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News and Events

New Family Night, June 6th, 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Bryant Start Times 2013-2014
2013-2014 Daily Schedule:

9:20 AM    First Bell
9:25 AM    Tardy Bell
3:35 PM    Dismissal Time

LASER Childcare
 
Hello Bryant Elementary School!
 
Welcome to LASER Childcare!  LASER is so excited to have been chosen as the new childcare provider for Bryant Elementary School starting fall 2013! 
 
We want to give special recognition to Tamie’s Childcare which has been a part of the Bryant community for 18 years!  We will be working hard in the days ahead with Bryant Elementary School administration and the Bryant PTSA to help make this a smooth transition for all. 
 
LASER offers Before/After school childcare, Day Camp during school breaks and professional development days, Summer Camp, before/after school enrichment classes, a Pre-K Readiness program at our Laurelhurst location, and now direct transportation to and from our other programs with mini-buses!  Please check out our website for more info about our programs at www.laserchildcare.org
 
LASER at Bryant Elementary School enrollment:  we will open for enrollment for ‘LASER at Bryant childcare’ on May 15th at 8am at Laurelhurst Elementary School in the main LASER portable located off of 47th Ave NE on the school grounds.  This is a first come, first serve process.  All forms will be required, fully filled out, with a deposit of one full month’s tuition along with a $100 registration fee for each child.  There is a 10% discount for siblings with the exact same schedule.  Tuition rates can be found on our website at www.laserchildcare.org  Most enrollment forms can be found on the LASER website starting May 1st; there are 2 required emergency cards which can not be found on the website.  Please see the Bryant tab in the side menu on our website starting May 1st.  All enrollment forms along with deposit and registration fee will hold your spot for childcare.  The contracts will be time/day stamped to guarantee first come, first serve.  Registrations forms will not be accepted before 8am, May 15th, 2013.
 
Again, we are all very excited to add Bryant Elementary School to the LASER community!  We feel this new relationship will be a wonderful opportunity for all!
 
For more info or questions please feel free to contact me through email: laserinfo@comcast.net or phone (206) 240-5358.
 
Welcome to LASER!!
 
Sincerely,
 
Lia "Sequoia" Bender Hartman
Executive Director
L.A.S.E.R.
4530 46th Ave NE
Seattle, WA 98105
(206) 525-9160
(206) 240-5358 (c)
 
Summer Day Camp at Bryant
 
We hope you had a great Spring Break and are now gearing up towards thinking about your Summer plans! Seattle Parks and Associated Recreation Council have teamed up once again to bring you a fun-filled summer of field trips, swimming, outdoor play and more! We are offering Summer Camps at Bryant Elementary School July 1st – August 23rd. 

For your convenience there are many ways to register. 
1)      We will have a table at Bryant on April 26th from 3:30-4:30pm.
2)      You can register in person at Laurelhurst Community Center Mon-Fri 9am – 2pm or Ravenna – Eckstein Community Center during their business hours.
3)      You can follow the directions below to register online. 
4)      Registration is currently only open to Bryant families but will open up to other schools on April 29th, 2013 so make sure to secure your spot before then.
 
For all registrations a $15 deposit holds your spot for that week of camp with the remaining balance due two weeks prior to camp.
Week #
Dates
Barcode #
Theme
3
July 1st – 5th (No class 7/4)
104108
Sports We Adore
4
July 8th – 12th   
104109   
Superhero Extravaganza
5
July 15th – 19th
104110
Around the World in 5 days
6
July 22nd – 26th
104111
Carnival Craze
7
July 29th – August 2nd
104112
Awesome Adventures
8
August 5th – 9th
104113
Critter Mania
9
August 12th – 16th
104114
Splashing Good Time
10
August 19th – 23rd
104115
Magic, Mysteries & More
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ONLINE REGISTRATION DIRECTIONS
 
Go to: https://class.seattle.gov/parks/Start/Start.asp and click on the Category Out of School Care/Camps from the Programs tab.
 
