Here in Bellevue School District, we are fully involved in college application season. Most schools require applications to be mailed by January or February. Before sending them off, make sure the following has been completed, ideally before your winter break.

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Sammamish High School’s Operation Smile Club and Tutoring Club will be putting on a charity practice SAT tomorrow 10/27/09 at Sammamish High. The Tutoring Club will be providing the test and professional analysis of each participant’s results at no cost. All proceeds will go toward correcting cleft lips and palates in Third World countries.

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The following letter was presented to the Bellevue School District Board today. As much as I would love to see the hind side of the current curriculum, I have to agree that with the state doing such a major review of curricula, and with the poor performance of many, it seems a touch premature. i believe that once the state decides on it’s “recommended” list, districts have to use them or will not get state money for books. What a dang shame it would be if Bellevue did their selection, purchased one year’s worth of books then found out that the state wouldn’t help purchase the succeeding years..

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Interlake High DECA club is doing a practice SAT (or ACT, whichever you prefer) as a fundraiser on April 18th at 8:00am.

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Money for Bellevue School District students

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Every year, about this time, I am asked “What is the best way to help my kid get a good score on the SAT?” If your child is already a junior or senior, the unequivocal answer is “Get her into the Tutoring Club for our Prep class!”. If your child is younger, then the answer is much more complicated but also presents more opportunity. Following are some of the techniques that are most useful:

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