Category: Volunteering at Cascadia

Current Volunteer Needs

Lunch and recess

We are in urgent need of volunteers, daily from 10:30 am to 12 pm and especially on Tuesdays, to help make lunch and recess a safe and fun environment for our kids. Please consider coming in to help make our school run smoothly!

I want to help out in the lunchroom …

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Hosts Needed for Virtual Summer Meet Ups

Is your family looking for a way to connect with other Cascadia families over summer break? Sign up to host a virtual summer playdate. It’s fun and easy! You choose the date, time, and which grade levels to invite. We’ll set you up with a meeting link and some suggestions …

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We need YOU for the 2020/21 PTA Board

We hope that you and your families are staying healthy, active, and adjusting as well as possible with the support you need at this time. While this school year has proven to be unlike anything we could have ever imagined at the start of this year, we invite you to envision how you can contribute …

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How to Help

Many members of our school community have reached out wondering how to help in this unprecedented situation.  Here is a collection of ways that our members can help the greater community.  In many cases we focus on supporting organizations that have infrastructure for more efficiency and greater reach than our own PTA.  There are also …

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Golden Acorn & Outstanding Educator Awards

acorns on branches

Each year the Cascadia PTA recognizes two outstanding contributors to our community by awarding the golden Acorn and the Outstanding Educator awards.  We are opening nominations for these two awards.  If you know of a Cascadia community member whose contribution stands out, please take a moment to nominate them using the linked forms.  The awardees …

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Earth Day Service Project

Love Licton and Cascadia are partnering to host an Earth Day Service project on April 4th, 10am-1pm. Improve tree health, increase sight lines to reduce hideouts, remove invasive ivy and grass, and prepare a new area for UW Capstone students to come in and plant native species.   Please RSVP and sign up to bring …

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Giving Tree

This year the Cascadia PTA and the RESMS PTSA are teaming up again to make the holiday season a little brighter for students at both schools who need extra support. With help from school counselors, the PTSA will provide 55 families with holiday gift bundles that include gift cards from stores such as Fred …

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Fall Festival – come celebrate (and sign up to volunteer!)

Red apples on a backyard tree against a blue sky

We hope you will join us for the Cascadia Fall Festival on Thursday, October 24, from 5:30 – 8:00 pm!

We are excited to build community together through our annual Fall Festival. Fun games and crafts for the whole family include the beloved dance party!

Dante’s Inferno Dogs stand will be joining us this year …

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Calling All Gardeners – and Gardener-Wanna-Bes!

Red apples on a backyard tree against a blue sky

The grounds around Cascadia need some sprucing up and we need lots of help!

Last year, we focused on weeding and mulching the beds around the parking lot. (Still needs work, but it’s better than it was!) This year, I’d love to continue last year’s efforts and expand our “control” to the beds all along …

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Welcome Back to the Library! [Library News]

photo of books on library shelves in a bright room

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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