MONDAY MESSENGER

August 19, 2019

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PTSA NEWS

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!

MINI BACK-TO-BUSINESS DAY

Sponsored by ISPTSA

THIS Wednesday, August 21, 3:00–6:00 PM

Please check this school webpage for updated information.

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

 

Please contact Karen Gath at [email protected] with questions.

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!

TRYING TO PLAN YOUR NEXT TEN MONTHS?

Here's a link to the school's 2019-2020 Even/Odd Calendar , which details the entire school year, including the Even/Odd schedule, school holidays & breaks, no-student days, retreats, testing days/weeks, and Focus Week. Check it out, it's useful.

STUDENT SPORTS & OPPORTUNITIES

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.

First Technical Challenge [FTC] Click Here to Register

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.

First Robotics Competition [FRC] Click Here to Register

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.