Odle Viking News March 7, 2012

The Odle Viking News is distributed on the first and third Wednesday of every month. Submission requests are due on the first and third Monday, and may be sent to the newsletter editor. This deadline is strictly enforced.

Wednesday, March 7, 2012 Success = Odle's Only Option

Calendar

Thursday, March 8

Friday, March 9

Monday, March 12

Thursday, March 15

Friday, March 23

Thursday, April 5

Wednesday, April 18

Registration Materials collected from 7th graders

Registration Materials collected from 6th graders

Registration Materials collected from 8th graders

General PTSA Meeting - Cancelled

Spring Fundraiser, Tam O'Shanter Country Club

Diversity Potluck, 6:00 pm, Library

Principal/Parent Coffee - "Standards Based Grading",

8:00 am - 9:00 am, Library

Upcoming Events

TOP 5 REASONS TO ATTEND THE SPRING FUNDRAISER

Friday, March 23, 6:30-9:30PM @ Tam O'Shanter Country Club

5. Bid on some fun and exciting silent auction items: an African catered dinner, Husky Football Tickets, Glassybaby's, Lexus Auto Detail, Nordstrom gift card, and more!

4. Enter a chance to win a $3,000 Lincoln Cinemas VIP pass for 2 and enjoy free movies for one year!

3. Enjoy the live music performed by Odle Band Director, Mr. Roberts and his adult group"Critical Mass".

2. Meet and mingle with some Odle teachers, staff and other parents outside of school.

1. Learn first hand what we raise money for and how this will benefit your kids!

Please come join us and show your support for quality education and great cause. You can RSVP in one of 3 ways:

Complete registration online and pay via PayPal at www.odlemiddleschool.org; OR
Drop off completed forms and check (payable to Odle Middle School PTSA) in the PTSA box in the Odle main office; OR
Mail completed form and check (payable to Odle Middle School PTSA) to Tracey Nguyen at 2919 131^st Place NE, Bellevue, WA 98005

If you are unable to attend the event, please consider making a donation: check payable to Odle Middle School PTSA, or via PayPal at www.odlemiddleschool.org.

Questions?

Julia Krill jkrill@windermere.com 206.406.9000

Tracey Nguyen tracey.nguyen2@gmail.com

Registration for 2012 - 2013

6^th and 7^th Grade Registration and Course Selection for 2012-2013

6th and 7th graders should have received registration information for next year. Counselors will collect registration paperwork from 7th graders on Thursday, March 8, and from 6th graders on Friday, March 9.

8^th Grade Registration for High School

8^th graders should have received course selection information for Sammamish and InterlakeHigh School. Counselors will collect registration paperwork on Monday, March 12.

General PTSA Meeting Cancelled

The March 15 PTSA meeting is cancelled for next week. We have no issues that need a vote, so after careful consideration, we decided not to ask people to give up their valuable evening time unnecessarily.

However, our nominating committee is at work, and we have several open positions including PTSA secretary and membership chair. Please watch the Viking News for further announcements about positions. We are accepting nominations now! These can be sent to odleptsa@hotmail.com or placed in the nominations box in the main office.

Hope to see many of you at the Spring Fundraiser this month.

Krista Hammer & Dominique Vincenti

PTSA Co-presidents

Odle News

Upcoming FOOM Events

3/8, Thursday	Odle Symphony Concert	Odle MUR	7:00 PM
3/10, Saturday	Northwest Orchestra Festival - Odle Symphony	Gresham, Mount Hood Community College	All Day
3/21, Wednesday	Band Spring Concert	Odle Gym	7:00 PM
3/22, Thursday	Choir / Jazz Band Concert	Odle MUR	7:00PM
3/24, Saturday	Frontier Jazz Festival (Jazz Band and Jazz Club)	Frontier Jr. High School	All Day
3/29, Thursday	Orchestra Spring Concert	Odle MUR	7:00 PM
3/30, Friday	District Band, Orchestra Festival (Academy band and Academy orchestra)	Sammamish High School	All Day
3/30, Friday	District Choir Festival	Interlake High School	All Day
4/5, Thursday	Friends of Odle Music (FOOM) Meeting	Odle Band Room	7:00 PM
5/3, Thursday	Friends of Odle Music (FOOM Meeting / Election of FOOM Board Officers	Odle Band Room	7:00PM

Friends of Odle Music (FOOM) News

Odle Music Program needs your help!! Teachers' budget and maintenance fee are simply insufficient to cover the instrument repairs, music, supplies, piano tuning and accompaniment expenses. Please help by participating in one or more of the following fun and memorable events:

1. RSVP and attend the Odle PTSA Spring Fundraiser on Friday, March 23 at Tam O'Shanter Country Club: 6:30-9:30PM. You should have received your invitation in the mail. Our band, orchestra and choir classes rely heavily on this fundraiser to purchase music and instruments. (Note: several school instruments are too old to be repaired.)

