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Bike To School Day, May 20

Friday is bike to school day.  Everyone is invited to bike/unicycle to school.

Students may bike from their homes with a parent, or join one of two bike trains (info below).  Participants will check in upon arrival for a small reward.

Even students who live too far from Cascadia to participate may join the fun …

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Music Concerts – May 16 and 23

There will be two music concerts, on May 16 and 23.  As general music will be combined with the usual band and orchestra concerts, read on to find out who is performing which night:

Fifth Graders:

Orchestra Students will be performing on Monday, May 16th at 7 pm.

Band students will be performing on Monday, May 23rd at 7 pm.

In …

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Yearbook – Ordering Deadline and Pictures Needed

Order Your Yearbooks Now Through May 2, 2022! The 2021-2022 Cascadia yearbook is a full-color book of special memories of students and staff. Order your copy now through May 2, 2022! The books will be shipped to the school in early June (Yearbooks will be delivered to Cascadia unless you choose …

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Cascadia Spring Plant Sale

Want to make the world more colorful while low-key supporting the PTA? Every purchase of flowers, herbs, edible plants, and other seed starter tools (https://www.flowerpowerfundraising.com/index.php/marketplace/seller/profile/shop/cascadiapta) helps to support PTA-funded programs.

The PTA is experimenting with fundraisers that reduce the burden for families by encouraging extended families to support the school and …

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Cascadia Spirit Wear – Order by March 31

Clothing with cascadia dragon logos

Back by popular demand! Cascadia has once again collaborated with the Uplifters to bring our families a fantastic selection of spirit wear options.  The PTA has funds available to help families who want spiritwear but find the price to be out of the family budget.  Please contact Theresa Glatstein, president@cascadiapta.org, or Tammy Foulk, tafoulk@seattleschools.org.  …

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Join Cascadia’s PTA Board for 2022-2023

The Cascadia PTA mission is to help students become their best selves and reach their full social, emotional, and academic potential by engaging and supporting families, teachers, and school leadership.

This year, we are recruiting for many of our PTA board roles as families graduate and families who need to shift their commitments in their …

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Parent-Kid Spelling Bee

Parent-Kid Spelling Bee Now on March 23rd

Please note that the date for the parent-child spelling bee has been changed to Wednesday, March 23rd. We hope you and your kid(s) will be able to join us then for this fun event!

Parents and their students will compete on teams to see who can correctly spell …

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Adult Book Club – Raising Human Beings by Ross Greene

On February 17th at 6:30, there will be a book club discussion for adults about the book Raising Human Beings by Ross Greene.  See Principal Mackey’s newsletter for the TEAMS link.  Raising Human Beings is about creating a collaborative relationship with your child.  More of Ross Greene’s ideas can be found at livesinthebalance.org.

About ADHD and Supporting Your Student

Attention Cascadia parents! Do you have questions or wonders about ADHD or how to best support your ADHD student? If so, then reserve Thursday, 3/17, from 6-7:15 pm on your calendar. One of our parents, Catherine, Mutti-Driscoll, currently working as an ADHD and Executive Function coach at the Hallowell Todaro Center, has offered to spend …

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Dragon’s Lair Chess Tournament

On March 19th Cascadia PTA will host the Dragon’s Lair Chess Tournament. It will be online via chess.com. Please see this PDF announcement for details.