A DAD A DAY |
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Description: |
Heather Bowhay (Chair) |
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ART ENRICHMENT |
Janet Friedberg (Chair)
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Description:
Now in it's ninth year, the Art
Docent Program is run by parent volunteers
and has grown to be one of our largest
Enrichment Programs . Each classroom is
scheduled for grade specific art lessons
at least 6-7 times throughout the year.
Our students experience a wide variety of
mediums, including oil pastel, clay,
copper as well as varied painting and
printing techniques. After finishing
sixth grade, they have been exposed to
well over 40 artists and a vast array of
creative styles. For information on our
program, please call Canliss Junor
(881-9755) or Janet Friedberg (895-9644).
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BOX TOPS & CAMPBELL SOUP LABEL |
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Description:
By Submitting Box Tops to your child’s
classroom or to the health room, Wilder gets
money sent directly to our school. When you
submit Campbell’s Soup Labels to the
classroom or health room, Wilder gets to
choose from many types of educational
equipment to benefit our school. |
Melissa Unkel - Box Tops (Chair)
Sara Tschumper - Soup Labels (Chair) |
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BIRTHDAY BOOKS |
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Description:
By donating a book to the Wilder Library for
your child’s birthday, you support our
library and create a lasting tribute to your
child. |
Terri Norris (Chair) |
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By donating a book to the Wilder Library for
your child’s birthday, you can both support
our library and create a tribute to your
child that will last for years to come!
How To Participate:
• Fill out the form below
• Write a check payable to Wilder
PTSA. A $20 donation is recommended per
book.
• Send the form and check to
school. For ease of making deposits, we urge
you to do this in September or January,
regardless of your child’s birth month.
• IMPORTANT: Be sure that you
and/or your child pick out the book anytime
before your child’s birth month! Our
librarian, Mr. Simmons, has an assortment of
appealing books that would enhance our
library. You are encouraged to select from
these books, or, if you prefer a specific
title, let Mr. Simmons know at least one
month before the birth date so he can place
an order for your child. Ideal times to
pick out a book are just before or after
school, or you can contact Mr. Simmons to
make other arrangement
Complete a Birthday Book form and return it
to school with your donation.
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BULLETIN BOARDS |
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Description: Our focus is to help Wilder
utilize the bulletin board spaces in the
cafeteria and entry way. The Bulletin Board
Team is available to help reserve space and
to create and post eye-catching bulletin
boards to advertise Wilder events and
activities |
Jill Minifie (Chair) |
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CAFE' WILDER
POETRY |
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Description: Café Wilder is a
fun, spirited place where students who love
poetry share their favorite poems. Your poem
can be an original composition by you, a
friend, or a poem of a published poet.
Snacks and prizes are always part of the
fun! |
Claire Beighle (Co-Chair)
Judy Russo (Co-Chair) |
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CHESS CLUB |
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Description: |
Ginger Clough (Chair) |
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In
its fifth year, and including more than
100 Wilder chess players from KG-6th
grade, the Wilder Chess Club is one of
the more active enrichment programs at
the school. Depending on ability,
players attend weekly meetings of the
Novice or Advanced/Intermediate classes
where students are given lectures on
various aspects of the game and given
the opportunity to match wits with their
peers on the chessboard. Typically in
the fall, Wilder hosts its annual
tournament for approximately 200 players
in the Lake Washington School District.
Wilder players also participate in at
least 3 other local scholastic
tournaments throughout the year as well
as the Washington State Elementary Chess
Championships held in April. In
addition to competitive play, the Wilder
Chess Club hosts Family Math and Chess
Nights and Open Chess sessions (where
players can meet informally to play
bughouse and other chess variations,)
and sponsors a week-long summer chess
camp given by local chess experts. We
are always looking for new and creative
ways to get students playing chess.
For more
information on chess activities at
Wilder, please contact Ginger Clough at
clough_family@hotmail.com
or 425-895-1988.
