Weaver Lake Elementary PTO
February 2024 Newsletter
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Dear Weaver Lake Elementary School Families,
February is the shortest but one of the most active months at Weaver Lake! Please take a look at the fun activities we have planned below!
Weaver Lake Elementary PTO
www.weaverlakepto.org
officers@weaverlakepto.org
board@weaverlakepto.org
5th Annual Read-A-Thon
The 5th Annual Weaver Lake Read-a-thon is here! We will use the month of February to show that "Reading Weaves Us Together" by fundraising and recording our reading minutes. There will be prizes for different fundraising levels as well as reading minutes recorded. This will be done electronically. Please log in to FundHub (https://getmovinfundhub.com/register?school_uuid=5e15fdd729b82) or scan the QR code below to register your scholar for the event. We will accept both online and in-school donations; keep an eye out for more information coming home with your scholar.
Weaver Wear Spring Sale is February 5-16
Our final Weaver Wear online store of the year will run from February 5 to 16. We will add many new warm-weather items just in time for spring and summer. New this year, we can donate a shirt that will go to a WLE student. You can choose school or home delivery for your family's order, and deliveries will be in early March. Please get in touch with Beth if you have any suggestions for items you’d like to see in our online store next year.
Beth Bergfield
Weaver Wear Chairperson
Weaver Wear Recycle Project Coordinator
Weaver Wear Recycle Project donation drive is February 5-16
The second year of the Weaver Wear Recycle Project has been going great. So far this year, we have received 17 donated items that were distributed to Weaver Lake Elementary students to enable them to participate in Weaver Wear Days! The two donated adult items will be used as part of a staff appreciation 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 spring 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!
*If your student is in need of donated Weaver Wear, please reach out to Libby Lorron, Weaver Lake
Elementary School Social Worker, at LorronL@district279.org. Libby maintains the stock of donated
items and makes sure every item can find a new home!
Beth Bergfield
Weaver Wear Chairperson
Weaver Wear Recycle Project Coordinator
Dine 2 Donate February 27th
Please join us for our February Dine 2 Donate at Hometowne Pizza in Maple Grove Weaver Lake Elementary PTO will receive 10% of proceeds to help support our mission to support Weaver Lake Elementary School! This is an ALL DAY event! Plan accordingly. Our school has shown amazing support for these events this school year. Please mention Weaver Lake when placing your orders! No Code is needed.
Hometowne Pizza - Maple Grove
15511 Grove Cir N
Maple Grove, MN 55369
Spring Book Fair - New Vendor!
The spring book fair is coming! We are super excited to announce we will use a new company, Literati Book Fairs, for this fair. Mark your calendars to Run Wild with Reading at the Story Safari with Literati Book Fairs Feb 29-Mar 8 in school and online (efairs.literati.com).
We need many volunteers to help out during the fair, so please consider signing up for multiple time slots/days! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F48AAA72EAAFECF8-47189486-spring#/
If you are interested in ANY of these positions, want to learn more, or want to "job shadow" a current member - please email the PTO officers at officers@weaverlakepto.org. We are running without a nomination chairperson, so we are all working together to help fill these positions.
Please note: The organization's governing documents (bylaws) state that the positions of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Communication, and Fundraising Coordinator are to be opened up every two years. Doing this allows fresh ideas and equal representation.
Open Positions
Are you interested in making a difference within Weaver Lake Elementary? Do you want to impact the educational experience for our students? If so, come and join us!! The 2024-2025 school year will start with three officer positions opening, cycling through a 2-year term. These positions will start in May 2024. We are looking for volunteers to fill the following positions:
- President - The President presides over meetings of the PTO and executive board, serves as the primary contact for the principal, represents the PTO at meetings outside the PTO, serves as an ex officio member of all committees except the nominating committee, and coordinates the work of all the officers and committees so that the purpose of the PTO is served. This position is a two-year term.
- Vice President - The Vice President assists the President and carries out the President's duties in their absence or inability to serve. The Vice President also oversees the committees of the PTO. Membership focus/connecting with parents, Responsible for Open House and K Orientation, Financial reviewer. This position is a two-year term.
- Communications Coordinator - The Communications Coordinator oversees all PTO communications, including the PTO newsletter, website, social media, and emails. This position is a two-year term.
We also have the following position open that was not filled in the last election:
- Fundraising Coordinator - Support our talented group! Oversee the planning process of all PTO events and fundraisers, recruit chairpersons as needed, and create and submit facility permits.
In addition, we also have the following volunteer Chair positions open.
- Nominating Chairperson - The sad reality is our children move on to middle school, our friends move away, or time is no longer available for our current volunteers to help run our programs. At the end of each school year, the PTO posts the open officer positions and any volunteer needs for the next school year. The Nominating Chairperson oversees this process and the nominees for our election for the next school year.
- Butter Braid, Luigi Frozen Pizza, and Wooden Spoon Cookie Dough Chairperson - Work with our vendor to set up the sale and organize a pickup event. The product sells itself! Everything is done online, so there are no physical order forms to process.
- Engineering Night Chairperson - Work with The Works Museum to host an event at our school.
- Read-a-thon Chairperson - Unleash the magic of reading! Lead our beloved Read-a-thon, where students channel their bookworm power into incredible fundraising feats.
- Interested in something else - Reach out and tell us your ideas on how you can help!
To view more information on various PTO Job duties, please view our Weaver Lake PTO Book of job duties.
SAVE THE DATE
Please mark your calendars now! The Weaver Lake Elementary PTO has a lot of fun activities planned for this school year!
- February 1 - 29th - Read-A-Thon - Register Here
- February 5-16 - Spring Weaver Wear Sale - More Information
- February 5-16 - Weaver Wear Recycle Program
- February 12 - Weaver Lake Wild Game - Ticket ordering has closed
- February 27 - Dine 2 Donate - Hometowne Pizza Maple Grove - ALL DAY - No Code Needed
- February 28 - Bus Driver Appreciation Day
- February 29- March 7th - Spring Book Fair
Check out our online calendar for updated information on events.
Weaver Lake Elementary PTO
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
To learn more about Weaver Lake PTO please visit www.weaverlakepto.org