The Grand Ridge garden has been neglected since Covid and we need your help to get it back in shape! Bring your gardening gloves, shovels, and weeding tools! If you don’t have any, no worries, we have a few extra shovels and gloves in the shed!

Join us for a garden work party!

Saturday, April 2

9:00am-12:00pm (Drop in anytime)

Questions?  Email grptsavolunteers@gmail.com

The Grizzly Gear store is open March 25-April 9!

All orders will be delivered to the school in late April, and then be distributed to the classrooms or available for pickup for incoming Kindergarteners.

Yearbook orders are due this month! Every year we receive many requests for extras and we don't often have enough. To ensure your student(s) receive a yearbook this year, place your order here. Please note that if you've already ordered one for your student, you won't see the form available for them. Reach out to grptsa@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Grad Signs are $15 each and can be personalized with the name of your student. Place your order by April 30. We are unable to support orders after this date. Signs will be available for pick up in late May/early June. Details will be communicated closer to that time. 

If the cost is prohibitive for your family, please email about scholarships for yearbooks and/or grad signs to GrandRidgeResources@gmail.com.

Join your students on the the playground for Parent Playground! Dads, and other special guests, are invited to join us for Lunch Recess the first Friday of the month. Sign up for any one or more 20-minute time slots for April 1, May 6, and June 3. Volunteers will sign in at the PTSA-sponsored check-in table at the front of the school. You must have a valid Volunteer clearance on file to come on campus. One you have been cleared, you will receive a Visitor's Badge and be invited to our playground to PLAY, PLAY, PLAY!!!

SIGN UP HERE!

Thank you to all who donated earlier this year to provide snacks for staff. We have transitioned to providing monthly appreciation events, hosted by grade levels. Thank you to the grade level families who so generously donated their time and money towards fun events for our staff!

Staff Appreciation Week is the first week of May. If you would like to help with planning for that week, please email grptsa@gmail.com.

The Grand Ridge Paper Quilt Collaboration project has made its way back to the school and is now hanging across from the kiln room on the first floor. Over 600 paper quilt squares are brightening the hallway. Encourage your kids to stop by and see how much more beautiful each small piece becomes when it’s working together with others.

THANK YOU to everyone who had a hand in making this happen!

The Issaquah Special Education PTSA is being formed to support students, families, and educators across the Issaquah School District. We plan to offer district-wide parent training, resource-sharing, education, and support to families whose students are served in the special education programs, have 504 accommodation plans, or who have a suspected disability. Our group will provide strong advocacy, timely communication about important issues, and fun community-building opportunities.

Interested in learning more? Join the Discord Discussion Group.

Is your student making independent, informed choices? Improving conversations can help because they are the building blocks within a family to share ideas, sharpen our edges, build trust, problem-solve, gather information, argue our point, and share our stories.  Learn strategies to strengthen communication and develop and fine-tune your child’s decision-making skills.

April 5, 2022 - 7pm

Register on Eventbrite 

Grand Ridge PTSA has recently been recognized by Washington State PTA as a Gold Membership Growth Award recipient! PTAs are presented with this award for enrolling at least 10% more members this year than all of last year. That means our PTA is growing! Thank you to everyone who has become a member so far this year: YOU are the reason our PTSA achieved this award! If you haven’t yet signed up for a 2021-2022 PTSA membership, please consider joining today! By doing so, you are demonstrating your support for our PTSA and all it does for Grand Ridge.

Mrs. Maureen Bacon has been with Grand Ridge since it opened in the Fall of 2006. She teaches 3rd Grade.

Tell us a little about your life before coming to Grand Ridge: Was born in San Diego, California and is the oldest of three children. Grew up in Skagit County where she enjoyed being outside playing sports, hiking, biking and swimming in the great Pacific Northwest. Played volleyball and softball in college. Attended Shoreline Community College, Western Washington University and Lesley University. Has an Earth Science degree and a Master’s in Educational Technology. Has been teaching since 1998. Has taught High School Science and 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. Currently lives in Snoqualmie, with her husband Matt, daughter Sadie, sons Trent and Devon, dog Bailey and cat Zeke. Currently teaches third grade and coaches volleyball at Issaquah High School.

Favorite children's book: "Strega Nona  " by Tomie dePaola

Favorite food: Mexican Food

Favorite weekend activity: Watching sports or hiking

Best thing about working at Grand Ridge: The students and their families! I enjoy watching students grow up and move through the grades. It has been fun to have multiple kids from a family too!

What one piece of advice would you give to Grand Ridge students? Always try your best!

Mr. Brent Mangum is new to Grand Ridge this year. He teachers 3rd Grade.

Tell us a little about your life before coming to Grand Ridge: I have a long history of teaching and science before coming to Grand Ridge. I used to be a chemist and a microbiologist before officially switching careers. When I was a kid I was into wrestling, especially where I grew up in Tigard Oregon. 

Favorite children's book: "The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Favorite food: Dim Sum

Favorite weekend activity: Trail running

Best thing about working at Grand Ridge: The families. Everyone here is so generous!

What one piece of advice would you give to Grand Ridge students? Give everything you try an open mind – you never know what you might fall in love with!

Just a reminder that the office has a confidential email: GrandRidgeResources@gmail.com that any student or family member is encouraged to use if they need some additional resources at a time when they don’t have additional money. Don’t hesitate to reach out if there is a need – from an outdoor jacket to supplies for school, a birthday gift to rain boots, a yearbook to Grizzly Gear. Privacy of any requests will be respected.

The Lost & Found fills up quickly. If your student is missing something, please direct them to check the Lost & Found. The Lost & Found will also be made available at Grand Central on Wednesday afternoons for families to check. Unclaimed items will be donated in June!