Wilson/WSTEM PTSA

Ways to be mindful of fees:

💌 1) Writing a check payable to Wilson+ WSTEM PTSA, memo: Warrior Race, mail to: Wilson + WSTEM PTSA, 1060 Glenview Ave, Wauwatosa WI 53213
💵 2) Cash to the office in a labeled envelope.
💸 3) Venmo donation .

WOAH! Team Together has donations from 23 (!!) states (+3 countries!!)! Way to go!

27 states to go!

We are rolling because of …

⭐ 2nd grader, Rose’s mom sharing an adorable video of Rose talking about Warrior Race and a link to her FundHub and has pulled in FIVE states! WOW!

⭐ 1st grader Jane, 3rd grader Ruby and 5th grader Ben’s parents texting family from North Carolina asking for their support.

⭐ 2nd grader, Claire’s mom sharing her page on her IG story. Claire's also at five states - Colorado, Maryland, New York, Minnesota and of course WISCONSIN 🧀

Can anyone get to 6 states?! Let us know if you do and how you did it 💪

Let's go Team Together!

Register your student for Warrior Race on FundHub!

1) Register or login:
https://www.getmovinfundhub.com/register?school_uuid=64e4f82f8afdd
And then complete your child’s student webpage, be sure to add a picture of your Warrior*! Our School Identifier Code: 64e4f82f8afdd.
Previously registered? Login again & simply click + Add To Current Event.

2) Share your Warrior’s page with family & friends to help us reach our school’s fundraising goal!

3) Motivate & DONATE! FundHub makes it easy to share, track & donate!

FundHub! What’s up with that? This FUN addition to our fundraiser allows convenient sharing of our fantastic school and it’s fundraising goal with our families & friends. Convenience means that fees do apply. If you plan to donate and do not want to pay fees we always welcome donations at our Venmo (or checks payable to “WILSON WSTEM PTSA” Memo: Warrior Race).

*Join us on the playground today after school to get a great picture of your warrior in front of our new Team Together photo banner for their FundHub.

PTSA Kick-off Meeting tonight at 7:00 PM! Join us in the library or on Zoom.

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Thanks to all the great Pops that handed out popsicles on the first Friday of the school year. And thanks to Ali Meier for coordinating.

We might have to blame that Packers loss on Brad Urban wearing an Eagles jersey to the Pops with Pops :)

Cool Dads can sign up here to hand out popsicles on Friday 9/6 at the playground from 3:00-3:45 PM: https://shorturl.at/K40g9

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PTSA Budget Summary!

🙌🏻 Hey, thanks so much for joining our PTSA!

PTSA Announcement Hub: www.wilsonwstemptsa.org
PTSA Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=M2Uxbm4ydWExdGo3Y2plMmt1czgybWpmMGdAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
Year in Review: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGHLyYZ1XU/UWmYiIYsK7Pt9TalsBZtDA/view?utm_content=DAGHLyYZ1XU&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Recap of involvement: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGHOXu91xA/jtwzkkd3-dUIEt4NUuc06g/view?utm_content=DAGHOXu91xA&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Budget summary: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGNpX5G1OI/c3Z5UGZNWfIgb2Z5Zb8e5Q/view?utm_content=DAGNpX5G1OI&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor
Hug-n-go reminder: https://www.canva.com/design/DAF7T4SmhEk/3MYGbeSFJiifENhVb68tzw/watch?utm_content=DAF7T4SmhEk&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=editor

Attention: COOL DADS! We are looking for some Pops to hand out Popsicles on the playground on the first Friday, 9/6 at 3:10 PM.

DM or comment if you're in!

Sign up: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showRSVPSignUp/5080845A4A82CA4FC1-50820511-first

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Wilson/WSTEM PTSA 2023-2024 Year in Review!

💫Highlights💫

✴️Fundraising: Warrior Race, 481 donations, totaling over $20k!
✴️Student Enrichment: Your donations of time & money supported & funded 12 PTSA clubs & activities, see full list on the image.
✴️Staff Support: Over $2500 in teacher/staff grants, conference meals, luncheon meals, cookie exchange, office/lounge supplies, fill the fridge days, HID and spiritwear.
✴️School Culture & Socials: PTSA hosted new events including Coffee with Sue, Math Night & Fall Family Social. We also reinvigorated the Hug n Go.
✴️Parents + Teachers + Staff: this year we hosted 27 calendar events, supported student clubs and funded teacher grants.
✴️Our Exec Board would love to include a Co-President for the coming year to make the transition as smooth as possible in 2025. If you are interested, please reach out to Luisa Urban, Jonathan Ference-Burke, Ali Meier, Ashley Peterson or Ann Kopetsky.

Wilson/WSTEM PTSA 2023-2024 Year in Review!

