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• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
• MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
• PTO FAMILY DIRECTORY SPONSORSHIP
• PSAT BOOT CAMP
• SPED PROGRESS
• FINANCIAL AID WORKSHOP
• EVERGREEN DANCE
• DISTRICT PODCAST AND NEWSLETTER
• FRIENDLY REMINDER
• CLASS NOTES
• AROUND TOWN

Hello Weston High School PTO Families!

It's been a great past few weeks as the school year gets underway! Last week the PTO held its first General Board Meeting of the year on Friday, September 9th. Our virtual and in-person pilot was a success and well attended both in person and virtually! This is by and large due to the efforts of Juad Masters, WHS PTO VP, who coordinated the zoom hybrid. We could not have done it without help from WHS's Storm Snaith and her guidance with everything we needed to zoom from WHS Library, and some solid tech advice from Zach Kiley from tech-support. Their kindness, support, and generosity of time are so appreciated!

We were delighted to welcome Principal Meghan Ward and Superintendent Lisa Barbiero as our very first guest speakers of the year. It was a great opportunity to get to know Meghan Ward and to hear about the school year so far. As always, it was fantastic to hear from Superintendent Lisa Barbiero and her updates on WHS and WPS District overall. I encourage you to watch the recording of our meeting HERE. Our Next General board meeting is on Friday, October 14 at 9 AM; please join us, either virtually or in person!

The PSAT prep course is underway, with the weekend session completed. Stephanie Morris, our college test prep course chairperson, let us know that this year we have the most participants yet! This is wonderful news, and there is still time to sign up for the weekday courses ahead! If you're interested in enrolling your student in the course click HERE  or see our flyer below.

The school year has gotten off to a really positive start, with so many exciting things happening on campus for our students. Just to name a few:  Students enjoyed a sustainability-themed field trip to UCONN this week. WHS company has begun working on their fall production, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Also, everyone is looking forward to Homecoming in October! The football game is booked for October 21st and students are planning class floats for the game, and a homecoming dance on October 15th to kick it all off!

If you haven't had a chance, it's a great idea to check your email for communications from Weston High School. There have been great communications from the counseling department and letters home from our principal, Meghan Ward. They are full of wonderful and helpful information and definitely worth reading. Inside Friday's letter from Meghan Ward, she included a LINK to the debut of Trojan TV, which began with a brief interview of Meghan Ward, followed by footage of the Trojan Kickoff. Enjoy the shortcut, but please check your email for the full message if you haven't seen it yet. 

Please remember to renew your membership for the 2022-23 school year. Your membership will not only provide you with online and printed directories, newsletters, and special PTO news updates; it will make a difference and enable us to continue to support all we do at WHS PTO. Thank you!

As always, I would like to assure you that I am here to help, alongside the entire PTO board. If you would like to get in touch with me with any questions, ideas, or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out. Feel free to email me at crizpto@yahoo.com or call/text me at 516-581-7474. I am happy to help and would love to hear from you. 

With Warm Regards,

Christine Harris

WHS PTO President

Hi Everyone:  Membership for the PTO is NOW OPEN. You can sign up for membership, purchase extra directories, and make a tax deductible donation to the PTOs.    Update your information & publication preferences before purchasing your PTO membership. See below for instructions (select which items you want in the printed directory).  PLEASE NOTE: Payment needs to be completed via a computer, NOT THE APP.  UPDATE FAMILY INFORMATION (before purchasing membership):   MAKE SURE your child(ren)’s SCHOOL and GRADE are CORRECT!!  (alumni year is the high school graduation year) MAKE SURE your child(ren) are listed as active (reactivate them if they are inactive—click the reactivate button). MAKE SURE that your information has the correct capitalization, correct first name/last name location, street names are fully spelled out.   UPDATE PUBLISHING PREFERENCES:  Select which items you want in the printed directory, deselect anything you don’t want printed or seen by the online app. Most people have everything listed. (If it is highlighted yellow, it’s NOT included.)   PURCHASE PTO MEMBERSHIP, XTRA DIRECTORIES, DONATIONS:  Select “1” for the quantity next to each of the PTO membership(s) of the schools that your children are enrolled. Select if you want any additional directories (membership comes with 1 per family). Enter any donations. Select whether or not you want a printed directory.    CLICK HERE--PTO Membership to sign up for membership. The payment link will be visible once your information is entered. If you have any issues with registering, please contact membership@westonpspto.org. Please NOTE: You can purchase Family Sponsorships in the directory by clicking this separate link: CLICK HERE--Family Directory Sponsorship. Thank you! HES, WIS, WMS & WHS PTOs

Dear Weston PTO Families:
Show your support for your schools! Once again, we are delighted to offer a special sponsorship opportunity to families in this year's PTO Family Directory.
For a $25 tax-deductible donation your family name will appear in the directory as a supporter of the PTO.

Please join us!

DEADLINE: September 30, 2022

https://www.leagueathletics.com/UserForm.asp?RegID=233538&org=westonpspto.org

Dear Sophomore, Junior, and Senior Parents,

Weston High School will be hosting a free virtual Financial Aid and Cash Management Workshop delivered by Barnum Financial Group on Sept. 27 at 7 pm. Register in advance here: https://financialguide.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0qcOCpqjkjGdP5g1-JBhFkz3YYfykYSeJs

See attached flyer for details.

Best,

Attachments:

College Planning Saving for College Weston HS 2.pdf

Randi Green

Director of College & Career Counseling

Weston High School

115 School Road

Weston, CT 06883

(203) 221-6517

ADAP is excited to share that the Evergreen Dance is being planned for Spring 2023!  

