Author Zetta Elliott will be visiting with all of Bryant’s students on January 22 in the library. Her popular fantasy novel, Dragons in a Bag, is one of the Global Reading Challenge selections this year, and she’ll be telling us about the next installment, The Dragon Thief. Zetta visits us from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where she has a lively career as a Black feminist writer of poetry, plays, essays, novels, and stories for children. Additionally, she has taught at several outstanding colleges, including Ohio University and Mount Holyoke.
Third Place Books will be here to sell some of Zetta’s titles. Click HERE for an order form and return to us by 8:00 AM on January 22.
WELCOME, ZETTA!
We’re bringing back the grade-level grants!
The Bryant PTSA is offering grants for you to hold an event for families in your grade level. Bryant PTSA will grant up to $500 to each grade level to build engagement among its families. The money is intended to help fund events for families to meet and form connections with each other, in the hopes that stronger social relationships will translate to a stronger school community for our children.
Some ideas for FUN ways to spend your grant:
Download the grade-level grant info sheet, or email ptsaexec@bryantschool.org for info today.
December 10, 6:15-7:00pm
Senator David Frockt, Representative Gerry Pollet, Representative Javier Valdez, SPS Director Hampson, SPS Director Hersey and newly elected City Councilman Alex Pedersen. This is an excellent opportunity for your family – kids included – to ask your politicians about issues that are important to you. Whether it is lead in the water in Seattle Public Schools, preventing gun violence, what the impact of I-976 will be on buses, how Special Education should be funded, and/or anything else that is on your mind.
Light snacks will be served. Regular PTSA Board Meeting to follow.
Questions? Please contact legchair@bryantschool.org
Interested in furthering the goals of inclusion and belonging at Bryant? The Bryant PTSA is forming an equity committee to ensure that the Bryant community is welcoming and engaging for all families.
Contact Kim Rakow Bernier or (206) 250-6383 to learn more and to lend your voice in shaping this work for the 2019-2020 school year.
Please join us for Bryant Multicultural Night
Friday, December 13th at 6pm!
We’ll enjoy an evening of multicultural performances and potluck. Performances begin at 6pm in the Bryant Cafeteria. Potluck to follow. If you’re able to help with the potluck, set up or tear down, please sign up today.
To request accommodations to attend this event, please contact ptsaexec@bryantschool.org.
Because of you, Bryant students will benefit from growth and enrichment activities, services and support. Because of you, Bryant students will participate in activities like art and music in classrooms, expanding education beyond math, science, and reading. Because of you, teachers will receive extra support through classroom supplies, academic specialists and tutors. Because of you, kids will get the early intervention necessary and allow classroom teachers to focus on the class and provide each student the attention needed to succeed in school.
Thank you for supporting teacher assessment time, field trips, educational enrichment and so much more. You make Bryant Elementary better. Bryant has educated kids in our community for more than 100 years. By supporting the Annual Campaign, you are developing a generation of leaders, community members, and future philanthropists.
Thank you!
Our PTSA is excited to kick-off community service activities for our kids and families! Join us for our first volunteer event on Saturday, Nov 2nd for Green Seattle Day! The event runs 9 am-12 pm at Magnuson Park. Help restore and maintain our city’s forested parklands by planting trees & shrubs. Children and parents of all ages welcome. Learn more here and from the attached flyer. Bryant has 30 spots to sign up ASAP by filling out your information on this Google Doc.
Questions? Please contact seema.talwar@gmail.com
Kevin Henkes will be at Bryant on Friday, November 15 to talk to K-3rd graders about how he writes and illustrates books. He will also answer our millions of questions!
Kevin Henkes is a Caldecott and Newbery award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children of all ages. He received the Caldecott Medal for Kitten’s First Full Moon; Caldecott Honors for Waiting and Owen; two Newbery Honors–one for Olive’s Ocean and one for The Year of Billy Miller–and Geisel Honors for Waiting and Penny and Her Marble. His other books include Egg, Old Bear, A Good Day, Chrysanthemum, and the beloved Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes lives with his family in Madison, Wisconsin. For more on Kevin, visit his site www.kevinhenkes.com.
He is in Seattle on tour for his newest book: Penny and Her Sled. In it, award-winning and bestselling mouse, Penny, stars in an irresistible story about anticipation, disappointment, and a brand-new sled. Told in five short chapters, Penny and Her Sled is perfect for reading alone, reading aloud, and sharing together.
Books will be available for purchase at the event so that your child can get a signed keepsake, personalized by the author. Please complete this order form and return it to the library by noon on Friday, November 15.
Thursday, November 7th
9:00-9:40 AM
Bryant Lunchroom/Gym
Dear Bryant Families,
We would like to invite families in our community to attend our Veterans Day Assembly at Bryant on Thursday, November 7th, from 9:00-9:40 AM. There will be several classroom presentations, and 5th, 4th, and 3rd grade students will be performing as a classroom choir. Cub Scout Pack 144 will also be performing the color guard.
We encourage you to invite veterans you know to attend our assembly. At the end of the assembly, we will ask them to come up to the front to be acknowledged for their service. We look forward to honoring our U.S. Armed Forces service members, including veterans and those currently serving on active duty or the National Guard or the Reserve.
Please sign-in as a visitor at the main office before going to the lunchroom/gym for our assembly. After signing in, please enter through the east doors to the gym or the north doors of the lunchroom near the water fountains. Please do not enter the west doors near the bathrooms for traffic and set-up reasons.
If you have any questions, please contact Michaela Koerner Storkman (K-5 Music Specialist) at makoerner@seattleschools.org.
Thank you for making our assembly meaningful.
The Bryant Staff
