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HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM YOUR MONDAY MESSENGER TEAM!
Welcome back and have a fantastic 2019!
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UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
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LOOKING AHEAD:
- Monday, 1/7, 9:00 AM • Sibling Reapplication Window Opens (more info below)
- Wednesday, 1/16, 9:40 AM • Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly
- Wednesday, 1/16 • Staff Appreciation Lunch hosted by 6th Grade Families
- Friday, 1/18-Friday, 1/25 • Finals Week
- Monday, 1/21 • No School—Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
- Friday, 1/25 • End of Semester
- Monday, 1/28 • No School—Professional Development Day
- Tuesday, 1/29 • 7th Grade Vision Testing
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SIGN UP TO LEND A HAND AS A VOLUNTEER IN 2019!
IS and the ISPTSA are currently seeking the following volunteers:
Click
here
to learn more and sign up.
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SAVE THE DATE—SPRING SOCIAL
The PTSA will host the annual
Spring Social
at
Blakely Hall
in Issaquah on Saturday,
March 23, 2019
at 6:00 PM. Please mark your calendars now to ensure you can join us for this fun event. Stay tuned for more information!
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PLEASE RENEW NOW!
We are renewing memberships until March 1. Please remember to renew your membership!
If you don't think your membership matters, you are not realizing how much the statement
"Our community fully supports each and every student at IS"
resonates with our students and teachers, as well as the district. We are at 412 members, and
we need 572 of you!!!
Please click
here to join now
! $35 as a dual membership supports two IS students. $20 as a single membership supports one IS student.
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BASKIN-ROBBINS BOGO!
The WAPTA and ISPTSA are giving out BOGO Baskin-Robbins coupons! They will be in special holders in the IS office and library and other places around school. Have your student pick up one and enjoy an extra scoop of deliciousness! Valid now until 3/30/2019.
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THE FOCUS WEEK BROCHURE IS HERE!
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D.C., PHILADELPHIA, N.Y., OH MY!
We are looking for two more parent chaperones to accompany us to Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and New York City during focus week (May 18-24). We currently have 42 students signed up, grades 7-9. We are particularly in need of one more female chaperone.
It promises to be a wonderful trip, including several monuments in all three cities and even a Broadway show in New York. The total price of the trip for adult chaperones is $3,330, which includes all meals, except for those en route.
Please contact Joe Kheriaty,
kheriatyj@bsd405.org,
or Elysia Galvan,
galvane@bsd405.org,
if you would like more information. We are eager to confirm our chaperones and get a firm head count, so that our tour company can begin making our reservations. Hope to hear from you soon.
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DONATIONS NEEDED FOR INTERNATIONAL'S MAKERSPACE
Your help is needed to build International's Makerspace, an innovative STEM learning workshop. This project will help students build skills like design, creative thinking, and engineering that are important in the professional world. To be a part of this effort, please donate items listed
here
to the library starting January 9. Please ema
il
maxtonzhang@gmail.com
with questions.
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NEWS ABOUT INCOMING 5TH GRADE SIBLINGS
If you have a current 5th grader who is planning on coming to IS next year for the 2019-20 school year, your student will have a guaranteed spot as a sibling,
but you must apply
.
Applications will be available from
January 7, 2019 at 9:00 AM through February 1, 2019 at 4:30 PM
. The applications will be online at
www.bsd405.org
. The entire process is handled online and overseen by the Bellevue School District’s Student Placement Office.
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STUDENT NEWS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
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ICE RINK OPEN UNTIL JANUARY 13—SKATE AND A DONATION WILL BE MADE TO ISPTSA!
Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink at Bellevue Downtown Park
When you skate at
Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink
and mention you are with International School at the admission counter, a $3 donation will be made to our PTSA!
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STUDENT SPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES
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BLOOD DONATION OUTREACH PROJECT
Three local nonprofit organizations— Little Masters Club, Bloodworks Northwest, and Young Leaders Program under Greater Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce—are currently offering a great volunteer opportunity to help spread awareness about blood donation at local middle and high schools. Applications will be accepted until January 11, 2019.
Much more information is available
here
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BELLEVUE BOYS LACROSSE CLUB—REGISTRATION OPEN
Bellevue Boys Lacrosse Club serves boys in grades K-12 who reside and/or attend feeder schools within the Bellevue High School boundary area. The Bellevue Lacrosse program is dedicated to developing players at every age and any skill level. They are committed to providing first-class experiences to players and families in our community.
In the last nine years, the BHS Varsity team has played in the state championship eight times and won the state title seven times. Visit their
alumni page
to see where their athletes are playing in college. For more information about their programs
click here
.
Visit their website at
bellevuelacrosse.com
to register for spring season now.
Registration closes January 15
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MASTHEAD / DIRECTORY / LINKS
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President
Ching Guo
Secretary
Zena Heywood
Treasurer 1
Beverly Ni
Treasurer 2
Nancy Chung
VP of Communications
Li Wu
VPs of Community
Liying Tan & Qiong Chen
VP of Fundraising
Dori Kelleran
VP of Outreach
Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
Membership
Sharon Chen
Advocacy
OPEN
Monday Messenger
Julie Molinari
Website
Sylvia Abrahamsson
IS Staff Liaison
Taylor Tillotson
PTSA
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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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CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING?
The ISPTSA is always here to help answer your IS questions.
Email us
here
, and we'll help you find the answers you need.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY & LINKS
Attendance 425-456-6545
Main Office 425-456-6500
MS Counseling 425-456-6546
HS Counseling 425-456-6542
Registrar 425-456-6535
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SUPPORT YOUR PTSA
Donate Anytime
Write your check to the International School PTSA and send it to:
ISPTSA
445 128th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
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ISPTSA TUMBLER
Support your school community and the environment by buying an ISPTSA Tumbler
These great-looking 14-oz dual-wall insulated stainless-steel tumblers have a swivel lid with drink-thru opening and a plastic-ring seal to stave off spills. With the ISPTSA logo, it will keep your drink hot or cold while you look cool handling the morning commute or afternoon pickup, and your purchase will benefit the International School PTSA!
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MONDAY MESSENGER
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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- Please submit articles by FRIDAY at 12:00 PM (noon) to news@isptsa.org.
- We encourage submissions that align with our mission.
- Submissions are subject to review by the ISPTSA and may be accepted, rejected, or edited.
- Please use a separate email for each article submitted.
- Documents in plain text are preferred, however, you are welcome to include an image or icon as a separate attachment—please do not include them in the body of your email or document.
- If you need to link to a registration form or document, send us either the address of the link or a pdf copy of the document.
- If you would like your article to repeat in successive Monday Messenger editions, please resubmit it for each edition in which you would like it to appear. If you do not resubmit it, it will not be republished.
- Note: you will receive an automatic confirmation email response once you submit material to the Monday Messenger.
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International School PTSA
445 128th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
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