Grade Level Meetups Start This Week!

8/18/2025 9:14 pm

Twain families, we are excited to welcome you to a new school year. The PTSA will be kicking things off with Grade Level Meetups where you and your child (siblings welcome) can connect with other families in the same grade. Please note that this is not a drop-off event.

Check out the schedule by grade and we can't wait to see you there! 

For New and Returning Families: Get a Head Start on the Year!

8/14/2025 10:28 am

Our 2025-2026 PTSA Board is back to work prepping for the school year and we want to ensure you're ready too! 

To get a head start and complete our Back to School Packet, log in to the website. Web accounts are free and necessary for purchases throughout the year (school dance tickets, school play tickets, etc). 

The packet will lead you through 4 important start-of-school tasks... join (or renew) your PTSA Membership, pre-order the Yearbook, contribute to our No-Hassle Fundraiser, and view our volunteer opportunities (no commitment required!). 

Join the PTSA and Enjoy These Great Benefits:

• Meet New People by accessing the Family Directory to contact your child's new friend for a playdate.

• Build Meaningful Connections and Relationships with Twain teachers, staff, and other families through volunteerism for PTSA programs and events.

• Have a Voice & Vote at our Membership Meetings on agenda items such as our PTSA's Mission & Goals, Standing Rules, Budget and Election of the Executive Committee.

• Access Valuable Member-Only Discounts to places like The Great Wolf Lodge, Seattle Symphony, and FedEx.

• Enrich Your Student's School Day and register for our Before and After School Programs.

• Enjoy Insider Access with perks like the Block Party Raffle and access to the Twain Staff Favorites list.

Become part of our PTSA today and help make our school community stronger and more connected!

Last Call for Reflections Team Lead!

8/13/2025 9:26 pm

Last call for a Team Lead for our Reflections art program! This program will not be available for students without a lead soon. Email Malaika at malaika@twainptsa.org if interested. 2025-26 theme is "I Belong".

 Find more information on the National PTA program page.

Bus Helpers Needed!

8/11/2025 9:41 pm

We are looking for volunteers to help our bus riders get to and from school during the first few days. Please sign up here to be a bus helper! 

*LWSD approved volunteers only, thank you!

Meet our 2025 Block Party Sponsors!

7/11/2025 9:00 am

Our Block Party Fundraising Captain is recruiting an amazing list of raffle-prize sponsors for the Block Party on September 12! Stay tuned to find out more about the fantastic raffle items these generous community-focused businesses have donated. 

If you or your company would like to donate a raffle prize, please contact Fundraising Captain Melanie Walling at lytmelanie@yahoo.com. 

Keep up the great work, Melanie!

Thank You Explore Art Docents & Teachers

6/22/2025 6:31 am

Thank you to each and every one of our 70+ art docents as well as all of our amazing Twain teachers for their time and dedication to support art curriculum in our school.

This program continues to be a shining example to our community and gets stronger each year thanks to our amazing team of volunteers.

Special thanks to our program lead, Nicki Schulman, our dedicated VP, Malaika Silliker, our outstanding Clay Lead, Katti Swanson and our reliable and super organized grade level leads, Melody Herring Bane (K), Alex De Obeso (1), Parvoneh Neilsen (2), Janani Kartik (3), Nicki Schulman (4) and Sita Mani (5). Consider joining our team next year! No art experience needed. Docent Training will be held on September 25th 6-8pm.