Category: Events

This Friday, January 31, from 6:30-8:30pm in the Cafetorium is the K-5 “Ready. Set. Glow” Dance! K-5 families, put on your dancing shoes and wear your favorite white or neon clothes and get ready to dance the night away to kid-friendly tunes!

Snacks will be available for purchase at the dance.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help make the dance a memorable experience for our students. Please consider signing up to volunteer.

 The TerraCycle School Recycling Drive is happening now and will continue until April 30. TerraCycle is a company that helps recycle materials that are hard to recycle. Please drop items in the labeled recycling bins at the school entrance.

Accepted Items

Below is a list of items being collected. Learn more about each item category.

• drink pouches and straws
• squeezable pouches and caps
• oral care items
• air care products

If you have any questions, please email parent volunteer Koko at estem@hazelwolfk8.org.

Upcoming January PTSA Events

Happy New Year! We’re excited to start 2025 with a variety of events this January and hope you can join us for some of them!

ADHD Parent Support Group, Jan. 9

January’s meeting will be held on Thursday, January 9, 4-6pm in the Library. This group provides education, resources, and support to parents and guardians of students with ADHD. It meets monthly on the second Thursday of each month. If you have questions or would like more information before attending, please reach out to Leslie Schuyler at luschuyler@gmail.com.

General PTSA Meeting, Jan. 22 Featuring Amy Lang from Birds & Bees & Kids

Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd, from 6:30-8:30pm in the Cafetorium for updates from Principal Breuder and the PTSA. Amy Lang from Birds & Bees & Kids will be our guest speaker. She will share how to make sure you (and not the internet) are your child’s go-to birds and the bees expert! Parents will learn:

• Simple, low-tech things you can do to keep kids safer online
• How to talk about being safe online
• Why monitoring and filtering are so important
• How birds and bees talks keep your kids safer online

If you need an interpreter, please let us know via president@hazelwolfk8.org. Childcare will be provided for Hazel Wolf students.

NEW! Seattle DOT Sidewalks/Walkways Workshop, Jan. 25 9am

The Seattle Department of Transportation is holding a workshop in our neighborhood to discuss new sidewalks/walkways funded by a transportation levy. The event will begin at the school at 9am and we’ll chat, then take a walk around the neighborhood. All community members are welcome!

K-5 “Ready. Set. GLOW” Dance, Jan. 31

K-5 families, put on your dancing shoes and join us on Friday, January 31, from 6:30-8:30pm (corrected time) in the Cafetorium for the K-5 “Ready. Set. GLOW” Dance! Wear your favorite white or neon clothes and get ready to dance the night away to kid-friendly tunes!

Volunteers are needed to help make the dance a memorable experience for our students. Please consider signing up to volunteer.

TerraCycle School Recycling Drive, now through Apr. 30th

The TerraCycle School Recycling Drive continues this month. TerraCycle, a leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials. We are collecting four categories: drink pouches & straws, squeezable pouches & caps, oral care, and air care products. See what items can be collected here. Please bring your items to the labeled recycle bins by the school entrance. Email parent volunteer Koko at estem@hazelwolfk8.org with questions.

Events Calendar

Visit our events calendar to see PTSA and school events in once place. If you have any questions, email communications@hazelwolfk8.org

Upcoming PTSA Events

Staff Appreciation Breakfast, Dec. 10th, 7:30-8:45am

Please help us celebrate our wonderful staff with a Hazel Wolf staff favorite, the hot breakfast! We will need a lot of physical volunteers the morning of Tuesday, December 10th, and a lot of people willing to bring in hot foods to offer our staff. Sign up to volunteer.

We will be decorating the library with notes and posters of thanks from the community. Feel free to send to the front office any general notes and posters for staff or individual messages if you prefer. 

ADHD Parent Support Group, Dec. 12th, 4pm-6pm

The ADHD Parent Support Group is meeting on Thursday, Dec. 12th, from 4-6pm. This group provides education, resources, and support to parents and guardians of students with ADHD. It meets monthly on the second Thursday of each month. If you have questions or would like more information before attending, please reach out to Leslie Schuyler at luschuyler@gmail.com.

2024 Blue Envelope Campaign, now until December 12

The Hazel Wolf K-8 PTSA works to enhance the learning experience for every child in a way that fosters whole child well-being and success. We invite you to support the PTSA mission to empower Hazel Wolf students by contributing to this campaign. Learn more about the Blue Envelope Campaign.

