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The Newsletter of
Bellevue High School PTSA
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Great news! In the first three weeks of our fundraising campaign, we already raised over $18582! 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. Our goal this year is to raise $70,000. Every donation, no matter the size, will help. Donate today and Make an Impact!
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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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SIGN UP FOR PTSA MEMBERSHIP |
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HIGH PARENTAL SUPPORT = HIGH ACADEMIC SUCCESS -
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One of the greatest determining factors in academic success is parental involvement.
Your participation and membership have a direct impact on students’ success at school!
Make Bellevue High School Strong – Join the PTSA
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PTSA PARENT EDUCATION SESSION
NOVEMBER 2ND AT 6PM
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Early Decision or Early Action? Test Optional or Test Blind? How to write a great main essay and supplemental essays? What about your activities list?
It’s college application time for Seniors, and we know Juniors (and maybe Sophomores and Freshman!) are already starting to plan for college. There is a lot to digest, and parents often have a lot of questions about the application process, especially how things continue to change with COVID. To help answer questions that many parents have, the PTSA is hosting a parent education session with special guest Jo Golden from NYU’s Center for Career Development.
When: November 2nd at 6:00 pm
If you can’t make it don’t worry, the session will be recorded and available for viewing!
We hope to see you there!
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STAFF APPRECIATION LUNCHEON |
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Dear BHS Families,
Thank you so much for your generous donation for our Staff Appreciation Luncheon hosted on Oct. 19th.
See below Thank you note from our teacher/staff:
Bellevue High PTSA, Parents, you truly are amazing! You go above and beyond for our school, staff, and community. Thank you for supporting us, caring for us, and helping us. The lunch was delicious. Your time, hard work, and thoughtfulness are very much appreciated.
Special thanks to our participants:
Taste of Xi'an Xiong Wang Sandi Plenge
Jungmin Kang Stephanie Dash Mas Jacobsen
Carolina De Torres Hyun Jin Kwon Jennifer LaMoria
Hyon Chang Danielle Fisher Susy Wilson
Kelli Jardine Angela Ayres Joanne Wong
Yan He Kerry Hill Erkang Hu
Nancy Chan Chunfang Xu Krista Hughes
Mei Lu Lily Yuhong Li Mas Jacobsen
Jessica Kato Amy Tsai Olivia Yu
In Yung Kim Chunfang Xu Lily Xu
Sungyun Choi
Thanks to our volunteers:
Helen, Yanyan, Helen Bai, Wendy Han, Lily Yuhong Li, Ling Chang, Yu Tao, Cong Liu, Erkang Hu, Qing Chen.
Staff Appreciation Luncheon Co-chairs:
Hyun Jin Kwon & Qiuya(Rachel) Li
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NOW OPEN:FALL 2022 BHS PTSA GRANTS CYCLE |
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The Fall 2022 BHS PTSA grants cycle is open; we are looking forward to your grant submissions. The BHS PTSA offers grants for items or opportunities that
enhance the student experience. We encourage requests from anyone within the BHS community, including student clubs, student activities, athletic organizations and educational / administrative departments.
** Grant submissions are due Friday, November 11, 2022 at 3 PM
Grants Committee Advisory Meeting: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (3:45 PM - 5:45 PM)
Grants Committee Allocation Meeting: Thursday, November 17, 2022 (8:30 AM - 10:30 AM)
For additional Grants program information contact Leslie Feller
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Explore the Arts and Express Yourself
Reflections is a National PTA arts recognition
program that helps students explore their own
thoughts, feelings and ideas, develop artistic
literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for
learning that will help them become more
successful not only in school, but in life.
The theme for the 2022-2023 program year
is Show Your Voice. Students submit their
completed works of art in one or all of the available
arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music
Composition, Photography, Visual Arts.
Deadline for submitting your entries is Monday, November 14, 2022, 6 PM.
