Welcome to the 2022-2023 School Year!

Hello Sacajaweans!

It is our pleasure to welcome our new and returning families to another year at Sacajawea Elementary. We are excited to be back to school and we look forward to connecting with you and your families. 

 The Sacajawea Elementary School PTA is a small-yet-mighty organization that works to help support our school, educators, administration, and most importantly, our students. Throughout the year, we host community events, work to promote equity, and raise money to support our school. We also send a weekly newsletter with school news, Principal note from Mr. Fisk, school calendar and more. 

 One of the great strengths of Sacajawea is the broad participation and involvement of our parent community. As kids return to school, we, as your PTA, will work to support you and your families as much as possible this year with consistent communication and community-building events. We are planning even more fun events this year, and can always use an extra hand- please let us know if you are able to get involved.  Now is a great time- while your kids are still excited by your involvement!

 If you’re looking for an easy way to meet fellow parents and see all that we do, please attend our monthly PTA board meetings. They’re a welcoming, productive, and fun way to get involved. We meet monthly, and our first meeting is Wednesday, September 21st, at 7:00 pm on Zoom. 

Please be in touch with us as the school year gets underway. We’re here to help, and you’ll find our contact details below. And, to ensure you receive all of our PTA updates throughout the year, please subscribe to our email list. You can also visit our website throughout the year for up-to-date info on school and PTA events. Finally, join our Facebook group for more discussion on life at Sacajawea.

Sincerely,

Karen Murphy and Justin Pritchett

PTA Co-chairs, 2022-2023

chair@sacpta.org

The 2022-2023 School Year is just about here!

Hello Sacajaweans!

Although summer is still going on, we know many of you are thinking about the various details of this upcoming school year. If you’ve been hunting down various lists, dates, etc, perhaps we’ll have what you need below.

• Starting Aug 15th, our new kindergarten students will participate in a week of Jump Start, from 9am-noon.

• The Sacajawea supply lists have grade-specific requests for each classroom.

• The Sacajawea school calendar has key dates and events for our school.

• The SPS School Year calendar has all district dates for the 2022-2023 school year.

• Subscribe to the Sac PTA email list for communications about community events throughout the year. We usually send 2-3 emails a month.

• Join the Sac PTA Facebook group for information and discussion.

Curious about who our school was named after?

Join us for a live online presentation about Sacajawea!

The Sacajawea Cultural Center in Idaho will share with us about her life and legacy. There will be time for questions at the end; the whole family is welcome to join!

Thursday June 2, 5:30-6:30pm

Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88517641136?pwd=RjNIVEdkcW1SdUJOcWd5ZHZtby9Kdz09

Meeting ID: 885 1764 1136
Passcode: bWry2G

Email equity@sacpta.org with questions

Upcoming Vote for 2022-2023 Executive Board and Budget

At our May PTA board meeting, we reviewed and voted to put forward our budget committee’s proposed budget to a membership vote in June. The budget is roughly $81K (equal to last year) and is fully funded through a combination of donations from this school year and roll forward from our current budget. The two biggest buckets of expenditure are Staff & Support ($38K) and Arts & Culture ($27K).

View the proposed budget.

Also at our May board meeting, we reviewed the nominating committee’s slate of nominees for our executive board. Each position has one nominee, and our members will vote to approve these nominees at our June general membership meeting.

The slate of nominees is:

• Karen Murphy: Co-chair, 2nd year of a two-year term

• Justin Pritchett: Co-chair, 1st year of two-year term

• Jessi Friedrichs: Treasurer, 1st year of two-year term

• Karla Sclater: Secretary

We’ll vote as a membership on these items during our June 14th, 2022 Ice Cream Social and Awards Ceremony. The event will be held at 5:30pm on the lower playground.

2022 Sacajawea PTA Award nominations

Nominations Open for Sacajawea PTA Awards

Deadline: Friday, May 27th

Each spring, Sacajawea PTA seeks nominations for our Golden Acorn, Outstanding Educator and the Roy Norman S.H.I.N.E. Award.  These awards celebrate the people in our community who have gone above and beyond to make Sacajawea a wonderful place for our students and families.  Please submit your nomination by Friday, May 27th.  Awardees will be announced the week of June 14th.

Golden Acorn Awards
Every year three deserving volunteers receive a Golden Acorn Award.  The Golden Acorn is a Washington State PTA award given by local PTAs recognizing exemplary and outstanding volunteerism and service to the PTA. Golden Acorn nominees should be active volunteers in PTA, our school and/or our Sacajawea community.

Outstanding Educator
This award is given to an individual (teacher, instructional assistant, staff member, administrator -- anyone on staff at school!) who has made significant contributions to our school and community and has helped to enhance the educational, social-emotional outcomes and well-being of our students.

Roy Norman SHINE Award
We are proud to continue the tradition of presenting the Roy Norman SHINE Award, in honor of Roy Norman, Doreen Norman’s late husband. Roy exemplified the SHINE values that are at the heart of our Sacajawea community (safe, helpful, inclusive, neighborly, engaged). Nominees for this award will also have demonstrated SHINE values in how they have supported our school and community.

Please Submit your nomination online by Friday, May 27th.

Thank you!

Sacajawea PTA Awards Committee
(Karen Murphy, Laura Riley & Charlene Shanahan)