Volume 19 Issue 27
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Principal
Katie May
School Hours:
7:55 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Early Release Wednesdays
7:55 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
Attendance
If your child is absent from school, please contact the main office at
(206) 252-2800, or
email thurgoodmarshall.attendance@seattleschools.org,
and notify us of the absence and the reason for the absence, so we can keep accurate attendance data.
All visitors to school MUST check in at the office upon entering campus. We ask that parents not enter the building during arrival or dismissal unless they are entering for a meeting, to help us avoid congestion in the hallways for our students.
REMINDER
Contact information for Thurgood Marshall’s YMCA Program:
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Channing Campbell, YMCA Program Director, 206-718-3484, Ccampbell@seattleymca.org
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Jimmy Welfare, YMCA Site Director for Thurgood Marshall Elementary, 206-841-1022, jimmywelfare@seattleymca.org
Supporting Multilingual Learners Through Artificial Intelligence
Hi, Thurgood Marshall community! If I haven’t yet had the opportunity to meet you, my name is Cynthia Kniffin, and I am in my first year as one of the Multilingual Learner teachers here. I have enjoyed getting to know the students, staff, and families at Thurgood!
On May 3rd, I will have the opportunity to lead a breakout session at the 2025 Washington Association of Bilingual Educators (WABE) annual conference. Over 1,000 educators from Washington State will come together at this three-day event to discuss best practices, current research, and practical strategies related to educating multilingual learners. The topic of my breakout session is Using AI to Integrate Reading, Language Development, and Content Areas. This session was born out of a question I have wrestled with this year in my work with beginning English learners: Our newcomers need to learn basic English vocabulary AND they need to quickly advance in their reading skills so that they can access and interact with concepts in Math, Science, and Social Studies! What should I prioritize and how do I balance it all?
AI has been a helpful partner as I’ve come up with ideas about how to integrate reading and language development. Some AI basics I’ve learned are:
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A good prompt is essential—you will get the best results if you provide context for your request, give a clear and specific task, and give examples of the type of output you are looking for.
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AI can get you 80% of the way there, but you must check, refine, and personalize the work it generates.
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AI can :
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Produce Content—For example, when my newcomer students were learning school vocabulary, I asked AI to produce a short story about a new student taking a tour of Thurgood Marshall. I requested that it use my students’ names in the story, gave it a list of school vocabulary and a list of reading sight words to integrate.
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Adapt Content —3rd grade TM teacher, Caitlin Reddy, shared a great example of using AI to scaffold a text for her newcomer English learners. First, she asked AI to rewrite the article using a lower reading level. Then, she had AI translate the text to Spanish so that students had the opportunity to fully comprehend the content before tackling the text in English.
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Edit content—AI can edit writing, images, presentations, and more! As AI editing capabilities get more sophisticated, it is essential that we teach our students how to use these tools responsibly to improve and enhance their work, rather than doing the work for them.
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AI has so much potential in the field of education! I look forward to continuing to learn and experiment to leverage its usefulness in our work.
Calendar
Thursday, April 3rd
APTT
Preschool–2nd 5:00–6:00 pm
3rd–5th, 6:15–7:15 pm
Friday, April 4th
FTME Board Meeting
6:30–8:00
April 7–11
National Assistant Principal's Week
April 14–18
Spring Break
Friday, April 25th
Talent Show
Thursday, May 1st
Bike to School Month begins
Friday, May 2nd
School Lunch Hero Day
Monday, May 5th
FTME Annual General Meeting
6:30–8:00pm (Library)
Tuesday, May 6th
BLT Meeting 2:45-4:15
Speak with Purpose
Rising Voices Event
Families, we are approaching that time of the year again for our Speak with Purpose (SWP) Rising Voices event. This program is embedded in our TM curriculum supporting 4th and 5th grades student. SWP is seeking passionate volunteers for our 11th Annual Rising Voices Centerstage Public Speaking Showcase!
SWP welcomes the following groups to join us: resource groups, affinity groups, youth groups, churches, sororities and fraternities, college/universities, and writing groups! Whether you're guiding a student’s speech prep or helping with event logistics, there’s a way for everyone to make an impact.
