletes!
Do you want to learn simple ways to prevent and recover from sports-related injuries? Then come to Belle Lau's free physical therapy workshops, for her senior project, in the small gym during lunch Mondays and Thursdays from March 6th through March 30th. Food will be provided at the end and extra credit will be awarded in your PE class.
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SAT/ACT Test Prep with Applerouth!
SAT v. ACT: Which is Right for You?
- Free 1-hour workshop for students deciding between the SAT and ACT
- March 8 7-8pm, located at Mercer Island Public Library
- Learn more and sign-up HERE
Final Review Sessions
- 3-hour review sessions that are perfect for refreshing testing strategies before the big day
- SAT Final Review on February 26 -- perfect for students taking the March official test!
- ACT Final Review on April 2 -- gear up for the April ACT!
Complete details can be found here. Located at Bellevue College
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YMCA Environmental Symposium
The Symposium gathers passionate, motivated student leaders together at the University of Washington to learn about the environmental issues facing our world and how to create a sustainable future for our schools, communities and beyond! Participants will take part in hands-on workshops led by local organizations and designed to educate students about environmental topics as well as give teens the skills they need to address environmental issues in their schools and communities. Youth will be networking with peers and adults and gaining tools to create real, positive change. Lunch will be provided with vegetarian options available. There will also be a free raffle of outdoor and environmental prizes for all in attendance.
WHO:
Youth 13-18 years old
WHEN:
March 24th from 9:00 - 2:00
WHERE:
University of Washington, Mary Gates Hall
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Somerset Elementary Bi-Annual Auction
Somerset Elementary will have its bi-annual auction Saturday, March 25th at the Hilton Bellevue.
For a smooth run of the school auction Somerset is in need of parent volunteers from other schools. Last year several Somerset parents came to help at our IS Social "Giving back to the future" and as it is a tradition for parents from different schools to help each other in school auctions. Please consider helping Somerset with their auction.
If you can help, please sign up
here, comment if you request a specific task and that you are from International School.
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Seeking Fundraising for the iGEM Bio-Engineering Club
We are a group of high school students from across Western Washington who wish to have a chance to participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition this year. iGEM started in 2004 and is now the premiere student synthetic biology competition in the world, opening its doors to high school students in 2011. The program challenges us to use one of the fastest growing fields today, synthetic biology, to design and execute novel research projects to solve real-world problems.
Through this multidisciplinary science, we will harness the power of living systems, modifying small organisms like yeast and bacteria to perform tasks that can improve nearly every area of life, including agriculture, medicine, and the environment.
By launching the first high school iGEM team in Washington, we have provided open access to unprecedented research opportunities for high school students in Washington, but in order to continue through our first year, we need your help! We need to stock our lab with supplies, equipment, and other reagents to begin lab training, as well as pay the iGEM registration fee to register our team.
If you're interested in supporting educational opportunities, novel synthetic biology research, or our enthusiastic team members, we would love it if you would donate to this campaign
here!
For more information about our team, or to propose other forms of donation (equipment, software etc...) please email teamitesla@gmail.com.
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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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Eastside Lions High School Girls Rugby 
Eastside Lions is looking to build our High Schools Girls Rugby team, no experience necessary. We have a small, but mighty group that you can join today!
Why should girls play rugby? It's empowering, there are positions for everyone, it's fast paced, it's a mental and physical game, you'll experience the best teamwork ever, and you'll develop a sense of pride second to none! Practices are currently being held at Highland MS on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Eastside Lions is the home of youth rugby on the Eastside. We cater for girls and boys grades 1-12.
We have a proud history of mentoring and developing character, sportsmanship and teamwork in young athletes through the wonderful game of rugby. We have a devoted staff of high quality, USA Rugby certified coaches, athletic trainers, and a committed parent support organization. We also partner with Atavus Rugby for professional coaching support delivered by current and former USA National and Olympic team players. The official league runs from March through May. New players are welcome to join at any time, so please come along to one of our practices.
Please visit us at
www.eastsidelionsrugby.com to find out more about rugby and the Eastside Lions. If you have any questions or would to talk with one of our coaches, please contact us at
eastsidelionsrugby@outlook.com. Scholarships may also available on a needs basis for girls grades 9-12 and boys grades 11-12, funds permitting.
We look forward to having you be part of the Eastside Lions Family!
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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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Bioinformatics-Coding for Medicine Summer 2017
All details and REGISTRATION here.
We would like to invite the highly motivated students at International School, BSD to join our cutting-edge and innovative summer programs at the intersection of Biology, Medicine and Computer Science. All high school students (Gr 9-12) and rising high school freshmen are eligible. Bioinformatics unifies skills in coding, computer algorithms, maths and biology. Learn one of the most transformative STEM skills needed in healthcare, life sciences and data science.
The course is led by Dr Manoj Samanta who has extensive experience in BIOINFORMATICS and is an International Maths Olympian.
2017 SUMMER PROGRAM: BIOINFORMATICS-CODING FOR MEDICINE
Courses offered and dates-
INTRODUCTORY COURSE: July 10-21 OR July 24- Aug 4 (2 weeks or 10 working days)
ADVANCED COURSE : Aug 7-18 (2 weeks or 10 working days)
Timings for both: 10am- 3pm (30 min lunch break)
Location for both: Bellevue College
Course Fee:Introductory $750 (10% discount with a friend) REGISTRATION link: https://hs.coding4medicine.com/
Advanced $750 (10% discount with a friend) REGISTRATION link: https://hs.coding4medicine.com/
INFO sessions are being scheduled from Mar-May at local libraries. Please check our website for updates.
For any questions please contact: info@coding4medicine.com
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Monday Messenger Submission Guidelines
- Please submit your information by FRIDAY at 12:00 (noon) to news@isptsa.org
- We encourage submissions that align with our mission. Click here for the PTSA mission statement.
- Submissions are subject to a review by the IS PTSA and may be accepted, rejected or edited.
- Please use a separate email for each article submitted
- Subject line should include the Section Header where you want your information and the title: Here's a liist of sections:
- PTSA News
- School News
- Student News & Opportunities
- Help Wanted
- Sports News & Opportunities
- Summer Camps & Opportunities
- 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
- For the "Help Wanted" session, feel free to also contact the IS PTSA to ask for support
- Note: you will 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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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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