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Featured Speaker - Spring Recognition Breakfast

5/27/2019

 
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PictureJanet Harvey, MCC
Northshore Council PTSA is pleased to welcome speaker Janet Harvey, MCC, who will be the keynote presenter at our upcoming Spring Recognition Breakfast on Thursday, June 6, 2019 at McMenamin's Anderson School, Bothell.

Ms. Harvey is a nationally renowned speaker, coach, author and educator. Having faced her own obstacles head on, she offers unique and specific tools for transforming challenges to resiliencies, effective management of success and creating something beautiful within our lives. Ms. Harvey is an ICF Master Certified Coach, Certified Mentor Coach, Accredited Coaching Supervisor and ICF Global Past President. Her new book, This. Shift. Works: the pathway to fulfilled living will be available in Fall 2019.

We will also be joined by the North Creek High School Jazz Ensemble who will be performing during the event.

Great company, wonderful music, tasty food, and a morning of recognition and inspiration! We hope you join us!!!
RSVPs are due from local PTAs by Thursday, May 30th!
 PTA/PTSA PRESIDENTS:  Please send in your RSVP by email to: ncptsabreakfast@gmail.com.

If anyone from your PTA will be attending, please make sure to include the following information:
  • How any people are coming
  • Which of your guests have received or will be receiving a PTA award this year (we will note this in our program and acknowledge them at the event)
  • The title for any PTA officers and for the Principal
  • The names of any other award winners who will NOT be attending along with their award (so we can publish a complete list in our program)
IMPORTANT: If no one from your PTA will be attending, we still need the names of your award winners and which award they have received. Please send this information by the RSVP deadline of May 30th.
Questions? Contact ncptsabreakfast@gmail.com.

Also-- please be sure to check out our responses to Frequently Asked Questions!

May 6th Meeting Recap

5/12/2019

 
May 6th Meeting Recap - Northshore Council PTSA, 6.10
Our final Council Membership Meeting of the year took place on May 6, 2019 at Woodinville High School! It was a lively meeting full of great energy and information. After co-Presidents Carrie McKenzie and Grace Jurado called the meeting to order, we welcomed incoming Washington State PTA President, Janice Kutzera, who, with humor and grace, led the ceremonial installation of our incoming 2019-20 Northshore Council Officers.
Northshore Superintendent Dr. Michelle Reid took some time to address 'suburban legends, ' including questions about implementation of the new 7-period day in the high schools (starting Fall 2019) and study hall, start times, NSD's commitment to mental health supports in our schools, 5th grade camp, the district budget outlook and more. Fun fact: Dr. Reid was this year's recipient of Washington State PTA's Outstanding Educator Award, which was presented to her at the WSPTA Convention in April!
Council business included  Treasurer Tricia Woods's review of recent budget reports as well as a vote to approve the proposed 2019-20 Council budget. Financial Review Committee member Nancy Chamberlain reported the results of the completed mid-year financial review. Then our VP of Communications Robin Zaback, encouraged local leaders to take our Council Survey-- please let us know how we are doing by taking the survey before Friday, May 17th! She  also reported on the upcoming membership database change to memberplanet, encouraging PTAs to be sure to enter their incoming officers into PT Avenue in order to help facilitate the transition. If you want to share your feedback regarding National PTA's proposed dues increase, be sure to respond to WSPTA's survey before May 15th.
School Board Director Jackie McGourty shared some updates regarding the recently completed NSD audit, end-of-year district events, as well as a few legislative updates. This led into a brief legislative update from a PTA perspective from Council's co-VP of Advocacy, Nancy Chamberlain.
The Art Docent program is celebrating 50 years in Northshore and NSD Partnerships Coordinator Natalie Campbell shared some of the exciting updates they are making to the program. You can learn more about the changes on the Art Docent Program 50th Anniversary Update page on the NSD website. New materials are password protected, but interested leaders and art docents can email partnerships@nsd.org to request access. Natalie also shared some exciting upcoming district events including:
  • May 16 - Northshore Speaks
  • May 23 - C.P. & Dorothy Johnson Humanitarian Award Ceremony
  • May 27 - Dedication of the NSD Veteran's Memorial
Northshore Schools Foundation Director Carmen Dalziel encouraged us to spread the word about their upcoming Family Fun Day on June 8th-- a free, family friendly event with activities, music and more! She was also excited to announce that they are also currently reviewing grants submitted in their Spring Classroom Grant cycle-- be on the lookout for announcements of grant recipients soon!
To cap off the final meeting of the year, Council First VP Cindy Jensen and co-President Carrie McKenzie presented this year's Golden Acorn awards to Robin Zaback and Robin McKenzie. Both of this year’s awardees raised the bar for their positions. Their engagement and impact can be seen and felt across the entire district and beyond, and still they are extremely active in their local units. They are an inspiration to all of us! Congratulations to Robin and Robin!!! ;)
Northshore Council's 2019 Golden Acorn recipients Robin McKenzie (left) and Robin Zaback (right).
Northshore Council's 2019 Golden Acorn recipients Robin McKenzie (left) and Robin Zaback (right).
After the meeting adjourned, local leaders broke up into groups to attend spring training classes, including:
  • Secretary: More than Just Minutes - taught by Sue Freeman
  • Treasurer Basics - taught by Nancy Chamberlain
  • Tackling Transitions - taught by Grace Jurado
  • Navigating a Meeting - taught by Janice Kutzera
Many thanks to all who attended our final Council meeting of 2018-19. And thank you to our instructors as well as to the local leaders who took the time to join us for Spring training!
We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting in the Fall!

