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Upcoming Events and Deadlines
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10/10/2017
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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FRC Student/Parent Interest Meeting. Lee Holt's Room 209
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10/10/2017
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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PTSA Board Meeting in the Library
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10/11/2017
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8:15 pm - 1:40 pm
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Super Wednesday (Even); 9:15 am Late Start for High Schoolers.
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10/13/2017
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8:15 pm - 3:15 pm
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No School - Professional Development Day |
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10/18/2017
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8:15 pm - 1:40 pm
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(Odd) Wednesday
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10/19/2017
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6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
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11th Grade Parent Night in the Library
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DOES PTSA NEED YOU?
Greetings everyone.
Thank you to all who came and participated in our October 3
rd, taco dinner general meeting. Thanks to Michelle Lee and our many volunteers for setting up this event. Our Principal, Tara Gray, spoke about expectations of the school and grading.
She invoked an interactive session on the subject of Parent/ student/ teacher conferences.
The school is interested in creating a better model of this event for better outcomes for students.
It was a great opportunity to express our opinions and be heard by the administration. Surprised? Don't be, that's the kind of stuff that happens at our ISPTSA general meetings. Plan on attending our next General meeting on November 28
th to participate and hear from Tara again.
Does PTSA need you? Interestingly enough, I heard these comments the other day from a parent who did not plan on joining PTSA, "PTSA does not do much for me" or when considering a dual membership, " my spouse doesn't volunteer or participate." PTSA is not your professional organizations like a realtor networking group or professional engineering group or a software networking group. Those kind of groups are supposed to support you in your career, or in your hobby.
PTSA is unique; it supports your child in school with enrichment and academic support AND it supports the school community. During the 7 years while you are at IS, each PTSA member will have supported students in every single grade with enrichment and academic support. Each PTSA member will have belonged to this community along with your student. Each PTSA member will have made a difference. Thank you to the over 440 parents and guardians and teachers and students that have committed to IS for another year. Community creates Success at IS. ....
Yes it Does
Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
ISPTSA President 2017-2018
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OUR MEMBERSHIP IS GROWING, GROWING, GROWING
Thank you to all the parents and teachers who have stepped up and become a PTSA member this September and October.
