Schools

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…