On February 17th at 6:30, there will be a book club discussion for adults about the book Raising Human Beings by Ross Greene. See Principal Mackey’s newsletter for the TEAMS link. Raising Human Beings is about creating a collaborative relationship with your child. More of Ross Greene’s ideas can be found at livesinthebalance.org.
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Attention Cascadia parents! Do you have questions or wonders about ADHD or how to best support your ADHD student? If so, then reserve Thursday, 3/17, from 6-7:15 pm on your calendar. One of our parents, Catherine, Mutti-Driscoll, currently working as an ADHD and Executive Function coach at the Hallowell Todaro Center, has offered to spend
Read Post: About ADHD and Supporting Your Student
On March 19th Cascadia PTA will host the Dragon’s Lair Chess Tournament. It will be online via chess.com. Please see this PDF announcement for details.
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Middle School Open Houses Many of our 5th Grade families are thinking about the various public school options. Middle Schools should post their open house information on their website and provide to their feeder elementary schools. This is the information we have from: Hamilton – Information posted here. Jane Addams – Information posted here. Also
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The following message is from Theresa Glatstein, our PTA President: Due to the omicron variant, health officials have encouraged people to upgrade their masks. The consensus seems to be that surgical masks are better than cloth and KN95 or KN94 (there are no N95 masks made to fit children’s faces) are better still. The caveat
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Statewide Legislative Initiatives The Washington Legislature is in session. There are a number of bills working their way through the system that focus on education and the overall well-being of students and families. Through the Washington State PTA, you can sign up here ( https://actionnetwork.org/forms/subscribe-to-wsptas-action-network-group) to receive (easy) daily advocacy actions you can this week
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Blog post by Ivan Fernando Gonzales: Last month’s workshop on Mindfulness for Parents with Andrea D’Asaro provided great tips to incorporate mindfulness into my family routine. From breathing exercises that are fun to do, to calming exercises such as moving like a Maple tree in the wind. Yes, it may look a little funny when
Read Post: Mindfulness for Parents with speaker Andrea D’Asaro, Academic Interventionist at Cascadia
Thank you to our wonderful community for helping us reach our goals, from last-minute donations to the incredibly generous matching donation by one of our families. We’d also like to thank our Fundraising Directors for working on a theme that kids could be excited about as well as working with local businesses for the gelato
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Annual Fund: 25% to Our Extension Goal Hello Cascadia Families, We appreciate all the families who made a contribution to our Annual Fund. Unfortunately, we are far behind in meeting our goal of filling our funding gap. If you have not yet made a donation, please do so. We want to wrap our extension up
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Hi Cascadia Families, We are so appreciative of the high participation in our annual fund and the many families who donated so generously – thank you! Unfortunately, we missed the goal by $40,000 and will be experiencing a significant budget shortfall. We have decided to extend our annual campaign through November 20 so we can
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