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Montlake PTA Spring Auction – now LIVE!

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The Montlake PTA Spring Auction is LIVE – your chance to win some incredible items while supporting your neighborhood elementary school! 

The Montlake PTA’s Homecoming Spring Fundraiser Auction is LIVE and open to everyone! We hope you’ll consider bidding on some incredible items that will support your neighborhood school at the same time! Items include a 7 night trip to Hawaii, a 7 night stay in Cabo, incredible vacation rentals (including Whidbey Island, Mt. Baker, and Whistler!), fun activities, tickets to sporting events, and gift cards to restaurants around the city! There are SO many incredible items – check it out today! 

We also have a very exciting auction item up for grabs that we think the community will love – a behind the scenes tour of the NEW Montlake Elementary with Principal Pearson and project manager Paul Wright on May 23rd.Check that out here (note that a buy-in means you buy a spot and it’s yours! No bidding required!)

Auction bidding alone will not get us to our $120K goal. Please consider donating directly to support Montlake Elementary. 10% of the funds raised also go to our equity fund, which supports neighboring schools like Lowell Elementary who are not able to fundraise for themselves.  

Thank you for supporting Montlake Elementary, and happy bidding!  

LAST CALL for Tickets (ticket sales close TONIGHT – May 24 11:59pm!): Join the Montlake Elementary PTA Community Celebration – this Friday, March 28

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LAST CALL FOR TICKETS: Join the Montlake Elementary PTA Community Celebration this Friday, March 28, at St. Demetrios Greek Church!

Have you been waiting to grab your tickets to our Montlake Elementary Spring Auction kickoff event? Now’s the time – ticket sales close TONIGHT at 11:59pm! Get your tickets here!

Join us at our auction kickoff party as we celebrate the start of our spring auction with dinner, drinks and socializing, as well as updates on our neighborhood school. 

Want to come but don’t have a babysitter? You’re in luck! We’ve partnered with Kids Club to offer FREE childcare from 6-9PM! Get all the details and grab your tickets today!

Get your raffle tickets, too! When you buy your event tickets, you’ll also have the chance to buy raffle tickets for local restaurant gift cards! Please check these out as they are great opportunities to support our local restaurants AND support our school. Gift cards include Agua Verde Cafe, Carello’s Restaurant, Daniel’s Broiler, and PCC. Ticket sales will end at 8PM on Friday, March 28. You don’t have to be present at the kickoff party to win, but we hope you will be!

Thanks for supporting Montlake! We appreciate you, and look forward to seeing you there!

–Montlake Elementary PTA

Montlake Elementary School PTA hosting a community celebration on Friday, March 28 @St Demetrios Greek Church

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Join the Montlake PTA for a Montlake Elementary Celebration on March 28! 

The Montlake PTA is excited to host a community celebration to kick off our spring auction and fundraiser on March 28 at the St. Demetrios Greek Church, 6-9PM. We are calling this our “homecoming” as we prepare to return to our beautifully renovated school in Montlake, while celebrating the past and building towards the future! We hope you’ll join us for a night of fun, food, and community.  

Review our FAQs and buy tickets here. We hope you can join us!

Please email fundrasing@montlakepta.org if you have any questions not answered in our FAQs. 

Note: While this event is adults only, we are partnering with Kids Club at Stevens Elementary to provide childcare! 

Support Montlake Elementary and get in the holiday spirit with the PTA Evergreen Sale – Now through Nov. 26th!

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Support your neighborhood elementary school and get in the holiday spirit by ordering trees, wreaths, greenery and candles from the Montlake Elementary PTA! Pick up items Saturday, December 2nd at Montlake Playfield. Sale is open November 8 – November 26!

Order here: https://www.memberplanet.com/s/montlakecommunitypta/2023holiday

On sale this year:

  • Holiday Trees – in both Noble and Douglas, 4ft – 7ft
  • Door Wreaths:  22″ and 26″ Noble Fir
  • Door Swag:  28″ Noble Fir
  • Cedar Garland:  25′ and 75′
  • Holiday candles:  Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and more

Order: Wednesday, November 8 – Sunday, November 26
Pick up: Saturday, December 2nd @ 10:00am-noon at the Montlake Playfield

We’ll also be having a bake sale and hot drinks available at pickup, so stop by and say hello!

All proceeds from the sale will go to the PTA, which directly supports students at Montlake Elementary.

Questions? Reach out to evergreens@montlakepta.org

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Traffic Calming For Montlake? Your Input Needed

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IMG_2726Traffic Calming is being explored for Montlake, and not just for our main street—24th Ave East. It’s equally important for safety and livability on all the streets of our neighborhood.

Developed in Europe in the 70’s, traffic calming is a system of street design strategies aimed to balance movement of traffic with other human interests, like walking, playing, shopping, working—you know, life. Over the years, a number of calming measures have been added to our neighborhood side streets. When you take a walk around Montlake, you can find traffic circles, speed bumps and cushions, pedestrian-controlled crossing lights, marked crosswalks, roadway striping and painting, curb bulbs and good old signage. In other Seattle neighborhoods you can also see chicanes, raised crosswalks, textured “rumble strips,” diverters, and chokers. Some have calmed traffic; some, not so much.

