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The Newcastle PTSA is excited to announce that the Newcastle Multi-Cultural Family Fair has returned! The Newcastle Elementary PTSA invites your family to come and experience the many cultures from around the world at the return of our Annual Cultural Fair.
Come Travel to Different Countries!
*Taste Foods
*Hear Languages
*Explore Customs and Culture
*Learn History
*Power packed performance by our own students and Family
and have super Fun !!!
There will be interactive booths, games, crafts, performances and a cultural fashion parade all featuring our very own school families. More information will be Coming soon for participation and Sign up!
Event Details:
Date: February 15th, 2023
Time: 5:00pm-7:00pm
Location: Newcastle Elementary
Volunteers are needed to help pop and distribute delicious popcorn to our students! Link to sign up is HERE.
Donations are needed to help restock the staff break room! Link to sign up is HERE.
Would you like to help set the direction for the PTSA? Want to be more “in the know” about what happens at school? Interested in meeting new people? All while working in service of our students? Then please consider joining our PTSA Executive Board. We’re made up of parents from all different backgrounds and experiences, just like our community. We have caregivers who work full-time and part-time, and those who do not work outside the home. There’s a place for everyone. You can learn more about the various roles on the Board and the time commitment (typically less than 3-5 hours per month) HERE. If you’re interested in learning more or have someone you think would be great on the board, please contact Whitney Walker at whitneywalker@hotmail.com.
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We encourage you to wear your spirit - Newcastle Spirit Wear, anything green/yellow, or favorite sports team!
View previous eBlasts HERE.
Every two years, the Newcastle Elementary PTSA holds a fundraising auction to raise money to support our students – money that is necessary in today’s climate of state funding shortfalls made worse by the impact on budgeting and staffing issues because of COVID.
This biennial event kicks off with a holiday online auction in December 2022 and culminates with a fabulous evening at the Hyatt Regency South Lake Washington on March 10, 2023, where we will have our silent and live auction, games and more. More than 400 parents, staff and community friends attend this memorable event and it is because of everyone’s participation that we’re able to help bridge the fundraising gap by providing art education, reading and math support, as well as new technology and safety measures to more than 500 students each year.
Due to the COVID pandemic, this will be our first live auction since the 2018-2019 school year, and we could not be more excited!
Ellie Diaz and Jennifer McAleer
2022-2023 Newcastle Elementary Auction Co-Chairs
2023newcastleauction@gmail.com
The Newcastle PTSA is a non-profit organization which supports and advocates for the children and families of Newcastle Elementary School within the Issaquah School District. In partnership with families, the community, teachers, and staff we provide the funding, programs, and volunteers to enrich the educational experience for every child. Our PTSA is most successful when we come together as a community to achieve our goals.
Membership is open to anyone interested in supporting this mission; grandparents, aunts and uncles, neighbors, friends and community businesses. A membership costs $25 per family (2 Adults), $15 for an individual, and $10 for a staff member. Our goal is to have 100% participation from all our Newcastle families, teachers and staff.
Wondering what programs your membership helps fund? In the past, the PTSA has funded:
- Monthly art curriculum, teaching and art supplies
- Family events like the Costume Carnival, Science Fair, and Multicultural Night
- Educational enrichment events like the Geography Bee, Spelling Bee, and Math Adventures
- Student activities including assemblies and the annual book fair
- Teacher grants for things like in-classroom books, supplies, special class events
- Funding to support innovative educational ideas
- Yearbooks, Gift-A-Book, spirit wear and popcorn Fridays
- After school programs like robotics, math assistance and Sponge language classes
- Community outreach like the holiday toy drive and lunch for the break
We are committed to identifying and executing programs to help ease the educational burden for our families, find ways to reunite us – students, parents and staff – as a community of Newcastle Lions, and help our students engage in enriching educational experiences that will benefit the “whole child”.
