Lake Washington PTSA Council’s calendar is below. Here are additional links to find district, state and national events of interest:
- Lake Washington School District Calendar
- Washington State PTA Calendar
- National PTA Events and Calendar
- National PTA’s 2024-2025 Multicultural Calendar | Calendario Multicultural
Training Opportunities
Are you looking specifically for training opportunities to fulfill your yearly requirement? Find available classes here:
For the latest information on our upcoming events, please see the list below. We are in the process of upgrading our calendar system to provide you with a better experience.
- March 2 (7-8:30 pm): WSPTA Programs/Reflections Workshop (Virtual – Register)
- March 3 (10–11:30 am): LWPTSA Council Sustainability Committee Meeting (Virtual – Register)
- March 4 (11 am–12:30 pm): LWPTSA Council DEIB Committee Meeting (Virtual – Register)
- March 4 (7–8:30 pm): LWPTSA Led Effective Budgets and Financial Strategy Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 5 (9:45–11:15 am): LWPTSA Council Membership Meeting (Board Room)
- March 7 (10–12 pm): WSPTA Nominating Committee Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 11 (7–8 pm): LWPTSA Scholarship Roundtable (Virtual – Register)
- March 11 (6–9 pm): WSPTA PTA & The Law Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 12 (1–3 pm): WSPTA Managing Your Nonprofit Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 12: WSPTA Scholarship, Essay, AOE, Membership Awards Submissions Due
- March 17 (6:30–8:30 pm): LWPTSA Council Special Education Group (SEG) Meeting (LWSD Resource Center Board Room)
- March 21 (9–12 pm): WSPTA PTA & The Law Training Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 23 (1–3 pm): WSPTA Nominating Committee Training (Virtual – Register)
- March 26 (12–1 pm): Lunch & Learn: Enrichment 101 (Virtual – Register)
- March 26 (5-7:30 pm): Be the Bridge Spring Benefit (Seattle Marriott Redmond – Register)
Come learn about the Awards of Excellence program! Learn tips and tricks on how to apply and important dates. Learn about the new awards for 2025-26 and how your PTA can apply for them! There will be a question and answer session at the end so bring your questions.
Join us for an evening of connection, conversation, and community impact! The Lake Washington PTSA Council is hosting a lively, interactive forum featuring School Board Candidates from Districts 3 and 4. This is your chance to hear directly from those seeking to represent LWSD families—and to ask the questions that matter most to you.
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 7 pm; doors open at 6:30 pm
Secondary Session: 10 to 11 am
WHERE: LWSD Resource Center Board Room (map)
🕡 Doors open at 6:30 PM for casual networking with fellow families and students.
🗣️ At 7 PM, the moderated Q&A begins, with candidates rotating through thoughtful, time-limited responses to questions submitted online and in person.
💬 Want to shape the conversation? Submit your anonymous questions by October 12 using our online form.
📌 Focus areas: Arts & Enrichment, Special Education, School Safety, Academic Equity Your input helps ensure the forum reflects the values and hopes of our LWSD community.
Let’s show up, speak up, and shape the future of our schools—together.
Note: This event will not be recorded.
Questions? Email LWPTSA Council Advocacy Co-Chairs Marie-Therese Schambeck and Sushmita Srikant at Advocacy@LWPTSA.net.
Come learn about the Awards of Excellence program! Learn tips and tricks on how to apply and important dates. Learn about the new awards for 2025-26 and how your PTA can apply for them! There will be a question and answer session at the end so bring your questions.
LWPTSA Council invites everyone to join us at noon on Thursday, October 16, as we discuss the importance of PTSA in emergency preparedness for schools, as well as a high-level overview of school safety and drills in LWSD. Bring your questions and concerns, and we’ll see you at lunch!
WHEN: Thursday, Oct. 16, from 12 to 1 pm
WHERE: Zoom — Register
TOPIC: Emergency Preparedness and School Safety: The Role of the PTSA
SPEAKER: Brooke Gialopsos, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, Committee Member for LWPTSA Council Emergency Preparedness Committee, and LWPTSA Council Co-President
Lunch & Learn consists of virtual sessions held on select Thursdays during the school year, where we share short presentations, followed by Q&A, on topics of interest to our PTA and school community. Lunch & Learns are always free to join. Grab your lunch, log on, and learn with us!
LWPTSA Council’s Lunch & Learn series consists of short presentations and Q&A on topics of interest to our school community, from noon – 1 pm on select Thursdays online via Zoom. Grab your lunch, log on, and learn with us! Event links will be shared on our website calendar, social media and newsletters close to the event dates. Topics and featured speakers are subject to change and will be updated as they are finalized.
The 47th Annual WSPTA Legislative Assembly will take place October 18-19, 2025, in person at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel at SeaTac.[hotel website] [map of location]
Delegates will discuss and vote whether to amend current legislative issues, or to add new, emerging issues to the “also supported” list. Learn more here.
More details to come on registration closer to the event, including information on panels, classes, speakers and the voters’ guide. Watch Council newsletters and the WSPTA website this fall.
This is the most important and useful class of them all, as it will prepare you and your fellow officers to run your PTA with an eye toward the important legal and fiscal requirements in running a nonprofit. PTA and the Law deals with state and federal rules and regulations relevant to running a charitable, tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation in the state of Washington and will explain how these rules impact your PTA. PTA and the Law is a required class for at least one PTA officer each year.
Hosted by the League of Women Voters
This is a community-wide event—all Kirkland residents are welcome. See flyer for additional info.
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 2025-2026 will be a mix of in-person meetings at the LWSD Resource Center (16250 NE 74th St., Redmond WA 98052) as well as online sessions via Zoom.
Council’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee meets one Wednesday each month of the school year (with the exception of September and June) at 11:30 am. During the 2025-2026 year, meetings will be held online via Zoom.
DEI chairs and other interested leaders from PTAs and PTSAs in the Lake Washington School District are invited to these monthly meetings to discuss DEI issues and advocacy initiatives that impact our students and families.