Archived Family Newsletters

Champions is looking forward to bringing their accredited Before and After School program to your child's school this year. Our team of leaders and teachers are truly excited to meet you and learn more about you and your children.

In the Champions Program the children will benefit from a daily curriculum developed to help them become problem solvers and lifelong learners. Our teachers will create a rich classroom environment; providing hands-on activities to support your child’s academic, social, emotional, and physical development. The children will also have opportunities to create, play, pretend, express themselves, and make new friends!

This program is District funded and is provided at no cost to you, however registration is required to participate (registration fees are waived as well.) Space is limited.

This program is being offered at all three elementary schools; 7:00 - 8:50 a.m. and after school until 6:00 p.m. Space is limited so apply now!

Provided below are the steps to successfully complete your enrollment:

1. Visit www.discoverchampions.com
2. Click “Create an Account”
3. After you enter the required information, a system-generated email will be sent from ChampionsHelp@KC-Education.com to your email account with your temporary password
4. Log into your Champions account using the temporary password sent to you
5. Select “Enroll Now”
6. Add the name of your child/ren and click “continue”
7. Complete the multi-step enrollment process
8. Contact Family Support 1-800-246-2154 if you have questions or challenges
9. You will receive a system-generated email to confirm your registration
10. Print and sign your enrollment forms- you will need to bring them to your Champions location on your child’s first day

Thank you in advance for completing your child’s registration promptly. We look forward to connecting with you over the next several weeks to share additional information and to prepare you and your child for a successful start in Champions!

Kind regards,

Your Champions at Tukwila School District Team

Trish Frazier, Area Manager (tfrazier@discoverchampions.com)

You are invited to join our Community Conversations about monkeypox in Espanol!

Thursday, September 1, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Zoom link

Trouble joining? Email pestrada@uw.edu

Learn from our experts, so you can provide current and reliable information to your friends, family, and community. Please invite others to attend.

In the next session, our expert panelists Drs. Santiago Neme and Leo Morales will be joined by Mariel Torres Mehdipour, Deputy Equity Officer, from the Public Health – Seattle and King County’s (PHSKC) Office of Equity and Community Partnership. Our panelists will discuss updates on monkeypox in Spanish as well as respond to questions from our
community. Please submit your questions here.

The Help with Utility Bills campaign launched back in April to connect customers with financial resources so they can get caught up on their past due balance. Our goal is to help our customers who are struggling to pay their utility bills. Both utilities have expanded flexible payment plan options for all customers (residential and business customers) and bill assistance is available for income-eligible residential customers.

Please visit Seattle City Light's Help with Utility Bills page for more information: https://www.seattle.gov/utility-bill-help

Tukwila Families! Come join the “You Got Next" Basketball and Community Festival!

Sponsored by the King County Play Equity Coalition and the Seattle Sports Commission, this event is about youth skill challenges and development and celebrating all sports. Playing sports can promote a healthy lifestyle and teach kids transferrable skills that they use far into adult life. Being on a team teaches kids valuable social skills. They learn how to share, value diverse skillsets, trust others, and support and encourage one another. 

Who: All youth and families are invited. The event is focused on youth ages 5 and up

When: Saturday, September 17, 10 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Where: Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South

Event Details: 

• Middle & High School 3×3 tournament: Must register to participate. Registration link coming soon!
• Food Trucks, Giveaways, Community Resource Fair, Entertainment 
• Youth skill challenges and development opportunities.
• Free play and more! 
• Inflatables
• Covid-19 Vaccinations 

Have questions? / Need more information? / Want to volunteer or participate? 

·  Email Sports@TukwilaWa.gov or call (206) 768-2822

We're excited to announce that the Tukwila School District will be providing free school supplies for all students for the 2022-2023 school year! More details will be coming soon, including the supply lists and how students will receive their school supplies.

Please reach out to your student's school with questions.

Please join us for a Multilingual Family Event on Saturday, August 27 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at the Sullivan Center in the Tukwila Village (14350 Tukwila International Blvd.) We'll be serving food and drinks and this will be a great opportunity to meet our teachers, District leaders, and learn about services that are available to our community.

