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Awards, Budget Approval & End-of-Year Celebration!

Lily Chan

🎉 Congratulations to Our Amazing Community Award Winners! 🎉 Join us for our June 9th PTSA meeting and Duchess after 

Please join us in celebrating this year’s outstanding PTSA volunteers and community champions:

🌟 Golden Acorn Award – Caitlin Hein
For her incredible dedication to our school community through teacher appreciation events, 4th grade fundraising, the Bryant Play, and of course, her famous Cookie Break treats that make every event a little sweeter!

🌟 Volunteer Extraordinaire Award – Anna Bonnett
For her tireless work as Volunteer Coordinator, her willingness to help at virtually every event, and her leadership on the Nominating Committee, helping build a strong PTSA team for next year.

🌟 Unsung Hero Award – David McKnight
For five years of exceptional service as PTSA Treasurer. His steady leadership and commitment have been invaluable to our organization, and we truly couldn’t have done it without him.

🌟 Room Parent Champion Award – Sarah Blake
For keeping her classroom community connected through thoughtful communication, party planning, and outstanding coordination throughout the year.

Please help us celebrate these incredible volunteers and approve our budget for next year at our final PTSA meeting of the school year:

📅 June 9
🕖 7:00 PM
📍 Bryant Library

After the meeting, join us at The Duchess to celebrate another successful year together!

Thank you to all of our volunteers for making our school community so special.

Great Turnout at 3rd/4th Grade HIP Packing Party!

Lily Chan

THANK YOU to the 3rd and 4th grade families who contributed to their grade level food drive and came to help put together food packs for the Hunger Intervention Program! We had an enthusiastic bunch of Bryant Hawks and parents making quick work, packing an estimated total of 268 food packs bringing us to a total of 578 packs this year! 

Hope to see you again next year!  
 
2026 HIP Packing Parties
February 9, 1st and 2nd Grade – 208 packs!
April 7, Kindergarten and 5th Grade- 102 packs!
May 28, 3rd and 4th Grade- 268 packs!

Thank you,
Kate Sortun & Nicole Loving
PTSA Student Hunger Service Project Co-Chairs

Bryant Bound Volunteers Needed!

Lily Chan

Please join us in extending a warm Bryant welcome to incoming families by becoming a “Bryant Bound” Volunteer! As a volunteer, you’ll be paired with 1-2 new Bryant families and reach out to them to introduce yourself either via email or phone. You’ll be their go-to person for questions they might have about Bryant, and we’ll even provide you with a handy template message to kickstart your communication. This volunteer opportunity is both fulfilling and flexible, requiring just a small amount of your time while leaving a lasting positive impact on new Bryant families.

Ready to make a difference? Sign up here! Feel free to reach out to bryantbound@bryantschool.org with any questions.

Bryant Elementary WELCOMES ALL New Families – 2026!

Lily Chan

Bryant Elementary WELCOMES ALL New Families – 2026!

Bryant staff and PTSA heartily welcome you to our community and hope you can attend a special evening created with you and your arriving student in mind

Most new families are kindergarten families, and the night is overall geared towards their acclimation to Bryant, so kindergarten staff will be in full attendance.

  • When: Tuesday, June 2, from  5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Where: Bryant School 3311 NE 60th Street (use this entrance)
  • Who: YOU & your entering student (and family, if you wish), PTSA rep, principal(s),

K teachers, community childcare providers (LASER)

  • What: Hear: about our school, kindergarten, PTSA programs, and more…
  • Why: we want you to love Bryant as much as we do!!! 😊

Expected agenda:

5:00 – school front doors open (60th St entrance)

5:30 – 6:10 – Bryant ‘nuts & bolts’ – principal, PTSA, LASER. K team will each have information to share with you and answer related questions

  • K families information and Q & A session with the Kindergarten teaching team

Then till-7:00 – you can visit all the K rooms in the K hallway and the building, in general. We each will be in our rooms to answer questions you have. Additionally, we have Bryant-specific K topics to explain and Kinder-tools for viewing on student work tables.

A few more details will be emailed to you early that week…

Hope to see you then.

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.