NEWSLETTER FOR THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

THE WHISTLE - September 25, 2020
WIS PTO NEWSLETTER n. 148

QUICK LINKS:

• 2020-2021 SCHOOL CALENDAR
• WIS PTO HOME PAGE
  
• WIS PTO FACEBOOK PAGE- Please follow us to get updates on WIS PTO news

WIS SCHOOL EVENTS CALENDAR:

BLUE AND GOLD - DAYS SEPTEMBER

INSIDE THIS WEEK'S NEWSLETTER:

• President's Message
• JOIN THE PTO
• 2020 Yearbooks
• Picture Day
• Emergency Communication Information
• PTO Volunteers Needed
• District Calendar
• AROUND TOWN

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE: 

Hi WIS Families!

The WIS PTO would like to welcome you to a new year at our school. For those unfamiliar with us, we are a nonprofit organization made up of parents, guardians, and administrators, who are all dedicated to our children's successful education. The WIS PTO works hard to help make the school year enjoyable and exciting for students, teachers, and parents. We are here to help students and staff by providing support for educational and recreational needs to promote open communication between administration, teachers, and families, and to encourage WIS school spirit and pride.

The PTO uses its resources, both manpower and monetary, to support the staff's efforts and provide learning and enrichment opportunities for our children. We are looking forward to meeting families virtually to get involved with our PTO this school year.

Everything we do is based on volunteers, and we are looking to you to help make a difference in our children's lives. We encourage you to get involved! Volunteer your time. Come to meetings. Read the minutes. Please give us your thoughts. Jump in and help. Ask questions. Donate what you can. Everyone is busy, but finding a little time to help contribute to your child's educational experience will be rewarding for you and them. We have open positions that are waiting to be filled.

Please visit our website for information on vacancies and meeting dates at westonpspto.org and join us on Thursday, October 22, for our next General PTO Meeting. PTO membership is now, so please join before October 2 to be entered automatically in our $50 Gift Card giveaway.

Best,

• UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION FIRST

• MAKE SURE your child(ren)’s SCHOOL and GRADE are CORRECT!! (alumni year is the high school graduation year)

• UPDATE:  FAMILY INFORMATION before purchasing membership

• REACTIVATE EACH CHILD before purchasing membership

EMERGENCY/COMMUNICATION INFORMATION:

WPS DISTRICT CALENDAR:

To view the district calendar for this year and next, click HERE.

AROUND TOWN

WESTON YOUTH SERVICES:

• WOW virtual Fall 2020 enrichment programs: We have a wonderful variety of classes for students at HES, WIS, WMS & WHS. Registration opened on 9/10 and is ongoing! View the catalog of classes at Westonyouthservices.org Questions? Contact Charlene Monn cmonn@westonct.gov

For Parents & Caregivers: Register for these free virtual programs at Westonyouthservices.org or email your interest or questions to lcleary@westonct.gov

• Seeing Clearly: Understanding anti-racism and anti-bias in children's media: You can still join us for the second of the 2-part webinar  for parents, educators and caregivers, with anti-bias, anti-racism educator Aundrea Tabbs-Smith: Wednesday, Sept. 30th, 7:30-8:30 PM (we can send you the recording of the first part!) FOR FLYER CLICK HERE
• Supporting Your Child for Effective Virtual/Hybrid learning, Q&A with Executive Function Coach Stacy O'Neill. Tips for organization, goal setting & more. CHOOSE ONE to attend: Tuesday Sept. 29, 7:30- 8:30 PM OR Tuesday October 6th, 12-1:00 PM FOR FLYER CLICK HERE
• Individual support and referral to resources available to parents: Contact Laura Cleary, LMSW. lcleary@westonct.gov

Please like us on Facebook, where we share WYS program updates, regional program information, and resources for youth and families.

WESTON PARKS AND RECREATION:

CLICK HERE for a flyer detailing the latest offerings from Parks and Recreation.

For further information, please visit our website, www.westonct.gov/parksandrec

WELCOME VIDEO FOR NEW WESTONITES - YOUR CHANCE TO CONTRIBUTE!

SUBMISSIONS

• The WIS PTO newsletter is distributed on Fridays, please send your submissions by the prior Wednesday, 2 pm.
• It is your responsibility to write and submit your relevant WIS activity each week.
• All submissions should be either included in the text of your email or attached in Word format and the content should be print-ready (please proofread!). Keep it simple and short.
• If you have a flyer, please submit a brief write-up along with it in PDF format and we will link it to the newsletter.
• Please send all necessary links, there will be a click "here" linking to the more detailed information.
• If you want to re-run a write-up from the previous week, check to see if it requires updating, i.e. changing the wording from  "next week" to "this week", etc.  If so, please make appropriate changes and re-send the revised write-up.
• All submissions should be sent to: wisptocommunications@westonpspto.org. All will be acknowledged.
• Submissions should be relevant to WIS and the town of Weston (i.e., town sports programs, Town of Weston sponsored community events or after-school sports programs for students taking place in the Town of Weston). If there is any question regarding the relevance of submission, final approval will be determined by the HES PTO Communications Chair and/or President.