Week of December 10, 2023

December 12 - Blanket Sales Close

December 13 - Financial Aid 101 for Parents and Caregivers

December 14 - First Gen Students Applying for College Session

December 18 - January 1 - Winter Break - No School

Januray 17 - General Membership Meeting

RHS Spirit Blanket - A Great Gift

The holidays are coming! Do you have a teen that is hard to buy for? Get them a RHS Spirit Blanket. These soft, cozy, double-sided blankets are 60" x 80" and perfect for both inside and outside. Sales of Redmond High School spirit blankets help support our Grad Night Celebration to make ticket prices lower for all seniors.

Sales close on Tuesday, December 12 so we can make sure you get your blanket before Winter Break. Delivery/pick up can be organized to keep the blanket a surprise, just let us know at gradnight@redmondhsptsa.org.

Visit our website to order yours today!

Support the RHS PTSA

Did you contribute yet?

RHS PTSA raises fund through Pass the Hat where we reach out to all RHS families. Suggested contribution is $100 per student but no amount is too big or too small. If you have not contributed for the year, click here to donate today! We appreciate your contribution!

Does your employer match donations?

As the year comes to an end, we want to remind you about corporate matching. Many companies will match their employees' charitable contributions, effectively doubling the impact of each donation. Microsoft, Google, Boeing, Starbucks are a few that do match.

Thank you if you already donated to RHS PTSA this school year. Your donations help enhance the educational experience of our students.

Give with Bing 

Microsoft Rewards lets you support RHS PTSA through its Give with Bing program. After signing up and selecting our organization, you can earn rewards points just for searching the web with Bing. Microsoft then turns those points into cash donations to us. 

The program is free - you just need to sign up with a personal Microsoft account. 

Join now!! Go to https://www.bing.com/give/join and search for Redmond High School PTSA.

Financial Aid 101 For Parents and Caregivers

(Virtual Event Hosted in Zoom in English and Spanish)

Join the Washington Student Achievement Council as they talk about types of financial aid, how students apply, and the parent's role in the application process. Staff from the Washington Student Achievement Council will be there to answer your questions. This event is for parents and caregivers to help them understand and navigate the financial aid process with their students.

Wednesday, December 13 from 5:30-6:30pm, over Zoom.

Register here.

First Gen Students Applying for College

Applying to university is stressful and hard especially if your parents didn't attend college and you're on your own. First Gen student Itzel Aparicio had the exact same struggle. She is currently a senior majoring in physiology at Seattle Pacific University. She wants to teach you how you can prepare, apply and succeed in school.

Sign up in FlexiSched or complete this form to attend this session on Thursday, December 14, 9:55-10:40am in the College and Career Center. Please email Ms. Wu at rwu@lwsd.org if you have any questions.

RHS DECA Volunteers Needed

RHS DECA is looking for volunteers to be judges for their Area 3 competition on Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 7:00am-1:00pm at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. DECA is a competitive school club that focuses on business and entrepreneur skills. Judges will evaluate student role-plays and written works. Specific directions, expectations and scoring guides for judges will be provided upon confirmation. If you are interested in helping local students get great industry practice, please contact Amber Benoit, RHS DECA co-advisor, at abenoit@lwsd.org.

LINKS Lunch Buddies Needed

In the LINKS (Looking Into the Needs of Kids and Schools) Lunch Buddy Program, we bring students together with caring adults. Mentors come to schools once weekly for one hour in a preassigned area to eat, play games, make crafts, talk and more, in support of students who need a little extra one-on-one attention.

Male mentors and Spanish-speaking mentors are especially needed. Email lunchbuddy@lwsd.org for more information, or visit lwsd.org/links. LINKS is part of the Lake Washington School District, with additional funding provided by the Lake Washington Schools Foundation.