MIHS PTSA News – June 12, 2022
6/12/2022 3:49 pm
PTSA News
Class Schedules:
Missed Surviving Senior Year Seminar?
Here’s the video link for the May 24, 2022 presentation and discussion. Calling all Junior families (Sophomore and Freshman families are also welcome)! Want to know more about what’s in store for next year? If so, please join our PTSA for a panel discussion! This is a very popular Q & A style meeting that covers everything you want to know about Senior year and beyond. Bring your questions!
Other Resources:
Graduation Gift Ideas
Graduate Grams Order Deadline is June 15
It’s time to order your graduating Senior a Grad Gram, Mercer Island’s 30 year community tradition! Each Grad Gram is printed on parchment paper, personalized with your congratulatory message and mailed on your behalf direct to the graduate’s home.
MIHS Legacy Bricks
Buy a personalized brick that will become a permanent part of Mercer Island High School at the amphitheater entrance to the commons. The cost is $50 for a message of up to 18 characters per line (including spaces & punctuation) with two lines maximum.
MIHS PTSA President Letter
Click here to read the current and past President’s letters.
MIHS News
Schedule This Week
This week’s schedule will be the Finals Schedule.
Principal’s Updates
Read Principal Walter Kelly’s May 20, 2022 letter.
MIHS Counseling Center
Click here to read the June 2022 Newsletter.
Writing for College Summer Workshops
MIHS teachers, Curtis Johnston and David Willecke, are offering the 14th annual Writing for College workshops beginning June 21. Craft your admissions essay in a positive workshop atmosphere with on-demand one-on-one guidance from people who have spent years mastering the personal essay. We will help you write to your audience, maintain authentic voice, avoid the common pitfalls that can lead to automatic denial, and more.
Back by popular demand: Two separate series of workshops, June 21 to June 30, or August 8 to August 18, with online editing and application support available for 5 weeks after the end of actual sessions. Click herefor more information, including how to register.
All workshops will be held in person at Mercer Island High School this summer. Students will need a device on which to write their essays and to create their Common App and Coalition App accounts. Email questions to misummerwriters@gmail.com.
Donate to the Mercer Island Schools Foundation for our Annual Spring Drive!
This will fund critical curriculum for our students and will help the district leverage dollars to keep class sizes as small as possible. Donate today!
MIHS Students Take Action
Teens Helping
Donate to the purchase of necessities for family shelters and women experiencing poverty. We are currently collecting to support Jubilee Women’s Center in Seattle. Teens Helping is an organization created and run by three Mercer Island High School Juniors committed to helping other girls and women in the King County area. Click here to donate.
UNICEF Club
After viewing the recent issues in Ukraine the UNICEF Club at MIHS were deeply affected and could not sit and do nothing. We have recently started a fundraiser, run through the UNICEF Organization to raise money for children and families in Ukraine. All proceeds go directly to UNICEF to create emergency relief packages and send fresh sanitary supplies to those in need. Click here to donate.
The International Entrepreneurship class
We are selling custom sticker packs, designed for any college/university that is requested! All the proceeds are going to UNICEF to help Ukranian Refugees. Do you have a graduating senior? Or a love for your alma mater? These college sticker packs are handmade with tons of care, and made special for your favorite school/team for only $10 per pack! fill out this order form to indicate your customization!
Community Opportunities
MIVAL Jr Art Show
MIVAL is excited to announce our 48th Annual Jr Art Show and we invite all school age children, grades K-12 to enter their artwork for cash prizes and exhibition at the Community Center Gallery this summer. Children are invited to enter up to (2) 2D and/or (2) 3D projects to be judged by MIVAL Artists. Registration is available online using the link below, or through our website at www.mival.org. Entries are due on July 11th and artwork is due to be delivered on July 16. The Show will be available for viewing at the Mercer Island Community Center Gallery from July 18- Sept 9. For more information and to register, click here.
MISD Inclusive Preschool Program
The Mercer Island Inclusive Preschool Program is located at Northwood Elementary School. Children attend half-day sessions in the morning or afternoon on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Classrooms vary in size, generally ranging from 8 to 12 students with an average of 10, and are taught by a highly qualified group of educators who specialize in early childhood development and education. Each class is taught by a Washington State certified teacher and up to two trained teacher assistants. Other related service staff (Speech-Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, Psychologist, Physical Therapist and other Education Specialists) are in the classrooms according to the needs of the students in the class. Read more information here.
Ergon Student Exchange – Host Family Needed!
Host an Italian student, enjoy a true cultural exchange. Your child will be invited to Italy!
Luca, Giada, Vittorio are looking forward to their dream coming true of attending Mercer Island High School and living with an American family next fall semester. Read their bio’s here.
For more information click HERE
UW Youth & Teen Programs summer programs.
Esports, Gaming & Broadcasting (In Person/Seattle)
Screenwriting Workshop (In Person/Seattle)
Coding in Java I (In Person/Bellevue)
Coding in Python (Online)
Visit www.youth-teen.uw.edu for course details and registration information.