👉 Sign up here: Volunteer Sign-Up
Volunteer at Our Events:·
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Orientation & Preliminaries—May 31st at South Shore PK-8·
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Final Showcase—June 14th at the Museum of Flight
Why Volunteer?
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Make an Impact: Help youth develop their confidence, public speaking, and leadership skills.
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Inspire Change: Stand with young voices advocating for a more inclusive future.
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Be Part of Something Bigger: Speak With Purpose is the only youth public speaking program in classrooms throughout King County schools. Your involvement helps create spaces where students feel seen, heard, and empowered.
Sign up today and encourage a young scholar to step into their power! For more information contact Austin Sargent at risingvoices@speakwithpurpose.org
Free Community Clinic
Seattle/King County Clinic returns for its 10th year on April 24–27 to provide FREE dental, vision, and medical services to anyone who struggles to access and/or afford care. No ID or proof of income, insurance, or immigration status is required, and patients do not need to be residents of Seattle or King County to receive care. Interpreters will be available. A limited number of admission tickets will be handed out each day starting at 5:30 a.m. at Fisher Pavilion on a first come, first served basis.
Spring Testing
This spring your student in grades 3-5 will take the Smarter Balanced or the Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement (WA-AIM) tests in math and English language arts (ELA). Students in grade 5 also take the Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) or the WA-AIM science assessment.
The results from these tests are one of many ways of understanding where students are in their learning, relative to grade-level learning goals in math, English language arts, and science. The state assessment results can help all of us work together to pursue additional support or accelerated opportunities that may benefit your student’s learning. These assessments also fulfill state and federal requirements to understand how districts and the state are doing in meeting all students’ learning needs and help to improve instruction.
Most students will take the tests online. Our school is scheduled to take the tests April 1 – June 6. Classroom teachers will send out specific dates for testing.
For more information about the Smarter Balanced and WCAS tests, visit the OSPI State Testing page and click on the name of the test.
To try out an online Smarter Balanced practice or training test or WCAS training test, visit the Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program (WCAP) Portal and click on the Practice and Training Tests button.
The WA-AIM is an alternate assessment based on alternate achievement standards aligned to the Washington State K–12 Learning Standards for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities. For more information about the WA-AIM tests, visit the OSPI Assessment for Students with Cognitive Disabilities page.
Thank you for continuing to work with us to make sure your student is successful. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to better support your student in building their skills so they can have a future full of opportunities.
Spring Testing
Esta primavera, los alumnos de 3.º a 5.º grado realizarán las pruebas Smarter Balanced o de WA-AIM (Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement, Acceso a la Instrucción y Medición de Washington) en matemáticas y ELA (English Language Arts, lengua inglesa). Los alumnos de 5.º grado también realizarán la WCAS (Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science, Evaluación Integral de Ciencias de Washington) o la evaluación de ciencias de WA-AIM.
Los resultados de estas pruebas son una de las muchas maneras de entender dónde se encuentran los alumnos en su aprendizaje, en relación con los objetivos de aprendizaje del nivel de grado en matemáticas, lengua inglesa y ciencias. Los resultados de la evaluación estatal pueden ayudarnos a todos para que trabajemos juntos en la búsqueda de apoyo adicional u oportunidades aceleradas que pueden beneficiar el aprendizaje de su alumno. Las evaluaciones también cumplen los requisitos estatales y federales para comprender de qué manera los distritos y el estado satisfacen las necesidades de aprendizaje de todos los alumnos y ayudan a mejorar la instrucción.
La mayoría de los estudiantes realizarán las pruebas en línea. Nuestra escuela tiene programado realizar las pruebas el 1 de abril – 6 de junio. Los maestros de salón enviarán fechas específicas para las pruebas. Para obtener más información sobre las pruebas Smarter Balanced y WCAS, visite: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing, y haga clic en el nombre de la prueba.
Para realizar una prueba de práctica o de capacitación en línea Smarter Balanced o una prueba de capacitación WCAS, visite el WCAP (Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program, Portal del Programa de Evaluación Integral de Washington) y haga clic en el botón Practice and Training Tests (Exámenes de Práctica y Entrenamiento).
