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Mustang Roundup - News from your PTSA
Week of May 14, 2023
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March 27 - May 22 Grad Night Tickets On Sale Now
May 15 - Grad Night Ticket Price Increases
May 26 - LEAP Day - No School
May 29 - Memorial Day - No School
June 10 - Goodwill Donation Drive at RHS
June 12 - Grad Walks at Emily Dickinson Elementary, Explorer Community School, Rockwell Elementary, Rosa Parks Elementary and Wilder Elementary
June 14 - Grad Walk at Alcott Elementary
June 16 - Grad Night Volunteers Needed
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Get Your Grad Night Ticket Here! | |
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Attention Seniors!
Tickets sales for your 2023 Grad Night are open! Tickets are on sale now for $175. On May 15, the price will change to $200. You won’t want to miss out on the fun of the all-night event. Closing date for tickets is May 22. Scholarship requests to cover the cost to attend Grad Night can be submitted to GradNightScholarships@redmondhsptsa.org.
What is Grad Night? - Check out our FAQ and Slide Show to learn more about this awesome annual event to celebrate our graduating seniors.
Please consider supporting this annual event by donating or participating in our fundraisers. More information on Grad Night fundraising and donations can be found here.
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Each year RHS PTSA looks for input from RHS staff, parents, students, and community to recognize individuals who have demonstrated excellence in support of RHS. The PTSA seeks recommendations in identifying exceptional advocates, volunteers, educators, and students within our school community. Awards are considered for the following award categories:
Golden Acorn Award
Golden Mustang Award
Outstanding Educator Award
Outstanding Advocate Award
Outstanding Student Advocate Award
Honorary Life Membership Award
Descriptions of each award category can be found at Awards. Recommendations can be sent to RHS PTSA Attn: Awards, 17272 NE 104th Ave, Redmond, WA 98052 or you may email recommendations to awards@redmondhsptsa.org. Please note that you may nominate more than one person for each award.
Awards are presented to the selected recipients at the June 14 General Membership meeting.
Download a nomination form here! Nominations are due by May 19.
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Several of the feeder elementary schools to RHS will be hosting Grad Walks for the Class of 2023. For more information on Grad Walks that will take place at a specific elementary school, please go here.
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Volunteers Needed for Goodwill Donation Drive at RHS | |
Please help us run a successful donation campaign on June 10 from 9am-12pm. We need adults to direct cars, sort donations and help with logistics. Students are welcome if they have an adult with them.
Sign up here.
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Underclassman Parents We Need You! | |
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9th /10th /11th Grade Parents We Need You! Please come and pay it forward.
Every year the PTSA throws a Grad Night Party for the Graduating Seniors. This is an all night party from 10pm to 6am on June 16. We need parent volunteers to help with the night. We have positions from registering the seniors at school to chaperoning all night. Any card players out there? We will have black jack tables and would love dealers. Anyone great at crowd movement? We need people to help get students on the correct bus. Office managers, admins? Come and help register the students and check for missing signatures. Please help us throw a great celebration and one day an underclassman parent will be chaperoning your student.
Sign up here.
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Goodwill Donation Drive at RHS | |
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Bring your unwanted clean clothing, linens, shoes, toys, books, cells phones, CDs, records, cassettes, camping equipment, small household appliances, sporting goods, tools, antiques and collectibles to our donation drive on June 10 from 9am-12pm.
All donations to Goodwill will go toward supporting Grad Night.
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OL Reign vs. Kansas City Soccer Game June 10 at 7pm | |
Come and watch OL Reign play against Kansas City and raise funds for Redmond High School Grad Night. OL Reign will battle it out with Kansas City on June 10 at 7pm at Lumen Field. Come and cheer them on and bring your friends. Each ticket sold raises $10 for the Grad Night Funds!
Buy your game tickets here.
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Get Your RHS Spirit Blanket and Decals and Support Grad Night! | |
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For a limited time, the PTSA is selling custom-made RHS spirit blankets and decals. Proceeds go to support Grad Night to help offset the cost of the event and provide scholarships for students to make the event accessible to any graduating senior who wants to attend.
Blankets are $60 each and decals are $5 each. They are only available for a limited time - until they are sold out.
Act fast to get yours today!
Pre-order your blanket and decals here. We will arrange for distribution/pick-up after the order has been processed.
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RHS PTSA celebrated Staff Appreciation Week May 8-12. We spent the week providing a variety of lunches and treats to honor and thank our incredible Redmond High School staff for all that they do for our school, kids and community. We brought in lunches from Panera, Ezell's and on Wednesday we brought back a staff favorite, the taco truck from Los Chilangos. Beverages from Starbucks were delivered to classrooms and we had a morning of snacks and goodies. Based upon the comments and thanks we have received, the staff felt truly appreciated.
Special thanks go to our volunteers: Amanda S., Grace K., Elaine G., Anna R., Elaine H., Beth S., Amritha B., Rowena N., Xia W., Genevieve R., Radha D., Polly W., Catherine S., Nicole A., Sara T., Aarthy V., Satin B., Dawn H., Laura S., Risa C., Patricia N., Sangita P., Namita P., Angela E., Jennifer Y., Yin M., Kristin K., Tia K., Branda A., Sheryl S., Renee L., Aimee A., Anna R., Pam M., Tracey G. and Lisa F.! Without your help, we wouldn't have been able to make this wonderful week happen for our RHS Staff.
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How To Talk So Your Teen Listens and How to Listen So Your Teen Opens Up Chat (in Spanish) | |
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Parent Chat is support to build stronger family relationships, encouragement to talk about emotions and mental health, and awareness that “you are not alone.”
Join facilitator Sheri Gazitt and guests Laura Lyles Reagan and Liliana Medina for an interactive presentation with Q&A on Wednesday, May 17 at 7pm. Leave with evidence-based steps to incorporate into your parenting. Everyone will experience mental health challenges at some point. Parent Chat offers families competency and confidence in handling those challenges when they occur.
Register here to attend the webinar in Spanish over Zoom.
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Eastlake High School, Eastlake PTSA and Balance in Mind will be hosting an in-person talk on "Practical Tips for Supporting Youth Mental Health and Cultivating Healthy Relationships with Your Teen". This event will take place on Wednesday, May 17 at 7:30pm at Eastlake High School Lower Commons.
| ScreeenAgers NEXT CHAPTER - Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience | |
Filmmaker and physician Dr. Delaney Ruston takes the conversation around screens and teens to the next level with Screenagers NEXT CHAPTER: Uncovering Skills for Stress Resilience—a film that examines the science behind teen’s emotional challenges, the interplay of social media, and most importantly, what can be done in our schools and homes to help them build crucial skills to navigate stress, anxiety, and depression in our digital age.
Watch between May 21 - June 4.
Register for a free screening here.
This screening is made possible with support from Overlake Medical Center & Clinics.
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