2025-26 Back to School Newsletter

Posted on: August 22, 2025

Upcoming Dates

WEB Day: 6th Grade Welcome
September 2 pm-4 pm in the Eckstein Gym

Drop off your 6th grade student on the west side of the school on NE 30th Ave by 2:00 PM. We will have WEB leaders and signs to direct students. More info to come by the end of the week.
Pick up will be at the back of the school on the Eckstein field at 4:00pm.

First Day of School
September 3th – NO EARLY RELEASE – 8:55 am- 3:45 pm
Early release will occur every Wednesday EXCEPT for the first week of school.

School Picture Day
September 16th – During the school day

Eckstein 75th Anniversary Celebration
September 20, 2025 (10 – 1 pm)

Curriculum Night
September 25th – 6:30 pm – 8 pm

Welcome Back from Principal Rose

Hello Eckstein Families,

Welcome to the 2025-2026 school year!

I hope this newsletter finds you and your family well and that you have had a wonderful summer. We are looking forward to welcoming our Eckstein Eagles back to school.

I would like to extend a special welcome to our new families joining our Eckstein community. We are glad you are with us for your student’s middle school journey!

We ask that you thoroughly read this back-to-school newsletter. We send our weekly school information on Fridays through this “Smore” format, as it provides opportunity for translation for our families. We hope the many questions you have as we embark on the new school year are integrated into this publication. Please reach out with additional questions you have.

I am fortunate to lead the most amazing community of students, educators and families.

It is a great honor to be your Principal.

Sincerely,
Kristin Rose, Principal

Save the Date!

We are celebrating our 75th anniversary this September 20, 2025; 10 am – 1 pm. We would like to invite the community to join us in this celebration.

Eckstein Middle School
75th Anniversary Celebration
September 20, 2025; 10 am – 1 pm

WEB Day for Sixth Graders – September 2, 2025 – 2 – 4 PM

Tuesday – September 2, 2025
2:00 – 4 PM
We are very excited to welcome our newest Eagles, the incoming 6th grade class, to Eckstein Middle School!
The transition from elementary to middle school can be filled with many different emotions. We hope to ease this transition by inviting your student to Eckstein on Tuesday, September 2 from 2PM – 4 PM for our WEB program.

Where Everyone Belongs!

Orientation and transition program to welcome our new 6th grade students.
Community building activities.
Meet fellow sixth graders.
Tour the building.
Much, much more!

Drop off 6th grade students on the west side of the school and walk up the stairs on 30th Ave NE by 2:00 PM. We will have WEB leaders and signs to direct students. Pick up your 6th grader at the same spot on 30th Ave at 4:00pm.

Our accessible drop-off location is behind the school just to the left of the loading dock. To access, please turn right into the alley on the far east end of school off of NE 75th Street. Once you enter the gate, turn right. The loading dock will be straight in front of you. Upon entering the school, turn left and follow signs to the gymnasium.

PTSA board members will be at the drop-off for the September 2 WEB Day to share information about Eckstein to parents and caregivers. We will gather after WEB Day concludes at 4 PM for a New Family Meet Up! Join them for connections with incoming students and families.

The event is for incoming 6th grade students only. No parents, guardians, or siblings for this event.

We know that many families have plans in the final days before school starts and cannot attend WEB due to prior commitments. If this is the case for your student, please do not worry. The first day of school we repeat welcoming activities, provide tours of the school, and get our students well situated before they start moving to their various classes. Please rest assured that they will be well taken care of!

Welcome new 7th and 8th grade students to Eckstein

We invite new to Eckstein 7th and 8th grade students to join us for a meet and greet and a tour of the school. We will meet on September 2nd from 1 – 2 pm in front of the school at the blue and white Eckstein Middle School sign off of NE 75th Street.

Notes from the Nurse

Dear Parents and Guardians,

Welcome back! I hope you have all had a great summer and are ready to begin the year. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. My name is Laurie Morelli, and I will be your school nurse. I have been a nurse for over 17 years with a background in GI and liver and as a substitute school nurse for SPS. I was born and raised in Seattle and have lived in Hawthorne Hills/View Ridge for more than 15 years. I am very excited to be joining the Eckstein community and look forward to collaborating with families to ensure the health of your students.