La WA-AIM es una evaluación alternativa basada en estándares de logros alternativos que están alineados con los Estándares de aprendizaje desde el jardín de niños hasta el 12.º grado (K-12) del estado de Washington para alumnos con las discapacidades cognitivas más significativas. Para obtener más información sobre las pruebas WA-AIM, visite : https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing/assessment-students-cognitive-disabilities-wa-aim.
Gracias por seguir trabajando con nosotros para que los estudiantes alcancen el éxito. Indíquenos si hay algo que podamos hacer para ofrecer más apoyo a su hijo para desarrollar sus capacidades y tener un futuro lleno de oportunidades.
Spring Testing
Mùa xuân này, con quý vị ở các cấp lớp 3-5 sẽ tham gia kỳ thi Smarter Balanced hoặc kỳ thi WA-AIM (Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement, Tiếp Cận Học Tập và Đánh Giá của Washington) ở môn toán và ELA (English language arts, Anh Ngữ). Học sinh ở các cấp lớp 5 cũng sẽ tham gia WCAS (Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science, Đánh Giá Khoa Học Toàn Diện của Washington) hoặc đánh giá khoa học WA-AIM.
Kết quả từ các kỳ thi này là một trong nhiều phương pháp để hiểu rõ tiến bộ của học sinh trong học tập, so với mục tiêu học tập của cấp lớp đang theo học ở các môn toán, Anh Ngữ và khoa học. Kết quả đánh giá của tiểu bang có thể giúp tất cả chúng ta phối hợp cùng nhau để thực hiện hỗ trợ bổ sung hoặc các cơ hội tăng tốc có thể mang lại lợi ích cho việc học của con quý vị. Kết quả đánh giá này cũng hoàn thành các yêu cầu của tiểu bang và liên bang để hiểu rõ cách thức các khu và tiểu bang đang làm để đáp ứng nhu cầu học tập của tất cả học sinh và giúp nâng cao trình độ giảng dạy.
Hầu hết học sinh sẽ tham gia kỳ thi trực tuyến. Nhà trường sẽ được xếp lịch để tham gia kỳ thi Ngày 1 tháng 4 - ngày 6 tháng 6. Giáo viên đứng lớp sẽ gửi ngày kiểm tra cụ thể.
Để biết thêm thông tin về các kỳ thi Smarter Balanced và WCAS, vui lòng truy cập: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing, rồi nhấp vào tên kỳ thi.
Để thi thử hoặc ôn tập cho Smarter Balanced hoặc ôn tập cho WCAS, vui lòng truy cập WCAP (Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program, Cổng Thông Tin Chương Trình Đánh Giá Toàn Diện của Washington), rồi nhấp vào nút Practice and Training Tests (Ôn Tập và Thi Thử).
WA-AIM là bài đánh giá thay thế dựa trên tiêu chuẩn thành tích thay thế được điều chỉnh theo Tiêu Chuẩn Học Tập Từ Mẫu Giáo–Lớp 12 của Tiểu Bang Washington dành cho học sinh mắc các khuyết tật nhận thức nghiêm trọng nhất. Để biết thêm thông tin về kỳ thi WA-AIM, vui lòng truy cập: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing/assessment-students-cognitive-disabilities-wa-aim.
Cảm ơn quý vị đã phối hợp với chúng tôi trên hành trình đến với thành công của học sinh. Vui lòng cho chúng tôi biết nếu có điều gì chúng tôi có thể làm để hỗ trợ tốt hơn cho con quý vị trong quá trình phát triển kỹ năng để giúp các em có cơ hội rộng mở trong tương lai.
