Week of March 3, 2024

March 1-28 - Hygiene Drive

March 8 - No School - LEAP Day

March 16 - Spring Practice ACT Exam (Online or In-person)

March 18-22 - ASB Spring Formal Snacks Donation Needed

March 23 - ASB Spring Formal Volunteers Needed

March 28-30 - RHS Drama Department Presents Radium Girls

Hello generous Redmond High School families! In cooperation with Communities in Schools, our PTSA will be hosting a hygiene drive from Friday, March 1 to Thursday, March 28, 2024. See the attached flyers for a list of needed items. There will be a bin by the main office for your donations.

Spring Practice ACT (Online or In-person) Reminder

Last Practice ACT test for this academic year is fast approaching! 

These full-length practice tests, administered by Princeton Review, offer students the opportunity to practice test taking strategies and determine baseline scores prior to taking the official SAT and ACT college entrance exams. Scores are not reported to anyone other than the student.

Students are encouraged to sign up online at the earliest and can choose to take the practice test online or in-person. Online test version will offer accommodation for time and can be taken up to 4 weeks from test date.

Spring Practice ACT test (Online or In-person) - Saturday, March 16, 2024, 9am-12:30pm.

Deadline to register- Wednesday, March 13, 2024.

Please sign up online here.

The RHS PTSA is hosting a Spring Arts Fair on Saturday, May 4, 2024 from 10am-4pm. This year's Arts Fair is sure to be a crowd pleaser and we can't wait to share it with our entire community!

Community Event

Bring the whole family to shop the art and craft works of our amazing local artisans. You will not be disappointed by the amazing array of unique art! Grab a bite to eat at our food truck while spending a lovely day at this fun, community outdoor event!

Calling all Local Artists

This is your time to shine! Come join our annual event and share your amazing artworks with the community. Students, you are welcome, too! Use the link to register today!

Annual Poster Contest 

Students, enter your poster design to be featured at next year's Official Arts Fair Marketing Poster! Your artwork will be showcased all around town and all-over social media advertising next year's event! Visit our website for more information.

ASB Spring Formal – Volunteers and Snacks needed!

The Spring Formal is Saturday, March 23. That’s less than 3 weeks away, and we need your help!

Sign up to volunteer at the dance. We need adults volunteers to help out at coatcheck, snack stations, water station, and in the game room.

Can’t make it in person? We also need snacks! Sign up to bring something and drop it off in the front office during school hours during the week of Monday, March 18 to Friday, March 22.

Thanks for making this a great event for our students!

The WA State Junior Dance Championship will be held at Redmond High School on Saturday, March 16. This is the culminating event for Middle Level and Junior Varsity dance teams in the state. We are thrilled that our Mustang JV dancers qualified to compete in both Pom and Hip Hop divisions. 

Many volunteers are needed ALL DAY to make the event a success. Adults are needed for cashier and door monitor slots. Students can help set up, guide teams, serve concessions, and much more - even earn service hours! 

Please signup to help.

Questions? Email the RHS Dance Team Booster Club at rhsdanceteam@outlook.com. Go Stangs!

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.

College and Career Center March Events

Sunday, March 3, BAM Minority Student Day Field Trip Forms Due

Wednesday, March 6, 12–1:30pm 

• Texas A & M University

• University of Calgary

Tuesday, March 12, Fieldtrip to UW Bothell College Planning Day Form Due

Wednesday, March 13, DigiPen Institute of Technology Field Trip Form Due

Friday, March 15, BAM Minority Student Day Field Trip

Wednesday, March 20, 8:45 am–1:15pm

• Fieldtrip to UW Bothell College Planning Day

Friday, March 22, 12–1:30pm Running Start Event

• Bellevue College

• Cascadia College

• CWU Sammamish

• LWTech

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!



Ewing C. Kelly Foundation Scholarship due Friday, March 8

BAM - Blacks at Microsoft Scholarship App due Wednesday, March 13

HOLA at Microsoft Scholarship due Wednesday, March 13

Microsoft Disability Program Scholarship due Wednesday, March 13

Women at Microsoft Scholarship due Wednesday, March 13

The College Prep Scholars Program for Juniors due Wednesday, March 20

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.

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. 

Register here.

Wednesday, March 6 from 7-8pm over Zoom.

LW Tech is a wonderful community resource that many people aren’t aware of. Join us to learn about:

• Stackable programs including certificates, associate degrees, and 4-year degrees.

• A wide range of academic programs in business, design, education, engineering, health sciences, IT and more.

• The focus on employment and student outcomes.

• Hands-on learning and small cohorts.

• Direct Transfer Agreements (DTA) to complete a 4-year degree.

Register here.

Tuesday, March 12 from 7-8pm over Zoom.