News

• Washington State PTA Recognizes Whittier PTA with the Gold Membership Growth Award Whittier PTA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Gold Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling at least 10% more members this year than all of last year. 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 2021-2022 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all it does for Whittier. Join the Whittier PTA

Washington State PTA Recognizes Whittier PTA with the Silver Membership Growth Award

Whittier PTA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Silver Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling 105 percent as many members as last year. 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 2021-2022 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all it does for Whittier Elementary. 

This year’s Black Lives Matter: Week of Action will include in-school activities, discussions, and books focused on the these themes:

Monday 1/31 – restorative justice, empathy and loving engagement 

Additional Resources

• Sesame Street special: Standing Up to Racism
• A Kids Book About Racism 
• Jason Reynolds: Honesty, Joy and Anti-Racism
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X. Kendi & Jason Reynolds
• The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman

Tuesday 2/1 – Diversity and globalism 

Additional Resources

• Using Media to Talk with Children About Race – from PBS KIDS, resources for diversifying your family’s media consumption.
• The Colors of Us
• Nick News Presents: Kids, Race, & Unity
• Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o

Wednesday 2/2 – Trans-affirming, queer affirming, collective value 

Additional Resources

• Julian Is a Mermaid
• When Aidan Became A Brother
• John Lewis: Good Trouble
• We March

Thursday 2/3 – Intergenerational, Black Families and Black Villages 

Additional Resources

• Two Mrs. Gibsons
• Peter’s Chair
• Embrace Race
• Families of Color Seattle (FOCS)

Friday 2/4 – Centering Black Women and Femmes, Unapologetically Black

Additional Resources

• Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History
• Little Melba and Her Big Trombone
• Mae Jemison (Rookie Biography)
• Hair Love by Matthew Cherry
• For Black Girls Like Me

To learn more about how you can continue this conversation and action at home, here are some great resources for Whittier families:

• Anti-Racism Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VWPy1J7IC6VHa2ZmesaD_4ZR7bsjMAoD/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107074575687255870804&rtpof=true&sd=true
• Diverse Books & Learning Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10noXy7sshypkw6ejJxCGG9g5gNowepjSITjtDa-y1LE/edit?usp=sharing
• Week of Information and Action in Support of Black Lives:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GNEim9qudD6xB9rdOR56WaQPS4_UKw8B/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=107074575687255870804&rtpof=true&sd=true