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Monday Bugle - Dec 19
IN THIS ISSUE

  • Holiday Gift Card Drive
  • Yearbook Cover Contest - Congratulations!
  • Math Challenge #6
  • Math Challenge Tournament 2022
  • Rockwell Spirit Wear - Ending Dec 31
  • January Recess Volunteers
  • Bellevue Skating Rink Fundraiser
  • Shop for Rockwell - AmazonSmile


IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES

  • Dec 14 - Spirit Day (Cozy/Pajama Day)
  • Dec 19 to Jan 2 - Winter Break
  • Jan 3 - Welcome Back, Beagles!
  • Jan 6 - Coffee with the Principal, Staff Room & Teams 9AM
  • Jan 16 - No School (MLK Jr. Day)

Holiday Gift Card Drive

A HUGE thank you again from the PTA Board for your generosity this holiday season! Our goal has been met and our hearts are full.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from our house to yours!
Yearbook Cover Contest
Congratulations!

Thank you again to all the students who submitted artwork to the Yearbook Cover Contest! We had an amazing turnout!

Principal Clark, Associate Principal Gallagher and Mrs. Hatch loved looking through the pictures, words and themes in this year's entries. Everyone did an incredible job!

Congratulations to the following 5th graders whose images were selected for the front & back covers.

Front Cover: Elena Khatko
Back Cover: Jeffrey Zhou

And of course, all entries will be featured in the Yearbook!
Math Challenge #6
Due by Thursday, January 5th

Thank you to all of you who participated in Math Challenge #5. Congratulations to the following winners:

Chuck Y., Leonardo M., Bella T., Adam C., Mahika R. P., Avyaan Y., Ishee J., Ella L., Shopnil A., David Z., Ava M., Mila Y.

Math challenge #6 is now available HERE.

For this challenge, lucky prize winners will be randomly selected from qualified submissions. Please feel free to try more questions than the minimum required for your grade level to qualify. Grab some friends and family and work on the challenges together!

Once your student completes the challenge, email their paper by the due date to mathchallenge@normanrockwellpta.org

The due date for Math Challenge #6 is Thursday, January 5th.

Please contact us if you have any questions or if you need additional information about this program.

Let the challenge begin!

Pallavi Singh
Stefania Tarantino
Qing Zhou (Jenny)
Math Challenge Tournament 2022

The 2022 National Math Challenge Tournament has now concluded. Great job to all the mathematicians who participated in the Math Challenge Tournament on Saturday, December 3rd. We had 55 students participate under Rockwell's school code. Way to go each one of you, keep up the good work!

Congratulations to the following winners:

Level 2 Division II: Drish D., Imai M., Ethan W., Mahika R., Alisha T.

Level 3 Division I: Ella L.

Level 4 Division I: Bowen Z.

Level 4 Division II: Shopnil A.

Level 5 Division II: Katherine S.

The prizes will be delivered/shipped to school sometime after January 17th, 2023. All students' test results and percentiles have been emailed to individual students. The top 10% scorers have been uploaded to the website at: https://www.ellipsisacademy.com/fall-2022-met-top-scorer.html.

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Pallavi Singh
Stefania Tarantino
Qing Zhou (Jenny)

Rockwell Spirit Wear
Sale Ending

FREE School distribution if you order now until Dec 31, 2022!

Place your orders ASAP!

Grab a cozy hoodie for the cold weather or a t-shirt for later and show your school pride!

A portion of every sale goes towards Rockwell PTA fundraising. Orders placed from now until Dec 31 will be distributed to your child's classroom. Please allow 14+ days from the end of the campaign. Thank you for understanding.

Questions? Please email Janet at fundraising@normanrockwellpta.org

Order HERE

Instructions:
  1. Customer Information - enter your CHILD'S name and teacher following the diagram below
  2. Delivery - select "pick up" -> "pick up at school - FREE" and click save
  3. Payment - adults can enter their name and payment info


January Recess Volunteers Needed

A new month means a new recess wrangler sign up! This is an ongoing volunteer opportunity; you may sign up for as many shifts as you wish!

We need 6-8 volunteers helping every day at morning recess and lunch recess shifts from 12:15PM - 1:20PM. You can sign up for an entire shift or part of a shift.

We also need lunchroom helpers every day from 11:55AM - 1:00PM.

New and Experienced Recess Wranglers: Your help during recess is greatly appreciated by the staff. Sign up for a January recess time here.


PLEASE NOTE: You must be an approved LWSD volunteer (you can apply HERE if you're not already a registered volunteer).

If you have any questions, please email Sri at volunteering@normanrockwellpta.org
Bellevue Skating Rink Fundraiser
Brrr, it's getting cold outside!
Join us at the skating rink from now until January 8th, 2023

Looking for a fun activity to do this winter season? Visit Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink, the region's largest covered open-air ice-skating rink. The ice rink is a temporary structure at the Bellevue Downtown Park in Downtown Bellevue, and a production by the Bellevue Downtown Association, a non-profit organization.

Be sure to mention "Norman Rockwell" to rink staff upon arrival, and we receive $3 for every paying visitor. Admission/reservations can be made ONLINE. Please check them out. Plan a fun winter break outing with your family, friends or classmates!
Shop for Rockwell!

The holidays are fast approaching! Did you know that your purchases can make a difference?

You can help raise school funds by simply shopping through Rockwell's AmazonSmile Link. Be sure to bookmark this link for all of your shopping year-round!

AmazonSmile donates 0.5% of purchase prices (of eligible purchases) to Norman Rockwell PTA (Lake Washington Council) 2.8.47 when you do your shopping. IT'S THAT SIMPLE!

Thank you for your support! And Happy Holidays!
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