Author: Lily Chan

Fourth and Fifth Grade Writers to be Honored at State Contest Event

Lily Chan

We are pleased to announce that Bryant students in grades 4/5 will be honored for their participation in the World Citizen Essay Contest.  The annual contest, sponsored by the World Affairs Council, invites student grades 3-12 to respond to a prompt relating to vital world issues.  This year’s prompt was:

What role should global citizens play in strengthening democracy?

Over 200 students statewide participated in the essay contest.  Bryant fourth grader Emmy Flagel won third place this year in the 3-5 category.  In addition, the following students received Honorable Mention:
Marion Hayes, Dylan Locke, Charli Mullin, Eleanor Pullen, Lena Savage, Teddy Shih, Max Tewodros, Jude Xenakis, Desmond Zamora, and Heath Zimmerman.

Congratulations, fourth and fifth-grade writers!

Bookmark Contest Winners

Lily Chan

2026 WRITERS’ CELEBRATION BOOKMARK
CONTEST WINNERS

🎉 Wow! A Massive Thank You to Our Incredible Artists! 🎉
We want to give a huge round of applause to every single talented student who entered the Writers’ Celebration Bookmark Contest! Your beautiful, creative, and imaginative designs blew us away—and made picking the finalists an almost impossible task!

Kindergarten: Joey Vandersmith and Jamie Ellman
1st grade: Max Chang and Luna Park
2nd grade: Anna Wang and Juniper Niedner
3rd grade: Charlie Courtnage and Saanvi Leopold
4th grade: Penny Ruby and Marina Soriano-Ghelani
5th grade: Elle Wiegand and Yashi Shaktawat

LASER 2026-27 Registration Is Open

Lily Chan

Laser registration for the 2026-27 school year at Bryant opens Monday, May 18 at 8:00 a.m., and closes Sunday, May 31 at 11:59 p.m. Registration is for everyone: current students, new students, and incoming kindergartners. Please note that enrollment does NOT automatically renew. All families must register to be considered.  It doesn’t matter when you register as long as it’s within the two-week window, your child(ren) will be included in the enrollment lottery.

Bryant Book Fair – Volunteers Needed

Lily Chan

The Book Fair is coming up on May 11-15, and it takes a village to pull it off! We’re looking for volunteers to help things run smoothly and bring some extra warmth to the experience. Morning and afternoon shifts are available, roughly 3 to 4 hours each. Sign up to help, or email taylor.kreilmann@gmail.com with any questions!

Check out the Book Fair Home Page for more details and to set up your e-wallet in advance.

3rd and 4th grade families, we are counting on YOU!

Lily Chan

We need your help! HIP continues to see a significant increase in demand for Healthy HIP Packs. The Bryant Student Hunger Service Project aims to provide a hands-on opportunity for our community to learn about and help students facing food insecurity every day in Seattle.

The HIP Packing Party for 3rd/4th grades is Thursday May 28 in the cafeteria from 6:30-7:30pm! Food donations must be dropped off at school by 8am on Tuesday 5/26. Collection bins are located in the main office and outside each 3rd and 4th grade classroom.

We have some leftover food from the last packing party so our needs are greatest for the following items: 1) Milk 2) Lunch items 3) Dinner items.  Our goal is to make 250 healthy HIP packs. 

Sign up to donate here.  Or if you’d rather contribute money, which will be sued to purchase remaining items needed, we have a Giving Fuel Page here.
Sign up to volunteer here. 

For more details on the project read here.