Lunar New Year Staff Appreciation Lunch
The Lunar New Year Staff Appreciation luncheon will be held on Thursday, April 7th in the MIHS teacher lounge. The Lunar New Year lunch is a staff favorite! There are many ways to participate from providing items such as shrimp or pork dumplings or teriyaki chicken, to mandarin oranges or fortune cookies. You can also sign up to bring refreshments or help to set up or clean up. Please sign up here!
MIHS Drill Team Tryouts April 19-22
Hello Islanders! The Mercer Island Drill Team is holding our annual tryout week directly after Spring Break (April 19th-22nd). The Drill Team is an incredible community of smart, kind, and hardworking individuals. The Drill Team has the opoortunity to perform at all school spirit assemblys, Football and Basketball sports games, as well as compete against other Drill Teams in the King County area. If you are interested in joining our incredible Drill Team, make sure you are present at the mandatory Pre-Tryout Meeting on March 29th. Hope to see you there!! View for more information.
PTSA News
Mock SAT/ACT Tests
MIHS PTSA provides 6 testing opportunities as a chance to practice a real test, become familiar with a testing environment, and help identify which testing platform is best for each individual student. All this in a ‘Mock’ situation where tests are not recorded or submitted to any high school or college organization. This is a perfect chance to ‘try out’ these tests.
The two dates left are:
- Mock ACT – Saturday, March 19 (Review Session – Mar. 29)
- Mock SAT – Saturday, April 23 (Review Session – May 3)
Learn more about the Mock SAT/ACT tests offered by the PTSA.
Information for MIHS Seniors and Senior Families
Grad Night Chaperones needed. Get to help the Senior Class celebrate graduation on June 9! Directly following the graduation ceremony, we need volunteers to chaperone Grad Night. You can stay the entire night until 6AM or volunteer for half of the night, the first or second shift. Yes, you can be as physically distant from your child as they’d like! Thank you for considering. Please contact Jody Kris at jodymkris@aol.com if you’re interested.
Caps and Gowns Orders and Yearbook Submission Information is found on our “Fall Tasks for Seniors” page.
- Senior Community Service Hours Due April 30, 2022
MIHS PTSA President Letter
Dear MIHS Families,
In line with the new state guidelines, masks will be optional for students and staff starting tomorrow. We acknowledge that responses to this change will vary widely: excitement, relief, uneasiness, anxiety, mixed feelings, and it is probably going to initially feel weird for everyone. Please be respectful and sensitive to individual choices staff and families make on whether or not to wear a mask. We don’t know another’s personal circumstances, and no one in our schools should feel harassed or intimidated by their decision to wear or not to wear a face covering.
We are excited to announce that a long-awaited MIHS library renovation project is finally moving forward this year!
Please join us for a special PTSA General Membership Meeting on March 29th at 7:00pm at MIHS (specific location TBA).
Principal Kelly and the District will present library renovation plans to our community. Thanks to generous donations, we have PTSA money available. MIHS PTSA members will vote on an expenditure of funds to support our school with a PTSA grant to help build and furnish a really fabulous new place for our kids. We are thrilled!
We invite you all to “sit” with us at our Virtual Table for the Mercer Island Schools Foundation Spring for Schools Showcase & Auction on Sunday, April 24th at 7:00pm! The event is virtual again this year, so you can enjoy it from the comfort of your own home. Cliff Sharples and Hilary Benson will be the Showcase hosts for an evening of entertainment, education, and inspiration. MISF has partnered with Kitchen & Market, so you can get your meal kit delivered to your door on Friday, April 22nd, if you’d like to enjoy their meal AND support our schools during the Showcase. Kitchen & Market will give back a percentage to the Mercer Island School Foundation for every meal ordered. The event is FREE, and there will be a silent auction again this year. You can register HERE and choose Maria Alberto/Debbie Burke as your table captains. Once you register, you will receive more info on the event and Auction. We would love it if you could join us!
