Week of March 24, 2024

March 28 - Hygiene Drive Ends

March 28-30 - RHS Drama Department Presents Radium Girls

April 8-12 - No School - Spring Break

April 17 - Redmond High School PTSA Scholarships Due

April 24 - Hanging Basket Order Deadline

RHS PTSA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Platinum Membership Growth Award recipient! PTSAs are presented with this award for enrolling at least 20% more members this year than last year. That means our PTSA growth has been truly exceptional! Thank you to everyone who has become a member so far this year: YOU are the reason our PTSA achieved this award! 

Be sure to remember to re-join the RHS PTSA every new school year as your current-year membership does not rollover. By doing so, you will be demonstrating your support for our PTSA and all it does for Redmond High School year after year.

Thursday is the last day to get in your donations for our hygiene drive. Between Friday, March 1 to Thursday, March 28, 2024, the RHS PTSA is hosting a hygiene drive in cooperation with Communities in Schools. See the attached flyers for a list of needed items. Let’s fill the bin by the main office with your donations in the next 4 days!

You can also browse and purchase items from the 2024 Hygiene Drive Amazon Wishlist. If you’re interested in making a monetary donation to support our 2024 Personal Hygiene Drive, click here. Thank you for supporting Communities In Schools of Greater King County.

Join the 2024-25 RHS PTSA Board

Are you looking for an opportunity to get more involved at RHS? Are you passionate about advocating for our students and helping to create programs and events that help them succeed? This is your opportunity to get involved! Redmond HS PTSA will be electing new board members for the 2024-2025 school year and we would love for you to join us.

The following positions are open:

President

Co-treasurer

VP Membership

VP Hospitality

We also have some smaller (but just as important) chair positions open too. If you would like to be a part of a board of dedicated volunteers that partners with the school, the district, and the community to build and create inclusive programs and events, or if you know of someone who might want to join, please send an email to the Nominating Committee.

For full descriptions of the positions, or if you have questions reach out to nominations@redmondhsptsa.org.

Redmond High School PTSA Scholarships

The Redmond High School PTSA is thrilled to announce scholarships worth $1,000 for deserving seniors in the class of 2024. Selection is based on various criteria, such as involvement in extracurricular and community service activities, academic excellence, motivation, future goals, as well as any unique life challenges. 

To apply, candidates must complete the scholarship form, respond to short-answer questions, provide a copy of their high school transcript, and submit two letters of recommendation, with at least one coming from a RHS faculty member. 

All materials can be submitted to scholarships@redmondhsptsa.org. 

Further details are available here.

The application deadline is Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Brighten your garden with a beautiful hanging basket. We are excited to offer beautiful Van Wingerden Greenhouses premium 12" hanging baskets for either sun or shade. View our flyer to see some images of previous baskets.

Order by Wednesday, April 24 and baskets will be available for pick up on Saturday, May 4 at the Spring Arts Fair. Thank you for supporting our Grad Night Celebration fundraisers.

Buy your Grad Night Celebration tickets by April 30 before prices go up. Details can be found on the Grad Night Celebration page on our website.

Tickets for Radium Girls On Sale Now!

The RHS Drama Dept is pleased to bring you the true story of the Radium Girls from Thursday, March 28-Saturday, March 30. After the young women painting luminescent watch faces with radium in a factory fell ill with horrific and disfiguring diseases, young Grace Fryer took on the factory, and even her friends and family, to seek the truth about radium and obtain justice for the harms it caused.

Four shows:

Thursday, March 28 at 7pm

Friday, March 29 at 7pm

Saturday, March 30 at 2pm and 7pm

**The role of Grace is double-cast.

**The play contains some dark themes, including death.

**Tickets are available for purchase here or through the RHS HomeTown Ticketing App.

Join us for a critical and empowering session designed for parents, tweens, and teens, focusing on the vital topic of suicide awareness and how to effectively support peers in crisis. We will talk about the L.E.A.R.N. steps to take (Look, Empathize, Ask, Reduce, Next), what to say, and what happens after you take those steps. Discover how the “body budget” concept can transform your family dynamics. Gain insights for fostering respect and cooperation at home. Learn practical, stress-free strategies to bolster your child’s mental and emotional well-being - no special skills needed!

Register here.

Wednesday, April 3 from 7-8pm over Zoom.

College and Career Center March Events

Monday, March 25, Military Rep Visits- During BOTH lunches

• U.S. Navy

• U.S. Marines

• WA Army National Guard

• Air Force

Wednesday, March 27, Fieldtrip to DigiPen Institute of Technology

Thursday, March 28, Marines Scholarship Info Session for Juniors during HERD Support (Sign up in FlexiSched under College and Career Center)

$$ Scholarships with Upcoming Deadlines $$

Here is a list of scholarships with upcoming deadlines. Many scholarships require Letters of Recommendation so it's important to ask for these early on. You can request a generic LOR for scholarships and use it for all the applications that require one. Scholarships are stackable and do not affect your federal/state aid so apply to as many as you are eligible for. Check the CCC webpage for details and information for each scholarship under the Scholarship Deadline Calendar!



2024 Norm Manly Maritime Education Scholarship due Monday, March 25

Overlake-Bellevue Alumnae Panhellenic (OAPH) due Friday, March 29

Allan Billett Memorial Lineworker Scholarship due Monday, April 1

Bio-Rad Scholarship Program due Monday, April 1

Lake Washington Singers Voice Scholarship due Monday, April 1

Tanner Electric High School Scholarships due Monday, April 1

Sea Mar Scholarships due Monday, April 15

New scholarship opportunities come in on any given day so…

$$ Check the College and Career Center (CCC) webpage and the Scholarship bulletin board across the hall from the CCC for more scholarships! $$ 

Questions about scholarships? Reach out to College and Career Guidance Specialist Ms. Wu at rwu@lwsd.org and please let Ms. Wu know when you have been awarded a scholarship that was shared by the CCC.