Seaton Families,
We are now in the final week of the school year! Thank you for joining us for all the end-of-year celebrations. It has been a joy to share the incredible growth our students have made throughout the year.
Our team is currently reviewing end-of-year academic data, and we’re thrilled to see so much progress. So far, over 87% of students in Kindergarten through Grade 5 have met their annual growth goals in reading and math.
Even more exciting, this year more students than ever before met their stretch goals; meaning they grew more than one year academically over the course of this school year. In math, 71% of students met their stretch goals, and in reading, 65% did the same. I’ll be sharing a more detailed update on our academic outcomes later this summer. We are so proud of our Stingers and how they lived out our school value of GROWTH!
Thank you as well for your incredible support during Multicultural Day. We enjoyed delicious food, meaningful conversations, and outstanding performances from every grade level. We were able to celebrate the rich cultural diversity of our school community. Your donations, time, and energy helped make this event such a success.
None of this would be possible without you! From field trips and class celebrations to schoolwide events and generous donations, your support makes a lasting difference. Thank you, families, for your dedication and partnership. We hope your summer is filled with rest, joy, and time with loved ones. We can’t wait to welcome you back in the fall!
Thank you! Principal Torres
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SCHOOLS NEWS
End-of-Year Report Cards
Families will be able to access report cards via Aspen starting June 30. Hard copies will also be mailed to families via regular mail.
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Summer 2025 Communication
Today’s June 16 Family Newsletter is the final newsletter of the 2024–25 school year.
Seaton will continue to share important updates over the summer as we prepare for the 2025–26 school year. Please expect the following summer communications:
- Summer Newsletter #1: July 14
- Summer Newsletter #2: August 4
- Class and Teacher Assignments: First week of August
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Summer Events 2025
PK3 and PK4 Playdates
We will host two PK3 and PK4 playdates for families to meet and connect before the new school year begins. Save the dates and join us:
Saturday, August 2 – Seaton Garden, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 9 – Seaton Garden, 10:00–11:30 a.m.
K–5 Teacher Meet and Greet
Save the date! Our K–5 Teacher Meet and Greet will take place on Thursday, August 21 in the Seaton Playground.
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Future of Seaton
Thank you for joining the Future of Seaton sessions over the last week. You can access the presentation linked below. We will also post a recording of the session to the Seaton website.
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School Year 25-26 Calendar
Families can access the DCPS School Calendar for the school year 2025-2026 here: https://dcps.dc.gov/publication/school-year-2025-2026-calendar
- The first day of school for K-5 students is: Monday August 25
- The first day of school for PK3 and PK4 studens is: Thursday August 26
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Seaton Garden this Summer!
We are looking for summer volunteers to care for the garden during the break. Interested families should fill out this form and join the Seaton Garden Team on Remind
Remind: https://www.remind.com/join/seatongt
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Library Books
Time to return Library Books. Please return all library books no later than June 2. We can accept overdue library books until June 20.
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Multicultural Day
Thank you to all families and staff for your generous donations and volunteer efforts, especially with the beautiful door decorations. During the assemblies, the Multicultural Day Committee proudly recognized the following homeroom classes as winners of the Door Decoration Contest:
- First Place – Mexico; Second Place: Philippines, Third Place: China
- Honorary Mentions: African American Culture, Italy, Taiwan, and Ethiopia
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Enrollment SY 25-26
Enrollment is ongoing for the 2025–26 school year! Families can enroll online or in person. The Seaton main office will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. daily this summer. You may also schedule an appointment by contacting us at seatonESenroll@k12.dc.gov or gloria.torrento@k12.dc.gov
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YMCA Summer Program
The YMCA will host its summer program at Seaton from June 30 to August 1. For questions, please contact Ms. Washington at jaysha.washington@ymcadc.org
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PTO NEWS and UPDATES
Seaton Families,
Thank you all so much for another amazing year of community and growth. It was the PTO’s most active year ever, thanks in large part to our parent volunteers who help make everything happen. A few quick announcements and then some highlights!