There are several things I need to be ready for your child this year.

Immunizations:
Please make sure that your child is up to date with all the required immunizations for school. You will receive a letter from the district office if a student is deficient in any of the required immunizations.

Medications:
If your child will need daily medication that will be given at school or, if your child has an emergency medication (epinephrine, albuterol, glucagon, midazolam, etc) that may need to be given at school, I will need the medication authorization form signed by both you AND his/her physician.

If the student will carry the medication with them (i.e.: albuterol), you must make sure to check that box otherwise, I should have it in the nurse’s office. Please make sure the physician states the name of the medication, the dosage, how often given and for what. I must have this form for all medications by the first day of school; without it, I cannot give the medication. If any changes are made to the dosage, etc. I will need a new medication authorization. All medication must come in its original package, not individual pills. It must have your child’s name clearly written on the box/prescription, and the dosage and administration instructions on the printed pharmacy label MUST match those on the medication authorization form.

I will be at the school on the following days this month (see below) and would invite you to come and meet me, especially for those of you that have students with emergency medications or chronic conditions (i.e.: diabetes, seizure disorders, severe allergies), and to drop off any medications and paperwork that will be needed this year. Please call in advance of coming to ensure I will be present to meet you.

– Wednesday August 27th 10 am – 3 pm
– Thursday August 28th 9 am – 2 pm
– Friday, August 29th 9 am – 1 pm
– Tuesday, September 2nd 9 am – 3 pm

Please call Nurse Laurie before coming to the building to confirm availability at 206-252-5017.

Emergency Contact/Communication:
Please make sure to have your emergency contact information up to date (sent home first week of school and an online update request will also be sent from SPS) in case I need to call due to illness and the need to return home. I will start with parents/guardians and then will go down your list. I also often use TalkingPoints for non-emergent communication. It is available in the App Store as “FAMILIES TalkingPoints”

I look forward to working with you and your child this school year. During the school year, I work Monday-Friday from 08:30-4:00. Enjoy the remaining days of summer break.

Laurie Morelli, BSN, RN
School Nurse, Eckstein Middle School
eckstein_nurse@seattleschools.org
T: (206)252-5017
F: (206)743-3119

Registrar Information

Important Reminders:

As we near the end of the summer, availability in our electives and courses is limited, Ms. Tai will review available electives and register your student into available courses. Placement in preferred courses or change requests are not guaranteed. Thank you for your patience.
If you are a rising new to Eckstein 8th grader, please send Ms. Tai an email (jetai@seattleschools.org) with a list of topics covered in your student’s 7th grade math course and ideally an official transcript. Your rising 8th grader may be placed into Math 8 (standard math for 8th graders) or Algebra 1 (high school level credit). To be placed into Algebra 1, Ms. Tai must verify 7th grade math covered and receive approval from our math faculty. This is a district policy.
Please note that our Math 7/8 course for 7th graders is currently full, and we have a waitlist. Please contact Ms. Tai if you’d like to be on the waitlist.
Spanish 1 has a waitlist. Please send Ms. Tai an email if you’d like to be on that waitlist.
You can read more about Eckstein’s electives on the Eckstein Registrar Courses and Electives website. Please bookmark the Eckstein Registrar’s site. Ms. Tai regularly posts information online.

Student Schedules

Preliminary schedules will go live on the Source on September 2. This date is set by the district and cannot be modified by individual schools.
New incoming students who attend WEB/Orientation Day (Where Everyone Belongs) will receive a copy of their preliminary schedules in-person on 9/2.
- 1-2 PM: Incoming new 7th and 8th graders
- 2-4 PM: Incoming new 6th graders
- WEB stands for “Where Everyone Belongs” and is an opportunity for incoming students to get familiar with the campus, meet our school staff, and meet other incoming new students.
- This is a student-only, in-person event.
Only semester 1 classes will be released on your student’s schedules. Semester 2 schedules will be available after quarter 2 is complete.
The process to request elective changes will remain the same as last school year:
- First week of school will be prioritized for students who are new to Eckstein and do not have schedules and current students with errors in their core classes.
- Second week of school: Ms. Tai will provide details on how to request changes to your student’s electives. Again, this is pending availability, space, and not guaranteed.