Jen Wong / Su An / Wendy Han
PTSA Reflections Co-chairs
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LOOKING FOR A NEW BLAST EDITOR! |
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Opening for PTSA Co Vice-President of Communications
Bellevue Parents! Do you love connecting people, sharing crucial information with the community, and staying up-to-date on what’s going on with BHS? Are you hoping to get more involved with the BHS community? Do you enjoy reading this newsletter every week? Then we have the perfect role for you! The PTSA is looking for a Co-VP of communications to help with the Bellevue Blast and to innovate on additional ways to keep our parents and community informed on school and PTSA activities. If you are interested or would like to talk more about this role please reach out to Rebekah and Jaclyn at Presidents@bellevuehighptsa.com.
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COLLEGE VISITS FOR THE WEEK OF 10/25 |
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Here are the colleges visiting BHS(10/25-10/31). No sign up necessary this is a drop in session.
- 25: University of Richmond, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 25: Harvey Mudd College, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 25: Pepperdine University, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 25: University of Massachusetts, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: Purdue University, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: Fordham University, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: Drexel University, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: Rochester Institute of Technology, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: The New School, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 26: Vassar College, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 27: Illinois Institute of Technology, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 27: Pennsylvania State University, 7:25 am virtual
- 27: University of California- Santa Barbara, 3:00 pm virtual visit
- 31: University of New Hampshire, 7:25 am BHS Library
- 31: University of Tennessee, 3:00 pm virtual visit
- 31: Paul Smith College, 3:00 pm virtual visit
Thank you!
Lisa Hansen | College and Career Advisor
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LAST DAY TO DONATE TO THE CLASS OF 2024 FALL FUNDRAISER + PARENT PARTY RECAP |
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THANK YOU TO THE 73 FAMILIES WHO HAVE HELPED US RAISE $13,000!
This campaign has been a huge success and we thank you for helping our class to have such a strong start! TODAY is the last day to donate to our Fall Fundraiser – if you haven’t donated yet, please donate today! As a reminder, we are asking for $125 per student to support Class of 2024 graduation events, including Grad Night, Baccalaureate, Senior Breakfast and Prom. No amount is too big or too small - every dollar counts – and your student will benefit from your contribution!
19% of families have already contributed – THANK YOU to the families below for their support!
$1,000: Hughes, Leland $500: Feller, Morgan, Sapp
$150 - $250: Audia, Colby, Fancey, Gese, Halvorsen, Han, Ingalls, Isdith, Lewison, Li, Little, Mayes, Millen, Rensch, Rohde, Sevier, Tanase, Whitten, Wilson, Wong
$125 and under: Bakkal, Bede, Birkeland, Borberg, Corsi, Cunnington, Feng, Fitzpatrick, Gulrajani, Justus Kang, Kouidri, Kratovich, LaMoria, Li, Liffick, McDermott, Min, Moorr, Naini, Nair, Okubo, Park, Patout, Pendergast, Pfeiffer, Pujol Boe, Quinn, Ramos, Razore, Reynolds, Rubin, Saraiya, Serres, Sheppard, Sodergren, Stolte, Strandell, Tang, Thaut, Trilles, Tsai, Uyematsu, Whiting, Wong, Wu, Wyatt
For Class of 2024 information, visit our web page and follow us on Instagram at Bellevue2024.
PARENT PARTY SUCCESS!
Parents had a great time coming together to see friends, meet new people, ask questions, and celebrate our fundraising success! It was great to have the opportunity to gather and we will look at additional ways to connect over the next year and a half. Thank you for being such an amazing group of parents!
Kim Millen & Leslie Feller, BHS Class of 2024 Parent Leads
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MUSIC BOOSTERS HOLIDAY GREENERY FUNDRAISER |
Our BHS Music Boosters Holiday Greenery Fundraiser is back, and we're helping our Band/Choir/Orchestra students raise funds for their combined trip to Disneyland in March 2023--their first trip since 2019! Once again, we are partnering with Sherwood Forest Farms in Lacey and will be offering a fresh, fragrant 28" evergreen wreath and a lovely evergreen table centerpiece for local delivery. Additionally, we will offer an extended range of items for direct delivery anywhere within the contiguous 48 states. Please check out our sales webpage at www.sherwoodfundraiser.com/BHSMusicBoosters2022.
