Upcoming Community Events, 3/14/19

A collection of community events curated by our Equity Team.

1. Cup of Tea. Mar 16 at 4:00pm at the Islamic Idris Mosque. Free, registration required. 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cup-of-tea-get-to-know-your-muslim-neighbor-tickets-55243789662

2. Irish Festival. Mar 16–17 at Seattle Center. Free. http://irishclub.org/irish-festival-seattle/ 

3. Magic Teakettle. Mar 16–17 at Sunset Hill Community Club. $10. https://www.thistletheatre.org/ 

4. Purim Carnival. Mar 17 from 11:00am–2:00pm at Stroum Jewish Community Center. Free, RSVP requested. https://sjcc.org/events-classes/holiday-celebrations/

5. Persian New Year Celebration. Mar 17 from 1:00pm–5:00pm at Seattle City Hall. Free. https://seattleisfahan.org/nowruz-2019/

6. Leemos Juntos - Spanish Story Time. Sundays, Mar 17–Jun 23 at Imagine Children's Museum. $12 museum admission. https://www.imaginecm.org/programs-camps-events/storytimes/

7. Hiphop, Islam, and Enlightenment. Mar 17 at 5:00pm at East West Bookshop. $15. https://www.eastwestbookshop.com/products/march-17-2019-sunday-5-7pm-hip-hop-islam-and-enlightenment-with-mona-haydar

8. Author Talk: Vietnamese Food Any Day by Andrea Nguyen. Mar 18 from 6:30pm–8:00pm at Book Larder. Free. https://www.booklarder.com/events/info/author-talk-vietnamese-every-day

9. Magic Teakettle. Mar 19 at 6:30pm–7:30pm at Kent Library. Free. https://kcls.bibliocommons.com/events/5c589d9ddabc323f00a13cd5

10. History Café: Untold Stories from the Chinese Exclusion Act Files. Mar 20 from 6:30pm–8:00pm at MOHAI. Free. https://mohai.org/event/history-cafe-untold-stories-from-the-chinese-exclusion-act-files/

Safety Month Updates, 3/14/19

We are excited to welcome Seattle Police Chief, Carmen Best for our Monday Morning Assembly next week! The following week, we’ll be welcoming Seattle Fire Chief, Harold Scoggins. Both of these city leaders came to talk to us last year, and students really enjoyed their visits. 

Our safety drill this week is a Shelter In Place Drill. We use a shelter in place drill when it is safest for staff and students to stay inside, but they can move around the building to go to specialist classes, use the restroom or eat lunch in the cafeteria. Incidents that might require a shelter in place drill include police activity in the surrounding neighborhood or a gas leak nearby. This is one of our least-disruptive drills, as instruction continues normally for the duration of the drill. We may also practice a reverse-evacuation as part of this drill. This is conducted the same way in which we come inside in case of unexpected inclement weather during recess. By practicing these drills, we hope that students and staff will feel confident and know what to do when an event calls for one of these types of safety measures.

Congrats, You helped us raise $56,000 for Sacajawea at the Spring Auction

We did it! With your generous support, we surpassed our goal of $45,000 and raised over $56,000 for Sacajawea Elementary at our Spring Auction on Saturday night. Thank you for making the night a HUGE success!

On behalf of the entire Sacajawea community, please accept our sincere gratitude for your contributions to this year's auction. In so many ways, you each gave big to bring it to life.

Whether you volunteered your time to put on the party, helped our children create art for the auction, donated something to be auctioned, or gave during the evening, thank you. Your commitment to Sacajawea enables the PTA to enrich the educational experience of every single child in our school.

We'd like to share a few stats about this year's event.

• Over 58 volunteers worked to make the auction happen, from organizing logistics to making desserts and everything in between.

• We sold 91 tickets and had 125 attendees, a record for our auction!

• We raised more than $56,000 dollars from more than 65 families!

• We consumed 110 empanadas and 60 caipirinhas — YUM! And we danced just the right number of group dances...one!

Again, from each of us here at the PTA: Rachel, Ara, Matt, the rest of the Board, and us, your Auction Team, thank you for a wonderful night and your generous support. At Sac, we are small but MIGHTY!

Sincerely,

Charlene Shanahan and Mimi Fontenelle
Sacajawea PTA

HR Training: Special Site-Based Interview Training on March 9th

Sat., March 9 1 – 2:30 p.m.
John Stanford Center, Auditorium

The HR Department is offering a site-based interview training on Sat., March 9. This special training will focus on preparing individuals to participate on an interview team for S.E.A. (Certificated, Paraprofessional, SAEOP) and PASS (Principal) represented positions in Seattle Public Schools.

Anyone interested in serving on an interview team for an upcoming hiring process is encouraged to attend. This training is open to all administrators, certificated and classified employees, as well as parents, secondary students and community representatives. Childcare is not provided.

To register, please contact Deb Brady, dbrady@washingtonea.org , 206-283-8443. To ensure space for everyone, preregistration is recommended.

Girls on the Run: Calling all Sacajawea 3rd-5th grade girls!

Girls on the Run is an after-school program like no other!  We meet twice per week (Mondays and Wednesdays after school) for 10 weeks to help girls feel good about themselves…inside and out.  The season ends with an exciting and empowering, non-competitive 5K!

The fun starts March 4th and space is limited (scholarships also available).  Learn more and register at www.GOTRPugetSound.org

Questions?  Contact Charlene Shanahan at cyshanahan@seattleschools.org.