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The Newsletter of
Bellevue High School PTSA
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MAKE AN IMPACT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN KICKOFF! | |
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BHS PTSA relies on your donations to fund the programs that support our students, staff, and school! Between November 14th and December 15th – please help MAKE AN IMPACT by donating to the PTSA and supporting these important programs! If your company has matching programs please help increase the impact of your gift!
If you have any questions, please email fundraising@bellevuehighptsa.com.
Go Wolverines!
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Are you looking to get involved in the PTSA? We have shuffled a few of our Executive Board positions, and we need a new Secretary for the duration of the 2023/2024 school year.
This is a fantastic way to learn more about the school, learn what is going on, meet other parents, and help the school function smoothly and effectively.
Secretary – PTSA Executive Committee
Responsible for taking meeting minutes at the Board and General meetings.
Distributing meeting minutes after each meeting and following up on action items.
This is a great time to get involved with Bellevue High School!!!
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BHS PTSA MEMBERSHIP PERK! | |
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PTSA Membership Perk!
Did you know another benefit of Bellevue High School PTSA membership is access to our school directory? With secure online or app access, DirectorySpot will be launching in Dec. providing members with student, parent and teacher/staff info as well as class lists. If you have a current membership, be on the lookout for an email with login credentials. And if you still have plans to join, all new and returning parents, guardians, students, staff, and interested community members are invited! It's never too late to PTSA. Your annual membership supports important academic needs, is an active voice on decisions that impact your child's health, safety, and quality of education and helps build a stronger, more inclusive, school community.
Questions? Email: membership@bellevuehighptsa.com.
To sign up go to: http://www.bellevuehighptsa.com/wp/joinptsa/
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PTSA STAFF APPRECIATION EVENT ON DEC 6 | |
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On Wednesday, December 6, the PTSA will be providing pastries together with a hot coffee cart from Bellden Café for the fantastic teachers and staff at Bellevue High.
We invite parents/guardians to please contribute to this event by donating baked or store-bought cookies. Please sign up and bring your cookie donations to the table in the front entrance before school on either Monday (Dec 4) or Tuesday (Dec 5). Sign up for cookie donations here.
We are also looking for volunteers to help on the morning of this event. Sign up to volunteer at this event here.
For any questions please contact Julia Leskauskas (Staff Appreciation Chair) by emailing julial@windermere.com.
Thank you,
PTSA Staff Appreciation Committee
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2nd MULTI-LANGUAGE PRINCIPAL COFFEE MEETING | |
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Topic: College Planning
When: Friday, December 8, 8:15 am – 9:45 am
Where: BHS Library and MS Teams
(link is below)
The 2nd meeting on December will be mainly focused on college planning and school resources.
Dr. Anderson will talk about ACT and SAT, AP classes, Naviance for college planning, High school and Beyond Plan, and so on. Additionally, we will learn the change made on the required standard test after COVID-19 pandemic as well as the details of WA Guaranteed Admission Program.
Interpreters will be available for Chinese-Mandarin, Japanese, and Korean languages.
Multi-Language Coffee Hour, December 8, 2022
Join on your computer, mobile app or room device
Click here to join the meeting
Meeting ID: 215 111 459 769
Passcode: ckzUqs
Download Teams | Join on the web
Or call in (audio only)
+1 206-800-4133,,389590665# United States, Seattle
Phone Conference ID: 389 590 665#
Find a local number | Reset PIN
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I-CONNECT MEETING DEC 12, 12-3pm | |
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I-Connect Service Project Coming in December
All Bellevue High parents and caregivers are invited to join the first PTSA I-Connect community service project. We’re getting in the holiday spirit to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue (BGCB)! “The Big Holiday Wrap-up” takes place Tuesday, December 12, 12:00-3:00 p.m. at the BGCB Lake Hills Clubhouse located at 15228 Lake Hills Blvd. We’ll work together at the gift-wrapping station and wrap items upon request when participants in the Club’s “Adopt-a-Family” program come pick up their presents. Sign up here to be a gift-wrapper.
Each year the BGCB, in partnership with Bellevue LifeSpring, help ensure families have what they need to make the holidays special for their kids through the “Adopt-a-Family” program. Generous individuals and companies donate toys and gift cards to fulfill a participating family’s wishlist. Then at a designated time, the families go to the BGCB Lake Hills Clubhouse to receive their items. We will help make sure every gift goes home looking pretty and festive.
Click here for directions to the Lake Hills Clubhouse. Parking is free in the lot.
If you cannot join us for “The Big Holiday Wrap-up,” please consider donating wrapping supplies that we will use for this community service project: holiday giftwrap (most needed), bows, gift bags, tissue, tape, and scissors. There will be a donation box at the BHS main office. Please drop off materials no later than Friday, December 8.
