Liz Aderhold

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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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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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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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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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.)

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 Play, Apple App Store, and DesktopTo create an account, use the district code: YD5N

The app can …

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Welcome (or welcome back) to Cascadia this Fall! September 13th, 5-7pm @ Maple Leaf Park (lower lawn next to the playground), BYO dinner picnic.

Last updated September 1

As we prepare for the new school year, here are some volunteer needs we are recruiting for:

Room parents – Sign up on SignUp Genius

Spelling Bee Coordinator – Helps coordinate the bee with Ms. Fitzsimmons (who does a lot of the work) as we don’t want to overburden her.

Harvest …

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Did you know that you can subscribe to the calendar to show it on your device, or that you can filter the calendar for items that interest your family? Be sure to update the grade(s) you’re interested in each year!

Thanks to the generosity of our Cascadia Community, ALL 5th graders will receive a yearbook regardless of prior purchase on their Promotion Day (Thursday, 6/20/24). 

For Grades 1-4: On the last day of school (Friday, 6/21/24), a limited amount of parent donated yearbooks will be available at the school’s front desk to students who appear …

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