Whittier WildChat
April 24, 2019
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PAWS UP WILDCATS!
Whittier is proud we're going to shout out loud…
Responsibility, Respect, and Safety!
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First Whittierville Bike Rodeo
When: Friday, May 3rd, 5-7 pm*
Where: Whittier Playground
Did you ever wonder what your children were talking about when they talked about Whittierville during their Bike week with Mr. Pule? This is your chance to see and experience it! Come join everyone on their bikes on the playground. Do not forget to take a picnic and beverages with you to keep all the bike riders energized and happy.
*This is event is contingent on the weather. No rain!
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Thursday, April 25
ScreenAgers
7:00 pm
Cafeteria
April 29 - May 13
Food Drive
to benefit Ballard Food Bank
Friday, May 3
Bike Rodeo
5-7 pm
May 6-10
Staff Appreciation Week
Thursday, May 9
PTA Community Meeting
Friday, May 10-Sat., May 11
School Musical- Wizard of Oz
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Whittier's annual food drive, to benefit Ballard Food Bank, starts next week!
This year's drive will run Mon, April 29 - Mon, May 13.
We will be collecting non-perishable food and hygiene. Donation boxes will be in your child's classroom and in the Whittier lobby. Thank you for helping those in need in our wonderful community!
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Whittier Wildcat Players presents "Wizard of Oz"!
Come join the magic of what lies ahead on the yellow brick road. Performances are Friday, May 10th at 7:00pm and Saturday, May 11th at 2:00pm. There will be a bake sale at each performance, so bring cash! Tickets go on sale Monday, May 6th before and after school in the lobby. Ages 12 and up - $10, 2-11 - $7, under 2 is free. Cash or check only. Please contact Ms. Steph if you need a scholarship for tickets.
Join our Facebook page at Facebook/Whittier Wildcat Players
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Minutes from last week’s BLT meeting and the agenda for the May 6 meeting
The minutes are here. Note: fairly long discussion about CSIP Mission and Vision statements and math goals, including the tutoring program, MasterTrack, and other tools to be used/changed next year.
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Order your 2018-19 YEARBOOK Now!
Yearbook order forms are going home this week.
Order Deadline is May 1, 2019.
Yearbook Price: $16.75.
You can pay
ONLINE
with SchoolPay – Log into The Source, click on SchoolPay on the left, click on 2018-19 Yearbook, then follow checkout process, by
CHECK –
Make checks payable to Whittier Elementary, or with
CASH –
Please include EXACT amount.
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Tell your Senator to fully fund public schools!
WRITE OR CALL TODAY! Time is running out! 2019 Legislative session is closing.
The news is coming in from around the state and it’s awful. Spokane plans to layoff all of its librarians. Seattle, Tacoma, and Vancouver school districts are facing huge cuts to educators and classrooms. Puyallup teachers have lost confidence in their superintendent. Smaller districts like Mead, Highline, Dayton, Naches Valley, Aberdeen and many others also face cuts. And special education remains woefully underfunded.
Funding public schools is Washington's constitutional paramount duty. Washington voters mandated that the state provide small class sizes for all grades, librarians, counselors, nurses, and social workers. And special education is our moral and legal obligation. Legislators have just one week left in this session to fund our public schools and avert the steep cuts.
Everything comes down to this moment. Legislators are debating right now whether to allow levy flexibility to stop the cuts and whether to use new progressive revenue—a capital gains tax—to fully fund the public school services that our children need and deserve.
The hard reality is that the Senate is the major obstacle. They haven’t passed a levy flexibility bill and are not taking action on a capital gains tax. Their capital gains tax proposal doesn’t include money for public schools. They are not proposing to fully fund special education. We need more Senators on board, or we may face disaster this fall in our classrooms.
- Please make these urgent asks to your Senator:Support a capital gains tax to help fund public education, including special education and the voters' mandate for counselors, librarians, nurses, social workers, and K-12 class-size reductions.
- Provide local levy flexibility so that districts can avert crippling cuts — and expand eligibility for Local Effort Assistance funding to help equalize levies across the state.
- Add hundreds of millions of dollars more in this budget to truly fund special education.
There isn’t very much time left. Your Senator needs to hear from you right now that you expect them to deliver for our public schools. Thank you for contacting your Senator today!
Andrea Landis
PTA Legislative Rep
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Staff Appreciation Week is May 6-10
We are celebrating our Whittier staff and can not do this without your help and support.
The students will be getting note cards sent home in Kidmail the week before Staff Appreciation Week (and there also will be additional cards available in the front office) encouraging them to color and write something for their teachers and other staff at Whittier. Please return the colored/written cards by Wednesday, 5/8 to the front office. We will make sure that the staff are getting them.
Thank you for helping us show our staff our appreciation for everything they do for our community!
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Seeking Nominations for Golden Acorn Award
Whittier PTA is seeking nominations for the Golden Acorn Award. This award recognizes volunteers who have given outstanding service to children in the Whittier community. The recipient(s) of this award will receive loads of Wildcat appreciation, a Golden Acorn pin, special recognition at the May 9th General PTA meeting, a contribution in their name to the Washington State PTA Financial Grant Program, and their name engraved on the Golden Acorn plaque in the lobby.
Please help us recognize and reward those amazing individuals within our school and community who meet the criteria for this award. Email your nomination along with an explanation for why your nominee deserves this recognition by Sunday, April 28th, 2019 to
vp.whittierpta@gmail.com
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Whitman Middle School– New Student Open House
When: Tuesday, May 7
6:30-7:00 : IEP department presentation (Library)
7:00-8:00 : Welcome & PTSA (Auditorium)
6th grade teacher presentations
WEB introduction
Self-guided tour & Information tables
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Free workshop for female coaches
Saturday, 5/11, 9-11:30am at Mountlake Rowing and Sailing Center
"We are Game Changers" is a FREE event coordinated by the Center for Leadership in Athletics at University of Washington to help women develop their coaching and leadership skills and have an opportunity to network with other women in athletics. See info and registration details below.
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Fostercare Families are Needed
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Registration Open for Whittier Kids Summer Camps
Our Summer Camps are located onsite at Whittier Elementary for kids entering Kindergarten through 5th grade in Fall 2019. We offer weekly camps from July 1-August 29, 9am-3pm with optional before and after care also available. Each week will be full of activities specific to each age group, field trips and plenty of exploration! 2019 camp themes include: “Movin’ and Groovin’ Into Summer”, “Imagination Improvisations”, “Mysteries, Adventures, Comics, and Beyond”, “Summer’s Last Blast” and more! Learn new skills, explore new friendships and give your child a chance to grow and learn in a safe, fun environment.
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Shopping for Whittier
Support our Wildcats by shopping! (Really!) These retailers donate a % of your purchases to Whittier...
- AmazonSmile - Select "Whittier PTA Seattle Council" during the easy set-up at smile.amazon.com. Bookmark it and click it every time you shop! (Tech support tip: Amazon Smile only works on browsers, not the Amazon app.)
- Fred Meyer - Link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to Whittier PTA (NPO# 85919). You keep your Rewards points!
- Ballard Market - Look for the jar labeled Ballard Market receipts on the table in the lobby and stuff your collected receipts inside.
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