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The Newsletter of
Bellevue High School PTSA
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PTSA FALL 2021 GRANTS AWARDED |
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The PTSA Grants Committee met last week and awarded the Fall 2021 grants. Thank you to BHS parents for joining the PTSA, as well as your gifts to the PTSA, which funded $17,500 of enhanced student experiences this fall. The BHS PTSA offers grants for items or opportunities that augment the student experience. We encourage requests from anyone within the BHS community, including student clubs, student activities, athletic organizations and educational / administrative departments.
The Grants Committee received 11 Grant requests totaling $24,635.80 for the Fall 2021 grant cycle. We funded all of the grants either partially or fully for a total of $17,500. Highlights from this grant cycle include new Choir Robes, BHS Orchestra Bass Ensemble and Bass Coaching, a field trip for all AP Human Geography classes, new Cheer Competition Poms, New JV Girls Basketball Uniforms. See the complete list here.
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Great news! So far, we already raised $67,075 for our “Make an Impact” fundraising campaign! We are so close to our $70,000 goal this year. One of the best ways for parents to support our school is donating to our school PTSA. Please keep on joining us in supporting our students, teachers and school by donating to the PTSA Make an Impact Campaign! Donations help pay for an additional mental health counselor at BHS, college preparation and counseling as well as grants to various academic, athletic and school clubs. Every donation, no matter the size, will help. Donate today and Make an Impact!
Please Donate at:
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Wolverine
($1000 or more)
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Gordon Lyon & Rebekah Brown
AJ and Mike Brush
Sharon and Gena Chang
Leslie ang David Feller
Christine Grieve
Nobuyoshi Kageyama
Meghan Lewison
Jialing Liu & Zu Wu Liao
Lijiang Fang & Loretta Tao Liu
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Matt Millen & Kim Millen
ThuVan Pham
Joe & Michelle Razore
Amy Reller
Jungyeol Kim & Steve Cho
Jennifer Stelly
Xiong Wang
Christi Whitten
Xiaojun Zheng
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Bharti Arora
Susan Audia
Jing Bai
Zannah Becker
Laura Bede
Lisa Pujol Boe
Stephanie Brown
Carrie Browne
Jingjing Cai
Yujie Cao
Patty Carrel
Namhee Kim Chae & Wonseok Chae
Xiaohua Chen
Sarah Chese more
Sungyun Choi
Christi Clark
Jeff Cody
Hongling Da
Thien-Di Do
Jun Fan
Shalisan Foster
Janice Friedman
Carlos de Torres Gimeno
Kathy Green
Rachel Hall
Patrick & Beth Halvorsen
Langfei He
Kerry Hill
Danwen Huang
Hui Huang
Kathleen Isdith
Kate Jack
Karin Johnson
Dana Kaefer
Jasmine Kim
John Klym
Ashley Koo
Michelle Lai
Josephine Lee
Melissa Lloyd
Hui Li
Mingqin Li
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Na Li
Yuhong Li
Carl Lombardi
Jing Ma
Heather Mckay
Miao Meng
Connie Min
Lesly Mohr
Glyn and Jim Nordtrom
Yoko Omori
Hwa Park
Minshik Park
Youngchul Park
Brenda Pick
Sandi Plenge
Heather Serres
Dian Schuler
Troy Tidwell
Denise Stolte-Reinisch
Mellissa Rohde
Melody Rong
Ally & Scott Svenson
Simon and Lucille Tam
Jeff & Jody Tangney
Jack Tang
Yin Yin Wang
Elizabeth Westburg and Bradley Wheeler
Tony Williams
Michelle Whitten
Jennifer Whittier
Cony Wong
Gilbert Wong
Xin Wang & Hongyu Wu
Leong Xu
Liang Xu
Yanli and Leon Xu
Joanna Yin
Junhua Wang and Xun Zhang
Cathy Zhang
Xiaojun Zheng
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Vishal Anand
Rakhi Aggarwal
Thomas Bailey
Charles A Borberg
Dawn Brandl
Julia Braun
Feng Cai
Dan Casey
Fernando Campos
Hongxia Chen
Xiaolei Chen
Dmitry Chesnokov
Angela Cho
