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2020-21 SCHOOL CALENDAR

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• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
• PARENT WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK
• ALL PTO SPEAKERS EVENT
• WIS SPIRIT STORE
• 2021-22 WIS PTO BOARD
• 2021 NEW YEAR STAFF LUNCHEON
• YEARBOOK UPDATE
• SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH
• AR WORKSHOP FAIRFIELD VALENTINE'S FUNDRAISER
• AROUND TOWN

Hello WIS Families,

Once again Happy Friday!

I hope everyone enjoyed their old fashioned snow day on Monday and kids got a chance to dust off those sleds.

Thank you to everyone who registered for our Family Baking event tonight. Those joining, have a sweet baking time and don’t forget to share your photos on the Picaboo site.

Don’t forget we are still raising funds for our New Years luncheon to honor and thank staff and teachers for their continued dedication. Any and all donations will be greatly appreciated.

If you haven’t already, SAVE THE DATE for a very special speaker event on February 23rd on Diversity and Inclusion. There isn’t a more appropriate time or need for this opportunity. Please come out with your Weston Schools community and join in this insightful event. See details below. The following day, February 24th we will have our General Meeting.

If you are new to WIS and your child missed picture day, we have reached out to those families so you can contribute a portrait photo for the yearbook.

As always, any concerns or suggestions, please reach out to me.

I’m sure you are all looking forward to our mini break coming up next week. We are almost there!

Have a wonderful weekend!
Daniella Swetland
PTO President

HES and WIS, in partnership with the PTO, have scheduled a series of parent workshops to support parents during this unusual year.  

The speaker, Claudia Elfreich is a mom and former general and special educator She has been in the field of education for over 20 years.  She is an education specialist at CREC (Capital Region Education Council) as well as a member of the CT Transition Task Force, a PBIS endorsed trainer and the head of the SEL (Social/Emotional Learning) Council at CREC.  She is passionate about SEL in schools and homes for children and adults. 

The next session is next week, Tuesday, February 9, with a daytime and an evening option: 9-10am or 6-7pm.

Please also save the date for the third session, which will be on Thursday,  March 4,  9-10 am  or 6-7 pm

Please join the HES/WIS/WMS & WHS PTOs for a special speaker event:

TOPIC: DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

SPEAKER: JONELLE A. REYNOLDS, PHD 

UConn - Director Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

DATE: TUESDAY 23RD FEBRUARY

TIME: 9.30am - 10.45am

Click HERE for a flyer

Show your WIS pride and support the PTO.

New items are available in our Spirit store.

You can purchase the WIS Spirit t-shirt or pre order the hat HERE

We would love to hear from you if you are interested in joining the Executive or General Board itself next year!  

We welcome new and returning members - it is a great way to meet other parents, and is also a way for friends to work together and for you to get more involved in your child's school environment.  A full list of the various board positions can be found on the PTO website - if you have any questions regarding any of the positions, or any part of the process, please contact me at jbernheim@onpurposepr.com.   And please go ahead and fill out the nomination form HERE if you know which position you would like - or if you know of someone else who would be fantastic!  

Thank you!

Jennifer Bernheim
WIS PTO Nominating Chair

Hello all,

We would like to thank our teachers and make them start the 2021 feeling parents appreciation for their amazing job. 

 We will treat them with a catered lunch but we can't do it without your help. Please consider making a monetary donation to assist in the purchase of these items. Any donation will be greatly appreciated.

Click here to donate

Thanks as always for your support!

Daniella Swetland
daniellarc@aol.com

Don’t forget to order your yearbook!

https://wis.picaboo.com/weston-intermediate-school-2020-2021

Password: WIS2021

This price is $36.50 

You can personalize your book with four (4) personalized pages as we have done in recent years (at no charge) and you will be able to stamp your Childs' name and symbols on the cover in silver foil (for an added fee). The personalized pages need to be completed by May 1st.  Please disregard the Picaboo site telling you that pages need to personalized by a different date. 

Please contribute photos to the yearbook making sure they are  added to the correct section. 

https://uploads.picabooyearbooks.com/9186108

I have added sections “Cutest Mask”, “Funniest Mask” Coolest Mask”.  Please share your mask photos!

Yearbooks will be back on track to be handed out at school during the regular school year.  

Please also contribute your fifth graders’ baby photo. Photos must be vertical. They can be in black & white, sepia or color.  Please only send one baby photo.  Submit photos by February 20th, 2021 to:

21wisyearbook@gmail.com

In Subject Line write student’s “given” name not nickname. 

Before the books go to print the fifth grade parents will receive a proof of the baby photo section for review.  

If you are new to WIS and your child missed picture day, we have reached out to those families so you can contribute a portrait photo for the yearbook.  

Finally, we are selling Parent Ads for the fifth grade. Please check out options here: https://adstore.shopyearbook.com/9186108

Thank you!

As always, stay tuned for updates.

Daniella Swetland 

daniellarc@aol.com

(203) 858-5956

The Weston Board of Education has begun its search for the next Superintendent of Schools  and is seeking parent input and opinion.

If you have not already done so, please complete the parent survey HERE.  The last opportunity to share your thoughts through this survey will be TODAY, Friday 5th February.

AR Workshop ~ Fairfield is offering DIY To Go craft kits for Valentine's Day!

$30 or $35 per kit.  

DIY To Go kit options are:  Valentine Garland (7 designs), Valentine Mini Blocks, or Tea Towels.

A percentage of the proceeds will go to support all 4 Weston PS PTOs. Visit their website: www.arworkshop.com/fairfield and use the code WESTON20 to be included in the fundraiser.

Please note, there is not an additional discount, just a percentage of your purchase that will go to Weston PTOs.

Please CLICK HERE for a calendar of events and activities to mark Black History Month 20201, sponsored by TEAM Weston.

TEAM Weston promotes equity in our community by working in solidarity with neighbors, organizations and movements to dismantle systemic discrimination through education, advocacy, and action. If you would like more information, you can sign up for the TEAM Weston newsletter HERE or follow them on Facebook HERE.

Registrations for the spring 2021 baseball and softball seasons are now open out our new website www.westonctbbsb.com. Programs are being offered from Pre-k through 7^th grade for baseball and Pre-K through 9^th grade for softball. Evaluations, which will take place on Saturday, March 13^th, are required for baseball grades 3 and up.

Are you already a part of our old mailing list and didn’t see the registration blasts for the week? Be sure to check your junk or promotions folders and add info@westonctbbsb.com to your contacts.

• Girls group for girls grades 3-5, created and  led by 2 WHS teens! 5 Saturday mornings starting 2/13. Flyer attached. Sign up on westonyouthservices.org
• Winter WOW session 2! Registration is open now at westonyouthservices.org For WIS kids, there is cartooning, watercolor, baking, yoga and science!

• 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.