UPCOMING DATES AND EVENTS |
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THIS WEEK:
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Friday, 10/9 • NO SCHOOL—Professional Development Day
NEXT WEEK:
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Wednesday, 10/14, 9:00–11:00AM • Drop-In College Application Workshop for Class of 2021
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Thursday, 10/15, 6:30–7:30PM • Virtual Junior Parent Night
LOOKING AHEAD:
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Wednesday, 10/28 • Virtual Spirit Week Assembly
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Wednesday, 11/4 • Virtual Veterans Day Assembly
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Wednesday, 11/11 • NO SCHOOL—Veterans Day
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Friday, 11/13 • PTSA Reflections Entries Due
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Thursday–Friday, 11/26–27 • NO SCHOOL—Thanksgiving
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THESE POSITIONS NEED YOU!
IS and the ISPTSA are currently seeking the following volunteers:
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ISPTSA President, current school year
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ISPTSA President Elect, current school year
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ISPTSA VP Communications, current school year
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Grade-Level Representatives, current school year (more info below)
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RAISE THE TORCH FOR THE IS COMMUNITY!
Heading into Curriculum Night last Thursday evening, we were 70.8% of the way to our $15,000 goal for the Fall Fundraiser! Join the over 42 families who have contributed to our campaign! Let’s keep the donations coming!
Choose a support level that works for you: Gold $500, Silver $250, Bronze $100, or define your own amount. For those families who can, we ask you to consider becoming a Titan Torch supporter with a donation of $1,000 or more.
Thank you for your consideration!
Go Titans!
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PTA REFLECTIONS ENTRIES DUE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13
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.
Students in pre-K through grade 12 create original works of art in response to a theme. The theme for the 2020-2021 program year is I Matter Because…
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.
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ISPTSA SEEKING GRADE-LEVEL REPRESENTATIVES
If you are interested in getting to know other parents and family members from your child(ren)'s grade level, this is a perfect volunteer opportunity! Grade-Level Representatives plan grade-level parent/guardian social events, organize parents to support staff appreciation, and act as another channel of information in support of ISPTSA. It's a fun and easy way to support the IS community!
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STAY CONNECTED!
FIND US ON FACEBOOK! Stay connected with the IS Community through one of the Facebook groups (links below)!
Share ideas and ask questions. Keep up-to-date on school, district, and community events and information.
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UNITY DAY IS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
The goal of Unity Day is to promote kindness, acceptance, and inclusion.
We would love to have you and your loved ones participate in our Virtual Unity Day this year! Here are some ideas to show your International School UNITY. You can email counselor Arty Christianto a picture or a video clip of:
- What Unity means to you
- You and/or your loved ones wearing orange
- Unity themed baked goods
- Art, dance, musical, drama pieces about Unity
- Spoken word or poetry
- Unity sidewalk chalk art
- Any other ideas!
Please submit your pictures and clips to Arty Christianto at christiantoa@bsd405.org by Sunday, October 18. She’ll be putting all of your submissions together to share with our community on UNITY DAY.
We hope you participate!
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IS CLASS OF 2021 POINSETTIA & WREATH SALE
For all IS families
It’s that time of year again! The leaves are falling, and the holidays are around the corner. It’s time for our ANNUAL SENIOR CLASS POINSETTIA & WREATH FUNDRAISER!
These beautiful plants make perfect holiday gifts for friends, neighbors, and co-workers! They serve as festive holiday decor—especially this year, when most of us will stay at home for the holidays.
You may also order a poinsettia for a teacher or staff member as a holiday gift! What better way to show your appreciation for all that they do for our IS students every school year? We’ll make sure that all the teachers receive their beautiful plants.
We need your participation! All proceeds go to the IS Senior Class of 2021 and will help with the costs of Graduation activities!
Deadline for orders: Monday, November 5 (the sooner the better)
Pickup: Tuesday, November 24 (time to be announced), at IS (pickup will be organized as a drive-through with safety measures in place)
The Class of 2021 thanks you all for your support!!!
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HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING TRACK OF REMOTE TO IN-PERSON LEARNING PHASES?
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STUDENT NEWS & OPPORTUNITIES |
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YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY
The Bellevue Chamber and the Bellevue School District have partnered over the last several years providing an opportunity for students to consider participating in the Young Entrepreneurs Academy for the middle and high school students in the Bellevue School District. This year, we will begin the virtual class in October and it will run for four weeks. There is an application process and a fee associated with the program. We typically have 15–18 students participate. This year we will run two sessions, one in the fall and one in the spring. Hopefully, we can also have a summer program. The students learn all about the necessary steps to start a business from idea to business plan to pitch to investors. In addition, there is a national competition in the spring for one student to present to national corporate leaders. The applications will be due no later than October 5.
