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Monday, November 12th, 2013 Success = Odle's Only Option

Calendar

Date	Time	Event
November 19th	7.45 a.m	Vision Screening
November 20th		Cookie Dough Delivery
November 21st	4.00pm	Arena Conferences

Odle News

Congratulations to all our mathletes for the strong performance and achievements!

In the 2013

Math Is Cool regional contest held on Nov 8, Odle's mathletes had a very strong performance in both individual and team contests!

7th grade was ranked #2 in team competition

8th grade was ranked #1 in team competition

The following students were ranked in top in individual contests:

Geometry division (highest division):

Colin Tang (7th grade), 1st place

Anthony Lu (8th grade), 3rd place

Sophia Zhi (8th grade), 4th place

Daniel He (8th grade), 6th place

Adrian Fan (8th grade), 8th place

Daniel Lee (8th grade), 10th place

Alex Li (8th grade), 11th place

Richard Dong (8th grade), 12th place

Following students also finished in the top 25:

Eshan Kemp (7th grade)

Benjamin Yin (8th grade)

Zong Zhang (8th grade)

Gabriel Shen (7th grade)

Timothy Wang (7th grade)

Sam Zhao (8th grade)

Julia Dai (8th grade)

Nigel Veach (8th grade)

Arena Conferences

Arena Conferences will be held on Nov 21st from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. These conferences are by request only. Jubilee Reach will provide child care to all families from 4 pm to 8 pm.

Odle MS Student Directory

The Odle Middle School Directory is in the print shop. Look for a copy of the red directory in your student's backpack by the end of the week or the following week at the latest. Each Odle family will receive ONE copy. For families with multiple students at Odle, the directory will be handed out to the youngest sibling at Odle.

Dinner and Childcare for Odle Families

Hola tenemos el agrado de invitar a usted y su familia a un gran evento en espa�ol en donde se tocaran temas sobre bullying, drogas y problemas de conducta as� tambi�n temas importantes sobre como motivar a sus hijos a tener �xito en la escuela y desarrollar comportamientos positivos.

Tendremos cuidado de ni�os y una cena deliciosa.

Lo estaremos esperando el mi�rcoles 4 de diciembre en el sal�n multiusos de 5:30 a 8 de la noche

Cordialmente el personal de la escuela secundaria Odle

Si tiene alguna pregunta por favor comun�quese con :

Liliana Benavides

425-456-6677

We will provide childcare and dinner

We will have an evening for our Spanish-Speaking families at Odle on December 4, 2013 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm in the MUR. This will include parent sessions on different topics. This event is brought to our families as a joint project of Odle's Action Team for Partnership (ATP) which aims to engage families and the community in ways that support student achievement and success.

We will provide childcare and dinner.

If you have any questions please contact

Liliana Benavides

425-456-6677

Band Concert Schedule

There will be three band concerts as follows:

Title	Day	Date
Holiday Concert	Wednesday	December 11^th ,2013
Spring Concert	Wednesday	March 26^th ,2014
June Concert	Wednesday	June 11^th , 2014

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.

Vision Screening

Our school nurse is asking for 6 parent volunteers to help with vision screening. Odle Vision Screening for all 7th grade students will be conducted on Tuesday Nov. 19th

in the lower library during 1st and 2nd period, starting at 7:45 a.m.

Volunteers will need to sign in the office. From there, you will be directed to where to go.

Thanks in advance to all who can help!

Contact (Liu Hong liuhong01@hotmail.com)

FOOM

Thank you FOOM volunteers

Thank you to the volunteers at the inaugural Odle Orchesta Festival Sat. November 2nd: Cora Chan, Karen Choi, Bob Connell, Nancy Cui, Terri Forsberg, Sandra Gan, Anita Leung, Pean Lim, Susana Morales-Jose, Sara Rowe, Barb Skotte, Jenice Ung-Khun, Ping Wei, Cathy Zhao. The students learned so much from the experience!

Odle's three student orchestras all performed wonderfully at the their Fall Concert Nov. 7th. Thank you volunteers: Susan Leu-Lin, Yaling Kuo, Sandra Gan, Amelia Kwok, Bob Connell, Shirley Lim, Barb Skotte.

CD Sale-FOOM will again be selling "Sounds of Odle Music" CDs beginning later this month. The CDs will feature performances by all of the school music groups and will be delivered just before school lets out for the winter break. The CDs will cost only $10 each, and are the perfect holiday gift! All funds raised support the school music programs. Questions? Please contact Barb Skotte at bskotte@yahoo.com

FOOM is always looking for additional members, so please come to our next meeting on Wed. Nov. 20th, 6:30 pm in the orchestra room. To learn more please visit our website at www.odlemusic.org

Community News

Thanksgiving Baskets

The Count Your Blessings group is a group of BSD families that have come together to fill the need of donating 760+ Thanksgiving Baskets consisting of a traditional holiday meal to families across the district. Every year this group has worked to meet the demand and fill as many baskets as they have requests for from families. This year they are seeking additional support to fill the growing need in our community. It would be wonderful if the PTSAs would be able to jump in and a run a food drive or help raise funds to support this program. Volunteers are always a wonderful support as well. Here is the information:

� PTSA Support in the form of a Food Drive or Donations

� Thanksgiving Baskets will be put together November 22-24th

� Please contact Sharon at (425) 628-8807 or countyourblessings425@gmail.com

Bellevue Quality Schools Campaign

On February 11th 2014, parents can continue supporting educational programs in Bellevue by approving an educational programs and operations levy, a technology & capital levy and a proposed capital construction bond to rebuild BSD schools. If you need more information go to Bellevue Quality Schools .

Bellevue Ski School

Bellevue Ski School Winter is almost here and it is time to get excited about skiing and snowboarding. Bellevue Ski School is a great way to get up to

Snoqualmie, hang out with friends, make new friends, enjoy the great snowy outdoors!! Whether you are new to the sport or have experience, Bellevue Ski School has a program that will suit your needs. Talk with your parents or guardians and go to

www.bellevueskischool.com to register.