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Odle PTSA Email &
Newsletter Editor
Debbie Patel
odleptsa@hotmail.com
Odle PTSA Co-President
Krista Hammer
krista_hammer@yahoo.com
Odle PTSA Co-President
Dominique Vicenti
dominique.vincenti@nordstrom.com |
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Calendar
Thursday, Sept. 22: 7th Grade Hearing Screening - 9:15 am, Library
Thursday, Sept. 22: PTSA Meeting - 6:30 pm, Library
Friday, Sept. 23: Math Club - 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 27: Curriculum Night - 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm DATE CHANGE
Thursday, Oct. 20: Photo Retakes
Monday, November 21: Deadline for Reflections entries |
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You are invited to our first PTSA General Meeting!
When: This Thursday (Sept. 22)
Where: Odle Library
When: 6:30 pm
What: PRINCIPAL ERIC MCDOWELL will be our guest and will speak for 20 minutes and take questions about Success= Odle's Only Option. We will also approve our standing rules and budget for the year. We hope you can join us, and we look forward to meeting some of our new parents. |
Odle Math Club will start on Friday, September 23rd
The goal of Odle Math club is to provide a place to challenge and prepare interested students for math competitions. Odle Math club is run by Odle PTSA parent volunteers and is open to all students.
Club meeting details:
Time: 3:10pm-4:10pm, every Friday
Location & coaches:
6th graders: room 104 Coach contact: Roger Lu luroger@yahoo.com
7th graders: room 301 Coach contact: Jean Ji hji12003@yahoo.com
8th graders: room 108 Coach contact: Li Jiang lij2@hotmail.com
Cost: Only the registration fee for competitions which your child plans to attend.
Parents' help is required. We need an additional parent to help in each classroom (besides the coach) for every session. This is required by the school district. On Sept. 23rd, please be at the club meeting room 4:00 - 4:10 pm to meet the coach and parent coordinator and sign up to help. They need your and your child's info as below:
Student name
Student email (if available)
Student math class level
Parent name, email address, phone number and the Fridays you can help |
Odle Curriculum Night
Tuesday, September 27 - 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm
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Picture Retake Day on October 20
Picture Retake Day is Thursday, October 20. Just come to school and go to classes as usual, and you will be called out of class. This is for students who had a photo taken but did not like the photos, or there is something wrong with the photos. If the mistake is the photographer's mistake, there will be no charge. However, if you don't like the photo because of your hair or the expression on your face, something like that, you will need to re-purchase photos. If you have not had your photo taken at all and just want an ID card, you may do that on this day, as well. |
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Jubilee Sports-Fall Sports at Odle
Current session runs Monday, September 12 to Friday, October 21
- Co-Ed
- Will compete with other Middle Schools
- Soccer (All Year) and Basketball (Spring)
- Daily after school; Games Wednesdays
- Open to all; No try-outs
- Free!
Games will start Sept 28th and begin at 3pm. Practice is everyday afterschool at Odle from 3:15 pm until 5 pm. Uniforms are provided by Nike as well as equipment. Kids need to provide shinguards, socks and shoes.(These can be assisted with as well).
No cost to participate, and no tryouts. Every kid that comes out gets to play.
Questions? Contact Jubilee Sports at sports@jubileereach.org
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Cultural Art Competition "Reflections"
Does your child like to be creative? This National PTA-sponsored competition provides the opportunity for your child to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original work.
This year's 2011-2011 Reflections' theme is: "Diversity Means..."
They can submit an entry in any of these six categories:
- Visual Arts
- Literature
- Photography
- Film/Video
- Music Composition
- Choreography/Dance
Only original works of art are accepted.
For further information regarding rules and regulations, either go directly to the Washington State PTA website www.wastatepta.org or stop by the Odle office. They will provide some copies of the rules and guidelines as well as entry and consent forms.
The deadline for entries is: November 21st, 2011
For further questions, feel free to contact the Odle Reflections Chair
Ilona Larson at i.larson@comcast.net
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Dear Parents,
The PTSA has created an email account to make it easier for you to give constructive feedback on the new success initiative. Suggestions for improvement as well as compliments will be collected and passed along to our principal and the faculty success team so that they can make the program as effective as possible. We will remove names from emails before passing them along. Our principal Eric McDowell has requested that the PTSA help collect anonymous feedback so that people who feel less comfortable coming to him directly, can still have a voice as this new program gets going. Thanks so much for your participation!
--Odle PTSA |
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Legislative Corner
If you were a PTA member last year and the state office has a valid email address for you, you should have received an electronic survey direct.
See http://reportcard.ospi.k12.wa.us View this past year's Bellevue School District test results data, just out. Click by schools function available. No info yet on when families will recieve individual student results.
10/4 Candidates Forum sponsored by Bellevue Downtown Association at Bellevue Hilton (time to be announced) Will include King County, Bellevue City Council and Bellevue School Board candidates.
Election day: November 8th Ballots mailed: October 21
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Hearing Screening: Our nurse needs some helpers! Our hearing screen for the 7th grade is this Thursday 9/22 at 9:15 to approx. 11:15 in the library. It would be wonderful if our wonderful nurse could rustle up about 5-6 volunteers to help. The UW Audiology students do the actual testing, the volunteers would help with crowd control and so forth. |
Viking Hut Volunteers Needed! Top 5 Reasons to be a Hut Volunteer 5. Work as much or as little as you like...1 time a week, a month or a year 4. Short time commitment...only 90 minutes (M, T, Th, F 11:30-1:00) (W 10:30-noon) 3. Helps keep those neurons firing...understanding middle school speak and rapid change making 2. Hut scheduler Pam Way will be forever in your debt 1. Your kids will be happy to see you at school if you are working in the Viking Hut! We need more volunteers to take shifts. We want to be able to have the hut open every day as school supplies are sold at the Viking Hut in addition to snacks and drinks. Please join the hut crew! It's fun and super busy! Contact us, thanks.