I-Connect is a community engagement program sponsored by the Bellevue High School PTSA. I-Connect meetings take place monthly and are open to all BHS parents and caregivers, regardless of PTSA membership. Normally meetings are held on campus, but this community service project will take place off-site.
BACKGROUND: The I-Connect concept was born in 2014 when a parent, Asako Yoshimura, and her family moved from Seattle to Medina Elementary School. She felt that as families move into a new school community, whether from across Lake Washington, within the United States, or from abroad, they could always use a friendly place to get to know people and make connections. She saw a need for a place where parents could see each other regularly and were encouraged to speak up. Yoshimura joined with two other moms and created I-Connect, a safe environment to share thoughts and experiences face-to-face so parents could get to know, understand, and support each other. Subsequently, I-Connect offshoots began at Chinook and Odle Middle Schools. In 2017, the Washington State PTA bestowed a “Local PTA and Council Award of Excellence” on the I-Connect program.
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Wolverine Guard (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. Each student who reports 100 or more approved hours will earn the Wolverine Guard Community Service Award. During the last school year, WG had 98 Bellevue High students earn a Wolverine Guard certificate for the 2022-2023 school year!
- ALL BHS students from 9-12 grades are eligible for WG should they meet the requirements.
- Students who earn WG in at least two of their four years at BHS will qualify for a WG Blue/Gold Honor Cord at graduation; students with 4 years of service at BHS will be awarded the WG Distinction Community Service Award.
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Submissions must include WG application, and time log forms. Time logs should include detailed hours and with signed (non-digital) signatures from volunteer coordinators.
- Volunteering is done through a non-profit organization (usually a 501c3 organization).
- The PTSA WG program is separate from the Bellevue School District volunteer hours requirement for graduation. We DO NOT coordinate with Naviance and will only accept Wolverine Guard time logs.
Application is due midnight on April 30th, 2024. No late application will be accepted!
Review guidelines and WG application and time logs at PTSA Wolverine Guard page: https://www.bellevuehighptsa.com/wp/wolverine-guard/.
Any questions, please reach out to Lucille Tam and Michelle Pflaum at wolverineguard@bellevuehighptsa.com.
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BHS COLLEGE/CAREER BULLETIN | |
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Below are some updates from the College and Career Center, if you have questions, want to meet, or need more information just send me an email, Teams Chat, or use the link in my signature to book a meeting.
Wishing you a wonderful long weekend, find time to relax, rest, sleep in, take a deep breath and enjoy spending time with people you care about. So grateful for each of you and what you bring to our BHS community.
Lisa Hansen | College and Career Advisor
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BHS ORCHESTRA BOOSTER CLUB MEETING
- DECEMBER 5th @ 7pm
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Our BHS Orchestra Boosters welcomes all orchestra parents to our next meeting on Tuesday, December 5th at 7 pm in the Orchestra room (1405)
Please join us to hear details about upcoming events, discuss fundraising projects, and meet other parents.
Questions? Email: bellevueorchestra@gmail.com
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BHS CHOIR BOOSTER MEETING | |
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Choir Booster Meeting
Wednesday, December 6 at 7:00PM
The Next Choir Booster Meeting will be held Wednesday, December 6 , 2023 at 7 pm in BHS Room 1405. All Parents of Choir Students are invited to attend. There will be an update on the Together We Sing fundraiser, Sweatshirts, and hear from Mr. Jacobson about the Winter Concert schedule.
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BHS BAND BOOSTER CLUB MEETING | |
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FIRST MONDAY OF EACH MONTH, 7:00PM
Room 1405
All parents of BHS Band students, please join us on the first non-holiday Monday of every month, for a chance to learn more about the Bellevue Band Boosters.
Mr. George and Mr. Harvey share all the ins and outs of BHS Band happenings and news about upcoming performances, special events, fundraising needs, and share how you can help volunteer and support your student and the band program! We have a lot of fun!
Meeting dates are Dec. 4; Jan. 8; Feb. 5, March. 11, April. 1, April. 29, June. 10.
If you have questions, please email bellevueband@gmail.com
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THIS WEEK - Almost, Maine in the Performing Arts Center - DON'T MISS IT!
Come see our talented and hard-working theater students perform the play Almost, Maine starting this Thursday the 30th and running through Saturday the 2nd. Almost, Maine is an engaging comedy about relationships and love. One cold winter night as the northern lights appear overhead, the people of the almost-town called Almost fall in and out of love in all kinds of ways. Watch as strangers become friends, friends become lovers, and lovers become strangers.