Polly Colby
Merin Designs
Yuanyuan Duan
John Ederer
Farnaz Farringer
Sean Floyd
Holly Furr
JianXia Gao
Hyangjin Hong
Nancy Huenefeld Gese
Wei Han
Wei Huang
Kathrine Hauser
Cathryn Heed
Dustin Ingalls
Stephen Jiang
Ying Jiang
Rebecca Johnston
Jungmin Kang
In Yung Kim
Janna Lee
Judy Lee
Marianne Lachini
Yan Liang
Mingqin Li
Qiuya Li
Steve and Cindy Linkon
Cristy Livingston
Meiling Liu
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Julia May
Hyun Jin Kwon
Carolyn Oliveira
Tina Pappas
Svetlana Pestova
Hoifung Poon
Yijing Qian
Youshen Qiu
Liz Quinn
Mazie Park
Annie Roth
Christine Schultz
Alper Selcuk
Xiaofei Shi
Mi Shin
Dosung Sohn
Tanya Stoney
Christine Strandell
Fangting Sun
Jing Sun
Yang Sun
Kayo Takashima
Satoshi Tanimoto
Claudia Tanaka
Yu Tao
Ning Tian
Yanli Tong
Amy Tsai
Kylee Tonkin
Joni Scalzo-Ulfwengren
Ellen Wang
Laura Weingaertner
Jongin Wong
Kayo Yamaji
Kai Pung Yim
Asako Yoshimura
Lanfang You
Melissa Young
Dongchen Zhang
Yong Zhao
Zhongwei Zhou
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If your company offers matching, please take a moment to submit a match request and stretch your donation. Bellevue High PTSA’s tax id number is 91-1459440.
Should you prefer to write a check, please make it out to Bellevue High PTSA and mail it to 10416 SE Wolverine Way, Bellevue, WA 98004.
Got questions?
Thank you very much for your support!
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STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON THANK YOU |
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Dear BHS Families,
On Dec. 8th, last Wednesday, our school PTSA hosted a wonderful Teacher’s Appreciation Luncheon. With the money funded by our PTSA or directly raised from our parents, we were able to provide a feast to our dear teachers and staff, with 20+ dishes, fruits and yummy cakes. Our teachers were absolutely amazed; as well as our students. Well, they were just jealous.
Special thanks to our volunteers:
- Sophia Chen, Sara Xu, Claire Wu, Sherry Liu, Yuhong Li, Yanli Tong, Sandi Plenge
Thank you again! We're so grateful for your support
Staff Appreciation Lunch Co-chairs:
Qing Chen
Hyun Jin Kwon
Qiuya Rachel Li
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The Welcoming committee has collected frequently asked questions from BHS families and obtained answers to these from BHS teachers and staff. These Q&As are now on the PTSA website.
They are separated into six categories: general school questions, student well-being, math curriculum, community, after school activities, and music curriculum. Below are some sample questions.
Q: Is there a requirement for teachers that any submitted assignment or assessment is
graded and posted within a certain period of time?
Q: Which name would be on the official transcript, legal name or preferred name?
Q: Are there ways to skip the current math level course and advance to the next level if a
student is not challenged enough?
You can find “Q&A for BHS Families” on the PTSA website’s home page under “For Parents.” Also, you can find other useful information in the BHS Parent Handbook 2021-2022.
Thank you to the Welcoming committee members, Hyunju Kim, Sungyun Choi, and Rachel Li!
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"To enter a theater for a performance is to be inducted into a magical space, to be ushered into the sacred arena of the imagination." - Simon Callow
December Theater Booster Club Meeting:
Please join us for our last Theater Booster Club meeting of the year! We will get a full recap on the Crimson House Murder Murder, talk about our plans for the spring musical, fund raising and more! We will be meeting December 14th at 7pm in the Black Box room (at the end of the music hallway)
Congrats to the amazing cast and crew of The Crimson House Murder! What a show!
