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Refer to the last page of this directory for more information about our multi-

ple volunteer opportunities.

About the Williamstown Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization

The PTO is a group of parent volunteers, working together to support and complement the mission of Williamstown Elementary School. We believe that involving parents in both the everyday and

future life of WES helps build a stronger school and closer community.The PTO enhances educational offerings by sponsoring cultural and educational events throughout

the year.The PTO funds practical needs. From classroom supplies to field trips, we provide additional funds

where they are needed.The PTO recognizes the essential work of the school staff by supporting teachers in the classroom,

encouraging proposals for special projects, and facilitating various staff appreciation events.Through our fundraising activities and educational programs, we work to build a closer relation-

ship between the parents, teachers, administrators and students.

2014-2015 PTO Board:Joan Jones, President

Sarah Sanford, Vice PresidentKathy Hughes, Fundraising Chair

Kelly Paul, TreasurerCONTACT US: wes.pto@aol.com

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CATEGORY CAMP NAME PAGE LOCATIONART Buxton School Art Camp 3 Williamstown, MA

ART Clay Play 4 North Bennington, VT

ART Green Mountain Music Camp 5 Bennington, VT

ART IS183 Art Camps 5 Williamstown, MA

ART KidsAct! 6 Pittsfield, MA

ART Mass MOCA Art Camps 6 North Adams, MA

ART Minerva Arts Center 7 North Adams, MA

ART Tim Duncan Pottery 8 Williamstown, MA

ART/NATURE Camp Sarsaparilla 4 Pownal, VT

EQUESTRIAN Amara Farm Equestrian Camp 2 North Pownal, VT

EQUESTRIAN Bonnie Lea Farm - Horse Program 3 Williamstown, MA

EQUESTRIAN Kimberly Farms Horse Camp 6 North Bennington, VT

LEARNING Buxton School Art Camp 3 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING Clever Notions 4 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING Codemakers Club 4 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING Gaming Week 4 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING Magic Camp 6 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING MCLA Science & Robotics Camp 7 North Adams, MA

LEARNING Starlight Stage Youth Theatre 7 Williamstown, MA

LEARNING Williams College Olmstead Summer Science Lab 8 Williamstown, MA

MULTI Camp Ashmere 3 Hinsdale, MA

MULTI Camp Discovery 3 Williamstown, MA

MULTI Pine Cobble School Summer Programs 7 Williamstown, MA

MULTI Williams College Childrens Center 8 Williamstown, MA

MULTI Williamstown Youth Center 9 Williamstown, MA

NATURE Bonnie Lea Farm - Farm Program 3 Williamstown, MA

NATURE Summer Programs At Sheep Hill 8 Williamstown, MA

NATURE Kroka Expeditions 6 N/A

OTHER Fresh Air Fund 4 N/A

SPORTS Bennington Tennis Center 2 Bennington, VT

SPORTS Girl Power Soccer Camp! 5 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Girls Basketball Camp at Williams College 5 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Gymfest of the Berkshires 5 Pittsfield, MA

SPORTS J*Star Gymnastics 5 North Adams, MA

SPORTS Livingstone Summer Speed Camp 6 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Sand Springs 7 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Soccer Academy at Williams 7 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Vermont Voltage Pro Soccer Academy 8 Williamstown, MA

SPORTS Williamstown Cal Ripken Baseball 8 Williamstown, MA

Equestrian Camp for ages 7 and upJuly 6-10 and August 10-14, 9:00am-3:00pm

Amara Farm LLC is a quality equestrian facility that offers boarding, riding lessons, horse train-

ing, and horse sales. Specializing in all aspect of eventing including several cross country

jumps and miles of trails with beautiful views. The farm is nestled in the southwest corner of

Vermont only minutes away from Massachusetts and New York.

