Winter Hill Wildcat Weekly
PTA Update - December 4, 2023
PTA Update
Ms. Stier’s call via our “Cheer the Wildcats” Program!
Ms. Stier invites Wildcat families and teachers to cheer and/or congratulate Wildcat performers at the Winter Concert. She is working with Ms. Dixon and Ms. Rogers to supply families and teachers with cricut flowers on cardstock. Use them to write your own “well wishes” for excited and nervous Wildcats BEFORE the concert, or compliments to joyful Wildcats on a job well done AFTER the concert. You can also write your own customized message to the ENTIRE class!
Order your Cheer Supply now!
There are three ways to purchase BLANK Cheer Cards at the price of $1 for each student, or $5 for the whole class:
- Online, at our Square site: https://square.link/u/uQ2U6Yx5
- In person, at the PTA Table, 4-7pm on Dec 7 (@ Parent Teacher Conferences).
- In person, at the PTA Table on the day of the Winter Concert itself.
Fill out this Google Form if you would like BLANK Cheer Cards to come home in your child’s backpack: https://forms.gle/7HQgaoUUQfEAX43k6
PTA will coordinate the delivery of your messages to your student(s) before the concert if it’s a “well wish”. You may deliver a compliment yourself after the concert.
Deadline for purchasing blank Cheer Cards is Dec 7. Deadline to submit your completed Cheer Cards in the Edgerly Main Office is Dec 11.
Somerville Renters Meeting!
If you rent in Somerville and would like to meet neighbors, share stories, and learn about their housing rights and resources, the next Somerville Renters Meeting is Wednesday, December 6th, from 7:00-8:30 pm on Zoom. Please register here: bit.ly/Somerville-Renters If you attend, you will enter a raffle for one of two $15 grocery store gift cards. As always, the meeting will be professionally interpreted from English into Spanish and Portuguese – just indicate in the registration link above. Haitian Creole and other language interpretation are available upon request. Multilingual graphics are attached to share in your networks.
Holiday donations from Winter Hill Brewing!
Winter Hill Brewing Company is providing donations of toys and gifts this holiday season. Family Liaisons are coordinating the delivery of anonymous gifts to our families. Please contact our Family Liaisons to sign up for anything on your family’s wish list!
Also -- did you know that Winter Hill Brewing Company is partnering with our PTA on a fundraiser in February? Stay tuned for more details! If you are able to help with decorating and donating to local families this December, please visit Winter Hill Brewing Company any day starting now, until Dec 15th, or email Bethany.Stoll@gmail.com
Neighborhood Produce donates to us in December!
Shop all “Dollar Deal Monday” items at Neighborhood Produce throughout December, and 5% of all that you spend will be donated to our PTA. That’s every Monday in December! Neighborhood Produce is located at 415 Medford Street. Check out their offerings on Facebook.
Did you know that Matt Gray, owner of Neighborhood Produce, is on the board of the Winter Hill PTA? If you ever see him, thank him for his service to the Wildcat community! He has helped us get so many things in place that help us serve you better.
Dec 13th “Fun Raiser” – Get it?
Get ready for some great musical bingo and drinks at Daddy Jones bar starting at 8pm on Dec 13th! Make a reservation on Open Table! Can’t hang out late at night on a Wednesday? No worries, we get it! All orders, dine in or take-out, count towards a 10% giveback to our PTA starting as early as 5pm on December 13th.
Fundraising Update
Himalayan Kitchen donated $850 to the PTA after our Nov 15th fundraiser with them. This is a generous gesture, because this is about 30% of the Wildcat-related food sales that night! We hope everyone enjoyed their unique mix of ethnic and all-American menu items.
Volunteer Recognition
We would like to recognize Shauna Powers for setting up partnerships with Winter Hill Brewing Company for Holiday Gifts and for the upcoming restaurant fundraiser in February.
Big thanks to Jamie O’ Leary for designing flyers and other media that helps us publicize our fundraising and events.
We have a lot going on! Want in on the action? Become a Member!
We will continue to take members throughout the school year. If you haven’t yet signed up to become a member, you can sign up as a member online, and pay your dues online too! Unless we have the vast majority of parents, caregivers and teachers signed up as members, our PTA will not have the legitimate ability to speak for the whole school community. At a time when our community is so fractured and dislocated from our beloved location on Sycamore Street, we cannot amplify your voices until you join us!
Please contact winterhillpta@gmail.com if you have any questions.
Winter Hill Community Innovation School
115 Sycamore Street
Somerville, MA 02145
School: 617-629-5680
Cell: 781-227-7861