Category: General News

Lost and Found Updates

The Lost and Found is bursting with coats, shirts, lunch containers, books, and miscellaneous other belongings. A generous volunteer regularly sorts, returns, and itemizes all lost items, posting photos in the Parent Facebook group to help families to reunite with their lost items. Currently so many things are collecting that a request for …

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Student Led Food Drive

Cascadia Students are running a Food Drive during November leading up to Thanksgiving. The donations will go to the Ballard Food Bank. The Ballard Food Bank services many neighborhoods including Queen Anne, Magnolia, and Ballard. In addition to being a Food Bank that patrons come to shop for food at …

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Donations of Socks and Other New Warm Items

One of our 5th graders is organizing a SOCK DRIVE (also accepting mittens, hats and scarves) this month to benefit Family Works in Wallingford. Any contributions of new items of any size will be greatly appreciated. The bin is by the front office through Dec. 2.

Big Fall Festival of Groundskeeping!

Come Weed With Me, The Best Is Yet To Be

Who: Cascadia friends, family, neighbors. Kids welcome! (I bet they’d love to help and/or play on the playground — no supervision provided) What: pull weeds and spread mulch When: Saturday, November 16, 9am to 2pm Where: The school grounds (specifically: the beds in the …

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Global Reading Challenge

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 …

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Photo Retakes November 8

If you received a photo package and would like to do retakes, please return your photo package on Retake Day and Yuen Lui will print a new package free of charge with your retake photo. If you did not receive your package but still would like to do retakes please have your picture taken anyway …

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Supporting Community Equity: Feedback

This academic year the Racial Equity Team is leading staff in learning more about and supporting the community and cultural backgrounds of all its students. We recognize that many families celebrate holidays or participate in cultural celebrations that may not have been acknowledged or known about by staff or other students in previous years.

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Public Safety Survey

Seattle University is administering the 5th annual citywide Seattle Public Safety Survey. The purpose of the survey is to solicit feedback on public safety and security concerns from those who live and/or work in Seattle. A report on the survey results will be provided to the Seattle Police Department to assist them with making your neighborhood …

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Provide Input to the Advanced Learning Taskforce

Five Ticonderoga Pencils

The Advanced Learning Taskforce (ALTF) has requested input from families in HCC programs via a short, online survey. Please complete the survey as soon as possible. No deadline has been provided; sooner is better, as the ALTF is slated to conclude their work shortly.

Click here to complete the survey online: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc0FohmNBrirZm4EJF9co-cUHNIbihBYNYPkSYW-47DS9mgw/viewform

Help Fight the Flu in Seattle – Participate in the Seattle Flu Study

The flu affects almost 10% of us every year and can lead to serious illness requiring missing school, work, doctor visits, or going to the hospital.

The Seattle Flu Study is a new study to understand how flu spreads in our city. We want to see how flu and other germs spread in a city. …

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