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Monday, September 30th, 2013 Success = Odle's Only Option

Calendar

Date	Time	Event
October 1st	6.00 pm	Curriculum Night
October 11^th		No School , Professional dev. day
October15th		Picture Retakes

Odle News

Curriculum Night:October 1st ,6.00 p.m.

The school will be running a compacted bell schedule so that you can simulate your son or daughter's daily schedule. This gives you an opportunity to visit with each of the classrooms, meet the teachers and understand the guidelines and expectations for each content area.

Agenda:

The principal or teacher may briefly address the entire group, sharing information on general school goals and policies.

Each teacher discusses the following with the students' parents.

o Welcome the parents.

o Respond to beginning-of-the-year questions/concerns.

o Explain the academic direction for the year-curriculum areas in which the class will be

working and major requirements such as book reports, special projects, and the grading

scale.

o Explain the discipline plan.

o Identify ways parents can contribute to their child's learning and ways the teacher will

communicate with parents-what they can expect from the teacher and what the teacher

expects of them.

o Answer any other questions the parents may have.

Clubs and Activities in Odle

Club/ Extracurricular Activity	Advisor	Meeting Location	Meeting days	Meeting times
Dance Club	Burmester	TBD	TBD	3:10 to 4:10
Leadership club	Yaeger	107	Every other Wednesday	7:00 to 7:40
Yearbook Club	Marissa Sparks/Elzea Emily	500	Thursday	3:10 to 4:10
Odle Service Club	Jana Sparks	TBD	TBD	3:10 to 4:10
French Club	Karmouch	405	Thursday	3:10 to 4:10
Future Problem Solvers	Boyd	Tuesdays	MUR	3:10 to 4:10
SET	Hope	103	Thursday	3:10 to 4:10
Rocketry Club	Williams	306	Thursday	3:10 to 4:10
Math Club	PTSA	110, 112, 211	Fridays	3:10 to 4:10
Jazz club	Roberts	Band Room	Fridays	3:10 to 4:10
Jazz Band	Roberts	Band Room	Every day	7:00 to 7:40
Chess Club	PTSA	202	Every other Monday (starting October 7th)	3:10 to 4:10
K- Club ( Korean Culture Club)	Lizotte/ J Sparks	421	Fridays	3:10 to 4:10
BIWA culture club	Farkas/ M sparks	500	Every other Monday (staring November 18th)	3:10 to 4:10

Family Connections Center

Dear Odle Families,

My name is Liliana Benavides and I am the family Liaison at Odle Middle School. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your student to our school. I have an important role in helping your student achieve his or her educational goals.The Family Connections Center welcomes all families and supports a school environment that allows student to excel in service, leadership and academic excellence. We at Odle view families as important partners in achieving the success of our students and institution.

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. We look forward to meeting you and helping to ensure that your family and student's need are well supported.

If you have any questions please contact :

benavidesl@bsd405.org or

Odle 425-456-6600

Woodridge 425-456-1576

Estimados padres de familia,

Mi nombre es Liliana Benavides y soy la conexi�n familiar en la escuela secundaria Odle. Por este medio

me gustar�a darle la bienvenida a usted y a su hijo a nuestra escuela.

Para m� es muy importante ayudar a su hijo/a alcanzar sus metas educativas, esperamos poderle ayudar

por si necesita alg�n tipo de apoyo ya que nosotros fomentamos un buen medio ambiente que permite

al estudiante sobresalir, a ser l�der y a un excelente desarrollo acad�mico. Nuestra escuela ve a las

familias como socio muy importante que ayuda a alcanzar el �xito del estudiante.

El centro de conexi�n 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 conversaci�n 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 �tiles escolares

Yo creo que con la participaci�n de los padres en las actividades escolares tiene un impacto significativo

en el rendimiento del estudiante.

Si tiene alguna pregunta o le gustar�a platicar conmigo por favor cont�cteme al:

benavidesl@bsd405.org

Odle 425-456-6600

Woodridge 425-456-1576

Sinceramente,

Liliana Benavides

Generous Support Enhances Student Life

Dear Odle Families,

Thank you to everyone who has contributed to our annual Pass the Hat Fundraiser so far. We have received a tremendous amount of support and it is greatly appreciated. But we are still halfway to our goal. If you were not able to donate at the "taking care of business day", please bring a check to the curriculum night on 10/1/13 6:00PM. You can also drop the check and form to the office during any school day.Your donation is tax-deductible, also many companies (Microsoft, Google, Boeing, and Starbucks etc) will match your cash donations.

Here's what your contribution will do for Odle this year:

6th Grade Camp Orkila Support
7th Grade Cultural Extravaganza Support
8th Grade Graduation Party and Ceremony
Prism special projects, speakers and social activities
Grants to Teachers to support INNOVATION and any curriculum enhancement in the classroom
Assist Band, Orchestra and Choir
Math Club
Chess Club
All School Ice Cream Social

We are going to have a wonderful year and we look forward to seeing you and your student at the curriculum night. Thank you for everything you do for Odle!

If you have any questions, please contact: odleptsa@hotmail.com, attention "Fundraising"

Student Directory- In the Know

The Student Directory is published every year as a convenience to students (and parents), as well as to provide some useful information about the school and PTSA. The Student Directory is published during Fall Quarter and is distributed to all PTSA members.

Although the PTSA collects contact information from PTSA members as they join, the contact information for students that is listed in the Directory is actually provided by the Bellevue School District. The primary reason for this is to protect the privacy of those families that have asked the Bellevue School District not to publish their contact information. It is important to know this information for the following reasons:

If you requested of the Bellevue School District not to publish your information, then it will not appear on the Student Directory
If you have recently changed information, and have not updated the information you provided to the School District, it will not be up to date in the Student Directory. This seems to happen with email addresses in particular.

To update any contact information with Bellevue School District, please contact the Odle School Registrar, Cynthia Vaca at vacac@bsd405.org

If you wish to keep the privacy settings, but do wish to have minimal contact information in the Student Directory (e.g. parent email), then please contact the Directory Chair directly at ataves@pickatime.com

Thanks,

Anne

Volunteer Needs

Parents play a critical role at Odle. We encourage parent involvement and regularly communication with the school to see what help is needed.

Open House (1st Oct), Viking Hut

The Viking Hut will be open 5:45pm onwards on Curriculum night, and we need volunteers to run it from 5:30pm to 6:15pm. If you'd like to volunteer, please email odleptsa@hotmail.com and herveyjc@hotmail.com

Community News

School Supplies

Odle Middle School is in need of Alarm Clocks (5) for students and lined composition books. If you can donate any of these things please bring to main office. Thank you so much for your help.