PTA / School Involvement
West Woodland PTA Mission Statement
Community Input
How Your Vote Can Improve Schools
Join the PTA
Join WW Parent Newsgroups
PTA Board
PTA Standing Rules
Meeting Minutes, PTA Newsletters, & PTA Meeting Dates
Volunteer
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West Woodland PTA Mission Statement
The West Woodland Parent Teacher Association (PTA) enriches the educational experience for all students and encourages increased engagement among students, parents, teachers, staff and administrators of West Woodland Elementary School.
Join the PTA
You can help. Membership dues fund PTA legislative action networks and our school. Membership Forms are available on the All Forms page.
Volunteer!
Here is a list of volunteer opportunities and job descriptions
The PTA promotes volunteering to make the many enrichment opportunities go forward. Volunteers are needed to help in the classroom, to organize events, and projects. Your generous gift of time can happen at home or at school.. Please contact the committee chair or visit with our Volunteer coordinator Karen Oboy, for further ways to help the school community.
Fundraising
The Annual Appeal and the Gala are the two primary fundraising events, organized by parent volunteers, that support the entire PTA budget. The budget is directly influenced by feedback from the spring parent/staff survey.
Here is a brief list of items the PTA supports:
Legislative Awareness
We work to keep our community abreast of issues related to education and funding at the local, state, and national level through the work of our legislative action committee.
Community Input
The PTA encourages input from the community to enhance the experiences at West Woodland. Here are a few methods to do so.
How your Vote Can Improve Schools:
Our West Woodland PTA legislative group works to keep our community aware of public policy issues that affect schools.
If you have any questions about issues with the school district or the state legislature regarding education bills and funding, feel free to contact West Woodland's Legislative Co-Chairs: To Be Announced. Our legislative chairs report to the West Woodland community about education issues via the WWparents Yahoo Group noted on this page, at PTA board meetings, and at PTA General Meetings.
The Washington State Legislature will convene in the spring. Legislators need to hear from parents, teachers and staff about our priorities in regard to education.
West Woodland is located in, and most of our families live in the 36th Legislative District.
Our state elected officials are:
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells
(206) 281-6854- District Office
(360) 786-7670-Olympia Office
219 John A. Cherberg Building
PO Box 40436
Olympia, WA 98504-0436
kohl-welles.jeanne@leg.wa.gov
Representative Mary Lou Dickerson
(206) 545-6513-District Office
(360) 786-7860- Olympia Office
429A Legislative Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
marylou.dickerson@leg.wa.gov
Representative Reuven Carlyle
(360) 786-7814
104 Modular Building E
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
reuven.carlyle@leg.wa.gov
You can contact each of them directly, or if you prefer you can call the toll-free Legislative Hotline where an operator will get a message to all of your three legislators and the Governor's office. Legislative Hotline: 1.800.562.6000
At Seattle Public Schools, West Woodland is represented by School Board Member Michael DeBell. To contact Mr. DeBell and note his schedule of community meetings, press this link.
You can also visit:
Washington State Legislature http://www.leg.wa.gov
Seattle Council PTSA at http://www.seattlecouncilptsa.org/
Washington State PTA http://www.wastatepta.org/advocacy/index.html
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Meeting Minutes & PTA Newsletters:
All PTA Board Meeting minutes and PTA General Meeting minutes can be found in the office in the "PTA Minutes" binder. If you would like to get a copy of any minutes, please contact our secretaries directly and the will be happy to furnish them to you. The 2012/2013 PTA Board secretaries are: Michelle Wainstein and Julie Gregg.
Coming General Meetings:
check the school calendar for more information and other events having at West Woodland.
Join WW Parents Newsgroup:
‘WWPARENTS’is an e-mail discussion group and community bulletin board for parents, guardians, and other caregivers of students at West Woodland Elementary. WWPARENTS is a moderated e-mail group hosted with Yahoo Groups.
The purpose of WWPARENTS is to:
To subscribe, send an email to wwparents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Once approved by the list administrator, you’ll start receiving messages sent to the list.
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West Woodland PTA Mission Statement
Community Input
How Your Vote Can Improve Schools
Join the PTA
Join WW Parent Newsgroups
PTA Board
PTA Standing Rules
Meeting Minutes, PTA Newsletters, & PTA Meeting Dates
Volunteer
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West Woodland PTA Mission Statement
The West Woodland Parent Teacher Association (PTA) enriches the educational experience for all students and encourages increased engagement among students, parents, teachers, staff and administrators of West Woodland Elementary School.Join the PTA
You can help. Membership dues fund PTA legislative action networks and our school. Membership Forms are available on the All Forms page.
Volunteer!
Here is a list of volunteer opportunities and job descriptions
The PTA promotes volunteering to make the many enrichment opportunities go forward. Volunteers are needed to help in the classroom, to organize events, and projects. Your generous gift of time can happen at home or at school.. Please contact the committee chair or visit with our Volunteer coordinator Karen Oboy, for further ways to help the school community.
