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The auction is only three weeks away—it's crunch time!
Here is a list of our top six needs: Tickets Have you purchased your tickets yet? We still have a few left. Join fellow QAE parents and QAE staff for a lovely evening as we celebrate our extraordinary school. A sit-down dinner, wine, a photo booth, unique auction items, entertaining bidding wars, and a delicious dessert dash are only a few highlights of the fun that lies ahead. So, don't wait until the last minute—help preserve the sanity of our incredible auction team--purchase your tickets now! 45 More Bottles of Wine Needed for Our 50-Bottle Wine Grab Yes, we still need 45 bottles of wine for our exciting, first-ever Wine Grab! Contact Lauren Haley today to let her know if you can donate a bottle of red, a bottle of white, or both! Lauren will give you drop off details—we'd like to have all 50 bottles by Friday, March 6. 50 More Restaurant Gift Certificates Needed Share your favorite restaurant by giving a gift certificate to it. Restaurant gift certificates are one of our most popular auction items, so we could use a lot of them--donate a gift certificate to your favorite restaurant today! 10 More Desserts Needed for Our Dessert Dash An assortment of chocolates, a chocolate cake, a coconut cream pie, a strawberry tart, a peach cobbler...or, whatever your favorite dessert may be--contact Heather Lakefish today if you can donate a dessert. Sponsorships If you know of a business that would like to be a sponsor, contact Holley Ring. Help Wanted! We are fairly short-staffed during the auction--contact Gillian Jorgensen today if you can sign up to be a silent auction closer or a purchase packager, etc. Thank you to everyone who has reached out to volunteer! Thank you! We look forward to seeing you at the auction! QAE PTSA 
An excerpt from the latest Social Emotional Learning Blog on Sensory Integration at QAE:
"Sensory Integration Disorder isn't well known or understood by most parents. All of our senses (sight, taste, touch, hearing, smell, balance, and motion) take in information from our environment and that data goes to different parts of the brain for processing. Each sense is processed in different parts of the brain, and some senses are processed in multiple parts of the brain. It is quite complicated, yes?" Read more....  Ms. Stone is running a Donors Choose Project to purchase a class set of headphones so students can create their own compositions on GarageBand! How cool is that!?
Below is a description of Ms. Stone's project. Please help out if you can—your $10 donation can turn into a $20 donation for the next few days--be sure to enter SPARK in the "promo or gift code" field and click "apply" to ensure that your donation is doubled. What if you could compose an entire musical piece, not with a symphony at your service, but a single device? Our students are becoming budding composers. They are creative, passionate and have a lot of musical things to say! They are enjoying learning about the blues, about classical composers and modern music makers. They are passionate about becoming self-directed learners who can utilize modern technology to become 21st Century composers. With these headphones, instead of relying on selective hearing to compose their pieces on GarageBand, they will be able to really listen and hear well their own pieces. As we are working through our various units, it will enhance our entire school's listening abilities - to analyze, create and respond to music. We will have a full music "studio" at our fingertips with a class set of headphones. All students at our school would be able to become emerging recording artists, studio engineers, music appreciators, and composers! Ms. Stone's Donors Choose Project Open Enrollment for School Choice is happening now. You can find enrollment forms and more information about the enrollment process at SPS-Open Enrollment for School Choice.
Sibling Reminder: If you have a student currently enrolled at Queen Anne Elementary and plan to send your other child/ren to QAE, you must complete the SPS - Open Enrollment for School Choice Application for the incoming sibling(s). One more week to enroll—Open Enrollment closes on Friday, March, 6. 
Author and Illustrator, Carson Ellis will be visiting QAE next week on Thursday, March 5th!! Book order forms for an autographed copy of "Home" are due back tomorrow, Friday, February 27! Download the form here and turn in to your teacher or the library. 
Please be sure to check the School Calendar frequently for upcoming dates.