Shows will be November 30, December 1, and December 2 at 7 PM in the PAC. Tickets available through Hometown Ticketing for $10 each.
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BHS WINS 3RD PLANCE AT MATH IS COOL REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | |
Over 100 mathletes from 12 high schools in the Seattle region competed at the Math Is Cool High School Championships on October 28, 2023. Bellevue High School's 9th graders, Eric Wu, Kylin Wu, Tess Lin, and William Wu earned 3rd Place Team in the 9-10th Grade Division I. Eric Wu won 3rd Place in the Individual Pre-Calculus Division, while William Wu and Tess Lin placed Top 5 and Top 10 in the Individual Algebra II Division, respectively. The team will advance to represent Bellevue High School at the Math Is Cool Masters Competition and travel across the state to Moses Lake, WA on December 2nd to compete against other regional champions. Math Is Cool is a challenging day-long competition that requires a wide range of problem-solving skills and team collaboration on pressure rounds, College Bowl rounds, mental math, team tests, individual and multiple-choice problems. We wish the team the best of luck in the state final! | |
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Are you ready to dive into a winning experience?
Join the girls' water polo team and make a splash this season! Our practices kick off at the end of February, and we're excited to welcome both students and parents to an informational meeting after the new year. With a remarkable track record, last year's team clinched the division championship and secured a 4th place finish at the state level.
Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity – sign up through Final Forms at https://bellevue-wa.finalforms.com/ and be part of our championship journey!
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ImPACT Test Dates for the BHS 2023/24 Sports Seasons:
No registration needed, just show up – the impact test takes approximately 30 – 45 minutes.
Students will need their BSD laptops for ImPACT testing.
ImPACT Testing will begin at 2:00pm at Bellevue High School – Lower Aux/North Gym – Room 0302
November 29 and December 6, 2023
January 17, 24, 31, February 7, 14, March 6, 13, 20, 27. April 3, 17, 24, May 1, 8, 15, 22 and June 5, 12, 19, 2024
Impact testing is required for Football, Soccer, Divers, Volleyball, Water Polo, Wrestling, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse prior to participating.
Any question please contact Kelli Mayer, BHS Athletics & Activities at mayerk@bsd405.org
The Wolverine Way. It’s Worth the Climb…. We hold high standards.
We embrace the challenge together and support one another along the way.
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BELLEVUE ATHLETICS SCHEDULE NOV 27th TO DEC 2nd | |
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Monday November 27th
NO Events Scheduled
Tuesday November 28th
Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Basketball v. Cedarcrest High School @ Bellevue High School JV 5:40pm, Varsity 7:15pm
Supervisor Jocelyn Alexander
Gym Manager Minh Nguyen
Tickets Cathy Lanning & Debra Andrews
Table Crew Will Linser, Jim Butcher, Dave Sherbrooke, Ben Puariea
Wednesday November 29th
NO Events Scheduled
Thursday November 30th
Boys Swim and Dive v. Liberty High School @ Boehm Pool, Issaquah 4:00pm
Wrestling v. Renton High School and Sammamish High School @ Bellevue High School
Supervisor Cathy Wellington
Gym Manager Minh Nguyen
Tickets Debra Andrews
Friday December 1st
Varsity Football v. Yelm High School ***WIAA 3A State Championship Game*** @ Husky Stadium, Seattle 7:00pm
Supervisors TBD
Saturday December 2nd
Wrestling at Chief Sealth Invitational 8:00am
GO Bellevue!!!
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CHERRY CREST ELEMENTARY SPELLING BEES | |
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Cherry Crest Elementary is hosting our annual Spelling Bees and need your help!
We are looking for high school volunteers who are interested in being the pronouncers and help conduct the 2023-2024 Spelling Bees Competition.
~ No experience required, volunteer hours available.
~ Volunteers’ responsibilities include:
What: Spelling Bees – Preliminary
When: Wednesday, December 6 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm
Where: Cherry Crest Elementary
12400 NE 32nd St, Bellevue, WA 98005
What: Spelling Bees – Finals
When: Wednesday, February 7 at 6:15pm – 8:30pm
Where: Cherry Crest Elementary
12400 NE 32nd St, Bellevue, WA 98005
We look forward to seeing you and appreciate your help!
Cherry Crest PTSA Spelling Bees
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BELLEVUE BLAST ARTICLE DEADLINE | |
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The deadlines for submitting Bellevue Blast articles are as follows:
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School news and PTSA articles – Friday 6 pm deadline
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Athletics and Activities articles – Sunday 6 pm deadline
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PTSA EXECUTIVE BOARD / QUICK LINKS | | |
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Our Address:
10416 Wolverine Way
Bellevue, Washington
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