Wedgwood School PTA

Wedgwood Elementary School Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

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Entries from November 2005

A Little Healthy Competition!

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

The Pledge Drive is more than halfway to our goal of $41,000 with donations totaling $23,150.  Thank you to all those who have donated!  Below are the total amounts donated by grade. 
You will notice that these totals exceed our donation total because if a donor had children in multiple grades each grade got [...]

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Fall Used Book Sale-A Super Success!

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

We’d like to send a great big thank you to all the students, staff, parents and neighbors who participated in the Fall Used Book Sale. It was a resounding success!  Profits totaled more than $4,500 and will be of great benefit to the many student programs at Wedgwood.  
A special thank you to the volunteers who [...]

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Think Scrip for the Holidays!

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

Our last chance to buy scrip before Winter Break is December 5th, with delivery on December 14.
Consider purchasing scrip to buy holiday gifts with, and using scrip as holiday gifts (ie, See’s Candies certificates for staff members, gift cards to restaurants as stocking stuffers, etc…).
Purchasing scrip as holiday gifts makes your [...]

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Kid’s Time Expands

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

Kid’s Time before and after school day care is expanding! We have been given access to the Instrumental Music portable, which has increased our enrollment capacity.
If your family is interested in learning more about our program, please call or stop by our main portable on the west side of the school to [...]

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Remember the Starlight Toy Drive

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

Please remember to make a donation to the school’s Starlight Toy Drive before December 15. New toys are being collected outside the School Office, and will be given to hospitalized children, to help brighten their holidays. (Please, no plush toys that can collect dust and germs.)

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Refrigerator Needed!

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

The Staff Lounge is in need of a new refrigerator. The one we currently have is on it’s last ice cube!
If anyone has a used refrigerator that they would like to sell (or donate?), please contact:
Ms. Veronica Gallardo
252-5670
vmgallardo@seattleschools.org
Thank you!

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Can You Believe It ?

November 30th, 2005 Comments Off

On sunny, Saturday, November 26 a spirited group of Wedgwood students ran the Seattle Kid’s Marathon at Seattle Center!
The Seattle Kid’s Marathon is structured to allow children - kindergarten through eighth grade - to complete a full 26.2 mile marathon at a rate that is fun and safe for their growing bodies…”one mile [...]

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Is Wedgwood a High Tech Community?

November 29th, 2005 Comments Off

We would like to hope so. Unfortunately, the state of our computing system is not in as good a shape as befitting a school such as Wedgwood. Preliminary assessment by the Technology Committee staff has shown that many of the computers and software are either dysfunctional or very outdated.
Some of the computers are [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 23rd, 2005 Comments Off

The Wedgwood PTA would like to extend our best wishes to the the wonderful teachers, staff, children and families that make Wedgwood Elementary such a great school and outstanding community.
Thank you for your continued support and hard work!

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Starlight Toy Drive

November 23rd, 2005 Comments Off

Attention Students! Do you want to feel like Santa Claus this Christmas? Well then, bring in a new, fun toy!
You can help someone in a hospital feel better. Just go to the school’s main hall and drop off a newly purchased toy that doesn’t attract dust or germs (no teddy [...]

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