 PTA's Social Justice Committee has exciting news! We have officially partnered with Seattle Public Library's Green Lake Branch to bring exclusive reading offerings to your children, with special focus on diversity and inclusion and getting great conversations started at home (and beyond). With the assistance of SPL, a cultivated list will be updated monthly. By using this link, you will have the ability to place books on hold. What a great way to get your 20-minutes of reading in!!
Washington State PTA Recognizes GLES PTA with Gold Membership Growth Award The Green Lake Elementary PTA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Gold Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling members equaling at least 110% of their previous year’s total membership. 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 2018-2019 PTA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTA and all it does for GLES. Join here.
Looking for a local, family friendly event? Join Kaleidoscope Dance Company Sunday, December 2 as they present the Gift of Dance; an afternoon of original modern dance works, choreographed by youth ages 6-17, inspired by world proverbs. Mosaic Junior Company also performs.
Sunday, December 2 - 3:30pm (Silent Auction/Concession Sales begin at 3:00pm ) Adults: $12/Youth: $7 Shorewood Performing Arts Center - 17300 Fremont Ave. N, Shoreline, WA Tickets: brownpapertickets.com and at the door
 Green Lake Elementary's 2nd largest fundraiser is powered by YOU, our wonderful families. It's a great opportunity to meet other GLES families & members of the community, while raising funds to support many programs within our school.
We ask that each family, if possible, sign up for a shift (or 2, or 4!). Your Room Parent will be your point person in making sure your class has the opportunity to sign-up. If families from each class sign-up for 9-10 shifts, we will have the entire schedule covered! All kids, friends, and family are welcome to chip in on shifts! Start date: day after Thanksgiving 11/23/18 End date: when we run out of trees! (mid-December) Sign-up here  PTA Gift Card Drive for Thanksgiving – Let’s Support our fellow GLES Families!!
We are accepting donations of grocery gift cards now through Wednesday 11/14/18 for GLES families that may need financial support during the Thanksgiving Holiday. Donations of grocery gift cards from Safeway, QFC, Fred Meyer, and Target may be turned into the GLES office. Please note the dollar amount on each card. Thank you so much for your support!! Who: Green Lake Elementary families What: Thanksgiving Gift Card Drive (Fred Meyer, QFC, Safeway, Target) When: Needed now for Thanksgiving by Wednesday 11/14/18 Where: Bring to main office Why: To show we care Reminder:
We are having a Green Lake Restaurant Night Nov. 7 @ Barbecue Smith! 20% of the money spent by Green Lake families that night will be donated to our school. They will also have a donation jar and will match up to $200 dollars. Come out and eat good food and help our school!!!! Barbecue Smith 7919 Roosevelt Way, NE We are kicking off procuring items for our school's Auction fundraiser in March. We typically get donations from all kinds of local businesses, restaurants, tickets to sporting events or the theater, week at vacation homes, experiences, etc. If you have any contacts with businesses or items you'd like to donate, please reach out! Find the online donation form here. We also have paper copies available at the school office. Let us know if you have questions - auction@greenlakedragons.org 
 Vote!!! You have until Tuesday November 6th to have your voice heard!!! Seattle Council PTSA endorsed the City of Seattle’s Prop. 1 Families, Education, Preschool and Promise Levy! More info on the Levy here: https://voteyesforseattlekids.com/ and http://www.seattle.gov/Documents/Departments/Council/Committees/EducationLevy/Ed-Levy-Infographic.pdf  The PTA is pleased to bring the Taproot Theater back to Green Lake Elementary on November 9 for another fantastic performance. This year's performance is called Super School... it's about the power of the three R's: Recognizing, Reporting and Refusing Bullying Behavior before their actions cause superhero-sized trouble. It will take place in the Cafetorium from 1:15pm -2:15pm. Learn more here; parents are welcome to visit and watch.  This year Laurelhurst Elementary is hosting the Math Challenge Tournament again! Seats are limited, but there is still availability. All students in grades 2-6 are invited to participate at this tournament. This is a fun math event that your students don’t want to miss. For more information, visit: https://www.ellipsisacademy.com/fall-2018-math-challenge-tournament.html.
Laurelhurst Elementary - REGISTER Address: 4400 48th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105 Date/time: December 4, 2018 at 5:00 pm Laurelhurst is one of many locations that hosts this tournament. To find other locations, go to: https://www.ellipsisacademy.com/mct-2018-students-registration.html. Registration will close on Nov 16 or when each location has reached its capacity. Practices are available here: https://www.ellipsisacademy.com/mc-tournament-practice.html. Students may also practice open-ended math problem solving at www.mathinaciton.org. This is a fantastic free website for elementary students to sharpen up their problem-solving skills. |
school infoContact Green Lake 2400 N. 65th St. Seattle, WA 98103 206.252.5320 Attendance Email or 206.252.5324 Principal Joanne Bowers School Admin Jen Allen PTA Co-Presidents Lindsey Winter & Amy Knobbs join the PTA
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