PTA Programs + events
Below is a calendar listing and details about PTA programs and related events. We hope to see you at one of our upcoming events. For the most up-to-date information, we invite you to subscribe to our email newsletter.
We also have a Cultural Events Calendar that we will add upcoming community and cultural events to as they are shared with us. If you have an event you would like to share with the community, please reach out to our Communications Chair (comms@tc-pta.org)
2022-23 Calendar of Events
September 2022
Sept 10 - Mid Autumn Festival
Sept 14, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Sept 15 - Oct 15 - Latinx Heritage Month - SPS Resources
Sept 15, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Sept 22 - TC Community Meeting (online) - Meeting Materials
Sept 28, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
October 2022
Thru Oct 15 - Latinx Heritage Month - SPS Resources
Oct - Filipino American History Month - SPS Resource & FANHS
Oct - Disability History Awareness Month - WA State Law & SSE PTSA Resource
Oct 3, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Oct 8, 10am-12pm - TC Community Playdate @ TC Playground
Oct 10 - Indigenous Peoples' Day - SPS Resources
Oct 12, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Oct 18, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Oct 19, 7-8:30pm - Inclusive Education Benefits All of Us: So Why Aren't We Doing It? - hosted by SCPTSA & Seattle Special Education PTSA
Oct 20, 6:30-8:30pm - TC Community Meeting (online)
Oct 20, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Oct 26, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Oct 27, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
November 2022
Nov Native American Heritage Month - SPS Resource
Nov 1 - Dia de Los Muertos - Cultural Events Calendar
Nov 3, 6:30-8pm - Equity Summit for Volunteers, SPS & Seattle Tutoring Coalition - Register Here
Nov 7, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Nov 8 - ELECTION DAY
Nov 9, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Nov 10, 7-8:30pm - TC PTA Family Affinity Listening Session - Families of Children with Disabilities and/or Neurodiversity - Zoom Link
Nov 12, 11:30am - TC PTA Family Affinity Connection - Latinx Families Play Date at View Ridge Park
Nov 15, 6-8pm - Dr. Ross Green with Seattle Special Education PTSA - Kids Do Well If They Can - Recording and Links
Nov 15, 7-8pm - TC PTA Family Affinity Listening Session - Families of Color - Zoom Link
Nov 17, 6:30-8:30pm - TC Community Meeting (online)
Nov 17, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Nov 17, 6-7pm - Dr. Ross Green Follow-up Discussion and Action with Seattle Special Education PTSA - Register Here
Nov 20 - Transgender Day of Remembrance - BLM at School Resources
Nov 25 - Native American Heritage Day - SPS Resource
Nov 29, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
Nov 30, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
December 2022
Dec 1, 7-8pm - TC PTA Family Affinity Listening Session - LGBTQ+ Families - Zoom Link
Dec 5, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Dec 6, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Dec 14, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Dec 14, 7-8:45pm - WSPTA 2023 Legislative Session Preview: Legislator Panel - Register Here
Dec 15, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
January 2023
Jan 5, 6:30pm - Special Education Funding Legislative Forum, with SCPTSA, SEA, Seattle Special Education PTSA
Jan 9, 7-9pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Jan 11, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Jan 11, 7-8:30pm - WSPTA New Faces, New Budgets: What to Expect in the 2023 Legislative Session - Register Here
Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr Day of Service
Jan 16, 12pm Meetup - PTA Meetup at the 40th Annual MLK Jr March - RSVP Here
Jan 17, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Jan 18, 6:30-8pm - TC Community Meeting on Zoom
Jan 19, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Jan 19, 6-7pm - Literacy and Equity for Historically Underserved Families Webinar Hosted by Hamlin Robinson
Jan 22 - Feb 5 - Lunar New Year Festival
Jan 24, 5:30-6:30pm - Civil Rights: Disability Community and Youth - SCPTSA in Conversation with Anita Cameron and Yordanos Gebreamlak - Zoom link
Jan 25, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Jan 25, 7-8:30pm - "Kids Do Well If They Can" Community Advocacy Meeting with SSEPTSA - Zoom Link
Jan 26, 7pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
Jan 28, 10am-12pm - BLM at School: Seattle Curriculum Fair