Spring Testing
Gugaan, ardaygaaga fasallada 3-5 aad wuxuu qaadi doonaa imtixaanka Smarter Balanced ama WA-AIM (Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement, Helitaanka Waxbarashada iyo Qiyaasta ee Washington) ee xisaabta iyo ELA (English Language Arts, cilmiga farshaxanka luqadda Ingiriiska). ardaydha fasalka 5 ayagana waxa ay qaadani doonan WCAS (Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science, Qiimeynta Dhameystiran ee Sayniska ee Washington) ama qiimaynta sayniska ee WA-AIM.
natiijada imtixaamadhaan waxa ay kamid yihiin wadoonyinka badan ee lagu garto mesha ay ardaydakamarayaan waxbarashadooda, marka loo fiiriyo yoolka waxbarashadha heerka fasalka ee xisaapta, luqada ingiriiska, arts ka iyo sayniska. qiimeynta gobolka waxay naga caawin karaan dhammaanteen inaan iska kaashanno sidii aan u raadin lahayn taageerooyin dheeri ah ama fursado lagu dedejinayo horumarka waxbarashada ee ka faa’iideyn kara ardaygaaga. Imtixaanadani sidoo kale waxay u adeegaan sidii waajibaad gobol iyo mid federaal ah oo lagu hubinayo sida degmooyinka iyo gobolka ay u daboolayaan baahiyaha waxbarasho ee dhammaan ardayda, sidoo kale waxay gacan ka geysanayaan hagaajinta waxbaridda.
ardaydha badankoodha imtixaanka waxa ay kusameni doonaan qaab online ah. dugsigeena ayaa loo qursheyey in uu imtixaanka qaadho Abriil 1 - Juun 6. Macalimiinta fasalka ayaa soo diri doona taariikho gaar ah oo imtixaanka.
warbixin dheraad ah oo kusaabsan Smarter Balanced iyo WCAS tests booqo: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing, hadana kudhufo magaca imtixaanka.
Si aad u tijaabiso ama u barato imtixaanada ku-tabbabarka khadka tooska ah ee Smarter Balanced ama WCAS, booqo WCAP (Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program, Barnaamijka Qiimaynta ee Washington) Bogga Gelitaanka oo riix batoonka "Practice and Training Tests (Imtixaannada Tababarka iyo Layliga)".
WA-AIM ka waa qiimayn kaduwan oo kusaleesan heerar kasbasho oo baddel ah oo kutoosan Washington Gobolka K–12 standardyadha waxbarashadha ee ardaydha leh naafo garashadha ogu weyn. Macluumaad dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan imtixaanada WA‑AIM ka hel: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing/assessment-students-cognitive-disabilities-wa-aim.
waad ku mahadsantahy sii wadhida aa sii wady in aa nalashaqeeso si aan uhubino ardaygaaga in uu noqdo mid guulesta. fadlan aan ogaano hadii ay jiraan wax yaalo aan sameni karno si aan ogu taagerno ardaygaaga suu uhelo mustaqbal fursado badan leh.
Spring Testing
Gugaan, ardaygaaga fasallada 3-5 aad wuxuu qaadi doonaa imtixaanka Smarter Balanced ama WA-AIM (Washington Access to Instruction and Measurement, Helitaanka Waxbarashada iyo Qiyaasta ee Washington) ee xisaabta iyo ELA (English Language Arts, cilmiga farshaxanka luqadda Ingiriiska). ardaydha fasalka 5 ayagana waxa ay qaadani doonan WCAS (Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science, Qiimeynta Dhameystiran ee Sayniska ee Washington) ama qiimaynta sayniska ee WA-AIM.
natiijada imtixaamadhaan waxa ay kamid yihiin wadoonyinka badan ee lagu garto mesha ay ardaydakamarayaan waxbarashadooda, marka loo fiiriyo yoolka waxbarashadha heerka fasalka ee xisaapta, luqada ingiriiska, arts ka iyo sayniska. qiimeynta gobolka waxay naga caawin karaan dhammaanteen inaan iska kaashanno sidii aan u raadin lahayn taageerooyin dheeri ah ama fursado lagu dedejinayo horumarka waxbarashada ee ka faa’iideyn kara ardaygaaga. Imtixaanadani sidoo kale waxay u adeegaan sidii waajibaad gobol iyo mid federaal ah oo lagu hubinayo sida degmooyinka iyo gobolka ay u daboolayaan baahiyaha waxbarasho ee dhammaan ardayda, sidoo kale waxay gacan ka geysanayaan hagaajinta waxbaridda.
ardaydha badankoodha imtixaanka waxa ay kusameni doonaan qaab online ah. dugsigeena ayaa loo qursheyey in uu imtixaanka qaadho Abriil 1 - Juun 6. Macalimiinta fasalka ayaa soo diri doona taariikho gaar ah oo imtixaanka.
warbixin dheraad ah oo kusaabsan Smarter Balanced iyo WCAS tests booqo: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing, hadana kudhufo magaca imtixaanka.