Do you follow the Mercer Island School District Facebook Page? We highly recommend! Ian Henry, MISD Communications Coordinator, does an amazing job of bragging about our students! Recent posts include big wins and accomplishments in wrestling, swim/dive, DECA, and journalism!
Nominations are open for the 2022-2023 MIHS PTSA Board of Directors. MIHS PTSA membership is a requirement for all leadership positions (you can still join!). If you or someone you know is interested in serving on the Board, please email the nominating committee at nomination@mihsptsa.org. Great opportunity to get involved with a fantastic crew!
Have a wonderful week Islanders!
Maria Alberto & Debbie Burke
MIHS PTSA Co-Presidents
MIHS News
Schedule This Week
This week’s schedule will be the Regular daily schedule
Principal’s Updates
Read Principal Walter Kelly’s March 11, 2022 letter.
MIHS Counseling Center
Click here to read the February 2022 Newsletter.
MIHS Cheer Clinic and Tryouts
For the 1st time ever…MIHS Cheer is hosting a cheer tryout clinic designed just for high schoolers! We know the pandemic has kept students from getting involved, so we want to welcome any MIHS students who want to give cheerleading a try! The first-ever MIHS Cheer Clinic will be held Wednesday, March 16th 7:00-8:30 am. There is also a mandatory Cheer tryout meeting on Tuesday, March 8th 6:30-7:30 pm via Zoom. Register for the MIHS Cheer Clinic. Click here for additional information about tryouts.
MILEAP Opportunity
Calling all current Sophomores, here is a unique program offered by a local nonprofit organization called The Mercer Island Launch Educational Advocacy Project (MILEAP). The objective of MILEAP is to support qualified current sophomore high school students and their families in our community with mentoring and connections to educational and financial resources (up to $10,000) to enhance the opportunity for university-level education. You can learn more at their website www.MILEAP.org.Completed applications can be returned to Susie Brown in the MIHS Counseling office as soon as possible but not later than March 18, 2022.
Community Opportunities
Parent Map Events
Peaceful Parenting: Solutions for Your Toughest Behavior Challenges
March 22 | 2:00 – 3:00pm
Are you desperately seeking that magical aha! epiphany that will help you transform your child’s specifically problematic behavior (or maybe your own)? We’ve got your back. Join ParentMap Live for an essential ParentEd Talk with child development expert and author Dr. Laura Markham. Get more information HERE.
Becoming Aware: Reducing Anxiety and Cultivating Calm
April 4 | 1:00 – 2:00pm
In this illuminating ParentMap Live talk, renowned psychiatrist, Mindsight Institute cofounder and author Dan Siegel, M.D., will break down techniques to help parents become more mindful in their daily routines. Get more infomation HERE.
Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund
The Stanley Ann Dunham Scholarship Fund awards $5,000 college scholarships to female-identifying students enrolled in the senior class at Rainier Beach High School, Chief Sealth International High School and Mercer Island High School who demonstrate commitment to the values of social activism, global service, and academic excellence that Dr. Stanley Ann Dunham practiced in her life and work. The fund works to empower young women to be leaders and active world citizens through education and service. Dr. Dunham, a graduate of Mercer Island High School, dedicated her life to working with underserved communities around the world and lifting women out of poverty, all while raising her two children, President Barack Obama and Dr. Maya Soetoro-Ng.
Eligibility:
- Female-identifying senior student at Mercer Island High School, Rainier Beach High School or Chief Sealth International High School.
- Plan to enroll in a private or public university, community college, or technical college.
- Scholarship application due March 31, 2022.
Ergon Student Exchange – Host Family Needed!
Host an Italian student, enjoy a true cultural exchange. Your child will be invited to Italy! For more information click HERE
Spring Volleyball MI Boys and Girls Club
Registration is open! 8th/9th Grade Division. Questions: miathletics@positiveplace.org, 206-436-1939.
Community Conversations – Towards Inclusive Community
The MIHS Black Student Union Presents Towards Inclusive Community a conversation about the history of segregation and racial covenants on Mercer Island and steps we can take to build more inclusive neighborhoods. Sponsored by the City of Mercer Island. Recording Link HERE.
