 Our garden and grounds have grown some weeds over the past several months! We need help pulling weeds, cutting back and picking up litter.
Becoming a board member of the PTSA is a great way to build community for our kids (and as a parent!), and to create enrichment opportunities for the whole school.
We’d love to have you join us for the 2021-2022 school year! These roles can be done solo or shared with a friend -- and current board members are happy to talk to you further about what each role entails. Please email: president@qaeptsa.org if you are interested! Current Open Positions: Are you great at leading meetings, facilitating, and keeping track of tasks that need to be accomplished? You’d be a great President or Vice President. Have a background in accounting? Think spreadsheets are a breeze? We are in search of a Co-Treasurer. Passionate about diversity, equity, and inclusion? Families of Color needs a Director to continue to build our school’s commitment to social justice. Have ideas and connections that can help us generate much-needed funds for Queen Anne Elementary? The Fundraising Director leads the charge to organize all fundraising efforts - from cookbooks to the auction. The Legislative Director keeps track of district and state legislation that may impact the school. If you are interested in organizing Hour of Code, and advising on technology programming, you’d be a wonderful Technology Director. Do you love throwing parties and building community? We need a Co-Community & Events Coordinator. Want to support our science curriculum and environmental education by creating opportunities for students in the QAE pea patch? We have an opening for a Garden Coordinator. Our QAE community has put together Sharing Our Table: A Queen Anne Elementary Cookbook. It includes more than 100 recipes beloved by our families, our staff and even some alumni. There are quick meals, celebration foods and pandemic food projects for you to savor. Get your copy (or two or three) and support our school! Cost: $30 each for the beautiful softcover book printed by Heritage Cookbooks. (More than 200 pages!). Get your order in by Sunday, May 23rd, 2021!  Picking up: Cookbooks will be available for pick-up at QAE in early June. Our volunteers will contact you when they're available
If you purchased as part of the auction: we already have your order, thank you for your support. You'll receive in early June as well. Questions? Contact Jody Stewart at jodystewart@gmail.com  There isn’t likely another year where we will host a gala you can attend in your pajamas, so we’re going all-in on that this year. Fancy on the top, comfy on the bottom. Or vice versa. You decide. Instead of tickets this year we will be doing "food tickets." Enjoy dinner at home with a paid ticket, thanks to a couple of our fantastic Queen Anne businesses. (EHP will deliver to your home. Queen Anne Beer Hall is pick up that evening.). Or of course, choose "No Food" and attend at no cost! TICKETS INCLUDING DINNER MUST BE PURCHASED BY MARCH 7. Whatever your style we hope you’ll join us for a fun hour of community building, entertainment, and of course, fundraising for our wonderful QAE.
Share a video of what makes QAE special by February 28 and we'll feature you the night of the Auction.Email videos (in landscape format please!) to fundraising1@qaeptsa.com or tag @qaeptsa on Instagram!
Caring is our February Global Citizenship Trait. Explorers and their families can put this trait into action by helping with our upcoming QAE Towel Drive. QAE is collecting gently used towels to support a community towel-drive to help homeless youth in Belltown. Here’s how you can help:
Towels will be picked up and distributed by the New Horizons Ministry that houses and feeds homeless youth in Belltown.  Families, today Principal Roy sent important communication about a pending SPS School Board decision regarding bus transportation to Option Schools. Even If your child does not use bus transportation, this decision affects us all and the long term health of Queen Anne Elementary. We encourage you to make your voices heard on this important topic. schoolboard@seattleschools.org School Board Directors, Superintendent, and Senior Staff spsdirectors@seattleschools.org would like to contact only the 7 School Board Directors, and do not seek District staff assistance in responding to questions or concerns Please see Janine's note below for more information 
As a PTSA, this is one way we can continue to build and foster community in the virtual world we’re living in. We know that you are busy and have more things on your plate than ever before. However, with just a little help from each of you, every student will be represented in our yearbook and each student will have a special memento of this unprecedented school year.
At this point, we believe self-submission is our best path for collection and we thank you in advance. Your submissions will help us create “class photos”. It's a different kind of challenge in this year filled with new and creative ways to get work done, but we think it can happen with some help from you and your families. Here's two options for gathering those photos. Option 1: You take the photo and send to secretary@qaeptsa.org Deadline: March 1 Email Title: Grade-Teacher-First Name-Last Name Example: 3rd-Dudley-Theodore-Hildebrandt Option 2: Your Class Coordinator takes a screen shot. Be sure to let your class coordinator know if you need this help! Thank you for sticking with it!! Please send all comments, questions or concerns to Andrea Hildebrandt at secretary@qaeptsa.org While we all won’t be together in person, this year's virtual gala will still focus on building community while offering entertainment alongside opportunities to donate and support our school. It will be fun, festive and full of friends. Details are being finalized but we wanted you to mark the evening of Friday, March 12 on your calendars. This will be a one-hour event. Also, if you have something you’d like to offer up for auction (a special skill you could teach folks in a virtual session? Vacation home? Sports tickets)? Please email us.  Even in the midst of the pandemic and remote learning, it's time to start thinking about enrollment for the 2021-22 school year (hopefully all in person!). Queen Anne Elementary is hosting a series of virtual tours as well as an open house for all prospective families (whether you have an incoming Kindergartner or have an older child).
