GLES PTA Weekly Update

Principal McFarland has a fun week planned to celebrate our wonderful teachers and staff, but she needs your help! There are lots of fun small ways to help, including donating gift cards (small amounts are fine), helping with games, giving a teacher a "recess break" for 20 minutes, or bringing in some treats. Please contact Ms. McFarland directly this week to help out. emmcfarland@seattleschools.org

This is also a great time for you and/or your child to write a note or draw a picture telling your teacher how much you appreciate them.

If you have volunteered or helped at school in any way this year, the school wants to say thank you! Please join Principal McFarland at school on Monday morning after Spring Break for a special thank-you breakfast.

Registration opened this past Sunday. There are still some spaces in the following classes:

-Pokemon

-Ceramics

-Drama Club

-Soccer (2 spots left!)

-D&D (1 spot left!)

-Hand Sewing

-Pickleball (2 spots left!)

-Beading & Crafts

-All Sports

-Chess

If you’d like a scholarship, reach out to our school counselor, Monica Schneider by April 1st mmschneider@seattleschools.org

Classes start the week we get back from Spring Break!

See the classes, and register here

Email our Enrichment Coordinator with any questions enrichment@greenlakedragons.org

STEM Fair (for science, technology, engineering and math) will be on Friday, April 10 during the school day! No need to prepare anything at home or in advance. Kids will visit this open-house style fair with their class, where they can build, test, measure, and celebrate science in hands-on activities and demonstrations!

Questions? email stem@greenlakedragons.org

This year's theme is Dragons, Community, or Friendship. We can't wait to see the amazing art from GLES students!

A few tips:

• Use one of the templates from the envelope in the school hallway by the office, so the edges of your child's art don't get cut off when it gets scanned
• Please use bold lines and/or colors so that it will show up well after being scanned
• Submissions can be turned into your child's teacher

Yearbook Photos: If you've taken and photos at our Green Lake Elementary events/field trips/around the school, please upload them for the Yearbook! https://bookbuilder.pixami.com/GreenLakeEle/home3/PhotoPost.jsp?ID=73X12YD9U82X

We will have some fun activities planned- old favorites including the Mighty-O Donut Ride, plus some new events too! Keep an eye out for more info!

In order to run the lessons we need:

• Chaperones - walk with the class to and from Evans Pool
• Locker room monitors - keep an eye on the students in the locker rooms before and after lessons
• In-water assistants - help the swimmers practice their skills

Chaperones will walk the students to and from the school, meeting at the classroom at 9:00, returning to GLES by 10:30. Locker room helpers and in-water assistants can arrive at Evans Pool at 9:15 and leave with the students at 10:15, or walk down with the class.

If you'd like to volunteer, here is the link again. And do please help out between the two classes.

https://volunteersignup.org/DPMFF

If you have questions, contact Matthew Rutishauser: swim@greenlakedragons.org or at 831-419-0401.

Is your student in 4th or 5th grade and interested in math? Come join elementary students from all across Seattle at Lincoln High School from 1pm to 4pm on May 30th, 2026 for the third annual Lincoln Math Competition and an afternoon of fun, free snacks, and plenty of math! Registration is free, and students of any skill level may attend (Targeted towards 4th and 5th graders, but all elementary students are welcome). If you are interested, please fill out this interest form to be the first to receive the registration form when it opens! Official registration will open on Friday, April 17th, here’s the link to the interest/email-list form: Lincoln Math Competition Email List Sign-Up – Fill out form

If you have any questions, please email lincolnseattlemathclub@gmail.com or check out our website: https://lincoln-math-club.vercel.app/

July 7-9

9:00am-1:00pm

Eckstein Middle School Playing Field, 3003 NE 75th Street

Contact: Joe Lampitt, joe.lampitt@gmail.com

After Spring Break, Roaring Mouse kicks off its final Monday Drawing & Painting session of the school year, along with Mother's and Father's Day gift-making mini sessions on select early release Wednesdays. They’re also hosting a special Creative Community Mother’s Day Mandala class for grownups on Saturday, May 9 from 2-4pm with local artist Chinmayi Reddy.

Summer registration is now open for Afternoon Art Camps, featuring fun themes like Fun with Fibers, Time Travelers, Earth Wonders, and PNW Explorers. Summer at Roaring Mouse is always a favorite!

Camp Lemonade is a small summer program where kids learn the fundamentals of business and sales by building their own lemonade concept from start to finish. Campers work on branding, pricing, pitching, and teamwork, then finish the week selling their lemonade creations.

Program details:
• Ages 9 to 13
• Maximum 24 campers per week
• Indoor program with outdoor components
• Located in Queen Anne

2026 Camp Dates:
• July 13 to 17
• July 27 to 31
• August 10 to 14
• August 17 to 21
Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Camp Lemonade is run by two local founders. See our website here. One is a high school student. The other is the founder of the Women in Tech Regatta, along with numerous other companies and businesses.

Founded by Ballard High School gymnastics coach Stephanie Gundel, the gym will offer recreational and competitive gymnastics as well as ninja and more. Join our email list for updates and early registration: www.discovergymnasticsballard.com

We've started a Discord Server for our school community! Join today and we will help get you started, including linking you into your child's grade level community. We can also connect you to rapid response and mutual aid groups in the area.

https://discord.gg/epHtenECDp

See you there!

How can we improve PTA communications? We welcome your feedback!

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Website: www.greenlakedragons.org