Bear Tracks Weekly Newsletter

Calendar

Tuesday, Nov. 6 - Election day! Make your voice heard.

Friday, Nov. 9 - Veterans Day Assembly

Monday, Nov. 12 - Veterans Day - No School

Tuesday, Nov. 13 - Coffee with the Principal - 9:30 a.m. - Redmond Middle School Library

Thursday/Friday Nov. 22/23 - Thanksgiving Break - No School

School

Study Lab

Our partnership with the City of Redmond to provide students a supportive spot to get help with their school work is up and running. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays students can stay after school and get help from City of Redmond staff in our library from 2:40 – 3:30 PM. On Wednesdays, students can stay from 1:10 – 3:00 and our staff will support this. On Wednesdays we are able to provide a shuttle bus that stops at Einstein Elementary, Avondale at the walk path (9301 Avondale) and Avondale and 180 ^th Ave. If your student could use some extra support, encourage them to stay.

Veteran’s Day Assembly

Our Veteran’s Day assembly will be held the morning of Friday November 9 ^th . If families in our community have loved ones who have served in the armed forces, we would like to honor them at this assembly. Please send pictures including name of person pictured, branch of military, and relation to student to s-kconklin@lwsd.org by October 31 ^st . We will include images in a slideshow during the assembly. Questions regarding the assembly may be directed to Leadership teacher Kassandra Morris at kamorris@lwsd.org .

Help us be Good Neighbors

If you are planning to visit our school, please help us to be good neighbors by not blocking driveways or walking paths with your cars. If there is not enough on-site parking to accommodate your vehicle, please remember not to block the driveways of our neighbors.

PTSA

Advocacy in Action: Election News 2018

What does your legislative candidate think about election issues? Candidates from the 45th, 48th and 1st Legislative Districts responded to questions on why they are running, school construction bonds, funding education, and closing the opportunity gap.

Read their responses as well as information about ballot issues relevant to LWSD students in the special-edition election newsletter here . Don't forget to vote by November 6!

SchoolPool Calendars Due Tomorrow, November 6!

Tuesday, November 6 is the deadline for students turn in their 1/2 page SchoolPool calendars! All it takes is one non-drive-alone trip and their completed calendar to help ASB earn $5 per student AND a free prize for your student! This October's prize includes free fries and drink at the Redmond Lunchbox Labs and a free skate session on the Holiday skating rink at Redmond Town Center! If your student hasn't already, have them fill out the back tonight and drop it off tomorrow into the red SchoolPool collection box located in the main office or give it to their teacher.

Cookies & Milk Contest Starts Soon!

Beginning November 1st we are running a Cookies & Milk contest for the Grizzly Time classes. Each class that has 100% of their students represented by PTSA memberships in their household will receive cookies. If their teacher is also a member they will receive milk. Winning classes will be recognized on the school display as well. To make this work, we need your help! Please sign up to provide cookies when requested using this link. T he sign up runs through December 31st, however, cookies will be requested weekly on Thursday as each class reaches their goal.

'The Snuggery'- RMS Initiative for students in need

Redmond Middle School is creating 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 is scheduled to open in November, but first we need to stock it with non-perishable food items and gently used (or new) clothing.

Redmond Middle School has asked us members if they'd like to help contribute to this initiative by donating items below so that they're available all throughout the year. Read More..

Reminder : Family & Community Survey

The best way to make sure every student in our school succeeds is to build a strong partnership between families, the school, and the community. The survey below gives you the opportunity to tell us what our school is doing well to support this partnership and what we can do better. If you would like to help tally and analyze the results, please let us know. This survey is completely anonymous. Please complete this survey as soon as possible and before November 8 .

The Family Involvement Action Team email : excellence@rmsptsa.org

Click Here to Participate .

ASB

Please support the RMS ASB by purchasing Holiday Wreaths and Poinsettias. Orders need to be turned in by Friday Nov. 16 ^th . Items can be picked up at RMS on Tuesday Dec. 11 ^th from 2 - 6 p.m.

Order Form

With the Holidays approaching, a reminder that purchases made on Amazon using this link help RMS ASB.

Support the Grizzlies when you shop on Amazon!

Help RMS ASB by donating used clothing and shoes. The bin is located in the parking lot by the portables.

Fund the Grizzlies – Please donate to the Redmond Middle School Associated Student Body (ASB) to help fund student activities.

Community

Reminder : Brown Bag Lunch

November Brown Bag Topic: School Choice

Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 12 PM - 1 PM

Bring your lunch and learn. All are welcome to attend. Questions? Contact: EVP@lwptsa.net

October Parent Ed. Recap

"Nurturing Your Child to Independence"

The LWPTSA Council and LWSD launched its Parent Ed series on October 18th with Sheri Gazitt of Teen Wise Seattle on the topic of "Nurturing Your Child to Independence." Ms. Gazitt spoke to parents of mostly elementary-aged students at the new Clara Barton Elementary on raising self-sufficient, independent children and why that's so important. We would like to summarize the key points for you here. Continue reading

Superintendent's Message

The leaves are turning and signs of fall are in the air. As someone who is new to Washington, I have been grateful to have such beautiful weather while exploring the great Pacific Northwest. I have also been exploring our district and LWSD communities, meeting many people along the way who support the work we do to educate our students and prepare them for their future

opportunities.

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