Another Fun-filled Potluck Picnic
Dear Challenge Parents, Thank you to everyone who made it to our potluck picnic on Sunday! We enjoyed seeing everyone there and hope you had some fun. After a long […]
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Seeking Donations For CPA’s Festival Of The Famous Costume Rental*
Our annual Festival of the Famous is coming up! Students in 3rd and 4th grade have been researching famous personalities for the past 2 months, and their hard work will be celebrated with a festival where they get to dress up as “their” personality. To facilitate this, CPA is hosting a costume rental to help kids find the right costumes.
CPA is looking for costume donations to add to our Costume Collection. We especially need boys’ suits and/or jackets. Any items you collected for your student’s costumes in 3rd or 4th grades would also be great!
Please donate by Monday, May 20th. Collection box is located in the front office at school.
Questions: Christiane Rahbarrad, CPA Co-VP at chr_mobile@yahoo.com or (206) 399-2949.
*What is a Costume Rental?
CPA began collecting costumes a few years ago for Festival of the Famous. We hope to help kids (and their parents) in putting together a great costume for the celebration concluding this great project. Our goal is a little fundraising and a little community while supporting our families.
CPA’s Spring 2013 Pledge Drive
It’s that time of year that we ask you to consider donating to the Challenge Parents Association (CPA). If you noticed our pledge forms in the Wednesday packets and have already donated, thank you!
CPA’s primary goal is to support the needs of gifted students, their families and teachers in the Challenge Program at Terrace Park and the Highly Capable Program at Brier Terrace Middle School.
CPA does this through:
- Classroom Support – $300 stipend to each of the 16 Challenge and Highly Capable teachers to enhance teaching materials
- Curriculum Enrichment – provide grant support across all grades to enrich curriculum.
- Teacher Professional Development – provide support to send all Challenge and Highly Capable teachers to WAETAG (Washington Association of Educators of Talented and Gifted) Conference in October as well as other staff training with a focus on gifted learning.
- Gifted Education Advocacy – participated in Gifted Education Day (G.E.D.) in Olympia on March, 19, 2013
- Social Activities – Back-to-School Potluck, Family BINGO Night and Swim Parties
If you would like to donate to the CPA and haven’t done so yet, please download the pledge form and return it to your child’s teacher by
May 15th. If your employer matches donations, use this opportunity to double your contribution to CPA!
If you have questions, please email us at challengeparents@gmail.com.
Thank you for your support!!
The CPA Board
“Race to Nowhere” FREE Showings
The Challenge Parents Association (CPA) is hosting showings of the movie “Race to Nowhere.” Race to Nowhere is a call to action for families, educators, and policy makers to challenge current assumptions on how to best prepare the youth of America to become healthy, bright, contributing and leading citizens. Raise your awareness about our children, who sometimes put themselves under so much pressure to be perfect.
Register for your FREE tickets online:
Friday, May 17 @ 7 PM http://www.racetonowhere.com/epostcard/6815
Saturday, May 18 @ 3 PM http://www.racetonowhere.com/epostcard/6817
Saturday, May 18 @ 7 PM http://www.racetonowhere.com/epostcard/6816
Gifted Education Day T-Shirts
If you are still interested in getting a Gifted Education Day t-shirt (although the ordering deadline has passed), we have ordered some extras.
Please fill out a t-shirt request with payment and we will do our best to fulfill the order. Questions? Lisa Flynn
Interested in becoming next year’s CPA Treasurer?
Here’s your chance to get more involved and help support our highly capable students and teachers. Join the CPA board!
We are looking for someone to fill the treasurer position for next year.
CPA Treasurer Duties Include:
- Managing incoming donations
- Providing a tax receipt to donators
- Writing checks for teachers and approved grants
- Filing taxes at the end of the year
If you are interested, please contact Christiane or Lisa. We will be electing the new Board Members before the Art Walk on March 21st at 6:30pm.
Family Invite For Gifted Education Day 2013
Please plan to attend Gifted Education Day in Olympia.
We are all in this together! And we need you!
DATE: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
TIME: Arrive in Olympia at 9:00 AM / Estimate 2:00 PM departure from Olympia, WA ( Please Note: Students going on the 4th grade field trip must be at school no later than 7:30 AM to catch the bus.)
