Red Envelope Fundraiser Launches Today

The 2024-2025 Cascadia Red Envelope Fundraising Campaign kicks off today! This is the ONE fundraiser that Cascadia runs per year. Be on the lookout for the red envelopes students will be bringing home today! You can also return your form electronically by using this donation form and this online donation opportunity. …

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Run a Marathon

Let’s form a Cascadia team to run in the Seattle Kids Marathon! Kids log 25 miles of running or walking in the weeks leading up to the big day; then on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (Saturday November 30th this year), they run 1.2 miles around the Seattle Center to complete their marathon.

You can …

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Fall Festival October 24

Join us for this year’s Fall Festival, Thursday Oct. 24th from 6:00pm-8:00pm! This event is a wonderful opportunity to meet other current families while we celebrate the diversity of our community and connect with the food and culture of the fall season. Dancing, games, and much more! And, come hungry for pizza  hosted by …

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Curriculum Night – Tuesday October 8th

The school is offering two sessions. The second session will be a repeat of the first session to allow families with two or more students to visit both their children’s classrooms. Curriculum Night is an adult-focused event. The staff will be engaged in conversations with family members about the curriculum. If you need to bring …

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New Tech Policy at Cascadia

The administration has been working on a draft technology policy to make sure that technology is being used consistently across Cascadia classrooms, and is being used with the appropriate level of intentionality. Bottom line, if a child is on an ipad or computer, both the teacher and the student should be able to articulate the educational purpose of them …

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Class Sizes at Cascadia

What’s going on? 

  • 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade classes are currently larger than we would like.
  • 2nd and 3rd grade currently have around 24 kids per class
  • 4th grade classes have around 33-4 kids per class

Why did this happen?

  • Last year, the district significantly underestimated how many kids were …

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District Plans for School Closures and Potential for Impact on Cascadia

Quick update Oct 3: October 1 Superintendent Jones sent an update indicating they are giving more thought to everything and the Well-Resourced Schools page now indicates only 5 schools will be consolidated. We don’t yet know whether Cascadia will still start to transition to a neighborhood school in 2025-2026, but we still know that current …

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PTA General Meeting Sept 19

On Thursday September 19 at 7pm, we will have our first General Meeting of the year. It will be held via Zoom. Come to learn about volunteering, upcoming events and school activities. Find out more about class sizes in SPS this year and what you can do.

(Zoom link removed post-event.)

Current Volunteer Opportunities

You can view more current volunteer opportunities on Signup Genius.

Last updated September 12

Ride the bus? Track it!

A helpful parent submitted the following tips for using the FirstView app for real-time bus tracking.

Reminder: You can get real-time bus tracking via the FirstView App

Available on Google PlayApple App Store, and DesktopTo create an account, use the district code: YD5N

The app can …

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