Save the Date! The Bryant Blast is back on Saturday, May 3, 2025—mark your calendars for a day of fun, games, and community spirit! We need volunteers to help make this event a success—sign up to lend a hand or donate a cake for the beloved Cake Raffle! and be part of the magic!
Let’s share with love and show the teachers and staff at our sister school that they are appreciated during Teacher Appreciation Week.
Our sister school is a Title 1 elementary school in the Seattle school district in which more than 80% of students are from low-income families. Just like at Bryant, the teachers and staff at our sister school are working hard year round to provide a safe and fun learning environment for their students. They deserve to be celebrated!
We are collecting snacks for our sister school to put out on May 5th, the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week. We know the Bryant teachers and staff have loved having the break room stocked to keep them fueled up and we think our sister school will love it too.
To contribute, please make a purchase from this Amazon list and choose “sister school coordinator” for the shipping address.
Thank you for support and generosity!
Nina Mettler, PTSA Families in Need chair
To add even more fun to the celebration, we’re inviting all Bryant students to enter our Bookmark Design Contest!
How it works:
Students can design a bookmark inspired by a book, reading, or storytelling. Two winners from each grade will have their designs printed and handed out during the Writers’ Celebration!
Entry forms were sent home via Kidmail.
Extra forms are available here.
Submit entries to your child’s teacher by Monday, May 5.
Questions? Contact:
📧 Meagan Yoshimoto-Clark – meaganyoshimoto@gmail.com
The Bryant PTSA is thrilled to present the Writers’ Celebration on Wednesday, May 22—a beloved event that honors the creative voices of all our students.
What is the Writers’ Celebration?
Each student will have the chance to share an original piece of writing—such as a story, poem, or book—with their peers in small, multi-age groups during the school day. This is one of the few opportunities where all grade levels come together, and it’s always a heartwarming scene as older students support and cheer on the younger ones.
Students work hard on their writing and take great pride in presenting their work. It’s truly a celebration of creativity, effort, and community!
Want to help?
Stay tuned for a volunteer sign-up—we’ll need SPS-approved volunteers to make this event a success! If you have questions in the meantime, contact:
📧 Julie Stein – julie@wolosky.com
Mat Chess is proud to have worked with Bryant Elementary since 2015 to provide a quality after school experience staffed by highly qualified staff at a cost effective price point.
Our program is unique in that we are focused on providing a valuable after school experience rather than just a way to pass time. We provide academic support from experienced educator-led staff, engage students in the game of chess, and learn the physical and mental discipline of an incredible martial art, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
A big thank you for the generosity of donations to buy grocery gift cards for our sister school before Thanksgiving, winter, and mid-winter breaks. It is always HUGELY appreciated!! Let’s do it again for spring break.
Help us meet our goal of purchasing 100 $25 gift cards to be given out before kids are home for a week over mid-winter break without the meals they rely on daily when they are in school.
Bryant PTSA Families in Need program is collecting funds to purchase grocery cards to be donated to our sister school. Our sister school is a Title 1 elementary school in the Seattle public school district in which more than 80% of current students are from low income families. Enrollment has increased 120% since last year so the need is even greater. With the increase in grocery prices and a week off for mid-winter break, families need extra assistance buying food. Please consider supporting local students at our sister school. Your donation will be used to purchase grocery cards. The deadline for this donation drive is 4/9.
Thank you for those who have it in their budget and heart to contribute!
https://bryantptsa.givingfuel.com/families-in-need
Questions? familiesinneed@bryantschool.org
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While we are currently collecting donations for our sister school, Bryant PTSA funds are budgeted and used to support the Bryant Families In Need program at our school, including grocery gift cards for school breaks.
If your family is experiencing food insecurity or financial hardship, the Bryant PTSA has a confidential program to assist you. Contact Bryant’s Social Worker, Diego Nunez dinunez@seattleschools.org, to let him know you would benefit from assistance. This program can help with school fees, Bryant spirit wear, Yearbooks, School Picture Fees, food bags on the weekend, financial assistance for school clothes, as well as gift cards to grocery stores during the weeks we are not in school due to scheduled school vacations (Thanksgiving week, Winter break, Mid-winter break, and Spring break).
You may notice that the much beloved Spanish classes are missing from sign ups for after school enrichment this year. Teresa Torres, has experienced some serious health issues this year. Teresa has taught classes for more than a decade at our school, and is well known by many Bryant families.
Teresa’s family’s has organized a GoFundMe to help with Teresa’s ongoing medical needs: Donate to Help Us Support Our Beloved Mother in Her Medical Battle, organized by Oscar and Diana her adult children. Please consider donating to support this Bryant community member.
Mark your calendars for the Bryant Online Auction starting on Friday, March 28th at 8AM and ending on Friday, April 4th at 8PM.
Let’s open up those wallets, warm up those credit cards, and get ready to support our favorite students, teachers, staff and school. And while it’s always a thrill to catch a deal, let’s remember who we’re doing this for. Let’s be gracious to our generous donors; let’s make sure we’re giving what they are worth (or more!). But most importantly, let’s kindly rub it in our neighbor’s faces that we beat them as they were trying to win a three night stay in a retro Airstream or the Kenmore air flight.
Check out some of the other great offerings in our online auction this year:
Happy bidding, Bryant families! And don’t forget to raise your virtual paddle!
“Loompa” Cast
Friday, March 21 at 7pm
Saturday, March 22 at 2pm
“Oompa” Cast
Saturday, March 22 at 7pm
Sunday, March 23 at 2pm
The front doors of Bryant will open 30 minutes before each show. Tickets will be available at the door or for pre-sale after school on Friday, March 21 near the Bryant garden (33rd Ave NE entrance).
$5 per ticket, CASH ONLY
There will be a Bake Sale before and during each performance to support and fund the play (CASH ONLY). If you would like to further support the play, please consider donating items to the bake sale. Items can be dropped off to Bryant’s front entryway from 2:25-3:00pm on Friday 3/21 or 1 hour before each show. Please sign up here: Bryant Play Bake Sale Sign Up