Deadline extended! Last call for registering to present at Bryant K-5 Science Night! 

Calling all student scientists K-5 to join us for a fun filled night of science! Sign-up using this form (https://bit.ly/ScienceNightSignup2024) by FRIDAY March 29th, 2024
 
All Bryant families are also welcome to attend to see cool science presentations even if not presenting! 
 
Parent volunteers are also needed for help with setup/cleanup, talking about careers in STEM, and/or sharing your own favorite science demos! https://bit.ly/BryantScienceNight2024Volunteers
 

Please Join us at the PTSA General Membership Meeting Next Tuesday March 12th!

The PTSA warmly welcomes parents and caregivers to join the general membership meeting on March 12th! We have a jam-packed agenda. Learn more about your school, PTSA programs and upcoming events, and make your voice heard on PTSA budget priorities, community events and more. Teachers will present on Universal Design Learning and how they provide differentiation for advanced learning levels in the classroom. Come early for tea & cookies & grade-level socializing from 6:30-7pm, and child care will be available from 6:30 – 8:30 PM! 

Caregivers who need meeting materials and slides translated to another language, please notify Pauline Pfohl plpfohl@seattleschools.org by March 5. We may be able to provide simultaneous translation at the meeting.

Save the Date: Bryant Blast May 4

Save the Date: Bryant Blast May 4, 2024 12pm

When: May 4th, 2024 

Time: Noon-4pm
Location: Bryant Elementary Playground, gym and cafeteria
Activities: Games with prizes, Gaga ball, Face Painting, Raffle cakes, Raffle baskets and More!
Food: Hot dogs, Bahn-Mi, Cookies and other snacks
Cost: The Bryant Blast is free to attend but activities and food require ticket purchase. Ticket pre-sale will happen in mid-April.
 

Volunteers Needed!

We need you to join our team of volunteers to make this fun-filled day a success! The Blast’s SignUp Genius site will be open and ready for your support next month, but if you already have a preferred committee or volunteer role we would love to know! Email Jennifer Hickey  or Christy Hunt. Grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, friends all welcome to volunteer. No SPS clearance required.

Volunteer Opportunities include:

·        Food (hot dogs/Banh Mi, popcorn, cotton candy, candy store)

·        Raffle Basket

·        Cake Raffle

·        Face Paint

·        Games

·        Set up/Clean up

Get ready for the 2024 MLK Service Day event

Monday, Jan 15th, 2024 at 10:00am-11:30am.
During the annual MLK Service Day Event, our Bryant community comes together to purchase, sort, and deliver new hygiene, snacks and clothing to the Miller and Meadowbrook Community Centers. These centers provide showers for the homeless and others in need. The following new products are most needed (listed in order of importance) 

  • Socks, Gloves, Dental Products, First Aid, Snacks, Travel Soap and Shampoo, Deodorant, Underwear, Thermal Shirts, Nail Clippers, Q-Tips, Personal Wipes, Lotion, Lip Balm (please no sanitizer or mouthwash)

WAYS TO HELP:
1. Purchase bulk items from the registry 
https://www.amazon.com/registries/gl/guest-view/1H56S23ZR8IBS
Items will be sent to the event coordinator’s home, opened by scouts, and taken to the event at Bryant Elementary. Please ensure delivery on or before Sunday, Jan.14th.
2. Gather items on your own to bring directly to the event. Traveling during the holiday? Consider gathering extra travel shampoo and soaps from your hotel. 
3. Attend the event – Families arrive at the outdoor basketball courts at 10am. This year, we are assembling 4 different kits:

  1. snack/nutrition kits
  2. hygiene kits
  3. first aid kits
  4. dental kits

Music will be played, Starbucks coffee will be served, and special treats will be provided by Bryant mom and pâtissier Andrea Westerfield.

Bryant Open House for Prospective Families

– Selam –  – – 欢迎 – – Bienvenidos – – 優待 –

Bryant Elementary WELCOMES Prospective Families – 2024!

Bryant PTSA and staff welcome you to our community and hope you can attend an INFORMATIONAL NIGHT PROGRAM for you to explore Bryant as a potential school for your Kindergarten-5th grade student in the 2024-2025 academic year.

Although there are some new families with incoming students in grades 1-5 next year very much of this Open House night is biased towards the usual annual enrollment of about 100 kinderkids. However, we expect to have a tour & Q & A focused for families sending an older student.

Some classrooms will be open (grades 1-5, teachers not present) as we consider entering Bryant a six-year experience, K through grade 5.                                       K teachers ARE present.

  • When: Thursday January 18th, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Bryant library – right on main floor as you enter the building
  • Who: YOU, Bryant PTSA members, administrator, K teachers, LASER representative (on-site after-school childcare)
  • What: Hear about our school, kindergarten, PTSA programs, LASER daycare, and more…
    • visit classrooms K-5, meet Kindergarten teachers.
  • Why: we want you to appreciate Bryant as much as we do!!! 😊

We plan for a brief introductory program providing an overview of Bryant. Then place kinder-parents in random groups of 8-12 led by a current Bryant parent volunteer to escort you throughout the building stopping in each kindergarten room with K teachers waiting for you.😉

You will have the opportunity to speak with, listen to and ask questions of the K teachers.

Please note this is an adult-only program – the conversations, topics and explanations are all aimed at adults. – Thank you for understanding.

Bryant’s well-known NEW FAMILY NIGHT directed towards students and families enrolled at Bryant occurs in June 2024. It is full-family focused (children encouraged to attend).

You are welcome to help us prepare for your visit by emailing Kevin G. Gallagher, event manager  and former kindergarten teacher, at kggallagher@seattleschools.org regarding Thursday January 18th attendance. Ask any questions of him that may help you prepare for this event.

It is not required to do so, but helps us in planning.

Hope to see you there!