Space Between is a longtime partner of the Muir PTA and work to ensure all students are well and whole through practicing mindfulness. On Saturday, June 17th, they will host a free yoga class at Seward park and families and individuals of all ages are invited. Details below.

Join us for the most exciting event of the year, the Multicultural Night Festival and Potluck!  This year's event will be on Wednesday, June 14th on the John Muir playground from 4-7PM.  Our community represents a beautiful tapestry of cultures from around the world.  This is an opportunity for us to come together and experience the various cultural cuisines, music, fashion and so much more.

This event will be a community potluck and we welcome you to bring a dish from your culture to share. You can let us know what dish you're planning to make here.  We're also calling for volunteers to help make the event run smoothly.  If you're able, please sign up for a volunteer shift.

Agenda will include voting in next year’s executive committee, review and approval of the 2023-2024 PTA budget, discussion around advocacy and some time to connect with the rest of your PTA community! We’d love to see you in person (all are welcome, even just to check things out), but if that doesn’t work…

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Please join us in the library from 7-8:30pm, and if you can’t make it in person, here are the details for Zoom:

Topic: Muir PTA Working Meeting

Agenda includes: board nominations, special project updates, budget presentation, conversation around fundraising, aftercare, and advocacy!

Time: May 9, 2023 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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On Wednesday, April 26 we will hold our second community meeting and all our Muir families and staff are invited! Dinner will be served at 5:30 and the program will begin at 5:45.

Join to learn about:

• Upcoming renovations to the John Muir building

• How parents and caregivers can better navigate the special education system in Seattle Public Schools

• Support for anti-bullying week at Muir!

 If you can’t make it in person, please consider joining us via Zoom:

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Childcare and interpretation will be provided! If you have questions, don’t hesitate to email us at info@themuirpta.org.

Meet us in the Muir library to help with the important business of supporting our students and staff. We don’t currently provide childcare during these meetings, but you are welcome to bring your children.

April topics include 2023-24 board positions, advocacy, & fundraising. Attend in-person (Muir library) or by zoom (passcode 099994).

On Wednesday, March 29th at 7 pm, John Muir PTA invites you for a Ramadan Community Celebration & Iftar, a dinner to break the fast together at sunset. Join us to learn about this important tradition of our Muslim community. Learn about the meaning and traditions behind Ramadan and how the wider community can support Muslim friends and family during this holiday. Dinner and child care provided. Please arrive at 6:45 pm; Program starts at 7 pm and sunset dinner is at 7:34 pm.

Our monthly community coffee & treats, this is a chance to connect with the PTA, hear more about the PTA, express ideas for the PTA, and yes consider joining the PTA!

WHERE: John Muir Cafeteria

WHEN: 7:55 - 9am

WHO: You!

Stay for five minutes or for 50 - we would love to meet you!

*PLEASE NOTE: this is not a PTA sponsored event - The Space Between is a partner organization that provides programming to Muir Students.

Being a parent/caregiver is wonderful and can also be extremely stressful, especially when combined with the many demands on our shoulders each day, our feelings about the past, and our worries about the future. Mindfulness is a set of tools that bring us into the present moment and enables us to cope with stress, respond with compassion, and stay connected to our children and our partners. 

Join us for an engaging session for both youth and adults where we will learn mindfulness practices for every day use in families with proven tools for awareness and connection. This session will include creative breathing, mindful movement and other practices that parents/caregivers and children can do together, and will also include information for adults about how mindfulness may support them in their role of raising families. Join us for:

• Proven Mindfulness tools

• Connecting with family, community and children

• Simple practices that may be used daily

Past participants have said:

I love your use of story. I always feel that part of Space Between's strength is in the use of relatable, "real-person" stories to teach. I love "compassion and curiosity."

I feel like you are highlighting that this isn’t about being the perfect, zen parents. It’s about having tools so that I have more choice during stressful moments, more awareness in the beautiful, fleeting moments, and more compassion for myself in the difficult times.

This is an annual tradition as part of this joint fundraising partnership with the SE Seattle Schools Fundraising Alliance that John Muir looks forward to each year, which you can learn more about here.
*Students using wheelchairs and other necessary mobility devices are invited to join in the fun; bikes, scooters, skateboards, and roller skates need to stay at home!

Come watch and cheer your Muir student on!

8:10-8:50am | 5th grade

9:00-9:40am | 2nd grade

9:45-10:25am | 3rd and 4th grade

10:25-12:35 | Break for lunch/recess

12:35-1:15pm | Kindergarten & 1st grade

Volunteer at the Move & Groove!
The Move-a-Thon committee is seeking volunteers to help make this special event awesome for students and families! If you can help set up before school or during the day with various tasks, please contact complete our volunteer sign-up form.

Sponsor John Muir Students to GET MOVING!
Invite friends and family to sponsor our John Muir students as they GET MOVING! Online donations can be accepted through this site; checks payable to Alliance for Education with SESSFA on the memo line can be accepted at the John Muir Move-a-Thon Move & Groove event on Friday, March 17.

The Move-a-Thon starts on March 6th and we are kicking it off with a Spirit Rally at dropoff. Enjoy the energy and celebration of movement with ASB, link crew and cheerleaders from Franklin High School; guests from The Good Foot Arts Collective; music and a spirit tunnel!

*Students may choose to participate in the tunnel or enjoy a more calm entry to the playground from the other gate.

This is a chance to connect within the John Muir community. Join for coffee, tea and treats - all in the cafeteria after the bell!

Unique to this month’s PTA Cafe we are also excited to welcome prospective new parents and caretakers to join for a school tour. If you are a prospective parent or caretaker, please meet in the front office at 8am.

Join the PTA working meeting. This meeting is open to members and prospective members. If you are interested, please complete this quick form and someone will follow up with you.

Meetings are held at John Muir Elementary in the library unless otherwise noted.