- Eastside Town Hall in Review—The School Funding CrisisWashington’s Commitment to Education: Falling Short Approximately 1,000 PTA members, students, parents, educators and leaders from school districts Continue reading Eastside Town Hall in Review—The School Funding Crisis
- Join Us for WSPTA’s 2025 Focus Day in Olympia!📅 Date: Monday, Feb. 17, 2025📍 Location: The United Churches of Olympia (110 11th Ave. SE, Olympia WA) Continue reading Join Us for WSPTA’s 2025 Focus Day in Olympia!
- Announcing a New Council Initiative: The Advocacy CommitteeAre you passionate about creating change in education? Join the First LWPTSA Council Advocacy Committee Meeting! 📅 Date: Continue reading Announcing a New Council Initiative: The Advocacy Committee
- Highlights From Courageous Conversations on Diversity & InclusionA Recap of the LWPTSA Council DEI Committee’s January 2025 Session, Breaking Barriers: Understanding Systemic Racism Our Jan. Continue reading Highlights From Courageous Conversations on Diversity & Inclusion
- Congratulations to LWPTSA Council’s 2024-25 Reflections Winners!Note from the LWPTSA Reflections team: Errors in the winners’ list have been corrected, and the document has Continue reading Congratulations to LWPTSA Council’s 2024-25 Reflections Winners!
Upcoming Events
Join us in person as we showcase and celebrate the inspirational and original works of art created by student artists from local PTAs who participated in this year’s National PTA Reflections art contest, and see the winning Council-level selections moving on to Washington State PTA judging!
All students and family members, school staff, friends, art enthusiasts and esteemed Reflections judges are invited to this celebration!
Map of LWSD Resource Center
(16250 NE 74th Street at Redmond Town Center)
Art will be on display from Wednesday, Jan. 22, through Monday, Jan. 27, at the LWSD Resource Center for public viewing during business hours (9 am to 5 pm).
Reflections Chairs: For information about displaying and retrieving your students’ artwork, please visit this page.
Are you passionate about creating change in education? Join the first meeting of the new LWPTSA Council Advocacy Committee!
This is your opportunity to make a difference! Join us for an engaging and informative session featuring two dynamic speakers:
- Lindsey Yocum, LWSD Board Legislative Representative, and
- Amy Falcone, Kirkland City Council Member
What You’ll Gain: Discover critical education issues, from classroom-level support to state legislation. Reflect on what matters most to you in education advocacy and gain tools to track, align, and influence state legislation that shapes education in Washington.
Why Attend: Get hands-on tools to guide your advocacy efforts, explore real-life examples of how legislation impacts education in Washington State, and start planning your advocacy strategy to create meaningful change.
Questions? Contact Zahra Eslami & Kameh Saman, LWPTSA Council Advocacy Co-VPs, at Advocacy@lLWPTSA.net. We look forward to seeing you there—let’s work together to make a difference in education!
WSPTA Region 2 (that’s us!) PTA leaders have an upcoming in-person opportunity to attend free training classes, including “Managing Your Nonprofit PTA,” “Nominating Committee,” “Easy Opportunities for Advocacy” and more.
Register here. Questions? Contact ptareg2@wastatepta.org.
The LWPTSA Sustainability Committee is made up of local sustainability chairs at schools across the district. The committee has worked on a range of issues, including food recovery, waste reduction, composting, green cleaning, no-idle zones, herbicide-free schools, and engaging and supporting students in their efforts to combat climate change and create a livable planet.
Sustainability Committee meetings for 2024-2025 will be a mix of in-person meetings at the LWSD Resource Center Sammamish Room (16250 NE 74th St., Redmond WA 98052) as well as online sessions via Zoom.
About Us
The Lake Washington PTSA Council (LWPTSA Council) serves 44 local PTAs and PTSAs within the Lake Washington School District, in the cities of Kirkland, Redmond and Sammamish. Lake Washington PTSA Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to child advocacy in the state of Washington. Our mission is to serve as a relevant resource to the local PTAs, families and community members within the Lake Washington School District through training, support and guidance, and to advocate for the health, well-being and education of every child. Learn more about us, including our goals and objectives.
LWPTSA Council is a member organization of Washington State PTA and the National PTA.