Co-chairs are needed to coordinate this fun and special semi-formal dance for the kids - a Weston tradition!  Please consider teaming up with someone and reach out to Sonya Stack at tribestack@gmail.com if you're interested in co-chairing or volunteering. Thank you! 

Superintendent Barbiero has started a Podcast series this year interviewing various members of the WPS staff: “What's Up in the Weston Public Schools?” She also distributes monthly WPS Newsletters which have included an opening from her followed by a summary from each of the school Principals.  You can find both of them HERE!!!!

It’s great to see all the Class of 2023 Senior signs around town!

Senior portraits need to be submitted by photographers to the yearbook by September 30.

Your seniors recently received detailed info about college applications from Randi Green.  Randi & the college counseling center is an excellent resource for parents and students. 

I hope your seniors have had a great start to the year!

Facebook: Parent of Weston High School (CT) Class of 2023

Hello Class of 2024 Parents! Hope the school year is off to a great start.

Please mark your calendars for Back to School Night (in person again!) on 9/29.

If you have not already, please join the WHS PTO Class of 2024 Parent Group where we share information relevant to our class. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3162447787131719  We will continue to post resources that parents of juniors will need.

Please pay class dues via personal check payable to WHS with Class of 2024 in memo and mail to the main office or payable on www.myschoolbucks.com. You should see an invoice for Class Dues on the myschoolbucks site. Dues are $40 per year, or you may pay all 4 years at once. It is important to be up to date because the school will not give your student a parking spot if there are missing class dues. Class dues go directly to the class each year to help cover some of the costs associated with class activities and graduation expenses. 

Join the WHS PTOhttp://www.westonpspto.org  You will access the directory and receive the PTO newsletter with information about everything going on at the high school and we won’t make you sign up for anything you don’t want to do.

Update your student’s demographic information in Power School. See tab on left.  https://weston.powerschool.com/public/home.html

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to your PTO Class of 2024 Parent Representatives with any questions. We are planning fun things for the Juniors and looking forward to a great year.

Christine Harris - crizpto@yahoo.com

Carlye Adler Nussbaum - carlye@carlyeadler.com

Lauren Carter - laurenjcarter5@gmail.com

Casey Saussy - caseysaussy@mindspring.com

Hello, Class of 2025 sophomores and families!

The Class of 2025 PTO Parent Representatives for this school year 2022-23 are:

• Megan Burns

• Gayle Costello

• Juad Masters

• Carrie Schaffer

We encourage you to join the WHS Class of 2025 Parent Group PTO Sponsored Class Facebook page to stay in the know! Click HERE to join.

The sophomores are off to a great start! 

The Parent Representatives were invited to sit in on the Sophomore Student Government meeting.  The class of 2025 is represented by  President: Jayaditya Rajan, Vice President: Brett Martin, Secretary: Tabitha Cappella, Treasurer: James Martin, Senators: Emily Kreger & Lara Teehan-Donnelly AND Faculty Advisors: Mike Chappa & MaryFaith Blank.

A few reminders: 

Please mark your calendars for Back to School Night (in person again!) next Thursday, September 29th.”

Update your student’s demographic information in Power School. See tab on left.  https://weston.powerschool.com/public/home.htm

Class of 2025 PTO Reps

We are excited to welcome our Class of 2026 freshman and families! 

Your Parent Representatives are Joslyn Crowe, Ann Kyle, and Lori Umhoefer.

The WHS Class of 2026 Parent Group, PTO Sponsored Facebook group is live!   It is intended to serve solely as a communication vehicle between the PTO and the parents of the Class of 2026. You can easily join this group here: WHS Class of 2026 Parent Group, PTO Sponsored | Facebook

We were thrilled to greet the freshman students at Orientation and deliver PTO-sponsored Welcome Kits to make the start of their high school experience sweeter.

Best wishes to everyone for the start of the school year!

The Family and Children’s Agency is seeking High School volunteers for their 80th Anniversary Celebration Event.  

The Event:

On Saturday, October 15^th our agency is having a big fun-filled celebration to celebrate our 80^th anniversary as a human service agency.

Event Location:  Norwalk Community College – East Campus parking lot – 188 Richards Avenue, Norwalk

Event time:  1pm-5pm

It will be an afternoon of music, food, games, crafts, a petting zoo, and more.  We are in need of close to 100 volunteers to help make it a success.

This is the link to sign up for a shift if you would not mind sharing it with your students, their friends at Weston High School, and anyone else you think would be interested.

Sign up for FCA Event:  80th Anniversary Celebration Event

If you or anyone else has questions, please contact Lisa Habasinski

Lisa Habasinski

Manager of Community Engagement

Family & Children’s Agency (FCA)

9 Mott Avenue, 4^th Floor

Norwalk, CT 06850

(203) 523-5735 (Direct)

(203) 984-3561 (Cell)

(203) 855-8765 (Main)

At Norfield Grange 12 Good Hill Road, Weston 

$35/Person BUY 5 Nights & Get The 6th FREE. 10/3, 11/15, 12/6, 1/17, 2/7, & 3/7. 

With Guided Instruction by Weston Artist Agata Tria Pre-Payment Required. Sorry No Walk-Ins. 

Venmo: @LynKimberly or Check to: Norfield Grange. 

Limited capacity. Come have fun and take home a treasure!!! 

Grange Events Benefit The WHS Scholarship Fund.

Tickets are on sale now for the Harlem Wizards vs. Weston Brainy Bunch fundraising game on Saturday, November 19!  

Click here for ticket information and to purchase. The best seats sell out quickly so don’t miss your chance!