Weatherstone Elementary PTA

This year’s 5th Grade Recognition Ceremony will be held on Thursday, June 7th at 9:30AM in the Gymnasium.  Seating is limited to two guests per 5^th grade student.  All guests are invited to join us for a reception in the cafeteria following the ceremony.

It is a tradition at WES that the 4th grade parents assist with the 5th Grade Recognition Ceremony.  Volunteers are needed to help set up on June 6th and run the ceremony on June 7th.  If you are available, please contact Shelia Martin at mwmsam@gmail.com for more information.  Thanks!  The Fifth Grade Committee

WES Students celebrated collecting  over $1,600 in Box Tops on Thursday, April 26th with an extra 10 minutes of recess time. Our next goal of $2,000 in Box Tops will be a popsicle party for the entire school. If every student brings in 5 Box Tops,  we will reach our goal quickly. You might have 5 Box Tops in your pantry right now. Please keep  clipping those Box Tops and help your whole school get a popsicle party. And, remember to clip and save them over the summer. The collection bin is located outside the media center.

Shop and Earn all summer long. For more information or collection sheets, go to http://www.boxtops4education.com

Since January 2012, we have had 10 new families designate WES, bringing our total number to 39. Thanks to our WES Target shoppers, WES has accumulated $1010.  Make your summer shopping count, and register your card today!

By Catherine Smith

I am pleased to announce that our spring fundraiser, the Spring Carnival, held on April 21, 2012 brought in over $10K.  This event is the only “active” fundraiser for the second half of the year, so its success was crucial. Our other fundraisers have been established to bring in funds without directly asking, (i.e., Box Tops, Target RedCards, Matching Gifts programs, and Dining for Dollars events).  The goal of the Box Tops program was $2K (that’s 20,000 Box Tops).  We are on pace to meet that goal, earning $800 in January (from summer collections), $800 in March, and hopefully, make the $400 goal for the end of the year target.  Below are the amounts for the fundraising programs from January to present.

Since January, the PTA has funded a variety of educational programs and items including: technology for the classroom (specifically, 3 Smart boards), Cultural Arts Assembly, Science Day, sunshade for the playground, curriculum support, teacher/staff recognition luncheon, new books for media center, student planners for Grades 3-5, First in Fitness t-shirts, website and communications.

The PTA is able to provide these programs and items to your children because of fundraising efforts, so thank you for your support!  However, these fundraisers, and thus the programs that they support, will not occur without volunteers.  Specifically, we are currently looking for Chairs to run Boosterthon and Spring Carnival.  I am currently researching other fundraising endeavors for WES.  If you have new ideas to benefit our school community, I welcome your input.

To request a copy of the budget, send an email to treasurer@weatherstonepta.com.  If you have questions, comments or ideas, please contact me at fundraising@weatherstonepta.com

Catherine Smith, VP, Fundraising

Thanks to all the enthusiastic volunteers who showed up for our April 28^th Spring Clean-Up Day!  We had a small but hard-working group who weeded the Memory Garden and other planting beds (a big task), picked up trash and limbs and planted flowers.  I also would like to give kudos to our volunteers that helped out in the Fall cleanup as well…we hauled dozens of wheelbarrows of mulch to replenish the planting beds around the front of the school and the group also weeded, planted flowers and cleaned up the grounds.

Your Campus Improvement Team is continuing to explore ways to improve the grounds at Weatherstone Elementary and we hope to begin implementing some of the projects that were identified in the new Campus Master Plan over the course of the next few years.

Katherine Peele

Please have your student(s) check the Lost and Found cabinets for any missing items.  The Lost and Found cabinets will be cleaned out on Wednesday, May 30th and any items remaining will be donated to a local charity.  If you have any questions, please contact Shelia at mwmsam@gmail.com.  Thank you for your help.

Volunteers are needed to help out on Thursday, May 31st for Field Day.   Please fill out the attached form and send it back with your child to Coach Mulford.  Thank you in advance.  We could not have this fun event without your help.