Featured News
- June 1, 2026
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- EXECUTIVE MESSAGE
The end of the 2025-26 school year does not at all mean the end of learning. In fact, ASF continues to support learning all year long. And that looks like several things during the summer months: send ... Read more
- May 1, 2026
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- EXECUTIVE MESSAGE
The circle of time swirls noticeably this month. Upcoming kindergarten parents have enrolled their children for next year, while seniors and their parents are gradually checking off all “the lasts†... Read more
All News
- February 10, 2025
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- EXECUTIVE MESSAGE
There’s nothing like a few inches of snow to bring out the child in all of us PNWers. The wonder and unadulterated joy is contagious. It’s the same kind of wonder we seek to share with students th ... Read more
- January 15, 2025
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- EXECUTIVE MESSAGE
January kicked off with our Annual reTREAT– a delight to pull up our sleeves and spend a day re-evaluating our committee work, doing some self-reflection on why we serve as board members, envisionin ... Read more
- November 8, 2024
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- CELEBRATE THE SEASON
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. For many. For others, it can be one of the hardest. Despite the joy and color that brighten our December days, loss of loved ones, or simply the pause in pr ... Read more
- November 8, 2024
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- CELEBRATE THE SEASON
Hello darkness, my old friend. You inspire us to find the light. While most of us spend this month thinking about gratitude, I like to think that ASF does this every month.
- October 8, 2024
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- EXECUTIVE MESSAGE
As we say goodbye to summer and the late sunsets, the carefree freedom from routine and the lazy mornings, I’m not sad.
- September 6, 2024
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- RUN
It’s tempting to make this month’s blog all about back-to-school: sharpened pencils, school bells announcing transitions, the whoosh of school buses braking around town.