Southeast Seattle Education Coalition

Mia Williams Named Washington Middle School Principal of the Year 2016

Congratulations to Mia Williams! Aki Kurose’s principal, Mia Williams, has been named the Washington State Middle School Principal of the Year by the Association of Washington School Principals.  Each year, the Association of Washington Middle Level Principals nominates a Washington state principal who then becomes eligible for the award at the national level. Here are … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

SESEC will be hosting a Facebook Chat with Seattle Public Schools Early Learning and Admissions on Tuesday, March 29 from 10.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Do you have questions about Kindergarten? Wonder how to enroll into a Seattle Public School? Want to know how to help prepare your child for school? Post your questions on … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

At next week’s monthly coalition meeting, SESEC will be hosting the Mayor’s Education Summit Community Conversation! The community conversation will begin with a message from the Mayor, include a presentation about our schools and the opportunity gap, and give participants a chance to offer ideas and solutions about how to bring equity and excellence to each … Read more…

March SESEC Meeting

Thank you to everyone who came! Check out the things that came up in the conversation to bring back to the Mayor for the Education Summit in April: Agenda for March 2016 SESEC Agenda.

Advocacy and Policy Committees

Advocacy & Policy Committees Seeking Community Volunteers, Non-profit Leaders and Parents Are you looking for a meaningful way to help address educational equity disparities in SE Seattle? Do you want to learn how to understand use data, learn about policy analysis, develop leadership skills or be a more effective advocate? Do you want to help narrow … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

Hello, hello! Thank you to everyone who attended our Summit on Saturday and for coming together to support the success of students and families in Southeast Seattle! For those of you who were not able to make it, we are sorry we missed you. We have the handouts and PowerPoint slides available in this blog post. The Seattle … Read more…

SESEC Summit | Family Engagement Survey

Thank you to everyone who attended our Summit on Saturday at Rainier Avenue Church! We had some great community building, great discussions, delicious and plentiful food (thanks to our wonderful caterer, Aaris Beed), and lots of figuring out what comes next for our community. Thank you to Equity Matters for sharing these pictures and thoughtful and … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

Happy Friday, everyone! SESEC is hard at work preparing for the Summit tomorrow morning. We are so excited to see everyone there. If you aren’t able to make it, don’t worry: the handouts and slides will be available on our blog afterwards. We also had a special coalition meeting just yesterday with SPS Assistant Superintendent Pegi … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

Happy Friday, everyone! SESEC just finished hosting a FB Chat with Seattle Preschool Program! Thank you to everyone that sent in questions and tuned in for the live chat. We hope you were able to get your questions answered. If you weren’t able to join us, feel free to check out the questions and answers here on … Read more…

Weekly Wrap-Up

Happy Friday! SESEC is hosting multiple events in the upcoming weeks: Facebook Chat with Seattle Preschool Program, a Listening Session with Seattle Public Schools Assistant Superintendent Pegi McEvoy, and the SESEC Summit. See below for more details! Don’t forget to register for the SESEC Summit! Help us spread the word. A flier in Spanish is now … Read more…