Friends of Robert Eagle Staff Middle School PTSA

We need vol­un­teers for the 8th grade grad­u­a­tion com­mit­tee. We need one or two lead vol­un­teer who will envi­sion and work with Prin­ci­pal Stow­ell and Lil­ia Gold­smith, the 8th grade coun­cilor, to plan the event, social after­ward with food, drink and dec­o­ra­tions. Typ­i­cal­ly the leads are 8th grade par­ents to help envi­sion what the event will look like but can be any­one.

We also need sev­er­al vol­un­teers (usu­al­ly 7th and 7th grade par­ents) to help day of the event with the thought of pay­ing it for­ward.

If inter­est­ed please email: president@eaglestaffptsa.org

Want­ed to share a real­ly cool expe­ri­ence open to 7–12th grade female iden­ti­fy­ing stu­dents who may be inter­est­ed in Sail­ing. Girls at the Helm — Spring Break Expe­ri­ence is 4 day sail­ing expe­ri­ence where they will learn about the ropes of sail­ing, nav­i­ga­tion and marine sci­ence.

More infor­ma­tion is shown in the pic­ture below as well as through this link — https://www.soundexp.org/sail-with-us/teen-programs‑2/

Dis­count­ed tick­ets to see USA vs JAPAN — Wom­ens Nation­al Soc­cer Game avail­able. Share out as appro­pri­ate. Thanks!

Here’s the link to pur­chase tick­ets: http://ussoccer.spinzo.com/SeattlePublicSchools

Spring Sports Updates. Please note the change in vol­ley­ball try­outs (6^th Graders will now try out Tues­day, March 17^th). Share out where appro­pri­ate. Thanks!

Spring Sports Update: Girls Vol­ley­ball, Boys Soc­cer & Co-Ed Track Start­ing in March!

Inter­scholas­tic Spring Sports kick off the third week of March! This sea­son, we’ll have Var­si­ty, Junior Var­si­ty, and JVC teams, and an in-house Club league for both Vol­ley­ball and Soc­cer. Track is a no-cut sport. Games and meets will start a cou­ple weeks into the spring sea­sons and run through ear­ly-June.

We encour­age all inter­est­ed stu­dents to try out—regardless of expe­ri­ence or skill lev­el. Stu­dents who iden­ti­fy as non-bina­ry are also wel­come to par­tic­i­pate in gen­dered sports. For sup­port in choos­ing a team, please con­nect with ath­let­ic coor­di­na­tors Louis Eaglestaff or James Fly­nn.

Impor­tant Require­ments

Before par­tic­i­pat­ing in school ath­let­ics:

• Final­Forms: Par­ents and stu­dents must com­plete and elec­tron­i­cal­ly sign all forms the online Final­Forms por­tal.
• Phys­i­cal Exam: Stu­dents must sub­mit a cur­rent pre-par­tic­i­pa­tion phys­i­cal (valid for two years).
  Phys­i­cals can be sched­uled before, dur­ing, or after school at the Neigh­bor­care Health Clin­ic at Eagle Staff.
• Health insur­ance: Stu­dent-ath­letes must have health insur­ance to play a sport. If not cov­ered by a parent/guardian’s insur­ance plan, insur­ance can be pur­chased through SPS — SPS Stu­dent Insur­ance Enroll­ment

Girls Vol­ley­ball

• • Try­outs:
    • 6^th Grade Stu­dents, Tues, Mar 17 – 4–6 PM, Some 6^th grade stu­dents may be called back for an addi­tion­al day
    • 7^th & 8^th Grade Stu­dents, Thurs, Mar 19 – 4–6 PM
    • 7^th & 8^th Grade Stu­dents, Fri, Mar 20 – 4–6 PM

• Prac­tice Sched­ule:
• Var­si­ty & JV: Mon, Thurs
• JVC: Tues, Fri
• JVC Club: Fri

• Games:
• Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Sat­ur­days start­ing in April
• In-House JVC Club: Fri­days start­ing in April

Boys Soc­cer

• Try­outs:
  • Thurs, Mar 19 – 4–6 PM
  • Fri, Mar 20 – 4–6 PM
• Prac­tice Sched­ule:
  • Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Tue, Fri
  • JVC Club: Mon
• Games:
  • Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Sat­ur­days start­ing in April
  • In-House JVC Club: Mon­days start­ing in April

Co-Ed Track

• Prac­tice Sched­ule:
  • Mon, Thurs start­ing March 23^rd
• Meets:
  • Sat­ur­days start­ing in May

Call­ing All Coach­es

We’re seek­ing:

• Vol­un­teer coach­es to sup­port all sports

If you’re pas­sion­ate about teach­ing fun­da­men­tals, moti­vat­ing stu­dent-ath­letes, and cre­at­ing a pos­i­tive, fun envi­ron­ment, please reach out to Louis Eaglestaff or James Fly­nn.

:

Var­si­ty Girls vs Eck­stein @ Lin­coln (2) 10:00AM

Var­si­ty Boys vs McClure @ Lin­coln (1) 8:30am

JV Girls vs Broad­view @Garfield (2) 1:00am

JV Boys vs Den­ny @ Garfield (1) 1:00pm

JVC Girls vs Hamil­ton @ Madi­son 1:00pm

JVC Boys TBD (Salmon Bay has sched­ul­ing con­flicts)

Spring Sports Update: Girls Vol­ley­ball, Boys Soc­cer & Co-Ed Track Start­ing in March!

