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BEAR TRACKS WEEKLY NEWS & UPDATES
Monday, April 10, 2017
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Links to Every Article in This Week's Bear Tracks
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UPCOMING EVENTS for RMS 
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Monday, April 10
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No events scheduled today
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Tuesday, April 11
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No events scheduled today
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Wednesday, April 12
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Thursday, April 13
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LWPTSA General Council Meeting @ LWSD Resource Center (7:00 - 8:30 pm)
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Friday, April 14
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No events scheduled today (Last day of 3rd quarter)
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ACADEMIC NEWS
(Core classes, Band, Choir, Orchestra)
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No Academic News this week. Tell your teachers to send updates! :)
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ASB CLUBS / EVENTS
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ASB STUDENT COUNCIL
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Meets once per month, scheduled by students. Please email Kelly Konicki with questions.
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D.I. CLUB (Destination Imagination)
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Meeting time & location TBD. Please email Paul Neet with questions.
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DR. WHO CLUB
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Meets Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 214. Please email Liz Dunsire with questions.
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DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (AND OTHER GAMES) CLUB
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Meets Fridays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 162. Please email Craig Patterson with questions.
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GLEE CLUB
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Meets Wednesdays, 1:00 - 2:30 pm in room 119. Please email Jackson Pinder with questions.
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GREEN TEAM
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Meets Fridays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 160. Please email Carlene Dowling with questions.
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LGBTQ+ CLUB
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Meets Fridays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 214. Please email Danielle Potter with questions.
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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CLUB
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Meets Tuesdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 222. Please email Liz Dunsire with questions.
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NJHS (NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY)
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Meeting times & locations TBD. Please email Kas Morris with questions.
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SAFE SCHOOLS AMBASSADORS CLUB
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Meeting times & locations TBD. Please email Kas Morris with questions.
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YEARBOOK CLUB
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Meets Thursdays 2:30 - 3:30 pm in room 202. Please email Emily Jacobson-Ross with questions. |
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RMS PTSA ACADEMIC TEAMS
(Math, Science, NatGeo)
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**NEW**
CONGRATULATIONS! RMS Students Have Explosive Results at WA State You Be The Chemist Challenge
Arnav Narula awarded runner-up;
Krish Jain & Raghav Narula both place in top 10
The Challenge begins with students completing the Challenge Qualifier, a short multiple choice test provided by Chemical Educational Foundation (CEF) and administered by the schools. Local and State Challenge competitions operate in a quiz bowl format with several rounds of multiple choice questions.
3 students from RMS were selected based on their performance in the school qualifier conducted in RMS by our Science teacher Meg Town in March:
- Arnav Narula
- Krish Jain
- Raghav Narula
Arnav Narula was awarded the runner-up in the State round during the WA YBTC State challenge competition held at Chief Kanim Middle School, Fall City on April 1, 2017. All RMS students performed well in the Regional and State level rounds and were placed amongst the Top 10 in the State.
Congratulations to these RMS students for their excellent performance at YBTC!
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Arnav awarded runner-up plague at WA State You Be The Chemist (YBTC) 2017 competition.
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Raghav, Arnav and Krish at WA State You Be the Chemist (YBTC) 2017 competition
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RMS TEAMS WIN TROPHIES IN WASHINGTON STATE MATH CHAMPIONSHIP
Congratulations to our Mathletes who competed at Washington State Math Championship held at Blaine on March 25, 2017. Over 225 teams representing various schools from the state participated in this event and our teams from all the 3 grades performed exceptionally well.
Congresswomen Suzan Dalene was present during the awards ceremony
and was pleased to see so many students excited about math and participating in the Math Championship!
And a big round of applause for the following RMS students who won awards / trophies for being placed in the Top 10:
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Andrea Wu won the 10th place individual award in Grade 7.
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Aaron Gao won the 9th place individual award in Grade 6.
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Raghav Narula with his 6th place individual award in Grade 8 with Congresswomen Suzan DelBene.
