Cascade Ridge PTSA Golden Acorn Award Nominations

Our wonderful Cascade Ridge community is extremely generous with volunteer time. This school year, we will have had hundreds of volunteers involved in the many events and programs sponsored by the PTSA. All that we do throughout the year would not be possible without this active involvement.

The Washington State PTSA Council honors outstanding volunteer service for children by awarding the Golden Acorn Award annually to PTSA volunteers. The benefit of presenting a Golden Acorn Award is two-fold. First, it recognizes individuals who have given outstanding service to children. Secondly, it supports scholarships for students pursuing post-secondary education.

Above all, this is a PTSA award whose recipients 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. Cascade Ridge honors our local volunteers through participation in the Golden Acorn program. We will be seeking nominations for this award soon after Winter Break, so be sure to think about who you would like to nominate and keep your eyes open for the announcement. Erinn Chapman at  erinnmchapman@gmail.com, our PTSA VP of Volunteers, will be happy to answer your related questions.

Thank You to Stacie Lacina for chairing this year's National PTSA state-wide arts education contest, Reflections. You played a critical role in helping students to explore the arts!

Thank you to Krystl McCandlish for all your hard work and attention to detail with the school directory! Even though the long power outage resulted in loosing data, you persevered!

A BIG thanks to Peggy Rodman for all your hard work in following up on matching funds dollars; Walkathon kept you busy!

Thank you to ALL the Box Top Classroom Reps who helped calculate class Box Top totals, rallied their classes and deliver prizes:  Annette MacDougall, Dafna Tarlowe, Katrina Pierce, Marci Bartholomae, Kelly Huber, Jaime Foreman, Kim Vivash, Julie Barnes, Dulcy Hixson, Pamela Franklin, Debbie Hung, Diana Verrue, Kim Mathew, Cyndi Sears, Julie Clark, Leigh Ann Wilcox, Blythe Mercer, Lorie Piper, and  Jennifer Moore. Also, a special thanks to the following volunteers who came in to help deliver prizes alongside the reps:  Ann Brooks, Jackie Mueller, Stefanie Magnuson, and  Sharon Hastings. Also, a huge thank you to Nathalie Fusaro for all her support and encouragement to the Box Tops program!

Thank you to our November Popcorn Friday Volunteers - Diane Pattillo, Amy Simpson, Laurie Jones, Marci Bartholomae and  Erinn Chapman.

Thank You to Lorie Piper and Anamika Malhotra for helping with our School Picture Retakes.