The Briarwood Drama Club will be performing Annie Jr. in the Briarwood Commons: Friday April 4th and Saturday April 5th at 7:00 PM. Tickets will be sold online and at the door. Save time and purchase tickets HERE!

If you haven't yet, order your 2024-2025 yearbook now! Students look forward to having these keepsakes in hand the last week of school to collect much-sought-after autographs from their classmates and teachers, so don’t let your Briarwood Bear be without one! The price is $30.00 each! Prices will go up to $40.00 April 1st - until supplies last!

Additionally, Love Lines can be purchased now! Let your child know how proud you are of their hard work and tenacity this year with a special dedication from you! The price is $5.00 for 200 characters! All Lines need to be purchased and submitted by March 31st! Yearbooks and/or love lines can be purchased HERE!

If you aren't sure if you have ordered...follow these steps:

1. Go to https://briarwoodelementarypta.org.

2. Click on ‘My Account’ in the left hand menu and sign in.

3. Once you’ve signed in, you should be able to see your family’s information, your enrolled students, and under the ‘Orders’ category, you can see what you’ve ordered during the course of this school year.

The 5th Grade Ceramics Project is coming up in March! We still need volunteers for a few more classes! Sign up to volunteer HERE! We still need volunteers for the following classes: Horvath, Barnwell, and Barashkoff.

Next month, the 1st Grade Ceramics Project will be happening April 10th (ceramics building/sculpting) and May 1st (ceramics glazing). If you have 1st grader, and would like to volunteer, you can sign up HERE!

Every grade will get an opportunity to make a clay project this year. Please reach out to the Briarwood Ceramics Committee at Briarwood.Ceramics@gmail.com for more information.

We would like to extend a BIG thank you to Beth Koontz for helping our ceramics committee get Briarwood's ceramics program up and running! She helped launch our pilot program last year, where outgoing 5th graders got complete a ceramics project. She also helped up us launch this year, so that ALL grade levels will get to complete a ceramics project. 

Check out 4th Grade's heart projects they made just in time for Valentine's Day!

Popcorn Friday is one of the most loved programs at Briarwood! Our next popcorn Friday is March 28th! We still need volunteers to make this happen! If you are interested in volunteering, you can sign up here!

Please note: Our popcorn shifts are changing! All popcorn will be given out during lunch recess from March onward. Our Popping shift is from 9:15 - 12:15 PM and our Seller shift is from 11:30 AM - 1:20 PM.

If the popcorn shifts are full, you can always email: Briarwood.Popcorn.Committee@gmail.com to see if you can come and help as an extra helper. We can always use help - especially for popping!

Also, we are looking for a person to run Popcorn Fridays next year! It is a once per month program. This volunteer position's duties include: setting up and maintaining a sign up for volunteers, training new volunteers, inventorying supplies, and working with the Programs Chair to purchase items needed.

If you are interested in more information about Popcorn Friday and/or leading this program next year, please email: Briarwood.Popcorn.Committee@gmail.com 

We are now accepting submissions for the Golden Acorn and Outstanding Educator Awards! Please submit your nominations as soon as possible by emailing: PTABriarwood@gmail.com

Also, if you would like to volunteer to look over submissions, please volunteer by emailing: PTABriarwood@gmail.com

The Briarwood Carnival is coming! The next planning meeting is Tuesday, May 13th! Email: Merrilee.Peha@gmail.com for more information!

This event is run entirely by volunteers and we will need your help! There will be bounce houses, dunk tanks, food trucks, a cake walk, games and much more!

Join us for 2025 Nourish Every Mind Student Showcase, where you can reconnect with friends across our community and enjoy a complimentary lunch while ISD students share how you've made a difference in their education journey. Doors and Student Displays open at 11, Program runs 12-1 PM.  No cost to attend, Registration opens in March 2025. Register HERE! Sign up to sit at Briarwood PTA's table!

Briarwood PTA's next Smencils Sale is coming on Friday, April 4th! Kids LOVE Smencils! Students can purchase Smecils for $1.00 a piece at lunch recess! If you are interested in helping to sell Smecils for any of the upcoming dates, you can sign up HERE!

Check out the many volunteer opportunities the Briarwood PTA has available here!

Issaquah School District requires that if you volunteer in any of their schools that you complete a volunteer application every year. Apply here!