💫Highlights💫

✴️Fundraising: Warrior Race, 481 donations, totaling over $20k!
✴️Student Enrichment: Your donations of time & money supported & funded 12 PTSA Clubs, see full list on the infographic.
✴️Staff Support: Over $2500 in teacher/staff grants, conference meals, luncheon meals, cookie exchange, office/lounge supplies, fill the fridge days, HID and spiritwear.
✴️School Culture & Socials: PTSA hosted new events including Coffee with Sue, Math Night & Fall Family Social. We also reinvigorated the Hug n Go.
✴️Parents + Teachers + Staff: this year we hosted 27 calendar events, supported student clubs and funded teacher grants.
✴️Our Exec Board would love to include a Co-President for the coming year to make the transition as smooth as possible in 2025. If you are interested, please reach out to Luisa Urban, Jonathan Ference-Burke, Ali Meier, Ashley Peterson or Ann Kopetsky.

We honored two extraordinary educators, Mrs. Falk and Mrs. Mader, last Thursday evening. We wish them the best as they embark on their well-deserved retirement.

Thanks to everyone that joined in celebrating Debbie and Diana.

Thanks again to Jess and Tayla for making this event happen😍🍎💙

Three Cheer(io)s for Box Top Winners! Thank you to all who scanned and snapped receipts this year, earning $742.80 for our school.

We reinvest that money in PTSA programs like High Interest Day, Service Learning Day, and teacher & staff grants.

Earning a donut party for the spring semester was Ms. Burt's class (2014 Box Tops!!!) and Ms. Schmidt's class! Enjoy!

Special shout-out to the Box Top MVP 👑Grandma Marilyn👑 in Ms. Burt's class. You're an amazing Box Topper and we are thankful for all your volunteer food pantry shopping skills! MI

The Mader Maple! Thank you, Mrs. Mader, for being our wonderful Green Team leader & advocate.

The "Mader Maple" has been officially planted! At the Green Team meeting, we presented Mrs. Mader with the tree medallion that will permanently hang on the tree. It was a beautiful moment and we all enjoyed honoring our wonderful Green Team leader and advocate.

What an evening! Thanks to everyone that joined us for the annual PTSA Trivia Night at the Wauwatosa Women's Club on Friday night.

Congratulations to the winners... And great efforts to the non-winners!

Cheers to Jonathan & Steve for keeping us entertained on the mic!

And the biggest thank you goes out to our PTSA VP Emily Merkt for her work, not only planning trivia night, but for all she's done the last few years for the PTSA and our school community. We are all so sad to see her go 🥹 but very excited for her next adventure 🥳

Meals, bouquets, treats, chair massages & Whirlyball!

Another amazing Teacher Appreciation Week is in the books for the Wilson/WSTEM teachers and staff. We are so grateful for all this team does to create a wonderful community & experience for our kids.

Thank you to ✨Sarah Johnson✨ for going above & beyond for Teacher Appreciation Week!

And a big thank you to all of you that volunteered your time to make TAW happen, as well as those that donated gift cards!

Did your kids talk about the awesome Yo-Yo Performance that occurred at our school on March 20th?! Mark Hayward, a World Yo-Yo Champion, a member of a World Champion Juggling Team, and a Spin Top Champion, performed at Wilson/WSTEM thanks to the suggestion of Mrs. Mader and the PTSA's support.

Mrs. Mader reached out to us back in October after seeing Mark perform, sharing that she felt his performance would be a great fit for our school. We agreed, and worked together to get Mark on the calendar. The Yo-Yo performance covered the science and technology behind the Yo-Yo, tying into all grade-level science curriculums.

The PTSA greatly appreciates when teachers and staff bring ideas like this to us. Please keep us in mind for future opportunities like the Yo-Yo Performance!

https://markhayward.net/

We are thrilled to invite you to a special celebration honoring two extraordinary educators, Mrs. Falk and Mrs. Mader. As they embark on their well-deserved retirement, let's come together to reminisce, share stories, and shower them with appreciation.

Join us on Thursday, May 30th from 4:30-7:30 pm at Hoyt's Grand Hall for a retirement open house. Show up anytime between 4:30-7:30 pm for a party that promises to be filled with laughter, love and cherished memories.

To ensure that we have enough goodies and treats, we kindly ask that you RSVP with how many in your party.

RSVP:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWEpWUd9sUu9HHN_LpJ5Jh8camCWoGXjpweKeo08ia2gckOA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Sign-up genius: https://m.signupgenius.com/ #!/showSignUp/20F0C4FACA829A3FC1-49539344-falk

We included a sign up genius link in our profile for items that we will need. Please pay attention to where to deliver the items you sign up for. We have some items that can be delivered to the office and some that go directly to the Grand Hall on the day of, Thursday, May 30th at 4:00 pm.

Jessica Bordini is collecting $ for retirement gifts: Venmo -Bordini

A special thanks to the WSTEM Governance Board and WILSON + WSTEM PTSA for helping make this happen!

Thank you!
Retirement committee party planners,
Jessica Bordini & Tayla La Macchia, alumni

Nice job biking or rolling to school today, Team Together 🫶

Thanks to the PTSA Safer Routes Committee - Marie and Colleen - for making this happen! And to the grown ups for encouraging their kids to bike today. Awesome to see so many bikes lined up 🚴🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

Tosa Board of Education's Listening & Engagement Sessions - PLEASE JOIN!

Topics that will be covered: transportation, policies, academics, finances, facilities and Tosa 2075 Task Force.

