We areroller skating in my PE classes in the gym, January 13-31. Students arewelcome and encouraged to bring their own helmets and/or skates/rollerblades . They will need to mark their equipment with their names before they bring it to PE. Student helmets and skates cannot be left in the gym.
Parent volunteers are especially needed to help with Kindergarten-1st grade classes from 12:15-2:25 p.m.
We are looking for anyone that would like to donate Small or X-Small Helmets ( new or used) to the P.E. department at Bryant Elementary.
Our regularly scheduled monthly board meeting will be postponed to Tues, Jan 21st at 7pm for the snow. For a list of our regular meeting dates and to review previous month’s minutes, please refer to our 2019-20 meeting schedule.
Author Zetta Elliott will be visiting with all of Bryant’s students on January 22 in the library. Her popular fantasy novel, Dragons in a Bag, is one of the Global Reading Challenge selections this year, and she’ll be telling us about the next installment, The Dragon Thief. Zetta visits us from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she has a lively career as a Black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. Additionally, she has taught at several outstanding colleges, including Ohio University and Mount Holyoke.
Third Place Books will be here to sell some of Zetta’s titles. Click HERE for an order form and return to us by 8:00 AM on January 22.
The Bryant PTSA is offering grants for you to hold an event for families in your grade level. Bryant PTSA will grant up to $500 to each grade level to build engagement among its families. The money is intended to help fund events for families to meet and form connections with each other, in the hopes that stronger social relationships will translate to a stronger school community for our children.
Some ideas for FUN ways to spend your grant:
Hold a potluck cookout at a local park where you provide the burgers/hot dogs
Host a game night at a community center or at school
Host a movie night with free concessions (the PTSA has movie licenses that would cover this!)
Put on a talent show
Host a summer-time event to get families together outside of the school-year
Senator David Frockt, Representative Gerry Pollet, Representative Javier Valdez, SPS Director Hampson, SPS Director Hersey and newly elected City Councilman Alex Pedersen. This is an excellent opportunity for your family – kids included – to ask your politicians about issues that are important to you. Whether it is lead in the water in Seattle Public Schools, preventing gun violence, what the impact of I-976 will be on buses, how Special Education should be funded, and/or anything else that is on your mind. Light snacks will be served. Regular PTSA Board Meeting to follow. Questions? Please contact legchair@bryantschool.org
Interested in furthering the goals of inclusion and belonging at Bryant? The Bryant PTSA is forming an equity committee to ensure that the Bryant community is welcoming and engaging for all families.
Contact Kim Rakow Bernier or (206) 250-6383 to learn more and to lend your voice in shaping this work for the 2019-2020 school year.
We’ll enjoy an evening of multicultural performances and potluck. Performances begin at 6pm in the Bryant Cafeteria. Potluck to follow. If you’re able to help with the potluck, set up or tear down, please sign up today.
Because of you, Bryant students will benefit from growth and enrichment activities, services and support. Because of you, Bryant students will participate in activities like art and music in classrooms, expanding education beyond math, science, and reading. Because of you, teachers will receive extra support through classroom supplies, academic specialists and tutors. Because of you, kids will get the early intervention necessary and allow classroom teachers to focus on the class and provide each student the attention needed to succeed in school.
Thank you for supporting teacher assessment time, field trips, educational enrichment and so much more. You make Bryant Elementary better. Bryant has educated kids in our community for more than 100 years. By supporting the Annual Campaign, you are developing a generation of leaders, community members, and future philanthropists.
Our PTSA is excited to kick-off community service activities for our kids and families! Join us for our first volunteer event on Saturday, Nov 2nd for Green Seattle Day! The event runs 9 am-12 pm at Magnuson Park. Help restore and maintain our city’s forested parklands by planting trees & shrubs. Children and parents of all ages welcome. Learn more here and from the attached flyer. Bryant has 30 spots to sign up ASAP by filling out your information on this Google Doc. Questions? Please contact seema.talwar@gmail.com
Kevin Henkes will be at Bryant on Friday, November 15 to talk to K-3rd graders about how he writes and illustrates books. He will also answer our millions of questions! Kevin Henkes is a Caldecott and Newbery award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors–one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller–and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. For more on Kevin, visit his site www.kevinhenkes.com. He is in Seattle on tour for his newest book: Penny and Her Sled. In it, award-winning and bestselling mouse, Penny, stars in an irresistible story about anticipation, disappointment, and a brand-new sled. Told in five short chapters, Penny and Her Sled is perfect for reading alone, reading aloud, and sharing together.
Books will be available for purchase at the event so that your child can get a signed keepsake, personalized by the author. Please complete this order form and return it to the library by noon on Friday, November 15.
