Category: PTSA News

Thank you teachers and staff!

Each month one grade level of Cherry Crest families show appreciation for our outstanding educators by providing food, beverages and paper products for all teachers and staff. Most items can be sent in with your student to be dropped off in the Main Office.

Parents of 1st Graders: Sign up at http://bit.ly/3JuReob to participate and donate items on March 30th, April 1st and April 20th. Thank you for helping us continue this tradition of gratitude.

Questions? E-mail staffappreciation@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Our state legislative session has ended.  We encourage you to read the report from Washington State PTA (available at http://bit.ly/3N8yA7I) to learn the status of bills and budgets affecting education.

We are excited to announce the election of Jocelyn Tu as Co-President, effective immediately.  She will join Co-President Reetika Saxena for the rest of this school year and continue on as Co-President for the 2022-23 school year.  We’d also like to welcome the following officers who have been elected for next school year.

• Co-President – Claire Sumadiwirya

• Secretary – Katie McClintock
• Treasurer – Christina Nemeth

• VP Curriculum Enhancement (CE) – Nitin Gupta
• VP – Mengye Guo
• VP – Jessica Wang
• VP – Sanjali Kawal

We still need a Vice President for Communications and one more general VP to join the team.
Would you like to learn more or do you know someone who would be a great fit?  Please contact our Nominating Committee at nominatingcommitee@cherrycrest-ptsa.org.

Click through for updates from the PTSA meeting, including Social, Emotional Learning (SEL) resources from School Counselor, Ms. Mykela Fantone.

Spring programs are open for registration! Most classes start at the end of March.

Most class offerings are from local businesses who are long-term partners with Cherry Crest. We are so excited to welcome them back to provide enrichment opportunities for our students.

Visit our After School Activities Page at http://afterschool.cherrycrest-ptsa.org to learn more.

Cherry Crest PTSA spends over $100,000 each year to fund extra General School Assistant hours in all 23 classrooms and curriculum enrichment: field trips, author visits, engineering projects and more for all 525 students. Funds contributed by families through the PTSA provide these pivotal supports for our children. We are so grateful for all our families’ assistance in strengthening our children’s educational experience at Cherry Crest!

More details will come home soon, but be sure to mark your calendar to join your children on Friday, April 1 from 2:30 to 4:30pm at Cherry Crest’s track as we encourage exercise, engage with one another and enable PTSA to invest in each student’s future!  If your business would like to contribute as a sponsor, please contact walkathon@cherrycrest-ptsa.org for details.

Please join us at our Cherry Crest PTSA General Membership meeting, Tuesday March 8th, via Microsoft Teams. Principal Steere will discuss various topics including the ‘Time Capsule’. We invite all families and community members to attend (PTSA membership is not required!).

Cherry Crest’s School Counselor, Mykela Fantone, will join us to discuss the Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum and the supplemental lessons she provides our students throughout the year. Learn the importance and why behind social-emotional learning, understand the district-wide curriculums used at the elementary level and see how you can access more information to reinforce these lessons at home. Questions? Contact your PTSA Co-President at president@cherrycrest-ptsa.org