Whittier PTA Monthly Meeting
- May 13, 2025
- Whittier Library & Zoom (passcode: wildcats)
- 7:00pm
Agenda
7-7:05pm – Welcome & Call To Order
- Call to Order
- Table & Zoom Chat Informal Introductions
7:05-7:20pm – President Update
- Goals and Meetings Review
- Dashboard Review
- Board of Directors Vote and Work Session Updates
- Secret Celebration Update
- STEAM Lab Update
- School Board Director election update
- Upcoming Meetings & Summer Opportunities
7:20-7:40pm – Principal Watters’ Report
7:40-8:15pm – Chair & Lead Updates
- Treasurer:
- April report
- Financial Review committee volunteers
- 2025-2026 Proposed Budget
- VP:
- 2025-2026 Proposed Exec Board Slate
- President: Kate Scher
- Vice President: Anika Anand
- Treasurer: OPEN
- Secretaries: Brian Wold & Mary Ann Rozance
- Communications: OPEN
- 2025-2026 In-Progress Board and Non-Board Slate
- 2025-2026 Proposed Exec Board Slate
- Spring Fling:
- Venue change: Sunset Hill Community Hall
- Time change: 6-9pm
- Food change: Charcuterie, Crudite, and Pizza
- Music: DJ Pool Party is spinning an all-vinyl yacht rock set
- Tickets: About 40 tickets left!
- Activities: Music, dancing, Golden Ticket, photo booth
- Auction
- You can still access the online auction to bid on buckets, buy hosted party tickets, and more even if you don’t attend!
- We’re still collecting silent auction donations! Submit yours before Silent Auction catalog preview
- Sign up for hosted parties! Talk to anyone you know that is considering! Grade-level happy hours are in specific need!
- Class Art Preview on 5/23 on the blacktop
- Volunteers: Sign-up for a volunteer shift! There are 68 shifts to fill!! Many are just 1-1.5 hours!!
- Secretary: April Meeting Minutes
- Hospitality
- April Kindercat-1st Grade report
- May Staff Appreciation Week report
- 5th Grade promotion plan
- Events:
- Mariner's report
- Volunteers (all open positions)
- Spring Fling Day-of Help (68 volunteers): We need volunteers to make Spring Fling happen on 5/31! Most shifts are 1-1.5 hours long and still allow lots of time to enjoy the event. Learn more and sign-up >>
- Pule's Secret 25th Day-of Help (29 volunteers): We are seeking volunteers to help us make this awesome event happen! Most shifts are 1-hour long. Alumni student and family volunteers are welcome! Learn more and sign-up >>
- Embroidery Volunteer (1): We are seeking one volunteer to help us embroider three graphics onto a button down shirt as a gift for Mr. Pule! Reach out if you're interested and want to learn more >>
- Popsicle Czar (1): We need one volunteer to help us coordinate popsicles for two events (Pule's Secret 25th on 6/6 and Field Day on 6/13). This volunteer will buy popsicles (reimbursed by Whittier PTA), work with Whittier to store them, coordinate/borrow coolers, and, day-of, buy ice and fill coolers with popsicles for other volunteers to pass out. To learn more, contact: president@whittierptaseattle.org.
- Whittier Work Party Volunteers (15): Join a crew of volunteers to help our Whittier staff! On 6/7 from 9am-12pm, help us prepare classroom spaces for teachers to move into next year. Please bring gloves, cleaning products, and rags to help make the work as fast as possible. Learn more and sign-up >>
- Whittier STEAM Lab Program Team (5+): Are you excited about shaping a brand-new educational space? Whittier Elementary and the Whittier PTA are looking for community members to join a STEAM Lab task force this summer! This group of leaders will collaborate on designing the new STEAM Lab space, plan how teachers and volunteers will use it, and help prepare the space and program for launch. Volunteers will attend a kickoff meeting in May, meet periodically over the summer, and participate in hands-on work sessions in late August and early September. No science background is required—just a passion for creating a valuable resource for the Wildcat community! To learn more, contact: president@whittierptaseattle.org.
- Whittier STEAM Lab Experience Volunteers (6-12): Do you enjoy brainstorming creative ideas and helping shape educational experiences? Whittier Elementary and the Whittier PTA are seeking community volunteers to help develop a yearlong set of science-focused activities—including demonstrations, invention projects, and games—that will support classroom instruction and engage K–5 students in hands-on learning. Volunteers will work independently and remotely from mid-May through June 2025 to design these activities, with opportunities in early September to finalize plans and collaborate with fellow community members who will bring the ideas to life in the school’s new STEAM Lab. No teaching or science background is needed—we’ll support you every step of the way! To learn more, contact: president@whittierptaseattle.org.
- Communications: Reminder for remaining comms for the year
- After School Programs update
- Outreach
- KinderCat Welcome (6/11)
- Popsicle Playdates
- Support: Transition instructions
8:15-8:25pm – Voting
- 2025-2026 Whittier PTA Exec Committee
- 2025-2026 Whittier PTA Budget
- April meeting minutes
- Funding Proposal #1
- Funding Proposal #2