Fundraising
The Annual Appeal and the Gala are the two primary fundraising events, organized by parent volunteers, that support the entire PTA budget. The budget is directly influenced by feedback from the spring parent/staff survey.
Here is a brief list of items the PTA supports:
- West Woodland Elementary Grants which help fill budget shortfalls in 2012 / 2013 so we can retain learning specialists and tutors
- Arts Friday - Bringing music and visual arts to all students at West Woodland
- Teacher Grants your teacher uses to purchase additional educational supplies and experiences for our children
- Funding for field trips and field trip scholarships
- Assemblies
- Library Books
- Instrumental Music and Recorders program
- Computer Lab, staff, and equipment
- Parent Education and speakers at PTA meetings
- WW family events through the year – International Potluck, Blast, & more
Legislative Awareness
We work to keep our community abreast of issues related to education and funding at the local, state, and national level through the work of our legislative action committee.
Community Input
The PTA encourages input from the community to enhance the experiences at West Woodland. Here are a few methods to do so.
- Visit with a PTA board / staff member.
- Join the WW Parents Newsgroup. This is an open forum of West Woodland parents and alumni.
- Attend PTA Meetings. See the calendar for dates.
- Participate in the school survey in the Spring.
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PTA Board 2012-13:
Co-Presidents: Deb Sunblad, Erik Lutzker
Co-Vice Presidents: Dave Schurman - Fundraising, Carrie Scheider, - Membership, Tiffany Tarrant - Communications
Co-Treasurers: Georgette Semroc, Haley Bloeser
Co-Secretaries: Michelle Wainstein, Julie Gregg
Legislative Liaison:
Teacher / Staff Reps: Colby Dresbeck, Sara Williams, Marilyn Loveness
Kids Inc Rep: Jay Castro
Arts Friday Coordinator: Holly Salowey
Volunteer Coordinators: Karen Oboy
How your Vote Can Improve Schools:
Our West Woodland PTA legislative group works to keep our community aware of public policy issues that affect schools.
If you have any questions about issues with the school district or the state legislature regarding education bills and funding, feel free to contact West Woodland's Legislative Co-Chairs: To Be Announced. Our legislative chairs report to the West Woodland community about education issues via the WWparents Yahoo Group noted on this page, at PTA board meetings, and at PTA General Meetings.
The Washington State Legislature will convene in the spring. Legislators need to hear from parents, teachers and staff about our priorities in regard to education.
West Woodland is located in, and most of our families live in the 36th Legislative District.
Our state elected officials are:
Senator Jeanne Kohl-Wells
(206) 281-6854- District Office
(360) 786-7670-Olympia Office
219 John A. Cherberg Building
PO Box 40436
Olympia, WA 98504-0436
kohl-welles.jeanne@leg.wa.gov
Representative Mary Lou Dickerson
(206) 545-6513-District Office
(360) 786-7860- Olympia Office
429A Legislative Building
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
marylou.dickerson@leg.wa.gov
Representative Reuven Carlyle
(360) 786-7814
104 Modular Building E
PO Box 40600
Olympia, WA 98504-0600
reuven.carlyle@leg.wa.gov
You can contact each of them directly, or if you prefer you can call the toll-free Legislative Hotline where an operator will get a message to all of your three legislators and the Governor's office. Legislative Hotline: 1.800.562.6000
At Seattle Public Schools, West Woodland is represented by School Board Member Michael DeBell. To contact Mr. DeBell and note his schedule of community meetings, press this link.
You can also visit:
Washington State Legislature http://www.leg.wa.gov
Seattle Council PTSA at http://www.seattlecouncilptsa.org/
Washington State PTA http://www.wastatepta.org/advocacy/index.html
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Meeting Minutes & PTA Newsletters:
All PTA Board Meeting minutes and PTA General Meeting minutes can be found in the office in the "PTA Minutes" binder. If you would like to get a copy of any minutes, please contact our secretaries directly and the will be happy to furnish them to you. The 2012/2013 PTA Board secretaries are: Michelle Wainstein and Julie Gregg.
Coming General Meetings:
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
All meetings start at 6:45.
check the school calendar for more information and other events having at West Woodland.
Join WW Parents Newsgroup:
‘WWPARENTS’is an e-mail discussion group and community bulletin board for parents, guardians, and other caregivers of students at West Woodland Elementary. WWPARENTS is a moderated e-mail group hosted with Yahoo Groups.
The purpose of WWPARENTS is to:
- Share information about events relevant to the West Woodland Community.
- Provide feedback for the West Woodland PTA and other groups.
- Help parents, guardians and other caregivers to network with and support one another with questions and answers about issues and events affecting West Woodland students.
To subscribe, send an email to wwparents-subscribe@yahoogroups.com. Once approved by the list administrator, you’ll start receiving messages sent to the list.
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