Welcome to the Ramily!

Friends of Ingraham is firmly committed to working with all members of our community to create a safe, welcoming and inclusive learning space for EVERY student at Ingraham High School.

FOI President Message 

Thank you for being part of the Ingraham Community!  

We are just four weeks into the school year. Students are settling into the routines and challenges of high school, teachers have launched learning units, staff and admin have set up the systems for success, and the community as a whole is becoming cohesive again. Principal Elvig is thriving in his new role, promising a year of enthusiasm and potential all around.   

I hope your child or children are, in fact, settling in.  

  • Finding strategies to complete homework on time 

  • Connecting with old and new friends   

  • Feeling at least ‘ok’ about school  

If your child is struggling or falling short of flourishing, encourage your child to advocate for themselves by contacting: 

  • Teachers with questions or for extra help 

  • Counselors for all advice including college-related 

  • Visiting the nurse or the Teen Center for health and wellness assistance 

You can reach out too - Ingraham staff are there to help. Counselor, teacher and staff contact info is on The Source. FOI is also here to help, contact us and we can point the way. Ask about financial help too.  

Our October FOI Meeting is a ‘Board’ meeting, and you are welcome to come! Board Meetings, versus ‘General Meetings’, just means we focus more on orders of business than usual. This month we are awarding grant money to teachers and staff. We raise money for these grants from community members like you and our fundraising efforts. Then we get to gift the funds! This is a great way to learn about the needs and wants of staff, giving us all an eye into the workings of Ingraham. We can fund almost every request! 

We would love to connect to our Ingraham community and family members in person.  

Upcoming Events: 

Reading our FOI Newsletter and checking the webpage is a great way to stay in touch as more events and opportunities arise.  

WE are the Ingraham Community, the Ramily, thank you for being an important part of it. 

Sincerely, 

Nicolette Jensen  

FOI President 

 

 

FOI Community Grants

One way FOI supports Ingraham is through our Community Grants program. Community Grants help to strengthen, expand, and enrich our students’ educational and extracurricular experiences. Our budget for grant requests this school year is $60,000 and funded entirely by donations from our families and community.

Last year, more than 50 requests were approved, including

  • Cameras for a popular photography class

  • IB Math Analysis & Approaches exam preparation books

  • Recovery beds for the nurse’s office

  • Supplies for chemistry experiments

  • Electric keyboards for piano class

  • Replacement history books 

  • New literature for language arts classes

  • Mariachi band trip to eastern WA

  • Nutritional support during test taking and special events

This school year we will have 3 grant cycles, with the first cycle opening October 9. Teachers and staff are encouraged to submit grant requests which are evaluated by the FOI Board and Principal Elvig, and then voted on by FOI Members.

For more information on the IHS Community Grant program, visit FOI Community Grants.

GET INVOLVED AT INGRAHAM

It takes all of us working together to make the Ramily! With a school as large as Ingraham, there is always a lot going on and a variety of ways to be involved. Here are a few! Watch our newsletter and social media as more are added!

Bright Futures

Bright Futures works to create opportunities and reduce barriers for Ingraham High School students who are experiencing poverty or housing insecurity. Our goal is to help all students equitably access their education and inclusively participate in the Ingraham community. 

Details about Bright Futures, events and donation opportunities at www.friendsofingraham.org/brightfutures

Want to support Bright Futures? Donate here.

Senior Events

Senior events is a long tradition at Ingraham High School. We want to help our graduates celebrate with meaningful, safe and fun celebrations of their hard work.

WEBPAGE: Details on all senior event fundraising and SPREE tickets at www.friendsofingraham.org/senior-events Check it out Senior Parents!

INFORMATION SESSION: Wednesday, October 8th.

Join us in the library on October 8th at 7pm to learn all about what to expect for your students' Senior Year! We will walk through the timeline of the year and give you all the details from pictures and gowns to graduation and other exciting events. It will also be a great time to find out about all the ways to get involved and help ensure our Seniors have an amazing last year and send off from Ingraham High School. This meeting is hosted by Ingraham parents/guardians.

Families of students with a 504plan or IEP’s

We encourage you to join the support group for parents with a 504 &/or IEP. This group plans to meet monthly and welcomes anyone to attend.

Join the mailing list for the group and stay up to date on meeting announcements and resource sharing.

Join the FOI Board for 2025/2026

FRESHMAN AND SENIOR PARENTS!

Would you be willing to learn from experienced, talented current board members?

Take an established program and keep it running?

Bring your voice and your talents to improve on things we are already doing?

