Quick Links:

• Spring Musical Info link
• Math Challenge #7 link
• Pre-order your yearbook link

Volunteer Sign ups:

• Staff Birthday Luncheon here
• Scholastic Book Fair here
• Mile Club Volunteers here
• January Recess Wrangler here
• 4th Grade Play Parents here

Winter 2024

Enrichment Classes

START THIS WEEK!

There is still time to register, but don't delay! 

Before and after school enrichment classes for Norman Rockwell students are organized through the PTA. All enrichment vendors take registrations directly through their websites. Classes are offered in the portables behind the school. 



• All classes must have a chaperone, who will be on-site throughout the entire session, signing students in/out and contacting the office/family if a child is absent.
• If you chaperone a full session, you will receive one waived registration for your child. Please contact enrichment@normanrockwellpta.org, if interested. Chaperones must be PTA members and LWSD-approved volunteers. 
• There are no classes on non-school days/holidays or conference early release days.

Challenge Island 

Mondays, 4 - 5PM

January 8 - March 25

Excel With Chess 

Tuesdays, 3:50 - 4:50PM

January 9 - March 19

Winter Wonderland Engineering with LEGO(R) CHAPERONE STILL NEEDED!

Thursdays, 4 - 5:30PM

January 11 - March 21

Snapology 

Tuesdays, 8:10 - 9:10AM 

January 16 - March 26

CreART Studioz - CHAPERONE STILL NEEDED!

Tuesdays, 4 - 5PM

January 16 - March 26

Rockwell

Scholastic Book Fair

Starting January 16

Volunteers Needed!

Hello Rockwell Families!

Happy New Year and welcome back to school! Our January 2024 Scholastic Book Fair, in collaboration with our amazing Rockwell PTA, is fast approaching, so please add this to your calendar and get ready for some reading fun!

Book Fair Sales dates: We will be supporting student sales the week of January 16th, 2024. Students in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade will have opportunities to purchase items from the book fair during recess time. Then we will invite families to attend book fair the week of January 22nd, during teacher/parent conference week.

Flyers with detailed information and book fair highlighted titles will be going home with students this week. Please check your child’s backpack for this important update!

Families can also sign up for eWallet, which is a great way to put money in your child’s personal account and avoid the cash issue. Then students just tell us their name when they check out. To sign up, visit the Scholastic Rockwell Book Fair Homepage!

This annual tradition relies heavily on support from parent volunteers. Please consider signing up for a volunteer shift with this link. We especially need folks willing to help us set-up and break-down the book fair at the beginning and end of the session. Each day of the book fair we also need volunteers to work the registers, as our young readers buy books to add to their personal libraries (no experience necessary: we will train you on the easy cash register process).

Looking forward to seeing you all at Book Fair!

Questions? Reach out to Mrs. Gordon shgordon@lwsd.org

Happy Birthday Rockwell Staff!

We need YOUR help to celebrate them properly on January 19

The Rockwell PTA will be hosting a staff luncheon on Friday, January 19th to collectively celebrate our staff birthdays for the year. The PTA will be providing the main entree, and we are asking parents/families to help us out by providing side dishes, drinks, and dessert. Please sign up below to help us out!

Questions? contact volunteering@normanrockwellpta.org

Your PTA is thrilled to make a special announcement: this year we’ve partnered with Youth Theater Northwest for a never-before-seen-at-Rockwell production:

Cinderella, Rockin’ the 80’s!

April 27, 2pm and 6pm

Special notice for our 4th and 5th grade parents: auditions for the Spring play are just around the corner! For those who don’t know, Rockwell’s Spring play is a long-standing community tradition. Kids who’ve grown up in the Rockwell community know that students CANNOT WAIT until they’re in 4th grade because it means they’re finally old enough to participate in the spring play. This year we’ve partnered with Youth Theater Northwest for an extra special production!

Please join us for a special parent information session on Wednesday, January 17 at 7:00pm inside the Rockwell gym. All your burning questions about commitment, timing, logistics, etc. will be answered then. Parents who join us for that meeting will receive a link for early registration to the play (meaning those kiddos are guaranteed a spot in the play). Early registration for the play will take place January 22-January 28. Open registration will run January 29^th – February 2^nd. This year’s registration fees are the same as last year: $215. Auditions are tentatively scheduled for February 7^th and 8^th.

We are still looking for a few 4^th grade parents willing to take on leadership roles with this year’s production (if you join the leadership team, your child is guaranteed a spot in the play!)

If you’d like to join the leadership team, or if you have questions about the upcoming parent information session, please email rockwellplay2024@gmail.com

As always, your PTA is committed to ensuring that ALL children are able to participate in PTA sponsored activities, regardless of any financial hardships your family might be experiencing. We have scholarships available to cover registration fees for families who cannot otherwise afford the $215 cost. Please email our school counselor, Ms. Keller, if you’d like to use a scholarship for the registration fee. Her email is kkeller@lwsd.org

Save the Date!

Rockwell STEAM Night

Thursday, February 1, 2024 6:00-8:00 pm at Rockwell Gym

Rockwell PTA's STEAM Night is coming and we welcome the entire Rockwell Elementary community to explore all things science, engineering, art, and math! 

Come for an evening filled with hands-on activities from local businesses. Build a light-up wand and binary code keychain led by our very own parent volunteers and earn a chance to win 1 of 3 grand prizes. Beagles, let's buckle up and STEAM ahead for an evening of exploration and discovery! 

Questions or if you'd like to help? Please contact Janet Vuong (STEAM Night Chair) at fundraising@normanrockwellpta.org.

Are you ready to Focus on Advocacy?

[Building Community] through action

Help make Rockwell PTA’s grassroots advocacy a success by connecting with legislators about our priorities during Focus Day and Focus on Advocacy Week.

Check out the Focus on Advocacy Toolkit for resources, including a Focus on Advocacy checklist and information on how to set up meetings with legislators.

Register to attend Focus Day on January 15, 2024 in person in Olympia by January 12 at noon. All members and students welcome! Wear your “PTA blue.”

During Focus on Advocacy Week January 15-19, 2024, WSPTA will send out action alerts focused on Top 5 issues, to members participating in daily calls to action. Help us amplify our voices in support of children: Subscribe to WSPTA action alerts.

Questions? advocacy@normanrockwellpta.org

Math Challenge #7

Due Thursday, Jan 18

Thank you to all of you who participated in Math Challenge #5. Congratulations to the following winners:



Alex Y., Summer A., Hannah K., Hans S., Landon O., Etai K., Bhavyansh S., Eddie W., Chuck Y., Bella T., Amelia C., Davide B.

The due date for Math Challenge #7 is Thursday, Jan 18th and is available here. The online form for completing math challenge can be accessed here.

Please contact us if you have any questions or if you need additional information about this program.

Let the challenge begin!

Math Challenge Team mathchallenge@normanrockwellpta.org

Calling All Volunteers!

JANUARY Recess Wranglers Needed

We have an immediate (and ongoing) need for volunteers to help out during school recess and lunch time.  No experience is necessary. Lots of fun watching your kiddos in action on the playground!

5th Grade Baby Photos

Deadline is Friday, March 15th, 2022.

It's a Rockwell tradition that we include 5th grade student's baby/toddler photos in the yearbook!

If you'd like to participate in this tradition, please send a baby photo to yearbook@normanrockwellpta.org.

Please send a high/full resolution photo & include your student's name & teacher in the filename (example: AmySmith_Harris.jpg)

We recommend submitting a photo that is between 6 months - 2 years, but you are welcome to submit whatever you'd like!