Today is Monday, April 24th.
Stand for the pledge of allegiance Vikings (wait 3 seconds)
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. (wait 3 seconds)
We learn and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.
Congratulations to the Odle 6th grade Concert Band and 6th grade Debut Orchestra for competing at the World Strides Seattle Music Festival. Over the weekend, Concert Band and Debut Orchestra competed amongst 26 school groups from out-of-state and around the state. Odle was the ONLY middle school competing amongst high school bands, choirs, and orchestras. Odle came back with Gold ratings for both band and orchestra; the highest standard available. The Band and Orchestra received the sweepstakes trophy, where the top two scores of a school were combined and ranked against other competing schools with two or more groups. Only one sweepstakes award is given out in the instrumental category, and Odle beat out all other bands and orchestras. For the second year in a row, Odle Middle School brought back the “Spirit of Seattle” Award. An award given to only one school in the entire festival based on observed behavior, respect, leadership, and performance etiquette. Prior to last year, the Bellevue School Schools received this award 13 years ago. The 6th Grade Orchestra achieved such a high score in the Outstanding Orchestra category, that it was announced that we were beaten by a fraction of a point for first place. It was an honor to joust with a high school Chamber Orchestra. Well done Debut and Mr. Chang! The 6th Grade Band came through with the highest scoring band of the festival and received the Outstanding Band award. It was an amazing feat for our 6th grade students to beat out every high school band. The judges gushed with positive comments. Congratulations, Concert Band and Mr. Roberts! Odle Concert and Debut also received the Adjudicator’s Award. Only one trophy given to a group with 92 out of 100 or higher for instrumental groups and 95 or higher for choirs to qualify. Another brilliant show, Odle Music Department! To end the evening awards, both Band and Orchestra were exclusively invited to audition for performances at Chicago Orchestra Hall, Nashville, San Fransisco Davies Symphony Hall, or New York’s Carnegie Hall. Congratulations to both groups. Go Vikings!
Attention ALL Odle students: Your voice matters! The BSD Reimagining Middle Schools Steering Committee has been working hard all year to make the middle school experience better for all students in our District. Before final recommendations are made, we want to know your opinions of the ideas we developed. In your math class, sometime between Tuesday, April 25, 2023 and Tuesday, May 2, 2023, you will have an opportunity to share your opinions through a survey you will complete after you watch a short video explaining four different ideas. This should take about 15 minutes. You will find a small poster outside your math class and near the Odle office with more information about this important opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you! Thank you for your time and consideration
Odle is having a book fair this week! Starting tomorrow, stop by the library during your lunch to say hello and shop for a new book. There are also a limited number of shopping spots available during Tutorial on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week. Please look for a sign-up sheet outside the library. The fair will be open through this Friday.
Congratulations to Odle’s participants in the 2023 National French Contest. All thirteen Odle participants made it to the national ranking. Ramneek Kaur and Sammy Lei received Bronze award. Silver award recipients were: Mehak Grover, Hasini Juluri, Leslie Park, Andrew Fu, Sophie Nemes, Rebecca Tadesse and Karthikeya Turimalla. Gold awards were received by Sofia Kulakova, Arnav Doreswarm, Rick Zhou and Lucas Liu. Lucas Liu also ranked first at chapter level and second at national level in French level 2 /division B.
Way to go everyone!
Hey Vikings! Students from Mr. Tillotson’s class are holding another Open Mic Event. It will be held in the commons on Thursday, May 4th during extended tutorial. Anyone is welcome to join! We will have performances from musical performances to stand up comedy! Email or talk Cadence Judge to sign up.
Did you know that there are more than 104 different home languages spoken by students? The Bellevue School District is one of the most linguistically diverse in the state! The 2023 “Why Learn Languages Competition” sponsored by Washington Association for Language Teaching is now accepting submissions and the deadline is April 30, 2023. If you are learning any world languages or your home language is not English, you are eligible to compete in this competition. The contestants need to either write an essay in English or the target language on the prompt: “Building Leadership through Languages and Cultures” or make A cultural performance video of yourself or your group in the target language. Please submit your work to www.whylearnlanguages.org before April 30, 2023. Winners may earn both a certificate and prize money! If you have any questions, ask a World Language teacher!
Today’s clubs are Coding Club in room in 251, History Club in 231, Geography Club in 211, and Anime Club in 131.
Today’s lunch is chicken or vegetarian alfredo with penne pasta and garlic bread.
Have a great day, everyone!