We hope to see many of you at the Wildwood Open House and Curriculum Night on October 1, starting at 6 pm with a welcome in the Gym.
There will be a PGO desk at the entrance of the school, and you will have an opportunity to review the Directory before it goes to print.

Thank to all who volunteered to be class parents this year!
The complete list is now posted at the top of this page: https://wildwoodpgo.com/2014-2015-class-parents/

The Wildwood PGO (Parent Guardian Organization) distributes 400 free paper copies of the School Directory to Wildwood Families and Teachers.

This 20-page Directory contains contact information for  students & their families.  All of the teachers, staff, and main office contact information is also included. As you can imagine, this reference book is used on a weekly basis throughout the year for party invitations, setting up playdates, carpools, asking about homework, and communication between the school and the families.

Your business will benefit from excellent advertising exposure among Wildwood families and staff who will appreciate your support for a worthy local cause.

We would like to invite you to purchase advertisement in this year’s Directory, which will be in a 8.5 x 11 format.  Details and a sample page are included so that you can see what sizes and prices are available. Prices are as follows:

1/16 page ad = $39
(1.187” tall x 3.75” wide)

1/8 page ad = $74
(2.5” tall x 3.75” wide)

1/4 page ad = $139 (5.125” tall x 3.75” wide)

Deadline to purchase these Black & White ads will be Oct 3rd. Please email me at skbaxter413@gmail.com, or call me at 413-687-1150 if you have any questions.

Please send me the camera-ready digital file (jpg or pdf) for your advertisement, and make the check out to:

Wildwood PGO

and mail it to:
Wildwood PGO
c/o Suzanne Baxter
29 Hartman Road
Amherst, MA 01002

September 12 is the deadline to submit permission forms for the PGO directory: don’t be left out, it only takes a minute!  
Please fill the form online  at this link

Welcome back Read-a-thon Participants!
We hope you had a wonderful summer and enjoyed some great books along the way. Now is the time to turn in your pledges and booklists. Please give them to your teacher by Monday, September 22 to be a part of our Read-a-thon Ice Cream Sundae Celebration on September 26th.
Thank you for supporting the Wildwood Library!

Please make checks payable to Wildwood PGO.
We are looking for volunteers to help with the celebration on September 26th at 2pm, email njmendel@gmail.com if you can help!

The PGO is looking for parent/guardian volunteers – there are many ways you can help our school this year:

1) Class parents are needed for every classroom EXCEPT Gagnon, Simm and Woods. Please contact Lea if you are interested or want to ask about the responsibilities involved at lea.douville@gmail.com

2) Sell Directory Ads. Last year we raised $1660 by selling ads in the Directory. We provide a free directory to every family at WW, so think of what great advertising that is for local businesses. We will have everything ready for you to get started, including the materials to email out (or print out) like flyers with prices, contact info, and even an email list of last year’s advertisers. All you need to do is email out the flyers to last year’s advertisers and more businesses, ask them send payment to the treasurer and the hardest part is to get the businesses to send in their ads. We can probably find someone to do the layout of the ads.

3) Learn how to make the Directory for next year. This will be Laura Cadonati’s last year making the directory, and she is looking to train someone NOW, for next year.

4) Be part of the PGO Leadership Team. We are so grateful to Susan Bellak for co-chairing the PGO over the past few years. We are also grateful to Sarah Marshall (Fundraising Coordinator) for being part of the leadership team last year. Both Susan and Sarah have stepped down this year, so we need your help running the PGO with co-chair Suzanne Baxter and secretary Vivian Liu.

This is much like running your household – managing the schedule and making sure that everyone knows what they need to do. We meet about once every 2 weeks in fall and spring (and less so in the winter) and get our work done then or by email. If interested, please contact wildwoodelementarypgo@gmail.com

5) Fundraising Coordinator

6) On-line Store Manager

7) Dean’s Beans Coffee

8) Join the Blog editorial team

If interested in any of these volunteer positions, please contact wildwoodelementarypgo@gmail.com

The PGO is run by volunteers. So far we would like to thank the following volunteers for a great job done!

• Welcome Staff Breakfast – Suzanne Baxter and Vivian Liu
• First Day Coffee – Deb Glennon
• Kindergarten Coffee – Sara Eggemeier
• Directory – Laura Cadonati
• Blog – Yasmin Eisenhauer and Laura Cadonati
• Volunteer Coordinator: Jen Mendelsohn
• Class Parent Coordinator – Lea Douville

Many parents have noted what a valuable tool the Directory is for playdates, carpooling, birthday invitations, etc. Be sure to sign up now to be included in this year’s directory!
Even if you gave your permission last year, you must submit a new permission form  by September 12th, 2014 for inclusion in the 2014 – 2015 Wildwood Class Directory.

Click here for the Online Wildwood Class Directory Form

The Class Directory is internal to the Wildwood community and is only used for distributing school-related information. We hope it proves to be useful and provides yet another way for us to build our community spirit!

A child’s information can only appear on their class list with your permission: please don’t neglect to write your name in lieu of an authorization signature.

In addition to your contact information, the form also includes sign up for Stop & Shop Bonus Bucks (aka A+ School Rewards). Every year, Wildwood earns $1600-$1700 from YOUR shopping, at no cost to you.  Even if you registered your card last year, you must re-register  your card this year for our school to receive credit.

If you have questions, please email wildwoodelementarypgo@gmail.com

Welcome back to Wildwood!
The PGO blog is back from summer vacation, but we are looking for one or more volunteer editors for postings this year. If you are interested, please contact us at wildwoodelementarypgo@gmail.com.
If you wish to share news of interest to the community, on this blog, please see https://wildwoodpgo.com/posting

Recognize teachers, staff, and graduating seniors with a gift in their honor!

Let teachers and staff members know how much you appreciate their hard work, expertise, care and dedication this year.

Let graduating seniors know they have shined in school.

You can strengthen our schools with a tax-deductible gift to Amherst Education Foundation (AEF) in a teacher’s, staff’s or graduating senior’s name. AEF will deliver a personalized recognition card to your honoree/s.

Send your gift or make your gift online at www.amhersteducationfoundation.org by:
June 15th for teachers/staff–to guarantee delivery to honorees at school before their last day
June 3rd for graduating seniors–to guarantee delivery to honorees at graduation rehearsal

Thank you!

For online and mail-in (PDF) form go here:
www.amhersteducationfoundation.org/stars

Be sure to get your order in right away.  The Wildwood Yearbook is filled with pictures and memories of the year at Wildwood, and pictures of every child.   Full color, scholarship copies available.  $8 each

Print out an order form  OR order online at wildwoodpgo.com,  click “STORE.”
Orders accepted until June 9.

Please come to our final Wildwood Band and Orchestra concert on Monday, June 16, 2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the Wildwood Gymnasium.
Solos for individual players and groups will start at about 6:55.
The orchestra will begin at 7:30, and the band will begin at the conclusion of the orchestra portion.

Please come and support your young musicians!

All school instruments need to be turned in after the concert. Thanks.