April 11, 2025

Upcoming Dates

April

• Apr. 14-18: Spring Break
• Apr. 21-22: WCAS Testing (8th Grade Science Classes)
• Apr. 21: PTSA Board Meeting (7 pm)
• Apr. 25: ASB Elections Open
• Apr. 26: Band Rummage Sale (9-3 pm)

May

• May 2: Band Fieldtrip (Bellevue HS Jazz Festival)
• May 3: Band & Orchestra Fieldtrip (Oaks Parks, Oregon)
• May 7: SBA (See below)
• May 9: ASB Elections Close
• May 9: Eckstein Musical (7 pm)
• May 10: Eckstein Musical (7 pm)
• May 12: PTSA Board Meeting (7 pm)
• May 14: SBA (See below)
• May 15: Lemonade Morning
• May 16: Lemonade Morning
• May 16: 8th Grade Semi-Formal (7-8:30 pm)
• May 21: SBA (See below)
• May 23: AAPI Assembly (AM Assembly)
• May 23: Band Fieldtrip (Folklife Festival)
• May 26: Memorial Day (NO SCHOOL)
• May 28: SBA (See below)
• May 29: Orchestra Concert (7 pm)
• May 30 – Jun. 1: Band, Choir, Orchestra: Silverwood
• May 30: Eckstein Mariner Night at Ball Park

State Testing at Eckstein is Approaching

April 21 – 22
Washington Comprehensive Assessment of Science (WCAS) – 8th grade students. This is the science test that is administered in 8th grade. The WCAS will be administered in student’s Science class, throughout the day.

May 7, 14, 21, and 28
Smarter Balance Assessment (SBA) – 6th, 7th, 8th grade students
May 7: ELA PT (English/Language Arts Performance Task)
May 14: ELA CAT – plug-in headphones required (English/Language Arts Computer Adaptive Test)
May 21: Math CAT
May 28: Math PT

This year there is a change in how we are administering the assessments. Students will test with their homeroom teachers. Below you will see the daily schedule for these days.

• Come to School On Time: It is important that your student is on-time to school to make sure we can start on-time.
• Charge laptops Every Night: Students will be testing on their laptops.
• Plug-In Headphones: For the testing on May 14th, students need to bring a pair of plug-in headphones. These can be over the ear or earbud style. They cannot be Bluetooth. We will have a limited number of headphones for students to borrow. We will accept donations if your family has any extra. Please note they do not need to be of the highest quality.
• Good Night’s Sleep: It is helpful for students to have a good night sleep and breakfast prior to the test. The cafeteria will be open prior to school starting for those who wish to pick up a breakfast.

Testing Days Schedule

1st Lunch

Testing in Homeroom classrooms: 8:55 – 11:00
1st Period: 11:05 – 11:30
2nd Period: 11:35 – 12:00
Lunch: 12:00 – 12:30
3rd Period: 12:35 – 1:00
4th Period: 1:05 – 1:30
5th Period: 1:35 – 2:00
6th Period: 2:05 – 2:30

2nd Lunch
Testing in Homeroom classrooms: 8:55 – 11:00
1st Period: 11:05 – 11:30
2nd Period: 11:35 – 12:00
4th Period: 12:05 – 12:30
3rd Period: 12:35 – 1:00
Lunch: 1:00 – 1:30
5th Period: 1:35 – 2:00
6th Period: 2:05 – 2:30

Eckstein Annual Rummage Sale – April 26, 2025 (9 am to 3 pm)

Eckstein Band Rummage Sale

Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9 am-3 pm

Eckstein Middle School Cafeteria
3003 NE 75th Street, Seattle
Come for bargains, baked goods, and music from our own Eckstein jazz combos. Proceeds go to our public school music program directed by the legendary Moc Escobedo. Funds support student scholarships and instrument repair and replacement. Our goal is to make music accessible to all.
Thank you for supporting Eckstein music!

Eckstein Rummage Sale website

We need your help to make this a success. Please look through this 2025 Eckstein Rummage & Bake Sale Sign-Up to volunteer to find a time and job that works best for you/your schedule.

Help Eckstein Recycle Plastic Film – Sign up for Ridwell (We only need 5 more!!)

