Seaton Families,
Welcome to Fall! Thank you for joining us for Back to School Nights. We enjoyed having families visit classrooms, meet the Seaton team, enjoy snacks, and experience the Seaton cafeteria.
As the weather changes, we encourage families to send students to school wearing layers of clothing or a sweater. Students will continue to spend time outdoors for recess, physical education classes, and fire drills throughout the fall season.
Families will receive the Seaton Family Newsletter bi-weekly on Mondays. These newsletters will be distributed via email, Remind, and will also be available on the Seaton website. You can expect to find information about school news, upcoming events, and parent updates. Please find attached the September 23 Family Newsletter.
School Events and Opportunities
A Message from the Attendance Team. This month is attendance awareness month, and the Seaton Attendance Committee is busy planning events for our students, staff, and families! The attendance committee will be having a spirit week to commemorate Attendance Awareness Month! Here are the themed days:
- Monday September 23rd, 2024 – College Wear Day
- Tuesday September 24th, 2024– Bright Colors Day
- Wednesday September 25th, 2024– Pajama Day (updated!)
- Thursday September 26th, 2024 – Jersey Day
- Friday September 27th, 2024– School Spirit Day
The Attendance Team are also hosting a class competition to promote attendance between all classes. The class with the best in-seat attendance rate during the month of September will receive popsicles. We are excited to get things kicked off at Seaton, but this is only the beginning, so stay tuned for more!
Seaton Attendance Form. Families, please fill out the SY 24-25 SY 24-25 Seaton Absent/Tardy Form if you are student was absent or tardy.
Complete the Volunteer Clearance Process. Please note, all parents/guardians that would like to chaperone field trips, must complete the DCPS Clearance process before chaperoning a field trip.Once you have completed the clearance process, please share your approved clearance letter with Ms. Daisy (gloria.torrento@k12.dc.gov) or Ms. Hill (alicia.hill@k12.dc.gov), in the main office.
Food Distribution. Families are invited to come to the Food Distribution event on October 17 during dismissal time in the Seaton Playground. We will distribute food donation
Picture Day. It’s that time of year again! Picture Day will be held on October 30th this year! Picture Make-Up Day will be held on December 11th. On Picture Day, students are allowed to wear a “special outfit” if they wish, as long as it does not have any inappropriate pictures or wording on it.
Parent Teacher Conferences Day. Families should expect to receive communication from their grade level teachers to schedule parent teacher conferences for the Fall Term. Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for October 10. There will be no school for students on Thursday October 10th.
Girls on the Run Team (GOTR). Students in grades 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade invited to join the Seaton Girls on The Run team. Teacher Ms. McCan is the team captain for Seaton’s GOTR team. Families can register for the team here.
Open Garden Hours. Seaton’s garden is open to families every Monday starting September 9 from 3:30 to 4:30pm. Families are invited to come play, harvest, and help out in the garden. Students must be with a caregiver to attend. For questions, reach out to Ms. Coyne, PK4 teacher and garden committee lead.
Medications and Allergies. If your child needs to take medication or requires medical treatment during school hours, please have your medical provider complete the appropriate forms – there’s the Medication and Treatment Authorization Forms, the Asthma Action Plan and the Action Plan for Anaphylaxis. Please email forms to seatonesenroll@k12.dc.gov and ask them to be submitted to the nurse. If your child needs dietary accommodations, your provider should also complete the Dietary Accommodations Form. Please submit the completed form to dietary.forms@k12.dc.gov and cc seatonesenroll@k12.dc.gov
Save the Dates
October is a busy month at Seaton! See the updated Family Events Calendar!
PTO Updates
This Thursday, 9/26, from 5 PM onwards, the PTO is hosting a family-friendly fundraiser at Dacha. A $10 donation gets you extended happy hour and a raffle ticket for a Dacha boot.
On Saturday, October 5, Seaton families are invited to Family Art Day at the National Gallery of Art. There will be art making, face painting, bilingual story time, and a presentation by the U.S. Poet Laureat Ada Limon! A bus will leave from Seaton at 9:30 AM and return at 1 PM. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP here so we can ensure adequate bus space! Families can also go directly to the event, which runs from 10 AM to 3 PM.
The PTO is putting together committees to plan for several upcoming milestones, including Seaton’s modernization during SY 2026-27 and 2027-28, our corresponding move to swing space, and the development of a new middle school into which Seaton will feed starting in SY 2028-2029. Each of these events will require several years of advanced planning, and the PTO is seeking parent volunteers to make sure we advocate for the best for our students and teachers! If you are interested in participating in any of these committees, please fill out this form. More details will be available at the next PTO general body meeting on October 9!
General Body Meetings. Thanks to everyone who attended our first general body meeting earlier this month! We had a great first meeting and loved seeing all of the new (and old!) stingers in the room. Please mark your calendars for our next meeting–October 9th at 5:30pm. Pizza will be served + we will have childcare available. We will meet in the library.
The PTO is hoping to bridge a technology gap in our classrooms this year. Due to DCPS cuts, the lower grades are facing a shortage of devices that support students in reading and mathematics. We want to make sure that every child has access to programs like i-Ready and STmath– so if you or anyone you know has old laptops, iPads, or other devices that can connect to the internet that are no longer being used, to please consider donating devices to the school. Please email president.seatonpto@gmail.com if you would like to arrange a drop off.
WhatsApp Group. Don’t forget to sign up to connect with families in your classroom. You can find your classroom WhatsApp group QR code here. And if you would like to be a room parent—please let us know by emailing president.seatonpto@gmail.com
In Partnership – Principal Torres