Jan 30 - Feb 3 - BLM at School: Thornton Creek Elementary Week of Action
Jan 30, 6-7:30pm - TC PTA Black Lives Matter at School + Lunar New Year Community Social
Jan 31, 6:30-8:30pm - SCPTSA Disability Justice Workshop - Zoom Link
February 2023
Jan 30 - Feb 3 - TC Elementary - Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
Feb - Black History Month
Feb 6-10 - Black Lives Matter at School: National Week of Action
Feb 6-10 - WSPTA Focus on Advocacy Week
Feb 6, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Feb 7, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Feb 8, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Feb 11, 9:30-11am - Meet State Rep Gerry Pollet (Virtual) - Register Here
Feb 15, 6:30-8pm - TC Community Meeting (Virtual)
Feb 16, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Feb 20, 9am-3pm - TC PTA attends WSPTA Focus on Advocacy Day
Feb 28, 7pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
March 2023
Mar - Women's History Month
Mar 1, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Mar 6, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Mar 7, 7pm - TC PTA Meet & Greet for Parents and Caregivers of Students with Disabilities - Zoom Link
Mar 15, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Mar 15, 6-8pm - TC PTA Potluck + General Meeting @ TC Community Meeting - TC Commons
Mar 16, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Mar 21, 7-9 pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Mar 22 - Apr 20 - Ramadan Holiday Observed
Mar 28, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
Mar 29, 7pm - Our Kids, Our Schools: Impacts of Legislation on Our Future - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting - Register Here
March 31 - International Transgender Day of Visibility
April 2023
Apr - Earth Month
Through Apr 20 - Ramadan Holiday Observed
Apr 1 - May 10 - Pre-Order Flowers - Fundshifting with Friendly Hmong Farms
Apr 3, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Apr 5, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Apr 18, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Apr 19, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Apr 19, 6:30pm - TC Community Meeting - TC PTA votes on Nominating Committee
Apr 20, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Apr 25, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
Apr 26, 7-9pm - TC Parent Education: Parenting with Identity in Mind with Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee - Zoom Link
Apr 29, 1-3pm - TC PTA Day of Service at YES Farm
May 2023
May - Asian American, Native Hawaiian + Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May - Jewish American Heritage Month
May - Mental Health Awareness Month
through May 10 - Pre-Order Flowers - Fundshifting with Friendly Hmong Farms
May 1, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
May 2, 7-8:30pm - TC PTA Meet & Greet for Parents and Caregivers of Students with Disabilities - on Zoom
May 3, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
May 4, 4pm - National PTA: Social Media & Healthy Minds (virtual) - Register Here
May 5, 8-9am - TC PTA Sip-n-Chat for Parents and Caregivers of Students with Disabilities - At Thornton Creek
May 6, 11am-5pm - TC PTA Families of Color Meet Up at AAPI Celebration - more info here
May 6, 4-7pm - SPS LGBTQ+ Families Dinner - RSVP Here
May 8-12 - Teacher + Staff Appreciation Week
May 13, 10:30am-12:30pm - Friendly Hmong Farms Flower Fundshifting Pick-up
May 16, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
May 16, 7pm - SCPTSA and Seattle Student Union - Celebration of the 2023 Legislative Session - Zoom Link
May 17, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
May 18, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
May 23, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
May 24, 7-8:30pm - TC PTA Families of Color Virtual Meet Up - Zoom Link
June 2023
June is Pride Month
Jun 2, 8-9am - TC PTA Sip-n-Chat for Parents and Caregivers of Students with Disabilities - At Thornton Creek
Jun 5, 8-9:30pm - TC PTA Board Meeting - contact for details
Jun 7, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Jun 10, 10-11:30am - TC PTA Playdate + General Meeting
Jun 13, 7-9pm - Seattle Special Education PTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Jun 15, 7-8:30pm - SCPTSA General Meeting - Zoom Link
Jun 16, 6:30-8:30pm - TC Family Education Night - Beyond Black and White: Film, Discussion + Dinner
Jun 19 - Juneteenth
Jun 21, 4:15-8:30pm - SPS School Board Meeting
Jun 27, 7-8:30pm - Take Back PTA - SCPTSA Zoom Meeting
* TCPG (Thornton Creek Parent Group)
Dates and Events in italics are not hosted by TC PTA unless otherwise noted