Our goal is 100% or 580 members and we are now 75% of the way there. Please check out our membership list and see of you have any IS friends that are not on the list. Please encourage them to join.
Community Creates Success at IS is our theme and we believe in it. Bellevue PTSA Council gave a shout out award to International PTSA for already getting over 5% of last years membership.
Parents or guardians names:
Anders Abrahamsson & Sylvia Abrahamsson
Maria Alcala & Missael Martinez
Amy Alpeza
Rehan Alvi & Samia Seghir
Rachel An
Vinita Ananth
Josephine Anderson
Lisa Arrouve
Bret Arsenault & Peg Arsenault
Eric Artz & Katie Artz
Annalisa Atienza & Joel Atienza
Fumi Atsumi
Jean Au
Hua (Nina) Bai & Ping (Wilson) Deng
Yu Bai
Eric Bailey & Martha Bailey
Vaiju Bal
Leonardo & Georgeana Barros Barreto
Destinie & Time Barrow
Enid Smith Becker
Brenda Bedrosian & Chuck Bedrosian
Todd Behan
Michelle Bell
Brett Bentsen & Susan Bentsen
Wei Bi & Xia Wang
Michelle Bordeaux Chor & Anthony Chor
Melinda Breeze
Chris Buckley
Loan (Lon) Bui & Fred Huang
Keri Cable
Emilie Castle & Grant Castle
Bella Chan
Joanie Chang
Cassandra Chapin & Joshua Nash
Akash Chauhan & Anika Chauhan
Sanjana Chauhan & Surabhi Chauhan
Qiong Chen
Shi Chen & Li Ma
Marilyn Chen & Ted Wang
Sharon Chen & David Luk
Stephanie Chen & Eddy Chen
Yu Chen & Ji Chen
Hubert Cheng
Kun Cheng
Mechelle Cheng
Natalie & Roger Cheng
Sophie Cheng & Gregg Ulrich
Bharath Chinamanthur
Elena Chiorean
Deirdre Chiu & Peter Chiu
Man Wai Chiu
Vincent Chong
Debajyoti Choudhury & Wenjing Jiang
WaiYee Choy
Jinny Cocorocchia
David Cook & Helen Cook
Aaron Coon & Callie Coon
Melissa & Stefan Damstrom
Bryan Dawson
Dhanashi Deshmukh & Pravin Deshmukh
Moreshwar Deshpande
Yenii Dex
Hassan Dhananjaya & Rathi Thekkemadathil
Loren Digges
Kristina Dolan & Stein Dolan
David & Jacqueline Doud
James Du & Linda Lee
Aditya Dube & Sujadtha Sagiraju
Paul England & Elisabeth Kirschner
Lixia Fan
Zhengzhu Feng & Yu Zeng
Brad Fenstermacher & Sara Fenstermacher
Jon Fincher
Erin Fleck & Mark Swanson
Jennifer Fletcher
Jill Follett
Mehran Fotoohi & Rima Fotoohi
Jody Franich & Marrene Franich
Nina Frausto
Amy Frei & Kevin Frei
Dawn Furukawa & Tatsuichiro Furukawa
Elysia Galvan
Vidhya Ganesan
Pablo Ganga & Zaira Rivera
Renuka Getchell & Scott Getchell
Heather Gibbs & Matt Gibbs
Evon Gilberg & Gunter Gilberg
Charmaine & Sid Graham
Tara Gray
Jinxiang Gu
Jyotsna Gundala
Jessica Guo
Adib Haddad & Mirna Haddad
Jeff Hadley & Stephanie Winkler Hadley
Frank Hainze & Susan Hainze
Eric Hammer
Kyong Han
Sang Han & Sun Han
David Harder & Vanessa Harder
Andrea & Kevin Hardy
Melissa Harp
Lisa Harris
Muna Hassan
Chris Helms & Kerste Helms
Hannah Heywood
Lauren Heywood
Zena Heywood
Mary Hofilena & Ronald Hofilena
Jason Holm & Shelley Holm
Stephanie Hooper
Mia & Michael Howell
Karen Hugh & Mark Hugh
Wesley Hung
Galen & Lori Hunt
Khaled Ibrahim & Engy Salaheldin
Brian Jarrard
Betsy Johnson & Jeff Johnson
Tara Jones
Dana Kaefer
Kishore & Malleswari Karanam
Yuko Katsube
Harinder Kaur
Karen Keenan & Michel Potvin
Dori Kelleran & Jacob Kelleran
Jacqueline Kennedy & Olena Kennedy
Joe Kheriaty
Jim Khoo & Jenny Miller
Molly & Daniel Kihanya
Kris Gi Sun Kim
Susan Kim & Daniel Williams
Norie Kinoshita
Fiona Koh & Gary Koh
Rachel Koh
Sunny Koh
Baba Konatham & Mamatha Konatham
Jenny Koo
Sheri Kroeter
Hyun Jin Kwon
Jung Kwon
Karpagam Lakshminarasimhan & Rishikesan Rangarajan
Brian LaPlante & Kim LaPlante
Tane Larrabee
Maricris Laserna & Robert Laserna
Audrey Lee & Edwin Rhim
Danny Lau
Caroline Lee & Won Lee
Dongjun Brian Lee
Michelle (Miyong) Lee & B. Michael Yoo
Vivian Lee
Honggang Li
Ping Li
Yi Li & Li Lu
Samuel Lin
Brandon Liu & Caroline Liu
Sherry Liu
I-Chein Long
Regen Lorden
Cindy Lu
Jun Ma
Abhishri Mahadevan & Hari Mahadevan