North Pownal, VT

Amara FarmEquestrian

Camp

Karrie Holbrook 802-823-0186E-mail amarastables@yahoo.comhttp://www.amarafarm.com

Mini Camps: Ages: 5-8 - Learn-ing basic skills/games

Full Junior Camp’ Ages 8-17 - Skill Building / Game Play

Bennington, VT

Seth Gabriel 802-447-7557E-mail: mountaintennis@yahoo.comhttp://www.benningtontenniscenter.com

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Residential CampWilliamstown, MA

Buxton school is offering a residential, co-educational summer camp for students ages 11-14. Campers will focus on both creating art with various mediums and working in the campus gardens. Meals will be sourced from these and other local gardens/farms. We will all get our hands dirty as we explore the con-nections between art and the great outdoors!

Contact : Lucy Rollins 914-582-2193E-mail: lucyrollins25@gmail.comhttp://buxtonschool.org/summerprograms

BUXTON ART CAMP AND SCIENCE/LOGIC CAMP

Williamstown, MABuxton School will offer two different day

camps this summer for children 7-14.

Science and Logic Campand Studio Art and Ceramics Camp.

Come explore these mediums with good friends on the beautiful Buxton campus!

Contact : Amrita Lash 413-884-6159E-mail: amrita.lash@gmail.comhttp://BuxtonSchool.org

Become a skilled equestrian. We take pride in teaching horsemanship as well as strong equitation (proper riding position). As a result, our students are life-long riders who know how to care for their horses. Students ride once a day (half-day session) or twice a day (full day session), improve their eq-uitation learn about horse care and participate in a number of activities. Topics range from grooming and stable management to training and emergency care depending on the level of the student.

Bonnie Lea Farm

Horse ProgramWilliamstown, MA

Carin DeMayo-Wall 413-441-6349E-mail: cdemayowall@gmail.comhttp://bonnielea.com/

Be a farmer! Come work with goats, mini donkeys, cows, ducks, chickens and horses. Dig in the garden and learn to use farm tools. Children and teens are compassionate, responsible, confident leaders who learn the farm work ethic. Aimed at the younger animal lover, the half day session provides 5 and up a chance to work hands on with farm animals and garden. Aimed at the preteen and teen animal lover, the full day session provides hands on projects and life skills.

Bonnie Lea Farm

Farm ProgramWilliamstown, MA

Carin DeMayo-Wall 413-441-6349E-mail: cdemayowall@gmail.comhttp://bonnielea.com/

Camp Ashmere has been located in Hinsdale, MA on beautiful Ashmere Lake for 100 seasons, WOW! We offer five Day camp weeks for camp-ers entering grades 1-5 with bus transportation from North Adams daily 8 am with a return at 5 pm. We offer a variety of overnight weeks for campers entering grades 4-12. We are a religious/Christian camp but also offer the usual comple-ment of sports, crafts, swimming, boating, ar-chery, camp fires, great meals as well as spiritual

investigation.

Hinsdale, MA

Justin Phelps Lawrence E-mail: campashmere1@verizon.nethttp://www.campashmere.org/

Camp DiscoveryWilliamstown

Community Preschool

Williamstown, MACamp Discovery is open to children kindergarten thru 3rd grade. We are

open from 8:30am-5:30pm and provide a breakfast and afternoon snack. We swim 3X a week and go on local field trips. We are independent but located in the Wil-

liamstown Youth Center.

Contact: Sue Hamblin 413-458-4476E-mail: sue@williamstowncommunity.orghttp://www.williamstowncommunity.org

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Clay Play Studio Art Camp offers a fully equipped hand building studio. Campers make whatever they want, and all projects are fired in a kiln making the pieces durable, food, dish-washer and microwave safe. Children work independently and at their own level but with as much guidance as needed to successfully complete their projects. Campers get plenty of outdoor playtime in a beautiful country setting.

