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THE WALLINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION

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Please consider making a tax deductible contribution to the 2025 Spring Direct Appeal by May 31st to help us hit our fundraising goal of $12,000!

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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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Each year, the WES PTO/Hospitality Committee sponsors a breakfast and basket giveaway for every staff member that supports our kids each and every day at WES for Teacher Appreciation Week. On Friday, May 9th, we will host the breakfast, and then they will get to choose a donated basket. The information for both the breakfast and baskets are in the sign up links below. You can check out some ideas here for favorite baskets we have received in the past! We need a lot of volunteers to make this happen so please consider signing up to bring food or donate a basket!

Breakfast Donations

Raffle Basket Donations

Please join us for a fun-filled afternoon with games, prizes, treats and excitement for the entire family! This PTO-sponsored event will take place behind WES from 12:30pm to 3:00pm on Friday, May 16th.

Our greatest need is help running the games (must have clearances). In addition to game volunteers, we also need equipment and food donations (such as tents, coolers, and ice). This is a beloved tradition, and we cannot make it happen without your support. Thank you!

Wristbands can be purchased in advance for a discount price of $12.00 each. Each wristband will include unlimited games, 2 drinks, and 3 snacks. Day of wristbands will be $15.00 each. Pre-ordered wristbands will be given to your child’s teacher to hold until May Day.

Siblings are welcome to attend! You may purchase wristbands for them in advance and include them with your child’s payment. Sibling tickets will also be available at the Ticket Booth. *AM Kindergarten students are invited as well but must be accompanied by an adult.

There are TWO WAYS to pre-order wristbands:

Purchase online. (No worrying about whether or not your payment actually made it in!) OR
Fill out the information here and return the form with payment to your child’s teacher by Monday, May 12th. Cash is accepted; checks should be payable to WES PTO.

Thank you on behalf of the May Day Committee.

Dine-in, takeout, or order online from Panera Bread on Thursday, May 8th from 4pm-8pm. Present any of the printed or digital flyers or use code FUND4U and Panera will donate 20% from your bill towards the WES PTO. Thank you for your support-let's raise some dough!!

The Sustainability Committee has started a recycling program for school or home items that are difficult to recycle. Please bring in these items to the front lobby instead of throwing them out: printer cartridges, batteries, backpacks, pencils and pencil pouches, glue sticks and bottles (empty), pens, markers, highlighters, and crayons. We will be utilizing the recycling program through Staples. The crayons will be re-molded into new crayons that are given to children's hospitals around the US! Let's help keep these items out of a landfill! For more information contact: Christina Forwood, Amanda Hemmer, Erin Stancill, Danielle Ruttenberg or Shannon Swierczek.

Local author/illustrator Greg Pizzoli visited our PM Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grade students on April 9th to share the first collection of stories in his new early reader series, Earl & Worm! Signed copies are available to purchase here. Greg Pizzoli is the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning creator of the Baloney and Friends graphic novel series, as well as the author and illustrator of the award-winning picture books The Watermelon Seed, Good Night Owl, and The Book Hog. He is also the illustrator of the Jack series written by Mac Barnett.

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.