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THE WES PTO

THE WALLINGFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARENT TEACHER ORGANIZATION

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2023 - 2024 Executive Committee

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

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Calling all WES families!  Mark your calendars for Thursday, March 7th from 6-7 pm for the WES Science Fair in the WES cafeteria.  Instead of completing homework at home, earn a homework pass for that night’s homework while supporting the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade student scientists as they showcase their science fair projects!  Upon arrival, WES students will be given a science passport that can be completed as they visit 6 student scientists’ tables.  Completed passports earn a homework pass for that night’s homework.  Additionally, the PTO will run a few science tables.  This is a PTO-run event and we are looking for volunteers to run the check-in table as well as the PTO-run science tables.  You may sign-up to volunteer here.  We hope to see you there and thank you for volunteering!

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Attention 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Parents!

Please encourage your children to take part in the WES Science Fair on Thursday, March 7th from 6-7pm.  This event is entirely optional and intended to foster a love of science, and not intended to create any stress at home!  Projects will not be officially judged—instead, fellow WES students and families will circulate with science passports engaging the students in discussions based on their experiments.  All student scientists earn a homework pass for that night’s homework.  Please see the flyer for more information on this event.  Included is a list of ideas to spark your child’s interest.  Parents, if your child wishes to participate, see sign-up here.

WES Foreign Language Club

Welcome back to WES Foreign Language Club Spring Semester! We continue to offer high quality instruction in Spanish, Mandarin, German, and French, with limited class sizes. We will offer twelve weeks of class (with holiday weekends and spring break off). All but French are offered directly after school, from your child’s classroom to language class, with pickup in front of the building by 4:30 PM. Need-based scholarships are available. Please see our registration link for more details, and the general schedule is below:  

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Mondays 3:30 at WES

* Spanish 1 and 2 continuation of Fall

* Mandarin new and continued

 

Wednesdays at 3:30 at WES

* Spanish 1 new students

* German new and continued

 

Saturdays at 11:00 at Furness Library

* French new and continued

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The Spirit Wear store is now OPEN! We are accepting new orders from February 19th - March 1st. New for spring/summer: tank tops, WES pool towels, and tie-dyed bucket hats! Plus, WES Cares shirts (just in case you need one for the next school assembly) and more!
Orders will be delivered before Spring Break

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WES Kindergarten Parent Orientation will be held in the WES gym/cafeteria on Wednesday, March 6th at 7:00pm. Incoming Kindergarten families will have the opportunity to learn more about the program and our school. Kindergarten registration is ongoing; however, children must be registered by Friday, March 1st in order to be included in the lottery to determine morning or afternoon kindergarten session placement. Kindergarten Registration information can be found here

The Chess Club will meet for 6 weeks, beginning on Thursday, March 7th, after-school in the WES Library from 3:30 - 4:30 pm! We will be taking 34 students and the sign-ups are first come, first serve. Students in grades 3-5 are invited to sign-up here to participate - beginners are welcome! In order to make this happen, we will also need 4-6 parent volunteers to assist with each session. Please reach out to Corey Grafe, if you are interested in supporting the Chess Club. Any parent volunteer will need to have their clearances on file with the district. 

A Bike Bus is an organized ride to school with meeting points and a designated route. With a large group of kids and adult “bus drivers” riding together, a Bike Bus is much more visible to drivers and therefore safer than one child riding alone. The Sustainability Committee is seeking parent volunteers to help pilot this program at WES. If you’re interested, please sign up here, and note the name of your neighborhood or street in the comments, as we hope to have multiple Bike Bus routes coming from different directions. Our target start date is April 3rd, 2024, with weekly Bike Bus days each Wednesday through the end of the school year. 

Volunteer for Car Line

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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.

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