Clay Play Studio Art Camp

Contact : Nancy Nardone 802-447-4752E-mail: nnardone@comcast.nethttp://www.redbarnpottery.org

North Bennington, VT

The Fresh Air Fund is an independent, not for profit agency providing free summer experi-ences for children ages 6-18 from low income families in New York City. The children visit

host families for 1-2 weeks in 13 states from Vir-ginia to Maine as well as eastern Canada. Local Fresh Air Fund volunteers recruit and interview host families, arrange travel and coordinate fun

activities in their communities.

Contact: Rachel Louis 413-458-1678 FreshAirFund_NorthBerkshires@verizon.nethttp://www.freshair.org/

Learn how to sew using a sewing machine, cut out patterns, upcycle old clothes, mend and

alter clothes and make bags, hats, gifts, home decorations, quirky memory quilts, halloween

costumes and sew much more……Session 1 July 6-10

Session 2 July 20-24Session 3 August 3-7

Ages 10 and up. Camp hours: 10-3, Inquire about private sewing project lessons.

Rachelle Smith (413) 884-3110E-mail: ssmith@williams.edu

CLEVER NOTIONS

SUMMER CAMP 2015Williamstown, MA

                                 

 Camp Sarsaparilla is celebrating its 43rd season! We provide rich expe-riences in the natural world, Waldorf

handwork, woodworking, singing, games and environmental awareness.

Activities for ages 5-11.

We will have 6 individual sessions from July 6 - August 14, 2015.

Contact : Merry Anderson 413-652-4055E-mail: Merryndrsn@yahoo.comhttp://campsarsaparilla.org

Pownal, VT

Emily & Matthew Baya 413-884-1111E-mail: info@gamingweek.infohttp://gamingweek.info/

Williamstown, MALocated at Williamstown Elementary

School, this fun-filled week will feature the popular computer game Minecraft. We will include quick lessons on how to play, as well as co-operative projects and

daily challenges. We will also feature some non ‘screen time’ each day including out-door games & multi-player board games.

Gaming Week

Contact : Ashley Frost 413-458-9496E-mail: info@codemakers.clubhttp://codemakers.club/

Codemakers Club

Williamstown, MAOur goal is to provide a basic introduction to

programming through a combination of class-room instruction and hands-on exercises that are designed to be fun and engaging. We will

use Python, Scratch and other tools to introduce concepts and have fun solving challenges and

playing games. Each day there will also be reg-ular breaks from the screen that focus on social

time and outdoor play. We will be located at the Williamstown Elementary School and look

forward to seeing you!

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Cecilia Hirsch 413-298-5252E-mail: cecilia@is183.orghttp://is183.org

Williamstown, MAIS183, the Art School of the Berkshires, offers 30 camps run by art educators for

ages 3 through 14.

They include a wide range of media and encouragement for creative thinking in

all our explorations, from fashion/textile design to sculptural ceramics!

Gymfest of the Berkshires

GYMFEST offers both girls and boys programs for ½ day and full day. The girls’ program is a 3-hour clinic program and teaches develop-

mentally appropriate activities designed to each student’s needs.

We provide fun and educational classes and have a highly competitive team for both boys

and girls. We take pride in our safe and exciting curriculum.

Pittsfield, MA

Stephanie & Brian Pickard (413) 445-5689E-mail: gymfeststeph@aol.comhttp://gymfest.com/

Girl Power Soccer Camp!

Maia Hirsch / Mae Burris-Wells 413-446-5384E-mail: girlpowersoccercamp@gmail.comhttp://girlpowersoccercamp.weebly.com

We are a soccer camp for girls. We play soccer related games, run drills and

scrimmage each day.

We also incorporate other activities like tie dying, T shirt making and finger

painting. Ages: 8-11

Williamstown, MA A full music camp experience. In-strumental, choral and theater. Highly qualified clinicians will

coach musicians through a series of band, choral, orchestra, percussion,

theater and chamber ensembles. GMMC accepts ages 5-19.

