Odle Viking News October 29, 2012

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.

Monday, October 29, 2012 Success = Odle's Only Option

Calendar

November 1, 7:00 pm	Fall Orchestra Concert (Odle MUR)
November 8, 7:30 am	Family Connections Center and PTSA End of First Quarter Coffee (Odle Library)
November 15, 4:00-8:00 pm	Arena Conferences (Odle Library)
November 30	Reflections Party (Odle Library)

Odle News

November 8 - Family Connections Center and PTSA End of First Quarter Coffee

Would you like to get to know other parents?
Do you need help with resources for food, healthcare services, clothes?
Would you like to learn more how to help your child do well is school?
Do you need help accessing grades online?

Come and join us on Thursday morning, November 8, from 7:30 to 8:30 AM in the Family Connection Center at Odle for coffee and breakfast refreshments. Learn about Odle's new Family Connections Center and all the supports and services provided to students and families.

Lo esperamos el 8 de Noviembre al café que tendremos en el Centro de Conexión Familiar de fin de trimestre

Le gustaría conocer a otros padres?
Necesita ayuda con recursos para comida, servicios de salud, ropa?
Le gustaría saber un poco más de como ayudar a que su niño le vaya bien en la escuela?
Necesita ayuda en como accesar a las calificaciones de su hijo en línea?

Venga lo invitamos a la junta de padres de familia de fin de trimestre de 7:30 a 8:30 de la mañana el Centro de Conexión de la escuela secundaria Odle en donde proveeremos café y desayuno. Podrá conocer e informarse más acerca de lo que hacemos en el Centro de Conexión familiar, todo el apoyo y los servicios que proveemos para los estudiantes y sus familias.

*Proveeremos desayuno ligero.

Reflections

Good News at the Last Minute ... We will participate in Reflections!

Thank you to Connie Hwang and Myonghee Lee who have agreed to co-chair Reflections.

The Reflections Program is a National PTA and WSPTA cultural arts competition. The purpose is to provide an opportunity for students to use their creative talents by expressing themselves through their own original works

For 2012-13 Reflections theme is: "The magic of a moment...."

Students must follow the instructions on the Student Entry Form as well as the instructions for the specific art area (linked below). The six art areas are:

Literature - Works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, prose, drama, short stories and lyrics.
Music Composition - original musical composition, with or without words.
Photography - prints up to 11 x 14 inches in color or black and white, including techniques: photogram, retouched, montage, sandwich and multiple exposures.
Visual Arts - drawing, painting in tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor & t-shirt paints, computer generated art, two-dimensional collage, printmaking, needlework & leather tooling.
Film/Video - original works, with or without sound, of animation, narrative, documentary, experimental or music video/film.
Choreography/Dance - originally choreographed dance composition.
Special Artists - NEW THIS YEAR! This year National PTA is launching a fifth division of the Reflections program - the Special Artist Division--in addition to the traditional divisions, Primary (grades preschool-2), Intermediate grades 3-5), Middle School (grades 6-8) and High School (grades 9-12). This is a non-graded division limited to students whose physical, cognitive or mental health challenges meet the guidelines set forth in the American Disabilities Act. Click here for more details on this new program.

Only original works of art and fulfilled entry format are accepted.

For further information regarding rules and regulations, either go directly to the Washington State PTA website http://www.wastatepta.org/programs/reflections/ or stop by the Odle office. They will provide copies of the rules and guidelines as well as entry and consent forms.

The deadline for entries is: November 13, 2012 4:10 PM

For further questions, feel free to contact one of the Odle Reflections Chairs:

Connie Hwang bnhconnie@hotmail.com

MyongHee Lee nemoanddora@hotmail.com

Odle PTSA Nominating Committee Elected

Congratulations to our nominating committee which we elected at the October 25 general meeting: Brenda Bedrosian, Amelia Kwok, Katie Moran, and Cathy Zhou. Please watch for information on how to nominate someone for one of the open PTSA positions in the next edition of the Viking News.

PTSA Mission at Odle

Our members approved a "Mission Statement" and three general goals for Odle PTSA at the general meeting on October 25. Thank you to the parents who took time out of busy schedules to attend this meeting!

Mission: Odle Middle School PTSA mission is to promote participation of all parents. We believe that it takes communication, collaboration and teamwork to create an outstanding school.

We accomplish this by

Facilitating two-way communication between families and school staff
Building community & creating a welcoming environment at Odle
Funding support to enhance the education experience and development environment for our students.

Volunteer Appreciation

Picture Re-takes

Thank you Anne Bentley, Selena Sultana and Tanya Paszkeicz for helping with picture re-takes on October 16!! We appreciate your time and all of your great help.

Magazine Drive

We will have final numbers from magazine drive soon. It was very successful, and our PTSA volunteers were able to provide fantastic assistance to the school. Many of the following people came back more than once and stayed a long time to help us process all of the orders that came in these past two weeks. We are very grateful for the help of Susan Aluma, Yuki Cheng, Wilson Deng, Shaila Shetty, Barbara Skotte, Anju Solankly, Chihiro Suzuki and Ozlem Toprakbasti. Vicki Liao, who chaired the drive for the school has done an excellent job as she is very organized and energetic. Thanks Vicki!!

Bellevue School District News

Gifted Program

The Gifted Programs Office of the Bellevue School District will be evaluating students for gifted services January 12, 26, and February 2, 2013. Gifted services are available at the elementary, middle and high school levels. If you would like to have your child evaluated for gifted services, please provide evidence that your child has met one the following screening criteria within the past 12 months:

demonstration of performance in the 85th percentile or above on a standardized ability or achievement test, OR
rating of "4" in any area of the state MSP (or the top rating on any other state assessment), OR
a rating of "Above Proficiency" on the Total Reading Comprehension (TRC) assessment

Applicants meeting this requirement will be scheduled for further gifted assessment in January or February. A parent information meeting is scheduled for Wednesday evening, November 7^th at 7:00 pm in the Rainier Room of the Wilburton Instructional Services Center, 12241 Main Street, Bellevue. If you believe your child is in need of gifted services, and you currently live within the Bellevue School District boundaries, applications and additional information can be found at our website: http://www.bsd405.org/gifted . The application deadline is November 16, 2012.

Teresa L. Janes, MEd, NBCT

Supervisor of Gifted Programs

Bellevue School District

425-456-4196

Fax: 425-456-4176

Bellevue School Foundation

Phonathon - Pick up the Phone to be All in for Kids!

Over 200 volunteers are needed to make calls during the Foundation's annual Phonathon (times below). The Phonathon raises money that will help all students in all Bellevue schools.

Training will be provided and food will be available for all volunteers. Share the opportunity with HS students as well. It's a great way to obtain community service hours!

Interested? Contact Odle's Ambassador Ticson Mach ticson@gmail.com.

November 13-15 (Tues-Thurs) 5:00-8:30 pm (each day)
November 16 (Friday), start time 10:00 am (may go until 3 pm) for the mailing party

Community News

Girls Basketball

There will be a basketball camp for girls on Nov.12 (Veterans Day). This is one of the Bellevue Girls Basketball program's fundraisers and the 1 day camp is run by the Bellevue Girls Head basketball coach, Leah Krautter. It will be a great camp for those girls interested in basketball, who are looking to tune up their game.

Any questions please call:

Rusty Holmes

Bellevue Girls Basketball Board, VP

Cell: 206-715-3321