IS and the ISPTSA are currently seeking the following volunteers:

Please email board@isptsa.org to learn more and sign up. Thank you!

International School Bellevue—Class of 2027 For 6th-Grade Families! 

International School Bellevue—Class of 2024 For 9th-Grade Families!

Please remember to renew your membership, it makes a difference to our school and community. If finances are tight this year, a single membership is a huge support to us. Go to isptsa.org, and sign up to help us reach our next goal of 50% membership. We need about 295 members to make that goal. 

Can't remember whether or not you already renewed? Please contact Meribeth at membership@isptsa.org to find out.

TONIGHT, Monday, December 7, 7:00 PM with Representative Tana Senn, Representative Roger Goodman, and other legislators TBD

There are two opportunities to engage with Legislators from the 41st District. All WSPTA members are welcome! 

We invite people to submit questions in advance to gloosmore@wastatepta.org.

If you have a 5th grade sibling who wants to attend International for 6th grade next year, you must apply during the lottery application window: December 7, 9:00 AM–January 15, 4:30 PM.  Applying during this time guarantees a spot in next year’s 6th grade class. If you apply late, your child will not be able to attend until their 7th grade year, space permitting.

VIRTUAL COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION WEEK—THIS WEEK!

Join us in celebrating Computer Science Education Week virtually!

Are you up for the challenge? Track the number of minutes you spend coding or learning about Computer Science and let’s see how many minutes we get total as a district: https://bit.ly/2I4xM7u 

There are 5 lessons you can complete on your own throughout the week and links to live virtual events for each day from code.org, check them out here: https://wke.lt/w/s/01ZRsL

We are excited to be able to continue to offer school pictures this year. To ensure safety, this will be an outside event that will take place at a different location (not at International School—see below).

Location (not at International School):

Click here for information sheet with critical information.

IS SNOWFLAKE DONATION DRIVE 2020 HAPPENING NOW!

Winter is approaching, the spirit of giving is here, and you know what that means . . . it's Snowflake season! The Snowflake Donation Drive is an annual International School tradition to gather donations for charitable organizations. This year, the needs are high, and we need your participation and support more than ever. We are partnering with Jubilee REACH (physical donations) and Hopelink (online donations) in our own effort to do more for our community. 

Due to COVID-19, Hopelink has decided to exclusively receive our online donations through this fundraising page: IS Hopelink Fundraiser. We have reached our Hopelink goal of $5,000! Thank you to everyone who has been helping and supporting this drive, we can’t believe we reached our goal in such a short amount of time, and we would have not been able to do so without your help. Because we reached it quicker than we expected, we decided to raise our Hopelink goal to $7,000.

Jubilee REACH aids families in our community and through their Groceries for Families program, and we will be collecting physical donations.

The drive-thru days to drop off food at International School are: 

For more information, check out the Snowflake 2020 webpage.

Save the Date for the annual Snowflake Assembly on

Wednesday, December 16, at 10:15 AM to celebrate your support!

There will not be an orchestra event on December 10. In lieu of a live performance, a video performance is currently being created and will be sent out to orchestra families the week before break, so look out for it!

BSD In-Person Drop-In Mental Health Counseling Support for Students Only: Counseling support available on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 12:00–4:00 PM at Highland Middle School. Please complete the Health Check Screening for COVID-19 prior to coming. You may check out the following flyer for more information: BSD In-Person Mental Health Counseling Drop In Support.

BSD Wellness Forums for Families: How to Recognize and Support My Student Experiencing Depression on Wednesday, December 16, 4:00–5:00 PM. Please check out our flyer for more information here BSD Wellness Forums, and the BSD website for more dates and links to join the meetings. More info also below.

BSD Wellness and Resilience Group for High School Students Only: A group to support students in building their resilience and wellness toolkit. Topics include coping with stress & adversity and managing strong emotions. Next meeting dates are Mondays 11/30, 12/7, and 12/14. To sign up, complete this this form. You may check out the following flyer for more information: BSD Wellness and Resilience Group.

The Bellevue School District strives to support our parent community. Mental health continues to top family concerns as we face unprecedented times and unexpected hardships. In partnership with the district counseling program, social-emotional curriculum developers, family engagement team, and community mental health partners, the district is developing another series of forums to inform, support, and empower families on issues of mental health.

All live sessions will be recorded and conducted over TEAMS. Teams Links for each session will be posted on the BSD website and sent out one week prior to session date.

Note: If you missed a previous mental health forum, you can watch the recorded version now. Go to BSD's Mental Health Forum page and click on a past forum to watch the video recording.

Please contact Melissa at sam_mel@yahoo.com with questions.