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The Newsletter of
Bellevue High School PTSA
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We still have a few more editions of the Blast coming - this year the last edition will be on June 29th, 2021.
In preparation for the 2021-2022 school year, the BHS PTSA Board wants to continue to improve our communication with our BHS community. Please take a moment to take this survey and provide your inputs.
We would also like to send a special THANK YOU!!! to the parents and students who spend hours each week translating the Blast into Chinese, Japanese, and Korean so that we can reach even more members of our community. Your hard work, dedication, and amazing positivity reflect the best of this community which we are proud to support.
Chinese Translation Team:
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Japanese Translation Team:
Rachael Engen
Evan Glatz
Masaki Niitsuma
Naoki Niitsuma
Hana Okubo
Hinana Takashima
Kaiser Williams
Uina Yamaguchi
Ayano Yamaji
Parent volunteer:
Kayo Yamaji
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Korean Translation Team:
Lorraine Cha
Ernest Chae
Wiliam Chang
Leo Choi
Eugenia Chung
Kelly Hong
Sienna Hwang
Marie Kang
Andrew Kim
Ashley Kim
Nicole Kim
Darren Koo
Matthew Kwon
Joanna Lee
Yoona Oh
Grace Park
Gloria Shin
Audrey Shim
Esther Yoon
Parent volunteers:
Jin Chae
Myonghee Lee
Eunsu Na
Ellen Wang
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The mission of the PTSA is to make every child’s potential a reality. The BHS PTSA has a great Executive Board and many wonderful volunteers working together to help our school community achieve this mission.
One of the best ways to get involved in your kids’ school life is to volunteer in our PTSA. Currently we have several open positions for the 2021-2022 school year.
Please feel free to contact our PTSA co-presidents to get to know the position.
Open Positions for BHS PTSA of the year 2021-2022
Executive Board Member
- Secretary (1 opening)
Other Board Members and Chairs
- Nominating Committee (3 openings)
- Wolverine Guard Assistant (1 opening)
- Legislative Representative (1 opening)
- Hospitality (1 opening)
- Staff and PTSA Awards (1 opening)
Bellevue High PTSA
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OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR AWARDS |
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The following educators have earned the Outstanding Educator Award from the Washington State PTA for the 2020-2021 school year. We are thrilled to recognize these wonderful educators!
Mr. Anthony Marble
Mr. Marble has been an inspiration to the BHS community: his focus on students during the pandemic, and the thoughtful way he reassured students and answered questions and clarified district communication for parents. He was a staunch advocate for quality education for BHS students and served as a grounded voice of reason during a difficult year.
Mr. Edd George and Mr. Will Harvey
In a year when Jazz Band was not allowed to be a graded class, Mr. Harvey and Mr. George chose to run it as a club and put in the same amount of time and effort as if it were a class, meeting 8th period, twice a week, all year. Their dedication to this group of kids was spectacular. Mr. Harvey and Mr. George have continually found ways to engage the students and figure out ways for the students to play "together," consistently showing tremendous enthusiasm this year, both in online classes and in hybrid. Putting together a piece of music from individual tracks takes an amazing amount of time, but these teachers did it to make band seem “normal” when nothing else this year did.
Mrs. Leigh Nelson
Mrs. Nelson displayed an outstanding level of commitment, dedication and positivity during these challenging times. She embraced the one-on-one Teams weekly meeting with her students, bringing energy and humor. In addition, Mrs. Nelson initiated a letter-writing campaign with the goal of having every student at BHS receive a hand-written note of support from a teacher during the fall/winter quarter to support and encourage the students during the most difficult part of the pandemic school year.
Mr. John Hill
Mr. Hill consistently found ways to allow student involvement in sports by creating socially distanced workouts and training during the fall. He checked students at fields and courts all over West Bellevue, regularly staying late at night to ensure things flowed smoothly so students could participate. As Athletic Director, Mr. Hill faced the monumental task of cramming three sports seasons into three months and pulled it off with great success!
Mr. Steven Blatt
Mr. Blatt showed great dedication and devotion to students. For those who have fell behind, he set up Teams meetings to explain in detail what the students needed to focus on and how to catch up. He is devoted to his students’ learning and success. His caring and professionalism has been inspirational to them all.
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WOLVERINE GUARD 2020-21 SUMMARY |
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We are happy to report that despite there being a global pandemic for the entire Wolverine Guard cycle for this past year, 83 BHS students have earned Wolverine Guard!
For those who aren’t aware, 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.
This year’s 83 WG recipients performed a total of 9370.5 hours of community service for the year! This is quite impressive, especially given the challenges that COVID-19 brought upon all of us! All 83 WG recipients are listed below.
We want to draw special attention to the five seniors who have completed Wolverine Guard for all four years of high school! They are noted below. Two of those seniors, Ethan Lee and Andrea Luis, have written statements to highlight a favorite aspect of their WG experience over their four years at BHS. You will find links to those below.
Thank you to all who participated in WG for 2020-21. This was a year of tremendous need and each of you stepped up in a myriad of different ways to help! We are so grateful for your service and your example!
Best wishes,
Nancy Gese and Annie Roth
BHS WG co-chairs 2020-21
PS Wolverine Guard recipients – in recognition of your accomplishment, you will be receiving a WG certificate. Please be watching your BSD email in the next couple of weeks for a PDF attachment of your certificate. Thank you!
