PTSA Events

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.

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

Writers’ Celebration Bookmark Contest

Lily Chan

The Writers’ Celebration is coming up on Thursday, May 21st, and we’re excited to announce the annual bookmark design contest. We’re inviting all Bryant students to get creative and design a bookmark inspired by a book or anything that celebrates the joy of reading! Two lucky winners from each grade will have their designs printed and handed out at the Writers’ Celebration! Please submit your book entry to your teacher by Friday May 8th.
Click here for the bookmark contest entry form.

Volunteers are still needed from 12:50-2:15pm — sign up here to volunteer. 

🎪Sign Up to Volunteer: It Takes All of Us to Make the Bryant Blast Happen!

Lily Chan
Hi Bryant Volunteers – 

The Bryant Blast on May 2nd is going to be an incredible day — and it takes all of us to make it happen!

As a school community, we ask that every family contribute at least one volunteer shift. Whether it’s an adult, a teen, or a kid, there’s a role for everyone — and signing up takes just a minute.

👉 Sign up HERE!

Here’s how it works:
• Pick a time block that works for your schedule.
• Leave a comment with your role preference from the list below — we’ll do our best to match you!
• Indicate whether it’s an adult, teen, or kid signup so we can assign age-appropriate roles.

🎪 Available Roles:
• Ticket Booth
• Volunteer Tent
• Concessions
• Popcorn
• Games
• Face Paint
• Prize Table
• Cake Walk

Not sure which role to pick? Any choice is a great one. Even a single hour of your time makes a real difference for the hundreds of kids who will be there that day.

Thank you for being part of what makes Bryant such a special community. We can’t do this without you!

 
Questions, or interested in contributing another way? Reach out to us at blast@bryantschool.org

A Huge Thank You from Your Bryant Auction Team

Lily Chan

Thank you to everyone who donated items, placed bids, shared the link, or cheered on the auction from the sidelines! Every bit of participation helps our school, and we’re so grateful for this community that comes together to make things like this possible.

A giant shout‑out to our amazing auction procurement team — Meaghan Wonderly, Leah Rutman, Kelly King French, Sejin Maddaloni, Erin Breslin, and Tanya Lauckner — and a big thank‑you to Maureen Bhak for all your help.

We’ll be reaching out to auction winners this week with details on how to pick up or receive your items. And if helping with next year’s auction sounds fun — it really is a rewarding, creative project — we’d love to hear from you. 

Tiffany Courtnage & Anna Bonnett

Thank You for Making Art Night So Special—Join the Art Committee for Next Year Thank You for Making Art Night So Special—Join the Art Committee for Next Year

Lily Chan

Thank you to everyone who joined us for Once Upon an Art Night! Your energy and efforts made it a truly magical evening for our Bryant community. 

Join the Art Committee for next year. No artistic talents necessary—just a love of the arts and a desire to help bring more creative moments like this to life. Even the smallest contribution makes a big impact. To get involved, please contact Vanya Uzelac or Nina Mettler.

A special shoutout to our talented Ms. Jo, Ms. Kari, Miss-elain-eous, and Mr. E and Bryant parents Claire, Andrea, Hana, Rina, Wacarra, Rebecca, Alexis, and Ben for bringing such fun artistic experiences to Family Art Night.

Want more art? Check out and follow printmaker Brian Lane (he’ll be at Seattle Art Museum’s Family Day on April 11th), illustrator & surface designer Hillary Moore, and portrait illustrator Alexis Landry and sign-up for spring after school classes for your kids with Clay Magic teacher Liang-Yin Chen and StoryLab Seattle’s Andrea Bassett Houchens.

Bryant Auction is LIVE – Items added over the weekend! 

Lily Chan

Our school auction is officially live and open through Friday at 8pm! The catalog is bursting with great items for families to enjoy — from special outings and local adventures to one‑of‑a‑kind experiences donated by our amazing staff and community partners.

You’ll spot all kinds of favorites: a kids’ ice cream and movie party, wakeboarding on Lake Washington, parent parties, Principal for a Day, event tickets, and even more mahjong spots added!  Truly something for everyone, and honestly, it’s just fun to browse.
Check it out here.