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• PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
• MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
• PTO MEETING RECORDING
• UPCOMING SPEAKER
• PHILANTHROPY NEWS
• BOE MEETING SUMMARY
• GOOD READS
• WHS FOOTBALL HOME GAMES
• BOOSTERS CLUB
• EVERGREEN DANCE
• VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY
• FRIENDLY REMINDER
• CLASS NOTES
• AROUND TOWN

Hello Weston High School PTO Families!

October has arrived, the school year is well underway, and we've all been so busy! We enjoyed our first Back to School Night in person since 2019 last week. For many of us, it was our first one in person at WHS ever! I hope those who were able to attend enjoyed it as much as I did. It was amazing to meet our incredible teachers and visit the classrooms our students spend their days in. It was also so kind of the many student volunteers that night, who gave their time helping families find their way around the building, dashing from classroom to classroom. Thank you to everyone who helped and stopped by at our PTO table and Milestone after. We had a tremendous turnout at Milestone for our parent social following BTSN. It felt so good to see so many familiar faces and meet new families as well! Our PTO board is working on more opportunities for us to connect with one another this year!

Many of our students were able to take advantage of the PSAT Prep Bootcamp courses last month. In fact, there were more sign-ups this year than ever before. Many thanks to our PTO Test Prep Chairperson, Stephanie Morris, and teachers Jessica DiBuono and Chris Sadler, who collaborated and offered this fantastic program again!

A few quick notes:

• We've changed the publication day for our biweekly Newsletter to Tuesdays, so please look out for The Word on Tuesdays.

• If you haven't registered as a member of the PTO yet, the membership drive wrapped up on September 30th. However, registration is always open. Newsletters will only be sent to registered members after this issue.  

    Please sign up today if you want to keep receiving our newsletters        https://westonpspto.membershiptoolkit.com 

• We are so excited to be able to help the SGA (Student Government Association) with their Homecoming Dance initiative. Parent volunteers are needed to sell Dance Tickets and for Decorating! Please follow this link to sign up to help or email Lisa Zhang at lisa@gozhang.com  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054fa4a72ca20-whshomecoming
  
  

Again, it was really great to see so many of you in person during BTSN and at our social. I enjoyed visiting Weston High School and especially enjoyed seeing you all too! Looking forward to seeing everyone again, in person or virtually at our next PTO General Board Meeting on Friday, October 14th. Until then, please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions, concerns, or ideas. 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

If you were not able to attend our first PTO general meeting on September 9th, you can access the recording here. 

The next monthly PTO General Board Meeting will be October 19th.

Mark your calendars! We are incredibly excited to welcome guest speaker, Weston High School Career Counselor Randi Green. Please plan to attend or view our next General Board Meeting on October 14th. 

If you’d like to learn more about Randi before the meeting, click here to listen to Superintendent Barbiero’s conversation with her on the WHS podcast “What's Up in the Weston Public Schools?”

The WHS PTO appreciates the participation of our families in the many fundraising events and activities we organize each year.  Through your generous contributions, the PTO is able to achieve its mission to enhance the educational experience of the Weston high school student through investment in teacher and staff development, curriculum extensions, learning and study space upgrades as well as performing and visual art support and athletic program improvements. 

Below are a few examples of amazing projects the PTO has been able to achieve over the years thanks to your generosity!

Most recently we were able to provide enhancements to the Art Department, providing upgraded drafting tables.  If you were at Back To School Night last week, you may have seen them.  If not, here is a photo with Gina Arena from our Art Department showing off the new drafting tables.  Thank you to our entire PTO community!

The WPS Board of Education (BOE) meeting was hosted on September 19th and can be viewed here.

In our last PTO General Meeting and at last week's SPED meeting, Superintendent Lisa Babiero shared, and highly recommended, a book that the entire WPS team is reading: 

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing. by Dr. Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. 

Lisa discussed how the book highlights the importance of viewing situations through an empathic lens, and described it as a deeply meaningful and insightful read for us all. 

Click here to learn more about this book or if you wish to purchase it using WHS PTO Amazon Smile.

Looking to keep up with what the sports teams are doing up at the High School and when they are playing?  Want to help us continue to support our accomplished sports athletes?  Want to stay up to date on all the great things that Boosters provides for our student athletes, each and every year?  Do you want to help us out during the special events that we support each year?  

If your answer is yes to any of the following, join the Weston High School Boosters Club email list.  Contact me, Tammy Roberts - President, Weston High School Boosters Club, at troberts@emailcorner.net, and we'll gladly get you added.  (You can unsubscribe any time you would like.)  www.whsboosters.com to find out more information about all the wonderful things our Club does and/or to join our membership.

We also have a couple of board positions open for next year:  Fundraiser Chair, Social Media Chair, Webmaster.  If you are interested in any of these or know of someone who would be, please contact me, Tammy Roberts.  We usually meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month, during the school year.

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! 

Homecoming Dance

We are so excited to be able to help the SGA (Student Government Association) with their Homecoming Dance initiative. 

Parent volunteers are needed for selling Dance Tickets and for Decorating!  Please follow this link to sign up to help or email Lisa Zhang at lisa@gozhang.com

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054fa4a72ca20-whshomecoming

Evergreen’s Spring Dance 2023

Evergreen Chairs and volunteers are needed for the Spring dance! Email Sonya Stack tribestack@gmail.com if you're interested in co-chairing or volunteering. 

Thank you! 

The Family and Children’s Agency

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)

Hello senior parents! It was so nice to see so many people at Milestone after back to school night!

 If you missed the Senior Parent Coffee Zoom, you can listen to the recording on Naviance.  It’s on the Welcome page right after you log in.

Janet, Maureen, Maggie & Jen 

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.

 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 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!

 Back-to-School-Night

This past Thursday, September 29, was the first in-person back-to-school night in 2 years! It was wonderful to be inside the building again and to see everyone running from one class to another! A huge big thanks to the volunteer students who guided us all through the hallways and helped us get to "our classes" on time! Thank you to the school for organizing such a great evening and to the teachers for sharing their passion for teaching. 

PSAT Bootcamp

We had an excellent turnout for the online PSAT Prep Bootcamp sessions (weekend sessions 09/ 17 & 18 and weekday sessions 09/ 20 & 22). We are happy that many of our students took advantage of this helpful resource. 

Club Fair

Last September 21 & 22, students had the opportunity to learn about and sign-up for a wide variety of club offerings at the WHS Club Fair. It was well attended, and we're excited to see students participating in the many wonderful extracurricular activities available! 

A few reminders: 

**Picture re-takes will be on November 9th from 10:30-2:30. Please bring in your original package with a $5 re-take fee on that day.**

Have a great week!

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

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!

October 8th, 4pm – 8pm

It's HOEDOWN time down on the Farm! Come kick up your heels and enjoy some mouth-watering barbecue with friends and family! This is an annual fundraiser for the Farm so please come show your support of Lachat! Please note that tickets must be purchased in advance of the event on our website.

We'll be dining outdoors and dancing in the barn, so dress appropriately. (RAINDATE: Sunday, October 9) 

$80 per adult, $20 per Child, Children under 3 - Free

Learn More and Register at lachattownfarm.org

"The Curious Case of Eleven O'Clock Road - How Weston Got Its Place Names"

Open every Thursday and Sunday from 1pm – 4pm and runs until March 26, 2023.

Admission is $5.00 per person. Free admission to current Weston Historical Society members.

More information at: https://www.westonhistoricalsociety.org