Save the date for this year’s Culture night: Thursday, April 3, 2025, 5:30pm-7:30pm To ensure that we can run this wonderful community event in 2025, we need volunteers to sign up in advance. Celebrate the vibrant diversity of our Cascadia community, where we embrace all families. Come for food (and performances). Discover fellowship and community at our family […]
Read Post: Culture night: Save the date and get involved
The Cascadia PTA is involved in fundraising, staff appreciation, volunteer coordinating and so much more – and we’re looking for parents who want to get involved and serve on the board! Interested in learning more? Join us in March for an in-person coffee chat or Zoom call. Details and a Zoom link will be shared
Read Post: Join the Cascadia PTA Board
On Thursday, January 30, Cascadia families joined 300-400 parents from across Washington State in Olympia to demand the state legislature fulfill its paramount duty (it’s first responsibility, per the state constitution) – to fund public schools. Districts across the state are facing shortfalls, not just in Seattle, and we are shortchanging our children and our
Read Post: Advocacy Update
Did you know that as of right now, there will be no incoming 2nd grade class at Cascadia next year? And no third graders the year after that, until there are no more HCC elementary schools in Seattle. When the Board approved this plan, they intended to replace HCC schools with programming in the neighborhood
Read Post: Tell SPS that HCC Matters!
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
Read Post: Emergency Advocacy Needed for Cascadia!
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 Sale campaign, we need to
Read Post: Advocacy Day – January 30
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.
Read Post: Cascadia Building Safety Team – Parent Volunteer Needed
We need volunteers to help with lunch and recess! To open the playfield: We currently need 1 volunteer on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays and 2 volunteers on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4DAEA72BA6F58-50976900-lunchrecess
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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,
Read Post: Supplies and gift drive for preschool
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 video tutorial on the
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