2024 - 2025 Executive Committee

Chair: Janine Berstein
Co-Chair: Coco Kaminski
Secretary: Katie Dooley
Treasurer: Tara Salerno
Receiving Treasurer: Catherine Williams

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You're invited to the 12th Annual WES Halloween Carnival on Saturday, October 26th from 9am-12pm! Have a spooktacular time with Trunk-or-Treating, our Haunted Hallway, Pumpkin Decorating, Carnival Games, Photo Booth, Cake Walk, Sensory Room, Raffle Baskets, Prizes and so much more! Costumes are encouraged! Wristband admission is $10/child or $25/family (3 children or more). Adults are free! Find more details and pre-order your wristbands and raffle tickets here. Questions? Please contact Jessica Diamond.

We need your help to make the Halloween Carnival a wickedly wonderful time! Please consider signing up here to donate baked goods (homemade or store-bought) for the Cake Walk - the sweet & spooky WES version of musical chairs! Families can also sign up here to host a spot for Trunk-or-Treat or to provide candy and trinket donations. Thank you so much for your support!

Calling ALL 5th Grade Families! The WES Halloween Carnival is one of the most fun events of the year, and it's also the biggest fundraiser for our 5th Grade Class - supporting activities throughout the year including field trips and graduation. We need lots of help from our 5th graders and their families to make this event a spooky success! Please consider signing up here to volunteer your time - and to be a part of this special 5th Grade tradition!

Mark your calendar for the annual WES Pancake Breakfast on Saturday, October 26th from 9:00 am — 12 noon. We need volunteers to flip pancakes, work the food line and serve as cashiers. We are also looking for food donations. We are so excited to continue this fun and beloved tradition where some of our teaches will be in the kitchen volunteering to cook your pancakes! Deadline for donations is 10/25. Please see the sign-up here to volunteer and donate. No tickets necessary — you will pay cash only at the event. Can’t wait for a sweet morning together!

WES Night at Swarthmore Pizza is a perfect answer to your busy fall schedules! Eat in, take out, or order delivery from Swarthmore Pizza on Tuesday, October 22nd between 4pm and 9pm. A portion of the proceeds goes back to support our school - be sure to mention WES Night!

Math Night is a fun WES tradition that will take place on Wednesday, November 6 from 6-7:30pm and should not be missed! Students will arrive with parents (siblings welcome too, of course!) and spend the evening visiting engaging math-related stations. You and your children won’t want to miss shopping at the WES Mart, building marshmallow toothpick structures, making origami, playing dice and coin games, and so much more! Students will receive a passport and after they travel with their families to 6-8 stations, they will earn a homework pass. Families will travel together, play together and have fun doing math together. We hope you can make it! Family Math Night does not relate to the Reveal Curriculum night.

Volunteer for Math Night - 100% Probability of Fun

We need your help to staff over 25 math-related stations to make math night a success! No prep work needed! You must have your volunteer clearances submitted with the district. Please click on this sign-up for more information. We are 100% sure you will have fun!

A huge thank you to our entire WES community of parents, teachers, staff and students for helping us to bring a day of fall fun and healthy eating to the students of WES! We sliced, sorted, tasted and voted on three types of locally grown apples from Wolff’s Apple House: Ambrosia, Crispin and McIntosh. After a long day of taste testing, the votes are in! WES’ favorite apple of 2024 is...drumroll please...Ambrosia! The sweet and crisp variety wowed the crowds with a tally of 259 votes! Crispin came in as a close second at 238 votes and last but not least, McIntosh, stole the hearts of 73 students! Thank you to all who participated in this fun and festive Friday to make it such a success! Until next year...

Register here to join the WES PTO Foreign Language Club this Fall 2024 for new and returning students! The 10-week session of classes will start the week of October 28th.

We offer high-quality, fun, introductory language instruction for kids! Your children can continue
learning a language they enjoy or try a new one! Our classes correspond to those offered at Strath
Haven Middle School.

COURSES OFFERED: (After-School at WES)
French 1 for beginners - MONDAYS 3:30-4:30
Spanish 1 for beginners - MONDAYS 3:30-4:30
Mandarin for all levels - MONDAYS 3:30-4:30
German for all levels - THURSDAYS 3:30-4:30

Spanish 2 for continuing learners - THURSDAYS 3:30-4:30

French 1.5 for continuing learners - SATURDAYS 11 AM -12 PM at Helen Kate Furness

Library (*Starting in January 2025)

Please reach out to the WES PTO Foreign Language Club here with any questions or concerns. Scholarship is available upon request.

Box Tops for Education helps earn $ for WES

WES School ID is #144692

WES has benefited from this program for many years, and ALL WES supporters, friends, and family can help by downloading the app today.

How can I help?

Download the app: It is available at the Apple App or Google Play.
Register your email
Once you sign up, it is easy to submit receipts and let Box Tops count up the credit that is automatically transferred to our school.
You can take photos of receipts within the app or you can forward your email receipts directly to receipts@boxtops4education.com from your registered email address.

Box Tops will review for the applicable items and send you a confirmation email. You can also see the earnings you have contributed directly on the app. It is an easy way to contribute to WES and you don’t even have to do the work to figure out what items count or not!

Volunteer for Morning Car Line

SIGN UP HERE NOW for Car Line for the 2024-25 school year. Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers over the past few years. We couldn’t have done it without you! For anyone not familiar, Car Line Volunteers help with ensuring a smooth car drop off for all of our kids each morning from 8:15-8:45am, in the back loop of WES. If you have any questions, please contact Ted Benzing.