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UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS
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THIS WEEK:
LOOKING AHEAD:
- Wednesday, 9/4 • First Day of 2020-21 School Year
- Thursday, 9/5–Friday, 9/6 • High School Retreat
- Wednesday, 9/11 • 6th-Grade Retreat
- Thursday, 9/26, 6:30 PM • 12th-Grade Parent Night
- Friday, 9/27, 7:00 PM • Middle School Social
- Tuesday, 10/1, 7:45 AM • Picture Retakes
- Thursday, 10/3, 6:30 PM • Curriculum Night
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JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL PTSA TODAY!
Thank you to all of you who stopped to say hello to ISPTSA members at Back-to-Business Day last week. A special thanks goes to those of you who took the time to join the ISPTSA. It only takes a moment!
You can
join the ISPTSA
by clicking here and joining online, or by printing out
this form to fill out and turn in to the ISPTSA at Mini Back-to-Business Day or in the school office.
Our goal is full membership, so that every student at IS is supported by a PTSA member. Please help us reach that goal by
joining today!
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MINI BACK-TO-BUSINESS DAY
Sponsored by ISPTSA
THIS
Wednesday, August 21, 3:00–6:00 PM
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR—IMPORTANT DRAMA DATES
Fall Play
Auditions: Monday, September 9, 4:00–7:00 PM
Show: Friday, October 25 and Saturday, October 26
Spring Musical
Auditions: Wednesday, January 8, 2:00–6:00 PM
Call-backs: Friday, January 10, 4:00–8:00 PM
Show: Friday, March 6; Saturday, March 7;
Friday, March
13; and
Saturday, March
14
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HIGH SCHOOL RETREAT PAPERWORK AND INFO!
Click here for everything you need to know about this year's High School Retreat (9/5–9/6/19). If you haven't turned in your forms,
DO IT NOW!
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TRYING TO PLAN YOUR NEXT TEN MONTHS?
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STUDENT SPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES
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TITAN ROBOTICS CLUB INTEREST MEETINGS COMING SOON
—UPDATED INFO
Interested in gaining hands-on experience learning and applying STEM fields in real life? Titan Robotics Club has been promoting STEM education in today’s youth for over 17 years. Our 3 programs task students with addressing a challenge by applying the concepts they have learned in the classroom into creating a robot!
Titan Robotics Club has been very successful in its mission. We have gone to international-level and regional-level competitions. Our alumni have gone to Stanford, UW CSE Direct Entry, University of Pennsylvania, Cal-Poly SLO, and more. Our mentors are from companies such as Honeywell, Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Genie, and have over 10 years of experience in their respective fields, as well as mentoring robotics.
This is a great chance for your child to become involved in a team sport for the mind! Go to
titanrobotics.com
to register for one of our 3 teams!
First Lego League [FLL]
Parent & Student Interest Meeting:
Monday, August 26, 7:30–8:30 PM, Titan Robotics Warehouse in Redmond, 17595 NE 70th St, Suite 150
Redmond, WA 98052
Open to 4th–8th graders. Students work with trained high school and adult mentors to build and program lego robots and design a solution to a real-world issue and create presentations to address this issue.
Meetings tentatively set for Mondays 4:00–6:00 PM, Wednesdays 2:30–5:00 PM, and some Saturdays later in season. Season runs from September-December. Registration opens after interest meeting—space is limited so please apply early.
Parent & Student Interest Meeting:
Monday, August 21, 7:00–8:30 PM,
Titan Robotics Warehouse in Redmond, 17595 NE 70th St, Suite 150
Redmond, WA 98052
Open to all high schoolers. Up to 15 students work together with mentors to design, build, and program an 18 by 18 inch robot. Students are also tasked with documenting their engineering process. There is limited space on the team, so please register early.
Student Interest Meeting: Lunchtime,
Tuesday, September 17
, Room 209
Parent Interest Meeting:
Tuesday, September 17, 7:00–8:00 PM
, Room 209
Open to all high schoolers. After training in the fall, students attend Kickoff in January where they will learn this year’s competition. After Kickoff, students work alongside mentors to design, fabricate, build, and program their robot in 6 weeks. In addition to gaining important practical skills such as programming and marketing, students are eligible for over $80 million in scholarship money.
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MASTHEAD / DIRECTORY / LINKS
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President
Azfar Moazzam
Secretary
Zena Heywood
Treasurer 1
Tony Wang
Treasurer 2
Nancy Chung
VP of Communications
Li Wu
VPs of Community
Qiong Chen &
Rachel An
VP of Fundraising
Dori Kelleran
VPs of Outreach
Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
& Beverly Ni
Membership
Sharon Chen & Joanie Chang
Advocacy
OPEN
Monday Messenger
Julie Molinari
Website
OPEN
IS Staff Liaison
Traci Sullivan
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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