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Welcome to the Brookside PTA Website! 

Who Are We and What Do We Do?

What is a PTA?
The Brookside PTA (Parent, Teacher Association) supports our teachers, families and school through community-building events, classes, services and more. Our organization is part of the National PTA, Washington State PTA and the Shoreline PTA Council.

Keeping Families In The Know
We keep families informed of what’s going on at school through our monthly newsletter, Brookside and Beyond. This publication keeps families informed on PTA and Brookside events and lets families know what’s happening at school.  Weekly Brookside PTA emails our sent out to interested families.  Our PTA also sends home periodic flyers through kid mail/Boomerang that provides event specific information to all families...

Continue reading the full article! "Getting Families Involved", "Program for Learning and Playing", and more...

Important Dates & Events

 

Click here to view the full calendar.

Announcements

Incoming Kindergarden Play dates at Brookside

2010 - 2011 incoming Kindergardeners and their families are invited to come to the Brookside Playground to meet and play with your fellow classmates.  This is great opportunity to make some new friends before school starts in September.  The Play dates will be held on Monday August 2nd and Friday August 27th from 10 am - Noon.

Brookside PTA Back to School BBQ

The PTA's annual BBQ will be held on Thursday August 26th from 4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Brookside playground. All students and their families are invited to attend and enjoy complimentary hotdogs, chips, watermelon, bottled water, and dessert.  Class room assignments are intended to be posted that evening after 4:00 pm.

Back to School Supply Kits Pick-up

If your student ordered a School Supply kit though the PTA for 2010 - 2011, they will be available for pick-up on Thursday August 26th from 4 - 6 pm in the Brookside gym.  After the 26th, the kits will be available for pick-up in the hallway outside the gym during regular school hours.  Any kits remaining on the first day of school will be delivered to your child's classroom.  Once you retrieve your kits, please check the contents to ensure that all items are accounted for and label the appropriate items with your child's name before coming to school.  In addition refer to the supply list provided by Brookside Elementary as not all grade related items are included in the kits.

2010 - 2011 PTA  Committee Chairs Needed

Parent support of PTA of events and activities makes a world of difference in our school. Share your passions and talents with Brookside.  Look over the list of open committee chair positions and find what might be right for you (click here for the Committee Chair flyer).  Don't want to do it alone, sign-up with a friend or two.  Roll up your sleeves and get involved.  Training for all positions provided.  For more information contact Kelly Stoecker at kstoecker@comcast.net or phone 206-270-0392 (day & evening).  

Community Resources section!

Check out The WORKS and the Annual Sock Drive - the latest editions to the new Community Resources section of the website.

Brookside PTA Pass the Hat Campaign Now Accepts Online Donations!

Now you can make a secure online donation to Brookside’s Pass the Hat Campaign by credit card or by using your PayPal account by clicking the Donate button below. 

Please join us in supporting Physical Education at Brookside!

About Brookside PTA

Local unit PTAs like Brookside work within their own schools to enrich the educational experience for students, support families, and build community. We raise monies for materials, after-school programs, field trips, assemblies and more, and organize hundreds of volunteers every year to help make Brookside the great school it is. In addition, we are connected to the Washington State PTA and the National PTA, both of which provide powerful lobbying efforts on behalf of all children. For more than 100 years, PTA has been at the forefront of issues affecting children, parents and public schools. PTA is credited with lobbying for establishing kindergarten in public schools, hot lunch programs, juvenile justice and child-labor laws, school bus safety and TV ratings efforts, to name a few.

If you have not yet joined the PTA or have not renewed your membership, please visit our Membership page. Please help us reach our goal of 100% membership!

Goals

Enrich Student Learning:
Support students, parents and teachers with programs and events that enhance the total learning environment, both academically and socially, by providing opportunities such as after school activities, foreign languages, assemblies, grants, and funds for field trips and classroom support.

Promote Communication, Collaboration and Advocacy:
Collaborate with families, students, school staff and the community to promote the health, education, and safety of Brookside students.

Build community within Brookside through good communication, parenting support, and active parent participation at school.

Inform our membership about legislative and other governmental issues affecting the care and education of children.

 

Brookside PTA is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

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