MIHS PTSA News - Sep 28, 2025

9/28/2025 4:17 pm

Candidate Forum - Oct. 15!

Get to know your City Council and School Board candidates before the November election. The League of Women Voters is partnering with MI PTA Council & MIPA to host a forum at Islander Middle School on Oct. 15, 7:00-8:30 PM.

Have a question? Submit it here in advance!

Washington State PTA Legislative Assembly on Oct 18 & 19!!

Do you want to discuss, debate, and vote on new issues and resolutions that impact education in Washington? Join our MIHS PTSA Advocacy team at the Legislative Assembly on October 18-19, 2025 at the Doubletree Hilton SeaTac. Our PTSA can send a number of delegates and you could be one of them! High school students are welcome as well! Reach out to advocacy@mihsptsa.org before 10/6 if you're interested. 

City Bond on November Ballot

The city is proposing a bond to build a new Public Safety and Maintenance Facility. Mercer Island City Hall was condemned in 2023 and officers are working out of temporary trailers -- so our police department is not accredited and unsheltered equipment is decaying. The new building would provide level IV earthquake resistant workspaces for essential workers to assist citizens during emergencies. The bond will cost a home with $2M assessed value about $55/month and will not increase with inflation. Learn about the pros and cons of the bond.

MIHS Career Pathways Hub (CPH) Updates

Visit the CPH Website for the most current events and programming

College Admissions Representative Visits* this week (Main Entrance Hallway)

Monday, September 29

• Clark University 12:35-1:10 pm

• University of Alaska Fairbanks 12:35-1:10 pm

• Columbia University in the city of New York, after school

Tuesday, September 30

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott, both lunches

• Oberlin College, both lunches

• University of Massachusetts – Amherst 11:20-11:50 am

• University of St. Andrews 11:20-11:50 am

• University of San Francisco 12:50-1:25 pm

• University of Notre Dame 12:50-1:25 pm

• Oregon State University, after school

• Carroll College, after school

• Hawaii Pacific University, after school

Wednesday, October 1

• Purdue University – Main Campus 8:15-8:45 am

• University of Chicago 8:15-8:45 am

• Texas A&M University – College Station 8:15-8:45 am

• DePaul University 8:15-8:45 am

• Occidental College 11:05-11:35 am

• Gonzaga University 11:05-11:35 am

• Northeastern University 11:05-11:35 am

• University of Rochester 11:05-11:35 am

• University of Oregon 11:55 am – 12:25 pm

• Elon University, after school

• Bowdoin College, after school

• Colorado State University-Fort Collins, after school

• University of Utah, after school

• Iowa State University, after school

Thursday, October 2

• University of California-Riverside, both lunches

• Trinity University 11:40 am – 12:15 pm

• Franklin and Marshall College 12:35-1:10 pm

• Brown University, after school

• University of Victoria, after school

• University of Redlands, after school

• Hamilton College, after school

• Lewis & Clark College, after school

*Subscribe to the Career Pathways Hub Google Calendar for the most up-to-date college rep visits and CPH activities!