Paul Manfredi & Wei Manfredi
Sara Manning Dawson
Greg Marinelli & Kim Marinelli
Dominick Marini & Ericka Marini
Anna Marshak
Lynne Matthes
Paul McKee & Uzma Siddiqi
Kevin McMurray & Jennifer Rose
Bill McQuain
Beth Michaud & Mike Michaud
Nicholle Mineiro & Paul Mineiro
Maksim Mio
Anne Misner & Nathan Misner
Azfar Moazzam
Bert Molinari & Julie Molinari
Vakula Mukhara
Krishnamurthy Muralidharan
Eduardo Munoz
Ranjani Mysore
Jessica Nadelman
Jim Nathman
Cindy Nguyen & T. L. Nguyen
Kim-Thoa Nguyen & Binh Vu
Beverly Ni
Mary Ellen Nickerson & Matthew Nickerson
Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen & Matthew Pedersen
Conrad Notton & Cori Notton
Heija Nunn
Kathryn O'Hara & Tim O'Hara
Melissa Odegaard
Clara Ortiz
Nikesh Parekh & Swati Parekh
Alison Parish
Eun Seuk Park
Brett Parmacek & Victoria Parmacek
Linda Parrish & Craighton Goeppele
Dave Pascho & Jennifer Pascho
Shawn Peng & Vivian Yu
Sarah Peyton
Kayoko Price & Randy Price
Erik Prusch & Jere Prusch
Linda & Ron Pyke
Ru Qin & Cuijin Lu
Lily Quan
Catherine Quigley & Michael Quigley
Heiko Rahmel & Sarah Rahmel
Julie Reeder
Melissa Richardson
Annie Richardson-Lander & Richard Lander
Carole Roane
John Rodgers & Mary Jo Rodgers
Ann Ross-Clarke & Fred Clarke
Alyssa Rothstein & Jason Rothstein
YongShao Ruan
John Ryder & Susan Ryder
Danna Schmidt
Lisa Scott
Matt Schneider & Tanya Schneider
Stephanie Schuehle
Vimalalatha Selvakumar & Selvakumar Srinivasan
Evan L. Sent & Stephanie Sent
Afshin Sepehri & Farangis Sepehri
Julia Serper
Achal Shah & Minal Shah
Haydeh Sharifi
Gita Shekar
Cathy Shen
Vidya Shetty
Kyoko Shirokane & Takato Shirokane
Petra Sixl & Wolfgang Sixl
Art Skaran & Kelly Skaran
Ronald Slattery & Toshiko Slattery
Candice Soderquist
Courtney Stanton & Patrick Stanton
Krystal Stephens
Audrey Stevens & Jacqueline Stevens
Mark Stevens & Pei Stevens
Sunny Stevens
Neven Stojanovic & Linda Teh
Ellen Stone & Peter Stone
Candace Sugamura & Chris Sugamura
Traci Sullivan
Daphne Sumpter & John Sumpter
Hao Sun & Meng Yu
Jiantao Sun
Jing Sun
Xiang Sun
Burleigh Surbeck & Katie Surbeck
Michelle Surkan
Vanessa Swanson
Liying Tan & Jeff Zhu
Sanjeev Tandle
Chris Tapp & Marni Tapp
Adam Taylor & Aleta Taylor
Isabel Taylor
Kris Taylor
Judy Temple
Kim Thome
Kathryn Thompson
Taylor Tillotson
Demet Toprak
Joy Tran & Peter Tran
Cecile Tron
Tamara Truax
Stephen Tsai
Florentina Tunduc & Marius Tunduc
Liz VandenBerghe
Cathy VanLith & Jeff VanLith
Sarah Wallick
Emily Wang & Fred Wang
Hank Wang
Mei Wang
Nina Wang
Tao Wang & Rui Zhang
Vivian Wang
Qiong Wei
Tracy Wen & Allen Zhang
Joelle Whitten & Ty Whitten
Andrea Wohlan
Anderson Wong & Lisa Wong
Johnny Wong
Laura Woo & Mickey Woo
Li Wu
Wei Wu
Gabriella & Mitchell Wyle
Carol Anne Yamamoto
Yongxia Yang & Xinli Zhang
Hyunjoo Yoon
Janine Yount
Dwain Zahn & Janice Zahn
Hong Zhang
Laura Zhang
Rui Hong Wang
Tiffany Zhang & Ching Guo
Tony Zhao
Yuting Zhu
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NEW PTSA TRAVEL TUMBLERS
 ISPTSA is selling these wonderful tumblers this year. These are dual wall insulated stainless steel tumblers with our new ISPTSA logo. They carry 14 ounces of liquid, cold or hot, with a swivel lid with drink thru opening with plastic ring seal to stave off spills. The cost is $17 for PTSA members and $20 for non-members. Cash check or charge( only in person).
You can buy one or more of these tumblers at our General meetings this year BUT we are working on having the tumbler available online. Stay tuned. If you would like to purchase a tumbler, send in a check to IS PTSA 445 128th Ave SE Bellevue WA 98005. We don't have the means to ship them now, but they can be picked up at the main office after purchase.
