Cherry Crest Auction 2024

PEACE | LOVE | CHARGERS

Join us on Saturday, January 27 from 6:00 to 9:00pm at the Mercer Island Community & Event Center as we celebrate our amazing students and teachers!  Enjoy our Silent Auction, Dinner, Cocktails, and Live Auction with a special presentation showcasing our students. You must attend to bid on one of a kind items like a Steam Deck signed by developers, Classroom Artwork and Seattle Mariners Autographed Cards!

Annual Used Book Fair & Cherry Crest Concert

Join us for the Annual Used Book Fair and Cherry Crest Concert on January 19th! Come for the Used Book Fair at 3pm and return for the Cherry Crest Concert at 5pm. Drop off used books donations in the Cherry Crest lobby.

Staff Appreciation: Grade 3 Families!

Attention 3rd Grade Families! January is your month for Staff Appreciation!

Sign up to bring items here.

* Most items can be brought in with your child. Deliver them to Mrs. Kramer in the main office on the date you sign up for.

* The first Friday of the month is a breakfast for staff. If you’re able to contribute, please bring in hot items at 7 a.m.

Thank you in advance for helping us carry on this tradition of gratitude! If you have any questions, please e-mail: staffappreciation@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink Fundraising

Visit the Bellevue Downtown Ice Rink between Nov 17 – Jan 15 and mention “Cherry Crest PTSA” each time. Your FUN will result in PTSA FUNds. Make it a playdate with classmates or a family outing. Admission/reservations can be made on-line as of early November.

Holiday shopping with Snapdoodle Toys 12/3 to 12/7

From Sunday, December 3rd – Thursday, December 7th, any time you
shop at ANY Snapdoodle, simply provide the Cherry Crest Elementary name and 20% of your entire purchase will go directly back to your kids via PTSA.

WA State PTA Advocacy Platform 2023

Over 150 PTA delegates from across the state came together virtually to update Washington State PTA’s advocacy platform. This will guide all state, regional and local advocacy efforts for any legislation impacting education in 2024.

View the current WSPTA Advocacy Platform.

Math Challenge

The program is completely free and no sign-up is necessary. This is a fantastic opportunity for families to be involved and enjoy math through fun and engaging math problems. All students in Cherry Crest Elementary are invited to participate.

Since Cherry Crest started late for Math Challenge, the first two challenges MC1 and MC2 will be optional.

Grade 4: Staff Appreciation

Attention 4th Grade Families! November is your month for Staff Appreciation!

What is Staff Appreciation? Each year Cherry Crest families show their appreciation for our outstanding educators by volunteering to provide food, beverages, and paper products throughout the school year to help restock the staff room and encourage our teachers with a monthly breakfast. Each Grade is assigned one month to focus their efforts… November is your month!

Sign up to bring items here.

*Most items can be brought in with your child. Deliver them to Mrs. Kramer in the main office on the date you sign up for.
*The first Friday of the month is a breakfast for staff. If you’re able to contribute, please bring in hot items at 7 a.m.

Thank you in advance for helping us carry on this tradition of gratitude! If you have any questions, please e-mail: staffappreciation@cherrycrest-ptsa.org

Spelling Bee 2023 – 2024

Cherry Crest Spelling Bee is Returning for 2023-2024. Registration is now open for the preliminary round on December 6, 2023

How to sign up: For each kid who wants to join, please complete the form by December 1st.

Date: December 6th from 6 pm to 8 pm at Cherry Crest

Cost: The Spelling Bee is sponsored by the PTSA and is free of charge.

How it works: All students registered can download the word list from the Cherry Crest PTSA website.

At the preliminary round, all participants will be grouped by their grades. Top performers in each grade will enter the final round in early spring 2024. The   Champion from the final round will represent Cherry Crest in the Regional Spelling Bee contest.

Registration now open for Math Club 2023-2024

Math Club Cherry Crest (MCCC) has one of the best records in elementary math competitions in Washington State. The PTSA is proud to offer all students in grades 2nd-5th an opportunity to join Math club this year as well.

Math Club will meet online over TEAMS every Wednesday, starting October 25th, 1:30 – 2:15 for Class 1, and 2:15-2:45 for Class 2.

Deadline for children to register for math club is Oct 31st.

Please register here

Website with full club information here

Questions about math club? Email mathclub@cherrycrest-ptsa.org