HELLO :) 

Welcome WHS Families!

A big welcome to all our new and returning WHS Families! We hope you had a great summer.

There are many exciting things going on at the High School this year and a great way to stay informed is to come to the PTSO meetings and Principal/Guidance Coffees held every month.

We invite all of you to attend our first PTSO meeting on September 14th at 9:00 am and the first Principal Coffee on September 23 at 9:00. The meetings will be held in the Faculty Dining Room.

Thanks to Gaby de Grace and her team of volunteers for assembling this year's Back to School packets.  They will be coming home the first day of school, in your child's backpack.  In the event you never see the packet - everything can be found on the new Back to School Website:

https://sites.google.com/a/wellesleyps.org/back-to-school-packet/ 

We hope you will find this Back to School website informative and helpful.  It is one of the many steps in the High School's continued effort to Go Green by 2016.  We hope to have an all paperless system by the next school year, but in the meantime please remember to:

DONATE - any and all donations are much appreciated and are used to fund student projects, enrichment programs, faculty requests and professional development.

VOLUNTEER - a fun way to help out and also to meet new people, students and teachers.
             
We look forward to a memorable school year with many fantastic events planned including the important celebration for the 50th anniversary of Wellesley's participation in the METCO program. 

Enjoy this last day of summer before the early wake up call on Wednesday morning.  

Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns at whsptsopres@gmail.com .

Regards,
Michele DeOliveira and Wyndham Flaherty
WHS PTSO Co- Presidents 2016-2017

Please consider a contribution to our Annual Appeal
ADVANCE THE EXCELLENCE

Our annual WHS PTSO Annual Appeal is underway!  "Advance the Excellence" is our sole fundraiser for the year and we need everybody's support to make it a success.  You will receive information about our Advance the Excellence campaign in your student's Back to School packets.

To make this even easier, you can donate online using PayPal.  Please click the donate button to the right to make your contribution online or print out the donation form for a check donation.  We're hoping for 100% participation from our families; no donation is too small!  

All our funds go to supporting innovative and inclusive programs that WHS that reach as many students as possible.  

Thank you all so much for your generosity!


WHS PARENT VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES  2016-2017

Wellesley High School needs you! Many activities at WHS depend on our volunteer community.  Be a part of the action and  volunteer to help out! Your contributions of time, effort, and items go a long way toward enhancing our students' and teachers' experiences at WHS. 

  CLICK HERE to learn more about WHS parent volunteer opportunities this year!


IMPORTANT DATES

Don't miss these informative meetings and discussions:

September    
                         14   PTSO meeting - 9 AM at FDR*
                         16   New parent Orientation with Rob Evans - 9 AM at WHS Auditorium
                         23   Coffee w/ the principal 9:00 FDR*
 
October           
                           6   Back to School Night
                          14   Coffee with Guidance Director - 9 AM at FDR*
                          19   PTSO Meeting  - 7 PM at WHS library

*FDR is the Faculty Dining Room located off the WHS cafeteria


DIRECTORY UPDATE

Last year, as part of a district wide initiative to streamline communication with Wellesley families, the WHS PTSO worked with WHS Technology Department to enable us to use contact information from PowerSchool to create the WHS Directory.  This year, the PTSO will once again be creating the Directory from the "Student Directory" section of PowerSchool.  

Parents are asked to verify their contact information through the PowerSchool Parent Portal.  The portal opened on 8/8 will remain open until 9/9.   Families new to the district may create new accounts and returning families are asked to sign into their account to verify the information that is currently in the system.  Parents will also have the option to "opt out" if you do not wish to have any of your/your student's information included in the Directory.   New this year is the added option to opt-out of certain fields (i.e., cell phone).   

If you have any questions about the Directory, please contact either Julie Garvey or Jennifer Madden at whsdirectory@gmail.com .


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