Join us for a Spaghetti Dinner (6:00 – 7:00) and an entertaining program (7:00-8:15) on Friday, January 20, 2017 at Wayland Middle School. There will be children's crafts and performances by WPS Students. Tickets are available at the door. $8.00 per person includes dinner and program in cafeteria; please bring a dessert to share. Any questions, Please call the METCO Office:  (508)-358-3755

We need volunteers for the night, will you help? Call (508) 358-3755

PTO NEWS

Volunteers Needed!
TEACHER APPRECIATION and MIDDLE & MORE COFFEES

We love our WMS teachers, and to show them just how much we appreciate them, the PTO hosts three Teacher Appreciation events throughout the year – a September back-to-school lunch, a May luncheon, and a June breakfast.  We are looking for a team of parents to coordinate the May luncheon, as well as parents to help run the June breakfast. 

We hope that you have been able to join us for a Middle & More parent coffee this year.  They are a wonderful, informal way to get to know WMS better, including our teachers and staff.  We are looking for a few parent volunteers to help with set-up, greeting and clean-up for the remainder of this year’s coffees.  The entire schedule can be found, below, in Upcoming Events.

Please email Amy Simmons at simmons221@comcast.net for more information on any of these volunteer opportunities.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Middle & More Coffee
Please join us on Friday, February 10th, from 8:45-9:45 in the Middle School Library for our next Middle & More Coffee on English, Social Studies and Applied Sciences at WMS.  We will be joined by department heads and Ms. Gavron for an overview of the curriculum in these departments, including plenty of time for parent Q & A. Please contact Amy Simmons (simmons221@comcast.net) if you have any questions.  You can find the entire year’s schedule of parent coffees at: http://waylandpto.org/middle-school-pto/middle-and-more-coffees/.

Save the Date!
The PTO is excited to announce that we will be sponsoring a screening and discussion of Screenagers: Growing up in the Digital Age on Thursday, March 30, at 7:00 pm.  “SCREENAGERS probes into the vulnerable corners of family life, including the director’s own, and depicts messy struggles, over social media, video games, academics and internet addiction.  Through surprising insights from authors and brain scientists solutions emerge on how we can empower kids to best navigate the digital world.” 

Screenagers has been featured in the press on Good Morning America, the Today Show, and NPR, as well as in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes and more.  View the trailer, and mark your calendars for this event – you won’t want to miss it!