Bennington, VT

Ellen Sager 802-442-6229E-mail: strings111@comcast.nethttp://www.gmmc.org

The Williams College Girls Basketball Clinic pro-vides an intensive weeklong opportunity for girls ages 6-16 to improve their basketball skills in a safe and supportive teaching atmosphere. The staff will provide instruction in the fundamentals of shoot-ing, passing, ball handling, dribbling and individual and team defense. The basics of a fast break offense, the style played by the Williams Women’s Basketball Team, will be taught and developed in drills and live game situations.

GIRLS BASKETBALL CAMP

AT WILLIAMS COLLEGE

Email: pmanning@williams.edu or alexandra.dellas@williams.edu

Williamstown, MA

J STAR GYMNASTICS SUMMER CAMPS

We offer week long full day camps (9:00am- 4:00pm with great themes each week (Olym-

pics, Pirate, Circus, Rockstar, Frozen, Sur-vivor). Our camps are for ages 5 and up and

they will be participating in gymnastics, crafts, games and so much more! Camps run from

June 29th through August 7, 2015

Contact: Jonathan Girard 413-664-9434E-mail: jstargym@gmail.comhttp://www.jstargym.net/

North Adams, MA

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Valerie Shemeth 802-442-5454E-mail: kimber@sover.nethttp://www.KimberlyFarms.org

Kimberly Farms Horse Camp

North Bennington, VT

Kimberly Farms horse camp is celebrat-ing 25 years as a permanent established

horse riding academy and summer horse camp. Camp includes horses, arts and

crafts, hiking, water activities and lots of fun! We offer 12 weeks of day camp fun June 21st to August 28th. All levels in-

cluding students who have never ridden a horse. Ages 5-17.

This magical week is for elementary school chil-dren of all ages. Children will not only learn the secrets behind magic tricks, but will also perfect their performance skills, culminating in a per-formance on Friday for family and friends. July

27-31 - Beginners and August 10 - 14 Advanced, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm (except on Fridays when we will begin at 1pm and have our performance at 5:30pm.) Camp will be at at Sand Springs Pool

Contact: Jane Shiyah 413-458-9544E-mail: jawss13@gmail.com

Magic Camp

Williamstown, MA

Barrington Stage Company’s Kids Act! gives young performers, ages 7-14, the opportunity to work with experienced theatre instructors as they create, re-hearse and perform their own original plays and mu-sicals. The DramaKids! program, focuses on build-ing acting and improving skills through fun theatre games as well as the creation of original plays. The BroadwayKids! program adds the elements of music and movement as students work with the profession-al theatre artists to learn Broadway songs and dance numbers as a part of their original musical.

Pittsfield, MA

Contact: Corrine Miller 413-997-6112E-mail: education@barringtonstageco.orghttp://barringtonstageco.org/

LSA Speed Camp will focus on an in-troduction to fitness, speed and agility

training and nutrition. Educating camp-ers on healthy food choices, staying

active and making fitness fun.

July 27-30 from 9-12 at Lower Cole Fields, ages 8-12

Rob Livingstone 413-884-3656E-mail: livingstonespeedacademy@gmail.comhttp://www.livingstonespeedacademy.com

LIVINGSTONE SUMMER SPEED

CAMP

Williamstown, MA

KROKA EXPEDITIONS

Kroka Expeditions is committed to awakening in young people a connection to nature and the spir-it within, and a capacity for conscious living and compassionate service. We strive to achieve this

through wilderness adventure, community living, farming and the practice of traditional and indig-enous skills. Students ages 9-18 are invited to join

us for a 1-, 2-, 3- and 4- week session of camp.

Misha Golfman 603-835-9087E-mail: summer@kroka.orghttp://www.kroka.org

During one of Mass MoCA’s week - long thematic training camps, young ninjas will explore a variety of materials and art-mak-ing techniques. We’ll unlock the secrets of MASS MOCA’s exhibitions, create covert

displays in wooded locations, embrace our creative genius sides, and train our brains

with art, yoga and meditation.