Sales begin on Monday, October 17. The last day to order is Monday, October 31. Our BHS Music students will pick up local orders at BHS on Friday, November 18 and make local deliveries then. Our direct delivery option makes it easy for you to order greenery and/or gifts for out-of-town relatives and have items delivered directly to them OR for Grandma in Florida to go to our webpage and order a wreath for herself. Share our sales webpage link with family and friends!
Thank you for supporting our BHS Music students. All funds raised will assist our Band/Choir/Orchestra students in defraying their Disneyland trip costs. Go, Bellevue!
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Get into the spirit of Halloween and come watch the theater department’s fantastic fall show: Dracula. Admission includes entrance to the Haunted Museum in the lobby of the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $10 at the door OR online. Online tickets can be found with other school purchases (https://wa-bellevue.intouchreceipting.com/) in the theater category and guests from outside the district can create a guest account (https://wa-bellevue.intouchreceipting.com/signup). Online tickets must be purchased by 3:00 PM Friday the 28th.
Shows are as follows:
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Thursday, October 27th at 7 PM
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Friday, October 28th at 4:30 PM (Come before the home football game!)
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Saturday, October 29th at 7 PM
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Programming Club is looking for new members! If your student is interested in computer science, projects, or working with friends, tell them to join Programming Club! Our first meeting will be on Friday, October 28th at 3pm in Mr. George’s room (0104). Don’t miss it!
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BELLEVUE MACHINE LEARNING CLUB |
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Welcome to the Bellevue Machine Learning Club! Machine Learning is a hot sector right now and you can see firsthand where all the hype is coming from. This year, we will teach you all the basics of machine learning theory, and then you will code it in a club project. This project will aim to help students and staff around the school, and will be implemented firsthand. There will also be guest speakers with years of practical knowledge that will talk about how they have used machine learning in their workspace. No prior programming or machine learning knowledge is required, but Python knowledge will be helpful. Meetings will be every Monday from 3:00-4:00, in room 1127. See you there!
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BELLEVUE CHEER POINSETTIA FUNDRAISER |
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OPEN GYM AND OPEN WEIGHT ROOM |
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BHS Athletics are offering OPEN Gym and OPEN Weight Room until November 10th!
*Additional dates and times added below
Tuesday and Thursday in the Weight Room from 3:30pm-4:30pm and 7pm–9pm
Wednesday in the Weight Room from 1:30pm-2:30pm
Wednesday in Main Gym & Lower (North) Aux 7pm – 9pm
OPEN Gym and Weight Room will be supervised by BHS Girls Basketball Coach Witherspoon & Coach Edwards
OPEN GYM - Schools may conduct open athletic facilities (gym, pools, field, and track) in the off season if all of the following conditions are met:
17.8.1 The program is part of the school district organized recreational or activity program
17.8.2 Activities are open and advertised to all members of the student body of that school
17.8.3 Students have a choice of activities
17.8.4 No coaching or drilling of the athletes attending occurs
17.8.5 Supervision is provided by any individual approved by the school district
17.8.6 Participation in open gym cannot be a requirement or condition of participation on a school team.
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BHS GIRLS SOCCER SENIOR NIGHT |
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BELLEVUE ATHLETICS SCHEDULE
OCT. 24TH TO OCT. 29TH
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Monday Oct. 24th
Girls JVC v. Mercer Island High School @ Bellevue High School 7:30pm
Boys Varsity Golf at Seaking District Tournament
Tuesday Oct. 25th
Girls JVC, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball at Juanita High School JVC 5:15pm, JV 5:15pm, Varsity 7:00pm
Boys Water Polo v. Curtis High School at Edgebrook Swimming Club 8:30pm
Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Soccer at Mercer Island High School JV 5:30pm, Varsity 7:30pm
Marching Band Practice @ Bellevue High School Stadium 7:00pm
Wednesday Oct. 26th
Girls JVC Soccer at Liberty High School 4:00pm
Frosh Football v. O’Dea High School @ Bellevue High School 4:00pm
Thursday Oct. 27th
Boys and Girls Cross Country at Seaking District Championship Meet at Lower Woodland Park, Seattle Boys 2:30pm, Girls 3:15pm
Girls JVC, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball v. Liberty High School @ Bellevue High School JVC 5:15pm, JV 5:15pm, Varsity 7:00pm
Supervisor Thomas Gangle
Gym Manager Minh Nguyen
Tickets Debra Andrews & Israel Perez
Scoreboard Jerry Iseman
Girls Junior Varsity and Varsity Soccer v. Liberty High School @ Bellevue High School JV 5:30pm, Varsity 7:30pm
Supervisor John Hill
Stadium Manager Minh Nguyen
Tickets Cathy Lanning
Scoreboard Minh Nguyen
Boys Water Polo v. Newport High School at Edgebrook Swimming Club 8:15pm
Friday Oct. 28th
Varsity Football v. Hazen High School 7:00pm
Supervisor Vic Anderson, Katie Klug, Thomas Gangle, John Hill, Jess Moyer
Stadium Manager Minh Nguyen
Pass Gate Michel Stanelun, Jerry Iseman, Jory Hamilton
East Ticket Gate Leslie Farquhar, Israel Perez, Cathy Lanning
West Ticket Gate Tammi Riggers, Deb Andrews
Upper Emergency Gate Mark Morrow
South Emergency Gate Jeff Cato
Announcer Will Linser
Spotter Conor Corum or Kristen Bennett
Scoreboard and Clock Dave Sherbrook & Greg Pardee
Chain Gang Tony Gilbreath and Crew
Girls Swimming at Kingco Conference Championship Meet – Mary Wayte Pool, Mercer Island
Saturday Oct. 29th
Girls Swimming at Kingco Conference Championship Meet – Mary Wayte Pool, Mercer Island
Congratulations to Daniel Kim – 3A Kingco Conference Singles Tennis Champion!!!
Go Bellevue!!! Be well….
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BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION SPIRIT WEEK! |
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BSF Spirit Week is a district-wide celebration to raise funding and awareness for the critical programs supported by the Foundation. This year, BSF is distributing $800,000 to the 30 public schools in Bellevue. To learn more about what programming is supported, click here. We invite every community member to join us in this celebration with a donation—an investment in the 18,000+ students in the Bellevue School District.
Monday, October 31st: Trick or Treat
Tuesday, Nov 1st: Click-a-thon Begins
Wednesday, Nov 2nd: Sticker + Selfie Day
Thursday, Nov 3rd: Click-a-thon Ends
Friday, Nov 4th: Mosaic Reveal
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NATIONAL PTA'S 2023-2025 PUBLIC POLICY PLATFORM |
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Every two years, National PTA outlines a set of new public policy priorities to advance our mission of making every child’s potential a reality at the national and federal level.
We need your ideas and input! What is important to families in your state or local school community? What issues do you see on the horizon? Please provide feedback through this short survey to help inform National PTA's development of our 2023-2025 Public Policy Platform this fall and ahead of the 118th U.S. Congress which starts in January 2023.
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Mark your calendar! The 36th annual Newport High School Ski Swap will be on November 11-12. Clear out your garage and bring your snow sport gear to sell at the swap. There will be several retail ski vendors selling new gear as well. You can find thousands of items available at unbelievable deals! Skis, snowboards, boots, poles, jackets, pants and more! See attached flyer or visit www.newportskiswap.com for more information. Sponsored by the NHS PTSA.
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FREE TUTORING SERVICE BY PATHWAY FOUNDATION |
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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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PTSA Presidents
PTSA Vice President Fundraising
PTSA Board
Committee Chairs
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PTSA Vice Presidents Communications
Aina Eun Lee
PTSA Secretary
Krista Heys
PTSA Treasurers
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BHS Administration
Principal:
BHS Athletics/ Activities
BHS Main Office
425-456-7000
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Our Address:
10416 Wolverine Way
Bellevue, Washington
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