First day of school procedures

Please encourage your student to bring their school supplies on the first day of school, including water bottles. Please refer to the school supply list below. If your family needs help with school supplies please contact our Social Worker, Erica Davenport, at esdavenport@seattleschools.org. We are happy to help!
We know that traffic can quickly become congested along NE 75th Street. We encourage all families to bike, walk, and get on wheels to get to school.
A covered bike cage is available in the back parking lot off 75th for students biking to school. For more information about safe routes to school contact Jessica Levine jclevine@seattleschools.org and Scott Musgrove (Eckstein Bikes Parent Lead) modcitizen@gmail.com
Parent car drop off and pick up of students is on NE 75th Street, right in front of the school. Please pull forward as far as you can to accommodate more vehicles. Drivers are asked not to exit their vehicles during drop off or pick up in order to maximize safety for students and smooth operations. Also please be sure not to block the bike lane.
Our accessible drop-off location is behind the school, just to the left of the loading dock, through the double doors. To access, please turn right into the alley on the far east end of school, off of NE 75th street. Once you enter the gate, turn right. The loading dock will be straight in front of you. Upon entering the school through the double doors, turn right to find the front hall.
Students taking yellow school bus transportation will be dropped off at the parking lot on 30th. They will also catch the bus in the same place in the afternoon.

7th and 8th graders – First Day of School Report to homeroom at 8:50 AM. Final bell rings at 8:55 AM.

BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL students can find their homeroom teachers by logging onto the Source. Schedules will be live on the Source at 4 PM on September 2nd. https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/dots/support-training-forms/source/
If students do not know their homeroom before arriving at school on the first day, they will find postings of homeroom assignments in each of the front entrance hallways of Eckstein.
Students should report to their homeroom teacher promptly after the first bell at 8:50am.

6th graders – First Day of School Report to Auditorium at 8:50 AM after picking up nametag with Home Room assignment in front of the school.

At the front of the school on NE 75th Street to the left of the front doors on the large grassy area, 6th graders will identify their homeroom teachers by obtaining a nametag from a table which will have their homeroom teacher listed on it.
They will then enter the building from the front doors on NE 75th Street, and walk straight into the Auditorium, located directly inside the doors, where they will look for their homeroom teacher holding a large sign. They will then sit with their homeroom class.
We will take it from there as we provide a warm welcome and orient our Eckstein Eagles to middle school!
Parents and guardians will be invited to join the PTSA in the garden behind school for coffee and connection.

News from the PTSA

Hello from the PTSA! We are excited to welcome back our existing families and especially excited to welcome new families to Eckstein! PTSA board members will be at the drop-off for the August 26th WEB Day to share information about Eckstein to parents and caregivers. Be sure to join us for a family meet-up on the Eckstein field after WEB Day for students and families. We will gather after WEB Day concludes at 4 PM for a New Family Meet up! Join us for connections with incoming students and families. Finally, make sure to subscribe to our weekly PTSA electronic newsletter so you can stay up to date on all PTSA and community news. We will be launching our back to school membership drive and have some great events planned for the new school year. Enjoy these last days of summer break! Feel free to email president@ecksteingeaglesptsa.org with any thoughts or questions in the meantime.

Supply List

Donations of supplies are also greatly appreciated. Please contact Social Worker Erica Davenport if you are willing to donate and/or if you need supplies esdavenport@seattleschools.org

Supply List

· Use of an accordion folder, or 6 durable pocket folders (ideally different colors for each class), or a project organizer type system to organize daily work in classes. *This is new this year for EMS students. Zip binders are left over from pre-laptop days and when students were not allowed to carry their backpacks.

