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Odle PTSA Email &
Newsletter Editor
Esra Onalan
odleptsa@hotmail.com
Odle PTSA Co-President
Krista Hammer
krista_hammer@yahoo.com
Odle PTSA Co-President
Dominique Vincenti
dominique.vincenti@nordstrom.com
Viking News Submissions
The Odle Viking News is distributed on the first and third Monday of every month. Submission requests are due on Fridays prior to the scheduled submission, and may be sent to the newsletter editor. This deadline is strictly enforced.
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Monday, September 17, 2012 Success = Odle's Only Option
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September 20, 6pm PTSA General Meeting (Odle Library) | |
September 20, 7pm FOOM Meeting (Odle Orchestra Room - 415) | |
September 27 Open House / Curriculum Night | |
October 15 Picture Re-takes | |
November 1, 7pm Fall Orchestra Concert (Odle MUR) | |
November 15, 4-8pm Arena Conferences (Odle Library) |
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First PTSA General Meeting
Dear parents,
Please join us for light refreshments at our first general PTSA meeting! We will socialize for the first few minutes to meet new parents. Then we will proceed to the following topics:
- Principal Eric McDowell 's Odle Report // Be completely informed because a lot is happening!
- Do you have a Special Needs Child? // Theresa Nagle will make introduce the new Special Needs PTSA that has formed for all parents of special needs children in the district.
- Approve PTSA's 2012-2013 General Budget // What do we do for the kids with your money?
- Boundary Review Committee Report.
September 20, 6pm, Odle Library
You do not have to be a PTSA member to attend the meeting. |
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Family Connections
Dear Odle Families,
My name is Liliana Benavides and I am the family Liaison at Odle Middle School as well as Woodridge Elementary School. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your student to our school. As a mother of one girl who attends Kindergarten, I understand the importance of having good communication with families. My goal is to work together with parents, teachers and administrators to support students and their families in setting goals and arranging resources that will help students to be successful in school, at home and our community.
In each school's Family Connections Center, we offer the following support:
- A welcoming place in school where parents can visit and feel at home
- Strategies to help parents work successfully with their student's teachers
- Parenting classes and parent coffees
- Translation and interpreter support for Spanish-speaking families
- Resources for families and their students, including clothing, food, shelter, school supplies, as well as resources for low or no-cost doctor visits
- Scheduled meeting times available for parents to meet with teachers and discuss their children's academic concerns
I believe parent involvement in school activities has a significant impact on student achievement. I look forward to meeting you and helping to ensure that your family and student's need are well supported.
If you have any questions or would like to meet with me, please contact me at: benavidesl@bsd405.org or Odle 425-456-6600 Woodridge 425-456-1576 Sincerely, Liliana Benavides Estimados padres de familia, Mi nombre es Liliana Benavides y soy la conexión familiar en la escuela secundaria Odle así como en la escuela primaria Woodridge. Por este medio me gustaría darle la bienvenida a usted y a su hijo a nuestra escuela. Como madre de una niña que atiende al Kinder entiendo la importancia de la buena comunicación con las familias y maestros. Mi meta es comunicar a las familias de lo que está pasando en nuestra escuela. Trabajaré junto con padres de familia, maestros y personal administrativo para apoyar a los estudiantes y sus familias en establecer metas y obtener recursos que ayuden a los estudiantes a ser exitosos en la escuela, en casa y en nuestra comunidad. El centro de conexión familiar ofrece los siguientes servicios en la escuela: - Dar la bienvenida a las familias y hacerlos sentir que esta es su casa
- Estrategias para ayudar a los padres a trabajar exitosamente con los maestros de sus hijos,
- Coordinar clases y poder tener conversación informal con los padres de familia
- Interpretar a las familias de habla hispana
- Proveer recursos para familias y sus hijos como ropa, comida, vivienda y útiles escolares
Yo creo que con la participación de los padres en las actividades escolares tiene un impacto significativo en el rendimiento del estudiante. Si tiene alguna pregunta o le gustaría platicar conmigo por favor contácteme al: benavidesl@bsd405.org Odle 425-456-6600 Woodridge 425-456-1576 Sinceramente, Liliana Benavides |
Friends of Odle Music
Do you know...
More than 350 Odle students take music class (orchestra, band or choir).
Odle offers the Academy of Instrumental Music to enrich and recognize students who are dedicated to high personal levels of artistic accomplishment.
Odle Band Director, Mr. Roberts not only leads three band groups: Concert Band, Symphonic Band and Academy Band, he also runs after school Jazz Club and Jazz Band.
Starting this year, there are three orchestra groups: Concert Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Academy Orchestra. Odle Orchestra Director, Mr. Blough organizes Odle Symphony that brings together string, wind and percussion student players to perform as a symphony and compete at the Jr. High / High School level Festival.
As parents, not only we appreciate the high quality music education offered here at Odle, we recognize that three music teachers can not accomplish this alone and need our support, both logistically and financially.
Friends of Odle Music (FOOM) is a parent support, non-profit booster organization established to support our students, teachers and programs. Since its inception in March, 2011, we have accomplished a lot and continue growing as the number of music students increase every year while the budget decreases.