Now to Montlake comes even more traffic on 24th Ave E. and seemingly endless Hwy. 520 construction. We’re feeling spill-over headaches as impatient drivers look for shortcuts and faster routes along our residential streets. It sure seems like we need more of the traffic calming methods in additional locations. Jim Curtin, SDOT’s Senior Traffic Planner & leader of Seattle’s Vision Zero road safety initiative knows the whole traffic calming toolbox—and he’s not afraid to use those tools if doing so makes life safer and more pleasant on our streets—all our streets.

At the November MCC Board Meeting, Curtin explained that SDOT is still evaluating “a slew of options” for the 23rd /24th Traffic Corridor Improvement Project Phase 3. He stressed that entire “neighborhood traffic calming is a priority, no matter what design is ultimately selected” for 24th Ave E. The other day, he reiterated this whole-neighborhood concern after reviewing reader responses to the November 23, 2016 Flyer article. All along, Jim has also said that for the best solutions to be found, SDOT planners need to learn from the community about specific problems in particular locations. Your observations and experiences can then be crafted into accounts to share with SDOT decision makers. Bottom line: The better SDOT’s understanding of particulars, the more likely their fixes will work for us.

So, Montlakers, let’s do our part. We can start by naming specific neighborhood locations and the particular traffic problems observed and experienced there. Write these in the comment section following this article or send them to the Montlake Community Club Board (Board@montlake.net). Montlake Community meetings on Phase 3 will also be coming up in early 2017. Attend those meetings to be informed and to offer your specifics and particulars there. Let’s give SDOT the information they need to provide us with workable traffic calming solutions to our Montlake street safety and livability issues.

Want to know more about Traffic Calming? Here are some online resources:

Homeless Camping Approved In Seattle Parks?

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Montlake proposed camping areas

Montlake proposed camping areas, click for full map showing all proposed parks in Seattle

On Friday, October 14th at 9:30am, the Seattle City Council is meeting to consider the ordinance that would permit camping on 167 miles of sidewalks and nearly 5,200 acres of Seattle parks and greenbelts. King5 and Seattle Times have shared maps prepared by the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) and Seattle Parks and Recreation that present the parks and sidewalks that could be used by homeless campers if the ordinance is approved.

Many parks in Seattle would be approved locations, such as Greenlake, Discovery and Lincoln Park. Approved locations in and around Montlake include:

  • Arboretum
  • Montlake Park
  • East Montlake Park
  • West Montlake Park (Sidewalks)
  • Marsh Island
  • Foster Island
  • Interlaken

Proposed sidewalks in & around Montlake

Proposed sidewalks in & around Montlake – Click for Full City Map

Full text of the proposal may be found here.

If you have feedback, questions, or concerns about this proposal, contact the Seattle City Council & Mayor Murray (contact information below) before the vote on Friday, October 14th.

Additionally, an online petition opposing this ordinance was created on October 9th.

Contact Information:

Ed Murray
206-684-4000
http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/get-involved/contact-the-mayor

Sally Bagshaw
206-684-8801
sally.bagshaw@seattle.gov

Tim Burgess
206-684-8806
tim.burgess@seattle.gov

Lorena Gonzales
206-684-8802
lorena.gonzalez@seattle.gov

Bruce Harrell
206-684-8804
bruce.harrell@seattle.gov

Lisa Herbold
206-684-8803
lisa.herbold@seattle.gov

Rob Johnson
206-684-8808
rob.johnson@seattle.gov

Debora Juarez
206-684-8805
debora.juarez@seattle.gov

Mike O’Brien
206-684-8800
mike.obrien@seattle.gov

Kshama Sawant
206-684-8016
kshama.sawant@seattle.gov

Mark your calendars for the Boyer Children’s Clinic| Magnuson Park Grand Opening!

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boyerBoyer Children’s Clinic is thrilled to announce the opening of a second location in the Magnuson Park neighborhood! Families are invited to celebrate on Thursday, July 14th from 5:30-7pm for a fun afternoon including:

  • Welcome remarks by Mayor Ed Murray
  • Tours of the New Office Space
  • Fun Children’s Activities, including exclusive use of Arena Sports’ Inflatable Playground for our guests
  • Musical performance by the “Not-Its!”
  • Complimentary Popsicle Cart
  • On-Site Food for Purchase

This milestone in Boyer’s long history would not be possible without the time, energy and philanthropic support of many incredible individuals, private foundations and corporations.

Join Boyer to tour the new space, as well as celebrate the summer with Boyer staff, families and community supporters! If you have questions, please email specialevents@boyercc.org

Address:
7821 62nd Ave NE #202
Seattle, WA 98115

Register Today for Boyer Children’s Clinic’s Summer 3-5 Program!

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20110207_boyer_312Looking for a fun and creative summer program for your child? Check out Boyer’s Summer 3-5 Preschool Program!

Children will participate in activities such as art, music, problem-solving/listening activities, and playtime in the gym. The Preschool will meet for 2.5 hours four times a week. This year we’re offering five individual week sessions, running from July 11 – August 11. Cost is $200/week, and parents are welcome to sign up for one or multiple sessions.

Space is limited! If you are interested in having your 3-5 year old participate, please contact Denise Swanson at 206-325-8477 or denise.swanson@boyercc.org.

Montlake Community Center Spring Egg Hunt

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Easter-egg-huntCelebrate the coming of spring with an egg hunt. Be sure to bring your bag or basket and make sure you are early because the hunt starts right at 10am ! Parents can visit with friends and family at our coffee and pastries table. Meet in the community center multi-purpose room before the hunt.

When: Saturday, March 26th 2016 (Rain or Shine!)

Time: 10 a.m. SHARP!  Ages 12 & under

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