Wrentham
PTO

Dear Parents,

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Welcome back to school! For those of you who are unfamiliar with us, we are a volunteer group made up of parents, teachers, administrators, and support staff who are all dedicated to the successful education of our students. The PTO works hard to help make the school year both enjoyable and exciting for students, teachers, and parents alike! The purpose of our organization is to aid the students and staff by providing support for educational and recreational needs; as well as school spirit and pride. The PTO uses its resources by fundraising for our schools and students.

 

We look forward to meeting with other parents, families and beyond that would like to get involved with our PTO this school year. Everything we do is based on volunteers. Please consider joining us at a PTO meeting to discuss events, help plan a fundraiser to enhance our school, or to share any ideas! Attending a meeting does not mean you have to volunteer.

 

You can volunteer as much or as little as you are able. There are so many ways to help and many can be done right from home. No need to be at every event or meeting to be involved! And we do not collect yearly dues. We want to build belonging with each other and have an avenue to connect with each other.

 

Throughout the year the PTO sponsors a variety of fun events and fundraisers. Some of these include the Fall Fundraiser, Trunk-O-Treat, Spring Scholastic Book Fair, Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week, Special someone events, Grade 6 yearbook and much more. All money made at PTO events and fundraisers goes back into the PTO fund to allow for more events and school support.

 

We provide a lot of assistance to the school throughout the year, including:

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• New teacher set up of $100 per teacher

• Purchase agendas for all Roderick grades yearly

• Purchase lanyards for incoming preschool and Kindergarten students

• Purchase Wrentham Wildcat folders for all students

• Purchased Wrentham Cinch bags and school supplies for all students

• Teacher appreciation events that happen throughout the year

• Playground equipment

• Donations for snacks and waters for school nurses

• Ice cream truck for 6th-grade graduation

• All buses for field trips!

• And MORE!

 

2023- 2024 PTO Meeting dates:

 

We will have our first PTO meeting of the year on Monday, September 11th at 7 pm in the Vogel auditorium. We are holding this as a social event where you can meet other parents, hear what we have planned for the upcoming year, and sign up for events you may like to volunteer at. We will have refreshments and a relaxed atmosphere.

 

Our other dates for the year are as follows. All meetings will start at 7pm. The location for all meetings (besides the first meeting) will be at the Roderick Library.

 

October 16th, November 13th, December 11th, January 8th, February 5th, March 11th, April 8th, May 6th, & June 3rd.

 

We have some exciting events planned for the year! *

 

August:

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• Meet and Greet and Ice Cream truck; 8/29 from 10 am-12 pm

 

September:

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• Teachers welcome back to school! Breakfast catered by Tasty’s

• Curriculum nights

  • Delaney - 9/19

  • Roderick - 9/20

 

October:

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• Fun Run - our biggest fundraiser of the year!

  • Kick off - 10/3

  • Main event - 10/13

• Trunk or treat (prek-3) - 10/27

• Craft night with Colleen’s crafts - fundraiser

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November:

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• Hoedown (4-6) (DROP OFF) - 11/3

• Holiday card fundraiser

 

December:

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• Staff holiday thank you celebration

• Cookie swap - social event

• Altitude fundraiser

 

January:

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• PBruins social event and fundraiser

• Box Tops contest

 

February:

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• Sweetheart Dance (Gr. 2&3 ) with parents - 2/9

 

March:

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• Red sox fundraiser

• Book Fair - Reading Week

• Mother/Son/Someone Special event (bowling) Grades 4-6

• Pre-K social event

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April:

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• 4th & 5th-grade daughter/Father/Someone Special Dance

 

May:

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• Principals day

• Staff Appreciation Week

• Family dance (Gr. K-1)

 

June:

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• End of year teacher appreciation

• 6th grade graduation celebration

• End of year parent social event

 

*Some dates and times are TBA and subject to change

 

Please feel free to contact us with any interest in helping or questions you may have. Thank you in advance for helping us make the 2022-2023 a great school year!

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• Email: wrenthampto@gmail.com

• Facebook: @WrenthamPTO

 

Heather Townsend & Laurel Smith - Co-Presidents

Charesse Blood - Corresponding Secretary

Mandi Ksmetis - Treasurer

Andrea Murphy - Secretary

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Bay State Textiles:

 

We have partnered with Bay State Textiles for an ongoing textile recycling fundraiser. There is a large, white recycling bin in the parking lot by the Janelli Annex. We generate a rebate of $100 per ton of textiles collected. An easy way to help! Clothing, shoes, linens, stuffed animals as well as many more items can be recycled in the bin. Visit www.baystatetextiles.com to see a detailed list of what can be recycled.

 

Box Tops:

 

Help us earn money for our schools each month by downloading the Box Tops app, select Wrentham Public Schools as your school and scan your digital or paper receipts after shopping. It’s that easy! Please see the link below for more on this and to scan the QR code and download the app to start using today! https://1drv.ms/b/s!Ats78z1R96V1gV5r43IjAmhVCVML