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UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
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THIS WEEK:
- Monday, 1/28 • No School—Professional Development Day
- Tuesday, 1/29 • 7th Grade Vision Testing
NEXT WEEK:
LOOKING AHEAD:
- Monday, 2/11, 6:00 PM • 8th Grade Parent Night: Transitioning to High School
- Tuesday, 2/12 • PTSA General Meeting
- Monday, 2/18 - Friday, 2/22 • No School—Mid-Winter Break
- Tuesday, 2/26 • 7th Grade Parent Night: Vaping and Other Common Substance Abuse in Middle School (parents of all grades welcome)
- Friday, 3/1 • Into the Woods Performance
- Thursday, 3/7, 6:00 PM • 6th Grade Parent Night
- Friday, 3/8 • Into the Woods Performance
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PICTURE YOURSELF VOLUNTEERING AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS
IS and the ISPTSA are currently seeking the following volunteers:
- Staff Luncheon Hosted by Chinese Families, Wed 2/6
- College Conference Food Coordinators, Thurs 2/7
- Bite of IS Volunteers, Fri 2/8
- On-call Volunteers
Click
here
to learn more and sign up.
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IS STUDENTS RECEIVE TEN REFLECTION AWARDS FROM THE BELLEVUE PTSA COUNCIL!
International School students have received ten awards for the
2018-2019 PTA Reflections
competition
Heroes Around Me
, from the Bellevue PTSA Council.
There were thirty-seven total entries as IS this school year. Seventeen art works were selected and submitted to the Bellevue PTSA Council. Five students received Outstanding Interpretation awards and their art works have been submitted to the state level PTA competition. Three students received the next level Award of Excellence, and two received the Award of Merit. Congratulations!
To view a list of students, awards, and artwork, click
here.
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COLLEGE CONFERENCE
Thursday, February 7, by 1:00 PM
The International School is hosting the College Conference with Bellevue High School and Interlake High School on Thursday, February 7. Volunteers are needed to deliver enough appetizers, salad, fruit, and dessert for forty people to the IS office by 1:00 PM.
Please sign up to help
here
.
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FREE OR REDUCED-PRICED MEALS FOR CHILDREN OF FURLOUGHED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
If you or someone in your household is a furloughed government employee, your student may be eligible for free or reduced-priced meals during this challenging time. Please consider submitting an application for school meal benefits by completing the district’s online application
here
. Students who qualify for free or reduced-priced meals will also have access to Breaktime-Mealtime vouchers during school breaks and free/reduced prices for many programs and school activities at International School.
For more information please click
here
, or contact your student’s school counselor, or contact our Nutrition Service Department directly at 425-456-4507.
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BITE OF IS 2019
We have 27 booths signed up so far. We need at least 50 to make this event successful!
Sign up for a booth by filling out
this form
online, or printing it out and dropping it off in the front office.
Each booth host will receive one ticket for the event.
Parent Volunteers Needed
We also need parent volunteers for this event. Please sign up
here
if you can help on the day of the event.
International Foods Buffet
Friday, February 8, 6:00-8:00 PM, IS Gym
Ticket: $10 per person
(suggested donation)
Tickets can be purchased in the front office or at the door on the day of the event.
Join the International School community for our annual fundraiser.
This year, all proceeds will benefit the
BRAC
organization, an international non-profit helping the nearly million Rohingya who fled Myanmar last year and are in refugee camps in Bangladesh.
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MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT NIGHTS—SAVE THE DATE!
- 6th Grade: Thursday, March 7, 6:00-7:00 PM, IS Library
- 7th Grade: Tuesday, February 26, 6:00-7:00 PM, IS Library—The topic will be Vaping and Other Common Substance Abuse in Middle School and will be presented by a certified substance abuse counselor through Youth Eastside Services. Parents of students of all grades are welcome.
- 8th Grade: Monday, February 11, 6:00-7:00 PM, IS Library—Focus will be on transitioning to high school.
More information available
here
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STUDENT NEWS & COMMUNITY EVENTS
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CITY OF BELLEVUE OPEN HOUSE TO DISCUSS 8TH STREET & LAKE HILLS CONNECTOR INTERSECTION
Monday, February 11, 6:00-7:30 PM
Bellevue Botanical Garden Education Center, 12001 Main Street, Bellevue, 98005
There will be an Open House hosted by the City of Bellevue focused on making improvements at the SE 8th Street and Lake Hills Connector interaction. According to
the flyer
, the city is “seeking to hear about your travel experiences, answer questions about the study, and receive your feedback on concept and design.”
This meeting provides a great opportunity for the IS community to share what we feel would make that part of our road network safer for our students. If you can, please plan on attending and sharing your concerns and observations in the context of students traveling to and from IS.
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ANGST: RAISING AWARENESS AROUND ANXIETY
Two Bellevue Screenings in February
The Bellevue Schools Foundation, in partnership with Medina, Chinook and Odle I-Connect, and Chinook Middle School, is hosting a screening of an important film,
Angst
, created to start community conversations about anxiety and provide tools, resources, and hope.
IndieFlix, a leading independent online streaming platform, is sparking a global conversation about anxiety through screenings of its timely documentary,
Angst: Raising Awareness Around Anxiety
.
Monday, February 4, 7:00-8:30 PM
Chinook Middle School
2001 98th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Chinook Middle School will host a special screening of the documentary to open up a dialogue between local families, community leaders, and experts. The event will feature a viewing of the 56-minute film followed by an informative panel discussion. Children over age 10 are welcome to attend with an adult.
Find more information and r
egister
here
.
Thursday, February 7, 12:00-1:00 PM (lunch will be served at 11:30 AM, a panel will discuss the film after its screening from 1:00-1:30 PM)
WISC
12241 Main Street, Rainier Room
Bellevue, WA 98005
The Bellevue Schools Foundation, and Medina, Chinook, and Odle I-Connect, will host a special screening of the documentary to open up a dialogue between local families, community leaders, and experts. The event will feature a viewing of the 56-minute film followed by an informative panel discussion. The film is not recommended for children under age ten.
Find more information and register
here
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STUDENT SPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES
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SEATTLE YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP CHALLENGE
The Seattle Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge is a teenage entrepreneurial challenge competition hosted by the Seattle Entrepreneurship Club and the Little Masters Club which will be held in Seattle on March 3, 2019. The Challenge aims to encourage young entrepreneurs to innovate and build platforms for youth entrepreneurs in North America.
Click
here
for more information.
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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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