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Spanish Newsletter Coordinator Needed
Be part of the PTSA's Communications Team!
Spanish Newsletter coordinator needed
You do not have to speak Spanish.
Job Description: Every two months, this coordinator would: 1) Assemble the content for a Spanish version of the Viking News 2) Arrange to have the content translated by the Odle Spanish Liaison 3) Make copies and mail the newsletter to Spanish-speaking families. Estimated time commitment: 2 hours every other month.
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Ice Cream Social Thanks!
To all the volunteers, with many thanks.
Tuesday, 13th September---- the evening was cloudy with a slight chill towards the end. There was music in the air and balloons to color the occassion, a great turnout and very impressive support from the volunteers for the "Welcome Back Ice Cream Social".
Thank you very much to the dedicated planning committee: Divya Pai, Sara Rowe, Debbie Patel, Wendy Ong
Thank you very much volunteers:
Jerry Angelo, Pascale Clarke, Margaret David, Grant and Linda Debruin, Adam Dibba, Sarit and Elan Ellinger, Eric Hammer, Li Jiang, Julia and Mark Krill, Vicki Liao, Kim McDermott, Bev Mitchell, Candace Sayyadi, Anup Shastri, Catherine Smith, Archana Verma, Ana Vincenti, Greg White, and Kristine Yoo
Join us at the next event! Krista and Dominique and the Odle PTSA |
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Thank You Odle Faculty!
Thank you very much to the Odle teachers who attended the ice cream social last week! We appreciate you being there on a weekday evening to answer questions and socialize with parents and students. This was a successful beginning to our community - building this year. We look forward to working with all of you through the rest of the year.
Susan Fane-tomczak
Stephen Miller
Barry Roberts
Jana Sparks
Bonnie Karmouch
Faith Dougherty
Angie Griffith
Amber Anderson
We would also like to thank Odle Principal Eric McDowell and Vice Principal Jonathan Shearer for attending the event and for their support!
Sincerely,
Families of Odle and the Ice Cream Planning Team
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Community News and Events |
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Bellevue Schools Foundation
PO Box 40644 Bellevue, WA 98015-4644
info@bsfdn.org
www.bsfdn.org
425-456-4199
You help Bellevue students succeed!
Our goal is to raise $230,000 by Thanksgiving.
We need your help to get there.
How can you help?
- Make a tax-deductible gift at www.bsfdn.org/donate.aspx
- Join us as a Fall Campaign volunteer for Phonathon
- Tell friends and family why you support BSF
Volunteers will call parents during Phonathon, the week of November 6, to ask for your support. Make a gift or pledge now and help our students. Parents who respond by October 28 will not be called.
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Totem Hoops Basketball
Interested in playing basketball at the next level? Want to be a part of the Sammamish HS boys basketball feeder program? Well, come try out for our Totems basketball teams (grades 5-8th) the weekend of Sept. 24th and 25th. Pre register for tryouts at:
http://www.sportssignup.com/Totem-Basketball-Online-Registration.start
Tryouts are at:
Sammamish HS gym
100 140th Ave SE, Bellevue
(south side of Camput)
Boys 5th and 6th Tryouts: Saturday, Sept. 24th 4pm - 6pm, Sunday, Sept. 25th 1 pm - 3 pm
Boys 7th and 8th Tryouts: Saturday, Sept. 24th 6 pm - 8pm, Sunday, Sept. 25th, 3 pm - 5 pm
For more information, please contact us at Totemhoops@gmail.com
www.totemhoops.pbworks.com |
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Internet Essentials through Comcast - Low cost internet for kids on free lunch
How to qualify
To qualify for $9.95 a month Internet service and a low-cost computer, your household must meet all these criteria:
- Be located where Comcast offers Internet service
- Have at least one child receiving free school lunches through the National School Lunch Program
- Have not subscribed to Comcast Internet service within the last 90 days
- Not have an overdue Comcast bill or unreturned equipment
How to apply
- Call 1-855-8-INTERNET (1-855-846-8376) to request an application
- We will mail you an application. Complete and return it, along with lunch program documents from your child's school
- We will notify you by mail about the status of your application. Allow 7-10 days for a response
How to get connected
Once you are approved, we'll mail you a welcome package with everything you need to set up your Internet service and receive our free Internet training. If you choose to purchase a low-cost computer, your welcome package will provide details.
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Middle School Afterschool at Samena
This new program will provide a safe, encouraging atmosphere for your middle school student, including homework help, fitness opportunities, swimming, and leadership development. This program will follow the Bellevue School District schedule, beginning in September.
Register now to reserve your space
Ages: Middle School Days: Monday - Friday Hours: Afterschool - 5:30 pm Monthly Tuition: $275-Member, $300-Non-member
For further information please contact: Kristen Parkin Program Director 425-746-1160 ext. 117
15231 Lake Hills Blvd., Bellevue, WA 98007
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The Odle Viking News is distributed on the first and third week of every month. Submission requests are due on the first and third Sundays of every month, and may be sent to odleptsa@hotmail.com.
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