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Schools are let out 75 minutes early in support of staff professional learning and collaboration time. If you would like to know more about how this time is used to positively impact student learning, please reach out to your school. View Early Release Bell Times here.

Moving up a grade level can be both exciting and nerve-racking for students and families alike, especially when you don’t know what to expect. At the Family Academy event, Bridging the Gap: Supporting Students Through Change, get information about how to support your child through the change school year transitions can bring. Whether your child is moving to kindergarten, middle school, high school, college and career, or any grade between – this event will provide you with resources to help manage the change to confidently usher in all the new opportunities next school year may bring! 

Together, let’s kick uncertainty out the door! 

Event Details:

Bridging the Gap: Supporting Students Through Change
Thursday, April 24, 2025
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Evergreen Middle School
26812 40th Ave S
Building A
Kent, WA 98032

REGISTER NOW 

Included: 

🍽️ Free dinner 

🧸 Childcare for potty-trained children over 5 

🧩 Learning Lab for older children 

💬 Interpreter services available (must pre-register!) 

⭐ Plus, pre-register to attend in person to be entered into a drawing to win one week of free childcare for one elementary-aged child! Families must be present to win. 

The event will kick off with a quick welcome session with an overview of each workshop offered during the evening. Then, families can select two workshops to attend that align with their scholar’s needs. 

Workshops include:  

• FRED Bus and Summer Fun 

• Stepping Up: How Digital Footprints Impact Middle School Success 

• Building Math Bridges 

• Ready, Set, Kindergarten! 

• Future Ready: How Your Digital Footprint Shapes Opportunities 

• What Happens When the Bus Stops? Supporting Secondary Transitions for Scholars with IEPs 

• Navigating Change: Empowering Scholars for Successful Transitions 

• Together We Grow: Family Strategies for Emotional Support in School Changes 

• FAFSA Drop-In Session with College and Career Specialists 

• Opportunities Beyond Graduation: What I Wish I Knew Before High School & Exploring Post-High School Training/Education for Career Success 

• Empowering BIPOC Scholars: Navigating Campus Support Systems at Highline College 

• Family Tech Empowerment: Helping Families Navigate District Tools 

• Ready, Set, Register: How to Enroll in College Classes 

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To view more details, visit www.fwps.org/bridgingthegap. 

Schools are let out 75 minutes early in support of staff professional learning and collaboration time. If you would like to know more about how this time is used to positively impact student learning, please reach out to your school. View Early Release Bell Times here.