Welcome to the Friends of Thurgood Marshall Elementary (FTME) website. We are a non-profit organization of parents, teachers and staff members who strive to support the intellectual, social and emotional needs of all our students and families. We support our students, staff and families through community building events and fundraising efforts needed to support our many programs.
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Just a heads up that Spring Enrichment at TME starts today, Monday, 3/23. Teachers have a list of afterschool activities and know where students will be headed afterschool. Please send your child with a nut-free snack. For those of you picking up your child, please pick them up promptly at the TME front door at the end of their class. A volunteer will be waiting to open the front doors at TME for you. I have also sent attendance rosters to YMCA for students headed to YMCA after class.
FTME is looking for a new Enrichment Coordinator for next year (26/27 school year) to make sure all of these awesome enrichment activities will continue to be available! Please email Zach if you’re interested: zstednick@tmlink.org
Mark your calendar for the second rehearsal: Tuesday, March 17th, 2026, 6-8pm. Please enter through the Cafeteria doors at the west side of the school. Other rehearsal dates are 4/10, 4/23, and the show is 4/24. Info & sign up here: https://forms.gle/kirNnbNbjZLLoAux5
Please join Principal Julie Breidenbach on Monday, 3/16, 4-5pm in the Library (enter thru front door and go upstairs) to learn more about the Highly Capable (HC) at Thurgood Marshall. Families have until 3/31 to opt their HC eligible children into Thurgood Marshall from these attendance areas: Hawthorne, Montlake, McGilvra, Stevens, Lowell, Madrona, Leschi, Bailey Gatzert, Beacon Hill, Thurgood Marshall, Kimball, and John Muir. More info on the SPS website.
Annual Pi Day Pie Potluck!
Thurgood Marshall Elementary Cafeteria
Friday, March 13th
6-7:30pm
Join us for some silly math, fun and games and… pie!
Bring your favorite pie to share and maybe a math joke or two!
Spring Enrichment will open on 3/4 at 8 PM PST on Homeroom HERE. Due to budget restrictions we are only able to offer a limited number of scholarships. Please email enrichment@tmlink.org if help with a scholarship needed. Spring Enrichment classes will start on March 23 and run through June 5th. Please see the TM Enrichment page for more info.
Our monthly FTME membership meeting is Monday 3/9, 6:30-7:30pm on Zoom. Please email fundraising@tmlink.org if you would like to join! Membership is free and we always welcome more members. We are also looking for board members for next year.
Our monthly FTME membership meeting is Monday 2/9, 6:30-7:30pm on Zoom. Please email fundraising@tmlink.org if you would like to join! Membership is free and we always welcome more members. We are also looking for board members for next year.
This week, we celebrate and thank our incredible school counselor, Ms. Matsui, for the care, guidance, and steady support she provides to students every day. School counselors help students navigate challenges, build confidence, plan for the future, and feel seen and supported academically, socially, and emotionally.
February is Black History month, a time to honor the rich history, resilience, creativity, and leadership of Black leaders and communities past and present, including Justice Thurgood Marshall, our school’s namesake. We are also observing Black Lives Matter this week at TME. Each grade level has a learning activity for each day of the week and teachers typically include their grade level lessons for the week in their monthly newsletters.