We would like to continue our plastics recycling program with Ridwell for the 25/26 school year. In order to do that, we need to 10 new families to sign up for a Ridwell at home membership by May 23, 2025.
Right now 5 new families have signed up.
If you’ve been thinking about subscribing to Ridwell, this is a great opportunity to double your environmental impact! Be sure to use: https://get.ridwell.com/eck to join Ridwell with an at-home membership by May 23rd, 2025.
Up until May 6, 2025, you can bring these types of Plastic Film to school and Ridwell will make sure they stay out of landfills and are turned into new decking materials instead! Start collecting these items at home now. Collections will take place in the main office and in the bins marked in the science hallway.

Eckstein Annual Rummage Sale – April 26, 2025 (9 am to 3 pm)

Eckstein Band Rummage Sale
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9 am-3 pm
Eckstein Middle School Cafeteria
3003 NE 75th Street, Seattle
Come for bargains, baked goods, and music from our own Eckstein jazz combos. Proceeds go to our public school music program directed by the legendary Moc Escobedo. Funds support student scholarships and instrument repair and replacement. Our goal is to make music accessible to all.
Thank you for supporting Eckstein music!
Web: https://ecksteinms.seattleschools.org/news/annual-rummage-sale-at-ems-april-26-2025/
We need your help to make this a success. Please look through this 2025 Eckstein Rummage & Bake Sale Sign-Up Genius to find a time and job that works best for you/your schedule.

Are You Spring Cleaning During Spring Break?

Eckstein Middle School’s Annual Band Rummage Sale is on Saturday, April 26th, from 9am—3pm. This is one of the band program’s biggest fundraisers of the year, and we need your donations to make this event a success!
Please set aside your gently used clothing, household items, books, music, small furniture, sporting goods, and more.
All donations accepted on Friday, April 25th from 1:30pm—6:30pm in the Eckstein cafeteria (3003 NE 75th Street).
Click here to see what donations we will accept. Please share with neighbors, friends, and family. We need your help to make this event a success for our incredible music program.

Attendance Matters

Dear Families,
We wish you a restful and refreshing spring break Monday, April 14 – Friday, April 18th!
We have made it through the first three quarters of the school year and now we only have two more months of school until summer break. We appreciate everyone’s hard work and commitment to our school community. Thank you!

• We look forward to seeing your students when school resumes on Monday, April 21, 2025.
• Let’s finish out the school year by coming to school every day and on time.
• If your family or your student need support, please reach out to their grade level counselor for help

Sixth grade: Reema Ziadeh – raziadeh@seattleschools.org
Seventh grade: Bryan Manzo – bjmanzo@seattleschools.org
Eight grade: Mike Hoff – mmhoff1@seattleschools.org

• As long as your student is healthy, please encourage showing up to class when school is in session. If you have questions about your student coming to school due to a health or mental health concern, please contact Nurse Amelia Kaune – aakaune@seattleschools.org.

Every day of school is an important opportunity for students to learn and connect to peers and their teachers.
Have a wonderful spring break!
Thank you,
Kathryn Ryan
Attendance Specialist

Needs and Leads with Ms. Davenport, School Social Worker

Needs
Thank you always for supporting our students. So many families and students say what a difference these supports make in their day-to-day. Here’s the updated Amazon list We could use t-shirts, socks and shampoo/conditioner: Amazon Wishlist

If you have shoe racks or a good shelf/ organizer for clothing to donate,  we could use some now that our shoe and jeans collection is growing. 

Leads
For any Native students and families, there is a UW Powwow on April 12th:
UW Powwow
Saturday, April 12 @ 12- 4 pm
UW Alaska Airlines Arena
Food & shirts provided for everyone. The entire community (parents & siblings) are invited.
Questions: leeaglestaff@seattleschools.org or leeaglestaff@gmail.com
Sign up deadline is April 10, 2025 – Email to one of the above emails to sign up.

Erica Davenport
Social Worker, MSW
Eckstein Middle School
Work phone 206-252-5098
esdavenport@seattleschools.org

Save the Date

• Eckstein Band Rummage Sale – April 26, 2025 (9-3 pm)
• Eighth Grade Promotion Celebration – June 17, 2025; 5-6:30 pm
• Sixth Grade Fieldtrip to Family Fun Center – June 17, 2025
• Seventh Grade Fieldtrip to Lynnwood Skate & Bowl – June 17, 75
• Eighth Grade Argosy Cruise – June 18, 2025