Whaley Weekly 9/4/24

Welcome back Wellington Community! We hope everyone enjoyed their summer. The PTO has been busy preparing for a full year of exciting community and fundraising events for our students. We look forward to reconnecting with our families and volunteers for another great school year. Meet the PTO and Wellington community at our PTO Welcome Tables at 8:35am on both Thursday Sept 5 and Friday Sept 6 on the blue playground. And join us on Thursday Sept 19th at our Back to School Fall Picnic at 5:00pm (details below).

A Note about PTO Communication Channels:

• Whaley Weeklys (the PTO newsletter you are currently reading!) will be emailed to you every Wednesday with updates on events, volunteer opportunities, school happenings and more! 

• Communications Folders - Be on the lookout for a blue folder coming home with your student(s). They will include some pertinent information from the PTO, particularly our community and fundraising events. Your child’s folder comes home everyday as a way to get their school work and Wellington happenings into your hands! 

Room Parents - each classroom will have PTO volunteer Room Parents who act as liaisons between the classroom teacher and class parents/guardians.   If you are interested in being a Room Parent, please complete our Volunteer Interest Form 

Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wellingtonpto 

Welcome Back!

• Thursday September 19 from 5pm-7pm, join us on the Wellington Field (the grass next to the blue playground) for our Welcome Back to School Picnic! Pack a picnic or order from the Food Trucks

Say Cheese!

• Picture Day is Thursday, September 26 for preK-3rd grade students. 

  If you'd like to volunteer for this event please sign up HERE! Please note: You must have an active CORI on file to volunteer. If you're unsure, please check in with the front office to confirm.

• Library Volunteers - Sign-up links coming in next week’s Whaley Weekly!

  • The Wellington library relies on volunteers to help out throughout the year. If you are interested in volunteering for your child's library time, be on the lookout for the sign-up in next week's Whaley Weekly on September 11th. 

  • As a Primary Volunteer you will help in the Wellington Library for approximately 30 minutes per month assisting your child’s class with checking in/out books, shelving returned titles and printing reports. Because this is a trained position, we ask for a year-long commitment helping with your child’s class every 4-5 weeks.

  • Alternatively, anyone can join the Support Volunteer list. These volunteers will have the opportunity to sign up as their schedule allows. Tasks may include organizing shelves, pulling books for displays, cutting bookmarks and/or helping with other library needs. 

If you have questions or want more information, please reach out to our PTO Library Volunteer Coordinators: Amy Heuer, Lara Lind or Anastasiya Kenyon at (wellingtonlibraryvolunteer@gmail.com).

Kelly Gelfer and the Green Team for sprucing up our planters and garden boxes. Leigh Kenny who rolled up our Wellington T-shirts again this year. Amy Heuer for coordinating and hosting our K playdates. Gina Donaldson and Family for preparing our Communication Folders, and to all of our teachers and staff who participated in another successful Jumpstart program. 

The PTO Board is planning for the 2024-25 school year! Thanks to those who have reached out! It’s time to start building our volunteer village for next year. We have many board members graduating from Wellington which opens up spaces for new volunteers to join us, either as a board member or as a program/event specific coordinator. 

Here is a list of some of our open positions for the 2024-25 school year: 

• Community Events Coordinator

• Directory Coordinator

• Room Parent for your child's class

• Enrichment Coordinator

• If you are interested in one of these roles and would like to learn more, please email Aisha and Andreina at: wellingtonptopresidents@gmail.com
  

• Important note to all volunteers: Everyone will receive a CORI form (one per household - feel free to make a copy) in your Communications Folder. If you can support the PTO and would like to volunteer, CORI forms are required for every parent volunteer. You must bring the completed form and a form of ID to the Wellington office to complete the process. CORIs are valid for three years! We highly recommend you get these completed early in the school year.

For Belmont town news you can check out the following websites:

Belmont Public Schools: https://www.belmont.k12.ma.us/

Belmont Voice: https://belmontvoice.org/

Belmontonian: http://belmontonian.com/

We ask that you consider a donation to the Wellington Fundraising Appeal. So far this school year, these funds have been used to reimburse teachers for their classroom supplies, purchase school supplies and grocery gift cards for Wellington students and families in need and fund school wide initiatives like new sports equipment, music stands, and storage sheds for both blue and green playgrounds. 

If you have a corporate or workplace match, this is an amazing way to DOUBLE your impact. 

To donate via PayPal using a credit card please use this link:

• Donate Here

• OR Send a check payable to Wellington PTO
  (Memo: “Annual Fund” and your child’s name) and return to school in their Communications Folder, or mail to:

Wellington School

ATTN: Wellington PTO

121 Orchard Street, Belmont, MA 02478

• Check to see if your employer matches charitable gifts!

  • Wellington School PTO’s EIN is 04-3093301

  • Need a receipt? Email wellingtonptotreasurer@gmail.com 

• Traffic Safety - Please remember to be considerate when parking around Wellington and do not block the crosswalks or the driveways of our neighbors. There is no active pick up. Please do not pull into the parking lot or driveway at dismissal to retrieve your child.

• A Note about PTO Communication Channels:

  • Whaley Weeklys (the PTO newsletter you are currently reading!) will be emailed to you every Wednesday with updates on events, volunteer opportunities, school happenings and more! 

  • Communications Folders - Be on the lookout for a blue folder coming home with your student(s). They will include some pertinent information from the PTO, particularly our community and fundraising events. Your child’s folder comes home everyday as a way to get their school work and Wellington happenings into your hands! 

  • Room Parents - each classroom will have PTO volunteer Room Parents who act as liaisons between the classroom teacher and class parents/guardians. 

  • Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/wellingtonpto 

Aisha Foxx Telfort & Andreina Parisi-Amon

Wellington PTO Co-Presidents

wellingtonptopresidents@gmail.com