Our auction was a great night! Thank you to everyone who attended and helped to make our auction a great night for our school. Please check out more on our auction page. And for those who did not attend (or those who did) help us reach our fundraising goal (we did not meet it) buy shopping at our online site. There are some great sign up items!

Click here now to shop (requires registration)

Hi Families! Do you read the blog? What do you want to see in a school website? More photos? More news about programs? More information for community events? Do you go to the different sections of the blog? Or just the main page? Please let us know.

Please leave your comments below in this link. At the very least, just let us know if you do or do not visit this site. Thanks for your input!

Do you have questions or feedback about the School Levies topic? We want to hear your voice, even if you are unable to attend the meeting tonight (Thursday) at school.  We are providing an opportunity for people to ask questions and/or share comments prior to the event. These questions and comments will be shared with our presenter prior to the meeting. You will be able to asks questions via www.slido.com during the presentation as well.

Go to: www.slido.com and use code D290 for our event. 

Join the discussion regarding SPS LEVIES – The Building Excellence V (BEX V) Capital Levy and The Educational Programs and Operations (EP&O) Levy  

On Thursday, January 17, school staff and the PTA will be hosting a discussion regarding Seattle Public Schools funding and the upcoming SPS Levies to be voted on in February 2019. A representative from Seattle Public Schools will be here to discuss what’s on the BEX V and EP&O Levies. People will have time to ask questions about the ballot propositions, the process, and how this will impact our school. To learn more about these levies please see the Seattle Public School’s School Levies webpage. 

• 6:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Dinner (pizza) provided
• 6:45 pm – 7:30 pm: Presentation, Discussion and Q&A
• 7:30 pm – 8:00 pm: Learn how you can become more involved and informed on what is going on at GH 

*RSVP* if you would like to join us for dinner or need childcare, please: https://ghpta-sps-levy-discussion.eventbrite.com Please let us know if you will be able to attend so we can plan accordingly. (RSVP is not required to attend; it just helps with planning.) *Child care will be available with games and activities provided in the gym. Younger children are welcome to join us, as well, for the presentation.

Get ’em while they are hot!  We have 350 tickets maximum.  You can buy a full table, a single ticket or a pair.  The auction committee will find a fun table for you if you don’t know who you want to sit with yet.

We’re looking forward to gettin’ down with you all while supporting our school.

Read more about the auction on our Auction Page.

Join us a the Seattle Design Center on March 23rd!  Tickets go on sale on Friday January 11th and go fast. Join us for a raffle, silent auction, live auction, dinner, dancing and more!  Can’t make the auction or not able or interested in attending?  We still want you to be involved!  We’ll have an online auction for many items as well. Details to be announced.  But we hope you can make it in person and get down with the funky town foxes as we raise money to support our school.  Disco/70’s attire encouraged but not required.  Have fun, meet with new and old friends and support our school.

Questions? Suggestions? Or want to volunteer at or before the auction, let us know!  auction@geneseeehillpta.org

Don’t miss family game night 

Play games and meet new friends at Family Game Night 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm December 7 in the cafeteria. Admission is free and you won’t want to miss the raffle prizes! Pizza, salad and sweet treats will be available for purchase. Help support our school and West Seattle Elementary by buying a game now for your own home or as a gift to the school. Wishlists by grade level are online! 30% of every order comes back and will help us purchase games for West Seattle Elementary.

Can’t make it but still want to buy a game for you or the school?  No problem – click here to view and order.

Community businesses also play an important role in supporting our students, staff and teachers at Genesee Hill Elementary School.  Local businesses, many affiliated or owned by parents of our students, sponsor our school with monetary and in-kind donations.  This support goes towards the budget maintained by the PTA and is a critical part of our fundraising efforts.

Check out this year’s sponsors as they will be featured on the right hand side of this website all year long (and in your printed yellow Student Directory)!  And please consider being a patron of these fine local businesses. They offer a wide range of great services.

Still want to be a sponsor but missed the Fall cutoff?  We would still love your support and can find new ways to showcase your business. Contact us:  fundraising@geneseehillpta.org

Gather and discuss our school’s fundraising approach and how we use PTA Funds.   We committed to these interactive discussions when we started our Direct Give campaign this year, and the need for such discussions is clear given recent news articles about equity in PTA funding.  We strongly encourage you to come and participate in these discussions.   Please join the PTA Board, Principal Kischner, and fellow GHES parents to learn and share your thoughts.

Please join the conversation:  Friday, 11/2 – 8AM:  School Cafeteria