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MODIFIED SCHEDULE OCTOBER 11th SUPER WEDNESDAY
 9:15 AM Late Start For High Schoolers
9th grade: PSAT9
10th grade: Pre-ACT
11th grade: PSAT/NMSQT
12th grade: Senior Project
Middle schoolers will have a regular school day.
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COSTA RICA FOCUS WEEK INTEREST MEETING
 Thursday, Oct. 12, LUNCH in Tamara's Room (206)
Students, come learn more!
Travel to Costa Rica to help protect endangered sea turtles; encounter breathtaking rainforests, mountains, and waterfalls; enjoy spectacular butterflies, monkeys, sloths, birds, sea turtles; and experience rich cultural exchanges. Students, please come learn more!
Check out details about the trip here: http://groups.ecoteach.com/bellevue/
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SEEKING FLAT SCREEN TV & CHROMECAST DONATION
 Do you have a mountable medium to large flat screen TV collecting dust in your garage? Or a Chromecast device you no longer use? I'd like to make a mobile Skype/Presentation station with it, and have already requested a PTSA grant for a Skype-ready camera. A big thank you to the family who donated this cart, as well.
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SCHOOLWIDE POINSETTIA FUNDRAISER
 Would you like a beautiful, easy gift for family, co-workers, friends and teachers this holiday season? Or one-stop shopping for your holiday decor? If so, the IS Senior Class of 2018 has got you covered! We are continuing the tradition of the popular Poinsettia Fundraiser! (Funds raised are earmarked for the Senior Class' graduation events.)
These high quality Squak Mountain flowers are available in RED or WHITE. They come in 6.5" pots, and stand about 14-16" tall. They are priced at $15 each, a reduction from last year! The form is attached, with more located in the office right next to our Poinsettia Box.
Deadline for orders: Wednesday, Nov. 8th, 2017.
Plants will be available to be picked up at school Monday, Nov. 27th from 3-5 pm.
Please make checks payable to IS class of 2018 and note "Poinsettia" on memo line. You can send the check/order form to Kelly Skaran at 4539 137th AVE SE, Bellevue WA 98006, or drop by the IS office and drop the check into the Poinsettia Box.
If you prefer to support the class with a cash donation in lieu of receiving plants, your donations are welcome. The IS Class of 2018 THANKS YOU for your support! NOTE: ALL SENIOR FAMILIES are required to participate in this event, either by donating $125 or purchasing 10 plants. A
ny questions, e-mail Kelly Skaran at [email protected]
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HOLIDAY WREATH FUNDRAISER
 We have an EXCITING ADDITION to the Class of 2018 Fundraiser! Thanks to a generous donation by Senior Lucas Swanson's family, our Fundraiser now includes beautiful, hand-crafted holiday wreaths!
We are selling these gorgeous wreaths (pictured at right) for only $25, and will even be adding hand-made ribbons to your purchase. SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED, so act fast!
Please make checks out to the IS Class of 2018, and put "wreaths" in the memo line. Checks may be left either in the Poinsettia box in the office, or mail to: Kelly Skaran, 4539 137th AVE SE, Bellevue, WA 98006. Thank you again for supporting the IS Class of 2018!
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Student News & Opportunities
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FRC STUDENT PARENT MEETING OCTOBER 10, 7:00 PM
 For ALL High Schoolers interested in Robotics, the FRC Robotics (First Robotics Competition) Interest Meeting is on
October 10th at 7:00 pm.
Lunch Student Interest Meeting:
Oct. 10th lunch in Lee Holt's room.
Evening Parent/Student Interest Meeting:
Oct. 10th 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Lee Holt's Room 209
It is highly suggested that the interested student attends the lunch interest meeting, and their parent attends the evening meeting as well. See you soon!
(Note: FTC students can do FRC in conjunction. Contact
[email protected]
[email protected] if you have any questions.)
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Sports News & Opportunities
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BELLEVUE HS JUNIOR CHEER CLINIC 10/13
2017 Bellevue High School Junior High School Cheer Clinic will take place
on Friday, October 13th. It's a fun activity for our children on a "no-school-day"!
For Information on the event you can visit
www.Bellevuecheer.com
and click on the
Jr cheer clinic button.
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King Country Sports Results
Check King County Sports results
here.
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Monday Messenger Submission Guidelines
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- 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 list 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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ATTENDANCE 425-456-6545
MAIN OFFICE 425-456-6500
COUNSELING 425-456-6542
REGISTRAR 425-456-6535
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