Guests will include:

• King County Library System
• City of Tukwila
• Page Ahead
• International Rescue Committee
• Spice Bridge
• Refugee Women's Alliance
• Champions Before/After School Program

The Tukwila School District will now be providing free menstrual products to all students. In middle school and high school pads and tampons will be available in the girls' and gender neutral bathrooms and in elementary schools pads will be available in the health room. Please reach out to your school's Health Team with questions: https://www.tukwilaschools.org/services/health-services

Join our Chief Financial Officer, Veronica Birdsong, for our Community Budget Forum meetings where the community and staff can learn about our budget process and give input and feedback about our budget.

Thursday, August 11, 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. | Zoom link

Wednesday, August 17, 6:30 - 7:15 p.m. | Zoom link

The Y Social Impact Center's annual youth and young adult life skills, resource and employment conference.

About this event

Catch us at this year's Level Up Conference for youth and young adults on Friday, August 12th at the Matt Griffin YMCA as we take it back to the 90's. This FREE community event offers life skills workshops, lunch, entertainment, swag giveaways, prizes, and more!

Schedule for the day:

9:30am - 10:00 am | Check-In

10:00am - 1:00pm | Workshops with LiV's Table, Kutt N Up, College Money Habits and more!

1:00pm - 2:00pm | Lunch featuring Iocal food trucks!

2:00pm - 4:00pm | Community Fair: Employers, Educators and Resources

*Kid zone will be open and available during the event.*

Details including the full schedule will be coming soon! For questions, contact us at levelup@seattleymca.org.

The Tukwila School District is offering meals to all students during the summer. Please visit our Food Services page for dates, times, and locations.

The Tukwila School District is hosting two COVID-19 vaccine clinics in July. We'll be offering Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for ages 6 months and older.

Appointments are required, so please reserve a time using the registration links below.

July 6, 2022 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Thorndyke Elementary School (4415 S. 150th Street)

Appointment registration link for 7/6/2022 for ages 6 months - 4 years

Appointment registration link for 7/6/2022 for ages 5 and up

July 27, 2022 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Thorndyke Elementary School (4415 S. 150th Street)

Appointment registration link for 7/27/2022 for ages 6 months - 4 years

Appointment registration link for 7/27/2022 for ages 5 and up

Zoom link for meeting         2022-2023 Draft Budget

We want to hear your feedback about our proposed 2022-2023 budget. Our Budget Adoption Public Hearing will be held on Tuesday, July 12 at 5:00 p.m. both virtually and in-person at the Tukwila School District Administration Building (4640 S. 144th St.) 

Please visit our website for information about how to give feedback.

The Tukwila School District is seeking to fill a vacancy for our Board of Directors. This position represents District Area 3 (three). Any citizen residing in District Area 3 who meets the following qualifications is eligible to apply:

• Must live in District 3 in Tukwila (District Boundary Map)
• Must be a United States citizen
• Must be an eligible voter

Please visit the Board of Directors application page on the Tukwila School District website for more information and to fill out the application:

Board of Directors Application

Please consider applying if you are interested in serving the students and families of Tukwila. We are a unique school district serving a vibrant community and we would love to hear from you if you are passionate about leading the District in providing high quality education for all students.

Please contact Deborah Kohr with questions at kohrd@tukwila.wednet.edu or 206-901-8006.

The Tukwila School District is offering meals to all students during the summer. Please visit our Food Services page for dates, times, and locations.

Did you know you can translate this website? If you click on the flag in the lower right-hand corner you can choose which language all pages of this website are displayed in.

Graduation Information:

• Each graduate will get 8 e-tickets send to their school email.
• Graduation Rehearsal is June 9th at 9:30 a.m.
• Seniors must wear their cap & gown at rehearsal.
• Class of 2022 picture will be taken after rehearsal.
• Order graduation pictures: www.leosphotography.com and use code GRA220694.
• Grad Walk: visit an elementary school and Showalter after rehearsal - transportation provided.
• Free BBQ for seniors in the stadium after the Grad Walk.

Please join us in extending an enthusiastic welcome to Ms. Hani Nur as she has accepted the position of Principal of Tukwila Elementary School! Pending approval by the Board of Directors on June 14, 2022 Ms. Nur’s first day will be July 1, 2022.

Ms. Nur has been an educator in the Tukwila School District for the last seven years, working as a kindergarten teacher, first grade teacher, and literacy interventionist at Thorndyke Elementary. She then moved into a leadership role as a teacher mentor and administrative intern.  

