The Wildchat: 11/13/2024
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
What's Happening This Month:
- 11/05 – 11/08: In-School Hearing & Vision Screening
- 11/12: Community Meeting with Sarah Clark, District 2 School Board Director
- 11/12: PTA Meeting
- 11/14: Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day
- 11/20: Helping Hands Drive Begins!
- 11/20: November Staff Appreciation (4th Grade)
- 11/22: All School Party (During the School Day)
- 11/25 – 11/29: NO SCHOOL
- 11/26: Wildcats Ice Skate at Kraken Community Iceplex
- 12/05: Book Fair and Winter Concert
- 12/09 – 12/12: 5th Grade Field Trip
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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer to Sign In Skaters at Ice Skating Event
November 26, arrive by 1:25 pm
Kraken Community Iceplex
Sign up here!
Helping Hands Assistant
November through December, especially 12/16 – 12/20
Primarily remote, self-paced
Learn more and sign up here!
Spring Fling Committee
Many roles from procurement to decor to logistics!
Work kicks off in January
Learn more and sign up here!
Visit https://whittierptaseattle.org/volunteer/ for more ways to get involved!
*ALL volunteers for classroom or on-campus events during the school day MUST be cleared by Seattle Public Schools prior to volunteering. Your volunteer clearance is good for two years. Learn more here. If you need any help or have any questions, please contact Ms. Monica at maganyard@
PTA Nominating Committee Needs You!
The Whittier PTA needs one more volunteer who is interested in helping the PTA Nominating Committee fill open PTA positions for the 2025-26 school year.
The Nominating Committee will kick off in the January/February timeframe and consist of a couple meetings (potential for in-person or virtual, based on group availability.) Much of the work is done independently.
Please email Renee Hartnett at vp@whittierptaseattle.org if interested in helping out with this committee.
Mrs. Mayo's Second Grade Class is Collecting Blankets
Mrs. Mayo’s second grade class is collecting blankets for the Ballard Food Bank over the month of November!
New or gently used clean blankets are greatly appreciated. We collected over two hundred blankets last year. Can we match or better that this November?!
Bins will be outside the office and by room 212.
Thank you for helping to keep others warm this winter.
Download the 2024-25 Whittier Student Directory
The 2024-25 Whittier Student Directory is now available for download! Many thanks to all the families and Wildcat artists who participated. We recommend bookmarking this link to access the most current version, as the PTA makes updates throughout the year.
To protect families’ privacy, we will only share the directory through internal channels (i.e. Konstella).
The PTA compiles the student directory each school year in coordination with families who wish to opt in. Families can use the directory to plan playdates, birthdays, and other fun! Opting in is voluntary. We only share the information you provide.
If you need to add or update your student’s contact info, it’s not too late! Please contact elzingg@gmail.com.
Reflections Art Contest: Entries Due November 22nd
Whittier is excited to be taking part in the Reflections Art program this year! Reflections is a National PTA arts recognition program that helps students pre-K through grade 12:
- Explore their own thoughts, feelings, and ideas
- Develop artistic literacy (by describing how their art relates to a theme)
- Increase confidence
- Find a love for learning that will help them become more successful not only in school but in life
Students create original works of art in response to a theme. Finalists from local PTAs will move on to their council PTA, then finalists from councils will advance to the state round. Washington State PTA finalists who receive an “Outstanding Interpretation award will advance to the National PTA round.
Students may enter in one or more of the available arts categories (literature, music composition, photography, visual arts, film/video, choreography/dance).
The theme for 2024-2025 is “Accepting Imperfection.”
To learn more, watch this short video.
All entries will be due by Friday, November 22nd (end of day) to vp@whittierptaseattle.org. For physical entries, please contact this email address to coordinate a drop off.
Access the entry form here.
Questions? Contact Renee Hartnett at vp@whittierptaseattle.org.
Wildcats Ice Skate at the Kraken Community Iceplex
Join us for fun on the ice with our family ice skating event at the Kraken Community Iceplex during Thanksgiving break!
Date: November 26th, 2024
2:00 to 3:00 pm
To reserve your spot, please pay through the PayPal link. Make sure you arrive ~30 minutes early to get your bracelet and skates before hitting the ice! The Iceplex will provide some skate aids for our group.
Cost: $12 per skater, which includes skate rental.
Payment: Visit paypal.me/WhittierPTASeattle.
Please add a message and indicate payment is for the ice skating event. Include your name and number of skaters.
Waivers: Download here. One waiver is required per skater each year.
What to bring: Waiver and helmet.
We are looking for volunteers to sign in skaters at the beginning of the event. Please sign up here if you are interested.
Can’t wait to see you on the ice!
Book Fair and Winter Concert is December 5th!
It is time again for Whittier’s annual Book Fair! This year it is combined with a Winter Concert from the 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Wildcats to make for a wonderful Whittier community event with books, music, and a show of support for our library and Wildcat choristers.
Book Fair
December 5th
2:30 – 7:30 pm
Whittier Library, online, and at Phinney Books
Winter Concert
Also December 5th
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Whittier Cafeteria
The Book Fair is in partnership again with the fabulous Phinney Books and will run from 2:30pm – 7:30pm. There are three ways to shop:
- In-person at the event in our own Whittier library
- Online at Whittier Elementary (Phinney Books) Bookshop
- In-person at Phinney Books (7405 Greenwood Ave N) – tell them that you are shopping for the Whittier Book Fair.
Twenty-five percent of all proceeds from the online and in-person Book Fair go towards purchasing books for our library. This fair brings more new and engaging books to our Wildcats!
The Winter Concert will be at 6pm in the Whittier cafeteria and will feature 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade performances. All families are invited to attend to support their fellow Wildcats, get cozy in their pajamas, and enjoy hot chocolate after the concert.
We need a few helpers to volunteer to set up the book fair, chaperone performing students, prepare and hand out hot chocolate, and clean up at the end of the night. Please sign up here.
If you have any questions, please email Ms. Newcomb or Ms. Steph.
Thank you so much for supporting the Whittier Library and our student performers!
A Very Warren Dunes Christmas @ FREMONT ABBEY
Featuring a bunch of local artists, this ALL AGES event is a fundraiser for the Many Hands Project Seattle, which raises money for childcare for Seattle area parent performers!
Submit Your Photos to Whittier's Yearbook Committee
We’re looking for high-resolution photos that capture our community learning and having fun together!
Submit photos for Whittier’s 2024-2025 yearbook to yearbook@whittierptaseattle.org.