Spending more time at home these days?  Why not fill your space with beautiful peonies and support the Hmong farmers of Pike Place Market and Montlake Elementary- ALL AT ONCE!  Each peony bouquet is $30.  Montlake Elementary will receive $10 for each bouquet sold.

Order by May 25th for pick up on May 29th.  Send your order to coxelisabeth@hotmail.com and direct any questions to courtneyawilliams@gmail.com

The Montlake Elementary PTA needs your help to virtually “Raise the Paddle” for Montlake Elementary and donate funds that are so critical to our neighborhood school.  Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the annual auction was cancelled and now the PTA needs to raise $94,000 more before the end of June in order to keep supporting Montlake at the current level.  That number is daunting, especially with so many facing economic hardships.  Please consider giving what you can.  The revenue from fundraising is critical in supporting fundamental programs like art, science, math and reading – as well as school counseling, tutoring and scholarships for enrichment. If these dollars are not raised, these things will be reduced or cut for the 2020-21 school year.

These are the staffing positions that the $185,000 PTA staffing grant will fund in 20-21.

• • Counselor (fully funded by PTA; 0.5 of a full-time salary).  We will not have a counselor without this money.

• • Art Teacher (Half is funded by PTA and half by the district to make up a full-time position.  Montlake’s art teacher, Jennifer Lundgren has won the Washington State Teacher of the Year and is a valued treasure to the school.

• • Library/Academic Interventionist/Tech Teacher (0.3 funded by PTA; combines with school funding for 0.8)

• • Elementary Assistant (0.3 funded by PTA; combines with school funding for 0.8)

• • Tutors (1.0 funded by PTA + school funding for 2.0 = 3 total)

Please don’t delay in your donations. While donations will be accepted through end of June, the PTA is hoping to reach their goal by May 15, so they can accurately forecast the budget for 20-21. To date, they have raised $27,750, 30% of the goal.

This is a hard request for the PTA to make as they know that many in our community are dealing with economic hardships – and many causes are vying for your attention and support at this challenging time. They thank you in advance for any support you can provide.

Good day and Happy New Year friends, families and neighbors of Montlake Elementary!

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The Montlake Community Club’s Turkey Trot happens because of our generous sponsors!  We are lucky to have partners who are excited to support our community.  This year we have broken a record with sponsorship – including over $5,000 in prizes.  You don’t have to be a runner or even be present to win, you can enter here today and the proceeds go to the University District Food Bank.  For every $10 donation, you get one entry into the raffle.  See all the prizes listed below!

Prizes:

• 1 Dinner at Café Lago for 10 Guests | Café Lago
• 4 Lasagne Dinners | Café Lago
• 2 Custom One Month Training Plan | Tyler Mangum, Endurance Coach
• 1 Night with Carla at Little Lago (apps, wine and pizza for up to 6) | Little Lago
• 1 $100 Gift Card for any Service, 1L Aveda Cherry Almond Shampoo & Conditioner, 250ML Body Wash, 250 ML Body Lotion | Glam & Tonics
• 1 $100 Gift Card for any Service, 1L Shampure Shampoo, 1L Conditioner, 1 250ML Body Wash, 1 250ML Body Lotion | Glam & Tonics
• 1 $100 Gift Card for any Service, 1L Rosemary Mint Shampoo, 1L Conditioner, 1 250ML Body Wash, 1 250ML Body Lotion | Glam & Tonics
• 1 Pop Funko Dolls Mystery Gift | Glam & Tonics
• 1 Hello Kitty Mystery Gift | Glam & Tonics
• 1 Yoga Kick-Start Package (one month unlimited yoga, hoodie, tank top, yoga towel & Manduka Eco Lite mat | Earth, Wind & Fire Yoga
• 3 One Month Unlimited Monthly Passes | Earth, Wind & Fire Yoga
• 2 Bike Tune Ups (Full Bike Adjustment and External Lube) | Montlake Bicycle Shop
• 2 One Day-Full Suspension Mountain Bike Rental | Montlake Bicycle Shop
• 2 One Day E-Bike Rental | Montlake Bicycle Shop
• 1 Bottle of Wine | Mont’s Market

 Thanks to all of these amazing sponsors for their support.