Ms. Nur writes, “I spent my entire teaching career in diverse school districts. This was intentional because I desire to serve the population that was representative of me. I also wanted to give back to my community and ensure that the students and parents I met had a different perspective of who is considered an educator and an administrator.” 

Tukwila Elementary chose Ms. Nur as their new principal because she understands our District and our students, is passionate about literacy and the importance of social-emotional learning, and is motivated to “bring opportunities for all of our families, but especially our families of color.”

Once again, please warmly welcome Ms. Nur in her new role in the Tukwila School District!

Join us for the SRO Wrap-Up Summit! Tuesday, June 7 at 6:00. Zoom link: https://tukwila-wednet-edu.zoom.us/j/82379838035

The purpose of the meeting is to convene Tukwila students, parents, staff, police, and community members to (a) review findings from the Tukwila school community listening sessions about SRO programs that were held by Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center during the Winter and Spring and (b) hear from the Tukwila School Community about their thoughts surrounding school resource officers in Tukwila. Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center will host the session.

Tukwila Police Chief Eric Drever, and Superintendent Flip Herndon will be in attendance to take questions and hear from community members.

Come buy fresh produce grown by refugees and immigrants in our community! 

Tukwila Village Farmers Market is open from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday afternoons from mid-June through mid-October. The market is located at Tukwila Village Plaza (14350 Tukwila International Blvd, Tukwila).

We accept SNAP benefits and double them with SNAP Market Match. Customers may also pay with cash, debit, or credit cards.

We follow all public health guidelines to ensure a safe market experience. Please wear a mask to the market, and stay home if you’re not feeling well.

Sign up for our email newsletter for updates about the market.

More information about the Tukwila Village Farmers Market

Black Girl/NB Summer. Carefully Curated Black and BIPOC Healing Spaces. For Us. By Us. With Us.

This Summer Y-WE is taking our affinity programming to the next level and inundating Seattle with all Black everything. Brought to you by the creators of Blackout Healing, we will be curating awesomeness all summer long for Black girls, women, trans, and gender expansive humans ages 13-19. It’s giving joy, wellness, activities, vibes, and an opportunity to simply be in community. Everything is free and folks can sign up for as many or few programs or experiences as they want. Read more and register here!

Y-WE Create Camp 2022  

This camp is a maker-space for youth who identify as a girls, young women, trans, gender expansive or nonbinary. Join us July 11-17 11-5pm at the 836 S Kenyon Street Seattle, WA. You can learn how to sew and make your own clothes, paint and make murals, or learn techniques for extraction and isolation of natural products. Led by Lashanna Williams and Mari Shibuya, Read more and register here!

Y-WE Write Camp 2022 

Calling all writers ages 14-19 who identify as a girls, young women, trans, gender expansive or nonbinary. Join us August 1-7 at the Seattle Public Library downtown for an in person day camp with Naa Akua and Meera Bhardwaj. This year we will focus on writing out and releasing the stress that lives in our bodies to help us realign with our bodies, dreams, creation and joy. Read more and register here! 

For information about meals during the summer, please visit our Food Services webpage:

Tukwila Schools Food Services

It's very important that we have your current and accurate address, phone number, and email address. If you've moved or gotten a new phone number or email address, please fill out the update contact information form so we can keep in touch with you.

Update Contact Information Form

Did you know you can translate this website? If you click on the flag in the lower right-hand corner you can choose which language all pages of this website are displayed in.

The 2022-2023 TSD Calendar is available! Please visit our calendar page to see next year's calendar.

District Calendars Page

Did you know you can translate this website? If you click on the flag in the lower right-hand corner you can choose which language all pages of this website are displayed in.

Please congratulate our three winners of the new Tukwila Superstar Award! These staff members were nominated by their colleagues for their outstanding service and the talents they bring to their school communities.

Joe Camacho - CTE Teacher at Foster High School

“Mr Camacho is a consistent beacon of positivity and joy in the school. His tireless collaboration with teachers, work with students, and organizing for clubs and extracurricular activities (garden club!) spreads an infectious love for engaging with learning and helps to build a positive, supportive community here at Foster.” 

-Oisin Gunning

Ivan Kistol, Head Custodian at Cascade View

 “Ivan is always upbeat and positive whenever you see him. Very jovial and always up to talk about his interests as well as ask you about yourself. He interacts well with the staff as well as the students. And whenever you ask him for help he is willing and finds the time very promptly even though he always has many things to do for his day to day schedule. He took a well deserved vacation recently and though the staff that filled in did a good job it quickly became apparent there was something different while he was away. He provides a consistent presence that everyone can depend upon and we are very lucky to have him!”

