News and Events

Each year the Bryant PTSA gives several special awards to people who have given exemplary volunteer service to children in our community.

The Golden Acorn Award traditionally recognizes and honors several individuals as part of a statewide PTA program. This year we will award a Golden Acorn to one teacher or other staff member and to one or more parents. The PTSA makes a contribution in the name of each of these individuals to the Washington State Scholarship Foundation. (The Foundation awards approximately $55,000 annually to high school graduates for post-secondary education.)

In addition, the Bryant PTSA traditionally honors one or more individuals with our local
“Volunteer Extraordinaire” award. The award recognizes individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to Bryant during the past year.

We also honor Unsung Hero/Heroines. This award was created to recognize people who quietly, consistently and reliably do one job over a long period of time - one school year or several, or take on different tasks as needed and never fail to be there to do them. These folks are often working under the radar or behind the scenes but the contributions they make are incredibly valuable to the Bryant community.

Please download and complete this Volunteer Awards Nomination form and turn it into the office in an envelope marked “Awards” or send an email with your nominations bryantvolunteerawards@gmail.com by Tuesday, May 29th.

The PTSA Awards committee will review all nominations and the volunteer recognition awards will be given at the PTSA General Meeting on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

If you have questions, please contact April at aprilw@98115.net 206-353-1445 or Liza at  liza_c@me.com 206-427-6622.

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Bryant PTSA and Staff welcome you to our community and hope you can attend a special evening created with you and your student in mind.

K-5 classrooms will be open (but not hosted grades 1-5) as entering Bryant is a six-year experience. 

However, many new families are kindergarten families and the night is geared towards their acclimation to Bryant so kindergarten staff will be in full attendance.

When:  Thursday, June 7th  6:00-7:30 pm
Classrooms open from 6:00-7:00, School information and Q and A from 7:00 - 7:30

Where:  Bryant Cafeteria - Auditorium

Who:  You with your entering student, Bryant PTSA members, administrators, kindergarten teachers

What:  hear about our school, PTSA programs, daycare, after-school classes, visit classrooms K-5, meet kindergarten teachers Diane Paulson, Alex Jones, Keven G. Gallagher, Michaela Koerner.

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It is great to see all of the Bryant bikers out in this fine spring weather! 

Please be sure to:

• keep track of your trips (link also in Additional Links at right)
• not leave your bike in the yellow loading zone

Ride on!

May 8, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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 The Writers’ Celebration is June 1st this year.  We will be taking contest entries until May 15th.  Forms were sent home on Tuesday and are also available here.  We encourage every child to submit at least one entry – but they are not limited to just one! They should let their imaginations go wild; and they shouldn’t be limited by the theme. If they have another idea about writing that they would like to express on the bookmark just have them include a sentence on the entry form (not on the bookmark itself) telling us what they’re thinking about. Finished forms can be sent to the Writers’ Celebration box in the office. If you have any questions please feel free to call or e-mail me: Patty Geldenbott (206)526-0590; pgeldenb@earthlink.net. Thank you!


Find the volunteer form here.

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• sign up to volunteer...
  
• pre-order tickets...
  
• donate to the cake walk...
• help with the kindergarten basket raffle...
• help with the 1st grade basket raffle...
• help with the 2nd grade basket raffle...
• help with the 3rd grade basket raffle...
• help with the 4th grade basket raffle...
• help with the 5th grade basket raffle

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Student assignment to classrooms is a complex process.  In order to ensure fairness and equity for students, teachers, and families, the following protocols will guide decision making.  Keep in mind that our teachers work as teams and that our grade level curriculum is consistent with state standards in every classroom.  We believe it is healthy for children to work with and appreciate different types of teachers and students in order to become well balanced, mature adults.

*  At the end of the school year, teachers will create class lists for the next grade level.  The lists will take into consideration gender, ability levels, ethnicity and special needs.  The goal will be to ensure balanced heterogeneous class groupings.

*  Teacher specialists, including music, physical education, bilingual and special education teachers, will be consulted in regard to class groupings.

*  Final lists will be approved by the principal and assistant principal in consultation with teachers at the end of the summer prior to school starting.

*  Parent's requests for specific teacher assignments will not be accepted, either verbally or in writing.

Kim A. Fox
Principal

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Open enrollment for the 2012-2013 school year will take place February 27, 2012 through March 9, 2012.  All students will receive an assignment letter right before open enrollment begins.  This enrollment letter will tell you your initial assignment for next year, and will also provide information on open enrollment.