· 1 package of notecards student’s choice for size of 3×5 or 5×7

· Pencil pouch

· Pencil sharpener (personal/handheld)

· Writing supplies 4 dozen sharpened pencils, 2 dozen black or blue pens, 4 highlighters, 2 fine tip black non-permanent felt tip pens

· 500 college ruled notebook paper

· Eraser

· Ti 30XIIS calculator for all math classes

· Colored pencils

· Wired/corded headphones

· Refillable water bottle

· Personal sized hand sanitizer (optional)

· 2 reams of white paper delivered to Home Room teacher or the Main Office

· 1 box of Kleenex delivered to Home Room teacher or the Main Office

· 1 canister of disinfectant wipes delivered to Home Room teacher or the Main Office

Grade Level Additions

6th Grade

· *School planner is provided to 6th grade students

· 4 composition notebooks, 100 pages college rule (Math, ELA and 2 for Science)

7th Grade

· 1 composition notebook, college rule (ELA)

· School planner (optional)

· 1 composition notebook, college rule (If taking World Language)

· Felt tipped colored pens (Flair type) 12 pack

8th Grade

· 1 marble cover composition notebook with 100 pages. No spiral notebooks! (ELA)

· 1 view finder binder 1-1.5 inch (ELA)

· Metric ruler (Science)

· School planner (optional)

· 1 composition notebook, college rule (If taking a World Language)

Art Classes

· 9×12 Sketchbooks

Mr. Mayo – Algebra Class

· Graphed Paper comp notebook or any sized notebook

· Individual teachers may request additional supplies once students are assigned to their classes. Teachers will provide this information the first week of school.

Donations of supplies are also greatly appreciated. Please contact Social Worker Erica Davenport if you are willing to donate. esdavenport@seattleschools.org

Donations & Recommended Fees (Estimated) for 2025–26

As we gear up for a great year, here are some optional donations and recommended fees that support our programs, classroom supplies, and student experiences. These are not required, but every contribution helps enrich learning opportunities for all students.

How to Pay

All items are available in your student’s SchoolPay.com account — you can access either directly or by logging into The Source. Once an item is paid, it will disappear from your account.

Scholarships are always available.

$25+ Building Supply & Stock Room Donation

Helps keep classrooms and the main office stocked with essentials like paper, pens, pencils, and notebooks.

Please feel free to send this link to anyone in your community that would like to support your student’s school. https://schoolpay.com/pay/for/Eckstein-General-Building–Donation/Sd0kbu2
➡️ Available to pay more than once and open all year long.

Elective Program Donations (Estimated)

$200 – Band Donation: Supports music supplies, basic instrument needs, repairs, and band coaches
$200 – Orchestra Donation: Covers music supplies, basic instrument needs, and repairs
$40 – Choir Donation: Funds music materials, a piano accompanist, and annual piano tuning
$40 – Art Donation: Provides classroom art supplies
$25/semester – Tech Donation: Supports tech-related classroom resources
$10 – Spanish Donation: Covers supplies for classroom projects

Grade-Level Trips & Events (Estimated)

$400 – 8th Grade Orkila Trip (Due September)
$60 – 8th Grade End-of-Year Cruise (Due May)
$45 – 7th Grade End-of-Year Trip (Due May)
$45 – 6th Grade End-of-Year Trip (Due May)
Music Program Field Trips: Added to SchoolPay as scheduled; costs range from $20–$400 per field trip depending on trip length, transportation, registration fees, and other costs

Additional Items (Estimated)

$10 – ASB Activity Card (Available in September) Supports athletics, Eagle Nights, dances, assemblies, and other community-building events

$30 – Yearbook (Available for purchase in September)

Daily Bell Schedule

Homeroom is 20 minutes long on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. There is no homeroom on Wednesdays.

Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri

Period 1: 8:55 AM – 9:50 AM
Period 2: 9:55 AM – 10:50 AM
Period 3: 10:55 AM – 11:50 AM
Period 4: 12:25 PM – 1:20 PM
First Lunch: 11:50 AM – 12:20 PM (Class time: 12:25 PM – 1:20 PM
Second Lunch: 12:50 PM – 1:20 PM (Class time: 11:55 AM – 12:50 PM
Homeroom: 1:25 PM – 1:45 PM
Period 5: 1:50 PM – 2:45 PM
Period 6: 2:50 PM – 3:45 PM

Wednesday

Period 1: 8:55 AM – 9:45 AM
Period 2: 9:50 AM – 10:36 AM
Period 3: 10:41 AM – 11:27 AM
Period 4: 12:02 PM – 12:48 PM
First Lunch: 11:27 AM – 11:57 AM (Class time: 12:02 PM – 12:48 PM)
Second Lunch: 12:18 PM – 12:48 PM (Class time: 12:18 PM – 12:48 PM)
Period 5: 12:53 PM – 1:39 PM
Period 6: 1:44 PM – 2:30 PM