-Dalton Rockwell

Sreymom Serey, 3rd Grade Teacher at Cascade View

“Sreymom is doing an excellent job at being the site coordinator for the Highly Capable testing. She has been making sure to provide the staff with all of the materials and reminders to check our technology and tools. She checks in with us to make sure we have everything we need. Also, she is an excellent teacher. She is always in contact with her student families, building relationships with them that last for years. And she shows her students and their families that they are important by checking in with them and helping them whenever they need anything.”

-Jennifer Tison

Please join us for our Strategic Plan Summit on Tuesday, May 31 from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. in the Showalter Middle School Commons. We'll review the feedback we've received about the current state of our District and what we'll focus on in our next Strategic Plan.

Do you want free home COVID-19 tests mailed to your home? Visit the Say Yes! To Covid Test website from the Washington Department of Health to submit your order.

Say Yes! To Covid Test

The Federal Government is also providing free at-home COVID tests. Please visit covid.gov or call 1-800-232-0233 for more information.

COVID.GOV

Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 p.m. in the Foster High School Performing Arts Center. 

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is offering eligible households high speed internet (100Mbps download) for $30 a month with no additional out of pocket costs.

There are 3 ways families can qualify:

1. Income of 200% or less than the Federal poverty guidelines

2. Program participation (such as Free Reduced Lunch Program eligible, or SNAP, etc.), or

3. Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating broadband provider’s existing low-income internet program

For those that meet the eligibility requirements:

• $30 guaranteed plan download speed of 100 Mbps

• 20 providers to choose from

• New or existing internet plans

For more information, please visit the Affordable Connectivity Program website.

It's very important that we have your current and accurate address, phone number, and email address. If you've moved or gotten a new phone number or email address, please fill out the update contact information form so we can keep in touch with you.

Update Contact Information Form

It's very important that we have your current and accurate address, phone number, and email address. If you've moved or gotten a new phone number or email address, please fill out the update contact information form so we can keep in touch with you.

Update Contact Information Form

The Tukwila School District is seeking to fill a vacancy for our Board of Directors. This position represents District Area 3 (three). Any citizen residing in District Area 3 who meets the following qualifications is eligible to apply:

• Must live in District 3 in Tukwila (link to District boundary map)

• Must be a United States citizen

• Must be an Eligible Voter

Please visit the Board of Directors application page on the Tukwila School District website for more information and to fill out the application:

tukwilaschools.org/about-our-district/board-of-directors/board-of-directors-application

Please consider applying if you are interested in serving the students and families of Tukwila. We are a unique school district serving a vibrant community and we would love to hear from you if you are passionate about leading the District in providing high quality education for all students.

Please contact Deborah Kohr with questions at kohrd@tukwila.wednet.edu or 206-901-8006.

All applications are due by May 30, 2022 at 5:00 p.m.

Come see the spring play at Foster High School! Our drama department is performing "She Kills Monsters" on Friday, May 13 (6:00 p.m.) and Saturday, May 14 (2 p.m. and 6 p.m.) Tickets sold at the door - donations only.

In-Person Book Launch - Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. Spice Bridge

On May 4, KCLS will clear late fines for all patrons. This one-time waiver clears your late-fine balances, enabling access to all library materials.

KCLS will resume assessing late fines on September 15.

Learn more about this program: https://kcls.org/news/late-fines-to-be-cleared-on-may-4/

Please join us for a virtual Parent Advisory Committee Meeting on Wednesday, April 27 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. This committee will be ongoing and will address issues that the committee feels are important and advise the District on policies. Parent voices are extremely important in helping shape our schools and being part of this committee provides a crucial platform for parent-school communication.

Virtual Event - Thursday, April 28 at 3:00

Hear local students from Foster High School read poems from their new anthology at a virtual event. The Voice of My Heart: Unforgettable Memories in an Unforgettable Year is the latest from the Stories of Arrival Poetry Project. Register at 1.kcls.org/storiesofarrival

Link to flyer

In-Person Book Launch - Thursday, May 19 at 6:00 p.m. Spice Bridge

Join us for a Dual Language Experiential Event on Tuesday, May 3 from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

In this session you will experience what it feels like to learn language and content simultaneously while cooking comida casera. It's all FREE! We even supply you with the groceries. It's a fun way to engage with the Tukwila community and learn at the same time.