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH |
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Description: We are currently
looking for people to help in the classroom
at Einstein Elementary, a neighboring school
in great need of volunteers. |
Nancy Hambacher (Chair)
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Learn more about the
L.I.N.K.S. volunteer opportunity
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COOK BOOK |
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Description:
The staff
encouraged the Staff Appreciation committee
to create a Wilder cookbook to include
recipes from the luncheons. It will serve
as a memento of our time at Wilder as well
as a PTSA fundraiser. |
Nancy
Hambacher (Co-Chair)
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DRUG & ALCOHOL EDUCATION |
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Description: |
Eric Medeiros (Chair) |
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We are working to provide education to our
K-6 children, and their parents. Our goal is
to have at least an “Awareness Week” during
the school year, where we would have an
assembly, handouts, workshop type classes,
speakers, for both the children and adults
(daytime/after school/evening). We are also
working to discover the types of subjects
most parents would like to see provided,
either to themselves, their children, or
both. Subjects might include avoidance of
drugs, alcohol & tobacco; stranger danger;
good touch/ bad touch --- as well as,
encouragement of listening to “gut”
instincts; building good self esteem and
character; stopping “bully” behavior.
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EDUCATION ENRICHMENT
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Description: A variety of scheduled
assemblies (usually 1x/month) that help
enhance kids learning experiences such as
science shows, cultural and diversity
awareness and education, musical
performances and empowerment towards
positive choices, etc. |
Kelly Cagle (Chair) |
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EMERGENCY PREPARATION |
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Description: |
Lydia Abbott (Chair) |
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE |
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Description:
The Wilder Elementary School Foreign
Language program currently offers courses in
Spanish, French and Mandarin Chinese. The
primary goal of the classes is to inspire
interest, confidence, and joy in the
children about learning languages. |
Tammy Preuss (Chair) |
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GIFT WRAP SALES |
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Description:
Our gift wrap sale is an annual fundraiser
for our school. It takes place in late
September or early October and lasts for 2
weeks. Our 2006 sale was a great success.
Thank you to all who supported this program. |
Laurel Fortin (Co-Chair)
Lisette Kieneker (Co-Chair) |
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HEALTH ROOM |
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Description:
Parent
volunteers staff the Wilder
health room
tending to sick and injured children. Basic
first aid training is provided. Volunteers
are scheduled for one 3-hour shift per
month. |
Debra Richey (Chair) |
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HOSPITALITY |
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Description: Hospitality Committee at Wilder
consists of preparing coffee, drinks,
cookies, etc. to most PTSA Board Meetings,
and some other PTSA or Wilder events. We
provide the set up and clean up of these
refreshment tables. Usually the meetings or
events are fairly small, and not very
frequent. |
Mary Ganz (Chair) |
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LEGISLATION |
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Description: Educate Wilder parents on
legislative matters that affect the quality
of education in Washington State and our
local district. Enlist the help of
Wilder parents to advocate for legislative
issues that are supported by the state and
council PTSA. |
Rebecca Berry (Chair) |
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LOGO WEAR SALES |
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Description: Wilder logo wear was created to
show our school spirit and get the students
excited about their school. Sales have
doubled over the last two years which shows
just how proud the kids are of Wilder. Logo
wear is sold during the Fall events. Logo
Wear |
Kim Allen (Co-Chair)
Lori Cuchetto (Co-Chair) |
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MATH CLUB |
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Description: |
R Wulf (Chair) |
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The Wilder Math Club
provides an enrichment opportunity for
students to participate in challenging and
fun hands-on math sessions as they explore
the exciting world of mathematics. Math
Club classes are taught by Norm Alston, our
resident math expert. Classes are offered
in sessions of ten classes during the fall,
winter and spring. Historically the Math
Club has offered classes by grade (e.g.,
1st/2nd, 3rd/4th) and by topic (e.g.,
Stock). Each year the content of
the classes by grade has changed to provide
returning students with interesting new
challenges. The Stock class offers an
opportunity for 5th and 6th grade students
to pick a number of stocks to track over the
course of the session. The Math Club is
offered as part of the morning enrichment
series and classes are filled by lottery
during the month of September. The classes
are sponsored by the Wilder PTSA and there
is a fee for each math session. For more
information refer to the Mathematician in
Residence Program.