Inter­scholas­tic Spring Sports kick off the third week of March! This sea­son, we’ll have Var­si­ty, Junior Var­si­ty, and JVC teams, and an in-house Club league for both Vol­ley­ball and Soc­cer. Track is a no-cut sport. Games and meets will start a cou­ple weeks into the spring sea­sons and run through ear­ly-June.

We encour­age all inter­est­ed stu­dents to try out—regardless of expe­ri­ence or skill lev­el. Stu­dents who iden­ti­fy as non-bina­ry are also wel­come to par­tic­i­pate in gen­dered sports. For sup­port in choos­ing a team, please con­nect with ath­let­ic coor­di­na­tors Louis Eaglestaff or James Fly­nn.

Spring Ulti­mate is a spring sport that start­ed in late Feb­ru­ary. If you have any ques­tions about spring ulti­mate please reach out to the coach­es at eaglestaffultimate@gmail.com.

Impor­tant Require­ments

Before par­tic­i­pat­ing in school ath­let­ics:

• Final­Forms: Par­ents and stu­dents must com­plete and elec­tron­i­cal­ly sign all forms the online Final­Forms por­tal.
• Phys­i­cal Exam: Stu­dents must sub­mit a cur­rent pre-par­tic­i­pa­tion phys­i­cal (valid for two years).
  Phys­i­cals can be sched­uled before, dur­ing, or after school at the Neigh­bor­care Health Clin­ic at Eagle Staff.
• Health insur­ance: Stu­dent-ath­letes must have health insur­ance to play a sport. If not cov­ered by a parent/guardian’s insur­ance plan, insur­ance can be pur­chased through SPS — SPS Stu­dent Insur­ance Enroll­ment

Girls Vol­ley­ball

• Try­outs:
  • Thurs, Mar 19 – 4–6 PM
  • Fri, Mar 20 – 4–6 PM
• Prac­tice Sched­ule:
  • Var­si­ty & JV: Mon, Thurs
  • JVC: Tues, Fri
  • JVC Club: Fri
• Games:
  • Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Sat­ur­days start­ing in April
  • In-House JVC Club: Fri­days start­ing in April

Boys Soc­cer

• Try­outs:
  • Thurs, Mar 19 – 4–6 PM
  • Fri, Mar 20 – 4–6 PM
• Prac­tice Sched­ule:
  • Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Tue, Fri
  • JVC Club: Mon
• Games:
  • Var­si­ty, JV & JVC Trav­el: Sat­ur­days start­ing in April
  • In-House JVC Club: Mon­days start­ing in April

Call­ing All Coach­es

We’re seek­ing:

• Stipend coach for Girls JVC Vol­ley­ball
• Vol­un­teer coach­es to sup­port all sports

If you’re pas­sion­ate about teach­ing fun­da­men­tals, moti­vat­ing stu­dent-ath­letes, and cre­at­ing a pos­i­tive, fun envi­ron­ment, please reach out to Louis Eaglestaff or James Fly­nn.

Announce­ment from Prin­ci­pal Stow­ell:

“Good after­noon, RESMS Fam­i­lies,

RESMS has been very for­tu­nate to receive fund­ing from the vot­er-approved City of Seat­tle Levy for the past six years. The 2025–26 school year will be the final year of this levy. While vot­ers have approved a new levy, the City of Seat­tle is cur­rent­ly in the eval­u­a­tion and plan­ning phase for the next roll­out. We expect to have a clear­er pic­ture of how these funds can be accessed by the end of June, with imple­men­ta­tion begin­ning in the 2026–27 school year.

At this time, RESMS has received our bud­get allo­ca­tion for next year, and it does not include levy fund­ing. As a result, we are plan­ning for the 2026–27 school year with an esti­mat­ed $615,000 fund­ing gap. Cur­rent­ly, levy funds sup­port cer­tifi­cat­ed teach­ers, coun­selors, men­tal health ther­a­pists, stu­dent and fam­i­ly advo­cate, a social work­er, tutors, sum­mer school, and addi­tion­al staff time for col­lab­o­ra­tion and pro­fes­sion­al learn­ing.

Com­pound­ing this chal­lenge, Seat­tle Pub­lic Schools is fac­ing an $80–100 mil­lion dis­trictwide deficit, and our build­ing allo­ca­tion has also been reduced.

As always, we will nav­i­gate these chal­lenges thought­ful­ly and respon­si­bly. That said, there will be some dif­fi­cult deci­sions ahead. Our high­est pri­or­i­ty is to make sound, data-dri­ven choic­es that min­i­mize the impact to the stu­dent Raven Expe­ri­ence. I ask for your trust as we take what we are hand­ed and move for­ward col­lec­tive­ly with inten­tion­al­i­ty, joy, and a con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to our upward momen­tum as a com­mu­ni­ty.

You may be won­der­ing, “How can I advo­cate? Who should I con­tact?” For now, I ask that you con­tin­ue sup­port­ing our school as you have been. If and when there are oppor­tu­ni­ties to ele­vate your voic­es with deci­sion-mak­ers, I will be sure to reach out.

Thank you, as always, for your con­tin­ued sup­port.

GO RAVENS!

Zac Stow­ell, Prin­ci­pal”