Family Meet-up at Dahl Field Playground
The Equity Team is hosting a Sacajawea Family Meet-up on March 8th at 2pm. We will all meet at Dahl Field Playground. There will be light refreshments and lots of fun! This will be very casual and informal. We want to bring the kids together to play so we can connect as a community!
Family Meet-up at Maple Leaf Playground
The Equity Team is hosting a Sacajawea Family Meet-up on May 3rd at 2pm. We will all meet at Maple Leaf Park Playground. There will be light refreshments and lots of fun! This will be very casual and informal. We want to bring the kids together to play so we can connect as a community!
Rally Against School Closures
Join us and other SPS parents on November 19th as we rally to support all four schools on the closure list, including Sacajawea, before the next school board meeting, when Superintendent Jones will give an update on the school closure plan. Please wear Red for Education or your Sacajawea gear. The rally is in front of the John Stanford Center at 3:45pm and will last approximately 30 minutes. Together, we can use our power to demonstrate our opposition to the district's closure proposal.
Family Meet-up at Victory Heights Playground
The Equity Team is hosting a Sacajawea Family Meet-up on November 9th at 2pm. We will all meet at Victory Heights Playground. There will be light refreshments and lots of fun! This will be very casual and informal. We want to bring the kids together to play so we can connect as a community!
Rally for Sacajawea
We'll rally before school in front of the west-facing doors at the back of the school (but not on school grounds). Please plan to arrive at 7:15 am and park two blocks from the school so we don't disrupt student drop-off. Donuts and bagels will be served.
More details: https://www.sacpta.org/news/rally-oct-30-2024
Sign-making Event
Sign-making and letter-writing party after school at Sacajawea Park (grassy field next to Sacajawea) to support our rally on Wednesday morning.
More details: https://www.sacpta.org/news/rally-oct-30-2024
Heritage Potluck
Join Sacajawea's Racial Equity Team at the Heritage Harvest Potluck on Thursday October 24th from 5:30pm-7pm. This event will take place in the Cafeteria and Hallway. Please bring a favorite family dish to share!
Walk and Roll to School Day
Join us for a fun and active morning as we celebrate Walk and Roll to School Day! Students are encouraged to walk, bike, skate, or roll to school on October 9th. Head to the upper playground where we’ll have snacks and safety swag ready to hand out. Let’s make our journey to school a healthy and exciting adventure!
Special PTA Membership Meeting
Attend a Special Membership Meeting on Sunday, October 6 at 5pm: We will share what we are learning, discuss survey results and input, and vote on our PTA advocacy plan. If you want to vote in this meeting, please ensure you sign up for PTA membership this year. Join the meeting using the zoom link provided in the newsletter.
Family Meet-up at Maple Leaf Playground
The Equity Team is hosting a Sacajawea Family Meet-up on September 28th at 2pm. We will all meet at Maple Leaf Park Playground. There will be light refreshments and lots of fun! This will be very casual and informal. We want to bring the kids together to play so we can connect as a community!
Back-to-School Pizza Party
Join the Sac PTA and kick off the school year with friends. There will be lots of pizza and fun for all! Please bring your own water/drinks.
Where: Upper Playground
When: 5:30pm - 7pm
Field Day
The setup is scheduled from 11am-noon, and games are from 12- 2pm. Games will start on the grass outside the upper playground with tug-war and the sack race.
After the race, we will move to the upper playground for the carnival and blacktop games. Games include- water balloon monsoon, H2O baseball, bean bag toss, colored hairspray, football folly, ring toss, temporary tattoos, beach ball rally, bowling ball knock down, and ladder toss.
We welcome families to come and observe the fun. But to make this event truly successful, we need your help! We're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join us. Sign up using the link below, and keep an eye out for more information in the community newsletter and the Sac Facebook group.
Arts & Science Festival
The Sacajawea PTA is delighted to host the Arts & Science Fair. It's a combined festival this year--a celebration of all things arts, math, science, and our fabulous community.
Fantastic Stations
There will be so much to do at this event, including:
Tye-dye
Button making
Sensory room
Half-pint puppets
Car build and race
Delicious Food
We’ll have free food available at the event to please everyone’s palate.
BBQ brisket, pork, sides, and hot dogs by Eagle BBQ
Bakery goodies from Eagle Bakery
Tasty beverages of all (non-alcoholic) varieties.
We Need Your Help
Can you help volunteer? This event takes a ton of help to run. We could use your help!
Spring Book Fair
We invite you to visit the 2024 Sacajawea Spring Book Fair - an exciting celebration of reading with hundreds of fun, engaging, affordable books for everyone to enjoy.
We are partnering with Third Place Books! 20% of all sales (that use the Sacajawea specific code: SEBF24) go directly to the school and support rebuilding our library selection.
Our Book Fair starts Monday, Apr. 29th and goes until Friday, May 3rd (at midnight).
Shopping the Book Fair is Easy
You’ll find a great selection of books organized using different categories (like Picture Books, Chapter Books, Graphic Novels, etc.) to make searching for books easy and fun. You can also search the Third Place Books website if you are looking for a specific title.
For Sacajawea to get credit for the sale and earn money for our library, please ensure you see coupon code SEBF24 in your cart during checkout. It should be auto-applied if you use the link above.
Feel free to share the link with others and they can shop our fair too. It’s great for holiday gifts!
Teacher’s Wish lists are on our Book Fair site, so parents can help add to your teachers’ classroom libraries, Equity Team, or directly for the library.
Getting Your Books
Books can be delivered directly to families this year (for a small fee) or picked up at your closest Third Place Books location.
Questions?
If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to reach out to Karen Murphy (kmpfarr@gmail.com).