Register here

Congratulations to our FHS students for being chosen for these internships!

1. Latino Conservation Week Ambassador - Jose Velasquez 

What is Latino Conservation Week? Latino Conservation Week: Disfrutando y Conservando Nuestra Tierra is an initiative of Hispanic Access Foundation (HAF). Latino Conservation Week was created to support the Latino community getting into the outdoors and participating in activities to protect our natural resources. During this week, community, non-profit, faith-based, and government organizations and agencies hold events throughout the country. From hiking and camping to community roundtables and film screenings, these activities promote conservation efforts in their community, and provide an opportunity for Latinos to show their support for permanently protecting our land, water, and air. Latino Conservation Week Ambassadors coordinate events in their community.

2. Metro Equity Cabinet- Samara Pendley

Samra is the first youth to be accepted for this position. The cabinet includes 25 community leaders representing low-income communities, black, native and communities of color, immigrants and refugees, limited-English speaking people, and people with disabilities. The group convened regularly throughout 2019 to co-crate the Mobility Framework and continues to meet monthly in online meetings to discuss and provide feedback on proposed updates to Metro’s policies. Regular meetings will continue through mid-2021 when the updated policies are transmitted to King County Council, and then as needed through the Council review and adoption process.

3. IRC Gardening Internship- Juna Kim, Alex Vicuna Perez, Iittzy Soriano Hernandez, Alejandra Baries Serrano, Braulio Simental Santos

Students work with IRC's Youth Roots Coordinator Ashley Alvarez working at Namaste Garden on the youth garden plot as well as meet with elders in the community, learn gardening techniques, and problem solve together.

4. FHS Learning Garden Internship- Jose Vaca Martinez, Jenifer Carrera Garrido, Connor Clemans

Students serve on the FHS Garden Committee and are working to plan the FHS garden.

5. FHS Garbage + Recycling Initiative - Sophie Jimenez

Sophie is working to understand how garbage and recycling works at FHS. She will present an improved plan to increase the amount of recycling and composting on campus while reducing the amount of garbage collected on campus.

6. Sea Potential - Manuel Garnica Rios, Jose Fonseca, Khadeja Jangana

We have a focused curriculum design in outdoor experiential and observational learning, with hybrid adaptations availaTee. Our curriculum centers BIPOC perspectives while incorporating tools to acknowledge and heal individual and generational trauma related to water based ecosystems.

7. Unkitawa Indigneous Youth Program - Annabelle Growingthunder

8. Environmental Book Reviews- Angnes Grey

Angnes is working with FHS library Ms. Shay to organize the environmental book section in the library as well as writing reviews for books.

9. Climate Equity Community Task Force (CECTF) - Dennis Nguyen, Jada Nazarene, Alex Vicuna Perez

As part of King County’s commitment to action on climate change and equity and social justice (ESJ), the 2020 Strategic Climate Action Plan (SCAP) includes a new Sustainable & Resilient Frontline Communities (SRFC) section focused on climate equity and community-driven policy.

10. Youth Restoration Training Crew (PIE) - Samara Pendley

Education and training in environmental topics. Participants complete restoration projects in parks.

If you have suggestions for what Thorndyke's new mascot should be, please fill out the form below.

Link to Survey

Tukwila Schools have started long-term planning for our yearly calendars and we're interested in exploring different calendar ideas and getting feedback from the community about ways we can change the structure of the school year to work better for our students and families. Please fill out the following short survey to share your thoughts. This feedback will be used to inform planning conversations for years after the 2022-2023 school year.

Link to Calendar Survey

Tukwila School District is now accepting applications for summer school. Please visit our Summer School Enrollment page for more information.

If you have suggestions for what Thorndyke's new mascot should be, please fill out the form below.

Link to Survey

The King County Access to Baby and Child Dentistry program (ABCD) focuses on preventive and restorative dental care for Medicaid-eligible children, with an emphasis on "First Tooth, First Birthday, First Dental Exam" by a dentist or a doctor, as recommended by the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. 

Dentists have been specifically trained and certified on caring for young kids, preventing tooth decay early and educating parents about how to take good care of their children's teeth. Please see the documents below for more information.