2. Mention "Odle Music Program" and vote for either band, choir or orchestra when you go to Peaks Frozen Yogurt at the Crossroads Mall. Help spread the words among your friends, neighbors, high schoolers, etc.

Until April 15, Peaks Frozen Yogurt will donate 20% of your sale directly to FOOM, the music booster club, to support our students and teachers in buying music, supplies, instrument maintenance, and more.

3. Order your copy of "Sounds of Odle - Spring 2012" now; $10 per CD. The CD will feature Odle Symphony, Band, Jazz Band, Jazz Club, Orchestra, and Choir for their performances in the spring.

Please email vickiliao168@gmail.com with your student's name, class (band, orchestra, or choir), and the number of CD. Then, please bring cash or check (payable to FOOM) to the concerts and/or the FOOM meetings. FOOM will have volunteer parents available to collect payment and confirm your orders. CD ordered will be delivered at the last concert in June. We will only produce based on pre-orders.

It's not too late to start the CD collection of your student's music learning and making journey memory in middle school. We have limited copies of the first Sounds of Odle produced last spring for purchase at $10 each as well. Please specify as you place your order via email.

4. FOOM is continuing the band and orchestra concert dress recycling program this year. Often our students wear their concert dress clothing only a few times before outgrowing them. If you have any black pants, black skirts, white shirts, black shirts, or black shoes that you wish to donate, please bring them to the FOOM collection box in the office during the last week of March. These items will be available for purchase for $5 per item during the Taking Care of Business days in the summer.

Bus Notes

If you plan to take a bus other than what you usually ride (or if you are a walker), you MUST bring a note from your parent/guardian and then bring that to the main office. We will stamp that note and you can give that to the bus driver. The bus drivers are not to let you on a bus without a note and the main office cannot write a note for you. Be sure to plan ahead and bring a note from home.

Odle PTSA

Legislative Corner

The Senate passed a budget around 1 a.m. Friday night, using a procedural move to consider a proposal that did not move out of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and that did not get a public hearing.

If there had been a hearing, Washington State PTA would have expressed strong concerns about cuts to education programs that benefit disadvantaged youth, and cuts to programs that keep children safe.

DETAILS HERE

Now the House and Senate will confer and work out a compromise proposal. Please contact your legislators and ask them to pass a budget that puts children first. If there is a particular program or bill you support be sure to cite it. If you want negotiators to consider revenue, be sure to say that. Clicking on the Take Action link will take you to the WA state PTA website where they make it very easy to contact your legislature. They'll even have an email formletter that you can use.

TAKE ACTION

You can also contact your legislators from http://apps.leg.wa.gov/districtfinder/ or calling 1-800-562-6000 (TTY for Hearing Impaired 1-800-635-9993)

Catherine Smith

Odle PTSA Legislative Representative

PTSA Nominating Committee is at Work

Please send nominations our way ASAP as we find people for PTSA positions for next year. The focus this week will be secretary, newsletter editor, and PTSA membership chair. All of these are open at this time. Nominate yourself or a responsible friend! Serving on PTSA is fulfilling and benefits our school and our children enormously. Everyone is welcome to serve on the Odle PTSA. We need help since we do a lot! Even if you work or have never had a PTSA position, that's okay. Questions about these positions? Want to know what other positions are open? Email odptsa@hotmail.com and you will be put in touch with one of our nominating committee members --Tamar Bayer, Patty Roberts and Jill Sulzberg.

Volunteer and Donation Needs

Supplies Needed

Odle Families,

The counselors are looking for donations in order to help some Odle students in need. If you are able to provide any of the following items please let Ms. Brooks know. Thank you in advance for your generosity.

