Williams Elementary PTO Press

April 2016

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

Lego Robotics Update

Book Fair News

Other News

Its here! The PTO is excited to announce that the new playground
installation has begun. On April 7th, pieces were delivered to school
and despite the rain, work began on April 11th. Installation should be
complete by the time we come back from April vacation. I would like
to personally thank Peter Merwin, Playground Committee Chair, for his
tireless efforts of making our dream of a new playground a reality.
Thank you also to the Playground Committee for their hard work and
many hours selecting pieces. A big thank you to Berkshire Bank for
their generous donation that allowed us to make the new playground
happen this spring. Lastly, thank you to our families and friends for
your amazing fundraising efforts they have paid off!
~ Ann Wildgoose, PTO President

Upcoming Events
Tuesday, May 10th 6:00-8:00 p.m.

May 2nd 6th

Upcoming
Meetings

May 3rd, 7 p.m.

June 6th, 6 p.m.**
**Annual Meeting

Were planning a week of celebration for

our wonderful Williams teachers and
staff. Please contact Aimee Barrett at
alamarine@yahoo.com if youd like to
volunteer.

Please join us for a Diving Deeper into

Writing workshop with our reading
specialist, Phyllis Hakeem, CAGS. This is a
reschedule of the April workshop. Flyers
will be sent home after April vacation with
details.
Thurday, May 19th 6:00-7:00 p.m.
Please join us for an Understanding
Childhood ADHD workshop with our school
adjustment counselor, Rebecca Henault,
LICSW. Flyers will be sent home after April
vacation with details.

Our Annual Meeting will be held on Monday, June 6th

at 6:00 p.m. in the Cafeteria. Elections will be held
for PTO President and Secretary, so please join us
and vote!

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Fundraising News
Box Tops/Labels for Education
Our spring competition ends June 3rd. All
correctly completed collection sheets will
be entered in a drawing, and one student
per grade level will be selected to throw a
water balloon at Mrs. Buchinski! What a
good sport! Keep on clipping!
School Year-to-date results:

Box Tops: $1,252.70

Labels for Education: Campbell has
announced the program is winding down.
BJs Membership Drive
87 membership applications were
submitted, which earned us $435! Thank
you!

Grocery Store Programs

Price Chopper:
362 shoppers enrolled; 169,252 pts earned
We were selected as one of the Top 50
schools (out of over 2,000 schools enrolled)
in the Tools for Schools program, earning
us a $250 Price Chopper Gift Card!
Stop & Shop:
432 shoppers enrolled; $4,498.85 earned this
school year!
Dining to Donate
Our March Dining to Donate event at Papa
Ginos raised $103, and our April Dining to
Donate event at Arizona Pizza raised
$120.72. Thanks to all who participated!
Shoparoo
Keep scanning those receipts!

Lego Robotics Update

Congratulations to the Williams Wizard Bees who came in 12th out of 32 teams at the
17th Annual Berkshire Robotics Challenge on Saturday, March 19th. The theme of the
competition was recycling. Three Williams teams competed at Lenox Memorial
Middle and High School. Team members were Alex A., Graham A, Asa C., Ian D.,
Justin D., Taylor H., Abhiram M., Collin M., Tyler V. and Jack W. Team coaches were
Jeb Chard, Tim Auxier, John Vosburgh and David Wildgoose. Thank you to the team
sponsor, General Dynamics Mission Systems.

Book Fair News

On March 8th, more than 4,000 Scholastic Dollars worth of materials were delivered
to Williams teachers and staff. Items included class sets of books, globes,
educational games and reproducibles.
Your support of our Book Fair was instrumental in putting these educational resources
in the hands of our teachers, staff and students. We are so grateful for your
commitment to our school!

Other News
Watch for details on a Spring Cleanup Day
being planned for late April or May. Lets
help keep our school looking top notch!
Williams Gear
Headbands and reusable shopping bags are
available! Order forms may be found on
our website at
http://pittsfieldwilliams.ss3.sharpschool.c
om/for_parents/p_t_o or on the Williams
Elementary School PTO Group Facebook
page. What a great way to show your
Williams Pride!

This year, Williams has entered a 3rd

grade team and a 4th/5th grade team,
with a total of 26 students
participating. Head coach Phyllis
Hakeem and 8 volunteer parent coaches
are leading the team in preparation for
the day-long competition to be held on
June 10th at Egremont Elementary
School. Best of luck to the teams!