ArtSpring 2019

5/11/2019

 
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ArtSpring is an Art Festival designed for Northshore middle and high school students who are supported by the Functional Skills & Academics (FSA) program. This year's event was an experience in community and creativity as students, teachers, paras and peers from 7 Northshore Schools came together at Brightwater Center on May 2, 2019.  Students unloaded from their yellow buses and found their way into ArtSpring to participate in the art projects that were designed just for them: crayon rubbings, printmaking, watercolor hearts, sensory bags, jelly fish sculptures, and more! The kids loved sitting for caricatures and face painting and petting the gentle support dogs. And the teachers loved seeing their students having such a great time with their peer mentors and the artists. 
 
All students went home with wonderful art projects in their Safeway grocery bags. We thank Safeway & Albertson’s foundation for their support of ArtSpring through the Educator grant they awarded to Kenmore Middle School and the Northshore School District. We appreciate and acknowledge the importance of the grants received from Inglemoor High PTSA, Bothell High PTSA, Kenmore Middle PTSA, and Skyview Middle PTSA. We could not do it without the enthusiastic support communicated through these grants!
 
Look for  ArtSpring installations in your schools soon and get ready for more specially designed art events in the years to come embracing students of all abilities.

More information about ArtSpring can be found on NSD's website: www1.nsd.org/artspring
Below are some photos that capture the joy of art and community for our kids at ArtSpring!
Many thanks to NSD art instructor JoAnn Grambush for her contributions to this article!

2019 Legislative Wrap-up

5/11/2019

 
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The Washington State Legislature ended its 2019 Regular Session on Sunday, April 28, 2019. More than 2,200 bills were introduced this session! Of those, many passed that were aligned with Washington State PTA's legislative platform(s), including bills affecting graduation requirements, education funding, and more!

To help break it down, Northshore Council's co-VP of Advocaacy, Nancy Chamberlain, has compiled a list that offers an overview of key legislation relating to our WSPTA Legislative Priorities. Check it out below to see all that was accomplished this session (and what  work still needs to be done)!
In addition, WSPTA's Legislative Consultant, Marie Sullivan, has written some articles that also provide great insight into some of the new legislation. Check out her analyses:
  • 2019 Legislative Session Ends on Time - Sine Die! - this blog post includes summaries of key decisions on levy authority, special education, and more
  • Analysis of ESSHB 1599 - this document summarizes the new law and the changes it makes to graduation requirements
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How are we doing???

5/2/2019

 
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Northshore Council PTSA wants to know how we can better serve our local PTA leaders! An important part of our mission is to support our local PTAs and we want to continue to grow and improve in this area.

Please take a few minutes to complete our brief online survey and let us know how we are doing with communications, training, and support.

Click Here to Take the Survey!
We are grateful for your feedback!

The survey will close on Friday, May 17, 2019.

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