You must have a SPARC account to register online. If you have already been involved in any recreation offerings in Seattle, you should already have a barcode and PIN to use SPARC.
·         If you have forgotten your password or have never registered using SPARC, but you think you have an account, click the Log-in button and click the Forgot password link to enter your email address. You will receive your barcode and PIN by email if we have your email on your account.
·         You can also contact any facility or the Parks Business Service Center at 206-684-5177 to get your barcode and pin to register online. You will be asked to provide ID or other personal information to ensure we are giving out information to trusted sources.
·         If this is your first time registering for ANY Seattle Parks and Recreation Programs, you can Request an Account on the SPARC site. Please allow 48 hours for us to create an account for you online. Any site should also be able to create an account for you over the phone or in-person, if you can’t wait 48 hours.
 
When you’ve reached the Out of School Care/Camps page, you can refine your search to a specific Location, or check out the different offerings based on the type of camp you are interested in.

ADD the camp weeks to your basket, and go to Checkout to pay! Note: our registration website does not allow you to select the additional child option for the $10 discount. Please complete your online registration and contact the community center or email the Parks Business Service Center at ParksBSC@seattle.gov so that we may amend your registrations so that you receive the additional child discounts. The discounted fees will be applied to your future payments due.
 
There are two options when paying your fees when registering on-line:
OPTION ONE: You may pay the entire amount at the time of registration.
OR…..
OPTION TWO: You must pay the required $15.00 Non-Refundable Deposit for each child and each week of camp requested. The balance due for each week of camp will be considered a “Scheduled Payment”. Your credit card will be safely secured (encrypted for security) and automatically charged for the balance due 2 weeks before the start of each week of camp. At the Checkout screen, you will be asked to check the check box for Schedule Payment? for this option to work.
Please Note: Balances may also be paid at any community center, or by calling the Parks Business Service Center At 206-684-5177

FORMS: An E-13 (Medical Authorization Form) And Any Required Medical Forms Must Be Completed And Returned To Your Community Center Camp Location Two Weeks Prior To The Start Of Camp. PLEASE NOTE: A Current E-13 Must Be Completed Accurately And Completely For Each Child In Order To Attend Camp. If Your Child’s E-13 And Any Other Required Medical Forms Are Not Returned Two Weeks Prior To Your Camp Site Location Needed To Complete Your Child(ren)’s Registration Process, Your Child MAY NOT Be Able To Participate In Camp And All Withdrawal Fees Will Be Applied. All Camp Programs Require a NEW E-13 Annually For Each Child Be Completed. Find the E-13 form on the Camps page of the Parks website www.seattle.gov/parks/camps
 
On-Line Registration will CLOSE on Monday, June 3rd. After June 3rd, all registrations must be conducted in person at the site where your child will participate. ALL required forms must be submitted at the time of in-person registration.

We look forward to a safe and fun Summer with your children, if you have any questions about field trips, safety, other locations for the weeks we are not running or any other questions call us anytime!

For more information on Summer Camps stop by and see us on Friday the 26th from 3:30-4:30pm at Bryant or call Laurelhurst Community Center at (206) 684-7529. 
Let’s have some fun in the sun at Bryant this Summer!

Cara Brown, Laurelhurst Community Center Coordinator
cara.brown@seattle.gov
Megan Castellano, Field Supervisor for Associated Recreation Council
megan.castellano@seattle.gov
The Source
The Source: a new look and feel
 
Seattle Public Schools is pleased to introduce an updated version of The Source – a website used by families, students and teachers to communicate and collaborate for academic achievement. This update combines the familiar data of The Source with a new front end for your child’s class assignments and scores.
 
How do Parents & Guardians use The Source?
“I’ve never used The Source” – go to Seattle Public Schools - The Source for information and instructions to set up a new account.
 
“I have a Source account” – go to http://source.seattleschools.org to follow a one-time process to transfer your account information to the new Source location. Once you transfer your account, you will see the Source features you are familiar with, but with a new look and feel.  Please click here for a tour of the new Source.
 
After transferring or creating a Source account, parents and guardians will log on here: http://powerschool.seattleschools.org.
 
How do Students use The Source?
Students use their school usernames and passwords to log on at the new Source URL at http://powerschool.seattleschools.org, to see their 2nd semester assignments and scores. At this time, students will still need to logon to the current Source at http://source.seattleschools.org to see their other information, such as assessments and attendance. We hope to have this fixed shortly, so that students will be able to access all information from the new Source.
 
