About Us

PTO BOARD MEMBERS 2024-2025

Our Mission

• To build a supportive network and foster communication between families, educators, elected school officials and the greater Andover community

• To secure the highest advantages in education for the children of West Elementary 

• To cultivate and promote educational, informative, and volunteer programs and financial resources for the school

What We Do

• Every year we provide more than 20 curriculum based enrichment programs to ensure our students stay current and competitive. These programs include Techsploration, The Bay Colony Educators, Top Secret Science, Star Lab, WERAWC, and the list goes on.

• We host a variety of social events to foster a sense of community. Some of these events include Bingo Night, Ice Cream Social, International Night, Holiday Coffee, Sweetheart Dance and more.

• Our fundraising efforts have purchased many needed items for our school ranging from Smart Boards and ipads to playground equipment. 

• We send weekly newsletters to keep the West Elementary community informed of the many happenings in school and within the Andover community. 

• We attend meetings within the greater Andover community as representatives of West El

• We develop, organize, and recruit volunteers for informational meetings, social gatherings, and various other school events in an effort to foster a sense of community within the school.

• To aid our teachers and to recognize their efforts, we recruit and organize room parents for each of their classrooms and organize teacher appreciation breakfasts and luncheons.

How We Do It …YOU! 

The West Elementary PTO is a successful and enthusiastic organization because of phenomenal parental involvement. Not only are all PTO programs, events and initiatives managed with 100% volunteer power, all PTO initiatives are 100% funded by charitable donations from parents and friends of West El.