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PARENTS, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FREE CLASSES TAUGHT BY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS?
Hello Everyone, we are Rishi Chilamcharla (Junior at Bellevue High School) and Kaiser Williams (Junior at Bellevue High School), founders of CW Academy.
CW Academy was founded during the COVID-19 pandemic as a platform where children in elementary/middle school can explore STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) and miscellaneous topics through free online courses taught by High School Students. We wanted students to keep learning & find a passion in many popular subjects while they were stuck at home.
So far, we’ve taught over 140 students in less than 90 days. Courses we have taught include introductory python 1, python 2, introductory java, biology, math tutoring, and more. We’ve gotten great feedback from parents and our students!
During the school year, we are going to keep providing free, fun online courses taught by High School students on the weekends. To inform parents about new course offerings and news about CW Academy, we have created a newsletter! When new courses are available, we will email you the newsletter! Click here to be added to our mailing list, or go to www.cwacademybellevue.com for more information!
We hope we can teach and inspire many more children during these unprecedented times!!
CW Academy Team
CW Academy is a 501(c)(3) registered non-profit organization
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FREE SAMMAMISH HIGH SCHOOL PTSA PARENT EDUCATION EVENT
Self-Care & Taking in the Good to Combat Stressors during Remote Learning
THIS Wednesday, October 7, 6:30–8:00 PM via Zoom (register below)
How do we help our teens navigate through these unchartered territories, make sure they are safe, and also maintain social interaction which is critical for mental health? How do we make sure their academic needs are being met and set expectations around this without being too overbearing? How do we balance our family time, work life, school life, and social life?
In this virtual 90 minute interactive seminar, Gina Biegel, LMFT, a psychotherapist, researcher, speaker, and author in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in mindfulness-based work with adolescents and is the founder of Stressed Teens, will guide us through some practical advice and practice to help us find grace and breathing room as we help our teens do the same.
With Gina’s experience working directly with teens, she will share with us her keen understanding of what our teens need most from us right now and best practices for meeting them where they are in ways that invite calm rather than conflict.
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MASTHEAD / DIRECTORY / LINKS |
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President
Azfar Moazzam/OPEN
Secretary
Ann Ross-Clarke
Treasurer 1
Tony Wang
Treasurer 2
Zena Heywood
VP of Communications
OPEN
VP of Community
Melissa Richardson
VP of Fundraising
Emilie Castle
VPs of Outreach
Beverly Ni & Hao Sun
Membership
Meribeth Nordloef-Pedersen
Advocacy
OPEN
Monday Messenger
Julie Molinari/OPEN
Website
Li Zhang
IS Staff Liaison
Marrene Franich & Wesley Hung
PTSA
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SHOP FOR THE BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
Enter Amazon.com through this link and Amazon will donate 8% of every purchase you make to support Bellevue students, including those at IS! Share the link and spread the word to family and friends anywhere.
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SCHOOL DIRECTORY & LINKS
Attendance 425-456-6545
Main Office 425-456-6500
MS Counseling 425-456-6546
HS Counseling 425-456-6542
Registrar 425-456-6535
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SUPPORT YOUR PTSA
Donate Anytime
Write your check to the International School PTSA and send it to:
ISPTSA
445 128th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
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CONFUSED ABOUT SOMETHING?
The ISPTSA is always here to help answer your IS questions.
Email us here, and we'll help you find the answers you need.
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MONDAY MESSENGER
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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Please submit articles by FRIDAY at 12:00 PM (noon) to news@isptsa.org.
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We encourage submissions that align with our mission.
- Submissions are subject to review by the ISPTSA and may be accepted, rejected, or edited.
- Please use a separate email for each article submitted.
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Documents in plain text are preferred, however, you are welcome to include an image or icon as a separate attachment—please do not include them in the body of your email or document.
- If you need to link to a registration form or document, send us either the address of the link or a pdf copy of the document.
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If you would like your article to repeat in successive Monday Messenger editions, please resubmit it for each edition in which you would like it to appear. If you do not resubmit it, it will not be republished.
- Note: you will receive an automatic confirmation email response once you submit material to the Monday Messenger.
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International School PTSA
445 128th Ave. SE
Bellevue, WA 98005
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