Ridwell School Drive, now until December 15

There’s still time to support our recycling efforts by becoming a Ridwell member. We have 4 families signed up and only need 6 more families to sign up to earn plastic film pickup in the Spring! Sign up by December 15th using this school drive link. And when 20 families join, our school earns a field trip to the Ridwell warehouse!

TerraCycle School Recycling Drive, now through Apr. 30th, 2025

We have launched a school drive with TerraCycle, a leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials. We are collecting four categories: drink pouches & straws, squeezable pouches & caps, oral care, and air care products. See what items can be collected here. Please bring your items to the labeled recycle bins by the school entrance.

Questions about the Ridwell or TerraCycle activities? Email parent volunteer Koko at peculiaromen@gmail.com.

8th Grade Room Parent Reps Needed!

We’re still in need of 8th Grade Parent Reps to help keep communication flowing between teachers and families. Sign Up to be a Room Parent.

Ski Bus, Winter 2024-2025

We are thrilled to be able to offer our 3rd through 8th grade students the opportunity to take ski and snowboard lessons during the winter season. The Wednesdays bus is full but there is still room on the Friday bus. Learn more about Ski Bus.

Events Calendar

Visit our events calendar to see PTSA and school events in once place.

Thank You to our 2024 Blue Envelope Sponsors

Over the past month, our school has been bustling with PTSA-supported events and initiatives. From our first ever Harvest Festival, to our Winter Clothing & Ski Swap—a firm community favorite—our social calendar has been bursting at the seams!

Here’s a quick recap:

Harvest Festival | October 27th, 2024

Our first ever Harvest Festival was a huge success! Hundreds of families enjoyed pizza, snacks and drinks while stopping by one of our many activity stations. From face painting to pumpkin decorating, pressing your own cider to…of course… enjoying ALL the treats, it was such a wonderful afternoon building community through celebration.

The hope is that we can make this an annual event! Thank you so much to everyone who supported through their attendance, and to all our amazing volunteers who helped make it happen.

Ridwell Plastic Film Recycling Drive | November 1st, 2024

In October, our E-STEM Committee volunteers organized a one-time plastic film recycling drive through Ridwell. Families were asked to collect thin plastic film items including produce bags, plastic mailers, and bubble wrap, and bring them to school on November 1st.

We had a fantastic response to our call to action, collecting bags and bags of… bags!! Big thanks to everyone who participated, and to the volunteers who helped oversee the drop-off station. On November 6th, our plastic film donation headed off to begin its transformation into Trex decking planks!

If keeping recyclables out of landfills is something you’re really passionate about, please consider supporting our campaign further by becoming a Ridwell member. They collect hundreds of common household items you can’t recycle curbside, like plastic food packaging, lightbulbs, clothes, and Styrofoam. Sign up through get.ridwell.com/hwk8 by December 15th and your membership will count toward rewards for our school. When 10 families sign up, our school earns plastic film pickup all spring. And when 20 families join, our school earns a field trip to the Ridwell warehouse!

Winter Clothing and Ski Swap | November 2nd, 2024

Our annual Winter Clothing and Ski Swap is a firm favorite on the fall calendar, not only among our school community but with winter (and winter sport) fans across Seattle. We’ve even had people traveling from as far as Bellingham to browse and purchase gear in the past!

The goal of this public event is to help families get outfitted for winter while also raising money for our school. It features gently-used winter apparel and ski/snowboard gear as well as new apparel and gear to purchase, courtesy of Hazel Wolf family-owned Dusty’s Ski Shop.

2024 was our best year by far, nearly doubling the dollar amount sold in 2023. We also raised the largest amount for our PTSA in the three years we’ve held this event. Huge thanks to all who participated, and to all who volunteered their time to help make it happen!

“I had a great time… and loved seeing so many Hazel Wolf families, and others from the surrounding communities, come to the event. Here’s hoping for a great ski season and warm families!” Michael Heys, Hazel Wolf parent & Event Lead

Coming up…

You’d be forgiven for thinking your friendly PTSA committee members and volunteers will now be putting their feet up and taking a well-earned break – but no! This busy season is set to continue, as we look ahead to our 2024-2025 Blue Envelope Campaign direct appeal fundraiser, the second ADHD Parent Support Group meeting of the school year (Thursday, Nov. 14th, 4-6pm, Library), the return of our popular K-5 Family Movie Night (Friday, Nov. 15th, 6:30-8:30pm, Cafetorium), and another amazing community recycling initiative – this time with TerraCycle, a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials.

Be sure to stay connected with us via whichever platforms work for you, to keep updated. And, if you’d like to get involved with any of the activities, events, and projects this year, reach out to volunteer!