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MATH ADVENTURES |
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Description: |
Anna Tavener (Co-Chair) |
Carol Beyer (Co-Chair)
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The Math Adventures program provides
children with some “out of the box” Math
experiences. i.e., topics they may not
get a chance to experience in the
classroom and in the traditional
curriculum. It emphasizes mathematics
over arithmetic and aims to communicate a
love and excitement of mathematics.
The program provides students with
enrichment style activities which offer a
challenge for the students. This
enrichment will be offered as horizontal
enrichment broadening ,the
students’ current mathematical
thinking. The program is offered to all
students in small groups with the
responsibility for continued interest and
pursuit being given to the students.
Students also learn to play strategic
mathematical games. The program is offered
to all students K - 5.
In addition, the Math Adventures committee
runs the Mathnificent Day/Night Event
which takes place every two years. It is
also involved in running periodic Math
Nights throughout the school year.
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MATH OLYMPIAD |
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Description: The Wilder Math Olympiad
program is a two part program. The first
session begins Friday, October 7th and
includes 12 classes. This program involves
completing a binder full of review topics
and new math challenges. The material, by
design, will be above grade level. |
Linda Barr (Chair) |
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MEMBERSHIP |
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Description: Joining PTSA is a way to
support your child's education in many ways.
Membership Fees support your child on local,
state and national levels. Here at Wilder,
PTSA organizes parents to make our school a
better place for our children to learn by
addressing the individual needs of our
school. September is our big Membership
Drive. PTSA Membership Envelopes are
distributed the first week of school. After
that, they are always on hand in the school
office. Each member's name is entered online
into the Washington State PTSA database. All
PTSA Members receives a free Wilder School
Directory |
Susan Helgeson (Chair) |
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PANCAKE BREAKFAST |
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Description: |
Bob Clough (Chair) |
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PARENT EDUCATION |
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Description: To provide a free, local
resource for continuing education for Wilder
parents. |
Laurie Finkelstein (Chair) |
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PARENT ORGANIZER |
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Description: Parent Organizer helps parents
keep up to date on school activities by
email and through the web. |
Barry Shaw (Chair) |
Tina Stackman
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Deb Benton |
Ginger Clough |
John Hambacher |
Ken Martin |
Lisa Schrader |
Alison Shaw |
Sign up
for Parent Organizer
Submit information to Parent Organizer
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READING ENRICHMENT |
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Description:
Classic Books and Poetry Cafe are under
Reading Enrichment. |
Judy Russo (Chair)
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More
Information on Cafe Wilder Poetry
More
Information on Classic Books
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REDMOND RIDGE LIASON |
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Description: |
Nicole Wiebe (Chair) |
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REDMOND TOWN CENTER "SCHOOL
CENTS" |
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Description: |
Tracy Jaffe (Chair) |
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School Cents- Redmond Town Center supports
local schools by giving money to schools for
shopping at RTC. Bring your original
receipts (copies are not accepted) to the
school and put them in the “School Cents”
box or turn them in at Information Central
at RTC (across from Abercrombie and Fitch).
If you wish to have the receipts you turn in
at school returned to you, put them in
envelope with your child’s name, their
teachers name and note that you would like
them returned to you.
