2024-2025 Family and Community Engagement Vice President: Danish Majeed (he/him) – FACE (at) LWPTSA.net
Family and Community Engagement (FACE) is the cornerstone of any successful PTA or PTSA. Reaching out to students and families to provide support, services and community is the best way to maintain a healthy PTA membership and to ensure that every child has a voice in your school.
Lake Washington PTSA Council’s purpose is to provide support to all PTAs in the Lake Washington School District (LWSD) to help them achieve their goals. FACE is a component of everything we do.
PTA Is Family Engagement
We encourage our local PTA leaders to explore these family engagement resources offered by National PTA and Washington State PTA:
- National PTA’s Center for Family Engagement
- National PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
- Washington State PTA Family Engagement Resources
Family and Community Engagement News
- Eastside Town Hall in Review—The School Funding Crisis
- Registration for Focus Day 2025 Is Open
- Weekly Legislative Priorities Spotlight: Expanding School Construction Funding Options
- Building Bridges Through Cultural Awareness and Competence
- Weekly Legislative Priorities Spotlight: Preventing and Reducing Gun Violence and Suicide
- Weekly Legislative Priorities Spotlight: Addressing Funding, Inclusion and Supports in Special Education
- Building Equity, Celebrating Diversity, and Fostering Inclusion
Family Education
Lake Washington PTSA Council supports parent and family education with programing, grant opportunities for PTAs and community outreach. Learn more about family education programs and events.
Special Education Group
The Special Education Group is made up of LWSD community members whose students receive special services (IEPs, IHPs) and accommodations (504s). Learn more about the group.
New and International Family Welcome Events
The Lake Washington School District is made up of families from many different cultures. In recognition of this, the LWPTSA Council in partnership with LWSD hosts a New and International Families Welcome event each year. Learn more about these events.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
LWPTSA Council is committed to advocating for institutional and systemic changes that ensure equity, justice, respect and inclusion of all children. DEI leaders from our local PTAs meet monthly to help one another inform and drive positive change. Learn more about this committee.
Family and Community Engagement Resources
Lake Washington PTSA Council has created a community outreach resource center for use by our schools administrators and PTSAs to provide information and connections for families in need of the various local, state and federal services available. Visit the Community Resources page.
More Resource Links
- The Arc of Washington State | The Arc of King County
- Assistance League of the Eastside
- City of Kirkland Human & Social Services
- City of Redmond Community Resources
- City of Sammamish Community Resources
- Lake Washington School District
- Lake Washington Schools Foundation | Pantry Packs
- National PTA’s Center for Family Engagement
- National PTA’s National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
- Washington Family Engagement
- Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
- Washington State Office of the Education Ombuds
- Washington State PTA Family Engagement Resources
- Youth Eastside Services
Questions? Contact the VP of Family and Community Engagement at face {at} lwptsa.net.