The Woodstock Weekly

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With the crisp temperatures in the morning and the leaves on the ground, it feels like fall has officially arrived! 🍂

Friday is a busy one -- join the Walk & Roll Committee for a Donut Bike Bus and a special Popcorn Friday! We will have a fun costume swap ahead of Halloween. See below for details. 🍿👻

The PTA's biggest fundraiser of the year is underway. The No Stuff Fundraiser helps us fund field trips, assemblies, classroom supplies, and more! No donation is too small to make a difference. 🏫

Our annual Harvest Carnival is just a little over a week away and we need your help to make it great! We still need volunteers to help create the Haunted House magic, run activities, donate baked goods, and more! There are many different opportunities to get involved. Thank you for helping to make this event a magical night for our students! Find details below. ✨

We hope you have a wonderful week. 🦁💙

—Your friendly Woodstock PTA

• 📌 Friday, October 16, Bike Bus and Donuts

• 📌 Friday, October 16, 8 am, Grandparent/Special Adult DEAR event
• 📌 Friday, October 16, 2:30 pm, Popcorn Friday and Costume Swap
• 📌 October 19-23, Spirit Week
• 📌 Wednesday, October 21, 11:50 am, Early Release
• 📌 Friday, October 23, 6 - 8 pm, Harvest Carnival
• 📌 Wednesday, October 28, 8 am, Tea with Principal E
• 📌 Wednesday, October 28, 4 pm, Drop in hours with Principal E
• 📌 Thursday, October 29, No School
• 📌 Friday, October 30, No School

No Stuff is the PTA’s biggest fundraiser and our goal is to raise at least $15,000 for the general fund. If we fall short, we won't be able to provide teachers with extra classroom resources or host the same special events students love.

Every gift helps, no matter the size. Donate today and spread the word!

The Woodstock Elementary PTA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Donations may be tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Tax ID: 93-6039422.

'26 Spiritwear is alive (again) and bringing back the electric lion design for another round. Tees, long sleeves, hoodies, and tote bags — for every Lion in our pride with tons of fun color options so you can can rep Woodstock your way.

The ordering window is limited, so don't sleep on it — grab your gear before the shop closes on October 16th and show everyone what Woodstock's Lion Pride looks like all year long!

woodstockpta.org/shop

Step right up to the annual Woodstock Harvest Carnival!

This year, we’re leaning into all things magical, mystical, and mythological! Think fairies, dragons, unicorns, enchanted forests—and, because this is the PNW, of course, Bigfoot!

We’re creating a carnival filled with imagination, childhood wonder, silliness, and just a little bit of mystery, and we need you! Please consider volunteering to help bring this magic to life for our students.

There are many ways to volunteer: planning before the event, donating baked goods, running activities at the event, concessions, check in, helping with clean up, and more! Volunteering is always more fun with friends, so grab a crew and tackle a task.

If you are interested in leading a room - please reach out directly to me: Sonia.milbank@gmail.com

Join us for Popcorn (and Lemonade!) and a Costume Swap after school on Friday, October 16th. Popcorn and lemonade will be available outside near the Cafeteria doors, each for a $1 donation. Funds raised help support the PTA Walk & Roll Committee.

Costume Swap: Only clean items in good condition, sort by size or age group when you arrive (kid to grown up sizes okay), take what you need, and leftover items will be donated.

***Items can be dropped off ahead of time to the Costume Swap box in the hallway outside of the Main Office.

We will have donuts for all Bike Bus participants after we arrive at school this Friday, October 16th. Lock your bike, get a donut, and then head to class!

***Safety reminder to families: Please walk your bikes on school property and the surrounding sidewalks to help make it safer for everyone trying to get to school.

Check the Bike Bus map to find the route closest to you. Bike Buses roll every Friday, rain or shine. Ready to roll with us? Join the Bike Bus WhatsApp Group of the route closest to you: Northside WhatsApp Group and the SE 60th/Carlton WhatsApp Group.

A new StoryWalk is up and ready to read along the playground fence. This month's book features Fletcher and the Falling Leaves. Fletcher the fox is concerned about nature and wants to understand the changing of the seasons. StoryWalks will be up for about two weeks and families are invited to read the stories with their children before or after school. Teachers will be invited to bring their students to view the StoryWalk as time allows. The Woodstock School StoryWalk Series was funded by the Woodstock PTA.

Celebrate the Mandarin Immersion Program with a night of great food and fun while supporting the MIP at Woodstock, Harrison Park, and Cleveland, and helping all students, regardless of income, participate in the Taiwan Research Residency.

Friday, November 6th, 6 - 10pm

Excellent Cuisine, 8733 SE Division St.

Enjoy an evening of community and festivities:

• Eight-course family-style Chinese dinner and drinks

• Silent auction, wine wall, and gift card gamble

• Live auction featuring vacation destinations and special experiences
  (perfect family holiday gifts)

• Dessert Dash! Raffle! And student presentations!

Click here to purchase individual tickets ($65) or gather a group for a table of 10 ($600).

We are looking forward to a fun event again this year!

A third option — keeping all schools open with no boundary changes — is also on the table. Under this scenario, enrollment continues to decline, and no programs move, including the proposed Mandarin transition from Clark to Woodstock. By the district's own projections, this option would leave only 48% of students in a school at sustainable size, compared to 73–80% under the other two scenarios.