BEAR TRACKS WEEKLY NEWS & UPDATES
Monday, January 1, 2018
UPCOMING EVENTS

Thursday, January 4th
PTSA Council Meeting
7:00pm - 8:30pm
LWSD Resource Center
Tuesday, January 9th
Bond and Levy Information Session
6:30pm - 7:00pm
Redmond Middle School Commons
Monday, January 15th 
No School: MLK Day

FROM THE SCHOOL

Welcome Back!  
School resumes on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018.

Ad Space Available in Upcoming RMS Musical, Guys and Dolls Jr.

RMS PTSA Drama presents Guys and Dolls Jr. with 4 performances running from February 1st-3rd, 2018. 

  • Do you run a local business?  
  • Do you know a friend or local business that you think would like to participate?
  • Would you like exposure in our upcoming musical program? 
  • Would YOU like to run a parent ad congratulating your own actor??
  • Ads range from as low as $25 up to $125
Click  here  to see a sample ad page, and  here  to download the rates page with payment information.
Thank you for supporting RMS Drama!

Bond and Levy  Information Session
Lake Washington School District (LWSD) is planning for three ballot measures to
go before voters in the district on February 13, 2018: a bond and two
replacement levies to fund important n eeds not funded by the state. 

Dr. Traci  Pierce, Superintendent w ill present information about the ballot measures and  take questions from attendees on:
Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 6:30 to 7:00p.m. 
Redmond Middle School Commons

Please visit the district website for  more information .

PTSA NEWS
Mark Your Calendar for RMS International Night

Redmond Middle School has students from 43 Countries & we would like to celebrate all of them.

Come & Celebrate Cultural Diversity at International Night

March 27th from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm.
Details to follow after the winter break.

VOLUNTEERING
Volunteers Needed for Winter Social

We need volunteers to assist with our first school social of 2018. It will be held on Friday, January 26th, immediately after school ends. The event runs from 2:30 to 4:30 pm . Please sign up here  if you can help. Thanks!


CELEBRATING RMS
Congratulations RMS students!

RMS was one of the locations for the Mathematical Association of America(MAA) AMC 8 exam held on November 14th 2017. Over 75 RMS students took part, scoring an average of 12.3, while the national average score (as of Jan 1st 2017) was 9.36.

Congratulations to everyone who took part and special kudos to the following students who made it to the Honor roll:  
Name Grade Distinction
Andrea Wu 8 Gold Medal, Honor Roll of Certificate
Conor Kennedy
 8
Julia Liu
 8
Michael Sheng
 6
Shruti Badrish
 6
Divij Ashwinkumar
 6 Silver Medal, Honor Roll Certificate
Evan Him
 7
Nihaar Movva
 7
Tony Wu
 7
Annabella Li
 6 Bronze Medal, Honor Roll Certificate
Kirill Ustinov
 7
Krish Jain
 8
Shripad Guntur
 7

 
Also, I want to make a special mention of the following Grade 6 students who
earned a Certificate of Achievement by scoring over 15 in AMC 8 exam:
Name
Grade Distinction
Aryan Kondapally
 6 Certificate of Achievement
Di Mao 6 Certificate of Achievement
Max Qu 6 Certificate of Achievement
Timason Wan 6 Certificate of Achievement

The AMC 8 exam is designed to promote the development of problem-solving skills. For more information about this program  click here. 
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Bear Tracks Weekly is RMS PTSA's electronic newsletter, sent each Monday to RMS families and staff via e-mail. You DO NOT need to be a PTSA member to subscribe to Bear Tracks, it is FREE to all families and staff in the Redmond Middle School community.
 

Submissions from the school and community should be sent to weekly@rmsptsa.org by 5pm on Thursday for publication the following Monday.  Bear Tracks weekly newsletter is edited by Sara Buckley and Karen Brooks.
 

 
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