Information for families will also be available on the SPS website and automated phone line (206-252-0212) on April 16th.  Confirmation letters will be sent out the week of April 23, 2012.

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Are you interested in what was discussed at the PTSA Board but couldn't attend?
Do  you want to know what was discussed in the Building Leadership Team (BLT) meetings?

Find the link to archived PTSA minutes

and the link to archived BLT minutes.

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Are you interested in knowing what was discussed in the latest PTSA board meetings but were unable to attend?
Are you interested in the topics discussed by the Building Leadership Team (BLT?).
Now you can find the archived minutes on our websites.

Clicking here will take you to the to the BLT page, and the links to archived agendas and minutes.

Click here find the links to the archived PTSA minutes (look under PTSA Board Minutes).

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The Golden Shoe Award was presented to Bryant Elementary School from the City of Seattle Traffic Committee for making great strides in walking and cycling to school.

Area of Distinction:  Largest increase in the percentage of students walking or cycling to school.

*  Bryant was one of only four schools that had a decrease in the share of students being driven to school (from 66% in 2007 to 54% in 2011)

*  Bryant had the highest percentage of students biking to school (8% in 2011)

*  Bryant had the biggest increase in the percentage of students walking and biking to school (from 11% in 2007 to 33% in 2011)

Congratulations to the families and students who contributed to this award!

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Do you want to see what your kids are doing during the day?  We are in desperate need of lunch time and recess volunteers! 

We still need help every day of the week, but Mondays and Fridays are the most crucial.  Without enough volunteers cleanliness and the time to eat a substantial lunch become a real issue, which I know is very important to all of us parents.  For our kids, their lunch time and most important to them, their recess time gets shortened without enough assistance in the lunch room. 

So if you are available for lunch time (start time at 11:05am -  end time 12:15pm)  AND/OR recess (arrive time at 11:35am - end time 1:00pm) please contact April Wright or Liza Caputo. 

September 14, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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Chess Anyone? Bryant Chess Club is a large active club open to all students (kindergarten on up) of all skill levels to meet, play and learn more about chess.

The club meets on Thursdays from 3:00 to 4:00 PM, October 6th to March 22nd (20 Thursdays). Club groups meet in the Lunch Room and Library, and we hope to reserve a third practice area in the school soon, but on our opening day, everyone starts in the lunch room.

To Register: Fill out the registration form and send with payment of $90.00, in an envelope marked “Bryant Chess Cub,” and place in the in box on the main desk of the Bryant Elementary School Administration Office, which is just inside the main doors to Bryant Elementary, on NE 60th Street. Make checks payable to “Bryant PTSA.” (“Kid Mail” can also be used.) Registration forms will also be available outside the main office. Registration deadline is Thursday September 29th (or sooner if club reaches maximum enrollment). There will also be an in-person registration starting with a brief orientation an evening in late September, the date for which is yet to be determined.

Kevin Cole
Bryant Elementary Chess Club Chairperson
  September 11, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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February 16, 2012 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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On December 3, 2011, Bryant parents organized and hosted the Bryant Fall Classic, which is reputed to be the oldest scholastic chess tournament in Washington State.  It is a very large tournament that draws top chess players from the Seattle King County Metropolitan Area and beyond.   We had 246 participants this year.

The tournament went extremely well, thanks to our new Tournament Director, Todd Shirley, and the advice and assistance of long-time and recently retired Tournament Director John McGuire, and the generous support of Bryant parent volunteers, and the participation of 59 Bryant students.

Bryant students did an excellent job representing our school.  Jackson H. was our school’s top finisher in the Kindergarten Division.  He earned 3.5 points, coming in 8^th place among 39 kindergartners, and qualifying for the State Tournament.  Braeden H., Dante W., Evan C., and Jak L. also qualified for the state tournament by each earning 3.0 points.  (Players earn one point for a win, or a bye, or an opponent’s forfeit, and a half point for a draw; 3.0 points were needed to qualify for the State Tournament, for all grade levels.)

As a team, Bryant Elementary came in fifth place out of 28 schools in the First through Third-Grade Division.

