Join Ms. Noreng, Ms. Aylesworth, and Mr. Wuth for an afternoon of bowling and pizza!  Sunday 1/25/15 from 2-4pm at the West Seattle Bowl.  2nd-4th graders only please. You can signup here:  http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e054ea4a828a75-bowling The cost is $45 per student.  You can pay via PayPal here or if you would like to pay with cash or check, please contact Karen Kasameyer at karenkasameyer@gmail.com.  

We are excited to report we have over 130 parents and staff signed up as Schmitz Park PTA Members for the 2014-2015 school year!  Everyone who has signed up to be a member should have received an email today welcoming you to the PTA and confirming your membership.  If you did not receive a Welcome email and you signed up to be a PTA Member, please email secretary@schmitzparkpta.org. And if you still want to be a PTA

We’ll be meeting at the Feedback Lounge on Wednesday, December 3rd at 6:30pm to celebrate the start of a successful school year.  Come meet new parents and enjoy a beverage with old friends.  The band Love will be performing at 8pm should you want to hang out and dance into the evening. Please note this is a no host bar and childcare is not provided.  Please RSVP via the signup genius link if you can

Interim Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland is hosting a West Seattle Community Coffee Chat on Monday Dec. 1, from 6:00-7:00PM at the Neighborhood House High Point Center in West Seattle (6400 Sylvan Way S.W. Seattle, WA 98126). This is an opportunity for Schmitz Park families to meet him and help the District better understand the issues that matter the most to us. At the meeting, our concerns about boundary implementation will be raised and we encourage

Hello Schmitz Park Families! Our Enrichment Winter Session will begin the week of January 5th and registration begins now!  Some important things to keep in mind about registration: *Registration deadline is Wednesday December 10th at 3:00pm.  Please bring your forms to the main office. *Registrations will be processed December 10-14, you will receive email confirmations of enrollment or waitlist placement by Tuesday, December 16th. *Classes with a stated maximum limit will be determined by lottery of the registrations submitted

The Growth Boundaries Plan will not be on the agenda for the Board Meeting this week. Due to some loose ends in the Board Action Report (BAR) it will be introduced at the December 3rd Meeting instead. Since the community meeting, Enrollment Planning has made it clear that the shift in maps is necessary to mitigate the spike in enrollment at Alki. We are working on a joint letter from PTA Leaders of our fellow elementary schools detailing

Seattle Council Parent-Student-Teacher Association makes a formal request that District Staff and School Board delay the vote scheduled for Wednesday November 19th on the “P-5 Schools aligned with Seattle Preschool Program and Collaboration Grant/Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation” (P-5 Alignment) action item until AFTER a formal Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) has been agreed upon between the City of Seattle and Seattle Public Schools (SPS). We ask the District and City perform their duties as custodians of tax payer dollars by

At the community meeting at Alki Elementary on Monday, November 3rd, a large group of West Seattle parents and community members voiced their concerns on the implementation of boundary changes in West Seattle for the 2015-2016 School Year. The Growth Boundaries Plan was approved by the Board in November 2013, however, the timeline for implementation only gave specifics for the current school year (2014-2015) that were tied to the re-opening of the expanded Fairmount Park

 **UPDATE – The PTA has reserved the back room at the Feedback Lounge for our upcoming Winter Social.  Please use the sign up genius below to sign up if you can come.  We hope to see you there!** http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0448aca928ab9-schmitz With the Thanksgiving holiday upon us, the Board has decided to push the November 21st General Meeting out and make the meeting a social, adult-only event.  Please mark your calendars and book your sitters for Wednesday,

The PTA puts on a luncheon the Monday of Conference Week for the staff.  It is the day of their evening conferences.  We are in need of pies for their sweet treat at the end of their meal.  Please use the link below to sign up.  All details are on the sign up.  Thank you! http://www.signupgenius.com/go/508084ea4ad2b0-conference1