Thank you for joining the PTO, Principal Ito, and the WMS Department Heads for the panel last Monday evening. The recording of our first PTO meeting for all parents can be watched HERE if you weren’t able to make it.

Sincerely,
Your 2023-2024 PTO Presidents
Annie Oh & Katie Sullivan

Links for information on dates and events that are further out: 

LINK to Wellesley Middle School Events Calendar

LINK to Wellesley Public School Events Calendar  

Formerly referred to as the Halloween Dance, the annual “WMS Fall Dance” will be on Friday evening, October 27th for grades 6th, 7th & 8th. Costumes are optional and appropriate choices will be discussed during Advisory time. Our President’s Discretionary budget will be used since this wasn’t a planned PTO expense. Attendance numbers have grown post-pandemic and we are happy to make this a really fun event for all grades in the two separate spaces (Cafeteria: Grade 6 and Gym A: Grades 7 & 8). 

If you would like to volunteer for an hour to pass out water and snacks please email Katie at wmsptoinfo@gmail.com. If you would rather be undercover and volunteer before the dance from 6-7pm to hang decorations, please let us know. We hope to add some Fall Decor for the first time this year and all decoration donations/expertise are welcome! 

Stay tuned next week for details like: 6th graders entering at the Kingsbury Doors, 7 & 8th graders entering at the Donizetti doors. We strongly recommend that attendees **do not bring cell phones**. Students must stay for the duration from 7-9pm, **unless there is an emergency**.

Please plan to pick up your student promptly at 9pm (at the same door you dropped them off).

Please bring the family and join us in the Kingsbury Courtyard to care for the pollinator garden in front of WMS. Stop by anytime from 8:00-10:00am to give back to the community by helping our town gardener extraordinaire, Susy Jordan, do some edging and weeding of the beds.

We’ll also divide and transplant some of the plants around the brand new WMS sign. Come and get a closer look of our latest PTO project that has been 2 years in the making!

Join us for a special evening All Parent PTO meeting in Boston with the WHS PTSO and Stephanie Holland, our new K-12 METCO Director. We have reserved the Shelburne Community Center, 2730 Washington Street, Roxbury 02119. Agenda coming soon!  

Please join us in the WMS Auditorium the evening of December 5th (around 6:30/7pm, start time TBD). Katie Greer empowers kids and parents to use technology in a healthy and safe way. She will speak to 7th & 8th grade students during the day and all parents in the evening. She will be back to speak to 6th graders at a future date. This special event is made possible by your contributions to the PTO Creative Arts budget. Get to know Katie Greer here. https://www.klgreer.com/about

The Spirit Wear Online Holiday Store is OPEN for 8 MORE DAYS! https://wms-fall23.itemorder.com/shop/home/

Stock up on WMS Raiders gear and show off your school spirit with new hoodies, baseball caps, winter hats, bags and bleacher blankets. We also have a limited edition tye-dye tee, sweatpants, pajama pants and a super cool WMS TOTE BAG all online until Monday, October 30th at 11:59pm. Once the store closes these limited edition items are gone. If you have immediate spirit wear needs or questions about our online store, please email the Spirit Wear Team at wmspto.spiritwear@gmail.com.

Note: Orders are printed and shipped 4 weeks from 10/30. Items will arrive late November/early December in time for the holiday season. There are 2 shipping options at checkout: free school pickup or ship directly to home for a small fee.

On the early release Wednesday, 11/22, the WMS Fitness & Health department (along with PTO support) will hold the 27th Annual Turkey Promenade. During this event, students donate food to shelters/pantries in need and have a fun assembly in Gym A before Thanksgiving Break.

There will be a call for volunteers to help pack food donations into boxes for the donation trucks that morning. We need 120 boxes for packing donations.If you own a store, a moving company, have Amazon boxes overflowing, or perhaps you just moved, we would LOVE to hear from you at wmsptoinfo@gmail.com.

Planning on running the Wellesley Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving morning? Why not join the WMS team!  Just click "Join a Team" on the registration page, and then select Wellesley Middle School from the list.  A prize will be awarded for the largest school team - we can totally win!

Click here to register 

Order your 2024 WMS Yearbook today!
Order by 4/05/2024 for $33
(add on personalization is available until 1/26/24)

The school really appreciates early Yearbook Orders to alleviate the rush in the spring. Please go to Coffee Pond and click "Yearbook Program" and "Yearbook Order", then enter the password “raiders” if you plan to order a yearbook. Yearbook personalization is available until late January if you would like to personalize the cover for your child.

We would like to thank parents Tanya Auger, Jodi Prosek and Christina Dominique-Pierre for generously offering to coordinate the June Book Fair. It will be BACK IN PERSON for the first time in 4 years in the WMS Library for our fourth and final PTO meeting on June 10th @12:30pm. Please save the date! If you have feedback for the PTO or would like to get involved in a school initiative, small or large, please email wmsptoinfo@gmail.com. We now have 56 parent volunteers in all of the various WMS PTO roles and the response has been truly outstanding this year. Many hands make light work so please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you would like to join an effort that suits your interests.

50 Kingsbury Street
Wellesley, MA 02482