School Lunches

Breakfast and lunch will be for sale to all students for student lunches. Cost for breakfast will be $2.50 and lunch will cost $3.50. More information about school meals is available on the district website

You can apply for free and reduced price meals online with our safe, private, and secure application

Lunch seating options

There are two locations for students to eat lunch: at the tables in the cafeteria and picnic tables spread throughout the garden. Students will be encouraged to eat for at least 10 minutes, then clean-up, and can move to the field for movement and fresh air when they are ready. A HUGE THANK YOU to PTSA for our great picnic tables that provide expanded outdoor seating options for students!

UPDATED: Eckstein’s Cellphone Policy

Our cellphone policy is that students must have their cellphones powered off and away for the day inclusive of lunch and all passing periods. Smartwatches are only to be used to check the time. This policy helps students concentrate on learning in the classroom.

We need your help with this policy.
We ask that you do not text your student during the school day. Middle school is the time when students become more independent and learn valuable problem solving skills. Please ask your student not to text you during the day, especially when they are in class. If they feel sick, they should go to the nurse or the Main Office to contact you. If they forget something at home, they should go to the Main Office to contact you.

Confiscated Cellphone/Smartwatches

Any student using their cellphone during the school day without staff permission will have their cellphone confiscated. Students who use their smartwatches for something other than checking the time will have their watches confiscated.

First Confiscation: The student’s parent/guardian will receive an email that includes why the cellphone/smartwatch was confiscated.
Second Confiscation: The student’s parent/guardian will receive an email, text, and/or phone call to that includes why the cellphone/smartwatch was confiscated and notifies the parent/guardian that the third confiscation will require a parent/guardian to retrieve the cellphone/smartwatch from school.
NEW: Third Confiscation: The student’s parent/guardian will be contacted by email, text, and/or phone call that requests they pick up the cellphone/smartwatch from school. We will notify the parent/guardian as soon as the confiscation occurs.

Students will be reminded of this policy, “phones are off and away,” everyday during announcements. Please talk to your student about our cellphone policy.reminded of this policy everyday during announcements. Please talk to your student about our cellphone policy so that they understand the consequences.

NEW: Attendance Matters!

Keep Your Child on Track in Middle School: Pay Attention to Attendance

Showing up for school has a huge impact on a student’s academic success. Even as children grow older and more independent, families play a key role in making sure students get to school every day and understand why attendance is so important for success in school and on the job.
Contacting Attendance:

Attendance contact: Katy Ryan
Phone: 206-252-5014
Email: ecksteinms.attendance@seattleschools.org
You are welcome to send an attendance email in your primary language. Our attendance office can translate your message into English for understanding

Report an absence: Parent/Guardian must contact attendance office by phone call, email or note with the following information:

Student name
Parent/Guardian name and phone number
Date of absence
Reason for absence

Vacation: Students must complete and submit a pre-Planned excuse absence form prior to the absence. Forms are available in the attendance office.

Arriving Late to School:

Parent/Guardian must notify the school of a late arrival with a phone call, email or note
Students must check into the attendance office when they arrive late to school. They will receive a pass to the classroom

Leaving School Early:

Parent/Guardian must notify school by phone call, email or note of the early dismissal
Students will receive an early dismissal slip from the attendance office and must sign out before leaving the building

Please use the Source to check your students’ attendance record. You can see all absences and lates that your student accrues during the year. We encourage you to check in with your student periodically and review their attendance record together!

Accessing the Source:

How to get started:

You must be on record as the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in SPS.
Your email address must be on record at each student’s school.
Please make sure you have provided the same email address for each SPS student in your family.

To set up a parent or guardian Source account:

Visit The Source and click the Sign Up! link.
Type your email address in the field provided. Click Enter.
Check your email for a message from sourcesupport@seattleschools.org. If you don’t receive this email:
- Check your Spam or Trash folders.
- Contact the school(s) to provide your email address.
Open the email and click the link.
Enter your email address in the Username field and create a Password.
- Please do not use an apostrophe ‘ in your password.
Click Enter to begin exploring the Source!

