Dear Seattle Public Schools family,
If you would like to provide feedback on the materials proposed for middle school social studies, you may do so until 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 18. The materials adoption process is in its final round, with our adoption committee offering three finalists for community review and feedback. Any member of the community may peruse the textbooks and other materials at five middle school libraries and the John Stanford Center, or view them online. For more information about how to participate, please go to our web page: http://sps.ss8.sharpschool.com/cms/One.aspx?portalId=627&pageId=128997. Sincerely, Kathleen Vasquez, Literacy and Social Studies Program Manager Seattle Public Schools [email protected] June Dates:
Looking forward to celebrating our students and staff with you tonight at the PBL Showcase, 6:00 - 7:30PM!
Here is an outline of what's in store:
Read the latest SEL Blog post by Meg Ferris, SEL C0-Chair:
On Monday, I went to see Most Likely to Succeed, a documentary that looks critically at education in America, asserts that our educational systems are outdated, and then asks what alternatives might look like. Much of the film is spent looking at a Project Based Learning high school in San Diego, High Tech High, and how its innovative style of teaching succeeds where conventional public education has failed. (The film does not claim to have answers, just that past time to find new models and structures in public education). What jumped out at me about the 9th grade students that the filmmaker focused on was that they were deeply engaged in heady subjects such as the rise & fall of ancient civilizations. Like their subject matter, their PBL projects were ambitious. One group of students was mounting an original play, while the other created an intricate cog-and-gear machine that explained the interconnection of economic, social, and political components in ancient cultures. Yet, much of the time, the students didn't look like typical overworked, stressed out high school kids. Instead, they looked like a Homecoming committee making a float or a mad scientist club making a "transmogifier." What could be mistaken for playing was actually students learning through exploration, collaboration, and creation. Read more... Dear Queen Anne Elementary Families:
UPDATE: Thank you to everyone who has participated in the QAE Childcare Needs Survey. If you haven't taken the survey, please do! As our upper grades grow next year, our childcare provider, Kids Co. will lose ten (10) spaces in 2015-16, but will still offer onsite childcare. Your input is critical so that Kids Co. and QAE can understand the demand for childcare services and work toward finding solutions to support families who rely on childcare services. 1) Please take our QAE Childcare Needs Survey. Whether you will use childcare or not, we need your feedback! 2) Let Kids Co. Know Your 2015-16 Childcare Needs Currently Enrolled Families: Complete the 2015-16 Childcare survey sent home on 5/29. If you did not receive this form, please pick up a new one from Patrick Russell or a Kids Co. staff and complete it by Friday, 5th of June. New Families: Please review and complete enrollment information at kidscompany.org. Please communicate your childcare needs to Patrick Russell, [email protected] by Friday, 5th of June. **Please note: KidsCo is currently enrolling students for their Summer Program.** Thank you for taking time to complete the above information. Your feedback will help us focus on childcare solutions for 2015-16 and beyond. David Elliott, Principal Amy Janas, PTSA President Patrick Russell, Kids Co. Program Manager Take the QAE Community Childcare Survey Please join the QAE Staff for a special Volunteer Breakfast!
Wednesday, June 10 at 8:45am in the Library Thank you for all of your support this year! Please join QAE PTSA for the final General Membership meeting on Wednesday, June 10, 7:30pm - 9:00pm. Childcare is available--RSVP here.
QAE PTSA General Membership Meeting Agenda 10 June 2015, 7:30pm – 9:00pm PTSA Business 2014-15 Year in Review
2015-16 Review of Proposed Budget
Motions and Votes
Acknowledgements
School News
Updated as of 4 June 2015 Field Day is next Thursday, June 11, at Little Howe Park (1912 Warren Ave N)! All students and parent volunteers are invited to join in on the outdoor fun! There will be playful games, face painting, ice cream and Tug-O-War!
Volunteers are still needed for the afternoon session. Sign up here. Questions? please contact Lindsey Carrillo or Suzanne Beckerman Carla Kirch, our QAE Office Administrator (aka the boss), after many years of dedicated service to QAE and SPS, is retiring. Students and staff are hosting a Farewell Celebration Assembly on Monday, June 15 at 3pm in the cafeteria. Parents are welcome to join to say their goodbyes and help pass the tissue.
In honor of Carla, students are welcome to dress in Disney Theme that day. Thank you for everything, Carla! You will be truly missed! JUNE
Summer Camps with Ms. Amsel & Ms. Stone
JULY Seattle Summer Explorers
JUNE - AUGUST KidsCo at QAE
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