Wedgwood School PTA

By Katherine Pak
There is a huge and colorful paper dragon looming in the front hallway as you enter the Wedgwood School. As you may well know the Chinese Lunar Year begins on January 29, 2006. This is the year of the Dog. As part of this celebration, Wedgwood School invited students from Dearborn Park [...]

The Playground Improvement Project has selected a contractor and is beginning work on the next phase of the project. Check out the construction drawings at the links below:

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Attention One and All! It’s time to brainstorm around the dinner table about the types of educational activities to be included in Phase II of our playground project: The Outdoor Classroom & Discovery Trail.
The PIP Committee is moving forward on this next phase of the project and would appreciate your input. Some past [...]

Mark your calendars; the 11th Annual Summer Opportunity Showcase is taking place on Thursday, February 9, 2006 from 5:00-8:00 pm at The Bush School, located at 3400 E. Harrison Street. This “camp fair” features summer programs geared towards ages 9-19. Representatives from different camps and other organizations will be on hand to answer [...]

You are invited to the Epiphany PALS Lecture (tonight!) Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm in the Great Hall. 
The Other Parent:  The Inside Story of the Media’s Effect on Our Children.
Learn about the influence of media on your child’s development and well being! Plus, get practical tips on how to use media to support [...]

The pledge drive will end this Friday!  Please make an effort to get your donation in today if you have not yet contributed.  We are very close to our goal, but after many weeks, have not reached it.
We are hoping that we will not have to reduce or eliminate any of our popular [...]

New Chief Academic Officer Appointed:  Perhaps you haven’t had the chance to catch up on all the news by reading your paper at home, but the Seattle School District has appointed Carla Santorna to replace retiring Steve Wilson as Chief Academic Officer. 
Read about this new appointment in the Seattle PI article:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/256435_school20.html
Jennifer Bucher
VP Legislative [...]

Slip on your gardening gloves and meet in front of the school on Sunday, January 29 at 1:00pm for some weeding, pruning and general grounds clean-up! The rain has stopped (for now), and those weeds will just slip right out of the soggy ground, so we’ll be done in no time!
Come one, [...]

Fifth Grade students, don’t miss your chance to attend the PTA sponsored Astronomy Nights!  There are two shows left at the UW Planetarium; Tuesdays, January, 24th and 31st, 7:00-8:00pm. Charlotte Christensen, a graduate student in the UW Astronomy Department, will show how the Earth and other planets move around the Sun, and explain why [...]

It’s that time of year…families are touring through our school and others, making choices as to where to send their children to school in the coming year.
If your family is making a change next year, whether because of moving to middle school or another neighborhood or entering a child into Kindergarten, please be [...]