Friday Open Thread
After today, the weather's supposed to be looking good. Maybe time for some planting?
Look no further than Olympic View Elementary's annual Plant Sale. It's May 4th, 5th and 6th at 504 NE 95th Street in the east parking lot. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, pottery and more.
Friday - 9 am - 7 p.m.
Saturday 9 am - 6 p.m.
Sunday 10 am to 2 p.m.
Can't make this weekend? You're in luck - Nathan Hale is having its Spring Plant Sale from May 8th to 10th from 1-6 p.m. and May 12 from 11 am to 3 p.m. Hale's greenhouse is one block north of Jane Addams K-8 (across the street from Hale to the north and behind Addams.) Their greenhouse has a retractable roof so don't miss it.
Also, Seattle Parks reaches out to LGBTQ teens With a special Purple Prom event
Seattle Parks and Recreation and Born This Way Kafé are hosting the Purple Prom on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 8 – 11 p.m. at Miller Community Center. The Purple Prom is an event for queer youth of color, all queer youth, friends, and allies, ages up to 20 years old. Miller Community Center is located at 330 19th Ave. E. Seattle WA 98102 and served by Metro routes 8, 12, and 43 with Metro routes 11 and 48 nearby.
The evening offers live DJs, a great dancing opportunity, food and fun. Youth can obtain free tickets by visiting: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/243179. The event capacity is 100 people and requires advance tickets.
Last, GOOD LUCK to Roosevelt and Ballard's jazz bands at the Essentially Ellington competition in NYC this weekend. The top three bands will be announced at 1 p.m. Sunday, then there's a winners concert and at the end of the concert the order of the top three is announced to the audience. Go Seattle!
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Look no further than Olympic View Elementary's annual Plant Sale. It's May 4th, 5th and 6th at 504 NE 95th Street in the east parking lot. Annuals, perennials, vegetables, pottery and more.
Friday - 9 am - 7 p.m.
Saturday 9 am - 6 p.m.
Sunday 10 am to 2 p.m.
Can't make this weekend? You're in luck - Nathan Hale is having its Spring Plant Sale from May 8th to 10th from 1-6 p.m. and May 12 from 11 am to 3 p.m. Hale's greenhouse is one block north of Jane Addams K-8 (across the street from Hale to the north and behind Addams.) Their greenhouse has a retractable roof so don't miss it.
Also, Seattle Parks reaches out to LGBTQ teens With a special Purple Prom event
Seattle Parks and Recreation and Born This Way Kafé are hosting the Purple Prom on Saturday, May 19, 2012 from 8 – 11 p.m. at Miller Community Center. The Purple Prom is an event for queer youth of color, all queer youth, friends, and allies, ages up to 20 years old. Miller Community Center is located at 330 19th Ave. E. Seattle WA 98102 and served by Metro routes 8, 12, and 43 with Metro routes 11 and 48 nearby.
The evening offers live DJs, a great dancing opportunity, food and fun. Youth can obtain free tickets by visiting: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/243179. The event capacity is 100 people and requires advance tickets.
Last, GOOD LUCK to Roosevelt and Ballard's jazz bands at the Essentially Ellington competition in NYC this weekend. The top three bands will be announced at 1 p.m. Sunday, then there's a winners concert and at the end of the concert the order of the top three is announced to the audience. Go Seattle!
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Great meeting last night about BEX IV planning for WS. Thank you Marty McLaren for helping give voice to Roxhill's dedicated community.
Could anyone tell me what schools have gone through this process in Seattle? If you've gone through this and are willing to share your experience, I'd love to hear from you!
Signed,
~tired of the state PTSA organization making up platforms without member input
Salmon Bay has a PTO for instance.
http://www.salmonbayschool.org/families
Right now, it looks like they plan on using one group of buses for the HS/MS/K-8/Option group, and another set for K-5. I'm working on an alternative that would have the buses used for K-5 for a first shift and everything else in a second shift. If it pans out, you could do everything with one set of start times, and older kids starting later than younger ones.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politicsnorthwest/2018132062_extra_2_million_to_seattle_sch.html
-hope it's mine
The OSPI will choose the schools.
Here's the language straight out of the budget document:
"(vii) $2,000,000 of the general fund--state appropriation for fiscal year 2013 is provided solely for an urban school turnaround initiative as follows:
(A) The office of the superintendent of public instruction shall select two schools in the largest urban school district in the state. The selected schools shall be among the state's lowest-performing schools; be located within the same community and form a continuum of education for the students in that community; have significant educational achievement gaps; and include a mix of elementary, middle, or high schools.
(B) The office shall allocate the funds under this subsection (vii) to the school district to be used exclusively in the selected schools. The district may not charge an overhead or indirect fee for the allocated funds or supplant other state, federal, or local funds in the selected schools. The school district shall use the funds for intensive supplemental instruction, services, and materials in the selected schools in the 2012-13 school year, including but not limited to professional development for school staff; updated curriculum, materials, and technology; extended learning opportunities for students; reduced class size; summer enrichment activities; school-based health clinics; and other research-based initiatives to dramatically turn around the performance and close the achievement gap in the schools. Priorities for the expenditure of the funds shall be determined by the leadership and staff of each school.
(C) The office shall monitor the activities in the selected schools and the expenditure of funds to ensure the intent of this subsection (vii) is met, and submit a report to the legislature by December 1, 2013, including outcomes resulting from the urban school turnaround initiative. The report submitted to the legislature must include a comparison of student learning achievement in the selected schools with schools of comparable demographics that have not participated in the grant program.
(D) Funding provided in this subsection (vii) is intended to be one-time."
So the only question is whether the second school will be Rainier Beach High School or one of the elementary schools in the Aki Kurose service area.
FHP
The coach may be an outside hire and therefore not likely to respond.
I would contact Eric McCurdy, head of district athletics, 252-1800. If you e-mail, cc your Board Director and Pegi McEvoy in Operations.
http://westseattleblog.com/2012/05/followup-seattle-public-schools-now-wants-your-opinion-on-transportation-plans-that-could-change-bell-times?tw_p=twt
/trying to work up an Enfield - stay tuned...
Roxhill Elementary meeting touts ‘magical place’ that needs ‘worthy’ building - WSBlog
-$50K of student loans for this.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/rick_hess_straight_up/2011/06/straight_up_conversation_teacher_eval_guru_charlotte_danielson.html
Do you have any idea what it will cost to start up and implement the Common Core Standards? Here is the Pioneer Institutes cost estimate for this experiment on our children:
Over a typical standards time horizon
of seven (7) years, we project Common
Core implementation costs will total
approximately $15.8 billion across
participating states. This constitutes a
“mid-range” estimate that only addresses
the basic expenditures required for
implementation of the new standards.
Here is a link to the entire study. As they say, read 'em and weep. http://www.pioneerinstitute.org/pdf/120222_CCSSICost.pdf
Saw your post. Email to discuss.
-Arch
Actually, the Board approved on March 21st revised CBA language that afforded new teachers some latitude under the new super-secret evaluation framework. Look up those meetings minutes. Email me to be put in touch with others who are questioning the evaluation tool (StopTFASeattle@gmail.com).
Did others know that NY state has a law that principals must be certified as trained and knowledgeable in the evaluation instrument, before being let loose on their staff?
I find it so misleading and disrespectful that there hasn't been a memo about these cuts.
foroccupyingjsc