As the weekend wraps up, two Denny International Middle School updates:

ONLINE AUCTION ANNOUNCED: The Denny PTSA‘s first online auction has just been announced. It’ll be open noon November 30th – one week from today – through midnight December 12th. More than 60 items are already ready to be previewed here. And you can boost that number by donating – follow that same link and click the “donate” button, or e-mail auction manager Cassandra O’Neal at dennymsauction@yahoo.com before November 27th (this Friday).

EAST AFRICAN FAMILY MEETING: From Denny IMS principal Jeff Clark, the report and photos from a big event Saturday:

Denny International Middle School and the Seattle Police Department Partner to Connect with Our East African Families

On Saturday, November 21, the doors of Denny were open as we welcomed our East African Families for a full-day meeting. In partnership with the Seattle Police Department, we offered sessions for adults and children on topics including: Academic Opportunities Now and For College, Family Cohesion, Identifying Concerns, and Public Safety in English and Somali. Thank you to all of our families for coming!

A special thanks to Sergeant Diaz and his entire team from SPD, to Denny staff: Ms. Farah, Ms. Amaral, Mr. Abdirahman, Ms. Moland, Ms. Nestor, Mr. Truong, Mr. Rodriguez, Ms. Perdue, Ms. Nevius, Ms. Lehman, Alice from City Year, Ms. Clark from TRIO, and other volunteers, and to Mr. Robles, Ms. Fraser-Hammer, and Ms. Ernst for joining us!