Bear Tracks Weekly 06-18-2018

BEAR TRACKS WEEKLY NEWS & UPDATES

Monday, June 18, 2018

UPCOMING EVENTS

Wednesday, June 20th	Full Day: No Early Release
Thursday, June 21st	Last Day of School - Half Day Release at 10:50 am

To see all school events, see the online Tandem Calendar

FROM THE SCHOOL

RHS Sports Seasons for Rising 9th Graders

For those RMS students attending Redmond High School in the Fall, here are the Fall Sports Summer practice schedules.

Football: see the website here

Boys Tennis

Aug 20th - 24th 10:00 - 12:00 pm

Aug 27th - 31st JV 2:45 - 4:15pm, Varsity 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Girls Soccer

First Summer Practice: Monday, June 25th 9:30 - 11:30 am at RHS Field.

Tryouts Start: Monday, Aug 20th 5:00 - 7:00 pm at RHS Field.

Program Retreat: Aug 25th - 27th at Bellingham.

Please contact the Head Coach, Stacy Masters, with any questions

Volleyball

Monday, Aug 20th: Tryouts 4:00 - 7:00PM

Tuesday, Aug 21st: Tryouts 4:00 - 7:00PM

Aug 22th through the end of the season regular "after school" practice times. Exact practice times are not yet confirmed for all teams but will be in the window of 3:30 - 6:30pm.

Cross Country

Beginning on July 5th, we will practice from 6:00 -8:00 pm at Hartman Park (meeting near the Big Toy) on Mondays and Thursdays, and we will meet from 9:00 -11:00 am on Saturdays at the Redmond Watershed (Novelty Hill entrance@ the restrooms.) This will continue through the summer until practice begins on Aug. 20th. The only exception is no practice on Monday, August 6th.

Slow-pitch Softball

The first day of practice for slow-pitch will be Tuesday, Sep 4th. There are no summer practices.

Girls Swim & Dive

August 20th - 31st 2:30 - 5:00 pm at the Redmond pool

Boys Golf: see the website here

Washington Student Achievement Council

June 30th is the deadline to apply for the College Bound Scholarship for 8th grade students. The scholarship is a state financial aid program designed to provide income eligible students the state financial aid to cover the cost of tuition at public college rates, some fees and a small book allowance. Students can use the scholarship at over 60 colleges across Washington.

If you have started an application, it is considered complete when the student and parent sign and verify income on a Missing Information Letter (MIL). These letters are yellow forms that are mailed home, or sent home by the school and must be completed before students begin 9th grade.

If you have any questions, please contact our office by phone at 1(888)535-0747 Option 1, or email atcollegebound@wsac.wa.gov . You can also find more information online here.

RMS Sports Season 2018-19

Middle school sport seasons are changing for the 2018-19 school year so there will be at least one sport every season for every gender and every grade.

Season One	Season Two	Intramurals	Season Three	Season Four
Sep 10 - Oct 26	Oct 29 - Dec 21	Jan 7 - Feb 1	Feb 4 - Mar 29	Apr 15 - Jun 7
Forms/Payment Due: Sep 5th	Forms/Payment Due: Oct 19th	Forms/Payment Due: Dec 14th	Forms/Payment Due: Jan 25th	Forms/Payment Due: Mar 29th
Boy/Girl Cross Country	Girls' Badminton		Girls' Basketball	Boy/Girl Track & Field
Boys' Tennis	Boys' Soccer		Boy/Girl Wrestling	Girls' Tennis
Boys' Basketball				Girls' Volleyball

See here for more information on the changes. And click RMS Application Forms to sign-up.

PTSA NEWS

Thank you for your support of the PTSA this year!

Thanks to your membership and donations we have been able to support our students, teachers and community. Here is a list of s ome of the things you have helped support this year:

Guys and Dolls Musical
Aladdin Musical
Violins for the Orchestra to loan to students
Supplement of Symphonic Band Heritage Festival Fees
Supplement of Music in the Parks Fees
Science Team
Math Team
Student Library Purchases
Grizzlies Read Awards
Counseling Lending Library books for RMS Parents
Tchoukball for PE
Table Tennis Tables for the PE Department
STS Lat Pull Down implementation for the PE department
Memory Cards for PE Cameras
White Boards for the PE department
Special Education Games and Activities
Resiliency Room Items
Video Cameras for the Leadership Class News Program
Sound Board replacement in the Commons
Double Sided Grid Boards for the Math Department
RMS Family Night support
Parent Education Nights on Anxiety and Graduation Requirements

Thank you again for all your support.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Flex Fit Pass for Teens

Get your summer started off right by coming to the Redmond Community Center at Marymoor Village and working out. Receive access to the drop-in fitness facility and all of the classes with the teen Flex Fit Pass.

One time payment ($25)
All Summer Access (June 18th-August 31st)
Ages 13-18

Click here for the flyer and learn more here at the website.

Free Book Giveaway at Value Village through June 20th!

Value Village has a free book giveaway to promote summer reading. School age children can use the attached coupon to pick out two free children's books to take home. Click here for the coupon.

STAY UP-TO-DATE WITH RMS NEWS!

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.

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