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Congratulations to the Bellevue PTSA Council and several of our school PTSAs who won awards at the Washington State PTA Convention this weekend. We are thankful for all the work you do to support our schools!

2018-19 WSPTA Awards of Excellence Recipients:

Family & Community Engagement

  • Bellevue PTSA Council 2.3 – Gold (Back to School Fair)
  • R.E. Bennett PTA 2.3.22 – Silver
  • Somerset Elementary 2.3.80 – Silver
  • Wilburton Elementary 2.3.15 – Bronze

Advocacy

  • Bellevue PTSA Council 2.3 – Gold (Bellevue Goes to Olympia Day)
  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80 – Gold
  • Wilburton Elementary PTA 2.3.15 – Gold

PTAs Taking Significant Action

  • Bellevue PTSA Council 2.3 – Gold (Student Advocacy Sessions)
  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80 – Gold
  • Wilburton Elementary PTA 2.3.15 – Gold

These three gold awards are presented to a PTA that brings a new and innovative event to their community.

Outstanding E-blast

  • Bellevue International School 2.3.121 – Gold

Outstanding Newsletter

  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80 – Silver

Outstanding Website

  • Newport High PTSA 2.3.155 – Gold
  • Bellevue PTSA Council 2.3 – Silver
  • Wilburton Elementary PTA 2.3.15 – Silver
  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80 – Bronze

Outstanding Communication Strategy

  • Wilburton Elementary PTA 2.3.15 – Silver

Standards of Excellence

  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80 – Silver
  • Wilburton Elementary PTA 2.3.15 – Silver

2018-19 Membership Awards

100% PTA Membership Award (one PTA member for every student enrolled)

  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80

100% Staff Membership Award (one staff membership for every certified teacher in school)

  • Somerset Elementary PTSA 2.3.80
  • Woodridge Elementary PTSA 2.3.110

Platinum Membership Growth Award (at least 20% increase in membership from prior year)

  • Sammamish High PTSA 2.3.160

WSPTA Power Surge Membership Challenge

  • Ardmore PTSA 2.3.5 – Medium PTA Category Award Recipient
  • Bellevue PTSA Council 2.3 – WSPTA Power Council since over half of the PTAs in Council participated in Power Surge Challenge

2018-19 Individual PTA Leader Recognition

Leadership Academy

  • Lisa Shank – Crystal Level
The Bellevue School District acknowledges that we learn, work, live and gather on the Indigenous Land of the Coast Salish peoples, specifically the Duwamish and Snoqualmie Tribes. We thank these caretakers of this land, who have lived and continue to live here, since time immemorial.