Winn Brook PTA

Weekly Winnie

June 13, 2025
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It's our final Weekly Winnie of the year!

Thank you to all of our Winn Brook Staff and Community for a wonderful 2024-2025 school year! We hope everyone has a wonderful summer and look forward to reconnecting in the fall. Best of luck to all our families moving on to Chenery!

To the staff members who are moving on from Winn Brook for their next adventures, thank you for all you have shared with our children. We will miss seeing you in our hallways!

  • Ms. Katelyn Anderson - 1st Grade

  • Ms. Cady Monnin - 2nd Grade

  • Ms. Lourene Scott - METCO Aide

  • Ms. Leyla Jebelli - Professional Aide

  • Ms. Marissa Andersen - Professional Aide

  • Mr. Rick Tucker - Custodian

Highlights

  • New and Noteworthy

    • Thank you Mr. Daye and Mr. Tucker

    • Last Day Clap Out - June 17

    • Photo Submissions

  • Calendar of Events

  • Celebrating What We Do Best

    • PTA Community Meeting

    • Staff Treats

    • 3rd Grade Enrichment - Windows on Wildlife - Raptor Adaptations

    • 3rd Grade Enrichment - “Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride” Presentation by Paul Revere House

    • 3rd Grade End of Year Party

    • Ice Cream Social

    • All School Enrichment - Author Jerry Pallotta

  • Around Belmont

    • Willy Wonka Fall Musical - Tuition recipient

    • Underwood Pool Opens June 18th

    • Belmont Recreation Summer Movie Series

  • Volunteer Links and Reminders

New and Noteworthy

Thank You to Mr. Daye and Mr. Tucker!

None of our events would be possible without the behind the scenes assistance of our incredible Winn Brook Custodians, Mr. Daye and Mr. Tucker. They assist with table set up, clean up, video-audio equipment, rearranging furniture, breaking down boxes, and any other odds and ends we need for both in school and off hour events. 

If you see them around in the final days of school please join us in thanking them for helping us throughout the year.

Last Day Clap Out - June 17, 10:50 am

There is a tradition at Winn Brook that the graduating class parades around the outside of the school where parents are welcome to watch and cheer from behind the cones.  Arrive by 10:50 as they will begin their walk at 11:00. After the clap out, students will come back to their classrooms to say goodbye and collect their bags. Students will be dismissed at the end of our half day at 11:40.  

Please seethis map for more information.

Photo Submissions

We’re trying something new! After receiving repeated feedback from yearbook committees regarding the enormity of collecting and formatting photos, we’re going to try being proactive in our photo collection! 

Do you have any photos from Winn Brook events? We’d love to collect them to prepare for your yearbooks in the coming years! Please remember to submit only Winn Brook event photos, and not private activities such as birthday parties and play dates.

We have made folders for each Winn Brook graduation class, and subdivided by year. Feel free to upload the last year or two as well!

Upload photos here

Calendar of Events

BPS School Schedule 
Winn Brook Calendar 
PTA Calendar of Events
All BPS School Calendars

6/13 - End of Year Concert - Grades K+2 at 9:15 ; Grades 1+3 at 10:00

6/17 - Clap Out - 10:50 am

6/17 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL - 11:40 release. No WBExL

Celebrating What We Do Best

PTA Community Meeting

Thank you to everyone who was able to join us at our final community meeting of the year! We reviewed the PTA budget, celebrated this year’s volunteers, shared our planning progress for next year, and discussed our successes and areas for improvement. Please review our meeting minutes, which includes links to our budget summaries. We will vote to ratify these minutes at our next community meeting in the fall along with voting in our new Executive Committee members.
We’re still looking for a couple VPs to join us next year!