All shops at RTC are eligible including
Larry’s Market, the Marriot and business
offices at RTC (such as the Loews and Second
Story Rep Theaters, Edward Jones
Investments, Dr Offices, etc). Each dollar
spent is worth 5 points and TUESDAY RECEIPTS
ARE DOUBLE POINTS! Schools make money based
on how many points they accumulate. Receipts
are only valid for 60 days from the date of
the receipt. There are also other events in
which points can be earned, such as
Halloween, Friends and Family Shopping day,
and Easter. All events will be posted on the
school website
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REFLECTIONS |
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Description: The Reflections Program is a
National PTA and Washington State PTA
cultural arts competition. The purpose of
this program is to provide an opportunity
for students to use their creative talents
by expressing themselves through their own
original works. Each year, Reflections
challenges students to create art that
supports a specific theme. Themes are
selected from thousands of ideas submitted
by students to National PTA's Reflections
Theme Search. |
Kari Hall (Chair)
Shelly Torset |
For more
information refer to the Publications page (Click
Here) and refer to the Reflections
section.
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SAFETY PATROL |
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Description: |
Roxie Harewood (Chair) |
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Safety Patrol is a program that allows fifth
and sixth graders to act as mentors. They
are responsible to making sure that the
younger students are lined up in the morning
and helping them remember to keep their
hands and backpacks to themselves. They also
help serve as a reminder to the older
students that they should be setting
examples for the younger ones. We have two
groups of students. There is a morning group
and an afternoon group. They are also
responsible for helping everyone cross
safely at the crosswalk in front of the
building. The afternoon group assists me
with students who may not be able to find
their bus or they just need a little extra
help. We have four squads of about 15-16
students each. Ten of them are morning
members and 5-6 members work the afternoon.
They are very dedicated students and do a
fabulous job.
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SCHOOL BEAUTIFICATION |
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Description: Volunteers give their time to
enhance the look of the school via
landscaping projects, flowers and clean up. |
Kelly Cagle (Chair) |
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SCHOOL PICTURES |
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Description: We assist 'Lifetouch
Photography' with individual and class
pictures in early fall and with individual
retakes in late fall. Volunteers are needed
to help out. If student does not order a
picture packet, they will still have their
photo taken. Parents can then contact 'Lifetouch'
directly to order any new or additional
pictures. |
Julia Hilbun (Co-Chair)
Silvana Barbieri (Co-Chair) |
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SCIENCE FAIR |
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Description: The Wilder Science Fair is an
annual PTSA sponsored event dating back to
1994. The committee is responsible for all
aspects of organizing and conducting the
event, including setting the date, reserving
facilities and tables, scheduling
volunteers, set-up, clean-up, publicity,
etc. The fair is usually held in April or
May. |
Holly Foster (Chair) |
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SIXTH GRADE COMMUNITY SERVICE |
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Description:
Wilder 6th-Graders are encouraged
to volunteer 20 or more hours over the
course of the school year within and outside
of the school. |
Janet
Friedberg (Chair)
Kelly Cagle (Chair)
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This program is a collaborative effort
between the 6th grade teachers,
parents and the principal. The goal is to
benefit the school, our surrounding
community, both locally and worldwide, and
the sixth grade students themselves through
acts of volunteerism. It is an affirmation
of the positive effect we have on the world
around us, and the power each of us has to
make a difference. It is meant to recognize
those who make the choice to give of
themselves to help others and as an
opportunity for each and every child to be
seen as a positive role model by their
peers.
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SIXTH GRADE GRADUATION |
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Description:
This is a memorable ceremony designed to
honor the graduates at the end of sixth
grade. The committee that is responsible
for this endeavor is comprised mainly of
fifth grade parents. |
Pam van Straubenzee (Chair) |
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SPECIAL NEEDS |
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Description:
This committee meets monthly and includes
parents whose children receive a variety of
special services and classroom supports. |
Karen Brechner (Chair) |
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Committee information and schedule of
meetings:
To be included on a confidential email list
for information on special needs events,
please send your email address to Karen
Brechner
(karen@brechner.name).
It isn’t necessary to send any information
regarding your child or the services he/she
receives.