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Grade 8 team consisting of Andrew Chen, Arnav Narula, Raghav Narula and Shrey Srivastava won 5th place trophy.
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Grade 7 team consisting of Andrea Wu, Conor Kennedy, Julie Liu and Krish Jain won 4th place trophy, with Congresswomen Suzan DelBene.
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XTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
(Drama)
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RMS SPORTS
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UPCOMING RMS SPORTING EVENTS
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Mon, April 10
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Tues, April 11
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Wed, April 12
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No sports today
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Thurs, April 13
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Friday, April 14
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No sports today
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Sports and Activities in Redmond (Non-School Sponsored)
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Links to local
sports and activities for middle-school aged kids.
Redmond PTSA is providing these links only as a resource for our families, not as an endorsement of any particular site. If you know of any other local sports or activities for middle-school-aged kids,
please email us
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Lacrosse Summer Skills Camp
New this summer for boys in 1st - 8th grade and born after 03/04/1999: Redmond Lacrosse will be offering a Summer Skills Camp, July 17-19, at Grass Lawn Park. Register now!
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| In "Chemistry is a Blast" Camp, we (SAFELY) light every students hands on fire (if they are feeling brave!) and learn about the chemistry behind fire. |
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**NEW**
WISE Camps (Science and Math)
WISE camps offer exciting science and math camps in the morning & afternoon in July at Newport High School in Bellevue for students entering grades 3-10. The science camps are designed to give students hands-on experience with lab equipment and excite them even more about science. The math camps are designed to expose students to advanced topics in a fun way with tons of hands-on activities! Cost of the camp includes a t-shirt for tie-dying. Lunch on campus is provided for those who choose to do full day.
Questions?
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Student News Summary
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STUDENT ANNOUNCEMENTS RECAP
(Week of March 27 - 31, 2017)
- SEATTLE UNIVERSITY FIELD TRIP: Come join Study Lab on a field trip to Seattle University! We will tour the campus, meet with administrators, and learn what it's like to be a college student. Trip is on Wednesday, April 19th. Stop by Study Lab in the Library after school for a registration form.
- LEADERSHIP 1 KINDNESS RAFFLE: Attention Grizzlies. Leadership 1 has created a kindness raffle for the den. If you get inducted into the Den, your name gets entered in a raffle to get a prize. Get caught doing something kind! Thank you and be kind!
- WRESTLING PARTY: Reminder to all wrestlers that your team party is on Thursday after school. You should have received a flyer yesterday. Also, don't forget that all wrestlers going to the tournament today need to be in the gym promptly at the end of the day. If you have any questions, please see a coach.
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SEASON 4 SPORTS: All athletes interested in season 4 sports, need to have their paperwork and payment turned in by Friday March 31st.
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SSA CLUB: will meet after school today in room 153. All students are invited to attend.
- OVERDUE AND LOST LIBRARY BOOKS: Attention all students who have checked out library books: Our overdue list and our LOST list are both getting bigger. If you have received an overdue notice, or an overdue email, return your book immediately!
Be Kind, Be Honest, and Be Proud.
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**URGENT**
Please Help ASB! Tuesday, April 11, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
4-6 volunteers needed to help staff hand out
prizes from the ASB fundraiser.
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TIME: 1:30 - 2:30 |
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**NEW**
Budget Committee Volunteer Needed
The PTSA is looking for a volunteer to help develop the PTSA Budget for next year. Do you have a few hours during April to meet with 2 other people, and look over the budget requests from each committee? No experience required!
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Language Accessibility
Did you notice that the school has started adding information about school closures to the sign out front in Spanish? Have you had a chance to stop by the school and see the new screen in the lobby? Our school and PTSA welcomes all families and are making some adjustments to be more transparent about available resources. For example, did you know that there are Spanish language versions of the fliers on the entry kiosk available in the student services office?
