Wedgwood School PTA

On behalf of the PTA, I’d like to wish all Wedgwood families a peaceful holiday season.  Thank you for making our school the success that it is. 
I know in this time of busyness, it’s hard to hear it one more time, but the PTA really needs your help.  Programs are at risk of cancellation [...]

Over the past several weeks, our students have used reading, poetry and plain hard work to show how much they care about others—strangers, victims of disaster.
On November 30, teachers Mary McDaniel and Kami Wahl, organized a Read-a-thon to benefit Belle Chasse Primary School in Belle Chasse, Louisiana, a community hard hit by Hurricane Katrina. [...]

First, Second & Third Grades
Thursday, December 15
6:30pm-7:30pm
Cafeteria
Come enjoy the sounds of holiday singing!
Ms. Becker

As you’ve read in the Seattle Times and P.I. recently, the Superintendent’s Advisory Committee has released its preliminary recommendations. 
Among other things, the Committee is recommending school closures and changing the transportation system to charge families for school bus transportation.  The Committee will leave it up to the Superintendent and the School Board to recommend [...]

This Fall, Wedgwood raised over $14,000 through the sale of gift items and gift wrap from Elliot Bay Fundraising.  This represents a significant increase over last year’s sales and provides much needed funds to provide enrichment for our students. 
Also, the sale generated $2,000, which will be used to subsidize the Fifth Grade Spring camping trip.  [...]

On Saturday December 3, several Wedgwood Chess students played in the Bryant Fall Classic. Micah Breiger, Aaron Goff, Mitchell Goff, Jacob Mayer, Jeremy Meyer, Andrew Osborn, and Nathaniel Osborn.
Everyone played well in this large tournament and we had fun as a group.  Of special note, each Wedgwood student won at least two games (a great [...]

Happy Holidays!  If you were sick in the hospital would you want a present?  I think you would! 
This is a reminder that kids need your help to make their holidays happier.  Sitting in a bed all day on the holidays!  Presents will make them happy.  Light up their day! 
Remember unwrapped items and [...]

First and Foremost, please note the date change from December 13 to December 14, 7:00pm.
Being parents of naturally curious children, we expect them to ask questions. We expect them to SOMEday ask us some harder questions about “where do babies come from”? Some of us may be sitting reading this, smug in the [...]

The students at Wedgwood are fortunate to have some wonderful art opportunities in their classrooms, not only from their teachers, but from volunteer PTA sponsored Art Docents and the World Cultures and Landscape drawing program.   
Each class has one or more Art Docents who teach a wide variety of projects monthly, often with accompanying art prints from [...]

Parents of current Fifth Grade Students are encouraged to attend a tour of Eckstein Middle School with their child. Following is a schedule of tour dates. Tours are scheduled from 9:00am-10:30am. Please meet in the Eckstein cafeteria.

Wednesday, January 18
Tuesday, January 24
Thursday, February 9
Tuesday, February 14

Additionally, an evening with Principal Marni Campbell will [...]