Williams Elementary PTO Press

January 2016
Inaugural Issue

Principal Lisa Buchinski

PTO President Ann Wildgoose

Presidents Message
Dear Williams' Families and Friends,

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

Presidents Message

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Meetings

Fundraising News

Playground Comm. News

Beautification News

Other News

Fall Cleanup Photos

The PTO is excited to bring you this

inaugural edition of the Williams
Elementary PTO Press to keep you
current on PTO news, activities and
events! All parents and guardians of
Williams' students and school staff are
automatically members of the PTO and
you are encouraged to become involved.
We would welcome your participation
at any commitment level! If you have
any questions, comments or ideas,
please feel free to reach out to me,
another officer or chairperson. All
contact information, as well as more
up-to-date information, can be found on
the PTO website at
http://pittsfieldwilliams.ss3.sharpschoo
l.com/for_parents/p_t_o or on our
Facebook page. Please consider giving
the PTO your email for the distribution
list for email blast reminders.

I would like to take this opportunity

to personally thank you for your
amazing fundraising efforts which
have allowed us to bring you some
wonderful enrichment activities and
social events. More importantly,
with your hard work and generosity,
Williams has raised enough money to
make some fabulous additions to our
front playground forthcoming this
spring, which you will read about on
the following page.
I truly hope we can keep up this
great momentum to help make
Williams the best school possible for
our children. Thanks in advance for
your continued support and heres to
a great second half of the school
year!
~ Ann Wildgoose, PTO President

Upcoming Events

Mother/Son Dance
Friday, February 5th - 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Upcoming
Meetings

Feb 1st, 6 p.m.

Mar 1st, 7 p.m.
Apr 4th, 6 p.m.

Father/Daughter Dance
Saturday, February 6th 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 6th 12:00-8:00 p.m.

Dining to Donate at Papa Ginos
Present the flyer to your server and
Williams PTO will receive 20% of your
total check!

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Thursday, February 11th 8:00-9:00 a.m.
Please join us for an Understanding
Friday, March 11th 6:00 p.m.
Childhood Anxiety Workshop with Rebecca
Henault, LICSW. Flyers will be sent home Please join us for Family Movie Night in
the Gym!
next week with details.

Williams Elementary PTO Press

Fundraising News
Box Tops/Labels for Education
Our current competition ends February
12th. The winning grade level will
receive extra recess! Keep on clipping!
School Year-to-date results:

Box Tops: $665.00

Labels for Education: Redeemed points
for $1,000 in gift cards!
Schoola
Thank you for your generous donations
for our Schoola Clothing Drive. We sent
many bags of preloved clothes for sale!

Grocery Store Programs

Price Chopper:
362 shoppers enrolled; 110,451 pts earned
Stop & Shop:
432 shoppers enrolled; $1,698 earned since
October
Shoparoo
12 shoppers enrolled; 28,875 points earned
and a check for $50 is on its way to us!
Dont forget to sign up!
Upcoming
Watch for information soon on our BJs
membership drive!

Playground Committee News

GameTime has been selected as the
vendor for our new playground
structures. A contract has been signed
to purchase new equipment with
delivery/installation targeted for spring.
Williams is the recipient of $5,000.00
from the Berkshire Bank Foundation,
Inc. through a donation from Berkshire
Bank, in support of the installation and
construction of new playground pieces.

Through your generous support of our

fundraising efforts, the PTO has made a
donation of $19,230.73 to the school to
complete the equipment purchase!
Watch for updates via email and our
Williams Elementary School PTO Group
Facebook page for details as spring
approaches. Well be asking for help to
prepare the area for installation.

Beautification News
A big Thank You! to all who helped with
our fall cleanup - cleaning the grounds,
weeding and trimming! Additional
volunteers are needed to help maintain
the inner garden area.
Our Kindergarten, 2nd and 3rd grade
students will be planting bulbs in the
courtyard.
Thank You! too, to Mrs. Jopprus
husband and her brother, Tom Roberts,

an arborist, for pruning and staking the

apple tree in the courtyard.
A sundial and stand have been
purchased for the courtyard. In
addition, we are in the process of being
certified as a Monarch Waystation
through MonarchWatch.
The courtyard greenhouses have been
tied down to keep them secure during
the winter months.

Other News
The PTO has purchased 5 two-way
radios and 5 replacement batteries for
use by teachers and staff. This ensures
important information can be
communicated quickly to all on-site
staff.
Our November Book Fair sales totaled
more than $6,800! This earned our
school more than 3,500 Scholastic
Dollars that can be redeemed for books
and educational products. Thank you
for your support!

Watch your childs folder for

information on additional workshops
hosted by Mrs. Henault and Mrs.
Hakeem in the spring!
Williams Gear, including reusable
shopping bags (available now!) and
headbands (order forms coming soon!),
is coming your way. Watch for
information in the next few weeks on
how to get yours and show your Williams
Pride!