WHERE: State Capitol Building in Olympia, WA
WHO: Parents, Students, Teachers and Administrators of Edmonds School District Highly Capable Programs
Gifted Education Day is an annual event scheduled by the Coalition for Gifted Education. CPA has participating for many years bringing families to Olympia for Gifted Ed Day to tour the Capitol, meet with Legislators, and meet other parent groups for gifted education from around the state. If you plan to attend please open the Family GED 2013 Invite Form, print, complete, and return along with and any payment due for Gifted Ed. Day t-shirts to your child’s teacher or the CPA box in the Terrace Park Office by Thursday, February 28th.
Please note: this form is for Family GED, 4th Graders will be receiving forms for their field trip from their teacher.
Have questions about this event please check our FAQ page. If you would like additional information on this event, please attend our CPA General Meeting Wednesday, February 27th at 6:30 pm in the Library. Thank you.
Draft Schedule for Family GED 2012:
TIME AND ACTIVITY:
9:00 am — Arrive Olympia
9:30 am–10:30 am — Coalition Agenda
10:30 am–noon — Capitol Tours (limited space)
Noon — Lunch
1:00 pm —Group Photo
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm — Legislator Meetings
2012 Fall Fundraiser
It’s that time of year that we ask you to consider donating to the Challenge Parents Association (CPA). If you noticed our pledge forms in the Wednesday packets and have already donated, thank you!
We have heard that there has been some confusion (especially for new families to the Challenge program) as to what CPA does, how we differ from the PTA and where CPA’s funds come from.
To be clear, CPA’s primary goal is to support the needs of gifted students, their families and teachers in the Challenge Program at Terrace Park and the Highly Capable Program at Brier Terrace Middle School.
CPA does this through:
- Classroom Support – $300 stipend to each of the 16 Challenge and Highly Capable teachers to enhance teaching materials
- Curriculum Enrichment – provide grant support across all grades to enrich curriculum.
- Teacher Professional Development – provide support to send all Challenge and Highly Capable teachers to WAETAG (Washington Association of Educators of Talented and Gifted) Conference in October as well as other staff training with a focus on gifted learning.
- Gifted Education Advocacy – participate in Gifted Education Day (G.E.D.) in Olympia on March, 19, 2013
- Social Activities – Back-to-School Potluck, Family BINGO Night and Swim Parties
Terrace Park PTA serves the needs of the entire school (including Challenge students) and CPA is secondary to PTA. PTA Membership and support is crucial for every family at Terrace Park and every student benefits from it. Because the two organizations have different goals, it is important to note that CPA does its own fundraising, primarily through our Fall and Spring pledge drive. CPA only receives funds when families donate directly to CPA. CPA does not receive funds from the Terrace Park Annual Donation Drive.
Hopefully, that clears up some of the confusion. If you still have questions, please email us at challengeparents@gmail.com.
If you would like to donate to the CPA and haven’t done so yet, please download the pledge form and return it to your child’s teacher by October 12th.
Thank you for your support!!
The CPA Board
Thank you for coming to the potluck!
What a wonderful turnout we had for the Back-to-School Potluck!
Thank you all for bringing such an amazing selection of food to share with one another. It wouldn’t have been as successful without your help. We hope that you had a great time, had a chance to reconnect and made some new friends before the new school year.
We on the board would like to especially thank Mary Freitas and all the teachers that took the time out of their busy schedules to come out and meet with everyone.
Thanks to you all again, for making this such a success this year!
Back-to-School Potluck Picnic
When: Sunday, August 26th from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Where: North Lynnwood Neighborhood Park: 18510 44th Ave. West, Lynnwood
Please respect the neighbors by parking in the elementary school parking lot or a block down in the lot across from the fire station.
Bring your favorite dish to share!
CPA will be providing beverages, desserts and paper goods.
This is a great opportunity for new students to meet returning students and for families to get to know each other and catch up after the summer.
Please RSVP by August 23rd with the number of adults and kids in your group.
The CPA Board Members will be available for any questions, suggestions and introductions.
Don’t Forget: Blankets, chairs, sunscreen & swimsuits (there’s a spray structure). Balls, frisbees, bubbles, etc. are always good as well!