Bryant first-grader Caleb U. was our school’s top individual finisher in the First through Third-Grade division.  Caleb earned 3.5 points.  He finished second among first-graders in this division, and he came in 24^th place overall, in a field of 130 players.  Bryant second-grader Apollo E. was Bryant’s top second-grader in this division, finishing in 12^th place among all second-graders, and coming in 48^th place overall.  Caleb and Apollo both qualified for the State Tournament.  Bryant second-grader Brandon O., and Bryant first-grader Hyun Y. also qualified for the State Tournament by winning three points in their matches.  Our top third-graders in this division were Mehtaab S., Nezam J., and Jordi F., each of whom earned two points.

Bryant came in third place as a team in the Fourth through Sixth Grade Division.  There were students from 27 schools in this division.

Bryant fifth-grader Sawyer C. was our school’s top individual finisher in the Fourth through Sixth-Grade Division.  Sawyer earned 3.0 points.   He finished fifth among fifth-graders in this division, and he came in 17^th place overall, in a field of 77 players.  Bryant fourth-grader Nikko O. also scored 3.0 points, and finished in 13th place among fourth-graders in this division, and 28^th overall.  Nikko also won the good-sportsmanship award for this division.  Sawyer and Nikko have both qualified for the State Tournament.

Many other Bryant students played in the Bryant Fall Classic.  Some of them were playing in a chess tournament for the first time, and some earned their first draw or their first win in a tournament, and some of them just missed qualifying for the State Tournament.  I hope all Bryant Chess Club students will play tournament chess again, or for the first time, in one or more of the many scholastic tournaments this winter and spring.

Congratulations and thank you to all the parents and students who participated in this great event, which is a spectacular part of Bryant Elementary tradition.

The Bryant Chess Club also greatly appreciates the support of the following local businesses that generously helped sponsor the Bryant Fall Classic this year:  Top Pot Donuts, on 35^th Avenue NE and NE 70^th Street; Bagel Oasis, on NE 65^th Street and 22^nd Avenue NE; and Starbucks, on 35^th Avenue NE and 73^rd Street.

Pawn Power!!

Kevin Cole
Bryant Elementary Chess Club Chairperson
December 13, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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Dear Parents and Guardians, The Source is Seattle Public School’s online communication tool. It allows parents, guardians and students online access to student schedules, attendance and standardized test scores, grades and class assignments for secondary students. For elementary students, the Source provides access to attendance and standardized test scores and now, classroom pages. The Source is merging with our new Seattle Public Schools website. If you already have a Source account, you will still be able to view Source information within the new site. News and information about your school and teacher classroom pages, which may include events, announcements, documents and links are also accessible. IN ORDER TO VIEW ALL FEATURES, YOU MUST BE REGISTERED WITH THE SOURCE. *Already Registered With The Source? You DO NOT need to register again. Please log onto your school website at http://bryantes.seattleschools.org. Some of the features of the site will not be available until the school year begins. To get to The Source after logging on to the website, click My Account > The Source. *Not Registered With The Source? If you do not have a Source account, please register using the information below. Important: You will not be able to log onto the school website until the day after you register with The Source. To register please go to http://source.seattleschools.org. Please select the Click Here to Register link and enter the requested information. When you register, you will need: ● A computer with internet access. All of our schools have a computer available for families without a home computer or who do not have internet access. Your neighborhood library or community center have computers available as well. ● Your name and relationship to each of your students. ● Your home telephone number. ● Each student’s full name. ● Each student’s 7 digit Seattle Schools student ID#. ● The school each student attends. ● Each student’s date of birth. ● A valid email address. NOTE: Your email address will be your username. If you do not have an email account, there are several online resources where you can get a free email account such as: www.gmail.com or www.hotmail.com. If you chose not to get a free email account, you can still register. Type in a username, and the system will automatically add @parent so you can still complete your registration. This will NOT be a valid email address, so you cannot use it to communicate with your child’s teachers, or reset your own password. If you have questions or need help registering, please email sourcesupport@seattleschools.org. More details about the migration of your school website to the new SPS system will be sent out soon. The login and password you create for The Source will grant you access to the new site. Sincerely, Kim Fox, Principal, Bryant Elementary Dan Golosman, Assistant Principal, Bryant Elementary Heather Brammer, President, Bryant Elementary PTSA The Source/Web Content Management System Team http://bryantes.seattleschools.org http://source.seattleschools.org http://seattleschools.org

August 16, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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Dear Parents and Guardians, Please find an updated staff contact list for the 2011-2012 school year in the School Forms section of our new website. Sincerely, Kim Fox, Principal, Bryant Elementary Dan Golosman, Assistant Principal, Bryant Elementary

August 22, 2011 | Contact: webteam@bryantschool.org, (206) 252-5200

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