Signature Sponsors ($2,500 in cash or donation): Bad Cat Events | Café Lago | Glam & Tonics | Sound Community Bank | Wise Patient Internal Medicine

Premium Sponsors ($1,000 in cash or donations): Bushwick Real Estate Services | Earth, Wind, and Fire Yoga | Graham Construction | Tyler Mangum (Endurance Coach)

Turkey Trotter ($500 in cash or donations): Allen Murray CPA with Edward Jones | Little Lago | Maider & Knowles Real Estate | Montlake Bicycle Shop | Redfin | Stokes Lawrence | Montlake Market | Molly Moon’s

Valued Sponsor: HomeLight | Mont’s Market 

Please join your neighbors at a Montlake Elementary work party on Sunday, October 27th from 9-3. Come for an hour or stay for the day. Tools and coffee will be provided. Bring gloves if you have them (we can provide them if you don’t have them). We will be cleaning up the school grounds and getting the garden ready for winter. There is A LOT to do!

This is a great chance to get to know other families in the neighborhood, catch up with old friends, build community and make our neighborhood elementary school look sharp!  Kid participation is welcome and encouraged!

What will we be doing? We will weed throughout, put down compost and wood chips where needed and hopefully edge the sidewalks. Also, if anyone has an electric or gas lawn edger, please let me know if you would be willing to let us borrow it. I can pick it up if you are not able to attend the work party. It would be ideal to have two or three.

Questions? Email Sarah seandersen98@hotmail.com or text 206.972.5588.

Early bird registration is now open for the 4th annual Montlake Community Club Turkey Trot!

Thanks to our sponsors for their commitment to our community; Cafe Lago, Little Lago, Graham Construction, KHBB Law & Stokes Lawrence. We still need sponsors to help make this tradition possible. If you or your employer are interested in sponsoring please contact turkeytrot@montlake.net.

Please join us for our last Montlake Community Club board meeting of the 2018-2019 year on Tuesday, June 11 at the Boyer Children’s Clinic.  We will have special guests in attendance.  The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) will have a short presentation about segment 2 of the 23^rd Avenue Vision Zero Project.  They are in the design phase and would like to solicit community feedback.  This project will directly impact the business district of Montlake.  One proposed design element is an enhanced pedestrian crosswalk at and E. Lynn Street and 24^th Ave E.  You can read more about it here.

We will also have 3 of the 6 candidates running for District 3 City Council seat: Pat Murakami, Logan Bowers, and Ami Nguyen.  Orion Egan and Zachary DeWolf both have campaign kick-off events on the night of our meeting so can’t make it.  We have not heard back from Kshama Sawant’s campaign at this time.  We have prepared questions revolving around the SDOT projects (Vision Zero and traffic mitigation from the SR-520 project), public transit cuts that impact Montlake, and city oversight of the SR-520 project.

The meeting is held in the basement of the Boyer Children’s Clinic, which can be accessed via the parking garage on E. Howe Street. The city will have a small display set up starting at 6:30 and the meeting will start promptly at 7pm.  You can also purchase Montlake Gear before the meeting.

Online registration for the Montlake 5K Turkey Trot and Kids Run will end today at 5pm.  Runners can still sign up on the day of the race, but prices increase to $40 (5K) and $20 (kids run).

Also- don’t forget that runners and non-runners alike can still donate to the University Food Bank.  Anyone that donates $10 will be entered to win a raffle for Cafe Lago gift certificates and you don’t need to be present to win.  Every $10 donated gets an entry.

Register and donate here

And, if you aren’t running- come cheer runners on and be part of the fun!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!