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8
th Grade Parents & "Very Last Time" events
- April 14 - Spring Social (2:30 - 4:30)
- June 21 - 8
th Grade Celebration
- June 22 - Field Day
Your student will soon be saying goodbye to Redmond Middle School and there are a few 'very last time' events coming up that need volunteers.
RMS PTSA would like to invite 8th grade parents to volunteer for these events.
Your child's last
Spring Social is April 14
th from 2:30-4:30
. Volunteers help teachers and staff by handing out snacks and supervising in the Great Hall, the Commons, and the Gym. Volunteer here!
Your child's 'very last'
Field Day is June 22
th
. Volunteers are needed to serve BBQ lunch, chaperone, and hand out Otter Pops.
Volunteer here!
There is also the big
8
th Grade Celebration on June 21
. Sign-ups will begin at the end of April.
Our Chairperson is Keoki Sears. Thank you Keoki!!
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Staff Appreciation Volunteers Needed for May event
Calling all planners and doers! Do you have great ideas? Can you implement those great ideas?
If you can do either or both we need you!!
Please call or
email Meirav Yaaran to help start planning the staff appreciation week taking place on the first week of May.
Thank you in advance for your time and dedication!
Meirav
425.922.2286
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PTSA Donations and Tax Deductions
If you're preparing your 2016 taxes, your donations to PTSA and ASB/School are generally tax deductible. You can find a copy of your "order" on the RMS PTSA site
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Join the PTSA Today!
Can you help us grow? We are 25 members away from earning the state seedling award for membership equal to 50% of the students enrolled in the school. It's not too late to join and take advantage of all the state and national discounts available to members. Click here to become a member today.
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Nominations are open for RMS PTSA Board until 4/18/17
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Now Hiring Fearless Leaders!
The RMS PTSA
nominating
committee
is currently looking for PTSA leaders for the
2017
-2018 school year. Did you know that every PTA member is eligible to be a board member? Your RMS PTSA nominating committee is currently looking for people interested in being a PTSA leader for the 2017-2018 school year. Will you have a student at RMS next year? Do you have an hour a week to give in support of programs that help our children succeed?
The RMS PTSA Nominating Committee is currently looking for volunteers for the following positions:
- President or Co-Presidents - Oversees the board and chair positions, hosts monthly meetings, and communicates with teachers and parents. Commitment of ~1hr/week + monthly meeting(s).
- Treasurer - Maintains management of PTA funds and bank accounts. Pays bills, receives and disburses all monies as voted upon by the general membership. Great role for a math geek! Commitment of ~2 hours +/week.
- 1st Vice President - Assists in one or more roles working directly with the PTSA President. ~1 hour/week.
- 2nd Vice President - Assists in one or more roles working directly with the PTSA President. ~1 hour/week.
- Secretary - Are you good at taking notes? Love buying office supplies? The Secretary takes official meeting minutes and stores records for the PTSA. < 1 hour/week.
- Event chairs
Perks: Volunteering for PTSA is joyful and rewarding. We help teachers achieve amazing things for our students, and there is a great deal of satisfaction watching small ideas become big realities. Helping our school gives you a better understanding of your child's day, gets you the insider scoop on upcoming events and programs, and builds many skills that are useful in today's job market. More than half of this year's board are full time employees, and the commitment to PTSA is as easy as an hour a week. Jump in with us and make 2017-2018 the best year ever at RMS!
RMS PTSA Nominating Committee:
Lisa Wheeler, Emily Papel, Mandi Bhatia
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**NEW**
April is Autism Awareness Month
April 2 is officially global wear blue for autism day.
Autism is a lifelong disorder that you are born with - you can't catch it. It causes people to see the world a little differently, and it may affect how they act, communicate and control their bodies. To lean more about autism with your younger child, please head down to Sesame Street and meet Julia, their newest muppet friend with Autism. The website has lots of stories and videos of the muppet friends playing with Julia and talking about Autism. For older students interested in learning more about the unique way that autistic people experience the world please check out Whats up with Nick - a 3-minute cartoon video about a new student in the classroom who has autism.