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BHS DECA JUDGES VOLUNTEER NEEDED |
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82 BHS marketing and business students will be competing at the Area 4 DECA competition on January 6. It’s a great opportunity to get dressed up in professional clothes, apply what they have learned in class, and build confidence and leadership skills. Students will be given a business scenario, and have 10 minutes to come up with a solution to a problem or a develop an idea. They then have 10 minutes to present their idea to a judge. The judge scores them based on criteria that the students have seen ahead of time, and that score is added to a 100-question multiple choice test that students have taken. The winners (Top 10 students in each event; finance, business law and ethics, apparel and accessories marketing, human resources management, etc.) will advance to the state competition to do it all over again with their peers from across the state in March. From there students can qualify for the International competition. This year it is in Atlanta.
Bellevue DECA will be competing against more than 1200 students from high schools in Bellevue, Issaquah, and Snoqualmie Valley on January 6, 2022 at Bellevue’s Meydenbauer Center. Students will solve business problems with business people from the community who volunteer as judges. If you have business experience, and would like to volunteer your time and expertise, please email DECA advisor, Tammi Riggers at riggerst@bsd405.org. Volunteers must show proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test within 72 hours of the event.
The time commitment is from 8:30 am until about 1:00 pm on Thursday, January 6. Parking will be validated, and there will be coffee and pastries for judges. This is a great event for students and judges alike. Your support and participation are greatly appreciated!
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WOLVERINE GUARD 2021-2022 |
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The 2021-22 Wolverine Guard Program is going strong! We already have received applications and hours for some students. For those who aren’t familiar with it, WG is a Bellevue High PTSA sponsored award that recognizes students who perform 100+ hours of community service in the 12-month period from May 1st to April 30th of each school year. Students who complete the WG requirements earn a certificate of recognition and who get WG two years during high school, get a special tassel at graduation.
As a reminder: The PTSA WG program is separate from the Bellevue School District's volunteer hours requirement for graduation. However, hours that are earned to meet graduation requirements may also be used to meet WG requirements. You will need to download WG forms off of our website to both record your hours (and get supervisor’s signatures!) and the WG Application form. Thank you to those students who are supporting people through giving your time and energy. You do make a difference!
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Want to learn engineering, programming, or business outreach? Want to build cool robots, and make new friends? Come and check out the robotics club!
Team 949 Wolverine Robotics competes annually in the FIRST Robotics Competition. Wolverine Robotics has competed in every competition since 2002. Typically each year, a game is released in January, in which teams have a limited number of weeks to design, build, and program a robot from scratch. Teams will then proceed on to compete against other teams at various events, all which build up for the World Championships in Houston.
No experience with Robotics? No problem. The team is currently holding training sessions guided by our experienced team mentor on Saturday mornings.
If you are interested, please attend one of the team’s weekly meetings, or contact President Julia Santamaria s-santamariaj@bsd405.org for more information.The team meets on Mondays and Thursdays in room 2312(Mr. Morrow’s room) at 3:30. Anyone is welcome to join!
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BELLEVUE ATHLETICS SCHEDULE
DECEMBER 13TH TO DECEMBER 17TH
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Monday December 13th
Girls JVC Basketball at Issaquah High School 4:00pm
Tuesday December 14th
Boys Swimming & Diving vs. Mercer Island High School @ Mary Wayte Pool, Mercer Island 3:30pm
Girls Varsity Wrestling at Woodinville High School 6:30pm
Boys JVC, Junior Varsity, & Varsity Basketball at Interlake High School JVC 4:00pm, JV 5:40pm, Varsity 7:15pm
Wednesday December 15th
Girls JVC Girls Basketball vs. Mercer Island High School @ Bellevue High School 4:00 pm
Girls Junior Varsity & Varsity Basketball at Interlake High School JV 5:40pm, Varsity 7:15pm
Thursday December 16th
Boys JVC, Junior Varsity, & Varsity Basketball at Mount Rainer High School JVC 4:00pm, JV 5:40pm, Varsity 7:15pm
Boys Swimming & Diving vs. Lindbergh High School at Lindbergh High School Pool 3:00pm
Wrestling at Interlake High School with Sammamish & Liberty High School. 6:00pm & 7:15pm
Friday December 17th
Girls and Boys Junior Varsity & Varsity Basketball vs. Liberty High School @ Bellevue High School GJV 3:30pm, BJV 5:00pm, GVarsity 6:30pm, BVarsity 8:00pm
Saturday December 18th
Boys & Girls Wrestling at Santa Slam Wrestling Invitational @ Juanita High School 9:00am
Boys JVC Basketball vs. Redmond High School @ Bellevue High School 1:00pm
Go Bellevue!!! Be well…
John Hill
Athletic Director
Bellevue High School
425-456-7038
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3A ALL-STATE GIRLS SOCCER TEAMS HONORS |
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Hey Wolverine Fans….
