Witchcraft Heights PTO Newsletter
September 2009
Welcome and/or welcome back to WHES!! We are looking forward to another fun and exciting year at our great school. We hope everyone has settled in nicely. We have many events taking place in the coming months, which are described in brief below. Our monthly meetings, which are held the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the library, are the best place to get all the details. (Next meeting 10/7/09)
PTO E-mail Address: You can contact the PTO via our e-mail address at WHESPTO@gmail.com. If there is an event you would like to volunteer for or just a general question, please send a note to that address! Also, please mention if you would like to be added to our distribution list for any future updates.
School Fundraiser: The school will be participating in a fundraiser with Meadow Farms. The catalogues have been sent home. The 5th grade will be selling cookie dough only. All 5th grade revenues will directly benefit the 5th grade events that take place at the end of the year. Orders are due to be returned to the school by Wednesday, September 30th.
Haunted Happenings Parade: Thursday, October 1st is the date for the Haunted Happenings Parade that takes place downtown. All students are invited to walk. The school will be following the citywide Night At The Museum theme. Volunteers are still needed to help with costuming and the float. Please contact Cristina Woolhiser or send an e-mail to WHESPTO@gmail.com if you can help out.
Foundation for Salem Public Education: The 2nd annual Food for Thought Raffle will begin in October, with a Grand Prize Drawing on 10/31/09. The Grand Prize is dinner for 2, anywhere in the world!!! Other prizes include gift certificates to over 30 local restaurants. Each school is asked to sell 100 tickets - $5.00 each or 5 for $20.00. Ticket order forms will be sent home soon. The foundation is always looking for volunteers so if you are interested, please contact Justine Bassett at bassets@comcast.net.
Square 1 Art Projects: Each student will be drawing special artwork that will then be made available for you to purchase on mugs, coasters, bags, etc. Volunteers will be needed in the art room to help Kindergarten students. Please contact Tricia Panneton if you are interested. Forms will be coming home soon.
Turkey Shoot: This is our schools largest fundraiser! The event is scheduled for Friday, November 20th, however, much work needs to be done prior to that evening. Help is needed to solicit donations & retrieve them from local businesses ahead of time. There will also be a need for many volunteers on the night of the event. Please email the PTO if you are interested.
Box Tops for Education: We are always collecting box tops. Please send them in to school with your child.
Please remember---if you plan to volunteer for school events (field trips, PTO events, etc.) you must fill out a CORI form with the school office, prior to the event you wish to help out with. They will need to take a photocopy of your driver's license.
Thank you for your continued support!
Your PTO Officers:
Cheryl Pszenny....President
Jen Liberge....Co-Vice President
Linda McLaughlin....Co-Vice President
Tricia Panneton....Treasurer
Cristina Woolhiser....Co-Secretary
Vacant....Co-Secretary
Danielle Walsh....Cultural Events Coordinator
Jane Starion....Fundraising Coordinator
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