Liz Aderhold

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Emergency Advocacy Needed for Cascadia!

Dear Cascadia Community:

As many of you know, after receiving significant negative feedback from parents, students, and staff, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) has paused its plan to close and consolidate schools for the 2025-2026 school year.  What you may not know is that SPS has not paused its plan to sunset the Highly Capable Cohort program.  That means that …

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Advocacy Day – January 30

It’s time for all of us to rally and urge our lawmakers to step up and amply and equitably fund K-12 education this session. If we don’t, SPS and districts across Washington will continue to face budget shortfalls which could mean educator layoffs, program cuts, and more school closure conversations.

Via the Billion Dollar Bake …

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Prospective Family Events, Info Sheet, and Volunteer Needs

Prospective Families Events

Cascadia looks forward to welcoming families to our Prospective Families Events in January and February 2025.

Upcoming School Tours During the Day:

February 4, 2025 (must be registered to attend – link coming soon)

February 13, 2025 (must be registered to attend – link coming soon)

February 25, 2025 (must be registered …

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Cascadia Building Safety Team – Parent Volunteer Needed

We are in need of a parent volunteer for Cascadia’s Building Safety Team (BST)! You’ll meet with the rest of our BST team monthly for less than an hour in the front office.

Email volunteers@cascadiapta.org if you’re interested in participating in this important parent volunteer position.

Seeking planners for school events

Plan school events

Lead or co-chair planning school-wide events such as the Culture Night, Science and Engineering Night, and many more!

Connect with our PTA Events Director to learn more and get involved.

Prospective family nights

Prospective family nights are critical in helping future families to learn about our school. We need families representing 2nd-5th grade to help at these events on January 30th and February 25th! 

You will give a tour of the school to families after hearing Principal Mackey and our PTA speak.  Come ready to answer questions and share your positive experience at Cascadia!

Pleae note that …

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Lunch & Recess volunteers

We need volunteers to help with lunch and recess!

Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4DAEA72BA6F58-50976900-lunchrecess

Supplies and gift drive for preschool

Supply Drive

Our preschool classes are in need of more supplies! We will be hosting a supplies and materials drive for them starting November 12th through January 12th. The items most needed are: Kleenex, Paper Towels, Baby Wipes, Dry erase markers (easy to uncap for little hands!), and General Office Supplies(magnet clips, tape, binder clips, …

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Current Volunteer Opportunities

You can view more current volunteer opportunities on Signup Genius.

Last updated January 3

Spelling Bee

Cascadia’s 2025 Spelling Bee will be held on February 13, 2025, and the deadline to register is December 16, 2024!

The Spelling Bee is open to all students. The first step is to register for the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s online testing platform by visiting https://online-test.spellingbee.com by December 16. Please also watch this …

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