Thursday, December 29, 2016

Vote for Pelham Elementary PTO

Vote for Pelham Elementary PTO

Our local bank Florence Savings is donating $100,000 to local non-profit organizations in their Annual Customers' Choice Community Grants Program, and if you vote for Pelham Elementary PTO we may receive some of the donation, last year we received $798.  Please vote for Pelham Elementary PTO.  Below is a link to vote online with your name and email - (Florence Bank does not contact you or share your name or email).
Thank You!   VOTE HERE

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

The Pelham Elementary School PTO is hosting a book fair at Barnes and Noble from 5-9pm on December 9th.  Please join us for shopping and Harry Potter's Magical Holiday Ball.   Activities include Potions Class, Ballroom Dance Lessons, Photo Booth (kids), Harry Potter Ornaments, and Costume Contest.  Please come join the fun and support our school, a percentage of your purchases will be donated to our school.
We are looking for volunteers to help with Harry Potter Magical Ball activities. Please sign-up here
Sign Up

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050c4fa5a623aa8-barnes

Sunday, November 6, 2016

Yankee Candle Fundraiser

Yankee Candle Fundraiser

The sale starts October 28th and ends November 14th

Please support the Pelham Elementary PTO.  We will earn 40% on everything we sell.  All proceeds will go towards the PTO activities and school needs for all the students and Pelham Elementary.


Online Store - Open till January 11, 2017To find your online store, go to www.yankeecandlefundraising.comscroll down to “start shopping”, and  enter your group number. Pelham Elementary PTO group # is 990065962

Vote No on Question #2

This year, charter schools will drain over $450 million from district public school budgets including more than 1.4 million from the Amherst-Pelham schools.  Charters schools tend to educate fewer English language learners and special needs students, and aren’t overseen by elected school boards. That’s why the NAACP, over 180 School Committees (including ours in Pelham), Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Senator Elizabeth Warren, and Attorney General Maura Healey are recommending that people vote NO on question 2. Before we expand charter schools, we need to ensure that our district public schools, which serve ALL students, are fully funded.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016


October 12 - 19, 2016 
Shop at TeaSchoolDays.com at 15% off + free shipping and we get 15% of sales
Pelham Elementary promo code is: SDF16PELHAM





Friday, September 30, 2016

School Gardens


Our school now has garden beds, one bed for each grade!
Some of greens will be used for a salad at the Harvest Potluck and Ice Cream Social.  


Monday, September 19, 2016

Upcoming Events

September 20 - 22, 2016 Book Fair
September 21, 2016 Early Release at 1:20pm
September 21, 2016 6:30-7:30 Curriculum Night
September 30, 2016 Harvest Potluck and Ice Cream Social
October 7, 2016 Picture Day
October 17, 2016 Dining for Dollars at Bertucci's All Day

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Sun Essence Yoga

Nadya Tkachenko
nadya@sunessenceyoga.com
Registered Yoga Teacher
Vinyasa Flow Yoga, Yoga/Pilates Fusion
www.sunessenceyoga.com

Have a Great Summer!

Hello Pelham Families,
  As the 2015-2016 school year comes to a close, the PTO would like to thank you all for your support.  The PTO strives to build strong connections within our small community through fun events throughout the year.
  Our next meeting will be held in August!  Elections will be held at this meeting and the PTO is looking for parents who are willing to take part and become an officer!  Please email us at pelham.ma.pto@gmail.com if you are interested.
  As always, we hope you have a healthy, fun-filled summer!
Sincerely,
Pelham PTO



Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Sip & Support Auction Preview!

We are looking forward to seeing you this Saturday from 4-7 at our Sip & Support event!

Here is a preview of some of the wonderful items we have available for the silent auction!  

Are you a sports fan? We have tickets to the Sports Museum paired with an autographed Baseball from Red Sox pitcher Junichi Tazawa. 

Looking for a weekend away? How about a quick Provincetown getaway including 2 nights at a guesthouse and dinners and more! 

There are lift tickets, golf rounds, restaurant gift cards, museum passes and many more items! (Not to mention those Disney World Park Hopper passes!) And we have just added some beautiful, handmade jewelry made by a local artist.

