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Important Dates
Mar. 7-21: HS Science Adoption Materials Review
Mar. 12: SPS Family Symposium Supporting Your Student's Success Ballard HS
Mar. 12: Legislative Town Halls
Open Enrollment: March 15 through April 15 Extended Dates
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Dear Seattle PTA and PTSA Leaders,
Seattle Public Schools had a tumultuous week last week. As you likely have heard from the media, SPS was involved in a financial scandal. On Wednesday, March 2, the School Board voted to terminate the contracts for Superintendent Goodloe-Johnson and Chief Financial and Operating Officer Don Kennedy. The School Board voted in Dr. Susan Enfield to serve as the Interim Superintendent. Dr. Enfield has been SPS's Chief Academic Officer (CAO) since July of 2009. The School Board is currently looking for an interim Chief Financial Officer and a Chief Operating Officer.
The Seattle Council PTSA would like to extend a warm welcome to Dr. Enfield. Before moving to SPS, she was the Director of Teaching and Learning for Portland Public Schools and was Deputy Superintendent of Evergreen Public Schools in Vancouver, WA. She started her career in the San Francisco area as a high school English, ESL and journalism teacher. She holds a master's degree from Stanford University, as well as a master's and doctorate from Harvard University.
Also, two events are coming up this Saturday, March 12: the SPS Family Symposium at Ballard High School and Town Halls with legislators. Information on these events is listed below.
As usual, please feel free to share this information with your members.
Sincerely,
Lauren McGuire
President, Seattle Council PTSA
president@seattlecouncilptsa.org
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Seattle Public Schools Family Symposium
Saturday March 12th 9:30 - 2:00pm
Ballard High School
Supporting your Student's Success with workshops on Science, Math, Literacy, Advanced Learning, Special Education, College Readiness, Community Resource Fair, Arts and Pre-K ... and more.
Activities for children, transportation & light lunch will be provided. For more information on this event, click here.
If you are interested in helping volunteer either during the event or setting up on Friday afternoon and evening, please contact Bernardo Ruiz at bjruiz@seattleschools.org.
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MEET with your Legislators at a Seattle TOWN HALL on Saturday, March 12th
Legislators all over the state are meeting with local constituents to discuss this session. This is a great opportunity to meet with them close to home. Find out who they really are, what they are like and what's important to them. Air your concerns and preferences to make sure that our kids' educational needs are kept top of mind. Hear what others are saying - this is a great learning experience and easy opportunity to advocate for kids.
Please promote this event at your school, bring a group and wear a blue scarf to show that you are PTA.
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District
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Legislators
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Location
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11th - South Seattle
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Hasegawa
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Telephone Town Hall 1-877-229-8493, Access # 15515
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6:30pm
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11th - South Seattle
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Hasegawa
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South Seattle Community College, Georgetown Campus; 6727 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA
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10am-12pm
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34th - West Seattle
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Nelson, Cody, Fitzgibbon
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Highpoint Community Center
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10am-12pm
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37th - Central Seattle
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Kline, Santos, Pettigrew
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Garfield Community Center ; 2323 E Cherry St, Seattle, WA 98122
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10:30am-12pm
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43rd - North Seattle
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Murray, Pedersen, Chopp
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Seattle First Baptist; 1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
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2pm
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46th - NE Seattle
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White, Frockt, Gutierrez Kenny
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Meadowbrook Community Center, Multi purpose room; 10517 35th Ave NE, Seattle, WA
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12-1:30pm
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Questions or comments? Contact Heidi Bennett at: Heidi@bennettdirect.net
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Review Top Three Choices of Instructional Material for the High School Science Adoption: 9th Grade Physical Science, 11th and 12th Grades Chemistry & Physics
-- From Elaine Woo, SPS Science Program Manager
Parent and community feedback is needed for the instructional materials for the high school science adoption. The Adoption Committee wants to know what you value and what you would like to see SPS adopt for high school science. Please come to the locations mentioned below and review the textual/instructional materials. When: Monday, March 7th through Monday, March 21st at the regular school hours. If you need an evening review time, please make an appointment with Elaine Woo at ewoo@seattleschools.org. Location of Displays · Professional Library, John Stanford Center, 2445 Third Ave. South, Seattle 98124 · Roosevelt HS Library, 1410 NE 66th St., Seattle 98115 · Ingraham HS Library, 1819 N. 135th St., Seattle 98115 · Cleveland HS Library, 5511 15th Ave. South, Seattle 98108 · West Seattle HS Library, 3000 California Ave. SW, Seattle 98116 · Garfield HS Library, 400 23rd Ave., Seattle, 98122 |
SCPTSA Nominating Committee
Interested in helping serve kids at all schools? We'd love to welcome you to Seattle Council PTSA! To find out more, please contact our Nominating Committee Andrea Baumgarten, Naheed Nizam and Sharon Rodgers at nominate@seattlecouncilptsa.org.
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Monthly Math Hour at UW for Middle School Students
The Monthly Math Hour at UW, a series of public math lectures for middle and junior high school students, is back! This spring we'll have four events: three Sunday lectures and the Math Hour Open Olympiad. The first lecture, "A GLIMPSE INTO THE SIXTH DIMENSION," will be given by Sandor Kovacs on Sunday, March 13, 1-2pm at Savery Hall, Room 260.
The lectures are free and open for everyone. Only the Olympiad, scheduled for June 5th, will require a pre-registration in May.
For more information, location, and parking directions visit our website at http://www.math.washington.edu/~mathcircle/mathhour/ |
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