SES PTSA

𝐍𝐄𝐖! 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐄𝐒:
https://www.journeytosteam.com/after-school

𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰! 𝐃𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐄𝐒: 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐳𝐚 𝐂𝐨𝐲𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐚́𝐧 - 𝐖𝐞𝐝. 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟕
Join us at Plaza Coyoacán on December 17th from 3pm-8pm and support SES! This charming, family-owned gem is just around the corner from Sunnyside and brings the vibrant flavors of Coyoacán, Mexico City 🇲🇽 straight to your plate. They’ll be donating 10% of all sales to SES, so come enjoy great food, drinks, and hang out with our amazing community. See you there!
Address: 3433 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Dine-in or Take-out.

𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 & 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 - 𝐉𝐚𝐧. 𝟐𝟐, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
Join us Thursday, January 22nd from 5:30-7:30 PM for our long-cherished tradition, the SES Riparian Festival. We gather in community to celebrate our 3rd-8th grade students' work - from 3-5 storylines, writing and artwork, to 6-8 projects based on their thematic years (forests, rivers, oceans and mountains), the Riparian Festival will have activities for all ages. Classrooms are open for touring so you can see what the students have been learning. Even if you don’t have a student in 3rd-8th, it is worth checking out what is to come.

In addition there will be a wonderful homemade lasagna dinner in the cafeteria (BRING YOUR OWN MESS KIT TO REDUCE WASTE! Dinner is free to all, suggested $5 donation.). Treats and sweets also provided. We will finish up the evening with a full school sing-along in the auditorium at 7:15pm led by our very own SES staff musicians. It is a wonderful, warm night intended to bring our community together in fellowship around our school’s unique curriculum and mission.

We are asking volunteers to donate lasagna and baked goods for the dinner that night, and people to help serve it up and then clean up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050E49ABA729AAF94-60982804-2026 #/

If you can help out either by donating a lasagna or your time, please sign up.

2026 Riparian Festival Riparian zones — transition areas between bodies of water and land — are rich ecosystems that benefit all of nature. Join us Thursday, January 22nd from 5:30-7:30 PM for our long-cherished tradition, the SES Riparian Festival. We gather in community to celebrate our students' work - from 3rd-5th...

𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬: 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 🏀
Our winter afterschool enrichment classes—running January through March—are filling quickly, but there’s still time to sign up! If your student is interested, we encourage you to register soon to secure a spot.
This season’s lineup includes:

• Adventures in Spanish (1st-4th) – playful, immersive language learning
• Electronic Music Club (2nd-5th) – beat-making and sound exploration
• Experiment PDX Lego Robotics (1st-5th) – hands-on engineering with LEGO robotics
• Journey to STEAM: Scratch Coding (2nd-5th) – creative coding projects
• Reign Basketball (k-6th) – skills, drills, and teamwork
• Yoga Playgrounds (k-3rd) – fun, strength-building yoga and mindful movement

Full program details and registration links are available on the SES PTSA website:
👉 https://www.sesptsa.org/after-school-activities/

𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 - 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐃𝐞𝐜. 𝟏𝟐
The Winter Craft Fair is on! December 12th, 4 pm-6pm, and it's sure to be a blast! There will be over 70 crafty participants, a great community supported raffle from companies like Everett House, One with Heart, Hazelwood Clay, The Hangout, Porch Light, Echo Theater, etc., and a bake sale!

Sign up here to volunteer, we will need plenty of support to make this event run smoothly to support these creative kiddos!
https://www.konstella.com/app/school/64de1c5c47fc49a617ad00ed/signups/69152b57f6ba04cdc04f8930

It's Giving Tuesday! 🌻
https://sesptsa.square.site/

This Thursday at SES!

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 - 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐜 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡!
Does an Early Release Day really mess with your work/life schedule? Need something for your younger kids to do? WE GOT YOU! Support our Middle School students and their fundraising efforts for Marine Biology Trips, by registering your K-4th grader for this special Early Release Edition of Parents’ Night Out.

8th graders will pick your kid up from their classroom right before early release dismissal, and spend the afternoon playing games, eating snacks, and making crafts! Secure that much-needed child care assist while supporting our middle schoolers service and fundraising efforts.

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝(𝐬) 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScEjsDUTQH9z3gvD_JuyoCtWdPSS6xxo_yWcDu9lLU5d0T_aA/viewform

𝐏𝐚𝐲 $𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐢𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞:
https://pps.schoolpay.com/pay/for/Go-Fund-Donation/SJ1chw

Deadline to sign up is December 8. Space is limited to 40 kids, current SES K-4th graders only, please. (If you have a younger sibling who is a future Kindergartener, older than 4yo, and has an older sibling attending this event, you may also register your 4-5yos.)

Pick up is promptly at 3:15 p.m.

Location: SES Auditorium
Organizer: Laura Heit

𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐠 𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫!
Start saving those aluminum cans, SES! We are expanding our efforts to participate in the blue bag can recycling program to raise funds for our middle school trips (the SES Go Fund). This is an easy way to raise up to thousands of dollars a year for our students – if we have widespread school participation.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞?
Pick up a pre-labeled blue bag with our unique QR code from the office, at the Friday afternoon 8th grade fundraising sales, or at most Sunnyside community events from here on out.
Fill each bag until full!

𝐃𝐫𝐨𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐠 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐩-𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. Stations closest to Sunnyside are the New Seasons on Hawthorne/41st, Safeway on Hawthorne or Cesar Chavez, Fred Myers on Hawthorne, or the Trader Joe’s on Cesar Chavez. Or find your closest redemption center here.

Anyone can participate as long as they have a bag with an SES QR code on it – so, enlist neighbors, family members, and others to participate!

Have questions? Contact Ana Araujo (parent volunteer) via Konstella.

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞’𝐬 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲!
Earlier this year Gillian shared a fundraiser to get new books into the library that got a little lost in the shuffle of back-to-school asks. It is open until the end of the year, and currently only 33% of the way to its goal. Please consider donating so Gillian can fill the Sunnyside library! Donate here:

Titlewish: Sunnyside Environmental School Questions about Sunnyside Environmental SchoolGillian Grimm, Library Media Specialist5039166226 ext 76212 email: [email protected] · https://www.pps.net/sunnyside

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐘 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐮𝐩 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐡!
TODAY is the last day to sign up for the Winter Craft Fair:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctRRwdFAdtJ7o8nTRXgMnhAfyaUS1WNhwBwf2pbdPYsDHD0g/viewform

The event will take place December 12th 4-6pm, and it's sure to be a blast! There will be over 70 crafty participants, a great community supported raffle from companies like Everett House, One with Heart, Hazelwood Clay, The Hangout, Porch Light, Echo Theater etc., and a bake sale!