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The 2020 auction team is forming and we are looking for a number of volunteers to join the Procurement team. This isn’t all knocking on doors (although we will need some help with that too!). We’re looking for the following:
How can you contribute to procurement without joining the team? We’ll take everything from condos to cookies! It takes a village to collect items that we’ll be bidding on in March. What kind of products, services, and experiences are you interested in? Let’s think outside the box this year. For example, if you have a skill to share, we’d love to offer knitting classes or a mahjong night? Passionate about cooking? Consider organizing a group of friends to host a progressive dinner or a chili cook-off. Do you have a babysitter at home? Donate babysitting hours to add on to a date-night package. Skilled at flower arrangements or baking cookies? Offer a monthly delivery service. While we are looking for contributions from employers and local businesses; we also have a fantastic opportunity to tap into the creative group of families here at QAE to offer experiences and services that are unique and fun. No contribution is too small! Please contact Jenn Lovin at j2lovin@yahoo.com to volunteer or offer ideas! What's inside? Well, you'll have to click to find out. But here's a few hints...Hawaii anyone? Dinner at Canlis? Oh Canada? Oh yeah, it's amazing...and these great items and more can all be yours on Friday! Preview the catalog here...  The online auction is in full swing! Have you placed any bids yet? Take a look at the full catalog now! Here's just a few of the fabulous online auction items: Here’s an Intro to Circus Class for 4 from SANCA, the School of Acrobatics & New Circus Arts! Here's the chance to bring yourself along with 3 friends to attend an Introductory Circus Class featuring Trampoline, Tumbl-Trak, Trapeze, Aerial Rope or Fabric, Juggling, Tight Wire, Rolling Globe, German Wheel, Unicycle, or Chinese Pole.  Learn the art and science of American Single Malt Whiskey with this amazing tour and tasting for six at Westland Distillery in SODO!  Your child will have an absolute ball with this week at Peter Fewing Soccer Day Camp! Kids ages 5 - 13 will learn and improve their skills and tactical awareness each day by staff demonstrations, practicing and playing. Each day ends with a World Cup game  The Online Auction supporting QAE launches on Monday, March 11th at 5pm! Getting your mouse finger ready and do it quickly. The online auction will only run from March 11th at 5pm to March 17th at 10pm.
Every dollar raised helps support resources for the kids at the school this year, from the counselor to specialists, and provides author visits, curriculum, SEL tools, and more. Visit the QAE online auction site now! And don't forget to share it with any friends or family who'd like to support our school while getting some great items. Here's just a few of the great items that can be yours! Need some culture?
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A message from Shannon Ellmers, our amazing Auction Chair. Can't wait to see you on March 22nd. And be sure to bid during the online auction starting on March 11th.
---- Greetings Queen Anne Community! I am writing to provide more insight into the year’s fundraising auction. You already know it is the biggest fundraising event of the year, so let’s get down to logistics! Attending. Our auction centers around a community building approach to fundraising. In order to make it a community-wide event, we do not charge a ticket price. All are welcome and all levels of participation are appreciated. Giving. Like many auctions, our's is divided between a silent and a live auction. Unlike many events, our auctions are split and held during different dates. Our silent auction is online only and will run March 11-17, so get those phones charged! Our live auction celebration is March 22 at Block 41 in Belltown. The live auction celebration will have a limited silent auction component featuring student photos, class art, buy-in parties, student experience buy-in parties, select baskets, and, of course, a live auction! We appreciate your donations and support! Engaging. We are consistently blown away by the support of our community. Engagement can range from donating an item, to volunteering to help at the live auction, to baking a dessert, to writing thank you cards to donors. Please reach out if you are interested in further engagement - givebig@qaeptsa.org! Committing. RSVP to our March 22 live auction celebration! Though we do not charge a ticket price, we do need advance RSVP for planning purposes. Because we do need to cover cost, there are donation range options linked to the ticket site, so feel free to give if you are able. RSVP now... Thank you for your support! We look forward to celebrating with you on March 22! Shannon Ellmers QAE Auction Chair Get ready for QAE's annual fundraising auction! March 22, 2019, 6-11pm at Block 41 in Belltown! Get ready to join an incredible community of people who are ready to do whatever it takes to help QAE kids succeed. Did you know the annual auction supports 65% of the PTSA budget? Social Emotional Learning. A school counselor. Reading Specialist. These are just a few of the vital services that funds raised from our upcoming auction pay for. Without your help, these important school service could go away! What you can do to help… Start collecting auction items! We ask all QAE families to donate at least one thing. But please don’t stop there! The more donated items and services you contribute, the more funds we can raise for our school. Potential Donation Ideas (Live or Online) Gift certificates to restaurants, spas, retail stores in our neighborhood and beyond are all sought after items! So when you go out to a favorite spot, just ask - businesses are happy to donate. It's a win-win for them and us! Are you a season ticket holder? Work in the theatre or music industry? Sports, theater and concert tickets are great items to donate. Own a vacation home you'd be willing to rent to a QAE family? Going on a vacation? Ask the hotel/ski resort/b&b/cruise for a donation to the school -- so many places love the idea of being introduced to a whole new community!Camps, experiences, children's classes -- wherever your child attends is a great option! Access to a priceless experience? (movie premieres, private parties featuring a famous chef or sommelier, tours around an interesting workplace) Additional ways you can contribute:
Ready to make a donation? Awesome! Either fill out the attached donation form or submit via the online link: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auction2019/donate_items/new Upcoming Dates
We are incredibly excited to share this night with you all and to help all the amazing Explorers at QAE! Team Auction Shannon Ellmers, Shalini Nilakantan, Sandra Nanney, Jody Stewart  Our annual auction is coming up soon. Join us on March 22nd for an amazing evening that benefits all the kids at QAE. It takes a village to make this event happen. Below are a few volunteer opportunities that we guarantee will be fun! Baking a cake is a volunteer opportunity you ask? Why yes ... yes, it is! Help Needed - Donate an Item or Experience Do you have a business that would like to donate something that can be bid on during the Auction? Our Auction team needs help providing great items for both the online and night of auctions. Please fill out the donation interest form or contact givebig@qaeptsa.org directly! Calling all bakers! We need your help making sure we have plenty of desserts for our Auction Dessert Dash (our annual auction is on Friday, March 22nd - be there!). If you have sweet baking skills, we would love to add your dessert to the list. You may also sign up and buy a dessert from your favorite bakery around town. Please give a description of the dessert, list any allergens, and whether you will bring the dessert to the school on Friday or to the venue. Sign up for a dessert here… Help Take Photos of our QAE Students Calling all photographers, budding photographers, friends of photographers...If you are interested in photographing the children of QAE for our school auction we need you! We are looking for someone to take individual black and white photos of our students, a favorite part and key fundraising piece of our upcoming auction. Time commitment would require a few hours in the next month during the school day to photograph students along with the help of other parent volunteers. Please contact Kirsty at knpapadopulos@gmail.com for more information. Thank you!  Have you always wanted to volunteer for with QAE but find it hard to make time? Looking for something you can do that will make a big impact but has flexibility? Maybe you are just trying find a way to assuage guilt while binge watching your favorite show
The Auction Committee can use your help writing thank you cards! We have close to two hundred Thank Yous to write to let the amazing donors all over this community know how much of an impact they made on our world. Commit to writing 5 or 20. We will provide the note cards the pre-printed envelopes and the stamps. You provide the honest gratitude, the ink and the time. Contact Kelly Essmeier at treasurer4@qaeptsa.org From Sandra Nanney and the rest of our Auction team:
The auction team have been busy organizing and recovering from Thyme French 75's, Manhattan's and the overall good time last weekend :) I hope we have covered everything but if you hit the below and it's not answered, please contact auction@qaeptsa.org *Where can I pick up items I won?* Teachers Lounge. Please drop by at drop off/pick up to grab your bag. We have staged your items in the teachers lounge by your last name. If you only purchased a gift card/certificate please check in the expandable file on the table. Note that we have also grouped any small sellable class necklaces, glitter jars and fish into these bags. *I left my _____ at Block 41* I have emailed a lot of people but if i missed you please contact me, Sandra Nanney, secretary@qaeptsa.org *Digital Pictures* Kirsty Papadopulos will email those to you directly. *Class Wine* Jenny Feldman LaRocque will be putting orders in and we expect them in April. *What can I buy now?* The online auction is re-opened with some great remaining items: - Sign Up Parties: There are spots available in a couple of grade levels. We have posted available spots in the online catalog (4th, 5th, library, poker and shopping at QA Dispatch). - Classroom Small Sellables: a handful of classes are continuing to sell your kids personalized work & Class Wine. - A handful of awesome things came in over the past few days and we have posted it online (Westland Distillery, Bounty Kitchen tasting for 4, etc.). Check out the online site for additional items: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog *Classroom Personalized Items* Our class art leads are ordering your personalized kids art cards, photo books, etc. you will hear from them in regards to final timing. *I signed up for something and I don't remember what date it is* I plan on posting that as a different post (and will email directly) because not many people will read all the way down to this point. The Online Auction is happening now! This week we'll be featuring student projects to highlight what our kids and parent volunteers have been working hard to present to our school community! Today we're featuring two more class projects! Ms. Jayanthi's third graders are taking orders for small canvas reproductions of their Iconic Seattle Skyline collaborative painting. You’ll get to see and bid on their full sized work on Auction night and order your small version today! Get the smaller version here: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog/show/242 While beginning their Salmon Life Cycle PBL, Ms. Belcher's third graders painted their own, unique ceramic fish with underglaze in a variety of colors, using brushes and sponges. Students then applied a clear overglaze and the fish were fired in an electric kiln. Purchase your student’s ceramic creation before the Online Auction is over! https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=198 The Online Auction is happening now! This week we’ll be featuring student projects to highlight what our kids and parent volunteers have been working hard to present to our school community! Today we are featuring kid art, made into beautiful and useful items for you to enjoy! Ms Cryan Leary and Palumbo’s Kindergarteners used a marbling technique to stain paper, resulting in beautiful swirls of color in a glossy finish on the front of each note card, sold in packs