Backpacks

Binders of all sizes

Mechanical pencils

Alarm clocks

Personal hygiene items (toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, deodorant)

Fred Meyer gift cards (for clothing and shoes)

Nutritious non-perishable snacks

Jenny Brooks

Odle Counselor

brooksj@bsd405.org

PTSA Grocery/Costco Shopper

There are a variety of times throughout the year where the PTSA needs someone to go to Costco or another grocery store to purchase items and deliver them to the school. This can be a simple tray of wraps for student leaders, a fruit platter or vegetable platter for a student social, or a list of items for our field day trail mix (nut free of course). This person doesn't have to plan or attend the event. All we need is for someone follow the grocery list provided by one of the presidents and deliver the items to the school. This doesn't happen frequently, and it's an easy task for someone who knows their way around Costco. Contact odleptsa@hotmail if you can take on this job.

Boundary Review Committee

Parents, we really need Odle to be represented on the Boundary Review Committee! Please consider submitting an easy application online. The district will select two parents from Odle. The committee begins meeting at the end of the summer. Please see the district website for more information on this. If you do apply, please email odleptsa@hotmail.com to let us know so that we can make sure we have at least some applications going in from our school. Thanks!

Applications for Boundary Review Committee

The District is seeking parents who would like to take part in the Boundary Review process. Applications for the citizen-based Boundary Review Committee are being accepted through March 16. The committee will be made up of two parents and a principal and/or assistant principal from each school in the District with geographic boundaries. The committee serves in an advisory role and will develop a district-wide school assignment recommendation to send to the Superintendent, for implementation in the 2013-2014 school year. For an application and more information on the Boundary Review process, click here

Pennies for Patients Donations

Our school joins 25,000 schools nationwide in the Pennies for Patients program. For the next few weeks we will help people who are sick with blood cancers like leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma. All you have to do is collect coins and other donations and bring them to school. Service Club will have collection boxes available in the morning and at lunch. Who will bring in the most donations? Will it be 6^th graders, 7^th graders or 8^th graders? Remember that every penny counts.

More Help Needed for Homework Club!

calendar

We are looking for more adult volunteers (especially dads) to be in our Homework Club in the Library from 2:30 to 4:00 on Mon, Tues, Thurs and Fri. Our principal and staff have asked PTSA to help find more helpers! It is so easy to sign yourself up. Go to odlemiddleschool.org, select Success Initiative on the bottom left, and then click the calendar image where it says Success Volunteer Calendar. On the calendar you click the date you want and type your name. If you have to cancel, click the spot again and remove your name. Then just sign in at the main office on your desired day and proceed to the library.

Thanks,

Odle PTSA

Bellevue School District News

Bellevue Latino Family Night - March 8

Bellevue College & Distrito Escolar de Bellevue

EVENTO PARA ESTUDIANTES Y FAMILIAS LATINAS DE BELLEVUE
Jueves 8 de Marzo de 6:00 a 8:30 pm
Campus del Bellevue College
3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA 98007

NOCHE UNIVERSITARIA PARA ESTUDIANTES Y FAMILIAS LATINAS DE SECUNDARIA Y PREPARATORIA DEL DISTRITO ESCOLAR DE BELLEVUE

INFORMACIÓN

- Programas de preparatoria

- Programas universitarios

- Clases para adultos

- Cómo inscribirse

- Becas

- Todo lo que necesita saber!

ENTRETENIMIENTO

- Cena
- Música
- Diversión
- Cuidado de niños

Si necesita más información llame al 425.564.4064

Bellevue College and Bellevue School District are inviting all Latino middle and high school students and families to "Bellevue Latino Family Night". The event will be on Thursday, March 8 from 6 to 8:30 pm at Bellevue College main campus. The entire event will be in Spanish. Students and families will have the opportunity to learn about the programs Bellevue College has to offer, what are the requirements, application process and financial aid. They will also share information about adult education programs. Dinner, entertainment, prizes and childcare will be provided.

Bellevue Schools Foundation News

Save the Date: Spring for Schools is May 18!

Mark your calendar now and plan to attend the annual Spring for Schools luncheon at the Hyatt Regency Bellevue on May 18^th from 11:30 to 1:30. Come hear what's going on in Bellevue's public schools and learn how donors make a difference. All are welcome to attend! Click here to register.

Are you interested in serving as a table captain, helping to build an audience of over 1,000 people one table of ten at a time? Contact Audience Development Co-Chairs Brenda Bedrosian and Connie Peterson (brenda1224@comcast.net or 425-830-9286) to learn more.