Art Camps

Hilary Knecht 413-664-4481, ext. 8150 E-mail: knecht@massmoca.orghttp://kidspace.massmoca.org/art-camps/

Williamstown, MA

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The Soccer Academy at Williams is a summer soccer camp for boys and girls ages 7-15. The academy will host its 30th annual summer ses-sions in 2015. Session 1 July 6-10, Session 2 July

13-17Our main objectives are to provide an educa-

tional experience which is fun and allows each participant to improve his or her technical,

tactical, and physical aspects of play.

The Soccer Academy

at Williams

Erin Sullivan . 413-597-3329info@thesocceracademyatwilliams.comhttp://thesocceracademyatwilliams.com

Williamstown, MAWilliamstown, MAThe Samuelson Swim Academy - We believe that learning to swim is an important life skill. We of-fer group, semi-private, and private lessons to chil-dren and adults in the community as well as lessons through the Williamstown Youth Center to campers three times per week and the Williamstown Elemen-tary School Special Education students twice per week. Group lessons are small to maximize time with each swimmer (maximum 6 swimmers).Geraldine Shen 413-458-6026E-mail: info@sandspringspool.orghttp://www.sandspringspool.org

Early Childhood (2 years 9 months - 5yrs old) It’s nurturing, hands on and filled with laugh-ter. We are the premier summer program for young children in the Berkshires, beloved by

both locals and summer visitors.

Sports Programs (6-9 years old) Program consists of multiple activities including

sports, art, nature and hiking.

Williamstown MA

Contact : Natalie Harris 413-458-4680E-mail: n.harris@pinecobble.orghttp://www.pinecobble.org/summerprograms

Minerva Arts Center promotes the importance of an arts based educa-tion by providing high quality arts

programming, to inspire creativity in our community, and offer opportuni-ties for students and adults of all ages to realize their true artistic potential.

Kathleen O’Mara 413-441-6120E-mail: minervaartscenter@gmail.comhttp://www.minervaartscenter.org

North Adams, MANorth Adams, MA

Barbara Emanuel 413-662-5576E-mail: b.emanuel@mcla.eduhttp://www.mcla.edu/summer

This camp is for girls and boys with interests in science and robotics. Designed for middle school students and first year high school students, campers will use Lego Mindstorm ® RCX and NXTs to create robots.

Our goal is to provide campers with a well rounded learning and recreational experience. Activities include: Fun Science projects, rocket building and launching, trip to outer space in the Starlab and robotics competi-tion. Beginners and advanced levels are available.

Science & Robotics

Camp

Starlight Stage Youth

Theatre

A hands on theatre experience for students age 6 and up. Acting, set construction, costuming, make up, directing (for older students) theatre games and production of a full length show for four evening performances on July 22, 23, 24 and 25. Daily - Monday through Friday from 8:30am-12:30pm. Begins June 22 and contin-ues through July 26. Prior experience is not re-

quired.

Williamstown, MA

Robert and Brandon Burns 413-458-4246E-mail: ssyt@roadrunner.comhttp://starlightstageyouththeatre.com

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In our program children’s ideas take root. They dig deeply into their interests through hands on exploration with open ended art materials, three dimensional work, sewing, science activi-ties, enjoying the great outdoors & taking trips throughout the local area. Children design and create throughout the summer, either through their own in depth work with materials or by joining others to invent games, write scripts and perform plays, or create works of art together. Contact: Sarah Becker 413-597-4800email: Sarah.C.Becker@williams.eduhttp://childrens-center.williams.edu/

Williams College Children’s Center

Summer School Age Program

Williamstown, MA

Contact : Tim Duncan 413-458-3960E-mail: http://timduncanpottery.com/contacthttp://timduncanpottery.com

Week long instruction in my studio for ages 8 and up. Each 5 day session will include pinch,

coil, slab and hand building, as well as sculpting and wheel throwing. Each student has his/her own wheel and the freedom to choose his/her

activities. Classes are designed to stimulate cre-ativity and discovery. Projects may range from

functional work to abstract sculpture.Celebrate Summer - Make Art!

