Cascadia Elementary PTA

On Thursday, January 30, Cascadia families joined 300-400 parents from across Washington State in Olympia to demand the state legislature fulfill its paramount duty (it’s first responsibility, per the state constitution) – to fund public schools. Districts across the state are facing shortfalls, not just in Seattle, and we are shortchanging our children and our […]

Did you know that as of right now, there will be no incoming 2nd grade class at Cascadia next year? And no third graders the year after that, until there are no more HCC elementary schools in Seattle. When the Board approved this plan, they intended to replace HCC schools with programming in the neighborhood

Dear Cascadia Community: As many of you know, after receiving significant negative feedback from parents, students, and staff, Seattle Public Schools (SPS) has paused its plan to close and consolidate schools for the 2025-2026 school year.  What you may not know is that SPS has not paused its plan to sunset the Highly Capable Cohort program.  That means that

It’s time for all of us to rally and urge our lawmakers to step up and amply and equitably fund K-12 education this session. If we don’t, SPS and districts across Washington will continue to face budget shortfalls which could mean educator layoffs, program cuts, and more school closure conversations. Via the Billion Dollar Bake Sale campaign, we need to

Supply Drive Our preschool classes are in need of more supplies! We will be hosting a supplies and materials drive for them starting November 12th through January 12th. The items most needed are: Kleenex, Paper Towels, Baby Wipes, Dry erase markers (easy to uncap for little hands!), and General Office Supplies(magnet clips, tape, binder clips,

Cascadia’s 2025 Spelling Bee will be held on February 13, 2025, and the deadline to register is December 16, 2024! The Spelling Bee is open to all students. The first step is to register for the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s online testing platform by visiting https://online-test.spellingbee.com by December 16. Please also watch this video tutorial on the

THANK YOU, DRAGONS! Our 2024 Red Envelope Campaign is officially over, and we can report that we raised an ASTONISHING $267,000 with 83% participation. With corporate matches we are very hopeful we will hit our target of approximately$356,000 for the year–PLEASE MAKE SURE TO SUBMIT FOR YOUR MATCH IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE SO YET. This

There will be availability for KidsCo care during the Fall break/conference week. See flyer for details.

Cascadia is hosting a Ridwell event coming up in November! Throughout this event, we will be collecting clean plastic film (think: bubble wrap, Prime shippers, grocery bags, Ziploc bags, etc). We are asking parents to bring their plastic film items during their conferences. (We will not be accepting the items until this time!) The office

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