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Wolverine Guard Recipients 2020-21 |
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Class of 2021:
Betemariyam Gessesse
Ethan Lee*
Andrea Luis*
Carlos Marquez
Tyler Nelson*
Jo Ponto
Gracie Scribner
John Van Horn
Cameron White*
Heather Wu*
*Four-year Wolverine Guard recipients
Class of 2022:
John Baker
Ernest Chae
Alex Cho
YiLin Choi
Fernando de Torres
Megan Dedmon
Cole Ederer
Emily Furr
Kaiser Williams
Noelle Keto
Ashley Kim
Ella Kim
Jiyong Kim
Matthew Kwon
Andrew Lee
Jessica Lee
Joanna Lee
Rena Lee
Martin Li
Amy Lu
Lauren Maring
Owen Mead
Brooke Moloney
Britt Nordstrom
Ellie O'Hara
Yoona Oh
Grace Park
Josie Quinn
Rebekah Roth
Audrey Shim
Trudy Silver
Kaili Tam
Allie Van Appledorn
Maggie Wang
Emi Williams
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Class of 2023:
Athena Bao
David Chang
Sonali Dash
Graham Ederer
Joon Eom
Mary Fisher
Allison Hall
Emma Huang
Jungho Park
Alicia Siebers
Blane Stauffer
JC Van Appledorn
Grant Wilwerding
Ayano Yamaji
Esther Yoon
Class of 2024:
William Chang
Ivy Chen
Leo Choi
Tara Cunnington
Guy Gese
Steven Gese
Elsa Gui
Sienna Hwang
Ben Jack
Safiyah Khan
Hailey Kim
Nicole Kim
Nathan Kwon
Richard Li
Kaia Liffick
Michael Masters
Elyse Morris
Rohan Saraiya
Philip Tang
Kosha Upadhyay
Alice Wang
Amy Zhang
Kate Zhou
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WEIGHT ROOM FUNDRAISING 2021 |
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Dear WOLVERINE Community,
We are sooooo close to our goal!!! We have asked our community for support to raise funds for a new gym build out at BHS. To date we have raised $90,000. We have just $10,000 left to raise for the targeted gym improvements! Monies raised will go to complete upgrades to the walls, ceiling, weights, equipment, and necessary other pieces to make a BHS Wolverine Spirited workout gym.
The Bellevue Sports Boards have planned together to improve the BHS weight room for all 1500+ students attending BHS. Working side-by-side, BSD & the various sports & school programs want to make sure the fitness center is outfitted to support each and every student. To date 20+ BHS Sports Boards, BSD and doners have raised over $90,000. To make the targeted improvements requested the financial goal was set at $100,000.
Send a check made out to “Bellevue Football Club” to save on 2.2% fees and indicate Weight Room Project on your check: PO Box 105, Medina, WA 98039
*All donor names will be displayed on a plaque in the new weight room facility. *
The Bellevue High School Athletic Boards
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The BHS varsity softball team finished their amazing 2021 season undefeated, with an 11 – 0 record. In dominating fashion, they outscored their opponents 150 runs to only 16 runs.
Ace pitcher Rachel Treves threw every pitch for the varsity squad this season and finished with an incredible 111 strikeouts and an ERA at 1.29.
Offensively, Claire Seats led the team in batting average (.513), hits (20), home runs (5), and RBI’s (30).
In was truly a special season and we are already looking forward to next year!
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Here are this week's Family Graduation Events:
Senior Salute (June 16th, 1pm - 3pm)
Amazing news! This student event will be streamed live from BHS Stadium! Parents and families, don't miss seeing the class awards and seniors looking their finest. You can watch the event by subscribing to the NFHS network. The cost is $10.99 unless you already have a monthly pass. Watch Senior Salute here.
WOLVERINE RIDE (June 17th, 7pm - 8:30pm)
Please join us as we celebrate our Seniors and their last Ride through Bellevue High's campus. Arrive no later than 6:45pm and park in Parent Parking areas. Head down to the Family Zone on Wolverine Way and cheer on every Senior as they drive by. Additional details and map can be found here. For non-Class of 2021 BHS community members, head over to Old Main Street and make reservations at your favorite restaurant. When you see a Class of 2021 car drive by, be sure to make lots of noise and cheer them on!
FAMILY PHOTOS (June 20th and 21st, 4pm - 8pm)
Grab your grad and get your photos by appointment - free of charge! Professional photographers will be available on campus to take a photo of your graduate in their cap & gown along with family members in your household if desired. Digital images will be provided to you for download at no cost. Please reserve your family spot today! Sign up here.
Thank you!
Stephanie Dash and Thien-Di Do
Class of 2021 Parent Advisors
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DIPLOMA/TICKET DISTRIBUTION |
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Graduation tickets, graduation programs, and diplomas will be available for student or parent pick-up from 10:30-12:00, June 21st outside the PAC Foyer. Also available will be any remaining caps/gowns and cords. Diplomas will not be mailed home this year.
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Class of 2022 Fundraiser
Hey junior parents! As we rapidly approach summer, the junior class officers are closing off the year with a Touchbase fundraiser from May 31st to June 11th. Simply use the link below and you will be taken to a donation page on Touchbase. Under “I want to donate to”, select ASB class of 2022 to donate any amount of money to the junior class. We know many of you donated to our Touchbase fundraiser in January and we cannot express our gratitude enough! If you did not, this is another opportunity to support your students. As it seems like we will be able to have a relatively normal senior year, we want to make it as memorable as possible, particularly by putting together the best prom we can! All of your money goes towards this goal. We greatly appreciate any amount you can donate! Thank you for your endless support throughout this weird time.
If your company matches donations: use Benevity to log in to your portal to request matching gifts with your donation. Make sure to add a note designating the donation as one for this fundraiser for the class of 2022.
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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
PTSA Secretary
PTSA Treasurers
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BHS Administration
Principal:
Asst. Prin: Thomas Gangle
BHS Athletics/ Activities
Athletic Trainer: Andrew Chan
BHS Main Office
425-456-7000
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Our Address:
10416 Wolverine Way
Bellevue, Washington
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