Why are we changing systems?
There are several reasons for changing our systems and for starting these changes now. First, both The Source and the current gradebook are using out of date technology and are old enough that there is no support and very little back-up. The gradebook fails frequently. We have been fearful for quite some time that the systems will fail completely and we will not be able to recover them at all. These are crucial to the work of our teachers and to the ability of our students and families to stay connected to ensure student achievement. We believe having a failure of these systems would be even worse than struggling with new formats and systems right now.
 
Additionally, our current Student Information System (SIS) is no longer supported and we are struggling to keep it functional. We have a dire need to move to systems that can be operational in the fall. With our heightened need and with no budget, we are pressing to move to a new product that we already own, by virtue of a vendor buy-out of one of our existing aged applications. The new Source (portal tool) is part of a larger system which offers a portal tool, a gradebook and a student information system all in one.
 
While the new product is one of the top 5 student information systems in use in the United States, we understand that the design of The Source had some benefits over this new portal. Because we will have a fully supported product now, we expect to be able to enhance it over time – just as we did with the older Source – to make it easier to read and to add even more information than we’ve had previously.
 
Why change now?
We really hate to have to change these systems mid-year on families and teachers – the most critical of our clients. But this SIS replacement is a huge undertaking. If we didn’t start implementing in phases now, we had no chance of completing the larger student system replacement for fall. Starting later in the year, would have made it impossible to support start of school in the fall. As it is, we are on a flat-out run to try to get the most critical functionality and data converted for our schools by fall.
 
Our hope is that by training teachers now and giving them the chance to work with the new gradebook, any further training in the fall will be much shorter and will allow them precious time to prepare for instruction. Similarly, by getting parents, guardians and students used to the new look now, that will be one less point of confusion in a hectic start of school time.
 
It is important to us that our community understands the choices we are making in order to better serve our students. These are very hard choices with impacts to everyone. There really is no optimal time. We believe working through these impacts now carries less risk than waiting any longer with this work.
 
We appreciate your understanding and patience as we move to systems that will be more reliable and supportable in the coming years.
LASER Selected as Bryant's new Childcare Provider
The Bryant Daycare Selection Committee has completed their search.  We now have a new daycare agency coming to Bryant.  The official letter is included below. 

We would like to welcome Laser to Bryant along with Sequoia and her team.  Welcome!!

Thank you so much to the Daycare Selection Committee and all of the people involved in this process.  We are excited to have Laser on board with us.  Thank you everyone!

Kim A. Fox
Bryant Elementary Principal

April 26, 2013

Lia "Sequoia" Bender Hartman
Executive Director
LASER
4530 - 46th Ave. N.E.
Seattle, WA 98105
Re: Request for Proposal - Bryant LICENSED CARE 2013-2014

Dear Ms. Bender Hartman:

Congratulations!  LASER has been selected as the successful proposer for Bryant's Licensed Child Care beginning the 2013-2014 school year.  Bryant Principal, Kim Fox will contact you within a few days to discuss the next steps.

We very much appreciate your interest in Bryant Elementary, and we look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Lewis A. Carlson
Leasing Operations

cc:  Kim Fox, Principal Bryant Elementary
       Phil Brockman, Executive Director of School Operations, Seattle Schools
       Suzette Expinoza-Cruz, Program Specialist, City of Seattle, HSD
Washington Award
Bryant Elementary recieved Washington Achievement Award. Click here to read the letter.
Late Bus Information
 
By SPS Office of Public Affairs 
   
Wondering if your child's school bus is running late?

A new feature on the Seattle Public Schools Transportation website provides parents with updated information about any bus routes that may be delayed.

Clicking this link --  www.seattleschools.org/latebus -- takes visitors to the "Late Bus Alerts" page, which is updated throughout the day whenever a bus route is running more than 10 minutes behind schedule. The new web-based tool supplements existing automated notifications that are sent out via the "school messenger" system for any routes that are running more than 15 minutes late.