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**NEW**
Community Resource Fair - April 25, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Please join us for our annual Community Resource Fair. Parents, care givers, families and educators are invited to come and meet vendors offering after school, summer, and other recreational activities or services to children with special needs and their families. Children welcome. We look forward to seeing you there.
LWSD Resource Center, 16250 NE 74th Street, Redmond
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April 28-30 - Want to Be a Delegate
at the 104th WA State PTSA Annual Convention in Seattle?
Do you want to get involved? If you're considering a leadership position for next year, we'd love to send you to the convention as one of our seven delegates. Contact the co-presidents for more information.
This year's annual WSPTSA convention is April 28-30 at the Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference center. You can take the 545 bus from Redmond and catch the train to the airport to attend. Convention is a wonderful experience where you can meet PTA members from around the state and learn about tools and resources available to your school.
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Redmond High School News and Events
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TODAY, Monday, April 10 6:00 pm
RHS ASL Presents Keith Wann's ASL Comedy Show
Redmond High School is hosting their first American Sign Language comedy event, "Keith Wann's ASL Comedy Show." It will be April 10, 2017 at 6:00 pm at Redmond High School in the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $5. Keith describes his show as "a humorous look at growing up as a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults), a hearing child in a deaf family, and comparing the two worlds." This will be a family appropriate show and there will be a voice interpreter. Click HERE for more information.
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**NEW** Mustang Extravaganza
April 26th, 7:00 pm, RHS Main Gym
Dear Incoming Freshmen & Families:
Welcome to Redmond High School! We are so excited to meet you! September may seem far away and you're probably wondering what high school is like. We would like to invite you to the Mustang Extravaganza on April 26th. The program will begin promptly at 7pm in the Main Gym. Join us for tours of the school, an overview of classes, clubs, sports and the arts. After this night, you and your family will leave feeling comfortable, confident and ready to have a great year!
We hope to see you there! GO STANGS!!
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Graduating Seniors Need Help with Grad Night Event
Help keep our graduates safe on graduation night!
- Sponsor a Senior - We have 14 Seniors that need sponsorship and currently only 2 of them have been covered. Please consider helping to give them access to this fun event!
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Monetary Donations -
to help offset the costs of buses, prizes, etc.
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Prize donations
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These can be gift cards, tangible items or a cash donation so that the prize committee can purchase them.
Suggestions:
textbook companies
(Barnes & Noble, Amazon),
dorm room items
(fridges, microwaves, decor, etc),
travel items
(gas cards, airline gift cards, Amtrak, luggage),
event tickets
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electronic items
(tablets, etc).
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Sponsors
- We are also looking for family owned businesses interested in sponsoring any or all of Grad Night 2017
in exchange for extensive advertising.
Please contact Desiree Michael with interest
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New College Admissions Guidelines
(From Jane Todd, RHS Principal) I thought that many of you might find the attached report "Turning the Tide" relevant. It has just been published, and, as you see, while initiated by Harvard, it was produced by a think tank of representatives from many universities in the country. It looks to us like those universities have committed to begin changing their admissions policies and criteria based on this report, and the work on these changes will take place over the next two years. I hope you find it as interesting as I did.
Turning the Tide
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Incoming Freshmen Interested in Sports Are Encouraged to Attend Strength & Conditioning
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Wrestling, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, baseball, parkour, tennis, cross country, swimming, track, golf, rugby, American Ninja Warriors & even thumb-wrestlers
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Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 2:45 - 4:30 pm
Players are expected to wear a grey shirt and green shorts, and to attend on the days that they are not participating in a spring sport.
Cost is $280 and covers S&C through January 2018.
That's less than $23.50 per month!
Exercises and activities are closely supervised
by Personal Trainer Darius Terry who has a Bachelor's Degree in Kinesiology, Exercise Science and Health Promotion from the University of Wyoming. He is a Certified Youth Strength & Conditioning Specialist, IYCA and is also an ACE (American College on Exercise) Certified Personal Trainer.