Congratulations to Gabe Bede and Rebekah Roth for being named to the 3A All State Girls Soccer teams!
3A Girls Soccer ALL – State Teams
First Team
Position Name School
GK Hannah Dickensen Lakeside
D Ashley Jones Gig Harbor
D McKenzie Emmons Auburn Riverside
D Gabe Bede Bellevue
D Ella Johnson Lakeside
M Jayce Woodward Seattle Prep
M Ella Hatteburg Gig Harbor
M Lily Paulson Gig Harbor
M Hannah Grey Holy Names
F Samiah Shell Auburn Riverside
F Cate Lewison Lakeside
F Alexa Thoms Gig Harbor
Second Team
Position Name School
GK Catherine Greene Snohomish
D Hilary Parks Gig Harbor
D Andie Miller Lakeside
D Hannah Diseth Capitol
D Ruthie Hammer Snohomish
M Sinead Duffy Peninsula
M Poppy Honeybone Lakeside
M Caroline Penner Capitol
M Sara Rogers Snohomish
F Rebekah Roth Bellevue
F Janae Lewis Peninsula
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Fill out the form below and mail with check, payable to BHS PTSA, mail to:
Bellevue High PTSA Membership, 10416 Wolverine Way, Bellevue WA 98004
Attachment with form;
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CLASS OF 2022 FLOWER POWER FUNDRAISER
FINAL DAY TO ORDER – TOMORROW (12/15)
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All proceeds go towards the All-Night Senior Grad Party!
THANK YOU, BHS community, for your support! You have helped us raise over 85% of our target! The fundraiser closes on Wednesday 12/15. If you would like to participate, you have more day to order some of these beautiful bulbs.
Order deadline: December 15.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AT PACIFIC ART ALLIANCE |
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Description: Pacific Art Alliance (PAA) is a 501C non-profit organization founded by high school students in 2015. Our mission is to utilize art and expression to benefit people who are in need. We provide a source of inspiration, motivation, creativity, and education for children by hosting artistic seminars in schools, libraries, and other public venues. We are inviting more students to join PAA this year and lead the activities including planning events, teaching art seminars, and doing web development etc. If you are interested, please email Alyssa Lin at s-linaly@bsd405.org.
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
ONLINE AFTERSCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS
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Starting in January, UW Youth & Teen Programs is offering these exciting afterschool remote courses for middle and high school students:
Registration closes Dec. 23.
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BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION |
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Help us launch the 2021-2022 school year by participating in bellevue School Foundation's annual fundraising drive. The Foundation's initiatives support 20,000 students, enrolled in 20 schools, and allow all students to achieve higher levels of academic success and social-emotional well-being, regardless of language, gender, race, socioeconomic status, and special needs.
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BELLEVUE BLAST ARTICLE DEADLINE |
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The deadlines for submitting Bellevue Blast articles are as follows:
- School news and PTSA articles – Friday 6 pm deadline
- Athletics and Activities articles – Sunday 6 pm deadline
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PTSA EXECUTIVE BOARD / QUICK LINKS |
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PTSA Presidents
PTSA Vice President Fundraising
PTSA Board
Committee Chairs
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PTSA Vice Presidents Communications
Ellen Wang
PTSA Secretary
PTSA Treasurers
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BHS Administration
Principal:
Asst. Prin: Thomas Gangle
BHS Athletics/ Activities
BHS Main Office
425-456-7000
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Our Address:
10416 Wolverine Way
Bellevue, Washington
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