Friends of Ingraham is currently thriving and ready to hand off to the next generation. We need to do this as soon as possible to give everyone ample time to learn the steps involved before the graduating parents move on. Detailed descriptions are available at our website at www.friendsofingraham.org/boardpositions.

We know some of these positions seem like a big ask. Current President Nicolette Jensen would love to talk about any of the positions and how to make it work for you. No high pressure tactics! Our goal is to launch the next board into a successful new year.

E-mail us at friendsofingrahamhs@gmail.com.

The following positions are the most critical needs:

Volunteer Coordinator

Class of 2029 Representative: Freshman

Class of 2026 Representative: Seniors (we have amazing parents already running senior events, but we could use someone as a liaison between them and FOI)

Being a Class Representative is a fun way to participate in your child’s school experience because you get to help plan the fun stuff! In this role, connect families to build community. This can be with messages, meetings or social gatherings. Encourage families to contribute to class funds so all students, regardless of finances, can participate in activities. This role is especially meaningful and exciting when it's Senior Year!

Detailed job descriptions available at www.friendsofingraham.org/boardpositions

This year almost all of the FOI Board Members are new since so many graduated with their children last year. We are working hard to take up the reigns, but we would love participation from more, diverse people to help us reach more community members, and in turn support staff and students even better. 

FOI General Meeting

Please join us this coming Thursday, October 23rd for the second FOI General Meeting. We will meet from 7-8:30 pm in the school library. We will review and approve staff grants. We hope to see you there!

Staff Appreciation  

Thank you to all the families that brought snacks or drinks on September 25th to treat the Ingraham Staff!  

Ingraham Staff Appreciation - On Deck!

Tuesday, October 14

This month FOI will celebrate and energize the Ingraham staff by welcoming them to school with a visit from Seattle Espresso Cart paired with some delicious bagels and spreads from Eltana Bagels.

A big thank you to teachers, staff and admin!!! You make Ingraham a wonderful place to learn.  

MISSION: HOMECOMING

DANCE: Saturday, October 18th from 8 – 11pm at the Seattle Art Museum.

 Tickets are now available for sale at Ingraham and on Schoolpay on through Friday, October 17 at 4 pm, or until capacity for the dance is reached.

Tickets can purchased at the Fiscal Office (Room 165) during lunches and after school. The Fiscal Office can accept cash, check and credit cards.  (We do not have touchless pay.) Students can also purchase tickets with cash at the Student Activity Center (AC) during lunches.

 Tickets are $25 Monday, October 6 – Sunday, October 12. On Monday October 13 the ticket price increases to $30.

Please note, ticket sales end at 4 pm on Friday the 17th, tickets are not available at the door, and tickets are not transferable.  

Ingraham students who would like to bring a guest who does not attend Ingraham can do so by picking up a Homecoming Dance Guest Pass form in the Ingraham office. These forms must be signed by the host’s parent/guardian, the guest’s parent/guardian, and by an administrator at the guest’s school. Forms must be returned to the Ingraham Fiscal Office no later than Wednesday, October 14th. Guest tickets are $35 and MUST BE PURCHASED AT THE INGRAHAM FISCAL OFFICE.

Friends of Ingraham: Annual Appeal Kickoff

Tuesday, Oct 28: 6-8ish p.m. Broadview Tap House at 217 N 125th, Seattle

Come meet the FOI Board and other Ingraham parents and help to launch FOI's 2025 direct-giving campaign, running Nov 1-25. Everyone is welcome!

The fundraiser supports the entire Ingraham community - through grants for teachers, student clubs, and important programs like Bright Futures. 

We look forward to spending some time together and building our Ramily while supporting our amazing school. Thanks to Broadview Tap House for donating a portion of our purchases that night to FOI.

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Keeping Families Informed, Connected, & Engaged

Friends of Ingraham (FOI) is the parent-teacher organization that supports Ingraham High School’s wonderful students and staff.

We coordinate with Ingraham administrators, teachers, counselors, and other parent groups to keep families informed, connected, and engaged.

Friends of Ingraham operates as an independent nonprofit charitable organization. ALL Ingraham families are valuable members of Friends of Ingraham. No dues, we simply ask that you contribute to the community in way that works best for you: financial donations, volunteering, joining a committee, attending an FOI meeting or any of our events throughout the year.  

Land Acknowledgment

We respectfully acknowledge that we are in the homelands of the Coast Salish people, who have been here since time immemorial and still live here today. We pay respect to the first peoples who gathered here, to elders past and present, and to all indigenous people. We thank the Coast Salish peoples, for their generations of stewardship over our natural resources.