Tilden School Alums Commitee

This was a labor of love. What an amazing tribute to Tilden, its Past, Present and Future.

Hello all. Thanks for joining us as we celebrated Tilden School, the FIRST 36 years, on August 29th. The first class at Tilden was the1985/86 school year.
Those of you receiving this email either attended or responded to pre-event invitations. Please share these photos with those who weren't there.
We had approximately 300 attendees, including 33 former teachers and staff. So many great memories.

Thanks also to our many donors, who allowed us to have the following:

Blue Bird hand-scooped Ice cream in the park,
Gifts for Whitney, Monica, Elaine, Jan and Karin, as well as flowers for new owner/principal/teacher Sarah Shearer.
This also allowed Jessica to photograph our event. Here is the link to all her wonderful pictures: https://picti.net/lKFk9.

The retirees and Sarah were unanimous in their thanks for such an outpouring of love.

We must also thank Matthew Dirks, former Tilden student, who was a surprise to Whitney and played the keyboard accompanying her ukulele and helped us sing many favorite Tilden songs, as well as a walk down Lou Magor Memory Lane.

Whitney brought us to tears with stories of her decades of friendship with Lou and his amazing connection with Tilden School.

Our special thanks to emcees Pat Sanford and Ed Hewson, both former Tilden dads for many, many years.

And thank you to our special Acrostics readers, who are all former Tilden students:

Karin Beck: Alexa, Amelia and Hugh Hewson
Jan Foster: Laura Foster, her daughter
Elaine Connell: Ross Peizer
Monica Riva: Natalie Pedegana
Whitney Tjerandsen: Roxanne (Jacobs) Caple

These are the members of the Tilden Celebration planning group:

Karen Barnard, Pat Sanford, Kristi Nilson, Becky Huntley, Lisa Hewson, Ginny Barney, Carrie Pedegana and Valerie O'Mara.

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IMPORTANT:
Below is a message from Lisa Hewson. She and several Tilden moms are putting together a memory book for Whitney and they need your help!

Thank you all who were able to attend the special Tilden retirement celebration, we had an incredible outpouring of love and support for the teachers & school that have provided so much to our children and families for 36+ years! We were fortunate to have been able to provide an amazing photographer for the event to try and capture some festive moments. We are providing the link for you to view and print photos.

As you may have gleaned at the event, we are also trying to put together a special memory album for Whitney (which will be shared with the other teachers as well!) as a commemorative of the school’s first 36 years and we need your help! Please take a few moments to reflect back on some of the special Tilden highlights for you and/or your student. And please ask your student to jot down or verbally relay to you a special memory. The memories can be general in nature or specific for a teacher or occurrence. So many things come to mind, here are just a few things that might spark a memory or two..…the Halloween Carnival, Field Day, Valentine’s Day parties, 100 days party, Teddy Bear picnic, Thanksgiving celebration, Chinese New Year, Leprechaun traps, 4th grade play, 5th grade play, Islandwood, Thursday writing, K buddies, recess (outdoor or rainy day), PE, snow days, all school music with Lou & Whitney, poetry, art, 3 layer rule, and so many more!!

We also would love to include any photos that you have!

Did you take one of the memory cards home with you and now want to send it to us for the album? Couldn’t make the event and want to have your memories included in this album? Not a problem at all! We are still collecting your memories and photos, and want to make it easy for you to get them to us. You can send things by mail, email, or drop them off.


Lisa Hewson
4838 SW Ledroit Place
Seattle, WA 98136
[email protected]
206-999-9556

Thank you for your help with this, and please reach out if you have any thoughts or questions. Our goal is to have all of the memories compiled by October 16th.