February Dates:
March Dates:
April Dates:
Actually, 2 important Benefit Auction deadlines tomorrow:
We need both in order to have an auction! Have a favorite restaurant??? We would love to receive a gift certificate from it! Restaurant gift certificates are one of the most popular items at our auction. It’s a great way to promote a restaurant you love and to try a new one! Give a restaurant gift certificate! Wine, wine, wine! Who doesn’t want more wine??? We need wine for our Wine Grab! It’s a fun, interactive game and best of all, you’re guaranteed to win. Contact Lauren Haley at [email protected] about donating a bottle (or two). Give some wine! Being a part of the auction is the perfect opportunity to get involved in our QAE Community! Sign up to help with the auction or send an email to Gillian Jorgensen at [email protected] to see how you can volunteer. Any help, big or small, is much appreciated and much needed. Be a part of the auction! Remember… Our Roaring 20’s Benefit Auction is only FOUR WEEKS away. Let’s get moving!!! Please re-read Principal Elliott’s most recent and beautifully written blog post and let’s remind ourselves WHY we are having this Benefit Auction! Warm Regards, QAE PTSA Auction Committee 
February 23, 2015, 8:00am - Open Enrollment Begins
Open Enrollment begins Monday, February 23, 2015 and closes Friday, March 6, 2015. School Choice applications will be available online at 8am on Feb. 23rd through Seattle Public Schools. Sibling Reminder: If you have a student currently enrolled at Queen Anne Elementary and plan to send your other child/ren to QAE, you must complete the SPS - Open Enrollment for School Choice Application for the incoming sibling(s). March 6, 2015 - School Choice Application Deadline | Open Enrollment Closes SPS Enrollment & Admission Information Dear QAE Community:
For families who attended our 2/4 PTSA General Membership meeting, the 2/12 Kids Co Child Care meeting, or have been following news related to Facilities on our website and/or the Rocket Reader newsletter, we had the first of what will be many meetings with the Seattle Public Schools Capital Planning team yesterday, 2/17. The Director of Capital Projects and Planning and a team of seven other Capital Projects and Facilities members toured QAE and sat down with us to discuss the plans outlined in the BEX IV funded QAE Addition. We were asked thoughtful questions from the SPS team and given a chance to walk through our facilities needs and how we can best support students and staff and the community with this capital project. Here are the key points:
Adding additional space that supports our school, preserves childcare, and reflects our learning environment is an important focus for us. Support from our parent community will be critical to meeting facility needs and supporting families who rely on childcare. SPS and the Capital Planning Department expressed an openness to consider QAE-driven options. The QAE staff, along with the QAE PTSA, is working together to make sure that the needs of everyone in our community are heard. If you would like to send questions, comments, or volunteer for our facilities related efforts, please do so here. We will continue to keep our QAE families informed during this process. Sincerely, David Elliott, Principal Queen Anne Elementary Amy Janas, President Queen Anne Elementary PTSA Technology Vision "Town Hall" Meetings begin next week. This is your opportunity to provide input and feedback to the district.
Schedule (doors will open at 5:30):
Interested individuals who are unable to attend any of the Town Hall meetings are encouraged to submit their vision, ideas, and comments to [email protected] 
Please be sure to check the School Calendar frequently for upcoming dates.
February Dates:
March Dates:
 Yes, wine. This year, at our Roaring 20s Benefit Auction, we will be featuring a 50-bottle Wine Grab.
So, donate a bottle or two of wine to this fun game! Please contact Lauren Haley for donation drop off location. And while you’re at it, donate something fun and unique to our auction! Parties, vacation rentals, outings, dinners, adventures, spa experiences, gift certificates, anything fun and unique. We have fewer than 20 auction items and THE PROCUREMENT DEADLINE IS NEXT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH. CONTRIBUTE AN AUCTION ITEM Remember, you can buy tickets to the auction at the early bird price of $85 per person. After February 20th, it will be $95 per person. So purchase now! Don't wait until the last minute! PURCHASE EARLY BIRD TICKETS And, "Just Say Yes" to volunteering for our auction! SIGN UP FOR A REASONABLE AUCTION TASK For additional information, contact [email protected]. Best regards, QAE PTSA Auction Committee  Ms. Stone could use a few more items to help warm up her music room. If you have any of the following items to donate, please contact Ms. Stone at [email protected].
Seattle Public Schools wants to give everyone an opportunity to provide feedback and input into the district's Technology Vision process. To accomplish this we are scheduling five “Town Hall” meetings around the district. One in each of the five major regions. The schedule is as follows:
Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. so that attendees can browse sample results from the Tech Summit. The structured meeting will begin at 6 to 8 p.m. The more input we have from across the district, the more we can assure that we have a vision that meets the needs of all Seattle Public Schools students. Supervised children's activities will be provided. Translation services available. Interested individuals who are unable to attend any of the Town Hall meetings are encouraged to submit their vision, ideas, and comments to [email protected]  Most Session Two Enrichment Programs opened this week (language starts next week and Robotics begins the week of February 23). Please check the Enrichment Calendar for dates and locations (note: Spanish Intermediate meets on T/TH/F in a different classroom each day). If you have any questions about program dates, locations, etc., please contact the enrichment program coordinator or the program providers. Please do not contact the school office.
Thank you! QAE PTSA Enrichment |
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