Dear Lakeridge Families,

Thank you for your patience as our team navigates the best way to provide you the ROAR.  After careful research and looking into our options, our team will revert the changes and go back to emailing the ROAR to families. Because of the limitations of our website host, we are unable to work around the formatting issues of the website.

We highly recommend that you continue to utilize the PTA website as it is a library of information for you; please use it as a resource as we update it with important dates/events and other community events that are not captured in the ROAR.

The ROAR will continue to be distributed bi-weekly and if anyone you know is interested in signing up to receive our newsletter, please forward them the ROAR and they can sign up.

Thank you again for your patience.  

Go Lions!

Your PTA Communications Team

The City of Mercer Island presents Island Lanterns, a community art project designed to connect and inspire Islanders through arts and culture. Solar lanterns are available for community members to transform with their creativity and then installed at the Veterans Pergola in Mercerdale Park and the Mercer Island Community Center from February 1 - March 31.

• Lanterns are available for pick up at the MICEC (during operating hours), beginning Monday, January 8. 
• Painted lanterns must be returned to the MICEC by January 31, to be installed on February 1. 

Come paint a lantern at the MICEC with friends on Saturday, January 20 from 1 - 5pm.

Are you looking to build up your child's writing skills? Robin's classes are engaging and powerful! This winter, the areas of focus are character building, dialogue and descriptive language with the goal of engaging the reader and painting a picture in their mind.

Writing Clinic (grades 6-8 and 9-12)

Tuesdays at 6pm PST (Grades 6-8) and 7pm (high school)

• Students participate in guided writing exercises with a focus on syntax, vocabulary and grammar. Both creative and essay prompts are presented, the latter including a reading comprehension component. Individualized feedback is provided in real time. Limit 8. Online. $500 (10 sessions). Tuesdays, January 2 - March 12 (except February 20).

Wednesday Writers (grades 3-5 and 6-8)

Wednesdays at 5pm PST (grades 3-5) and 6pm/7pm PST (grades 6-8)

• Students engage in activities that hone their skills and foster their love of writing as storytelling. In winter, the areas of focus are character building, dialogue and descriptive language with the goal of engaging the reader and painting a picture in their mind. Limit 8. Online. $500 (10 sessions). Wednesdays, January 3 - March 13 (except February 21).

More information here:

https://www.teachingisfire.com/

Mercer Island Lacrosse is a boys youth lacrosse program for Mercer Island boys in Kindergarten through 8th grade. 

Register for the 2024 MILC Youth Spring Season here.

For more information, visit www.mercerislandlacrosse.com, or email info@mercerislandlacrosse.com

Bluebirds Winter Conditioning begins January 16th!

To build Endurance, with running drills and hill intervals.

To enhance Strength, with body weight exercises and med ball exercises.

To increase Agility, with agility ladders exercises and bilateral and lateral movement.

To develop Flexibility, with stretching and balance exercises.

To be Ready, for the upcoming spring sports season.

To have FUN!

Ages: K-8, athletes will be split into workout groups according to age

When: Tuesday/Thursday 4:15-5:15pm Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm for 8 weeks

Dates : January 16th-March 16th, we will not meet the week of winter break (Feb 20th-24th)

Where: Tuesdays/Thursdays @ Luther Burbank Firetruck Playground (south entrance) Wednesdays @ Mercerdale Park Gazebo

Cost: $250

Please contact desireeficker@gmail.com for more info and to sign up. 

Bellevue Youth Choir is accepting students in all of our choirs throughout the month of January! We focus on teaching students music literacy skills and healthy vocal technique through diverse repertoire. We also strive to give students performance opportunities including outreach events in our local community. For more information: bellevueyouthchoirs.org. 

Please join the MIHS Drama department as they perform Little Women, the loved and famous story by American author Lousia May Alcott. The four March daughters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—continue to live in the hearts of readers, causing smiles and tears, triumph and tragedy as they grow up, fall in love and face life. This classic American tale will touch the hearts of young and old alike. 

Please visit our ticketing website to purchase tickets in advance. Tickets may also be purchased using the QR code on our poster. Cast/Crew list can be found here.

Mercer Island Drill Team’s Elementary Dance Clinic will be January 16-18, 2024, from 5pm-6:30pm, at the Mercer Island High School Commons.  

Drill Team members will teach elementary students drill basics, tricks, kicks, jumps and a dance routine that they will perform at the Boys Varsity Basketball Game on Friday, January 19, at 7:15pm.Please register by January 8.  

The clinic is open to all elementary school students and families can register their students here. There is a $65 fee, which includes the clinic, T-shirt, and poms. If your student needs a scholarship, please contact diversity@mihsptsa.org.

For questions, contact Drill Team head coach Kyle Mosler at kyle.mosler@mercerislandschools.org. You can find out more about the Drill Team here.

Location: Cougar Ridge Elementary in Bellevue (awesome venue)

Time: 8:30-3:30 p.m.

Lunch: Panda Express

Stations: Campers will rotate from art to engineering to chemistry to math to winter games to culinary! There will be liquid nitrogen experiments at the beginning of the camp and bingo at the end. It will be a good mix of educational activities and fun! One station will even feature flying a drone! 

Cost: $150, scholarships available. Register at http://www.wisecamps.com.

January - March 2024 

• Interact with other smart, interested students
• Express yourself, Gain Confidence, Communicate Better
• Learn important issues and Build for your future
• Online and In-Person Locations in Seattle, Bellevue and Redmond

Lower income household?  Fee waivers, computer loans. 

Students learn in small 4 to 8 student labs with supportive and ready instructors.  We are a popular program; over the past year, over 1,000 students have participated in our programs. 

For more information, visit https://www.climbthemountain.us/join-us.

Register for Early Bird Pricing!

Program includes:

• Track & Field
• Little League: Tee Ball, Sluggers, A, AA, AAA, Coast, Majors, and Juniors Softball and Baseball
• Volleyball League
• Basketball
• Riobol

Go to http://www.positiveplace.org for more details.