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HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM YOUR MONDAY MESSENGER TEAM
HAVE A SAFE, COZY, AND RELAXING BREAK. WE'LL BE BACK IN TOUCH IN 2019!
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UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
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LOOKING AHEAD:
- Monday, 12/24-Friday, 1/4 • No School—Winter Break
- 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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ENJOY THE BREAK, WE'LL HAVE MORE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES 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
to celebrate our students, our school, and our community 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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STAFF APPRECIATION HOLIDAY LUNCH WAS A WARM & DELICIOUS SUCESS
On Wednesday, December 12,
volunteers from
7th Grade families hosted an amazing traditional American Holiday feast for the IS Staff Appreciation Luncheon. IS staff enjoyed
delicious roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, baked beans, cranberry sauce, salad, pumpkin pie, brownies, cookies, and a festive staff lounge! Thank you to the fabulous 7th
grade families!
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PLEASE RENEW NOW!
As we go into winter break, 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 with our students and teachers and the district. We are at 411 members.
We need 572 of you!!!
Please join now. Click
here
! $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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BELLEVUE GIFTED ALLIANCE PRESENTS: WHAT I KNOW NOW THAT I WISH I'D KNOWN THEN
A panel of college students from Bellevue School District will discuss how to choose a college.
Monday, December 17, 6:30 PM
TONIGHT
Interlake High School, Performing Arts Center
16245 NE 24th Street, Bellevue, WA 98005
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TAX PLANNING?
Make Your Donation to ISPTSA Today!
December is here and it’s the perfect time to make a donation to ISPTSA! Your generous tax deductible gift to the PTSA goes back to enrich the learning environment at IS, strengthen the community, and advance our school’s legacy of academic excellence. Every student at IS benefits, including yours. As you wrap up the calendar year, please consider a donation to your ISPTSA.
Click
here
to donate now!
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REMEMBER TO REQUEST YOUR CORPORATE MATCHING GIFT!
Make your donation to ISPTSA go further by requesting a Corporate Matching Gift through your company which could DOUBLE or even TRIPLE your support!
The International School PTSA is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. We accept donations from individuals and corporations, and these donations are tax deductible. Local companies such as Microsoft, Boeing, Google, T-Mobile, and Expedia will “match” the charitable contributions made by their employees, including:
- Cash Donations,
- Membership Dues,
- Volunteer Hours.
Click
here
for more information about Corporate Matching on the ISPTSA website.
Thank you for taking the extra step to make your generosity to IS go further!
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SPOT OPEN FOR TAIWAN FOCUS WEEK TRIP
One spot has opened up for the Focus Week Trip to Taiwan. The spot will be open until it is taken or until January 18. Please see Wesley Hung in Room 108 or
email him
.
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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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SKATE OVER THE BREAK, AND A DONATION WILL BE MADE TO ISPTSA!
Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink at Bellevue Downtown Park
November 23-December 21, 2018 and January 1-13, 2019
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 for each paid rink admission during the dates listed above!
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STUDENT SPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES
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UPCOMING ADELESCO YOUTH EXCHANGE MEETINGS
Saturday, February 23, 2:00-4:00 PM
Bellevue Public Library, Meeting Room #3
Sunday, February 24, 1:00-3:00 PM
Capitol Hill Branch Library, Meeting Room
Is your child ready to spread his or her wings to France, Germany, Italy, or Spain? Adelesco
Youth Exchange
provides a unique, two-way exchange program offering the opportunity for your child to immerse him- or herself in a new language and new culture and to host your child's carefully matched exchange partner in turn. At Adelesco Youth Exchange, we will match your child with a student about his or her own age in France, Germany, Italy, or Spain (your choice), you will decide exactly when (whatever’s best for your schedule), and for how long (between six to twelve weeks) you want your child to go on exchange (and then to host) as part of our flexible and affordable nonprofit language immersion and cultural exchange program for qualifying students between the ages of 9 and 18.
Click
here for the
Adelesco Youth Exchange flyer.
The application deadline is March 15, 2019, and matches will be announced by late April 2019.
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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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