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Category: PTA Updates
Next Makers Space Recess!
Next Date: 2/25 and 2/28. Sign Up to help below!!
| Kids had fun with Krafty Hands!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 |
Next Makers Space Recess – Feb 7th
| Maker Space Recess Committee |
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| Next Maker Space: February 7th (Designing with Popsicle Sticks!) |
| We need your help! Big shout out to Jaclyn Lewis for creating our last event for the students – Cave drawings. 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 |
Parent’s Night Out 2025!
Join us on February 6th at 7:45pm for a night of fundraising for the Walt Whitman PTA! Enjoy food, drinks and our legendary Raffles!!!! Master of Illusion TJ Tana will be mingling with the crowd.
Don’t miss out! Early bird special pre-sale ends on 12/31 – hurry limited number of tickets available!
Questions? Contact: Jackie Avellino, Niki Gionis or Ioana Calka
Join us on February 6th at 7:45pm for a night of fundraising for the Walt Whitman PTA! Enjoy food, drinks and our legendary Raffles! – Master of Illusion TJ Tana will be mingling with the crowd.
Questions? Contact: Jackie Avellino, Niki Gionis or Ioana Calka
Holiday Boutique
The Holiday Boutique will be held on December 3, 2024
and for those absent or missing money we will have time the morning of December 4th.
Our children will come in and shop for small gifts for everyone on their list. There is always something for everyone (Grandparents, Parent, Aunts, Uncles, Children and more)
with items ranging in price from $1.00 to $12.00.
Walt Whitman Towels will be for sale as well!
You should have received a “budget envelope” this past week that you and your child can use to decide how much can be spent on each gift.
Please have your child bring the envelope on the day of the book fair.
Cash, Checks (made out to the Walt Whitman PTA ) or
(Credit Cards Accepted – for teacher or parents that are volunteering)
Questions? Contact: Neha Sharma, Lauren Grams, and Erica Sutter
PTA Meeting
Join us for our 1st PTA meeting of the year!
Please join us for our next PTA meeting on September 5th at 7:30pm at the Walt Whitman Elementary School. In order to accommodate for all our amazing parents we will be having a rotating schedule of day time and evening meetings.
For those that are new to Walt Whitman our meetings serve as a great place to get updates, help advocate for our school, and not to mention, Mr. Snyder is always here to answer our questions and concerns!!
Please note 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 Wednesday, September 4th, 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 agenda, the previous meeting minutes to be adopted and 2024-25 Budget for your review by the clicking the links.
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.
The WW Discount Card is Back!
Support Your School! Purchase the discount card today.
2024-2025 Spirit Wear is HERE!
Don’t miss out on our amazing collection which will only be available until 9/20!
Incoming Kindergarten Play Date!
August 24, 2024 from 10 -11am
at the Walt Whitman Elementary School Primary Grades Playground
We would like to invite all our incoming kindergarteners to come and play. This is a great chance for your children to meet new friends and become acquainted with each other in a causal, no-pressure setting before the 1st days of school. You may also get to hang out other parents and Mr. Snyder, our principal.
We hope to see you at the play date and look forward to meeting you and your children. If you have any questions over the summer feel free to reach out to us at any time.
Karen Ostrick & Cindy Ho