Please come and meet the music teachers and the FOOM board members to learn more about what we have done and plan to do, and what you can do to help. First meeting is 7:00-8:00PM on Thursday, September 20 @ the Orchestra Room.
FOOM Monthly Meeting Schedule: 7:00-8:00 PM @ the Orchestra Room on the following dates:
September 20, 2012
October 18, 2012
December 20, 2012
January 17, 2013
February 21, 2013
March 14, 2013
April 18, 2013
May 23, 2013
Odle Music website www.odlemusic.org is coming soon. Stay tuned...
Contact: friends@odlemusic.org
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Math Club
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 from September 28th, 2012 to April 26th 2013 except school closures and holidays
Location & Coach contacts:
Head Coach Contact: Bei Zhu beizhu66@gmail.com
6th graders: room 108 Coach contact: Qun Li qunl@yahoo.com
7th graders: room 110 Coach contact: Roger Lu luroger@yahoo.com
8th graders: room 301 Coach contact: Dobromir Dimitrov dobriuta@yahoo.com
Cost: Only the registration fee for competitions which your child plans to attend.
Parents' help is required. We need additional parents to help in each classroom (besides the coach) for every session. This is required by the school district.On Sept. 28th, please be at the club meeting room 4:00 - 4:10 pm to meet with 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
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Successful Ice Cream Social
We would like to thank all of the families who attended the ice cream social last Tuesday. Thanks also to the club and sports advisors and our principals who stayed after school to answer questions. We went through a lot of ice cream! Musican Carly Calbero and her drummer did a fabulous job.
Volunteer Thanks
Schedules
Thank you to the following people who helped hand out schedules: Amelia Kwok, Sayee Vaitheesvaran, Upasna Vaitheesvaran, Tanya Paszkeicz, Susan Aluma, Linnea Eng, Rita Frost, Patty Roberts, and Dominique Vincenti.
Ice Cream Social Volunteer Thanks
We would like to thank our wonderful Odle custodians, Bill Robbins and Bill McCann for their outstanding assistance with set-up and clean-up for our event. They went above and beyond the call of duty for PTSA! Thanks also to our day custodian, Huy Lam for his assistance making sure everything was in place for the evening. Last but not least, we thank our event volunteers: Tamar Bayer, Benjamin Chau, Adam Dibba (and daughter Husai ), Barbara Espinoza, Eric Hammer, Arlene Hoffman, Julia Krill (and son Ryan), Jerilyn Morris, Luanne Lemmer, Vicki Liao and 7th grade parent Dan. We have to add that Dan (we didn't get a last name) and Benjamin Chau noticed lines were getting long and kindly joined the scooping team on the spur of the moment. Students Caiden and Efraim and one more student (apologies for not getting his name) helped set up tables and fill up water jugs. That was much appreciated!
Pictures
Thank you very much to those kind parents who showed up to help with picture make-ups on very last minute notice: Snehal Dedhia, Tanya Paszkeicz and Ozlem Toprakbasti. We appreciated that a lot!
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Parents play a critical role at Odle. We encourage parent involvement and regularly communicate with the school to see what help is needed. Here are the current opportunities. Thanks.
Library
Our Odle librarian Jolyn Danielson needs some help putting covers on new books. Please contact her directly to arrange a time to help. Jolyn's email is danielsonjo@bsd405.org. Thanks!
Magazine Drive
Soon, Odle Associated Student Body (ASB) will be launching a magazine & cookie dough drive to raise funds for field trips, student socials and more. ASB has requested PTSA assistance. If you are willing to be on the team of parents that will assist ASB on collection days, please email Whitney at cwdevine57@gmail.com.
Success Zone Help
HELP KIDS BE SUCCESSFUL AT ODLE
The faculty "Success Team" has requested some extra help from parents after school in the Work Completion Zone (Library) and Homework Club (MUR).
To make it very easy to sign up, we have put a "SUCCESS CALENDAR" on the PTSA homepage: www.odleptsa.org. Simply click the success calendar icon and then click a date to add or delete your name. Jolyn Danielson and Elise Lee will check the calendar to see who they should expect each day. Please consider signing up to help once a month after school from 2:33 - 4:10 (M, T, TH or F). Even if you can only do once between now and June, that would be great. This is a self-serve calendar so you will not receive any email confirmation or reminder from PTSA. Questions? Jolyn's email is danielsonjo@bsd405.org or Elise Lee leee@bsd405.org.
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Eastside Traveling League Boys Basketball Upcoming Try Outs!
Come join the fun and help build our program (which feeds the top ranked Sammamish HS basketball program). Let's make the Totems contenders this year!
Tryouts for Totems Hoops are Saturday Sept 22 and Sunday Sept 23rd at Sammamish HS Gym. Bring your game (and your Hoopster friends!)
- 5th and 6th graders:
- 5 to 7 pm Saturday the 22nd
- 1-3 pm on the 23rd (both days)
- 7th and 8th graders:
- 7 to 9 pm Saturday the 22nd
- 3-5 pm on the 23rd (both days)
Questions: totemhoops@gmail.com
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Newport Way Library Book Sale!
Saturday, November 3rd, 10AM-5PM and Sunday, November 4th, 1-4PM. All proceeds benefit Newport Way Library programs.
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