Williamstown, MA

Summer Programs at Sheep Hill

Sheep Hill, a conservation property and the headquarters of the Williamstown Rural Lands Foundation, is the perfect place for your child to experience, explore, and connect to the natural world. This child friendly conservation prop-erty offers room to roam, and indoor facilities for getting out of the weather. WRLF’s summer programs are designed to excite and inspire chil-dren, while teaching them to understand and re-spect nature and creatively express its wildness.

Williamstown, MA

Leslie Reed-Evans 413-458-2494E-mail: Ire@wrlf.orghttp://www.wrlf.org

Bennington, VT

Mark Benson / Bo Vuckovic 802-527-1077E-mail: jrvoltage@gmail.comWeb: http://www.voltagesportsclub.com

Professional Soccer Academy invites young soc-cer enthusiasts, ages 5-18, to be part of a chal-lenging educational experience. The Academy offers an opportunity to learn and enjoy many aspects of the game of soccer in a competitive

environment from a current professional player. Fundamentals as well as sophisticated tech-

niques of soccer will be taught on a personal-ized individual level along with various forms of

group instruction

Williamstown

for Girls and Boys ages 4-12 The league is comprised of four levels, grant

league (beginning players), Rookie (coaches do the pitching), Minors (kids start to pitch) and

Majors (most experienced)Skills assessments will be held on March 23 and 25 to place kids at the level appropriate for their ability. Games are scheduled starting on Open-ing Day, May 2 through the end of the school

year.

Williamstown, MA

Allen HallE-mail: allen_I_hall@yahoo.com http:// www.williamstowncalripken.com

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An amazing science experience for chil-dren entering 5th or 6th grade. Mix in-

quisitive youngsters, cabbage juice, eggs, balloons and “mysteries”, add energetic

college students and the result is the high-ly successful Williams College Summer

Science Lab. Key components are youth-ful exuberance and genuine curiosity

about how and why of the science world.

Madeline Levy 413-458-5707, ext. 209E-mail: MaidyL@yahoo.comhttp://science.williams.edu/summer-science-lab/

Williamstown, MAummer science Lab

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WilliamstownYouthCenter

WYC: A COMPLETE SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE

The Williamstown Youth Center offers a unique combination of onsite, local and regional activi-ties in an eight week, all day camp environment.

Enjoy all that our new home offers, including a gym, game room, dance room, art studio,

media/technology center, and use of the school’s adjacent, expansive green fields.

David Rempell 413-458-5925E-mail: mike@williamstownyouthcenter.orghttp://www.williamstownyouthcenter.org/

Williamstown, MA

Volunteer OpportunitiesThere are many ways to get involved with the PTO. Whatever your talents or interests, there is most likely an opportunity that will work for you. The easiest way to get started is to send us an email (wes.pto@aol.com) and let us know what you’d like to do.

Included here is a brief description of the pro-grams that we run. We appreciate any amount of time you can give to the PTO. Without your help, we could not exist.

Clothing Sale

Something for everyone in this opportunity. Entering its 10th year, this sale is the primary fundraiser for the WES PTO. It is a green fund-raiser that benefits the community at large by recycling gently used baby, child and teen cloth-ing, shoes and other items. WES receives 100% of the proceeds of the sale- a terrific win-win.

We hold 2 sales a year: the mega annual May sale held in the gym, and the smaller booster sale of winter wear that happens in October. To make the sales happen, the team of 4-6 captains rely on volunteers to do everything from sort-ing donations to mending clothes. We even get the help every year of the 6th grade class, who carry bins, hang clothes and receive a donation for their class trip in appreciation.

How can you get involved with the Clothing Sale?

Donate! Think of WES first when cleaning out closets and give back to the school commu-nity by letting the WES PTO resell these items.

