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Run a Marathon

Let’s form a Cascadia team to run in the Seattle Kids Marathon! Kids log 25 miles of running or walking in the weeks leading up to the big day; then on the Saturday after Thanksgiving (Saturday November 30th this year), they run 1.2 miles around the Seattle Center to complete their marathon. You can sign […]

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Fall Festival October 24

Join us for this year’s Fall Festival, Thursday Oct. 24th from 6:00pm-8:00pm! This event is a wonderful opportunity to meet other current families while we celebrate the diversity of our community and connect with the food and culture of the fall season. Dancing, games, and much more! And, come hungry for pizza  hosted by our

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Curriculum Night – Tuesday October 8th

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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New Tech Policy at Cascadia

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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Class Sizes at Cascadia

What’s going on?  Why did this happen? Aren’t there limits on how many students can be in a class? Will Cascadia be allocated additional teachers? ·   When would this happen? Wouldn’t this screw up the kids’ schedules? What can we do?

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District Plans for School Closures and Potential for Impact on Cascadia

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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PTA General Meeting Sept 19

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.)

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Ride the bus? Track it!

A helpful parent submitted the following tips for using the FirstView 1.0 app for real-time bus tracking. Reminder: You can get real-time bus tracking via the FirstView 1.0 App Available on Google Play and Apple App StoreTo create an account, use the district code: E2J1C The app can be a little confusing. You need to add both an

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Welcome Back Picnic

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

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Current and Upcoming Volunteer Needs

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 Festival

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