Officers

Greetings from the Willard PTO! Welcome all Willard Wizards! It’s almost time to kick-off another school year. We look forward to working together to make the coming year one of the brightest for the Willard community! This mailing provides important information for the school year and includes: ● A PTO calendar, with dates for special events, PTO programs and school holidays. However, because calendars are always being updated, please refer to the District 90 and/or Willard School web sites to ensure you have the most current calendar information available;● Contact information for PTO Officers and Committee Members;● Willard PTO Web Store Instructions – how to sign up to volunteer, join activities and buy items like the yearbook and Fun Lunch;● Important Dates for the first few weeks of school from the Welcome Wagon Committee and useful Fun Lunch ordering information. The PTO Web Store opens on August 15, 2018. The Web Store is the place to sign up and pay for PTO related activities such as Fun Lunch, FLIP (foreign language), yearbook and more. Student ID numbers (issued by District 90), teacher names and a credit card are required. If you have questions, please contact Katherine Nix at nix934@yahoo.com. If you have questions about needing financial support, community resources or other referrals, contact Suzanne McLeese, our school social worker at mcleeses@district90.org or 708-366-6740, ext. 8821.Stay informed throughout the year by reading the Wizard Weekly, the PTO’s weekly e-newsletter. Visit the PTO Web Site at Willard.district90.org to subscribe and stay in the know about what’s happening at Willard as well as various volunteer opportunities.PTO meetings are open to everyone and meeting minutes are posted on the PTO Web Site. Meetings are held both in the morning and in the evenings to better accommodate the schedules of busy Willard families. You’ll find dates and times for PTO meetings in this calendar.The PTO works because of you. Willard’s PTO exists to support our children’s education and the teachers and staff who guide their way. We cannot do this without your support. There is an opportunity for everyone to help - whether you can volunteer for one hour or you chair a committee. We hope you will join us!

Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to seeing you on the playground in 2017-18!

Laura Minnis

Caren Teclaw

2018

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CO–PRESIDENTSLaura Minnis

lauraminnis@yahoo.com Caren Teclaw

carenteclaw@gmail.com

TREASURERGinger Riessen

gingerriessen@hotmail.com

SECRETARYRashida Dairyko

rdairyko@gmail.com

VP–COMMUNICATIONSGretchen Radach

gretchen.radach@gmail.com

VP–VOLUNTEERSGwen Geraghty

ggeraghty@icloud.com

VP–TECHNOLOGYKatherine Nix

nix934@yahoo.com Virginia Sara

ginny.sara@gmail.com

SCHOOL BOARD LIAISON Todd Moore

tdmoore130@gmail.com

6 4th Grade Recognition and Celebration (8:30pm - 9:30am) Ice Cream Social (5:30pm - 7:00pm) 7 Last Day of School (if no emergency days used) Fun Lunch - Free Slice of Pizza for All

May 2019

February 2019 March 2019January 2019

April 2019 June 2019 1 Classes Resume

5 Fun Lunch

8 PTO Meeting (7:00pm) (Approve Slate)

10 Science Club ends

11 International Film & Culture Fest (5:30pm – 8:00pm)

12 Fun Lunch

18 Fun Lunch

19 No School

22 Earth Week starts

23 4th Grade Recorder & Chorus Concert (7:00pm)

25 Fun Lunch

26 Early Dismissal (11:25am) 4th Grade Chorus and Recorder Club ends

1 Fun Lunch

4 PTO Meeting (7:00pm)

8 Fun Lunch

13 Music Performance - 1st grade - 9:00am 2nd grade - 10:00am

15 Fun Lunch Legacy 1st/2nd ends

16 Young Authors Conference

18 No School

19 No School

21 Chess Club ends 22 Fun Lunch

25 Legacy 3rd/4th ends

28 Fun Lunch Evening Parent Teacher Conferences

6 Fun Lunch ordering opens

7 Classes Resume Legacy Sports Camp (3rd/4th grades) begins (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

8 PTO Meeting (8:45am)

11 Fun Lunch Legacy Sports Camp 1st/2nd grades) begins (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

15 3rd Grade Recorder Club begins (lunch)

16 4th Grade Science Club begins

17 Chess Club begins

18 Fun Lunch Web Store Closes for Fun Lunch Orders

21 No School – Martin Luther King Jr. Day

22 4th Grade Chorus & Recorder Club Concert (7:00pm) 24 Yoga Session 2 begins (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

