Upcoming Events:
Thursday, September 5: NO SCHOOL Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 15 from 4-6pm: Back to school picnic on the Williams field (bring your own picnic)
Friday, September 20: Ice cream social, Williams field
Sunday, September 15th from 4-6pm
Please come to the Williams School Back to School picnic! We invite you to bring dinner for your family to the Williams School field. The kids can play and parents can meet other Williams families! We hope to see you there!
The deadline for submissions for the Wednesday newsletter is Monday night at 8pm. To submit an article for the newsletter, send to editor@williamspto.org
The Williams School Directory goes ON-LINE!
You should have received an email from our new on-line directory to confirm your contact information. Contact Robyn Phillips with any questions!
We are pleased to present the PTO budget and the proposed slate of the PTO executive board and chairs for the 2013-14 school year. Please send your vote electronically to presidents@williamspto.org. You are voting on two things, the budget and the slate. You approve or do not approve of each. We also welcome your questions and comments.
Similar to last year’s budget the largest portion of the PTO budget will be spent on Creative Arts and Sciences, classroom support, field trips and technology. To view the full budget go to:
http://www.williamspto.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/pto_budget_2013-14.xls.pdf
Executive Board
Co-Presidents: Nancy Sweatt
Sarah White
Sara Resnick
Carol Bradford-Roe
VP Fundraising Mary Niederhelman
VP Communications Noah Feldman
VP Website Jeff Luckett
VP Technology Melissa Torow-Locke
Treasurer Dawn Plummer
Secretary Sandy Tsao
Past Presidents (with children still at Williams)
Carie Michael, Lauren Brooks, Beth Doran, Erin Giesser, Elizabeth Hettinger, Christine Lacey
Committee Chairs
Art Erin Butterworth
Attendance Corie Mieth
Color Day Karin Wood
Creative Arts and Sciences Maura Butler, Dana Lanciloti, Liz Padula, Erin Butterworth
New Families Outreach Maria Rosen
Directory Robyn Phillips
Fifth Grade Committee
Green Decade Mary and Aaron Niederhelman
Library Carole McElduff, Anne Stephens
METCO Liaison
Newton Serves
PTO Council Rep. Christina Hardaway
Room Parents Dana Lanciloti
Safe Routes Jose Martinez
Special Ed PAC Beth Doran, Vivian Glassman-Grosser, Gail Sokoloff
Teacher appreciation breakfasts Dawn Plummer
Teacher appreciation lunch Suruchi Kaul
Understanding our differences
5th grade: Liz Mirabile
4th grade: Patty Lawton, Keerthi Sadananda, Carie Michael
3rd grade: Deb Elbaum, Melissa Wylie
Fundraising Chairs
Auction Kelly Fattman
Annual Campaign Mary Niederhelman
Book Fair/Readathon Suruchi Kaul
Box Tops Maureen Kelley
Gift Books Carole McElduff, Anne Stephens
Halloween Festival Rebecca Mandelbrot
School Pictures Robin Fryar
Williams Wear Galina Lefkowitz
PLEASE COME TO AN INFORMATIONAL MEETING FOR PARENTS OF
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS
Why? –Meet other parents of English Language Learners
–Learn about Newton’s Program for English Language Learners
–Ask questions
When? Thursday, September 13, 2012 from 9:00-11:00 AM
Where? Education Center, 100 Walnut Street, Newton
Room 210
If you are able to attend, please e-mail or phone Joy Karol.
Tell us your name and home language.
email address: joy_karol@newton.k12.ma.us
phone number: 617-964-4299
Free English Conversation Group for Women – Fall, 2013
You will meet other women who want to practice speaking English. Bring a friend. Beginners welcome!
Coffee & tea
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
November 6, 13, 20 (no mtg before Thanksgiving)
December 4, 11
Location: 35 Lakewood Road, Newton Highlands
Home of Char Seeley
For more information and directions
Char Seeley 617-244-7283 charseeley33@gmail.com
Ina Heafitz 617-969-2847 ina@heafitz.com
Margery Wieder 617-965-6215 margery.wieder@gmail.com
Ruth Barrows 617-965-4040 rbarrows@alum.BU.edu
COMMUNITY LISTINGS:
Click here to see all of the Community Listings!
Newton Community Ed classes at Williams
Registration is now underway for fall classes through Newton Community Education. Coming up at Williams we have Chess on Mondays, Actors Studio and Lego Engineering Jr. on Tuesdays, French and Advanced Lego Engineering & Robotics on Wednesdays, Fast Math and Spanish on Fridays. We have many more weekday classes at schools throughout Newton, including Computer Animation , Fencing, Mad Science, Circuits and Motion, and the list goes on. We have many family classes, such as It’s Magic!, Glass Fusing, Family Night under the Stars, and more. We also have Saturday sports options for kids ages 2 and up, and weekday afternoon sports options such as Archery and Flag Football. For more information or to register, call our office at 617-559-6999 or visit our website at newtoncommunityed.org. Be sure to check out our adult classes too!