- Use the inner scroll bar to find "Activities"
- Select "Strength and Conditioning."
- Verify that it has been added to your cart,
- Enter the players name in the box labeled "Add additional note to merchant"
- Complete your transaction.
The Strength & Conditioning (S&C) room is located near the auxiliary gymnasium at Redmond High School.
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Cheerleading Tryouts
8th graders interested in cheerleading at Redmond High School next year may pick up a 2017 Cheer Information packet outside of the RMS office or at Redmond High School.
- Mandatory preseason parent meeting Tuesday, March 28th at 6:00 pm in the RHS Library
- Students must submit a Cheerleading packet to the cheer coach (Cyndi Campbell) and be registered online by Friday, March 31st in order to be cleared for tryouts.
- Cheer Tryouts are April 10th-14th from 3-5pm
Please plan ahead and get cleared
before March 31! (
Click here for RHS Sport page)
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FUNDRAISING NEWS
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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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PTSA Donations and Tax Deductions
If you're preparing your 2016 taxes, your donations to PTSA and ASB/School are generally tax deductible. You can find a copy of your "order" on the RMS PTSA site
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Lake Washington School District News/Events
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UPCOMING Lake Washington School District EVENTS
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**NEW** Museum Exhibit at Museum of Special Art
(in honor of Autism Awareness Month)
Exhibit:
Inner Reflections of Autism
Exhibit Open: April 1-June 30, 2017
Museum Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12-4 p.m.
Location:
Museum of Special Art (MOSA), l
ocated in Bothell Country Village Complex
720 238th St. SE, Suite I, Bothell, WA 98021
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**NEW**
Preparing for Transition to Middle School and Beyond
(presented by ARC of King County)
The Arc of King County is offering an evening presentations to help with understanding and preparing for your student's transition to middle school and beyond.
Thursday, April 13, 6 - 8 pm Redmond Middle School, 10055 166th Ave NE, Redmond
Feeling nervous about the transition into middle school? Wondering what to expect and how to prepare your child? Overwhelmed by the prospect of high school and beyond? Join The Arc of King County to prepare yourself for this transition. We will discuss the differences between elementary and middle school, strategies to promote your child's independence and self-determination, things to consider as you look toward adulthood, and resources to help you along the way.
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Upcoming LWPTSA Special Needs Group Meetings
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**NEW** Monthly Ask an Ombuds Hour
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In March, the Governor's Office of the Education Ombuds launched a monthly "Ask an Ombuds" hour. The first event happened on March 14.
"Ask an Ombuds" hour is every second Tuesday of the month from noon-1 p.m. Every third month will be completely in Spanish. The Governor's Office of the Education Ombuds is happy to arrange language access and disability accommodations, with some advance notice by by clicking here
or by dialing their main line a day or two before the event just to make sure that we've coordinated with the language line or secured other assistance.
The Ombuds coordinating this first session would appreciate it if you would kindly email your questions in advance
, but she can also answer questions live.
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Last Day of School Now Friday, June 23!
LWSD Adds 2 Days, Extends 4 Early Release Days to Make Up Snow Days
The last day of school, a half day, will move from Wednesday, June 21, to Friday, June 23. To make up the third snow day, and the following early-release Wednesdays will now be regular full school days:
- Wednesday, April 12
- Wednesday, May 3 and
- Wednesday, May 31
In addition, the LWSD calendar has been updated as follows:
- Wednesday, June 21 and Thursday June 22 will now be full school days for students. Wednesday, June 21 will NOT be an early release day.
- Friday, June 23 will be the last day of school. It will be a half (1/2) day for students and a full day for staff.
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Redmond Area Events and Activities
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What's going on in the area?
Redmond PTSA is providing these links only as a resource for our families, not as an endorsement of any particular site. If you know of a calendar or website featuring local events and activities suitable for families,
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The Bear Tracks newsletter accepts articles from parents, students and staff on a variety of subjects for our school and community,
to be published at the discretion of the editor
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