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Seattle – Incoming kindergarten students and others who will be new to Seattle Public Schools for the 2012-2013 school year can get a jump on the enrollment process starting this week. Early enrollment is offered through Jan. 31, 2012.
Beginning Monday, Oct. 3 through Oct. 25, SPS enrollment facilitators will be at several Seattle Public Library locations and neighborhood community centers. Parents can also enroll their kindergarten students during Seattle Public Schools’ Family and Community Symposium on Saturday, Oct. 15 at Garfield High School, where interpreters will be provided.
Early enrollment allows families to avoid long lines during the busy spring and summer enrollment periods. While early enrollment does not impact where a student is assigned to school – under the new student assignment plan, assignment is based on the student’s home address – it is offered as a convenience to families, enabling them to get the enrollment paperwork completed ahead of time.
In addition, families who have students enrolling early – as well as existing students – will receive their school assignment notification in early 2012, prior to the Open Enrollment period in the spring. Students may apply to attend a different school of their choice during Open Enrollment.
Students who enroll during the Open Enrollment period will receive their school assignment notifications in late spring. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/EarlyEnrollment12-13. More information on the Oct. 15 Family Symposium can be found athttp://bit.ly/FamilySymposiumOct2011.
Neighborhood enrollment events, times and locations are as follows:
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Oct. 3
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5:30-7:00
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Ballard Branch Library
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5614 22nd Ave. N.W.
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Oct. 4
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5:30-7:00
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Northgate Branch Library
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10548 5th Ave. N.E.
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Oct. 10
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5:30-7:00
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ACRS (Asian Counseling/Referral Service)
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3639 MLK Jr. Way S.
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Oct. 12
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4:00-6:00
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Delridge Branch Library
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5423 Delridge Way S.W.
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Oct. 13
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5:30-7:00
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Broadview Branch Library
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12755 Greenwood Ave. N.
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Oct. 15
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9:30-2:30
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Family Symposium at Garfield High School
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400 23rd Ave.
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Oct. 17
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5:30-7:00
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Lake City Branch Library
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12501 28th Ave. N.E.
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Oct. 19
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5:30-7:00
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South Park Community Center
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8319 8th Ave. S.
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Oct. 24
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5:30-7:00
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Green Lake Branch Library
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7364 E. Green Lake Dr. N.
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Oct. 25
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5:30-7:00
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Queen Anne Branch Library
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400 W. Garfield St.
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Officials of the National Achievement Scholarship Corporation named three students from Seattle Public Schools as Semifinalists in the 48th annual National Achievement Scholarship Program. The Seattle students share this recognition with around 1,600 scholastically talented Black American high school seniors nationwide who earned top scores on the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.
These academically promising students have an opportunity to continue in the competition for about 800 National Achievement Scholarships, worth more than $2.4 million, that will be offered next spring. About 80 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and more than half of the Finalists will win an Achievement Scholarship Award.
Listed below are the Semifinalists from Seattle Public Schools:
Olachi O. Oleru – Garfield High School
Alexandra N. Ricks – Franklin High School
William Spurr – Roosevelt High School
Contact: Teresa Wippel, Communications (206) 252-0203
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Seattle Public Schools will host three community meetings – Oct. 4, 6 and 11 – in an effort to share information and ask for feedback about the District’s Intermediate Term Capacity Management plan.
With enrollment trends indicating growth within Seattle Public Schools boundaries, the District implemented a task force of community volunteers and SPS staff, who collected and studied all available data relative to demographics and enrollment. Their work resulted in the decision to create and implement an Intermediate Term Capacity Management plan to cover the period of 2012-2016, prior to building schools as part of the Building Excellence IV (BEX IV) program.
The community meetings will be:
- Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2011, 6:30-8 p.m. at Mercer Middle School Library
- Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011, 6:30-8 p.m. at Madison Middle School Library
- Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011, 6:30-8 p.m. at Hamilton Middle School Library
The meeting will include presentations by Seattle Public School Capital Projects and Planning staff members, followed by a question-and-answer period with community attendees. Comments from the community will be collected, recorded, considered and included in the District’s Intermediate Term Capacity Management planning process.
For further information, please contact Tom Redman, Capital Communications.
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From Prosser baby carrots to Whidbey Island grass-fed beef hot dogs, Seattle Public Schools is recognizing Taste Washington Day this Wednesday, Sept. 28. The annual celebration of Washington-grown foods served in school meals is a partnership between the Washington State Department of Agriculture’s Farm-to-School program and the Washington School Nutrition Association.
The media is invited to Greenwood Elementary School at 11:15 a.m., at which time kindergarteners will be going through the lunch line for these local foods. In addition, Farmer Helen (Helen Walsh, dressed as a farmer) will be in the cafeteria handing out samples of fresh President Plums, direct from Luther Farms in Outlook and talking with students about the health benefits of fresh fruits and vegetables. Farmer Helen’s work is part of the district’s Harvest of the Month program, which is funded through a Seattle-King County Department of Health, Communities Putting Prevention to Work (CPPW), grant.
What: Taste Washington Day at Seattle Public Schools, with a focus on a nutrition activity at Greenwood Elementary School
When: Wednesday, Sept. 28
Time: 11:15 setup. 11:30 a.m. kindergarteners’ arrival in cafeteria
Location: Greenwood Elementary School, 144 NW 80th St., Seattle, WA 98117
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A fundraiser to benefit Cleveland High School’s Global Health Project in Guatemala is set for Sunday, Oct. 2.
The event at Seattle’s Baltic Room, 1207 Pine St., will raise money for students to travel to Guatemala, where they will participate in clinical care, health education and construction of a foot bridge in the town of Monterrico.
Admission to the Oct. 2 fundraiser, which runs from 4-7 p.m., is $20. Purchase or reserve tickets in advance by calling (206) 252-7804 or mail check to “Cleveland Guatemala,” 5511 15th Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98108.
For more information, contact Ruth Bell at (206) 418-9541 or email
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