25 Fun Lunch

27 Family Math Fest (1:00pm - 3:00pm)

2 Fun Lunch (Thur due to BHLH)

3 Big Hearts Little Hands (1:00pm – 2:30pm)

6-10 Teacher Appreciation Week

7 PTO Meeting (7:00pm) (Committee Chair Transition)

8 Staff Appreciation Luncheon

10 Fun Lunch

17 Fun Lunch

23 Fun Lunch

24 Early Dismissal - 11:25am

27 No School - Memorial Day 30 Fun Lunch (Due to Field Day Friday)

31 Kindergarten Music Performance & Luau - AM (Both AM & PM attend Performance at 9:20am Luau to follow) 1st - 4th Field Day (12:30pm - 3:00pm)

1 No School – Parent/Teacher Conferences

2 No School – Casimir Pulaski Day

5 PTO Meeting (8:45am) Girls on the Run starts (3:15pm - 4:30pm)

7 Yoga ends 8 Fun Lunch

13 3rd Grade Recorder Club ends

15 Fun Lunch Festival of Science (6:00pm - 8:00pm)

20 Music Performances 3rd grade - 9am 4th grade - 10am

22 Fun Lunch

25 No School - Spring Recess Classes resume April 1, 2019

COMMUNITY COMMITTEES

FUNDRAISING COMMITTEES

EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEESART APPRECIATIONTracie Doherty, trdoherty@gmail.comRebecca Brown, rebecca14brown@hotmail.comKari ChronopoulosDoris HuangJean O’BrienElizabeth Bucher StokerSara Wienkes CHESS CLUBGigi Hoke, hokegc@gmail.com

ENRICHMENT PROGRAMSJulianne Nery, juliannepnery@gmail.com

FAMILY READING NIGHTBeth Vlerick, beth.vlerick@gmail.com

4TH GRADE SCIENCE CLUBAshley Palmer, Chair, ashleyandrews23@gmail.comLaura Minnis, Cmte Member, lauraminnis@yahoo.com

15 PTO Web Store Opens 21 New Student Family Picnic (5:30pm - 7:00pm)

23 1st day of class - Grades 1-4 Welcome Back Parent Coffee (8:30am & 12:30pm) 24 1st day of class - Kindergarten/PreK (9:00am - AM class) (1:00pm - PM class) Fun Lunch - Free Pizza Day 26 Fun Lunch ordering deadline (11:59pm)

27 Raffle begins

28 PTO meeting (8:45am - Approve Budget) New Family Orientation (Parents Only) (7:00pm)

31 Fun Lunch

To learn more about all the PTO Committees visit willard.district90pto.org

BOOK FAIRRobin Basney, robin.basney@gmail.comSandra VasquezDennis HealyCarolyn Roche FUN LUNCHJennifer Gerbrecht, jenniferv123@gmail.comJamie Madden, jamiemadden2813@yahoo.comChristine CrabbRashida DairykoRachel DardisEmily GassAmanda Wehrman

BOX TOPSBlaire Goldstein, blaire.spritzer@sbcglobal.net

RESTAURANT NIGHTSSadie Bjornstad, sadie.bjornstad@gmail.com

DANCESarah Partin, spartin@depaul.eduAlissa Digman, alissadigman@gmail.comAnnie Cheronis FALL RAFFLEMary Lynn, meadeli@yahoo.comAnna Daly, annaed@gmail.com

SCHOOL PICTURESAgnes Goldstein, amullergoldstein@yahoo.com

SCHOOL SUPPLIES Shannon Wasiolek, slwasiolek@gmail.com

LEGACY SPORTS Holly Utter, holly_utter@yahoo.com

FAMILY MATH FESTAmy Bowersox, aarrowsmith78b@yahoo.comGwynne BirkelRobin GrayCourtney KammerLindsay McIntyreAshlie StapletonSara Wienkes

FESTIVAL OF SCIENCEAnna Sterk, annashilov@yahoo.comAshby Mims, ashby.mims@gmail.comShreya BhathenaSofia MackavichAshlie Stapleton,

INTERNATIONAL FILM & CULTURE FESTMegan Hodge, megan.s.hodge@gmail.comBeth Vlerick, beth.vlerick@gmail.comJohanna AbramsWanessa Vovola

