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September 18th, 2022

UPCOMING EVENTS AT A GLANCE

September 20th,  4-6pm:  Food Trucks
September 20th,  6-8:30pm: Curriculum Night
September 22nd: "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." Parent Meeting 7pm Cafeteria
September 27th, 6-6:30 pm: PTSA, Virtual Meeting 

October 3rd: Join PTSA to enter our $25 gift certificate drawing
October 18th: Vision and Hearing Screening 



RMS PTSA

Curriculum Night


Curriculum Night will be on Tuesday, September 20 from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Come and meet your students' teachers and connect with other RMS families.
Food trucks will be on campus from 4:00 - 6:00 p.m. serving great food to support our PTSA

RMS PTSA FOOD TRUCK NIGHT


Redmond Middle School PTSA is hosting a food truck night in the parking lot before Curriculum Night. Come get dinner and connect with other parents while supporting your school. 5% of all proceeds benefit the RMS PTSA which supports all RMS students and families.
 
Food trucks include...
Mexicuban
Sugar + Spoon
Chillz Ice Cream 
Saffron Spice
Big Dog's

Please RSVP for this event here.
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 Virtual Emergency Membership Meeting


Please join the RMS PTSA for an emergency meeting.
When the year began, we had 5 open board positions.  We have identified volunteers for each of these open positions and will be voting on whether to elect them to these positions on Tues Sept 27 at 6pm.
This meeting will be virtual only and should last no more than 15-20 minutes.

Here is a list of positions we will be voting for and current nominations:
Treasurer – Rebecca Shank and Merric Shank
VP FACE – Danish Majeed
VP Enrichment – Sridevi Konduri
VP Volunteers – Catherine Sreenivasan
VP Communications - Misty Cavit and Cindy Goulding
Membership Director – Lauren Moynihan

All current PTSA members are eligible to become board members and are invited to recommend themselves or anyone else for any position at or before the next RMS PTSA General Membership Meeting.
For information about a board position or to recommend someone, please contact
the co-Presidents at president@rmsptsa.org.
For more information about PTSA meetings visit here.

Microsoft Teams meeting
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Volunteers Needed for Vision & Hearing Screening

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Please come volunteer for our Vision and Hearing Screening on Tuesday, October 18th.

Training will be provided.

Remember that you must be an approved LWSD volunteer. If you’re not already, please fill out the LWSD volunteer application found in the SignUp Genius.

There will be two shifts on that day, 8:00am - 11:00am and 11:00am - 2:00pm.
We will need 4-6 people per shift.

Please view the Signup Genius and volunteer. Thanks for all your support!

Join PTSA by 10/3 to Win $25!

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Join PTSA by 10/3rd to Win $25!
By joining RMS PTSA by October 3rd, 11:59 PM, you are entered into a random drawing to win a $25 gift certificate!

Help us fulfill our mission by signing up EARLY for PTSA membership, indicating your volunteer interest, and more! You may be a winner!
 
Do you have more questions about becoming a member? Read the MEMBERSHIP FAQ!

Join RMS PTSA

Scholarships for Membership.
We provide membership scholarships to families and staff members facing financial hardship. Scholarships are provided with NO APPLICATION PROCESS.
Simply choose the "Scholarship" product during the "Join" process.
We want to remove financial barriers to you being more engaged in your students’ school and PTSA!

Corporate Matching
Many companies offer to match their employees' donation to PTSA and membership fees. If you or your spouse work for one of these generous employers, you may be able to DOUBLE your donations too. Companies that participate in this program include:
Boeing, Expedia, Hornell Anderson Design, Microsoft, Starbucks, UBS, United Way, Wells Fargo.

*RMS PTSA is a 501(c)(3) organization. Membership fees and donations are tax deductible. 

Join PTSA

 "Beauty and the Beast, Jr." is coming to RMS!

"Beauty and the Beast, Jr." is coming to RMS! If your student would like to participate on or behind the stage, a parent is REQUIRED to attend the parent meeting on Thursday, September 22nd at 7pm in the RMS cafeteria.

Participation in the musical production is a popular RMS tradition, and with a no-cut PTSA activity policy, ALL of the first 50 registered cast and 15 registered crew are guaranteed a spot in the play!

To learn more about the drama production, see our program page at
RMS Drama.

If you have other questions, please email Danielle and Cindy (parent producers).
See you Thursday! 

Fundraiser With AmazonSmile

Donate to RMS PTSA without spending a penny! If you haven't joined, please consider joining the Amazon Smile program this summer. Every time you shop through Amazon, you can help us raise money. After a simple ONE-TIME registration, our PTSA will receive 0.5% of every eligilble purchase you make when you select "Redmond Middle School PTSA 2 8 80" at http://smile.amazon.com. We always appreciate your help!

Go directly to our Smile page: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/91-1098652
Do you work for a company that will match your PTSA donation and volunteer time? Your donated amount or volunteer time this year can be matched by employers like Microsoft, Amazon, Boeing and Google. As a reminder, you as the employee will need to initiate the match with your employer. Thank you in advance for taking the time to help our students!
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