The Fall Dance on Friday night was a wonderful success! Thank you for bringing your kids to/from WMS for this fun community event and helping out if you were able. The PTO was delighted to hire not one but TWO professional D.J.’s this year, made possible by your generous donations. If your student wasn’t able to make it, there is always another opportunity to participate, like the in-school Turkey Promenade event coming up on November 22nd. 

Saturday morning, WMS families gathered in the Kingsbury Courtyard to help our town gardener, Susy Jordan, tend to the pollinator garden out front and tidy up. You may have noticed the white buckets there which we are saving for student spring lunches in the fresh air. Thank you Kristen Toffer for organizing this hands-on community service opportunity. 

We wish everyone that celebrates, a “Happy Halloween” on Tuesday!

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  

The Spirit Wear Online Holiday Store is OPEN FOR ONE MORE DAY! 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 (tomorrow) 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.

Wednesday, November 1st is a district-wide early release. School will end at @ 11:21 a.m. **Please remind your students if they are visiting any establishments in Wellesley during the early dismissal afternoon to be respectful of employees and other customers.  

This is a Wednesday morning all-school event the half-day before Thanksgiving Break. A sign-up genius will be sent shortly to volunteer for shifts and help pack food donations into boxes in Gym B. Students march through with their donations along with their advisory, and then they have a fun assembly in Gym A (the big gym).

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

We are so grateful for our Friday night helpers: Sue Gibbons, Samira Farboodmanesh, Ceren Bayulgen, Tracy Schubert, Patricia Connors, Helen Livson, Jamie Coletta-Dicesare, Christina Dominique-Pierre, Katie Oldoerp, Jie Gao, Linshi Li, Madina Jastromb, and Neeti Chavhan. A great big thank you goes to the Svedlund Family for procuring and donating all of the yummy snacks from Costco! The outpouring of help from our community this year has been truly heart-warming. Thank you for making the dance so fun and full of community spirit!

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. Thank you to all of you who have already dropped off boxes to Julie Newman!

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.

Do you fancy yourself a good proofreader? Katie Sullivan and Jackie Hoglund could use a helper to proofread the WMS newsletter each week. The job is about 1-2 hours a week and we will provide training on Membership Toolkit, the online tool we use to create the newsletter. Please email us wmsptoinfo@gmail.com if you would like to view the editing tool and see if this job is for you!

On another note, please welcome Kristen Whelton, Amy Tufts, and Christina Dominique-Pierre to the June Book Fair team. We are excited about the prospect of having this back IN PERSON for the first time since 2019. Please save the date of June 10th at lunchtime!

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Wellesley, MA 02482