Si aad u tijaabiso ama u barato imtixaanada ku-tabbabarka khadka tooska ah ee Smarter Balanced ama WCAS, booqo WCAP (Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program, Barnaamijka Qiimaynta ee Washington) Bogga Gelitaanka oo riix batoonka "Practice and Training Tests (Imtixaannada Tababarka iyo Layliga)".
WA-AIM ka waa qiimayn kaduwan oo kusaleesan heerar kasbasho oo baddel ah oo kutoosan Washington Gobolka K–12 standardyadha waxbarashadha ee ardaydha leh naafo garashadha ogu weyn. Macluumaad dheeraad ah oo ku saabsan imtixaanada WA‑AIM ka hel: https://ospi.k12.wa.us/student-success/testing/state-testing/assessment-students-cognitive-disabilities-wa-aim.
waad ku mahadsantahy sii wadhida aa sii wady in aa nalashaqeeso si aan uhubino ardaygaaga in uu noqdo mid guulesta. fadlan aan ogaano hadii ay jiraan wax yaalo aan sameni karno si aan ogu taagerno ardaygaaga suu uhelo mustaqbal fursado badan leh.
Non-English Language Books Available!
Did you know that our public library collection includes books and materials is a wide range of non-English languages? Check out this great resource to learn more!
Donations Needed
We are so appreciative of the generosity of our Thurgood Marshall community. Classrooms are in need of student snacks, and we have created an Amazon wish list for items. If you with to donate, the link is below. If you would like to donate individually to your student’s classroom, you can do that and drop off at the school. Thanks!
Talent Show!
Save the Date! This year's talent show will be Friday April 25th 6-7:30pm. Want to participate? It's not too late to sign up! Click here or grab a form from the office. Contact events@tmlink.org with any questions or to volunteer.
Thurgood Marshall Family Directory
Interested in reaching out to other Thurgood Marshall families? The Thurgood Marshall Family Directory is now available! Thank you to Zack Stednick for all his hard work on this project.
Please pay for your student’s school supplies, if you can!
Every year, Friends of Thurgood Marshall (FTME) bulk-purchases school supplies for every student based on lists provided by our teachers so every child has all the supplies they will need for the year (except backpacks and water bottles) starting on the first day of school.
For 2024-2025, the cost of school supplies is $55 per student.
This includes the actual per-student cost of supplies plus some padding (based on program costs from prior years) to account for the fact that not every family in the school can contribute to the cost of this program. If you can contribute something but $55 is too steep, please pay what you can. If you are able to contribute more than $55 per student, FTME will gratefully accept your donation and invest it back into this and other programs to benefit the school!
How to pay for school supplies:
Option A) Pay online by PayPal, credit card, or debit card. Scan this QR code or go to https://tinyurl.com/FTME-supplies. Make a one-time payment of $55 per student, or whatever you can afford. Select “School supplies” from the “Use this donation for” dropdown menu. You can enter your student’s name in the note field.
Option B) Pay by check. Make a check out to “FTME” for $55 per student, or whatever you can afford. Please write “school supplies” and your student’s name in the memo field. You can drop this check off in the Main Office at school.
Thank you!
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Join the FTME Board!
Have you ever wondered how you can get more involved at Thurgood Marshall? Please consider joining our FTME Board!
We are currently recruiting for a Co-Chair or a Vice Chair, two Fundraising Co-Chairs, and members at large.
If you are interested in joining us please reach out to us at board@tmlink.org.
School Lunch Menu
Here is the link to current school menus (Breakfast and Lunch): https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/culinary-services/menus/