The Lake Washington PTSA Council Special
Needs Committee (SNC) is made up of parents
whose children receive a variety of special
services and classroom supports throughout
the schools in our district. All parents
are welcome and encouraged to attend the
monthly SNC meetings, which offer the
opportunity to ask questions and discuss
issues with district administrators,
teachers, and other parents. Meetings often
feature guest speakers on topics ranging
from writing successful IEPs to the
Disabilities Endowment Trust Fund.
The Special Needs Committee works towards
several goals:
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Strengthen parent-to-parent networking and
support,
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Provide ongoing parent education to
increase advocacy skills,
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Promote parents as team members in
positive, productive collaboration with
teachers, support staff, and
administrators,
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Ensure accommodations, modifications, and
support for students in general education
through the availability of appropriate,
qualified staff development,
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Advocate for essential supports for
teachers in their classrooms,
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Promote broader community understanding of
special needs issues and participation for
special needs families,
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Represent the best interests of ALL
students through participation of special
needs representatives in the PTSA.
Wilder’s PTSA representative to the
committee is Karen Brechner (425-867-9383,
karen@brechner.name). The committee is
chaired by Bev Sweet (425-823-9674,
bevsweet@yahoo.com). Please contact
either of these representatives with
questions or comments you may have.
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SPRING EVENT |
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Description: |
Jaci Guenther (Chair) |
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STAFF APPRECIATION |
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Description:
Provides
monthly luncheons to all teachers and staff
as a way of thanking them for taking such
great care of our kids! |
Nancy Hambacher (Chair) |
Joy Arnquist
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STUDENT DIRECTORY |
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Description: Work with office staff to
collate and verify student and family
information to produce and distribute a
school directory in the Fall. An addendum of
new students/families and information
corrections and changes is also produced and
distributed in the Spring. |
Kirsten Boone (Chair)
Jacki Reichanadter (Chair) |
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SUPPLY SALE |
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Description: A service provided by the
Wilder PTSA at the beginning of school. In
June, parents can pre-order a supply kit
which contains all the necessary items for
each grade - all in one box! Parents save
lots of time, by purchasing a kit. A small
portion is allocated to the Wilder PTSA.
Kits are picked up at the Open House, a few
days before the start of school. |
Sara Smith (Chair) |
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THEATER |
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Description: The 2006 PTSA sponsored Theater
Class for 4th-6th grades will be starting at
the end of January and will run through
March 10th. Second Story Rep will once again
be working with students to create two
plays. The class will be open to only 50
students. If necessary, a lottery will be
used to determine class placement. More
information will be coming soon. Sign-up
forms will be available on Parent Organizer
right after the holiday break. |
Kelly Cagle (Chair)
Laurie Finkelstein
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WATERSHED |
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Description: Provide an enriched educational
environment where students could experience
nature, hands-on science, and learn the
importance and interconnectedness of life in
the watershed. |
Michelle Gnuschke (Chair)
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For more information click here to visit the
Watershed web page.
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WEB PAGE/WEB MASTER |
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Description: Maintain the Wilder PTSA web
site (www.WilderPTSA.org)
with current information on activities and
programs. The Wilder PTSA web site
works in conjunction with ParentOrganizer.
Parents can access and pull information from
the web site and Parent Organizer pushes
information via email to parents on new
school matters and changes to the web site. |
Barry Shaw (Chair)
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WELCOMING COMMITTEE |
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Description:
Personally welcome all new families to
Wilder, providing them with a Sponsor
family, if desired. Additionally, put on a
Welcome Tea for the new families, create and
maintain New Family info folders and recruit
Sponsor families. |
Crindy Stormer (Chair)
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Thank you to all
of the many wonderful Sponsor families who
have donated their time and energy to
welcoming the new families so far this
year. Our success depends on you. More
volunteers are always welcome.
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YEARBOOK |
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Description: |
Malia Johnson (Chair) |
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VISION AND HEARING SCREENING |
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Description: Work with our children and
other parents, (for about 4 1/2 hrs, one
time only) to test the vision and hearing
for every child at Wilder |
Kathyrn Dickinson (Chair) |
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