Bear Tracks Weekly 01-29-2018

BEAR TRACKS WEEKLY NEWS & UPDATES

Monday, January 29, 2018

UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, January 30	RMS 5th Grade Visit 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Tuesday, January 30	LWSD Middle School Honor Concert 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Evergreen Middle School
Thurday, February 1	LWSD PTSA Council Meeting 9:30 - 11:00 AM LWSD Resource Center

FROM THE SCHOOL

Reminder: International Night

RMS is holding its first International Night on Tuesday, March 27th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm.

If you would like to be involved then click on this updated Signup Genius link. You can put your choice of participation in the comments section so we can plan accordingly.

If you have any questions, please contact Ommama Hassan

Deadline to enter is February 9th 2018

GUYS AND DOLLS JR. OPENS THIS WEEK!

"Guys and Dolls Jr.," performed by Redmond Middle School 7th/8th grade students, is almost here! Come out and support our budding thespians and tech students who have been rehearsing and working on this musical comedy classic since the fall.

The award-winning show takes us from the streets of New York to the café's of Havana with familiar songs such as "Luck Be a Lady" and "Bushel and a Peck." We'll take a bet that you're going to love it. Get your tickets today online or take your chances at the door!

SHOW DATES

Thursday, February 1, 7:00pm

Friday, Feburary 2, 7:00pm

Saturday, February 3, 2:00 pm or 7:00pm

LOCATION: Redmond High School's Performing Arts Center: 17272 NE 104TH St, Redmond WA 98052

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW ONLINE: Buying tickets in advance will reserve your entry but seats are on a first come, first serve basis. Buy online tickets here. (There is 50 cent surcharge for online purchases)

TICKET SALES DAY OF SHOW: Based on availability, tickets may be purchased at the Box Office at Redmond High School. The Box Office will open one hour prior to show time to purchase tickets. Doors open 30 minutes prior to show time. Either cash or check will be accepted at the box office.

COST: $5 for Redmond Middle School students and children under 12 and $8 for adults. (.50 cent surcharge for online purchases).

DETAILS: Check out the Guys and Dolls Event Facebook page for details. Like and Share it!

Thanks to the Redmond Middle School PTSA and the many talented volunteers for giving our students this great opportunity.

PTSA NEWS

2018 - 2019 Reflections Theme

As the Council winners of Reflections' 2017 - 2018 entries are on their way to compete at the State level, we are pleased to announce that the theme for Reflections 2018 - 2019 is " Heroes Around Me ".

We are actively looking for a parent volunteer to chair the Reflections Committee for the next academic year. If interested, please email Wai Ling Yeoh to find out more.

CELEBRATING RMS

Design Award for RMS Robotics Club (competing as Plants Team)

It was an amazing first competition at VexIQ by the RMS Robotics team. Students did extremely well in all areas and received the prestigious "Design Award"!!! The Design award is given to only one team that excels in the robot design, engineering process/note, and presentation to the judges. The professional judges were impressed by our team's design and other people mentioned that it was a genius idea.

Our team is qualified to the state-level competition in the first round as a result of the award!!! The most impressive part is that all the work was done by the kids themselves from initial concept, design, building, practicing, and overcoming all the nervousness in the competition. Other schools had more support from professional coaches, and other various supports. It should have been especially challenging to kids since there was no previous work laid out at RMS.

Congrats to all the kids again and I believe they will continue to make history.

Winners at the Invitational Science Olympiad!

Four RMS Science teams participated at Invitational Science Olympiad at Bothell on Jan 20, 2018. All teams performed very well and team rank, top medalists and ranks are mentioned below.

Team Name	Rank
RMS Blue	4
RMS Green	6
RMS White	16
RMS Orange	22

Medals/ Ranks	Winning student names	Event Name	RMS team
1st	Evan Kim & Nihaar Movva	Potions & Poisons	Green
1st	Nihaar Movva & Evan Kim	Optics	Green
1st	Eshan Rathi & Sohil Bhatia	Dynamic Planet	Blue
1st	Isha Mehta & Kriti Sharma	Battery Buggy	Blue
2nd	Sohil Bhatia & Nikhil Vankamamidi	Wright Stuff	Blue
2nd	Deblina Pal & Rayna Bhattacharyya	Dynamic Planet	Green
2nd	Nimeesh Mahajan & Manav Balakrishnan	Solar System	Green
2nd	Aryan Kondapally & Sanjay Rajesh	Hovercraft	White
3rd	Krithi Iyer & Shruti Badrish	Wright Stuff	White
3rd	Nikhil Vankamamidi & Sohil Bhatia	Disease Detectives	Blue
3rd	Eshan Rathi & Prithivi Srinivasan	LEAF	Blue
3rd	Sayan Bhatia & Aaryan Jain	Optics	Blue
3rd	Nihaar Movva & Evan Kim	Thermodynamics	Green
4th	Sayan Bhatia & Aaryan Jain	Thermodynamics	Blue
4th	Sohil Bhatia & Nikhil Vankamamidi	Towers	Blue
4th	Prithivi Srinivasan & Sayan Bhatia	Potions & Poisons	Blue
4th	Adrian Le & Ethan Le	Solar System	Orange

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