2024 - 2025 Executive Committee

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

welcome to

THE WES PTO

THE WALLINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION

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The 2024-25 Student Directory is now available to pre-order here. This helpful resource is your connection to the WES community, with all of the important information in one place - including the school calendar of events, class lists and contact information for teachers and families. Print copies will be published in September and delivered to your WES student's backpack. Digital access invitations will be sent in early fall to the email(s) provided at purchase. Thank you for supporting this fundraiser for the WES PTO!

Please contact Christine Greco with any questions.

Purchase your Mums this fall in support of the WES 5th Grade Class! Visit our online shop to place your order by Wednesday, September 18th. There will be a variety of colors to choose from at pick-up. Family, friends, and neighbors are welcome to purchase!

Please contact Jessica Diamond with any questions. Thank you for supporting this fundraiser for the WES Class of 2025!

On Wednesday, September 25th, we will kick off our WES Bike Bus–a group ride that gives kids a safer way to bike to school. Check out the detailed route information here. Please note - we ask that each child or sibling group be accompanied by an adult. To connect with your neighborhood group, contact Amanda Hemmer if you live near Beatty Road, Wisteria or Winding Lane, Meg Stine for Grandview or Plush Mill Road, Erin Stancill for Rose Valley/Moylan, Vanessa Thomas for the Country Club area and Martroy/Sykes and Laura Bruce for South Media/Wallingford Ave. Departure times will be finalized within neighborhood groups.

*If you would like to participate in biking or walking to school without completing the full route, please meet at the Helen Kate Furness Library parking lot between 8 and 8:15am. There, you can join other WES families and complete the final leg to WES for a brief celebration before heading into school.

We are in need of more parent volunteers to help organize routes particularly from the South Media neighborhood. Please reach out to Amanda Hemmer if you are interested!

Please join us for the annual WES outdoor movie night! We will be watching the movie The Lego Movie together at the school on a big screen on Friday, September 27th. We plan to open for families at 6:30 p.m., with the movie starting at 7:00 p.m. Please remember to bring a blanket or chairs to sit on, and don't forget your favorite snacks! This is a free event for the entire family.
Questions? Please contact movie night co-chairs Mike Sheehan or Nichole Dobo

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.

Do you know any families who will be new to WES this year? Please encourage them to join our mailing list so that they can receive weekly PTO updates via WES Mail. Thank you for your help in welcoming and keeping all of our families in the loop!