For more information about the Source, please visit the About the Source webpage.

If you have questions or need help please email sourcesupport@seattleschools.org

Athletics

nterested in playing a sport at Eckstein in the fall of the 2025-2026 school year?

· We will offer Girls Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee as fall sports.

o Girls Soccer will have two teams.

o Ultimate Frisbee will have two teams per grade level.

· Tryouts are tentatively scheduled for the second week of school, and the season runs through the middle of November. You will not be allowed to tryout without Athletic Clearance on FinalForms. SPS Middle School Athletics will only offer two teams this year for all sports.

o Girls Soccer Tryouts will be on Tuesday and Thursday (tentatively the second week of school.)

o Ultimate Frisbee tryouts will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday (tentatively the second week of school.

o More information to come.

· Practices are on the Eckstein field after school (exact dates/times will depend on specific teams).

o Girls Soccer will practice on Tuesday and Thursdays from 4-5:30 PM.

o Ultimate Frisbee will practice on Monday and Friday from 4-5:30 PM and Wednesday from 2:45-4:15

· Games are on Saturdays, and we will share as soon as we have a game schedule and will be subject to change.

Please use FinalForms for all athletic paperwork. WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COLLECT PAPER DOCUMENTS. Most important is having an updated athletic physical. Physicals expire after two years. All paperwork needs to be submitted by 4pm on September 11th. Physical and registration forms are found here.

ATHLETIC COACHES NEEDED

Are you interested supporting you athlete on the field, please consider volunteering to coach. We can always use more coaches to support student growth. Please contact Athletic Coordinator Derek Grandbois if you are interesting in coaching at djgrandbois@seattleschools.orgu athlete on the field, please consider volunteering to coach. We can always use more coaches to support student growth. Please contact Athletic Coordinator Derek Grandbois if you are interesting in coaching at djgrandbois@seattleschools.org

Camp Orkila Volunteers Needed for paperwork and organization

We are in need of parent volunteers to help organize our scheduled 8th trip to Camp Orkila in October.

We will make the formal announcement with specific travel dates once we have District approval for the overnight field trip. This is currently in process.

Are you skilled at managing spreadsheets and inputting data? Organizing clipboards with materials for our chaperones and school staff? We could use your help as we organize 375 of our 8th graders into electives at Camp. This trip is a big undertaking and we cannot lift it without your help!

If you are available to assist, please contact Eighth Grade House Administrator Derek Grandbois – djgrandbois@seattleschools.org

Your Grade Level Teams

Sixth Grade Team

Michael Weyers
6th Grade Asst. Principal
mjweyers@seattleschools.org

Michael Hoff
6th Grade Counselor
mmhoff@seattleschools.org

Seventh Grade Team

Berna Cristobal
7th Grade Asst. Principal
bjcristobal@seattleschools.org

Reema Ziadeh
7th Grade Counselor
raziadeh@seattleschools.org

Eighth Grade Team

Derek Grandbois
8th Grade House Admin.
djgrandbois@seattleschools.org

Bryan Manzo
8th Grade Counselor
bjmanzo@seattleschools.org

Main Office Staff

Kattie Jones
Main Office Operations Manager
kcjones@seattleschools.org

Contact Ms. Jones for general questions and building use requests.

Julia Detering
Asst. Secretary
jrdetering@seattleschools.org

Contact Ms. Detering for general questions and volunteer opportunities and requirements.

Katy Ryan
Attendance Specialist
ecksteinms.attendance@seattleschools.org
(206)252-5014

Contact Ms. Ryan for support regarding student absences, future planned absences, and transportation concerns and questions.

Andrea Drachler
Fiscal Specialist
aldrachler@seattleschools.org

Contact Ms. Drachler for questions regarding SchoolPay or payments made to school.

Jessica Tai
Registrar
jetai@seattleschools.org

Contact Ms. Tai for information regarding schedules, transcripts, grade reports, letters of recommendation and registration.

Back to School Forms

In lieu of printing all Start of School Forms we are providing many of our forms online. Below these links you will see a list of the forms that will be sent home to be signed and returned to school.

