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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WES’ Annual Bingo Night is back! Register here!

Join us on Friday, January 24 at your choice of two sessions (6pm or 7:30pm). Mr. Fantozzi and Mrs. Gaur will continue their tradition of leading the fun! Dinner is covered, too! Order a cheese pizza in advance (sold by the pie, plain only, must order in advance) to enjoy while you play. Please consider donating gently used books to the bin in the lobby as they are used for prizes.

Advance registration is required as this event usually sells out with the gym capacity.

Don’t forget the raffle tickets! You can purchase raffle basket tickets in advance or during the event to try your chances at one of our great raffles. Among the prizes: Breakfast with Mr. Krall, the perennial favorite “Principal for a Day”, and many more! Prizes will be on display during the event. 3 tickets for $5 or 7 tickets for $10. 50/50 will be sold at the event only.
Thank you for supporting our WES Community!

Watch for sign-ups to come out soon for the bake sale, event volunteers, and raffle prize donations. Reach out to Jessica Diamond with questions.

From December 2 through December 13, the WES PTO Sustainability Committee will be collecting like-new and gently used small toys and trinkets in the front hall of WES. This year we are also collecting pre-used plain or holiday gift bags. These items will be given new life in our Holiday Shop on Sunday, December 15th. Please see the attached information sheet here for full donation guidelines before contributing. Questions? Please reach out to Erin Stancill, Amanda Hemmer, Christina Forwood, Shannon Swierczek or Danielle Grugan.

Save the date! On Sunday, December 15th from 1 to 4 pm, the WES Sustainability Committee is hosting a secret holiday shop where kids can purchase small gifts for family and friends. All products are sourced from the school Re-Prize Drive. Items will be priced 3 for $1. More details to come!

Last week, the Hour of Code, a national movement to highlight and prioritize coding and programming education, came to WES! If you're interested in seeing the games, or if your kids want to play them at home, they're all available on the WSSD Hour of Code website. Find more coding activities in the enrichment section of the PTO website here.

Thank you to everyone who took the time out of their day to help make this program a huge success. The kids had a great time and got to learn a lot of coding fundamentals.

If you have any questions about the program, the games on the website, or volunteering next year, please contact Bobby Griffin or Marisa Ciarrocki. Thank you!

Girls in grades 3-5 are invited to join the WES Girls on the Run team this spring! Registration is open until December 10th. Practices will begin on February 24th and will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-5pm, for 8 weeks. Please reach out to info@gotrpa.org or Christine Greco with questions or for more information.

If you’re looking to support the program as a coach, no running experience is necessary! Coaches would need to be available for practices and have clearances on file with WSSD. Volunteers can sign-up here.

Our annual Holiday Cookie Treat Day is right around the corner! We love spreading holiday cheer for our teachers and staff by providing home-baked holiday cookies to enjoy on Wednesday, December 18th. If you are interested in contributing a dozen cookies/treats, please sign up here. Thank you for helping spread some holiday cheer throughout WES during this season!

The WES PTO will be accepting gently used book donations for Bingo Night prizes in the front lobby. Please contact Jessica Diamond with any questions. Thank you!

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.