This is your chance to connect with your Board of Education, ask questions, provide input and give feedback. Childcare will be provided at each event.

Hopefully you are able to make one of these sessions:

📢 Monday, May 20 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Longfellow Middle School
📢 Tuesday, May 28 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Madison Elementary School
📢 Wednesday, June 5 from 6:00 - 7:30 pm at Whitman Middle School

Register online today: https://www.wauwatosa.k12.wi.us/page/enrollment

Wilson + WSTEM parents and caregivers are invited to join us for a night of trivia and socializing on May 17th from 7:30-9:30 pm at the Wauwatosa Woman's Club. Gather your teammates and start brainstorming a team name. If you are registering with teammates, consider designating a team captain to submit your registration. Don’t have a team? No problem! You can select the option to be placed on a team when you register.

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYoQ4Gv7-n-eEfbkcjO1oBi-_lvoG3SEgoEGAHJxjv2wSSNw/viewform

Tickets are $10/person and space is limited to 12 teams, so register now! Contact Emily Merkt ([email protected]) with any questions.

The Green Team spring compost sale is back! Place your order by May 6 and pick-up Friday, May 10 after school or another time that weekend.

You may be asking yourself, why should I buy compost? Well, compost is a natural way to add nutrients, improve soil structure, water retention, microbial health and general plant happiness to all of your gardens, shrubbery and even your lawn, all from recycled food waste!

By ordering compost through this sale, you will:

🌱 Improve the soil health of your yard/garden
🌱 Raise money for the PTSA
🌱 Get a deal on compost
🌱 Avoid the plastic bags
🌱 Support the compost farm that makes the product from our kids' lunch scraps
🌱 Save yourself a trip to the garden store

Place your order: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVx8GA1k6SUdWC_voBwtK8YZkTVyUPWhCjBz_dyskISQOI0g/viewform

Please direct any questions to Lauren Christie [email protected]

At our last Coffee with Sue, she covered technology and the use of digital devices in our children’s lives. So much helpful content to pass along. See images of handouts, and the presentation: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BgvvOSmpGI3z8pwztgj4hc2p1LXuXTWZ/view

If you would like actual copies of the documents, reach out to Sue Walczak.

Thanks to Sue Walczak and Ashley Peterson for all the work put into this informative PTSA program.

We are gearing up for High Interest Day (HID) on May 10th, our biggest event of the year!

HID is an educational and fun-filled day in which every student from kindergarten through 5th gets to experience 6 new and interesting activities aimed at exposing them to the wider world of academics, professions, sports, & hobbies.

This year we have 35 unique presenters and a total of 168 sessions that cover a wide-range of activities including paleontology, engineering, jewelry making, and field hockey.

We will need volunteers to help make the day run smoothly! Thanks in advance for signing up!

Volunteer sign up: https://signup.com/go/brZvngE

If you have not yet registered to volunteer in the district: https://app.visitor-aware.com/apply/3tIAO2veL8

Thank you!
The HID Team
Allison O'Mahen Malcom, Ashley Peterson, Ali Meier & Meagan Parker

May 6-10 is Teacher Appreciation Week!

We have a great week planned for the staff at Wilson/WSTEM! This team deserves our gratitude and praise for creating a wonderful community and experience for our children. Meals, snacks, a special Team Together gift, and chair massages are on the line up.

You can help by donating a $25 gift card to the giveaway. Our goal is to gift one GC to every staff member!

Sign-up to donate $25 gift card: https://signup.com/go/WGPeqtG

ADD TO CALENDAR: On Tuesday, May 7 - Send your child with a note of appreciation and a single flower for their teacher as an empty vase will be waiting to be filled! Handwritten notes to other staff members are encouraged too!

The annual Team Together t-shirt is ready for ordering! These Giltee tee's are always a hit so we opted to have them printed in short and long sleeve options!

Pre-order your WE Team Together Special Edition Spirit Wear now!

✨ Orders are accepted through this Friday, April 19th✨

Order here: https://giltee.com/collections/we

In honor of the 100th anniversary of our building, this special edition Team Together tee has the year 1924 printed on the sleeve. You will find the same 1924 marker above the JK door on Portland Avenue. Pretty cool, huh? Stay tuned for more 100th anniversary swag to come this fall!

Thank you for your continued support of our Team Together efforts!

Shout out to our amazing sponsors and school parents!
📣 McAvoy Chiropractic (Katie McAvoy)
📣 Coldwell Banker (John and Amy Danielson)
📣 Giltee Apparel (Lisa and Adam Gilson)
📣 M. Sheahan Studio (Meghan Sheahan)
📣 Firefly Real Estate (Karla Krueger)

🌎 Celebrate Earth Day with the Green Team at the Honey Creek River Clean Up 🌎

Register to clean-up Honey Creek with the Green Team and Milwaukee Riverkeepers. Saturday, April 20th between 9am-12pm.

Signup: https://milwaukeeriverkeeper.my.salesforce-sites.com/apex/volunteerEventRegisterPageBootstrap?cid=701UK000003kmJJYAY

Contact Lauren Christie with questions: [email protected]

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