Odle Viking News
September 14, 2008 |
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All Bellevue schools will be starting tomorrow, Monday, September 15th. All classes and buses will be on regular schedule.
Odle Middle School and Odle PTSA welcomes all of our families to the new 2008-2009 school year.
As we start school on Monday we hope to recapture the momentum and excitement of Back to School! It is very important that we as parents take a leadership role in getting our children enthusiastic about the start of the new school year. Kids are looking forward to seeing their friends, meeting their new teachers, and starting a new year of learning. You can best support your child and their education by getting excited too.
Odle PTSA's number one goal this year is to build community and continue to develop strong relationships between teachers, administration, students, and parents. We hope that each of you will join us in this effort, by sharing your thoughts about how we as a community can increase communication, cooperation and initiating action.
There are a number of ways that Odle Middle School and PTSA offers you a chance to get involved; volunteer, read our weekly communication emails, come to curriculum night, come to PTSA meetings, talk to your student about what they do each day at school, initiate contact with your child's teachers.
Odle PTSA learns who you are and how best to connect with you and your family by the forms that you fill out at the beginning of the year. If you have not filled out these forms, you can find them at www.odlemiddleschool.org
Once again, we look forward to meeting you, working with you, and building an outstanding community together.
Cathy Habib, Odle PTSA Co-President
Anne Reece, Odle PTSA Co-President
Jerry Schaefer, Odle Middle School Principal
Brendan Williams, Odle Middle School Teacher
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This week at Odle
Mon 9/15 First day of school
Tues 9/16 Bellevue Boys & Girls Club After school program begins
After school tutorials will be held this week for students who wish to attend.
The after school activity bus will run on schedule starting Monday.
Additional details of activities for this week will be sent out in a day or two.
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PTSA NEWS
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PTSA General Meeting: Our first PTSA General meeting will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23rd, 7:00 - 8:30 in the Odle Library
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SCHOOL NEWS
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Magazine & CD Sale Fundraiser for Odle
Watch for information coming home with your student about Odle's Magazine & CD Sale. We really need everyone's help to reach our school's goal of reaching $40,000 in sales.
School Lunch Accounts - New Rules this year
A new federal regulation goes into effect this year which will not allow us to sell lunch to students who have a negative balance in their student lunch account. Parents may check their student's account balance by checking online at www.bsd405.org (click on Nutrition Services Department), emailing Odle's Nutrition Services contact (andersond@bsd405.org), or calling the school.
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COMMUNITY NEWS
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Youth Eastside Services invites the public to a Celebration of Kids and Families on Friday, Sept. 26, from 4 to 6 p.m., at their main facility in Bellevue's Crossroads Park at 999 164th Avenue NE. Festivities, centered around the grand opening of the agency's new main facility, will include games, fun activities, music, and refreshments. For details, call 425-747-4937 or visit the Web site at www.youtheastsideservices.org
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BELLEVUE SCHOOLS FOUNDATION NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Bellevue Schools Foundation's (BSF) Phonathon is coming - October 20, 21, 22, 2008. Every gift matters. You can make a difference for the children in our schools. Please make a generous donation when volunteer parents from our school call. This year, BSF is raising $1.4 million for world-class, district-wide academic programs and support services for teachers and students in Bellevue's schools. BSF relies on financial support from parents like you to provide these valuable programs for our students. Your dollars also support teacher training, book purchases, middle school science, and VIBES mentoring. Funds raised during Phonathon benefit all students in all Bellevue schools. Donate online at www.bsfdn.org/donate by October 8 and we won't need to call you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Back to School Shopping on Amazon.com?
Simply go to the BSF website home page ( www.bsfdn.org), click on the Amazon.com link, and BSF will receive over 7% of each sale. Please note you must go through the BSF site ( www.bsfdn.org) for BSF to get credit for the order. Unfortunately, bookmarking the link or going directly to Amazon.com won't identify the purchase as a BSF order. Thanks for shopping on Amazon.com via the BSF website - we've raised over $2,000 for our kids this year! | |
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WEB LINKS
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Odle PTSA Website: http://www.odlemiddleschool.org
Bellevue Schools Foundation Website: http://www.bsfdn.org/
BSD 2008-2009 Calendar: http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid=270
Information for new families in English, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean and Spanish: http://www.bsd405.org/Default.aspx?tabid=758
PAYPAMS (for payments to breakfast/lunch accounts): http://www.paypams.com
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About our email communication system
Odle Middle School is moving to an email communication system this year. Weekly emails will be sent to all parents every Sunday night. A calendar of events for the week ahead, PTSA News, school news and information about community events will be included. These weekly "Odle Viking News" emails will replace the paper Viking Voice. Odle PTSA protects your email address and does not share it with anyone else. If you do not wish to be on our email list, please click on the SafeUnsubscribe link below.
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