The fun Lunar New Year event is here! This Tuesday in the cafeteria right after school there will be dumplings, games, and a lion dance for the kids and all WMS students are welcome to attend. The event lasts about an hour, though the activities are flexible so kids may leave early if they need to. We appreciate them staying in the cafeteria until they are ready to leave however. No wandering around school afterwards please. We wish everyone who celebrates, a very Happy New Year! 

The Valen’dine Oath Pizza event is on Wednesday. Please see more details below and plan to order pizza on Valentines Day if you want a break from cooking. We highly recommend their Chocolate Chunk Cookie Pizza for dessert. 

We hope our Grade 8 students have a great visit to Wellesley High this week! 

REMINDER: Next week is February Vacation week. The next newsletter will be on Sunday, February 25th. Enjoy your break!

All the best,
Your 2023-2024 PTO Presidents
Katie Sullivan & Annie Oh

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  

As part of the Grade 8 to 9 transition, students will be traveling by bus to WHS on Tuesday 2/13 and Thursday 2/15 for a tour of the building. Parental Consent Forms were distributed last week in Advisory classes. These forms need to be signed and brought back to WMS in order for a student to attend this trip. Any questions, please contact the WMS Main Office.

JOIN US ~ 14th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration, this Tuesday, February 13, 2:30-3:30 pm

This Tuesday, February 13, our Chinese classes will host the WMS Lunar New Year Celebration. Please encourage your student to attend and participate as we celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Dragon with Lunar New Year dumplings and sweet treats, performances, games, calligraphy lessons, and crafts.

 
This year, we are proud to present a live lion dance performance, kung fu demonstration, Chinese Yoyo performance, and musical instruments/dance performances by our own future, current and former WMS students! All WMS students and faculty are welcome!

 
Thank you for the amazing response. Just a few spots left, if you would like to volunteer and/or donate supplies, please click here.

We appreciate your participation and support! Many thanks on behalf of Min Zhou, Chinese Mandarin Language Teacher ~ Warisa Angsupanich, Vanessa Bhang, Kara Reinhardt Block (karar9@yahoo.com), Becca Cahaly (rtcahaly@gmail.com), Ceida Chan, Jim Chen (jimhchen2@yahoo.com), Lara Cohen, Michelle Fang, Jennifer Mong Lee, Douglas Ling, Sharon Nguyen, Regina Ong, Cherry Poulicakos, and Maggie Tushman ~ Lunar New Year Celebration Committee

If you would like to share your family's Lunar New Year tradition at the WMS Lunar New Year Celebration (with food, performance, games, etc.), please contact Min Zhou (zhoum@wellesleyps.org), Chinese Mandarin Language Teacher or/and Ms. Jennifer Hannon (hannonj@wellesleyps.org), ELL Teacher.

And, if you are volunteering for the Lunar New Year Celebration and/or to be a volunteer in the classroom, you need to be CORI checked within the last three years. If you are not sure if your CORI form is still valid, you may check with our secretary; Patty Chong. (chongp@wellesleyps.org). CORI can be done in person with Ms. Chong or can be done electronically. You may fill out the CORI form (link below) and send it together with a clear copy of your picture ID to Ms. Chong.
https://wellesleyps.org/faculty/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2016/04/cori_form_rev_08-31-2015.pdf

Our many thanks to all who have volunteered and/or signed up to donate! What a fantastic effort!  

The last Performing Arts Department "Step Up Concert" will feature the Wellesley High School Chorus in conjunction with our 8th Grade Chorus. The concert will be held in the Wellesley High School Babson Auditorium at 7:00pm on Tuesday, 2/13. Admission is free. Please join us! 

Stay in on Valentines Day and order pizza delivery or take out from Oath Pizza while supporting the WMS PTO. Anytime on Wednesday, place a lunch or dinner order at Oath Pizza (180 Linden Street in the Roche Bros plaza) for the PTO Valen’dine Fundraiser. 

20% of your purchase will go to support the WMS PTO. Their large cheese pizzas, personal pizzas, salads, and Chocolate Chunk Cookie pizza are all delicious. You can't go wrong! 

When ordering in person, online or on the phone at Oath Pizza Wellesley, let them know you are a WMS family and mention this WMS Fundraiser Flyer to track your purchase. Thanks for the love on Valentine's Day! 

JOIN US ~ French Fête, Wednesday, February 13, 2:30-3:30 pm ~ Please join us in helping with this wonderful cultural event hosted by our WMS French language classes. This event takes place in the WMS Cafeteria and is attended each year by about 350 WMS students where they enjoy traditional French cheeses and baked goods, entertainment, and games. All WMS students and faculty are welcome!  

Please help with this event by Volunteering or Donating Supplies. To sign up please click here.

We truly appreciate your participation and support! 

Many thanks on behalf of Rebecca Blouwoff, French Language Teacher, Hasfa Abdelmoula, French Language Teacher ~ Catherine Cerio, Christine Bassem, Sue Gibbons, Pam Peak, Kathleen Stevens and Corrine Huor ~ French Fete Celebration Committee

Merci beaucoup to all who have volunteered and/or signed up to donate supplies. We are looking forward to great event!

Please congratulate our WMS Fitness & Health teacher Kirk Fredericks (pictured left) on being inducted into the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame last week. Mr. Fredericks followed in the footsteps of his father, Don, (pictured right) and they are the first father and son inducted into the Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame. Congratulations Mr. Fredericks! We are so lucky to have you at WMS!

We are looking for a volunteer during 6th grade lunch (starting at 11:20am) to stand by the composting station and help kids dispose of their trash properly. We are finding that having a parent stand by the bins increases compliance. That's really all there is to it! Our diligent composting club students help out if something lands in the wrong bin by using some super cool grabbers. We need more helpers. Please check out the sign up here!

If you can stay for 7th grade lunch that's awesome! No worries if not. Sign in at the front office and Mr. Rabinowitz will meet you to show you around. Please check with Patty Chong at the front desk to make sure you have a CORI form on file. 

Discussions are underway to start forming our PTO list of helpers for the 2024/2025 school year. All options are open as we like to have more than one person in each role to help share the workload. If you are curious about what’s involved for positions such as president, vice president, communications, social media, treasury, secretary, library, webmaster, and event chairs, we would love to hear from you! 

With so many caregivers at WMS involved already, the time commitment might be less than you would expect. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Katie and Annie at wmsptoinfo@gmail.com and let us know how much time you have to volunteer and where your interests lie.

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