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9018 24th Avenue NW
Seattle, WA 98117
​(206) 252-1510

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NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Tuesday, September 29 or Wednesday, September 30: Family Support Session , 7 p.m.
  • Tuesday, October 5: PTA Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
  • Friday, October 9: No School, In-Service Day

​It's hard right now. You are not alone. Please Join our Family Support Sessions
It's hard right now. You are not alone.
Please Join our Family Support Session - 9/29, 9-10am OR 9/30, 7-8:30pm

Dear Parents, Guardians & Caregivers,
We know this has been a tumultuous last 6 months. As a way to keep our community strong, especially during this challenging and uncertain time, we'll be offering ongoing opportunities to connect, listen, share resources, and help one another on this (often difficult) journey of caring for and guiding the young people in our lives.
To start, we're offering TWO Listening Sessions for NB Families (you talk, we listen). They will have the same content, but offered at multiple times so that more families can join. Sessions will be facilitated by Alysa Reid (North Beach School Counselor) and Katie Gruver (VP of PTA & Parent Educator) with support from Annabel Bailey (North Beach ELL Teacher).

What: Family Listening Sessions (**THIS IS A FREE EVENT!**)
When: When: Sept 29th, 9-10am OR Sept 30th, 7-8:30pm
Who: All parents, guardians, family members or caregivers (nannies, grandparents and other supports) of North Beach students (*This will be a conversation exclusively for adult family members
Where: Via Teams (link coming soon!)

* Please note, to ensure access for all our families, this and ALL future conversation will be closed captioned and have translation services available.)

Agenda: (7-8pm)
  1. Connection - Small group listening sessions: "What's keeping you up at night?"
  2. Support - Group brainstorming: What's been helpful?
  3. Reflection - What would be helpful to you at this time? (survey & discussion)
"After-party" 8-8:30pm (Facilitators will stay on for Q & A and additional support)
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If you have any questions or concerns you want to make sure we address, please contact Katie Gruver (katie.gruver@gmail.com) or Alysa Reid (arreid@seattleschools.org)

​Join the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team!
Our PTA is launching a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team for the first time this fall. We are brainstorming and discovering what our focus will be for this year, and we'd like to hear from you!

We know that in the past, not all voices have been heard at North Beach. We want to take responsibility for making sure that our school is welcoming to ALL families and that our PTA is working to meet the needs of ALL kids.

This is a hard year for all of us. And now more than ever, it's time for us to embrace opportunities to engage in rich and challenging conversations about justice, to provide education and resources for our children and families which celebrate the richness of our diverse histories and experiences, and to harness our collective strength and wisdom to create equity within our school and our broader community.

In our first PTA meeting, we shared the following ideas as possible starting points for the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team: (We'd love to hear your ideas too!!)
  • Parent workshops on anti-racism and social justice
  • Community Service Projects to support equity
  • Fundraisers that support educational equity
  • Monthly diversity celebrations
  • Listening sessions for BIPOC families to share their experiences at North Beach
  • Book Club on anti-racism, equity and inclusion for families
  • Examine inequity within our own PTA practices; make changes so that PTA is inclusive of ALL our families, particularly those furthest from educational justice.
If you're interested in this work, we'd love to have you on the team. You can give as much or as little time as you have. We'd also love your feedback or ideas; please contact us at:
katie.gruver@gmail.com and debbiewayne@gmail.com.

Debbie Wayne & Katie Gruver
PTA Secretary | PTA Vice President
Co-Chairs of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Team @ North Beach Elementary

Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year! ​

Hello North Beach Parents! Welcome to the 2020-2021 School Year! This will be one for the history books and one where information will be delivered mostly through digital formats (Konstella/Facebook/Beachcomber Newsletter/North Beach PTA Website). We wanted to take a moment and make sure everyone was up to speed on school supplies, yearbook forms, PTA membership opportunities and more. Please note we do not have all the information as of right now and some things may change but we hope to be flexible and nimble with you through this upcoming year. 

North Beach Elementary will be providing school supplies for all students. If you would like to contribute to the cost of school supplies, there will be a follow-up Konstella email with more details. That same email will give parents the opportunity to pay for yearbook and PTA membership. Payment options will be available on Konstella. A hard copy of supplies, yearbook, and PTA membership will be distributed with supplies. 

School supplies and all the math and literacy materials students need at home will be distributed prior to school starting (hopefully). We hope to have this coincide with distribution of the iPads and laptops. Principal McLane is working with the school staff and teachers on distribution options and will be sending out information shortly. 

Additional School Information:
  • School will start at 8:30 a.m. (virtually) 
  • The iPads probably won’t be here by 9/4. Principal McLane will be meeting with teachers to decide how to address this, since the district is not providing a firm delivery date.  
  • School is starting on 9/4, the Friday before Labor Day. The reason for this is that the last day of school is currently 6/18, a Friday. If we start school after Labor Day, that would mean the last day of school would be on a Monday. So no real good options, but the decision makes sense when put in context.
  • Check out the district's  Fall FAQ page for more information. Please note some of the information is not clear and is missing. 
  • North Beach Elementary will be a meal distribution site! We do not have a lot of information about this but are excited our school can be a physical location to pick up meals and school packets. 
  • The district is adopting SeeSaw K-5. The "classroom" version we will have is different than the version teachers were using last year. There are a lot of communication tools built into both SeeSaw and in Schoology that the school may be using to communicate directly with parents. 
  • The City of Seattle is offering childcare at community centers. Registration opens August 25. 
Please feel free to reach out with any questions to communications@northbeachpta.org
​Washington State PTA Recognizes NBE PTA with Gold Membership Growth Award

​NBE PTA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Gold Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling members equaling at least 110% of their previous year’s total membership. That means our PTA is growing! Thank you to everyone who has become a member so far this year: YOU are the reason our PTA achieved this award! If you haven’t yet signed up for a 2018-2019 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all if does for North Beach Elementary. 
NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY PTA