Weaver Lake Elementary PTO

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Dear Weaver Lake Elementary School Families,

As we approach November, the month of giving, we’d like to thank all of you who generously gave your time and/or money to help Weaver Lake Elementary PTO kick off the 2023-2024 school year with a bang! We started the school year with a fundraising budget of $78,800.00. The Weaver Lake Elementary PTO has budgeted over $79,000 to cover many things for our scholars, including all student field trips, grade-level STEM, webinars, classroom equipment, engineering night, and art detail.

We had a great turnout at our first Dine 2 Donate fundraiser at Chipotle, bringing in over $560!

We had a tremendous show of support for our Color Run in September. Countless hours from many volunteers and our great scholars' fundraising efforts helped bring in $52,682.35!

The Scholastic book fair was very successful due to the fantastic volunteers! Thanks to all who shopped at the book fair! A quick recap of the Book Fair:

• We had a total sales of $14,413.90!
• Total All for Books money collected and donated to Media Center: $452.72.
• Total dollars of books donated by families: $1,317.87.
• Total dollars of books donated to teachers by PTO: $744.13.
• Total Scholastic Dollars used for volunteer incentive: $136.10.
• Total cash profits: $3300.
  
• Total Scholastic Dollar profit: $606.95.
• Total volunteer hours: (at least) 250!
  

As always, we invite you to join us at one of our meetings, either virtually or in person. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact one of our friendly PTO members or email us. We hope you have a great day and to see you at one of our events or meetings soon!

Thank you for helping us support the fantastic Weaver Lake Elementary scholars!

Weaver Lake Elementary PTO
www.weaverlakepto.org
officers@weaverlakepto.org
board@weaverlakepto.org

The second year of the Weaver Wear Recycle Project is already on track to exceed last year’s donation totals! In our first collection drive of the year, we received 13 items that fit students ranging from K-5th grade. The donated clothing items were distributed to Weaver Lake Elementary Connect classroom students to enable them to participate in Weaver Wear Days! In addition, two like-new adult items were donated and will be used as part of a staff giveaway in the spring. We want to extend a huge THANK YOU to our generous families who donated items to students at our school. If you are doing a bit of fall cleaning and find Weaver Wear that you are ready to pass along to a new home, please bring the items to one of the donation events throughout the year. We appreciate everyone who donated gently used Weaver Wear this year and hope we continue to have this community involvement for years to come!

Weaver Wear Winter Sale (Nov. 20-Dec. 1)

We will have an online Weaver Wear Winter Sale from November 20 to December 1. The orders will be delivered to school or your home the week before Winter Break in December. One of the best aspects of having a great new vendor this year is that many new cold-weather items are available in the upcoming online store. New this year, we can donate a shirt that will go to a WLE student. Another new option is choosing school or home delivery for your family's order. Please get in touch with me if you have any suggestions for items you’d like to see in our online store.

Beth Bergfield

Weaver Wear Chairperson

Weaver Wear Recycle Project Coordinator

WeaverWear@WeaverLakePTO.org

www.weaverlakepto.org

One of the items the PTO funds is meals for the teachers and staff for conference nights. The days are long for the teachers, so we make one thing easier for them. A huge thank you to the restaurants who helped our money go further with a donation or discount! Meals for the fall conferences came from Naf Naf Grill, Nothing Bundt Cakes, and Hometowne Pizza! Everything was delicious! Thank YOU!

The last day to order is November 1st! Pick-up will be on November 17th. Please watch for a flyer to come home with more information.

Questions? Please contact Sarah Dammann at sdammann22@gmail.com

Thank you for your support!

Weaver at the Minnesota Wild. Join other Weaver Families for an afternoon of Hockey. We don’t have school that day so why not watch a Hockey game? We have tickets in a group 2nd level behind one of the goalies.

When: Monday, February 19th (Presidents Day)

Time: 1 PM

Vs: Vancouver.

For more information and to order your special Weaver Lake tickets, please visit: https://weaverlakeptowildgame.cheddarup.com

Please mark your calendars now! The Weaver Lake Elementary PTO has a lot of fun activities planned for this school year!

• 10/26 - 4:00 pm -8:00 pm Dine 2 Donate - Noodles & Company - More Details
  
• 11/1/2023 - Last day to order your Butter Braid, Luigis Pizza, Woodenspoon cookie dough
• 11/14/2023 - PTO Meeting - Media Center & Google Meet - More Details
• 11/16-11/19 - November Dine 2 Donate - Jersey Mikes - More Details
• 11/17/2023 - Butter Braid, Luigis Pizza, Woodenspoon cookie dough order Pickup

Check out our online calendar for updated information on events.

PTO Google Calendar

Mission Statement and Purpose

The Weaver Lake Elementary PTO is organized for the purpose of supporting the education of children at Weaver Lake Elementary by fostering relationships among the school, parents, and teachers.

What is PTO?
We are a group of parents/guardians and teachers with a primary objective to support our school and its students.

How do I join?
Every parent or guardian of students and every Weaver Lake Elementary staff member is an automatic member of the PTO! We would like to encourage you to join one of our next general meetings.

Who can come to a PTO Meeting?
Everyone! We recognize it may feel awkward for some people to walk into a meeting where they do not know anyone. Many of us felt the same way when we went to our first meeting. We are a welcoming group that enjoys meeting new people. We love our school, teachers, staff, and students. Please consider joining us at one of our meetings.

What are the benefits of coming to a PTO meeting?

Meet other parents and staff members! Help build a school community and have a positive impact.

Exchange ideas! We want to hear your ideas and opinions about how we can make Weaver Lake Elementary a great place for our children. Together, we can make a difference.

Voting Rights! Take part during votes to: approve the budget, choose events to host, select fundraisers, elect board members, etc. (remember, you are a member already - your vote matters!)

Be a role model! Show your child that you value education. Research demonstrates: “When parents are involved in their children’s education at home, they do better in school. And when parents are involved in school, children go farther in school, and the schools they go to are better.”

Updates! Hear updates on what is going on in each grade and school!

I missed a meeting, can I see what was discussed?

Absolutely! Our meeting minutes and financials can be found on the PTO website: https://www.weaverlakepto.org/pto-documents

When is the next meeting?

The next meeting is November 14, 2023, at 6:00 pm

The Weaver Lake Elementary PTO is organized for the purpose of supporting the education of children at Weaver Lake Elementary by fostering relationships among the school, parents, and teachers.

Weaver Lake Elementary PTO is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions (EIN: 41-1728241)

Email: officers@weaverlakepto.org
Website: www.weaverlakepto.org
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/weaverlakeelementary