Virtual Open House Jan. 21 (6-7pm) Virtual School Tours Jan. 22 (12-1pm) Jan. 27 (11am-12pm) Feb. 1 (2-3pm) Feb. 4 (3-4pm) Feb. 9 (8-9am) More information and to RSVP See the Prospective Families page which includes a link to RSVP for the Open House and Tours. It also has some information about what makes Queen Anne Elementary unique as well as some helpful details about the SPS enrollment process. QAE Teacher Featured in Seattle Times: Building Concerned and Compassionate Citizens of the World1/10/2021
Last week's events were historic, tumultuous and tragic. And our students pay attention. Our teacher's didn't shy away, but rather used the opportunity to engage students and given them an opportunity to share, learn and understand the power of this moment: together. In fact, the efforts of one of our Kindergarten teachers - Priyanka Jayanthi - was just featured in The Seattle Times. We're so proud! Ms. Jayanthi and Ms. Smith both pulled together some additional resources for talking with kids to help us all have these important conversations. Resources: How to talk with children about current events. Facing History and Ourselves. Talking with Kids About Yesterday's Events (NPR) Don't Say Nothing Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power Talking Race with Young Children Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Let's start off this new year right....together.
Mark your calendar for these great upcoming Parent Partnership Sessions hosted by Principal Roy. “Supporting Your Explorer with Reading and Math” January 13. 6-7pm. Share ideas, problem solve and learn more about: tips for supporting your child with reading and math, and how to help when they struggle Join Here. Meeting ID: 819 4023 1287 Passcode: 379825 “Helping Your Explorer in Kindergarten” Jan. 27 (6-7pm) Whether we are learning in person or remotely, we all want to support and empower our young learners in Kindergarten. This collaborative discussion with Kindergarten families will share ideas and solutions for supporting our Kindergarten explorers. Join Here. Meeting ID: 848 4112 4985 Passcode: 258034 “Collaborative Session with QAE Families” Feb. 10 (6-7pm) Want to connect with other families? Wondering how others are navigating the pandemic? Come connect with Principal Janine Roy and QAE families to share helpful ideas, strategies and lessons learned from the pandemic. Join Here. Meeting ID: 886 9393 8942 Passcode: 043080  It’s been quite a year and our mental health is just as important as physical health. Consider some of these tips and tricks for ways to take care of ourselves and our Explorers each day.
 Reading is a life skill and it is a powerful way to calm our bodies and our minds. Daily independent reading with just-right text builds stamina, persistence, skills, and confidence. Help every Explorer become a passionate reader and critical thinker.
Whether it’s through just right books or dessert books, there are several resources to keep your Explorer engaged in reading. Here’s a link to a couple, and check out A to Z or Epic on your Explorer’s iPads. QAE Book Pick Up Reservations Seattle Public Library Share photos of your child and your family reading with the hashtags #QAE, “LiteracyMattersQAE and #SeattleSuperReaders or email to jbroy@seattleschools.org so we can celebrate this great community of readers! Whether you’re doing a little early planning for the holidays, or just need a little spark of spirit, you can find a little something for all of your Explorers in the brand new Spirit Store. From t’s to hats to outerwear and more - dive in and customize your gear with the colors and QAE logo that suits you and your Explorers best. Better yet - 10% of every purchase goes back to QAE. (If you have any questions, comments or concerns email secretary@qaeptsa.org.)  |
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QUEEN ANNE ELEMENTARY PTSAOur Vision: Create, maintain, and support a healthy and successful environment within the QAE community and support staff, students, and their families in the quest for an excellent education.
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SCHEDULERemote Learning (Fall 2020)
8:30am - Start Time 3:30pm - End Time Further schedule details to be shared by district and Principal Roy. "Regular" In-Person Schedule 7:30am - Breakfast & Playground Supervision Begins 7:50am - Breakfast Ends, Opening Bell 7:55am - School Day Begins 2:25pm - Dismissal Wednesday Early Release 1:10pm - Dismissal |
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