"We designed this feature with parents in mind, because it allows them to access the information from their smart phone or other device rather than having to call our transportation control center," said Ellen Reyes, Assistant Manager of Transportation Business Operations. "While the new tool doesn't estimate the actual arrival time of a school bus, it does reassure parents that their child's bus is on its way so that they can plan their schedules accordingly."

"Parents are always welcome to contact the SPS Transportation Office by phone at 206-252-0900 for updates,"
Reyes added.
 
RE: Bryant Before & After Care RFP Process
March 20, 2013

RE: Bryant Before & After Care RFP Process

Dear Bryant Families,

I'm writing this letter to provide added clarity surrounding the process of replacing the licensed before and after school program at Bryant Elementary.

The current Program Provider gave notice at the beginning of this year to terminate the lease and will end on 6/30/13. This program was under an action plan to help meet the legal requirements for operation but remained noncompliant to the date of their resignation.

As of today the Request for Proposal (RFP) process is well underway and the new provider will be in place no later than the beginning of the 2013-14 school year in September. Bryant PTSA, the City of Seattle, and Seattle Public Schools are all working together through the selection process along with the Department of Early Learning (DEL) and the Human Services Department (HSD).

The HSD Comprehensive Child Care Program has quality guidelines that have been developed by the National Afterschool Association (NAA). Our goal is to put in place a quality program that will meet the community's needs in a timely manner and comply with State Law; RCW 43.215.200-Director's licensing duties, RCW 43.215.205-Minimum requirements for licensure, WAC 170.295-Minimum licensing requirements for child care and the District's Community Alignment Initiative (CAI) requirements.

This is not a new process utilized by the above mentioned groups, as they work with hundreds of programs for the betterment of the community and its increased value in care and early learning education of our children.

To clarify, Seattle Public Schools does not provide services for before and after school programs, but provides the availability of space offered to licensed child care services that meet necessary requirements. Child Care Agencies who provide child care on Seattle Public Schools property and are selected to partner with HSD—YFE, "Human Services Department—Youth and Family Empowerment" are bound by the Child Care Vendor Services Agreement and Seattle Public Schools Lease Agreement and Alignment Agreement.

Also, HSD education specialists are tasked with providing non-biased references for any HSD contracted agency that is applying for the RFP. These are based on the agencies most recent Site Monitoring Visit by the HSD Education Specialist.

The RFP process begins with an invite to the interested providers to come and present their programs. HSD plays a supportive role to Seattle Public Schools in the dissemination of the information via the City of Seattle's, "Child Care email list serve" which goes out to all HSD Contracted Child Care providers who subscribe to this email notification and are interested in providing service in Washington State.

Bryant Elementary School's PTSA has put together a Selection Team for the RFP process which is comprised of parents of the community, school representatives, and the City of Seattle. SPS along with HSD, co-facilitate the orientation meeting of the Selection Team. SPS will highlight the scoring overview that is listed in the RFP and its rule. For example, comments about the proposals should be fair, objective, and based on the criteria in the RFP. It is also necessary to have sufficient documentation provided to show why the successful proposers were the best fit for the contract, as well as why the unsuccessful proposers were not.

HSD will share information regarding the industry quality standards for the Before and After school Programs and present information to the selection team regarding the expectations of providers as it relates to the HSD Child Care Subsidy & HSD Vendor Services agreement. HSD also shares a check list that is created by Child Care Resources; the local non-profit resource and referral agency that assists parents in finding quality child care in the Seattle / King County area. The selection team will review the proposals and make the final decision.

The current program provider is scheduled to be out of the Bryant location by June 30, 2013, so the new program provider has access to the premise by the beginning of July. The authorization process will begin and the new provider will be up and running by the beginning of the new school year — September 1, 2013.

The selection process includes the Department of Early Learning's approval of license which normally takes 90-days after the location is empty. However, they have agreed to process it within 60-days so that the program will be open by the beginning of the school year in September.

You can find further information regarding the child care selection process at Bryant PTSA Web site: http://bryantschool.org

Sincerely,
Lewis Carlson
Lease Operations Coordinator

CC: Kim Fox, Bryant Principal
Theresa Hale, School Board Office
Phil Brockman, Executive Director School Operations
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