Seattle Public Schools Waiting Lists

If you have a child entering the Seattle Public Schools district this fall, and you've enrolled your child in a school other than your attendance area school, and have been put on a waiting list, here's a handy tool to look up the enrollment status, called the Student Assignment Status/Waiting List Status. You will need to enter your child's Student ID number and birth date. The SPS Waiting List is updated every Friday afternoon. This link will take you to the…

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Seattle Public Schools Survey

If you have children attending Seattle Public Schools, you've likely received a phone call on Monday afternoon asking families to take a survey regarding the District's Strategic Plan. Initially, the deadline was on May 31 but they've since extended it to Wednesday night, June 8 at 9:00pm. Here's the information regarding the survey from the SPS website: The School District will be updating and adjusting the Strategic Plan with input from teachers, principals, parents, families, and members of our community. Please visit the…

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Dance with the Tall Boys Next Friday

McDonald Elementary is holding a family dance with the Tall Boys Old Time String Band that is open to the community on June 10 from 6-8pm at the Lincoln High School Gym (McDonald's interim location, 4400 Interlake Avenue N.)  Tickets are $25 per family.  Here's the skinny from the school: This is a family affair and all are welcome. Whether or not you attend McDonald, will be attending McDonald, just want to support our neighborhood school, or just love the Tall…

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Assistance League awards summer camp scholarships

Wallingford-based Assistance League of Seattle has awarded seven students from Salmon Bay Middle School summer camp scholarships through its Enrichment Scholarship Program (ESP). According to their announcement: ESP awards scholarships to students in grades 6 through 11 who exhibit a keen interest in a variety of fields such as music, art, science, debate, mathematics, language, drama, technology, leadership and journalism.  This year Assistance League received and funded 70 applications from fourteen middle and high schools in the Seattle School District. Students…

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Hamilton’s Day of Silence

Could you imagine a quiet middle school hallway during the day? Me neither, which is why I was intrigued to learn more about Hamilton International Middle School's recent "Day of Silence" organized by the school's Rainbow Justice League.  The Rainbow Justice League is an after school program in place for kids to talk about LGBT issues including name-calling, bullying, and harassment. Hamilton modeled its Day of Silence after the National Day of Silence, organized by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education…

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Hamilton’s Alvarez named JSIS principal

Assistant principal Jesely Alvarez of Hamilton International Middle School has been named principal of John Stanford International School.  Alvarez will take over Kelly Aramaki's post, when he departs JSIS at the end of the school year and heads to Beacon Hill International. Hamilton's principal, Chris Carter, expressed his excitement for Alvarez' new role, but also some sadness that "HIMS will be losing such a talented and respected colleague and school leader." As JSIS is one of Hamilton's feeder schools, he added…

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Plant Sale at JSIS this Saturday

Hot on the heels of Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale comes another: this time, it's organized by the John Stanford International School Kindergartners.  Head to the school's south playground (on 4th Ave. NE, above 40th St. NE) this Saturday, May 14, from 10am to 1pm where, we're told, they'll have "lots of tomatoes and basil, cucumbers, beans, and other veggies, flowers and houseplants." JSIS mom, Kimberly also tells us the story behind the sale: The kindergarteners at JSIS have been planting…

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