JANUARY

2021-22 SCHOOL CALENDAR

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** NEW - WIS PTO YOUTUBE CHANNEL **

• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
• NEXT PTO MEETING
• SLEEP AWAY CAMP EVENT
• WESTON SWAG
• SQUARE1ART
• LOST & FOUND
• AROUND TOWN

Now that we are well into January, it is time to start to plan out the rest of the school year. Please add a few things to your ever growing to do lists:

Yearbook photos!!! Please submit your special event, friends, funny, holiday, school and sports photos! Especially the 5th grade baby photos!! You can either Email directly to Sarah Gargiulo at seobrie@hotmail.com  Be sure to include the event / name of student / grade / teacher. Or Upload photos directly to: https://uploads.picabooyearbooks.com/9510673. You will be able to choose appropriate event folder. Please remember to note name of student / grade / teacher in notes field. 

General Membership Meeting: January 19th 9:30am - 10:30am via zoom. Information is below. We have a few philanthropy requests that we will be voting on: New furniture for the library, games and toys for outdoor and indoor recess, sign for PTO announcements. Also, we will have an update on the BOE meetings. Join us!!!

Summer Camp Zooms!!  I would like to invite you to join the WIS PTO and the Hurlbutt PTO on January 19th at 7:30pm for an exciting zoom call on Sleep Away Camps. We have several amazing camps joining us to give a brief overview about their programs! There will be a second zoom meeting for area day camps. See below for additional information. 

Nominating Committee: Please consider serving on the nominating committee for the WIS PTO.  We have current board members leaving us as their children will be leaving WIS for WMS leaving us with available seats. Please submit your name for a committee chair position on either the Executive Board or General Board. We want you to join our amazing team of volunteers that work to make the WIS PTO great!

Live every day to the fullest!

Debbie Carrothers

WIS PTO President 2021-2022

Please join us for our next meeting on Wednesday, January 19th, at 9:30 am via Zoom (see details below).  

We look forward to seeing everyone who can make it then! 

Join Zoom Meeting

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Meeting ID: 876 6026 9527

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SLEEP AWAY CAMP INFORMATION EVENT

JANUARY 19^th at 7:30 PM via ZOOM

** This is an evening event **

With each winter day, summer gets closer… Soon camp gates will open to another fun summer. Now is the time to make plans.

Please join the HES/WIS PTOs for a Summer Sleepaway Camp Information Event on Wednesday, January 19^th at 7:30 PM.

Joining us will be Camp Specialists Amanda Rothlein and Melissa Post, 

as well as Camp Directors from 8 Sleepaway Camps.

Learn how to choose the best sleepaway camp for your child and 

hear directly from some popular camps.

Zoom details:

Topic: WIS and HES PTO Sleep Away Camp Meeting
Time: Jan 19, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88394577235?pwd=MGN3cDIyLzdaYktwTUtlUnhWMkxDQT09

Meeting ID: 883 9457 7235
Passcode: 034620

It’s a New Year and we have a 

 NEW PTO STORE ITEM!

PRE-ORDER ONLY! 

2 Weeks only!

Leggings will arrive by Valentine’s day!!

Just in time to gift it to the one you love 

so that they can show off their 

WESTON LOVE!

Click HERE to order

An Update on Backorders

We are back in the office, re-stocked, re-staffed, and working hard to get all backorders shipped by January 14. Thank you for your understanding and patience during delays due to heavy volume and labor shortages. We are a "mom and pop" small business and while nationwide, we do 95% of our custom keepsake application in-house.  Most of all, thank you for supporting your school with your fundraiser order, and for supporting your child's creativity!

Other Issues?

If you filled out our online Contact Form, a Case for Customer Care has been created and we are working on your Case and will be in touch soon. Please do not fill out a new form unless you have a new issue to report. If you have a new issue, fill out this Contact Form. Replacement products have an expected delivery of mid-January.

Thank you again for your understanding and patience.

- The Square 1 Art Customer Care Team

Hello Parents, 

There are some items in the Lost & Found Section located outside of the cafeteria. Please call the school to schedule an appointment for pick up if you recognize an item or send your child to locate the item. 

Thank you Maritza.

For more information about the above:

Click HERE to learn more about Weston Softball

Click HERE to learn more about Sara Holland

Click HERE if you have a question and would like to contact Weston Softball

Calling all Weston Residents!

Is adding more bees, butterflies and birds to your yard high on your 2022 to-do-list? Do you want to reduce your carbon footprint AND eliminate toxic chemicals from your yard? Look no further! Join the Weston Pollinator Pathway today:

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP

The Weston Pollinator Pathway proudly supports the following native pollinator gardens on campus:

Hurlbutt Monarch Waystation - financed by the PTO

Hurlbutt Butterfly Circle - financed by the PTO and Weston Garden Club / Pollinator Pathway

Middle School Entry Garden - financed by the PTO

Baby birds need caterpillars, caterpillars need native plants, native plants need you! Please join today.

The Weston Pollinator Pathway Steering Committee

Take the CT River Smart Pledge HERE!

Sign up to the Pollinator Pathway HERE!

Follow us on Instagram  and Facebook 

Town Hall Link: https://www.westonct.gov/about-us  

Weston Public Library: https://www.westonpubliclibrary.org/ 

Weston Historical Society: https://www.westonhistoricalsociety.org/ 

Weston Garden Club: https://www.westongardenclub.com/

Weston Education Foundation: https://www.westoneducationfoundation.org/

• 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.