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Originally delivered on 12/13/2025 10:29 am

SUBJECT: Capitol Hill PTA Newsletter - Dec 2025

DECEMBER 2025 - SAVE THE DATE

12/15-12/19: Spirit Week

12/22-1/2: No School - Winter Break

1/5: First Day Back at School

1/8: PPS Clothing Center Volunteer Day

1/9: Principal's Coffee - 8:30am

1/14: Early Release - 11:50am

1/14: January PTA Meeting

1/19: No School - MLK Day

1/26-1/27: No School - Grading & Planning Days

UPCOMING EVENTS
Spirit Week!

12/15-12/19

Next week is Spirit Week! Dress up and celebrate the last week of school before Winter Break. 


🤪 Monday: Mismatch day - mix and match

👩‍🏫 Tuesday: Dress like CHE staff

🐆 Wednesday: Dress in animal prints

👯‍♀️ Thursday: Twinning day - coordinate with classmates

❄️ Friday: "Ugly Sweater" or Pajamas

Winter After-School Classes Open for Registration

We are once again offering a variety of classes such as chess, yoga, spanish, art, LEGO engineering and music, and are excited to offer a few new programs such as theater and French. Most classes start the 1st week back from Winter Break, so register today! 

View & Register Here

COMMUNITY
Capitol Hill Directory of Locally Owned Businesses

The Capitol Hill PTA is creating a directory of local businesses owned by members of our Capitol Hill community. Our goal is to support our neighbors and strengthen our shared community. 

Own a local business? Please fill out this form.

Want access to the directory of parent/staff owned businesses? View the directory here.

Teacher & Staff Favorite Things

As we head into the holiday season, let’s spread a little extra joy to the amazing teachers and staff who support our kids every day! We have a Teacher & Staff Favorite Things list where they can share their favorite stores, restaurants, treats, and more.

View the list


Also! We’re looking for one (or more) people to join our teacher appreciation committee! Email volunteer@capitolhillpta.org to learn more.

Volunteer Needs

AUCTION

Big thank you to those who came to our recent PTA meeting. We are thankful that we have a few parents excited to lead this event, but we still need help filling some smaller roles leading up to and during the auction to make it happen:

  • Assist with Grade Level Art Creation: Looking for parents at each grade level to help create a piece of art with the students to auction off. The parent/s of each grade, plan a piece of artwork and coordinate with the teachers to come to the classroom to have the students work on the art piece.
  • Graphic Design: Looking for someone to help create a logo based on the event theme and create flyers, invitations, digital banner and day of program. This can be done at home after working hours.
  • General Volunteers: Ad hoc volunteers to work with procurement, pick up donations, set-up, tear-down 


PPS CLOTHING CENTER

  • When: January 8 from 9:30 am-1:30 pm (Only have an hour? We’ll take it.)
  • Where: Marshall HS Campus, 3905 SE 91st Ave. Rm B-60

We're seeking 5-6 people to sort clothes and help PPS families shop for clothing essentials.

The PPS Clothing Center is a free resource for all PPS families. If your family could use this service, please contact the CHE office to book an appointment.


SCHOOL PLAY

The last few years, the PTA has helped bring a school play to CHE. An outside theater group is hired who leads rehearsals with children for one week before the performance. We need a couple of volunteers to help facilitate this process before we can lock in this fantastic opportunity for our students.

  • School Play Lead: Point of contact for the directors
  • Stage Manager: Point of contact for volunteers the week of the play; secure accommodations needed for directors


Please contact Tabitha Ames and Jean-Francois Ortiz at volunteer@capitolhillpta.org if you'd like to learn more about any of these needs or other ways you may be able to help.

Volunteer Opportunities
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Help Us Out — Update Your Website Preferences

It is time to log in to the Capitol Hill PTA website and update your account information (e.g. contact information and student classroom) and directory preferences for the 2025-2026 school year.

This helps keep our PTA information clean so we can be sure we're sending out content to the correct families!

Follow these easy steps:

  • Go to the https://www.capitolhillpta.org/home
  • Click on Register/Login and log in using the email and password previously created
    • If you have forgotten your password, you can click "I forgot my password" to reset it
  • Access My Account in the sub menu (far right under the rainbow fish banner)
  • Select My Forms/Paperwork from the drop-down
  • Click Family Information
    • Complete the Parent Information and click Next Step
    • Complete the Student Information, including your child's new teacher, and click Save
  • Click Directory & Publish Preferences if you wish to review and update your directory preferences 
Update Your Preferences
Upcoming Events
Monday, December 22
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday, December 23
No School - Winter Break
Wednesday, December 24
No School - Winter Break
Thursday, December 25
No School - Winter Break
Friday, December 26
No School - Winter Break
Saturday, December 27
No School - Winter Break
Sunday, December 28
No School - Winter Break
Monday, December 29
No School - Winter Break
Tuesday, December 30
No School - Winter Break
Wednesday, December 31
No School - Winter Break
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