Volunteer for the Block Party

5/31/2023 10:13 am

We are excited to host our second annual Block Party at Twain. It's our biggest event of the year and we need your help!

Pre-event volunteer opportunities are available as well as staggered shifts during the event to allow you to still attend with your family.

Join us to help make this end of year celebration one to remember!

**ALL volunteers receive 2 free tokens.

**Volunteers who work for 2+ shifts also receive 1 free Activity Bracelet.

Click here for pre-event volunteer options: https://tinyurl.com/ypkfvnbv

Click here for Day-of volunteer shifts: https://tinyurl.com/4chetzcf

Kindergarten Open House

5/25/2023 6:04 pm

Is your student starting kindergarten at Twain next year?

You're invited to Twain Elementary's Kindergarten Open House!

Wednesday, May 31 2:30-4:00 pm

Learn more at twain.lwsd.org 

STEM Night was a Blast!

5/22/2023 10:39 am

We hope you and your family enjoyed STEM night! We had a great turnout. Our amazing community partners provided incredibly educational and interactive programs for us to enjoy. We loved seeing families play and learn together.

The Twain PTSA would like to thank all of the volunteers who provided support before and during STEM night!

Malaika Silliker, Mrinali Mathur, Shivali Sharma, Irene Huang, Parvoneh Neilsen, Janine Sorenson, Amanda Jackson, Violet Walker, Preetika Kaur, Naling Ahang, Alexander Riabinin, Sanjeev Mehrotra, Min Zhong, Tanvi Patil, Will Dickinson, Femin Binukumar Heena, Shivali Sharma, Heather Hakes Miller, Janani Kartik, Bonnie Leung...

ASP Coordinator(s) Needed for Next Year

5/22/2023 10:27 am

We are searching for a volunteer to coordinate one or all of our After School Programs for the upcoming school year.

Many students and families enjoy these programs, but we need help to run them next year. These programs provide many opportunities for enrichment for our students, but if we don't have any coordinators, these programs will be cancelled for next year.

Our deadline is Tuesday, June 20, 2023. If we do not find someone by that date, we will not have After School Programs in 2023-2024.

Please reach out to president@twainptsa.org for more information.

PTSA Recognized at State Convention

5/15/2023 1:13 pm

Mark Twain PTSA was honored with a number of awards at the recent Washington State PTA convention!

In the Awards of Excellence category, we earned a silver for Outstanding Website and a silver for Family & Community Engagement recognizing last year's Green Week programming.

For membership, we earned platinum in Membership Growth and recognition for 100% Staff Membership.

Special thanks to Janine Sorenson for all her hard work in applying for these awards. We really appreciate your efforts!

Science Fair Success

5/15/2023 12:22 pm

It was such a delight to bring the Science Fair back after a 2-year Covid hiatus! We had more projects than ever from our enthusiastic Twain scientists.

This event could not have happened without the help and support of a great community. Many thanks to Jane Erickson, Heather Scott, and Nadine Witt for helping to support our science fair workshops, which were new this year! The students were also fortunate to get guidance from scientists in our community – Ben Pelle and Carolyn Hutcheon!

Twain families really showed their support the night of the event: thanks to...