Wednesday, January 27 at 7:00 pm

Join us at our next virtual Membership Meeting where we will elect our Nominating Committee and provide an update on our programs, including new things we are trying and adaptions to some of our favorites.

Agenda
Draft meeting minutes from 18 November 2020 GMM
January 2021 Treasurer's report
Dec 2020 Fund balances
January 2021 GMM board reports 

Following our brief meeting, we will be hosting a parent education event:

Navigating Screen Time: What We Know & What to Consider in Making Thoughtful Choices

Join Michelle Brode from Youth Eastside Services (YES) for a timely discussion around finding balance in the digital world in which we all live.

Look for the Zoom link in our next Kang Crier or on our website calendar closer to January 27.

All are welcome – hope you can join us!

Denise Campbell
LWHS PTSA President

We all are dependent on our technology now for so much of our daily lives. But, when is our use of tech helpful and when is it becoming a problem. Our PTSA, in coordination with LWHS, is launching a campaign to help all of us find balance in a digital world and learn strategies to keep us on track.

What: In coordination with National Day of Unplugging, Eyes UP, LW! is our local awareness campaign that promotes increased knowledge around digital wellbeing and a challenge to reduce our technology or social media consumption culminating with a 24 hour respite. Observed the first weekend in March, this movement is intended to inspire healthy life/tech balance.

Mission: Increase awareness of technology use and resulting emotional wellbeing and create a movement of collective presence to illuminate our relationship with technology and pledge to elevate personal connections and whatever lights up your life!

Activities:

• Weekly Tech Tip Tuesday messages and Wednesday Digital Wellness call to action. Follow us on Insta @lwhsptsa and Facebook and find our weekly tips on this page.
• Join our Chapter Club of book Parenting in the Screen Age to discuss ways to help us navigate screen time challenges with our teens. Sign Up Here
• Pledge to try some of the highlighted tips/ideas and encourage your students to participate too!
• Mark your calendar for Friday/Saturday March 5^th- 6^th (sun down to sun down) to take part in the 24 hour respite (or at least reduce your use!)

PTSA (Parent-Teacher-Student-Association) is a non-profit organization of parents, teachers, students, and community members who work for the health, welfare, safety, education, care, and protection of children. We are part of an association that is organized at the local, state, and national levels.

Please join our Lake Washington High School PTSA!

Become part of a team that makes a significant difference for LWHS students, teachers & staff.
Make your voice heard by joining the largest child advocacy organization in our state, Washington State PTA. Gain access to the LWHS online student directory and receive discounts to FedEx Office, Great Wolf Lodge, Wild Waves and more. Get to vote on key decisions that guide our PTSA, including budget, programs, grants and officer elections.

Wondering what LWHS PTSA does for LWHS? Watch our video here!

Click here for a printable membership form or click the Join button below to join online.  

Due to the COVID situation, the SAT and ACT practice tests will be conducted “online only”.

SAT - Feb 6th, Strategy Session: Feb 9th
ACT - Feb 13th, Strategy Session: Feb 16th

These practice tests are offered by Princeton Review and are taken from original SAT/ACT tests from past years. They are a great way for your student to get comfortable with the format and style of the SAT or ACT. A strategy session by Princeton Review provides tips and tricks for better performance in the actual test.

Don’t miss this opportunity. Take the test for Free! Register before October 6th!

Click here for additional information and click here for registration instructions.

Questions? Email satactpractice@lwhsptsa.org

At the November 18, 2020 General Membership meeting, LWHS PTSA membership approved updates to the standing rules. PTSA members can find them on our website under the "About Us" tab. LWHS Racial Equity team members CJ Green (President) and Bethany Shoda (VP) joined us to share their mission and equity plan and present an update on their work so far. More info on the LWHS Racial Equity team is available here.

Guest speaker Lindsay McMeins, EvergreenHealth Social Worker at LWHS, presented "Student Mental Health in the Remote Learning Environment" after the meeting. The slides from this presentation are now available here.

Our FREE LWHS PTSA Virtual College Application Workshop sessions have ended for the year. But, trained tutors may still be available to help students with application questions and essays/personal statements. Please email info@lwhsptsa.org to inquire.

Other resources we recommend for College Application/Essay Support:

• Find Your Fit program offered by Lake Washington Schools Foundation https://www.lwsf.org/findyourfit.html
• Ethan Sawyer: https://www.collegeessayguy.com/