The spring book fair will be held on Thursday, March 27 & Friday, March 28. NEW!! We will also be open during parent teacher conferences on the evening of March 27, 5-8pm.  Please note: no children will be allowed in the library without their parents during the evening portion. The preferred way of payment will be eWallet. We will also be accepting cash and checks payable to Walt Whitman PTA. Volunteer signups are open.

Questions? Contact: Samantha Lebenhart, Erica Schulman and Patrice Gooden

March is Wellness month!  We will have lots of fun, little things going on throughout the school to recognize both physical and mental health wellness for our kids.  There will be in-class activities as well as morning announcements from Mr. Snyder highlighting interesting healthy fun facts and tips.

A wellness challenge calendar is posted in the cafeteria in addition to a flyer listing healthy snack tips.   Feel free to join in the fun!

Questions? Contact: Sam Lebenhart

On March 4th at 7:30pm atWalt Whitman Elementary.

Hi Everyone, Please join us for our PTA Annual Business meeting on March 4th at 7:30pm at the Walt Whitman Elementary School. If you have anything specific that you would like answered during the meeting, we ask that you send us an email in advance by 5pm March 3rd, to presidents@waltwhitmanpta.org. This helps ensure our meeting will proceed smoothly and any information needed in advance is available to help answer your questions or concerns.   Please see the attached agenda, and visit our website for more information including previous meeting minutes and budget.  As with any meeting it is important to continue to exercise respect and civility.  A gentle reminder that absolutely no individual teachers, staff, parents or children’s names can be mentioned during our meeting. Individual conversations should take place with the teacher or principal in a one on one format. Friendly reminder to sign up to be a member below. Karen Ostrick & Cindy HoCo-Presidents 2024-25

Join us for our grade specific movie nights.  

Bring your own water bottle, a blanket or crazy creek chair and wear PJs.

RSVP to attend and purchase our Syosset Crazy Creek Chairs or a Whitman Towel!  

Final Movie Night – Date and Time:  

Gr 5 – March 26th at 7pm to watch YES DAY.

This is NOT a drop off event.

Please submit a new RSVP form for each child attending!

Questions? Contact: Heather Egert or Jenn Crecco

Next Maker Space: March 7th, March 10th and March 17th!

Krafty Hands is back to work with our children for these dates!  Let your kids know to join us at Maker Space these weeks during recess!

Webbie we need you! It was a great event and we love to see more parents helping to direct the activities for the students during our indoor recess. Please reach out if you’re interested in helping us inspire our students during recess!   Click here to Volunteer. Do you have skills in athletics, creative arts, STEM, or another area of interest? We’d love for you to share your passion with our students through a Maker Space Recess activity! Click here submit your interest.

Questions? Contact: Sunita Hansraj, Stella Wei and Valerie Kesten