Volume 18 Issue 25
Thursday, April 24, 2024
Principal
Katie May
School Hours:
7:55 a.m. - 2:25 p.m.
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Early Release Wednesdays
7:55 a.m. - 1:10 p.m.
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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
Have questions about Washington Middle School? Former TM Parent, Suresh Chanmugam, is happy to talk to you about his children’s experience. He has two 7th graders currently at WMS and an older child now at Garfield. You can reach him at suresh@post.harvard.edu.
Get Ready to Move!
This Friday, April 26, we will be holding our annual Move-a-Thon. The Move-a-Thon is an important part of fund-raising for enrichment programming at TM. The money raised from the Move-a-Thon event determines the number and type of field trip programming we are able to provide to our students.
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Who: All TM students participate!
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What: Each year we set aside about 30 minutes on Move-A-Thon day for each class to walk laps on our playfield. Students collect donations from friends and family members to support their participation.
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Why: Our Move-A-Thon has become an annual tradition. The money collected goes into our school Self-Help Account, and every dollar we raise goes directly towards helping fund field trips and 5th grade camp for students who would not otherwise be able to afford these activities. We want every child at our school to benefit from all the educational resources in our community, but we cannot provide this without your help.
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When: Move-a-thon donation packets were sent home with students this week. If your child did not bring a packet home, please be in touch with their teacher. This year’s Move-A-Thon will take place on Friday, April 26th. Our student council created a video to explain it to students and generated a LOT of excitement! You will receive more info from your child’s teacher about what time your child’s class will walk.
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How can I help? We have parent volunteers signed up on the day of the Move-A-Thon to help direct classes, and to mark laps on each student’s bib. Students also love to have parents walk with them or just cheer them on!
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Other Details? Make sure your child wears appropriate footwear and comfortable clothing for walking on Friday, April 26th. Think about packing a water bottle on that day. You may want to apply sunscreen to your child that morning, as well. Each class’s time slot for the move-a-thon is about 30 minutes.
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Thanks for your support of our school!
Calendar
Thursday, April 25th
APTT Family Session on Literacy
Friday, April 26th
Move-a-Thon
Thursday, May 16th
Principal Coffee
8:00am–8:45am
AND
7:00pm via Teams
Friday, May 17th
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Assembly
8:00am
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Contact information for Thurgood Marshall’s YMCA Program:
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Liz Abbot – YMCA Program Director for Central and South Region, 206-825-1235, labbott@seattleymca.org
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Jimmy Welfare, YMCA Site Director for Thurgood Marshall Elementary, 206-841-1022, jimmywelfare@seattleymca.org
APTT is Tonight!!
This is your last opportunity to join us for APTT this school year so don’t miss out! Come join us to learn ways you can help support your child with literacy at home. We hope to see you there!
April 22–26 is School Volunteer Week!
A very big thank you to ALL our school volunteers for all the work you do to support our school every day! Our school could not accomplish all we do without you! I would also like to acknowledge all the efforts of our fabulous volunteer coordinator, Molly Tack-Hooper for getting the word out about volunteer needs and keeping the lines of communication open between school and volunteers!
We appreciate you!
TM Celebrates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month on May 17!
We hope you can join us for our assembly at 8:00. Lori Matsukawa will be sharing her new book, Brave Mrs. Sato.
If families are interested, this book can be purchased at Mam’s Books, Elliott Bay Books or Island Books. We will not have books available for purchase or signing on May 17, but you can see Ms. Matsukawa for book signing and purchasing on May 4 at the Seattle Center Armory from 1-2:30 PM as part of the Asian Pacific Heritage Festival and also May 5 at Wanderlust Books in Bothell from 1-2:15 PM. Books can also be ordered from Chin Music Press chinmusicpress.com and Amazon.com .
Join the FTME Board
We are looking to fill many open positions for the 2024-2025 school year! Positions include co-chairs, treasurer, fundraising, special education liaison, and more. Please contact Lesley at Lesley@tmlink.org to learn more.
Sweatpants Needed for Nurse's Office
If you are looking for ways to support TM, we could really use sweatpants in child sizes 6-14. We often have students needing an extra pair of pants at school. We could also use socks in sizes small through large.
We are in need of Snacks and Kleenex for our Students. Below is the Amazon Wish list with the items needed.
Thanks for your help!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/YF0AYCDSCT9T?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_KmqjYpkHVrZIG
Thurgood Marshall Family Directory
Our 2023–2024 Thurgood Marshall Elementary School Directory is here!
https://acrobat.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:15b6a0f9-182b-35dd-9b68-7a16184f4da5
We owe special thanks to Chantel Hazelwood for her extraordinary efforts in compiling the directory.
2023–2024 Annual Giving Fund
FTME continues to support the school in multiple ways. This year, we have already funded a back to school staff lunch, Kindergarten Jump Start, new chairs for the main office, translation devices for every classroom teacher (these were used at APTT), and financial support of the playground clean up and beautification that occurred last weekend.
Teachers continue to put in grant requests for items such as multilingual books, classroom rewards, math materials, headphones and so much more. If you are able to contribute to our Annual Giving Fund so we can continue supporting our amazing school, please donate here.
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Thanks so much for your support!
