For the Grown-Ups

Northwood PTA has several events and activities to foster community among just the parents and caregivers. 

Parent/Caregiver Coffees

Periodically throughout the year, PTA may host a coffee for parents and caregivers. These may be organized by room parents for specific classes or grades, or by Northwood PTA. If you are interested in attending or helping to host one, please let us know! Please contact president@northwoodowlspta.org. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Discussion & Book CLub

Seeking to grow, learn and build an open and inclusive community at Northwood, parents are invited to learn and dialogue together on various topics relating to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Titles, articles and talks discussed this past year:

• So You Want to Talk About Race (Oluo)
• The Vanishing Half (Bennett)
• How to be Antiracist (Kendi)
• What White Children Need to Know About Race by Ali Michael and Eleonora Bartoli
• Activism isn’t just for adults and teens. We need to teach younger kids to be activists, too. by Caroline Paul, TED.com
• Discussion: Children & Race by Jason Frelot
• Is My Skin Brown Because I Drank Chocolate Milk? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• TBH, I'm Uncomfortable With My Kids Having White Friends by Margaret E. Jacobsen
• Raising Social Justice Warriors - Part 1 from Real Talk WOC & Allies

If you have other topics relating to DEI to suggest, or any questions/concerns, please email our Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - DEI@northwoodowlspta.org 

PARENT EDGE WORKSHOPS

Mercer Island Parent Edge is a non-profit organization which is part of the Mercer Island PTA Council.This year’s Parent Edge programs will focus on supporting our students as they re-enter school after a year of remote and hybrid learning.  We are also focusing much of our programming on a collaboration with Challenge Success,  a non-profit affiliated with the Stanford University Graduate School of Education. The research and evidence-based approach to their work has been transformative in helping schools, parents and students rethink their definitions of "success."  As we all return to school culture after a year of pause, we hope to examine and embrace a broader definition of success that will have a positive and lasting impact on the student experience on Mercer Island.