OUR PTA EVENTS TEAM HAS BEEN HARD AT WORK PARTNERING WITH SEVERAL VOLUNTEER SCIENTISTS, EDUCATORS, AND PUESTA FAMILIES TO
“GROW YOUR MIND” AND BRING SOME FUN AND EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR
OUR PUESTA DEL SOL FAMILIES VIRTUALLY TO THE COMFORT OF YOUR HOME.
 

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All events will be a livestream with an opportunity for kids to Q & A with our speakers.
 
 
To access the event join our Youtube Channel
 
 

MAY
EVENTS
 
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Archeologists——
 

Dr. Frances Gallart Marques

Please join Dr. Gallart, a native Spanish speaker, and former Frederick Randolph Grace Fellow at the Harvard Art Museums, as she tells us about a day in the life of an archaeologist. She will lead the talk in English, but will teach us interesting Spanish phrases, while taking us on a tour of a Roman dig and telling us all about ancient toilets! This is sure to be an engaging and educational event.

 

JUNE

02

4:30 —

5:30pm

 
 
 
 
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Dancer——
Hip hop with Harrison!
  

MAY

26th

4:30pm

&

5:30pm

 

Please join Puesta del Sol Elementary alumni and competitive dancer Harrison as we learn some basic Hip Hop moves, and put it together to do a Hip Hop Combo!

Harrison is a competitive dancer who trains and competes in several different dance styles and has competed in dance for seven years. He has won a national dance title Hollywood Connections Icon of the Year and has won over 10 regional titles. He danced in a hip-hop routine with Russell Wilson in a commercial for Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards and recently was in a Music Video with the band Now United in Las Vegas, and in different commercials.

 
There are two options based on grade level:

4:30pm | Kindergarten—2nd Grade

5:30pm | 3rd —5th Grades
 
20 spots in each class
 

*Please only sign up for one spot per household for each time slot. 

*Sign up required to join the virtual class. You will receive a link to join after you sign up- closer to the class date.

Sign up is now closed
 
Deadline to sign up is May 26th at 12:00pm

 
 
 
 
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the ER Doctors——
 

Dr. Kim Morrissette & Dr. Patrick Solari

Two of our own Puesta del Sol parents come talk to us about what it’s like to be an ER doctor for children & adults.

Dr. Kim Morrissette is an Emergency physician at Swedish Issaquah. She cares for kids and adults for any injury or illness they have. Dr. Morrissette has been a physician for 16 years. Dr. Patrick Solari is an Emergency Physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital where he cares for children and also works at the University of Washington where most of the patients are adults. Dr. Solari specializes in pediatric emergency medicine and has been a physician for 18 years. Kim and Pat are the parents of Matthew and Meghan Solari.  

 

MAY

27

4:30 —

5:30pm

 
 
 
 
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
——Grow Your Mind: Dad How Do I?——
 
Rob Kenney
Practical “Dadvice” for everyday tasks and successful living
 

MAY

12

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

  

 

YouTube Live Link 

 
 

APRIL
EVENTS
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Scientist!——
 
Linda Uyeda, Animal Keeper
Tracking Animal Movement, Monitor Lizards and Condors
 

APRIL

20

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

YouTube Live Link 

  

Join us as Dr. Linda Uyeda shows how researchers track animal movement, particularly with water monitor lizards and condors, with something called "Radio Telemetry". 

Dr. Uyeda received her PhD at the University of Washington and now works as an  Animal Keeper at the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ), in Seattle, Washington.  Since 2019, she's been the primary Keeper working on the Zoo's Oregon silverspot butterfly captive rearing program., and has studied and worked with a variety of animals (elephants, lizards, birds, and more!) at zoos worldwide. Find more about her here: https://lindauyeda.weebly.com/about.html

 
 

 

 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Scientist!——
 
Luke Weaver, Paleontologist
 

APRIL

06

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

YouTube Live Link 

  

Luke Weaver, is a paleontologist and PhD candidate at the University of Washington.  Join as Luke shares his love of fossils to students who are interested in asking him questions and learning about paleontology.

 






MARCH
EVENTS

 

CANCELED
*This session has been canceled. We hope to reschedule soon, sorry!

——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Musician!——
 
Puesta del Sol PTA welcomes Conan McLemore
to our Grow Your Mind Speaker series.
 
We are excited to learn about music and Conan's kid rock band!
 

MARCH

25

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

 
 
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Scientist!——
 
UW Animal Expert- Predators & their Communities
Presented by: Aaron Wirsing
 

MARCH

09

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

YouTube Live Link 

  

We are excited to learn from Dr. Wirsing how he uses a combination of fieldwork and modeling techniques, and working in both terrestrial and aquatic systems, to look at the ways that top predators, such as grey wolves and tiger sharks, can shape their communities and ecosystems through their presence alone. He will be discussing animals he has researched all over the world, including some, here in Washington. 
 


 

PAST
EVENTS

 
 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Scientist!——
 
Yellowstone Wolves Project
Presented by: Kira Cassidy

FEB

04

4:30 —

5:30pm

 

YouTube LIVE Link 

wolves

 
——Grow Your Mind: Meet the Scientist!——
 
Learn about Hummingbirds!
UW Scientist, Alyssa Sargent

JAN

19

4:30 —

5:30pm

 
YouTube LIVE Link

We kick off 2021 with meeting a scientist and learning about hummingbirds
including where they live, what they eat and all that energy that they have!
 
 
 
 
 

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