The White Center Family Newsletter
December 2019
White Center Heights Elementary School
Marcello Sgambelluri, Co-Principal
Dr. Shajaira López, Co-Principal
Website: https://wch.highlineschools.org/
Phone: (206)631-5200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/White-Center-Heights-Elementary/1525478097695543
A Wonderful December!
This month we continued to deliver food through Northwest Harvest to many of our families, if you are in need of food please let our main office staff know, there is also the White Center Food Bank on 10829 8th Ave SW, Seattle, WA 98146 that is a constant source of free food support.
Our GLEA Baby Academy, a program that supports families in learning best practices to support their children had their graduation and will start a second cohort next year at Mt. View Elementary that any family can attend, if you would like to join for free reach out to Maggie Cruz at (prizes and food are included!): Magdalena.Cruz@highlineschools.org
We will be having our Family Multicultural Night this Thursday, December 19th at 5pm, we hope to see everyone there!
As we continue to move through the year please let us know what kind of engagement and events you would like to see, we are excited to continue to build our White Center Heights Elementary community!
Upcoming Events
Coffee with the Principals
Wednesday, Jan 8, 2020, 09:30 AM
White Center Height ELEMENTARY School, 6th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA, USA
Family Multicultural Night
Thursday, Dec 19, 2019, 05:00 PM
White Center Height ELEMENTARY School, 6th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA, USA
NO SCHOOL December 23-January 3
Monday, Dec 23, 2019, 09:00 AM
White Center Height ELEMENTARY School, 6th Avenue Southwest, Seattle, WA, USA
Reminders & Updates
- The White Center Heights Elementary clothing store is open year round, you may have seen our staff sporting some of this stylish gear, 10% of profits go towards our PE program. Go to http://bit.ly/wchclothing to get some for you or your student
- Need a booster seat, 3 in 1 car seat, umbrella stroller, or high chair for your student or other children? WestSide Baby has offered to provide these for free to any families that need them, please stop by the office and let us know you want one, we will put down your name and call you when they are delivered.
- Volunteers needed! If you would like to volunteer at our school to tutor students, help teachers, or help students come in to the main office to sign up to be a volunteer!
- Students will not be released for early dismissal after 3:20 pm Monday through Thursday, and 1:55 pm on Fridays.
Sign up for the Mission/Vision Task Force!
Our School Store is Making Some Happy Students!
Coffee with the Principal Dates for 2019-2020 School Year
Coffee with the Principals are the first Wednesday of every month. They are an opportunity for our WCH families earn about what is going on in the school and provide feedback:
- January 8, 2020 - 9:30-10:30 am
- February 5, 2020 - 5:00-6:00 pm
- March 4, 2020 - 9:30-10:30 am
- April 1, 2020 - 5:00-6:00 pm
- May 6, 2020 - 9:30-10:30 am
- June 3, 2020 - 5:00-6:00 pm