2023 - 2024 Executive Committee

Chair: Candice Rogers
Co-Chair: Janine Berstein
Secretary: Kim Roguszewski
Treasurer: Allison Collings
Receiving Treasurer: Tara Salerno

welcome to

THE WES PTO

THE WALLINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION

announcements

This month, WES students will enjoy visits from authors Alex London (grades 3-5) and Melissa Trempe (grades K-2). Signed copies of their books are available for WES families to purchase from Children's Book World using the links above. Thank you for supporting the WES PTO Visiting Authors program!

On Monday, April 22nd, we will officially launch the WES Bike Bus–a group ride that gives kids a safer way to bike to school. Check out detailed route information here. To connect with your neighborhood group, contact Amanda Hemmer if you live near Beatty Road, Grandview or Plush Mill, Erin Stancill for Rose Valley/Moylan, Vanessa Thomas for the Country Club area and Martroy/Sykes and Laura Bruce for South Media/Wallingford Ave. Exact timing will be finalized within neighborhood groups.

Every year, the WES PTO/Hospitality Committee sponsors a breakfast and raffle basket giveaway for every staff member that supports our kids each and every day here at WES for Teacher Appreciation Week. On 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. We need a lot of volunteers to make this happen so please consider signing up to bring food or donate a basket!

Please sign up here to donate an item for breakfast.

Please sign up here to donate a raffle basket.

WES May Day will take place on Friday, May 10th from 12:30pm to 3:00pm! After Field Day in the morning, all students will enjoy a fun-filled afternoon with games, prizes, treats and excitement for the entire family! Parents and siblings are invited to join us for this PTO-sponsored event, and there are many opportunities to volunteer!

Please sign-up here to help!

Pre-purchase wristbands for students and siblings (which include unlimited games, two drinks, and three snacks); $12.00 per wristband, or for $15 from the May Day Ticket Booth. Please see the flyer here for details and an order form to purchase wristbands via cash or check. If scholarship is needed, please reach out to your child's teacher or Candice Rogers and a complimentary wristband will be provided. Each wristband purchased helps to fund the event, and we greatly appreciate your support of this much-loved WES tradition!

We are selling our WES "color changing" water bottles for $8. As the weather heats up, consider purchasing one for your student here. The PayPal link will be open for the month of April. You can choose to purchase the blue/purple or white/pink.

From 4/22 through 4/26, the WES Sustainability Committee will be collecting like-new and gently used small toys and trinkets. Backpack charms, keychains, bouncy balls, arcade and dentist office prizes, novelty pencils/erasers and the like. Your items will be given new life in our May Day prize booth, greatly reducing the amount of new consumption needed to host the event. In the past few years, the Re-Prize Drive has been able to eliminate new prize purchasing almost entirely.
Please click here for full donation guidelines before contributing. Please reach out to Erin Stancill with any questions.

Calling all WES Volunteers! Join the PTO and make a difference next year! The Nominating Committee is looking for enthusiastic parents/guardians to join the WES PTO.

It's a fantastic opportunity to:

Make an impact: Your contributions will help enrich our WES environment
Connect with the community: Build lasting friendships with volunteers and build a stronger school community
Have some fun!

Whether you have specific interests or are open to exploring different roles, we can find a place for you. Each Spring, the Nominating Committee collects names and builds out the PTO committees for the next school year.
Interested? Contact Megan Koehler, Arianne Allan , Melissa Lis or Ashley Drane for more information.

Volunteer for Car Line

The Car Line Sign-Up for January-June is now available! Click on the link here to volunteer. We are asking for volunteers to help provide a warm welcome in the morning in the back loop at WES from 8:15-8:45am each morning, We need volunteers to keep the traffic flowing and assist the kids with their backpacks and car doors - especially in the colder months when more families are driving and many kids have winter gear. Please contact Ted Benzing with any questions.

Order the 2023-24
WES Student Directory

The 2023-24 WES Student Directory is available to order in the School Store. Each purchase directly supports the WES PTO! Print copies will be sent home in backpacks and digital access will be sent from Directory Spot to the email(s) provided. Families who would prefer access to the *app version only* can shop for the digital Directory here.