Community service activities are a great way to spend time with your children while at the same time teaching the value of helping others and realizing the greater world around themselves.
If you are interested in getting involved our next event is May 1st at the Play Garden from 10am to 12. Please RSVP to Kelly Otis, our parent volunteer that has been coordinating these fabulous events (rileyroootis@aol.com).
Hope to see you soon!
Denise Espania
Last year this fun evening brought in entertainment of dancing, singing, and African storytelling. There was also a slideshow of Wedgwood families' trips abroad, and a raffle for great prizes which the kids earned entries based on how many books they read in their "travels." On this night, kids will also be looking forward to hearing Walk-a-thon results, and prizes and drawings for participation will be awarded.
Notes and leads for entertainment are available; we simply need a dedicated group to step up and get it done. Planning meetings can happen in the evenings so working parents can be involved. If we do not have volunteers by mid-March, this important celebration for our kids will be cancelled.
Please sign up by contacting Julie Stevens at bryceandjulie@comcast.net.
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it going throughout your child’s adolescence.
Tuesday, March 10th at 6:30 PM in the library
Presented by BirdsandBeesandKids.com
206.661.2245
PARENTS ONLY
Looking ahead to the upcoming "no school" day, KidsPlay will be holding their Fun & Fit - Day Camps. On Friday March 19th for Teacher's Professional Development Day and the week of Spring Break, March 29th thru April 2nd, they will running the program at their studio on NE 45th from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Look for further information in the Weekly and flyers in your child's folders in the coming week. If you'd like to register sooner, just contact Kevin Oyama at 206-979-2868 or kdoyama@comcast.net.
]]>We need LOTS of parents as the children are working on a sewing project that requires a lot of extra helpful hands. Please let Julie Stevens know if you are able to help out at bryceandjulie@comcast.net.
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Week of March 1-5
Contact John Loschky (jloschky@yahoo.com) with questions and to RSVP.
]]>I hope your family enjoyed a restful and Olympic filled mid-winter break. Watching the talented athletes from around the world competing in our own “backyard” is a great reminder of the importance of global citizenship.
It is also a great way to get our students excited for our second annual Read Around the World (R.A.W.). Books are a great way to “visit” different countries with our children. It may not be feasible for us to all get into a plane and fly to other continents or drive up to Vancouver, but going to the library or going on line to get information on Europe and learning about the country of Georgia can bring the world right into your home.
Another way to visit the world is by attending cultural events. Many of our families enjoyed a bit of Asian culture during the 4th annual Wedgwood Lunar New Year Celebration. The Lunar New Year committee out did themselves yet again this year with amazing entertainment, a new and well received educational booth experience, great laughs, yummy food, and an opportunity to come together as a community. Thank you to the many volunteers, the committee, and the PTA for this year’s Lunar New Year celebration another amazing event!
Denise Espania
]]>Eckstein’s orchestra will be performing shortly after the presentation, starting at 7:30PM, and everyone is welcome to attend that as well.
]]>Thank you also to all art docents for helping our children create the beautiful Asian
artwork--that was truly inspired! A big shout-out as well to Ms. Jansen and her
students for demonstrating the skills they have learned in PE class--it took courage to
get up on stage to perform in front of friends, parents, and teachers. Good luck,
good health, and prosperity to everyone!
However, in order to be receptive to parent and community input, we are now changing the the BMI measure "opt-out" permission to an "opt-in" permission. Starting February 1, students will only participate in the BMI measure if parents or guardians have signed and returned the "opt-in" permission form attached here.
The Physical Education Update letter is linked here, and Timeline for BMI measure change to Physical Education Curriculum is linked here.
Lori S. Dunn, K-12 Physical Education Program Manager
Phone: 252-0839; lsdunn@seattleschools.org
We have some very talented children in our community! I will not be able to name them
all, but wanted to share with you some of the events that I had the honor of being
informed of and in a couple of cases attend.
Please let us know of your children’s accomplishments. We would love to update our “Students in the Spotlight”. Please send to the office a picture and short sentence or two explaining their accomplishments.
Denise Espania
Maples in the Mist: Poems for Children from the Tang Dynasty (Hardcover) is
now out of print and no longer available in the United States. Due to a generous
donation by the author, the Wedgwood PTA now has limited quantities of this
amazing children's book! These will be on sale at Wedgwood's Lunar New Year
celebration on February 12.
SCRIP Fund Raising Report
To date we have raised $3,115.69 from our SCRIP sales. Remember, these funds came as rebates from the vendors, not from any Wedgwood Family’s bank account. We buy SCRIP gift cards for face value and redeem them for full face value. The vendor’s give us a percentage rebate for each card purchased. In this economy it’s great that we can fund our Wedgwood PTA budget without having to deplete our personal budgets.
If you have any questions about how SCRIP works, please ask!
Next SCRIP Order Forms Due - Thursday, March 11th
Questions: Antonyia Kranz - wescrip@gmail.com
Marcie Kellegrew - marciekellegrew@comcast.net