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ABOUT NORTH BEACH


How North Beach began....

North Beach Elementary school began in a burst of community activism on a May morning in 1950. The North Beach residents on 95th had long enjoyed a view of the Olympic Golf Course. They woke one morning to the announcement in Seattle newspapers that the Army was leasing part of the course to use as gun emplacements. By that evening a group of 25 individuals held a meeting to try to find a way to preserve the park-like grounds. Soon this core group swelled into a meeting of 350 people in the fire station on 15th Ave NW where neighbors elected a committee to petition the Army to find another location. This encouraged the Seattle School Board, which was negotiating for the same golf course land leased by the Army.

The struggle for the land continued through several meetings with the Army, school board and the community. Ultimately however, the community petitioned the Seattle City Council to purchase the land for a park. Accordingly, 10.3 acres were purchased for a playground.

Records from the Seattle School District show that in June 1954 they had a identified a "School Station" with a capacity for 16 rooms to cost $600,000. John Graham Jr was hired as architect (he later gained recognition as the architect of the Space Needle and the first modern-day shopping center, Northgate Mall. The new school was to be called Northwest Elementary School and would be constructed the next school year.

Construction began in fall 1957 and North Beach Elementary entered the Seattle Public School system in September 1958 with an enrollment of 446 pupils and 13 teachers. Ronald Pickett was our first principal.

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North Beach Colors
Purple, White, Gold/Yellow

North Beach PTA’s Grounding Principles: 
In our school, we believe: 
Black lives matter, 
Science is real, 
Women’s rights are human rights
No human is illegal, 
Love is love, 
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, and
Kindness is never wasted
Denunciation of White Supremacy & Hate Speech

We, the PTA of North Beach, want to be clear. We know our words or actions may have little effect on the national stage. Still, we must and we will speak up against words and policies that actively harm our community. 

We condemn and denounce white supremacy, hate speech and actions against ANY individual or group of people.

NORTH BEACH ELEMENTARY PTA
  • Home
    • About North Beach
    • Communications
    • Contact Us
  • PTA
    • Welcome!
    • Join Now
    • PTA Board
    • PTA Meetings
    • Newsletter Archive
  • Fundraising
    • The Big Give >
      • BINGO
    • Everyday Ways to Give
    • Corporate Matching
    • 2022 Auction
  • Volunteering
    • PTA Volunteers
    • Room Parents
  • Programs & Events
    • Global Reading Challenge
    • Birthday Book Club
    • Book Fair
    • Giving Tree
    • Sock Hop
    • Counselor's Corner
    • Special Ed at North Beach
  • Enrichment Programs
  • Community Resources
    • PTA Links