MESSAGE FROM THE PTSO PRESIDENTS

We hope the first week of school was great for everyone!  Coming up we've got:

Advance the Excellence -- Help us by participating in the only fundraiser we do for the High School PTSO.   Click here to donate now and see how we put your donations to use to support students, teachers and parent education. 

Volunteer -- Can you help?   Click here to let us know how you would like to volunteer at the high school.

PTSO meeting - Wednesday, 9/12 at 9:00am.  Join us in the Faculty Dining Room.  Agenda will include the following:
  • *Choral intro by the Rice Street Singers
  • *Principal Chisum and his leadership team 
  • *Update from School Committee
  • *Approval of minutes & presentation of the budget for 2018/2019
Feel free to contact us with any questions, concerns or ideas! 

Colette Aufranc & Catherine Mirick
WHS PTSO Presidents 2018-2019


IMPORTANT DATES 

Steptember: 
7th -  9:00am - 10:30am  New Parent Orientation
12th - 9:00am - PTSO Meeting, Faculty Dining Rm 
         6:45pm - Guidance Department: Parent Standardized Testing Overview, Auditorium
26th - 6:45pm - Guidance Department Senior Parent Night
28th - 9:00am - Principal Coffee, Faculty Dining Room

October:
4th - 6:45pm - Back to School Night

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NOTES FROM GUIDANCE

The WHS Guidance department has put together a slate of parent nights for the upcoming year.  Check out the full schedule on their website here.

Juuling and Schooling: navigating the New Reality.
Come to a free community lecture and open discussion on the juuling, vaping, nicotine, and marijuana trends in our schools. Registration requested, see this flyer for details.   

September 26th, 7:00 pm, Newton Wellesley Hospital



COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Wellesley PAC
Interested in meeting the new Department Head of Special Education for WHS? Join us in meeting Greg Beaupre on Thursday, September 13 at 8:45 am in the faculty dining room. Coffee will be served.


WELLESLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION 

WEF KICKS OFF AN AMAZING YEAR:  ANNOUNCING #HAM4WEF - YOUR CHANCE TO WIN 'HAMILTON' TICKETS

Wellesley Education Foundation is excited to start this year with a raffle for 2 Orchestra-level tickets to the touring performance of 'Hamilton' at the Boston Opera House on October 6, 2018 at 8pm. This prize has been available by our generous sponsor, IndigoEleven . 

You've been waiting to see this award-winning show! Now you don't need to travel to New York -- see it here in Boston in amazing seats.  Don't throw away your shot to win these tickets!  The raffle tickets are $10 each, or 3 for $25.  The winner will be drawn on September 25th. 

For tickets please contact a WHS WEF Representative: Stacy Braatz [email protected] , Victoria Ostler [email protected] , or Maura Sullivan [email protected] .  Tickets will also be on sale at the WHS PTSO meeting on 9/12.

Tickets are also available from all WEF Board members and our public sales dates can be found on our website  #HAM4WEF