FLIPStephanie VanDerSchie, stephanie.vanderschie@gmail.comGenevieve Jones, gen2jones@gmail.comJohanna AbramsChristine CrabbLiz RiosHolly UtterDannan SianoJane Fang

Doris Huang, doriskhuang@gmail.comRachel Dardis, rachdardis@gmail.comTory AndersonBeth CohenCarol GallMegan Mackie

Kerry Kuzmich, kcsween1@yahoo.comErin Dowdall, erin.s.dowdall@gmail.comMeg ChalmersKari ChronopoulosLaura GancerCarrie WillinghamAnna SterkWanessa Vovola

TEACHER APPRECIATIONLiz West, lizwest9@gmail.comBeth CohenJennifer Gerbrecht

HOSPITALITYCorey Blackwell, ccolello@hotmail.comTara DziengelClelita Mathole GIRLS ON THE RUNJenny Kelly, jenniferkelly@gmail.comBetsy Carroll, betshcarroll@gmail.com

YEARBOOKEmily Brown, emilynbrown@gmail.comMegan Mackie, meganmackie@gmail.comTory AndersonLindsay McIntyreLisa MaloneyCorey PerryLailani Workman

4TH GRADE RECOGNITION CELEBRATIONEmily Nash, emilybnash@gmail.comMeg ChalmersKerry KuzmichDanielle LockeHolly Utter

YOGASandra Vasquez, vasquezfamily9@gmail.comKari Chronopoulos, singkarising@icloud.com

HERO BOYS RUN CLUBAshby Mims, ashby.mims@gmail.comRachel Dardis, rachdardis@gmail.comJohanna Abrams CONNECT4KIDS Elizabeth Stoker, ebucherstoker@yahoo.comKari ChronopoulosAnne MastropietroKelly O’Keefe

ICE CREAM SOCIALCatherine Greendyke, cyounggdyke@hotmail.comErin MaddenBeth CohenLindsay McIntyre

PANCAKE BREAKFASTBrian Morowczynski, brian@viaphotos.comAnthony PonzioPeter Vlerick

SPIRIT WEARGigi HokeMalia OrtegaStephanie VanDerSchie Virginia Sara

KINDLY WIZARDSColette Basil, colettebasil@yahoo.comChristine Crabb, christinecrabb@mac.comRebecca DeGroffJennifer Gerbrecht

WELCOME WAGONPeggy Gruber, pcgruber@yahoo.comEmily Nash, emilybnash@gmail.comJenny KellyMary LynnColette BasilRenee Pederson FAMILY CARE COMMITTEERebecca DeGroff, rdegroff17@gmail.com

3 No School – Labor Day

7 Fun Lunch HERO Boys begins (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

10 Foreign Language Instruction Program (FLIP) starts

13 Open House (6:30pm - 8:00pm)

14 Fun Lunch

15 Pancake Breakfast (8:00am - 10:00am) Raffle Drawing

19 No School

20 Yoga Session 1 starts (3:15pm - 4:15pm)

21 Fun Lunch 4th Grade Chorus and Recorder Club begins 27 Fun Lunch

28 Early Dismissal (11:25am)

1 Family Reading Night (6:30pm - 8:00pm) 1-2 Book Fair

2 Fun Lunch

5 PTO Meeting (8:45am)

7 Fun Lunch Evening Parent/Teacher Conferences

8 No School Parent/Teacher Conferences

9 No School

14 Picture Retake Day

16 Fun Lunch

21 – 23 No School - Thanksgiving Break

30 Fun Lunch

3 PTO Meeting (7:00pm)

7 Fun Lunch

12 Staff Holiday Luncheon

14 Fun Lunch

21 Fun Lunch Early Dismissal (2:30pm)

24 No School – Winter Recess Classes resume Jan 7, 2019

MISSIONTO CREATE A

COMMUNITY OFPARENTS,

EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS

WORKING TOGETHER TOENRICH THE MIND

AND SPIRIT OF EACH WILLARD

CHILD

1 PTO Meeting (7:00pm)

3 School Picture Day

5 Fun Lunch

8 No School - Columbus Day

12 Fun Lunch

19 Fun Lunch Willard Dance (6:30 - 8:30pm)

22 PreK/Adapted Music Open House (all week in class)

25 Yoga ends 26 Fun Lunch

27 HERO Boys 5K with Lincoln (8:30am)

31 Halloween Parade & Class Parties

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