Category Archives: Schools

Garden work party this Saturday at Viewlands School

Please join Community Volunteers, the Broadview Garden Club and new school families tidy up the grounds prior near the entry and interior courtyard prior to the school’s re-opening this fall. We will be doing some weeding and spreading mulch. Many hands make light work! Day/time: Saturday August 27, 9am to 12:00 Meet us near the…

Mayor Mike McGinn Is Our September Meeting Speaker and the Families & Education Levy is our Focus…

Be sure to attend the Tuesday, September 20, meeting of the Broadview Community Council to hear our Mayor talk about the successes experienced through the current Families & Education Levy. Not only does this funding assist with academic programs for low income students but also it provides school-based health clinics, early learning programs, and college…

Seattle Public Schools to introduce neighborhood-based transportation zones this fall

News Release From Seattle Public Schools For Immediate Release:  Tuesday, August 23, 2011 Contact:  Teresa Wippel, Communications, (206) 252-0203 Starting this fall, Seattle Public Schools elementary and K-8 students attending their neighborhood school will have shorter bus rides, thanks to new transportation zones approved by the Seattle School Board earlier this year.  The goal behind these…

Broadview Viewlands School Up-Coming Events

August 18th  4-7pm   Community Tour of Viewlands August 27th  9-12pm  School Beautification Party September 1st  4-6pm  Meet Your Teacher/Find Your Room September 3rd  10-1pm  School Beautification Party September 7th  9:30 – 3:35pm  First Day of School  Kindergartners with last names beginning with A-L, all 1st -5th graders September 8th  9:30 – 3:35pm  Kindergartners with last…

Broadview Community Council Sponsors “Meet and Greet” for Viewlands Elementary Reopening…

  Over one hundred community parents, children, and preschool directors visited our sponsored event welcoming the new Principal, Lisa Escobar, her community Design Team members, and her newly hired teachers and staff members at the Luther Memorial Church’s Fellowship Room on Thursday, June 30. Our Community Council holds all of its meetings at this venue…

Carkeek’s EarthKeepers Summer Day Camp – 2011

EarthKeepers Camp Returning to Carkeek Park this Summer! EarthKeepers is a environmentally-based summer day camp for exploring, learning and playing outdoors.  It offers activities for children ages 6 to 12 to foster friendship, learning, creativity and leadership. Who Are  EarthKeeper’s Educators? EarthKeeper Educators have backgrounds in the natural sciences and/or environmental education, as well as experience…

Viewlands Elementary School

New windows Have you heard the news?  Viewlands Elementary School is opening this fall for grades K-5!  If you have driven by the school, you know that the school has been an active construction site.  Viewlands is being completely renovated inside and out.  A design team for the school has been meeting and planning for…

Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez

Laissez les bon temps roulez – that’s how to say “let the good times roll” New Orleans-style, and we are ready to roll at our annual auction – and biggest fundraiser – on Saturday, May 21. The event takes place at Bitter Lake Community Center from 5:30-11:00 PM.  A wide range of auction items are…

Home invasion Burglary shots fired on 135th and 3rd Avenue NW

On March 25th at approximately 11:53 a.m. officers responded to 911 calls of a male subject armed with a rifle firing numerous rounds at another subject in the middle of the street in the 13500 block of 3rd Avenue NW. Broadview Blog

Broadview Viewlands School has a New Principal.

Dear families and students of Viewlands Elementary School, It is with great enthusiasm that I write my first letter to you.  I am very excited about being your principal and I look forward to working with you to create a wonderful learning community that reflects your hopes, dreams and expectations for your child’s educational experience….