Thanks to Kevin Broveleit for the photos – tonight in the gym at Schmitz Park Elementary, sign-making was an all-ages activity looking ahead to the Washington State PTA-organized Focus Day at the State Capitol in Olympia on February 3rd. Clockwise from lower left in the top photo are Josie, Brea, Chris (the grownup), Lilly, Conrad, Dora, Joelle.

Advocacy is also expected to be an all-ages activity that day – at least four of the students Kevin photographed will be going along, he says. At the top of the priority list for the statewide group is getting the Legislature to honor the McCleary decision’s mandate to fully fund public education. Tonight’s signmaking party, by the way, was held concurrently with the Schmitz Park PTA’s meeting, according to an update on the group’s Focus Day plan.