Monday, Dec. 10,
8 p.m.
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Live call on social media with Sheri from Teen wise.
Tuesday, Dec.11,
9:30 a.m. - 10 a.m.:
Coffee with Principal Jon and Officer Kim, RMS Library
Tuesday, Dec.11,
2 p.m.: PTSA Board Meeting, Conference Room
Thursday, Friday and Saturday - Dec.13,14,15,
7 p.m.: Shrek the Musical
Saturday, Sunday - Dec. 15,16,
2 p.m.: Shrek the Musical
Friday, Dec.14:
Yearbook Sale ends
December 24, 2018 - Jan 4, 2019 -
Winter Break / No School
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Coffee with Principal Jon
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Join Principal Jon Young on Tuesday, Dec. 11
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at 9:30 am in the Redmond Middle School Library. This month we have a special guest – our very own Officer Kim! Please come talk about Internet and Social Media safety while enjoying coffee/tea and a small treat. This is a great follow-up to the Parent Education speaker we had on Dec. 4
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from Teen Wise.
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Summary of Parent Ed Event "Internet Safety" held on Dec 4th
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Sheri Gazitt of Teenwise presented the importance of Parent involvement in keeping kids digitally safe.
Setting household rules, having conversations, establishing trust, open monitoring, setting limits and consequences are some easy steps that parents can take to enable students to be wise internet users. Students should be taught the importance of maintaining privacy settings, implications of sharing information on the web, prudent usage of social media networks and also internet etiquette.
Parents can email Sheri Gazitt for information about useful resources on this topic.
Also, Teenwise will be hosting a FREE Social Media Live Call on
Dec 10th at 8 pm
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You're invited to Shrek, The Musical Jr on stage this week at RHS. Some of our current Grizzlies plus LOTS of former "RMS Musical alumni" are starring in this show (including the lead roles of Shrek, Donkey, and Lord Farquaad).
Dec. 13, 14, 15 at 7 p.m.
Dec. 15 & 16 at 2 p.m.
Redmond High School Performing Arts Center
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OZ! THE RMS MUSICAL - Tickets Now On Sale – Get Yours Today!
Details here.
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RMS Yearbook will go on Sale for the
last time
this school year starting Dec. 3rd until Dec. 14
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at the end of C lunch. The cost is $35. You can log into Parent Access to see if you pre-purchased a yearbook at the beginning of the year during Griz Biz. Please note that we must pre-order yearbooks through our publisher and are unable to accommodate late requests.
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RMS PTSA awarded
Gold Membership Growth Award!
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RMS PTSA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Gold Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling members equaling at least 110% of their previous year’s total membership. That means our PTA is growing!
Thank you to everyone who has become a member so far this year:
YOU
are the reason our PTA achieved this award! If you haven’t yet signed up for a 2018-2019 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all it does for Redmond Middle School.
http://rmsptsa.org/Packet/Join
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Membership Earns Cookies for Classes & Discounts for You
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Thank you to everyone who has signed up to support the
Cookies and Milk contest.
Winners will be announced as they happen. In the meantime please enjoy some of the benefits of membership such as 10% off tickets to Pacific Northwest's Ballet Nutcracker or discounted tickets to Holiday With Lights at Wild Waves. Contact
membership@rmsptsa.org
for discount codes if you can't find your membership letter.
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We could use 3-4 helpers between 8:30-12 and 2-6PM on December 11th . The fundraising items arrive!
There are over 230 wreaths, poinsettias and garlands (oh my) to sort and then distribute.
If you ordered any greenery, please pick it up at RMS between 2-6 p.m. on December 11th .
Please click this link to sign up. Thank you for lending a hand.
Register here.
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Have you noticed the designated parking spot for Volunteer of the Month?
The PTSA and RMS staff have partnered together to allocate this
prime parking spot
to the deserving souls who have dedicated their time, energy and leadership to the students of our school. Please keep this parking spot open and available at all times.
Our valued volunteers are always coming/going and bringing with them heavy loads…. treats for student recognition, coffee/snacks for Coffee with the Principal or handouts/materials. Having this prime parking spot truly is useful and an added bonus of pledging their time for the betterment of our kids.They also deserve to have the designated parking spot when they visit the school for concerts,
enrichment or sports.
The following individuals have demonstrated the Grizzly Way by leading by example, willing to help and
able to multi-task/delegate/plan/organize/educate with a smile and ask for more.
September’s Volunteer of the Month – Laura D’Urso
October’s Volunteer of the Month – Ommama Hassan
November’s Volunteer of the Month – Tracey Gauthier
Please join me us in thanking these individuals for their commitment to serve our community.
If you have not yet volunteered or are looking for an opportunity to shine, please contact Stacy Hatch
Volunteers@RMPTSA.org
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'The Snuggery'- RMS Initiative for students in need
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Redmond Middle School has created a food pantry/clothing closet for students in need of these extra resources during the school day or at home during the week. They have dubbed this room “The Snuggery”.
The Snuggery opened in November. We are stocking it with non-perishable food items and gently used (or new) clothing. Please be generous this holiday season and continue to donate.
Huge thanks to those who have donated.
Redmond Middle School has asked the school community to contribute to this initiative by donating items below so that they're available all throughout the year.
Read More..
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With the Holidays approaching, a reminder that purchases made on Amazon using this link help RMS ASB.
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Help RMS ASB by donating used clothing and shoes. The bin is located in the parking lot by the portables.
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Fund the Grizzlies
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Please donate to the Redmond Middle School Associated Student Body (ASB) to help fund student activities.
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Student Self-Advocacy Seminars
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Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
Session #2: Student Self-Advocacy: Taking it to the next level – How can students advocate to school and district administrators? What is the process to speaking to the school board? How can parents support the process?
Thursday, January 17th, 2019
Session #3: Student Self-Advocacy: Olympia Here We Come – Bellevue PTSA Council will be inviting all students, parents & staff to join them for a day of advocacy in Olympia on January 21st for “Bellevue Goes to Olympia”. This session will be providing tips and guidance for advocating with our state senators and representatives.
Seating is limited so please register as soon as possible for each of the individual sessions. If registration is full, please check the website for the most up to date details of possible additional dates.
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Is your child too sick for school?
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While school attendance is important, so is the health of all students and staff. If your child experiences any of the following symptoms, please keep him/her at home or make appropriate child care arrangements: fever, vomiting, lice/scabies, diarrhea, chronic cough and/or runny nose, sore throat, rash, ear infection (with fever), or eye infection. If he/she experiences any of these symptoms at school, the school nurse or office staff may ask you to pick your student up as soon as possible.
Read more
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Bear Tracks weekly is produced by RMS PTSA as a benefit to the Redmond Middle School Community. Articles are due on Thursdays for publication the following Monday. Bear Tracks is edited by Ekta Vadlamudi and [YOUR NAME HERE - please email Sujatha Patra:
communications.vp@rmsptsa.org
if interested in co-editing]. Please review our
communication priorities
and submit articles to
weekly@rmsptsa.org
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