NEWS &

Upcoming Events

Curriculum Enrichment

Ice Cream Social – Wednesday June 7^th.  Come dunk your favorite teachers and enjoy some ice cream!  $4 per ice cream and $1 for the dunk tank.

All School Picnic – Tuesday, June 20^th.  PTO hosts this annual picnic for our West El students with hotdogs and hamburgers on the grill outside!

Fifth Grade Class Day – Wednesday, June 21^st.  Families gather after the graduation ceremony at the Collins Center at AHS to enjoy some light refreshments (and tissues)!

Upcoming curriculum enrichment provided by the PTO fundraising dollars:

•          Michelle’s Menagerie – May 26^th for Kindergarteners.  Michelle shared 8 woodland animals that can be seen in Andover!

•          Tidal Pools – June 1^st for First Graders.  Each First Grader will go home with a fish print and some stories to tell!  (Hopefully!)

•          Honeybees – June 1^st & 2^nd for Second Graders.  The “Bee Lady” is back to teach our Second Graders about the role these critters play in pollination!

Fundraising

“Un-sung” Heroes

Grant Award – Thank you to Andona for generously awarding a $1,250 grant for WERAWC!

Cash Calendars / Week of Winners – successfully raised $4,000!

Stop & Shop – received a check for $842 just because we shop there!

Box Tops – we have raised $400 since December!  Keep clipping & send them in!

Thanks to your generous donations and participation in our various fundraising activities, we were able to donate to West:

·         Two large screen monitors which are already in use projecting images and snippets from West El t.v.  Look for them outside the main office and the cafeteria. 

·         A laptop to the maker’s space to better support Ms. Fowler’s video editing, etc.

Nancy Buckley – mother to Abigal (7^th grade) and Michaela (5^th grade), “retiring” PTO President and Board member for 5+ years.  Nancy helps with every PTO event and is a veteran room parent!  Thank you for all your years of service!

Veronica Pierni – mother to Vanessa (8^th grade, Teddy (6^th grade) and Brian (5^th grade), Teacher Appreciation Luncheon Chair for past 2 years, regular volunteer at Book Fair, Batty Bingo, WERAWC, etc.!  We’ll miss you, Veronica!

Heidi Pearce – mother to Nick (Boston University), Karli (12^th grade), and Sam (5^th grade), constant volunteer at WERAWC, Teacher Luncheon, Book Fair, & in the classroom!  Thank you, Heidi!

And a special thank you to the Year Book Chairs Melissa Rea mother to Conor (5^th grade) & Tracey Spruce mother to Tessa (7^th grade) & Will (5^th grade)!