of 10. Order yours (and some extra sets for friends and family) by following this link: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=196 While drawing from two of their project-based learning units, Communities and Whales, Ms Dickens’ second graders created whimsical and fun art pieces. They created a master art piece that will be featured at the Auction and also created notecards sold in packs of 10. Order a set or five and your order will feature your student’s art. Follow this link: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=245 Last but not least, Ms Smith and Ms Meck’s first graders teamed up together for a fantastic project coinciding with their upcoming Bird PBL. Each student handcrafted unique bird art to be made into a beautiful necklace. What a great keepsake! Order yours now at the Online Auction. Ms. Smith: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=182 Ms. Meck: https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=244 The Online Auction is happening now! This week we’ll be featuring student projects to highlight what our kids and parent volunteers have been working hard to present to our school community! To start this week off right we’re featuring WINE!! In addition to the all-school Rocket bottles available, four classes have created their own custom labels that will be sure to make wonderful gifts for your friends and family! For sale are a selection of 6 high-end wines from Northwest Cellars with labels featuring a hand-designed template designed by a QAE parent and your child's name, her/his custom artwork, class name, and year. Ms Cryan Leary and Palumbo’s Kindergarteners are showing off their art technique with beautiful marbled paper. Ms Meck’s 1st graders created beautiful and, frankly, hilarious self portraits. Drawing from their Spring bird PBL, Ms Teske’s 1st graders created their own whimsical birds. Mr Liner’s 3rd graders took inspiration from their salmon PBL to create gorgeous watercolor illustrations inspired by the fish's life cycle.
Buy in a Baker’s Dozen – buy 12 and get an extra bottle free! Contact Jenny (jennyfeldman3@gmail.com) for details.  What's in My Heart The Online Auction is happening now! This week we'll be featuring student projects to highlight what our kids and parent volunteers have been working hard to present to our school community! Today’s featured items have a little something for everyone! If you are a Kindergarten family, please check out the What's in My Heart? Kindergarten grade-level photo book! This photo book captures QAE’s kindergarteners in sweet, candid shots, arranged by class. The grade-level “What’s In My Heart? What's in Your Heart” Project-Based Learning project was the inspiration for this book, capturing the heart of your child in photos and their own words. This touching 8.5"x 8.5" photo book is available for order in the Online Auction (https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=197 or simply search for item number 807). Sign-ups are happening now and a sample will also be available at the event on Friday! Ms Thibault’s second graders have lovingly curated a collage of Our Queen Anne Elementary, as it looks before our remodel. As a class they discussed what our community means to us, what it looks like, what the major changes will be, and what we’d like to remember. The photos the second graders took have been arranged in a 16x20 collage-style poster that’s perfect for framing. It’s a great piece of memorabilia for anyone at Queen Anne Elementary! Posters are available in the Online Auction (https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=243 or search for item number 701). Get yours now! Two classes have created limited edition copies of their projects that can be enjoyed by the whole school! First, please enjoy a pack of notecards Ms Dickens’ students created while drawing from two of their project-based learning units, Communities and Whales, along with applying several artistic techniques learned in their art class at QAE and by studying local artists. Students created whimsical and fun art pieces. The notecards are sold in packs of 12 and feature a selection of student art. (https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=246 or search for item number 706). Ms Green’s class created Calm Down Jars and besides making their own personalized jar, many students made an extra to share! Order one for your own home today! Presented in a 7.5" plastic water bottle and made with love (find them at https://qae.schoolauction.net/auctio2018/catalog?show_id=181 or item number 800). Last but not least...wine! Four classes have created individual art to be printed on the labels of a selection of 6 high-end wines from Northwest Cellars (which will be featured tomorrow!) and you can also support our school with your purchase of a custom-designed wine bottle(s) featuring a label designed by one of our QAE parents, printed onto award-winning wine. This wine is available in Explorer White (a Chardonnay) or two Rocket Reds (A Merlot or Red Blend). Order now by searching for items 804, 805 and 806 and be sure and come by the tasting table on Auction night! See the Auction page for more details...      The Auction team wants to let you know that, although there is no assigned seating, RSVP is required by March 9, 2018. Additionally, although there is no ticket price, donations to help cover the event costs are appreciated and linked at various levels within the RSVP!
Get more information and RSVP now: http://www.qaeptsa.org/auction.html Thank you for supporting QAE! You can now RSVP to Impact Their World, the 2018 edition of QAE's annual auction. This is the biggest fundraiser of the year which supports our school's unique approach to learning! The money raised helps fund our reading and math specialists, our counselor, our Social-Emotional Learning curriculum and much more.
Plus, it's going to be a ton of fun. See you there! RSVP now! |
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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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CONTACT2100 4th Ave N
Seattle WA 98109 206-252-2480 Principal: Janine Roy Administrative: Karen Alvarez Office Assistant/Attendance: Catie Coyle |
SCHEDULE7:30am - 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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