Snapdoodle Toys & Games (formerly Top Ten Toys) has generously offered to donate 10% of their gross sales from Monday, December 9th to Cascadia PTA. Shop for the holidays or upcoming birthdays and help Cascadia at the same time. Snapdoodle is located at 120 N 80th in Greenwood. They are open from 9:30am-8:00pm. […]
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Cascadia Elementary, Cascadia Head Start, and the Cascadia PTA are proud to partner with the Ballard Food Bank to offer a Weekend Food for Kids program. The nutrition provided by this confidential weekend backpack program helps children from families who need assistance with food, and has no income eligibility requirements to participate. Dietary restrictions can
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Book Fair Open in the Library During Conferences Once again, the Scholastic Book Fair will be held in the library during conferences. All sales will benefit the school library. Cascadia earns 20% of all profits so we can buy more books!! Feel free to drop off your kids here in the library while you meet
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Calling all 4th and 5th graders! The Seattle Public Library Global Reading Challenge is once again under way. This is the annual “battle of the books” challenge where teams of seven students—both 4th and 5th graders—will read 10 books representing a wide variety of reading levels and genres. Working with their team, students will answer
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The Board of Directors for Seattle Public Schools continues to explore how to support highly capable learners. In the near term, input pertaining to whether and how to continue the cohort model that created Cascadia Elementary is being evaluated. In order to best coordinate a strong, well-informed strategy to provide input on behalf of our Cascadia
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Cascadia’s visual art teacher, Ronnie (Veronica) Bush, was so excited for the new school year that she lost her voice before the first week was out! She rebounded quickly and would like to share this note with Cascadia families, as well as her most-needed donation items in the list below. Plus, Ronnie is looking for
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Calling all artists! The 2019-20 National PTA Reflections Program is underway! Students are encouraged to submit original works of literature, visual art (2D or 3D), or photography on the theme Look Within. Finalists will have their work displayed at Seattle Center for the citywide competition. Rules and entry forms are available in the main office
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If you registered a fourth or fifth grader (or more than one!) for instrumental music, you should have received a copy of the email below, as well as a paper copy with information specific to your student and their registration. As indicated in the packet, the Cascadia Annual Fund supports the bulk of the costs
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Dear Families of 4th and 5th graders at Cascadia, Online registration is open for instrumental music through Sunday, September 15! Details of the program can be found in the attached pdf, which will also be sent home with students on Monday, 9/9, after our in-class instrument demonstrations. Please check it out for answers to common
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Welcome back to school everybody! I’m so excited for another great year in the library. I’m here Monday–Friday until 1 pm and each class visits the library every week. We read great books, work on fun projects and learn and create with a variety of media. I’m always looking for parent volunteers to help with
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