Questions: Contact Deena Polk at deenapolk@hotmail.com or 425 898-7070

Run on into YOGURTLAND to get your frozen yogurt treat!

Join us at YOGURTLAND for a “FUN” Raiser to Benefit Redmond High’s Grad Night Celebration on Monday, May 21st from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. Hurry down and get your favorite flavor and all the toppings you want. Bring this flyer to YOGURTLAND on the date indicated and 25% of your total will be donated to the Grad Night Celebration! Offer not valid with any other promotion or discount. Must present flyer to participate.

Questions: Contact Deena Polk at deenapolk@hotmail.com or 425 898-7070

2012-2013 PTSA OFFICERS

Congratulations!

REDMOND  HIGH SCHOOL PTSA AWARDS

Golden Acorn, Golden Mustang, Outstanding Educator, Outstanding Advocate 

Outstanding Student Advocate Award and Honorary Life Membership Award

 .......... will be awarded soon. Stay tuned!

***Past award recipients are posted on the RHS PTSA website Awards page ***

Transition Meeting Summary - Jan 25th download PDF

Take the Transition Survey

Dear 8th and 9th grade parents,

Redmond High School PTSA would like to welcome you to the Redmond High School community. We have prepared a survey to help us learn the concerns and questions you have about your student moving up to the high school. We plan to publish responses to questions posed in a FAQ format on the Transition page of our website (www.redmondhsptsa.org). Additionally, RHS PTSA is planning a parent forum in March to follow up on the survey and to help answers other questions that you may have.

Sincerely,
RHS PTSA Board of Directors

A New Way to Earn MONEY through the eScrip Program!

We are excited to announce that Bartell Drugs has joined the eScrip family of merchants. Visit your local Bartell Drugs and pick up a 'B' Caring Card today. Simply ask for it at checkout and you will be asked to fill out a short form to be registered right there in the store (or used the attached link to print out and take with you). Please select Redmond High School PTSA #8566002 to support. It will not cost you anything to participate; this is Bartell Drugs’ way of giving back to their communities. The cashier will give you your ‘B Caring Card,’ then every time you shop up to 4% of qualifying purchases will be given to Redmond High PTSA! 

Download registration for here! Thank you

Ninth Grade to High School Transition

RJH PTSA Meeting, November 8, 2011

Redmond High School Principal Jane Todd

 Ms. Todd took questions from the audience.  Her responses follow: 

·          Teacher transfers—Junior high school teachers who wish to move to the high school are placing their names on a priority moving list.  The RHS administration is analyzing the number of teachers they will need for the core 9^th grade classes, and they will have a good idea of the staff moving to RHS by winter break.  RHS is conducting the teacher transfer process differently than Eastlake High school.  Ms. Todd doesn’t know which teachers from RHS are going to the STEM school.  The planning team teachers would have first priority to teach there.  Junior high teachers with a K-12 teaching certificate are eligible to transfer to the high school. 

·         Grade level differences—There are differences in the way the upper and lower level grades will be managed.  The ninth and tenth grader will have more structure and less flexibility.  The eleventh and twelfth graders will be allowed increased specialization of classes and concentration of electives, more freedom and more accountability.  There is a philosophical difference between grade levels.  The administration is considering breaking up the ninth grade into smaller units for more class flexibility, and so teachers can get to know students better. 

·         Ninth grade population—RHS is expecting about 450 students in the ninth grade.

·         Crowding—RHS is concerned about crowded hallways and passing time between classes.   It is a balancing act between not cutting into instructional time and having enough time for passing.  The reconstruction project will provide a little more cafeteria space, but not solve the lunch crowding problem.  RHS could add three double portables.  Most teachers currently share a classroom.  The administration is thinking outside of the box for new space.  One idea is to triple shift the classes.  There are 287 students attending RHS on a variance right now.  If a surplus of students is enrolled for the fall, they will have to consider if these students will stay at RHS. 

·         Alternative programs—There are three courses in school right now that students can take for UW credit.  The Running Start program must be good for the individual student.  It should not be used to alleviate the crowding.  An online learning credit is currently available, but it is expensive for the student. 

·         Athletics—There has been talk about intramural sports for ninth graders.  There are some varsity sports that are no-cut, like the current junior high sports program.  RHS could have more C teams for students new to a sport. 

·         Transition planning—There will be a staff meeting covering the transition at the end of November, paying specific attention to the ninth graders’ academic and social developmental needs.  There will be an ongoing attempt to assimilate ninth graders.  Staff ideas on the transition will be implemented in the second semester of this school year. 

·         PTSA transition assistance—According to RHS PTSA president Shelley Flores, the RHS PTSA is will provide a program for parents to ask questions of RHS administration.  RJH parents can subscribe to RHS newsletter this year by sending an email request to rhs.ptsa.news@gmail.com.

·            Questions can be sent to Principal Jane Todd at  jtodd@lwsd.org.

CONGRATS REFLECTIONS WINNERS!

Congratulations to all of the RHS Reflections entrants. The judging at the local level is now complete and the following students' entries will go on to compete at State.

Literature: Rosalyn Leban for "Hopes in the Shadows"

Musical Composition: Amanda Pang for "Emotional Hurricane" and Tiffany Kwakwa for "Past and Present."

Photography:  Christine Powell for "Melting Pot."

Visual Arts: Dawna Chung for "Tangled Minds" and Zoha Syed, "Tree of Diversity."

It Can Wait

A program designed to raise awareness of the dangers of texting and driving.   Download this flyer to read more about this program.   Watch this documentary and be aware of the dangers.

EVERYTHING PARTY! 

Buying supplies for your holiday parties? If you shop at Everything Party in Redmond, Everything Party will donate 10% of your purchase price to the PTSA Senior Class Baccalaureate fund. Please tell the cashier at the beginning of your transaction to ring it up under Redmond High School. What an easy way to help us raise money to support this event which is funded entirely by donations.

Lake Washington School District Needs Your Help in Steering County Land Use Policy

Our district has been very responsible about planning for growth by purchasing affordable, appropriately sized lots where expansion will eventually be needed (for example land for a high school near Redmond Ridge). King County may decide to reinterpret the state Growth Management Act in a way that would keep LWSD from using that land for schools because it's classified as "rural". If this reinterpretation is adopted we'd be forced to pay much more to expand because we'd be required to buy urban property (expensive and often impossible). The County Council needs to hear from us on this issue, since paying for schools is tough enough! Please read this more detailed analysis, and view the Boundary Map, and write your council person today.

Back to school forms

Welcome to the 2011-12 school year, and a very special greeting to families new to the Redmond HS community!  Our PTSA works closely with the administration and staff to give all students the best possible school experience.  We invite you to become a member of PTSA so that you can be a part of ensuring your child’s success! 

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