Do you know of a business or organization that may be interested in participating as an event sponsor? Contact Marian McDermott (marian@bsfdn.org or 425-456-4199) for information on sponsorship opportunities.

Shop Amazon for Bellevue Schools - Keep Up the Good Work!

Bellevue Schools Foundation supporters shopping Amazon.com through the Foundation's link raised a record breaking $11,273 in 2011, and have already raised $2,305 in 2012. Way to go!

Click through the link on the Bellevue Schools Foundation website (or here) to enter Amazon.com and Amazon will donate 8% of your purchase at no cost to you. This is such an easy way to support Bellevue students. Please share the link with your friends and family as well.

Community News and Events

Help Shape Bellevue's Transit Future!

If you take the online survey by March 23 you may be eligible to win a prize!

What do you need as a transit customer or what would entice you to ride transit? Maybe, you would like a more convenient bus route in your neighborhood, or you just want to be able to get to downtown Bellevue more quickly. Do you need better pedestrian or bicycle access? These are only a couple of questions that we are asking on the Transit Plan survey.

The City of Bellevue is launching its Bellevue Transit Master Plan effort to examine the current state of transit service and ridership in Bellevue and make recommendations to King County Metro and Sound Transit on how to best improve mobility in Bellevue through efficient transit service.

Those who complete the Bellevue survey are eligible to win one of three prizes graciously provided by downtown Bellevue restaurants. Prizes include a $75 gift certificate to Purple Café & Wine Bar and $100 gift certificates to Daniel's Broiler and El Gaucho.

The survey can be found at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6TJV5L3

For more information on the project contact Franz Loewenherz, Senior Transportation Planner at the City of Bellevue, at 425-452-4077 or Floewenherz@bellevuewa.gov

SAVE THE DATE: March 24, 2012 for the Sammamish High Spring Fiesta Auction

Join us for a fun night of celebrating our Totem community, fundraising through auction item bidding, eating delicious Mexican food, and tasting fabulous homemade desserts. Proceeds from the fundraiser benefit all students at Sammamish High School. The event is being held at the Redmond Azteca, located on 148th Avenue NE, just north of Hwy. 520. If you are a parent of a Sammamish student, you have probably already received your invitation in the mail. Please send in your RSVP soon. If you are a future SHS parent, we would love to have you join us. Email susanjenn@flywheelsystems.com to have an invitation emailed to you.

If you would like to donate an item, service, or outing to our auction, you can find donation forms at the Sammamish High front office and in downloadable form at www.sammamishtotems.org. Return completed forms to the SHS office or email forms to Mike Bussing mbussing@aol.com or Shelly Evans evans757@msn.com.

Math Hour at UW for Middle School Students

Dear Math Enthusiasts,

After two great seasons, the MATH HOUR at UW for middle and junior high school students is starting again in the Spring. Our first talk will be given by Professor Jon Brundan from the University of Oregon. You can find the abstract for the talk and
other information on our website: http://www.math.washington.edu/~mathcircle/mathhour/.

As usual, we'll have three talks this year and the Math Olympiad in June. The lectures are free and open to everyone. The Math Olympiad is also free but requires a pre-registration. We've been very fortunate to get volunteer help from many professional
mathematicians to run the Olympiad but we need to know how many kids are coming to plan accordingly. The link to the registration form will be posted on our website on April 16.

Here is complete schedule for the Spring:

March 11, 1-2pm, Jon Brundan, U. Oregon, "Domino tilings and determinants"

April 15, 1-2pm, Steve Klee, UC Davis, "The Mathemagic of Magic Squares"

May 13, 1-2pm, Eric Brechner, Microsoft, "Rainbow Mathematics"

June 10, 9:30-3pm, Math Hour Open Olympiad

All events are held in Savery Hall at the University of Washington

Hope to see everyone in March!

UW Summer Youth Programs

Registration is now open for the UW Summer Youth Program, enrichment opportunities for school-aged children and teens. The UW Middle School program is offering a new full-day, 2 week STEM focused session and a full-day, 3-week Girls Academy. In addition to full-day programs, middle school students can also enroll in half-day short courses on a variety of topics including: robotics, computer game design, architecture, writers workshop, visual arts, fashion design and more. Visit http://www.summer-camp.uw.edu/ for details.