Fall Carnival Dance | Friday, November 8, 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Dance to favorite songs, make new friends, and try out fun activities at the Fall Carnival Dance in the TM Cafeteria. We’ll have face painting, bean bag toss, and a bead bracelet-making station. Bring your favorite wacky fall scarves, hats, and old coats for the photo booth and takeaway an instant picture. Plus, after the photo, you can donate the coat to the TM Coat Drive to benefit St. Mary’s Place. Every student who attends will receive a free entry to win raffle prizes, including a Mariners souvenir bundle, family activities like admission to Woodland Park Zoo, along with toys and games. The PTA will provide pizza and snacks! Suggested donation is $5 per student or $10 per family with 2+ kids.

Plus, students can help select the songs we’ll play at the dance! From 10/25-11/1, kids can place their song requests in the suggestion box during lunch time (to the side of the stage). Please ask your child to submit only school-appropriate songs.

We need volunteers to make this community-building, annual dance awesome! Please sign up at https://tinyurl.com/tmdance19

Seattle Public Schools is considering policy changes and proposals that would have significant impacts on Thurgood Marshall families.  These include the district proposal to change the HCC policy and program in southeast Seattle, and a proposed partnership with STEM by TAF at Washington Middle School.  Our PTA is working to gather information as quickly as possible to help keep families informed of updates and important dates.

Here are two actions you can take:

1. See the news item below titled “Recap and Notes from 10/22 Meeting” for more information.
2. Bookmark the Board Calendar: https://tinyurl.com/spsboard-dates to keep track of board and committee meetings and agendas. Board members often have open meeting hours to hear from families, usually at a local library or coffee shop.

On 10/22, the PTA hosted a discussion and Q&A on the district’s proposed changes to HCC as well as the district’s proposed STEM by TAF partnership.  Wyeth Jessee from the School District and Director Hersey were in attendance at the meeting.  The four documents linked below include 3 documents that were distributed at the meeting as well as meeting notes.

Notes from 10/22 Meeting

Proposed Student Transition Assignment Plan

Proposed Policy 2190 Change

TAF FAQ’s (printed from SPS website as of 10/22/19)

Thurgood Marshall t-shirts and hoodies are again available, for a limited time. Children and adult tees are $10, and hooded sweatshirts are $20. (A reduced price of $7 for a student shirt is available for families who need it.)

A paper order form, with cash or check payable to “Thurgood Marshall PTA,”  must be submitted for each student order. The form was sent home with Pup Press on Oct. 24, and is also available at the office.  Hurry!

Shirts will be delivered during the first week of December.