Echo Lake Elementary PTA Shoreline

Save the dates! We've got our PTA meetings for the 2026-2027 school year scheduled! Let's connect, collaborate, and support our students' success together! ALL ARE WELCOME! ❤️

The details:
🗓Wednesday, September 16th
🕖7 PM start time
🏫Meet with us in-person in the school library,
💻Or join us online on Zoom! (Link will be shared via ParentSquare for parents and emailed to members)

ℹ For more information go to
www.echolakepta.org or email [email protected]
💬♿If you need language or accessibility assistance, please email [email protected]

We're still in need of a few people to join our awesome PTA board! No experience necessary, just a willingness to learn and pitch in! All positions can be shared, too - so ask a friend to join in on the fun! We really need some help with the following roles:
✅Volunteer Coordinator
✅Family Services Chair
✅Fundraising Chair
✅Legislative/Advocacy Chair
✅STEM Night Co-Chair
✅Staff Appreciation Co-Chair

If you are interested or have any questions, please email [email protected] for more information!

Some great tips for navigating school drop-offs with a sensitive child.

We are still in need of a Legislative/Advocacy Chair for the PTA! If this sounds like something interesting to you and you want to join in to help us have a voice at the table, please email us at [email protected] and we can connect you with the Shoreline PTA Council 6.12's Advocacy Chair.

🗓️ Save the Date: Legislative Assembly 2026



October 16–17, 2026 | Cascadia College | Bothell, WA



Legislative Assembly brings PTA members together from across Washington to learn, connect, and advocate for children.



⭐2026 is a platform setting year!⭐ Delegates will vote on WSPTA's 2026–2028 Legislative Platform and select the Top 5 legislative priorities that will guide our advocacy efforts.



ℹ️ Registration opens in early September. Start planning now by budgeting for attendance and identifying delegates from your PTA.



Registration Rates

• Regular: $175

• Student: $50

• Group of 3: $475

• Group of 4: $600

• Student Only: $25 per day

North City Jazz Walk is tonight! Tuesday, August 11th.

Jazz Walk tonight - Tuesday August 11, 2026
https://www.shorelineareanews.com/2026/08/jazz-walk-tonight-tuesday-august-11-2026.html

Shoreline PTA Council 6.12 and Shoreline Public Schools Foundation are collecting backpacks again. You can purchase from their wishlist on Amazon and have them sent directly to the Shoreline Center. Please help out if you can. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/7L3LWIU4BOOI...

Coming up soon!
Kindergarten playdate at the Echo Lake Elementary playground!

Hang out with other kindergarten families, get advice from experienced Echo Lake parents, meet some friendly folks from the PTA, and get to know our principal and dean!

Tuesday, August 18th 4pm-6pm with Mr. Lohman (principal)
Saturday, August 22nd 10am-12pm with Mr. C (dean)

Don't forget about your back to school shopping! Here's the list for Echo Lake grades K-5. (You can also find your paper copy in the envelope with end of year report cards from June - if you can find it!)

Let us know if you need help viewing the list or need it typed up for accessibility, we are happy to help!

August 19th 1-5pm - free haircuts and mini facials for students in grades K-12 at Evergreen Beauty School! First come, first served!

Free haircuts, mini-manicures, and mini-facials at Evergreen Beauty College Back-to-School event August 19, 2026
https://www.shorelineareanews.com/2026/08/free-haircuts-mini-manicures-and-mini.html

You still have 2.5 hours to get your ballots in! We have a drop box in our own neighborhood, at the park n ride at Aurora Ave N. and N. 192nd St. There's also one at the Shoreline Library parking lot!