Volunteer! We hold regular sorting and pricing sessions during or after school and on weekends. No experience is needed and any help makes a big difference. We often offer

babysitting.Design your own hours! We need people who can manage our press releases, line up ad-vertising, order supplies, wash clothes, do small

mending jobs, and much much more! Any amount of time or any interest can be met with a role in the sale. It only continues to happen

thanks to the parents involved!

YEAR LONG COMMITMENTS

Room parents - Great for parents who prefer to work from home. You will be the liaison between your child’s teacher and the rest of the parents. The majority of this job will be done via email.

PTO Bulletin Board - Great for a cre-ative mind! Come up with monthly themes & showcase upcoming events so WES families see what’s happening at the PTO

PTO Website - great for computer savvy individuals and writers…keep the PTO website up to date and looking good! This can be done from home, on your schedule.

Spirit Store - Unleash your inner entrepre-neur! Sell WES-related merchandise on Spirit Days at school. Volunteers for this should be well organized, have time during the school day to work, and be good at math!

Boxtops - for the organized among us. Keep track of the boxtops collected at WES and turn them into the boxtops organization for money for WES.

Welcome Committee for New Families Help new WES families feel connected to the school community. You will be paired with a new family and help them navigate their new school. This can simply be a matter of answering questions they may have throughout the year. You may also want to host a coffee at the school or help with a new family outing in town.

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Grade CoffeesNew this year & a great way to meet people! Scattered throughout the year, the coffees take place next to the main office, after morning drop off. Volunteers for this will send invitations to their grade parents, set up the coffee in the morning, and be a welcome face for parents to see.

School Photos: (October) Provide support for the photographers and help for the younger children as they get their school photos taken. Only requirement is a little patience!

Words are Wonderful: (October) Great for language lovers! WAW is a week long celebration of the written word, with activi-ties during the school day and special evening event. Visiting authors come to the school to work with the students, students participate in a book-themed parade, a school wide assembly is held at the 62 Center, members of the William-stown community come and read to the stu-dents, and much more! Volunteers are needed for all facets of this program, from helping with promotion to chaperoning visiting authors, there is something for everyone to choose from.

Book Fair: (October) This is a great fundraiser for the school! Help with setting up, be a cashier, help children choose a book….lots to choose from. There are time slots during the school day and in the evening. You can also co-chair this event, in which case you can help oversee the entire fair

and work with the Scholastic representatives to choose merchandise and books for the fair.

Recycled Reads Help distribute gently used books to WES stu-dents during Words are Wonderful week and again at the end of the school year.

Camp Fair: (March) This is great for the organized among us. The camp fair team will contact local camps and or-ganizations that offer summer programs for ele-mentary aged children. All the camps will send representatives to WES for the fair & the camp fair volunteers will help set up the gym on the day of the event, as well as put together maps and brochures with camp contact information.

Arts EnrichmentEvery January, a special performance is held for the students, sponsored by the PTO. Volunteers with the arts enrichment program will find a program suitable for elementary school stu-dents, and should have the performance(s) tie in to current classroom studies, if possible.

Student Author Night: (April) At this evening event, students and their par-ents gather at WES and the students read their poems, stories and essays to small groups. The organizers of this event will need to contact volunteers to serve as facilitators in the small groups, as well as organize and advertise the event.

Staff Appreciation Week: (May)During the first week of May, parents show their gratefulness and support for the staff at WES. Volunteers can help come up with special treats for the staff. We need help with organizing the week’s events, as well as volunteers to donate items for breakfasts and lunches.

Field Day: (June) This end of the year school celebration needs fun and energetic people to help Ms. Kirby run various sporting events.

Walk for WES: (June) This end of the year fundraiser mixes fun, community building, and exercise into one great afternoon. Volunteers are needed to find community sponsors of the event and help with organization.

WES PTO ONE TIME EVENTS