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Are your kids ready for some new activities? KidsCo is offering Virtual After School Enrichment classes starting in November. There's a wide range to choose from -- and registration starts SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24 AT 9AM.  The first QAEPTSA General Meeting of the year is Wednesday (10/21) evening! We’d love all families to join us for the first PTSA meeting of the year to discuss how the PTSA can best support our families in this most unusual year.
Some key agenda items include: Review and Vote on 2020 budget, Q&A with PTSA Officers and Principal Roy and a short presentation by Families of Color Director Kay Dumlao on equity & diversity. When: Wednesday, Oct. 21 Time: Beginning at 6pm Link: Join Zoom Meeting While this year is far from normal, there's lots of activity continuing to happen through the QAE community. Mark your calendars for these great opportunities to connect, learn and share.
QAE Online Curriculum Nights Our annual Curriculum Night will provide families with information about state learning standards and information about your child’s year ahead. This year, QAE staff and Janine will provide individual grade-level sessions. Date: 10/26 – 10/29 (dates specific to grade level) Time: 5:30 – 6:00 Where: Links will be shared in Seesaw Introduction to Positive Discipline Positive Discipline Educator Katie Gruver of Positive Parenting Seattle will host an introduction to the Positive Discipline language and strategies that kids learn at QAE. Date: 10/28 Time: 6pm - 7pm Join Here QAE Town Hall Always a great way for parents to connect and share with other QAE families. Date: 11/18 Time: 6-7pm Talking with Your Child about Racism, Racial Justice and Social Action Based on great interest from QAE parents, this amazing online session with Equity Consulting’s Christina Chang will offer insights about how to talk with your child about diversity and equity. Date: 12/9 Time: 6-7pm SPS and the Seattle Visiting Nurse Association are partnering to offer drive-through/walkup flu shot clinics at many schools throughout the city. Nurses have already vaccinated over 10,000 community members throughout Seattle and that overwhelming success to date has resulted in adding 24 more dates between now and October 30 Anyone four years and older can receive a shot regardless of their insurance status. Register in advance, one slot per family member.
Sign up today using this link. QAE library is ready and open for business! Many students already know how to put books on hold, but in case they don’t, Queen Anne Explorers should be able to go to the Queen Anne Library Catalog (called Destiny Discover) and select books for remote checkout to be picked up at school October 16th and 19th. The following document and video will show families and students how to put a hold on books at the library using their district iPads and laptops.
Be sure to select Queen Anne Elementary as your library when you are on the Follett sign in page. Students will be able to put up to 5 books on hold. Place your holds no later than Wednesday October 14th at 3pm.
Wednesday Evening (10/14): Principal Roy Shares Ideas on How to Help Your Child in Remote Learning10/9/2020
The #1 request coming from the August QAE parent survey was how we could help our kids learn during these times. In this interactive session, Principal Roy and QAE families can discuss remote learning strategies for helping with reading, math and more. We’re in this together!
DATE: October 14, 2020 TIME: 6-7 pm JOIN HERE We’d love all families to join us for the first PTSA meeting of the year to discuss how the PTSA can best support our families in this most unusual year. Some key agenda items include: Review and Vote on 2020 budget, Q&A with PTSA Officers and Principal Roy and a short presentation by Families of Color Director Kay Dumlao on equity & diversity.
When: Wednesday, Oct. 21 Time: Beginning at 6pm Link: Join Zoom Meeting The Queen Anne PTSA is part of the Amazon Smile program which donates 0.5% of eligible purchases to your desired charitable organization. It’s an easy way for us all to support QAE, just by doing what many of us already do!
On desktop: using your normal Amazon login, start shopping at smile.amazon.com and you’ll automatically contribute to Queen Anne Elementary PTSA (the shopping experience, pricing, etc is exactly the same as on Amazon). On your Amazon mobile app: turn on Amazon Smile in settings and shop as you normally would. These videos show you how to get things all set up!. Desktop Set Up | Mobile Set Up Curriculum Night is an annual event to provide families information about state learning standards and information about your child’s year ahead. Everything is a bit different this year, so we'll be separating Curriculum Night into three different evenings based on grade level.
This year, QAE staff and Janine will provide online grade-level sessions so families can meet with teacher to learn grade-level information and ask questions. Links will be shared in Seesaw:
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