All our best,

The Tilden Celebration planning committe

In 5 days, we will be celebrating Tilden School, the FIRST 36 years.
Join us, Sunday, August 29th at Hiawatha Park from 3 - 6 pm. We will celebrate the retirement of Whitney, Monica, Elaine, Jan and Karin. And we will honor the legacy of our very own Music Man, Lou Magor.
Enjoy people you haven't seen in years, hand-scooped ice cream, musical entertainment, and memories galore. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket, families are welcome. Spread the word! There will a Memory Book table so bring photos and memories to share with Whitney. A photographer will be there to capture the day.
RSVPs are appreciated, so that we order enough ice cream!
[email protected]

Thank you to our donors as of today: Shari Kruse, Anonymous, Mimi Harlan. Virginia Pellegrino, Deb Achak, Anna Bryant, Anonymous, Tracy Garland, Gini Beck, Deb Bigelow.

Can't come? Email your favorite photos/stories for inclusion in the Memory album that will be put together by Tilden Moms for Whitney

So far, we have 240 RSVPs!

Current and former teachers & staff coming, in alphabetical order:

Julie Bailey
Karen Barnard
Karin Beck
Martha Boland
Anna Bryant
Elaine Connell
Kath Dedon
Clydene Evans-Wenzel
Betsy Fett
Jan Foster
Fran Gustav
Becky Herb
Patricia Isles
Chrissie Jackson
Sue Laeder
Devin McQuiston
Penelope Nichols
Krstin O'Meara
Carrie Pedegana
Elaine Peizer
Margaret Pypher
Mem Rippey
Monica Riva
Sarah Shearer
Tori Smith
Mary Springer
Lennie Tague
Anne Titterington
Whitney Tjerandsen
Jen Trise
Sharon von Wolffersdoeff
Jeanne Wicklund
Karie Wiitala

Have you read this amazing article about Whitney on the West Seattle Blog? Written by former Tilden parent, Becky Huntley.

https://westseattleblog.com/2021/08/tilden-school-founder-whitney-tjerandsen-retiring-celebration-next-weekend/

Two weeks from today, we will be celebrating Tilden School, the FIRST 36 years.

Join us, Sunday, August 29th at Hiawatha Park from 3 - 6 pm. We will celebrate the retirement of Whitney, Monica, Elaine, Jan and Karin. And we will honor the legacy of our very own Music Man, Lou Magor.

Enjoy people you haven't seen in years, hand-scooped ice cream, musical entertainment, and memories galore. Bring lawn chairs or a blanket, families are welcome. Spread the word! There will a Memory Book table so bring photos and memories to share with Whitney. A professional photographer will be there to capture the day.

RSVPs are appreciated, so that we order enough ice cream!
[email protected]

Thank you to our donors as of today: Shari Kruse, Anonymous, Mimi Harlan. Virginia Pellegrino, Deb Achak, Anna Bryant, Anonymous, Tracy & Garland.

Can't come? Email your favorite photos/stories for inclusion in the Memory album that will be put together by Tilden Moms for Whitney.

So far, 188 people are coming!

Current and former teachers & staff will be there. So far, in alphabetical order:

Julie Bailey
Karen Barnard
Karin Beck
Anna Bryant
Elaine Connell
Kath Dedon
Betsy Fett
Jan Foster
Chrissie Kackson
Sue Laeder
Devin McQuiston
Penelope Nichols
Carrie Pedegana
Elaine Peizer
Margaret Pypher
Mem Rippey
Monica Riva
Sarah Shearer
Tori Smith
Mary Springer
Lennie Tague
Anne Titterington
Whitney Tjerandsen
Jeanne Wicklund

As they say, you always remember your first. First grade teacher, that is. So many Tilden kids so lucky to have a first grade teacher like Elaine. Gather your first grade classmates and families together and let Elaine (and the other honorees) know how much you appreciate them on August 29, 3-6pm at Hiawatha Park.

Let’s celebrate the FIRST 36 years of Tilden School and share stories of our beloved Lou on August 29, from 3-6pm at Hiawatha Park.
Share this post with all your Tilden friends!
The rumor is that there may even be ICE CREAM! And doesn’t that sound good right about now?

Field Day! What Tilden kid didn't LOVE Field Day?! Come reminisce with classmates, families, and your favorite Tilden School teachers and staff on August 29, 3-6pm at Hiawatha Park. Who knows? Maybe we'll roll across the park in refrigerator boxes!