Change of Address

If you have recently moved it is important to update your address with Seattle Public Schools. If you do not update your address with the Admissions department, it may result in your student(s) being dropped at the end of the school year. https://www.k12insight.com/Lets-Talk/Dialogue.aspx?k=PR2T88N4B9LT@WF7G2YLT@DY6F2N7LT

Communication Preferences

Update your contact information, manage your email, phone and text message preferences and learn more about SPS social media.

Read more about how to update your communication preferences

Student Data Verifcation Form (Sept. 3-30, 2025)

The student data verification form enables parents and guardians to update their household and student information online. This form includes the important student health information, emergency and family contact information, and much more.

To access, log in to your Source account and select Student Data Verification form from the navigation menu.

FERPA

Under FERPA, SPS may disclose appropriately designated “directory information,” unless you notify SPS in writing that you do not want the information released in accordance with the procedures outlined on the FERPA form.

If a parent/guardian would like to exclude a student’s information under FERPA, which includes district photography and video, they must complete and submit the FERPA form to their student’s school by October 1.

Student Surveys

Anticipated 2025-26 surveys include:

Read more about the surveys and options for parents/guardians 2025-26 Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment Annual Notification of Rights.

Housing Questionnaire

Seattle Public Schools homeless program ensures students have access to education and can fully participate in school.

Native American Education Program

https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/506InfoSheetElectronicADA.pdf

Online application (MySchoolApps)

Online School Meals Application (MySchoolApps)

Download the instructions and applications below. Complete and accurate applications are required for timely processing.

Completed paper applications can be sent via email, fax, or mail to Culinary Services:

Email: culinaryservices@seattleschools.org
Fax: 206-252-0664
Culinary Services – MS: 32-372 Seattle Public Schools
2445 3rd Ave S
P.O. Box 34165
Seattle, WA 98124

Printable School Year Calendar

https://www.seattleschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/school-year-calendar.pdf

The following forms will be sent home with your student during the first week of school and need to be returned by September 30th.

– Attendance Policy

– Emergency Information and Release Permissions

– Health Information Update

– 2025-26 Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment Annual Notification of Rights (will not need to be returned)

– School Year Calendar (will not need to be returned)

NEW: Visitor/Volunteer Sign-in Protocol

All doors are locked during the day. To enter the building, please come to Door One located on 75th Street, closest to 30th Avenue and ring the doorbell. Once you enter the building, please proceed to the Main Office to sign in. SPS is now using the Verkada Visitor Management System. Anyone entering the building will need to use the Verkada tablet located in the Main Office to sign in. This system will require you to enter your name and phone number. You will have your picture taken and a badge with your photo and name will be printed for you to wear while in the school. You must also sign out when you leave.

Volunteering at Eckstein

NEW: We would love several volunteers to help with bulletin board displays for our 75th Anniversary Celebration. The boards will be decade themed. We have will have all the images and text already printed. We need people to staple the items to the boards. We will have seven boards located through out the school.

We also need volunteers to help with the celebration on September 20, 2025 any amount of time from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.

If you can help with any of these volunteer needs, please contact Julia Detering at jrdetering@seattleschools.org

Ongoing Volunteer Needs

We have great options for parents to participate in our Eckstein Community!

In order to volunteer at any SPS school, you will need to be cleared through the SPS Volunteer Application. If you’ve completed an application through another school, you’ll need to go into the application. The clearance lasts for two years.

Here is the link to the SPS Volunteer Application: https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/volunteer/

Ways to Volunteer

Lunch monitoring: As a Lunch Monitor you will help supervise in the lunchroom, the garden or the field. You will work with the administrators and staff members also supervising these areas. You never have to discipline students yourself. Administrators will step in if there is a problem.

Chaperoning Fieldtrips: Most of the fieldtrips in middle school are related to the music program. Music teachers will reach out to their students’ families to request chaperones. 8th grade comes to Camp Orikla in the fall and all three grades go on fieldtrips at the end of the year.

Library Help: Ms. Sterling always needs help in the library with stacking books, scanning returned books into the system and more.

Eagle Nights: We have Eagle Night dances for one or two grades during the year. We always need lots of help with these events. We will let you know when they occur and have a Signup Genius for to sign up.

If you would like to volunteer in any capacity, please contact Julia Detering at jrdetering@seattleschools.org.