The Golden Acorn is a PTSA award given every year to outstanding volunteers for their service to our school and community. The Golden Acorn specifically recognizes the contributions individuals have made at Cascade Ridge Elementary and within our local community. This is an excellent way to acknowledge and appreciate someone who puts a lot of heart and energy into our school!

This award is, above all, a PTSA award whose winners volunteer in ways that meet the mission of the PTSA: promoting the health, welfare, safety and education of all children and youth in the home, school, community, and place of worship. Volunteers demonstrate an outstanding personal commitment to improving the lives of children and youth through their service to the school, district, and community.  

Recipients of the Golden Acorn Award are given a gold pin in the shape of an acorn and a special certificate. In addition, their name is added to the Golden Acorn plaque displayed in the front hall of our school. We also contribute $65.00 in the person’s name to the Washington State PTA Financial Grant Foundation. This foundation provides grants to freshman students entering post-secondary education. Golden Acorn Award recipients from all over the Issaquah School District will also be honored at a special awards ceremony early this spring.

Please help us select outstanding volunteers from the Cascade Ridge community to receive a Golden Acorn Award by nominating someone you feel is deserving! 

• To nominate, simply email the name of the person you would like to nominate to our VP of Volunteers, Erinn Chapman (erinnmchapman@gmail.com). 
• Erinn will reach out to the nominee to let them know they've been nominated (keeping the name of the person whom nominated them confidential).
• The nominee will be asked to select from a list all the areas they've volunteered in over the past year.
• The PTSA Golden Acorn Awards Committee will review the nominees and make the final selections.
• Questions?  Please contact Erinn Chapman (erinnmchapman@gmail.com).  

Nominations are due by February 13th.

Thank you!