Still need volunteers for Field Day tomorrow (Tuesday, 6/17) – Our last event of the year, Field Day, is tomorrow. We are still looking for volunteers in the 12:45-3 PM range for our 2nd-5th graders – sign up here so we can make sure this gets staffed!
Sign up for our email list – To get the most up-to-date news from the PTO, sign up for our email list here, or respond to this email and we can add you. We’ll keep you up to date on summer happenings, including any playdates and back-to-school events.
Fill out our survey for a $50 gift card – Thanks to everyone who has filled out our survey so far. We’ve extended the deadline to respond and enter to win a $50 gift card until Friday, so if you haven’t yet, please fill it out here, it takes 5 minutes.
Join a PTO Committee! – We have several outgoing board members this year, and are looking for volunteers to fill those roles. If you’re interested in joining a committee, even if you’ve never been involved with the PTO, please email president.seatonpto@gmail.com and learn more about what that looks like!
We also need to send a big THANK YOU to our outgoing PTO President, Zandria Haines. Zandria has devoted hundreds of hours over the last two years to making Seaton the best place it can be. From successfully advocating for smaller classroom sizes, to pushing forward with afterschool enrichment and bringing the talent showcase to life, and everything in between, Zandria has been the heart and soul of the PTO and we’ve been so lucky to have her.
Here are some highlights from the past year as we think about how to continue to serve our families in the next school year:
- For the first time, the PTO launched and hosted eight different afterschool enrichment programs: dance, math, yoga, chess, legos, Rube-Goldberg lab, entrepreneurship, and cheerleading. With a HUGE thanks to our afterschool club leaders Christine Campigotto, Vanessa Sacks, and Kat Matsa, we were blown away by the interest and enthusiasm around these clubs, and we are hoping to bring that momentum into SY2025-26 (and if you want to see something specific or help bring more clubs to Seaton, fill out our survey!)
- Our events team knocked it out of the park with great annual traditions like the Spring Carnival and Fall Movie Night, and expanded with new events like our Winter Wonderland Dance and Family Math Night. We took your feedback from last year and spaced events out over the year a bit more, and will continue to work on the best mix of events to keep families engaged and make them feel welcome. Thanks to Brian Albert and Angela Parsons for the countless hours of work, and also to all our volunteers who kept showing up to make popcorn, troubleshoot IT, set up tents and tables, chase after ping pong balls, and clean it all up afterwards.
- We had our biggest fundraising year ever, by far–over $50,000 raised! Not only does this allow us to expand our budget to support teacher-led afterschool clubs and ensure that every grade level and our CES classroom are guaranteed funding for one field trip, but it also provides us funding going into our modernization to support teachers with the transition to our swing space. Thanks so much to Chelsea St. Onge-May and Nirali Khandwala for their tireless efforts.
- Teacher appreciation went above and beyond to recognize our amazing teachers and staff all year long. They put so much thought and care into making sure everyone felt special and appreciated. Thank you to Bethany Bronson Young, Kathleen Cochrane, and Abby Maitre!
- Family relations brought back the uniform swap and organized dozens of uniform donations for distribution and brainstormed additional ways (like our new comment box, in the entryway to the school) to engage with families. Thank you to Sam McLaughlin, Cassandra Smith, and Yara Tanner for organizing!
- A huge shoutout to Kaylan Adams, who is responsible for our beautiful yearbook. She single-handedly collected and organized photo submissions and sold 150 yearbooks. And thanks to parents who donated extra yearbooks, we were able to distribute them as a prize to students in the upper grades as an attendance award!
- And thanks to Ms. Dunlap, who serves as our treasurer and keeps the funding flowing so we can make all of this possible.
- Finally, the rest of our board members have contributed so much time and energy into keeping the PTO running. Thank you to our officers Chris Crider, Dan Adams, and Nicole McEntee, our governance gurus Adam Taylor and Kinara Flagg for running a smooth election, our communications chairs Monica Chavez and Paul Fileri, and Anne Louise Taylor for representing us on the Ward 2 Education Council.
We hope everyone has a fun, safe, and happy summer!