June Staff Treats

Our last staff treats for this academic year proved to be a success! Special thanks to Staff Treats Chair Rachel Hardin, as well as Marcia Velencia, Simone Tropeano, Galdy Haces, Ciara Glenmullen & Emily Runyon for their donations and help setting up. Wishing everyone a wonderful summer as we look forward to continuing the tradition of teacher treats in September :)

staff treats
staff treats
staff treats
staff treats

3rd Grade Enrichment - Windows on Wildlife - Raptor Adaptations

Heidi from Windows on Wildlife introduced our third graders to two owls: Haddie, a fifteen year old barred owl, and Quill, a saw-whet owl who is 7" tall from the top of his head to the tip of his tail! The program covered various aspects of raptor life such as where they live, what special features they have developed for survival, and where they fit in the web of life.

owls
owls
owls
owls

3rd Grade Enrichment -  “Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride” Presentation by Paul Revere House

The Paul Revere House visited Winn Brook 3rd Graders for an interactive re-telling of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. Students got in to character, donning hats and carrying props, to learn fact from fiction about the ride. The visit coincided with the 3rd grade social studies curriculum about the events leading to the Revolutionary War. The students had a blast at their last Winn Brook PTA-sponsored enrichment event!

Paul Revere
Paul Revere
Paul Revere

3rd Grade End of Year Party

The third graders celebrated their time at Winn Brook with an end of year party on June 5th. DJ Madden kept the music and fun rolling. There was pizza, slushies and lots of fun! Thank you to all the volunteers and the third grade committee for making such a special event come to life for our Winn Brook graduating class.

3rd grade party
3rd grade party
3rd grade party

Ice Cream Social

Mother nature came back with the hot weather just in time to melt all our ice cream! We love sending all the kids home a sticky mess - the telltale sign of ice cream and sorbet well enjoyed!  Thank you to Ice Cream Social Co-Chairs Libby Weintraub and Robbie Shade, and all of our community and staff volunteers for serving the endless line.
Took any photos? Please
submit them for your future yearbook!

ice cream social
ice cream social
ice cream social
ice cream social
ice cream social
ice cream social

All School Enrichment -  Author Jerry Pallotta

Thank you to 1st Grade Enrichment Coordinator Sarah Kurz for bringing Jerry Pallotta to Winn Brook (and all of Belmont!). Staff and students alike were thrilled to see his big personality and learn about his passion for storytelling, writing process, and of course his Who Would Win Series!

Jerry Pallotta

Around Belmont

Have an event you’d like to share with the Winn Brook Community? Email us

Belmont Recreation Summer

Underwood Pool Opens June 18th!

Visit Belmont Recreation’s website for schedule information.

underwood pool

Belmont Recreation Summer Movie Series

belmont rec movies

Belmont Library Summer Reading Level Up

Summer is here at last! No matter your age, come kick off the season and sign up for the Belmont Public Library's 2025 Summer Reading Program on Friday, June 20th from 12:00pm to 2:00pm at Payson Park. There will be free ice cream from Frozen Hoagies for the first 150 people who sign up for summer reading, whether kids, teens or adults! We'll celebrate with a performance from Jenny the Juggler, outdoor games, raffle giveaways, and more! Summer Reading 2025 is generously supported by the Friends of the Belmont Public Library.

This event will be moved indoors in case of bad weather.

library reading up

Willy Wonka Fall Musical - Tuition Recipient

Congratulations to 2nd Grade's Izzy Danahy for winning the tuition raffle! We are looking forward to seeing her, and all of our Winn Brook friends, in the fall performance!

Community Calendars

There are many more Belmont events to explore:
Belmont Voice Community Events
Belmont Public School Community Events

Volunteer Links and Reminders

Volunteer Links

Volunteer Interest Form 

Staff Appreciation Monthly Treats

Library Volunteer Signup

Lunch Volunteer Signup

Nurse's closet donations

Photo Share

References

PTA website

Room Parents

PTA Committee Chairs

Library Volunteer Guide

Lost and Found

Winn Brook Swag Orders

Arrival & Dismissal Information 

Traffic Reminders

Libby Weintraub & Meenal Bagla & Michal Feldman

Winn Brook PTA Co-Presidents

presidents@winnbrookpta.org