See you Saturday!
Sincerely,
Pelham PTO

Monday, June 6, 2016

Field Day Tuesday, June 7th!

Tuesday is field day! 

 Please remember to have your child wear their PAWS shirt!


Wednesday, May 18, 2016

We Need More Shoes!

Ask your neighbors!  Ask your families!  Help us collect more shoes!

Sunday, May 15, 2016

May PTO Meeting!

Please join us!

Tuesday, May 17th
6p.m.
Teacher's Lounge
Pizza & Childcare provided!
RSVP amie.weddleton@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

May Meeting & News, News, News!

Hello Pelham Families!  Please join us for our next PTO meeting!

Tuesday, May 17th
6PM
Teacher's Lounge
Pizza & Childcare Provided!
RSVP to amie.weddleton@gmail.com

Here's some PTO news:

Thank you to all of the volunteers at Spring Fair!
So many people pitched in to make the Pelham School Spring Fair a huge success!
Many thanks to the businesses who donated for the fair:

Atkins Farms, Big Y, Henion Bakery, La Veracruzana, Roadhouse Café,Stop & Shop, Target, TJ’s Taylor Rental, Trader Joe’s

Several people helped unload all of the games from the shed and set up the gym on Saturday (James Harold, Kippy York, Heather Edwards, Lisa Candito).  Megan Cannon picked up the donation from Trader Joe’s Sunday morning and connected us with the Forest Park Zoo.  Several people came early on Sunday to blow up balloons (Emily Marriott), help organize the tickets, make copies and prepare food (Amie Weddleton-Reeves), create a new target for the very popular tarp target, inflate the bounce house, and set up tents (Charlie Thompson).  Marie Hall assembled the skee ball and bowling contraptions, put lollipops in the lollipop tree and donated more lollipops.  The whole Doire family helped get food and games ready.  Matt Wolaver heated the water and helped run the dunk tank, set up the squirt shot, the tent, and turned up the music for the party outside.  Steven Lawler let us use his grill and went out and bought more supplies during the event.  

Big props go to the kind souls who braved the 50 degree weather and went in the dunk tank (Ashley Fuller, Erik Johnson, MS. THURSTON, Kelsey Geer, Owen Frenette, Lennie Ware, Renate Macedo, Sky Zephyr, MS. DESJARLAIS, Lily Gleason, Alex Yu and Renee O’Brien).  We collected 612 tickets at the dunk tank, which more than covered the $175 fee for the dunk tank.   

Mr. G volunteered his time on Saturday and Sunday and did everything we needed logistically to pull this event together.  Mrs. Scott helped get the flyers home (twice) and baked (along with Ms. Desjarlais, Ms. Hunt, Lennie Ware, Ms. Quinlan, Ms. Gonzalez, Nurse Katy, Mrs. Gallagher and MANY parents).  We collected 1,196 tickets at the cake walk, that’s a record!
  
Many people signed up ahead of time (or jumped in when we were desperate) to help (Charlie Thompson, Tara Luce, Danna Brown, Monica Brown, Jordan Brown, Kelly Brown, Marie Hall, Lee Johnson, Jodi (last name?), Lisa Candito, Amber French, Sue Hawkins, Cara Rigali, Sarah Rogowski, Nat Woodruff, Trevor Baptiste, Loren Walker, Amie Weddleton-Reeves, Crystal Wolaver, Jen Jackowitz, Jim Hanson, Lee Halasz, Cara Castenson, Courtney Woodruff, Chris and Debbie Gould, Bridgette Hasbrouck, Lisa Zephyr, Patrick Zephyr, Todd Jansen, Kristin Balboni and Kelly Kalagher).

The face painting crew did amazing work (Heather Edwards, Erin Lawler, Crystal Wolaver and UMass students, Kerrin Bersani, Natalie Saloio).  Many thanks to all the folks involved with the raffle baskets, including room reps, parents and especially organizers Leanne Hunt and Sage Scott.  Please join us at the PTO meeting on Tuesday May 17 and you can pull a winning ticket out of a box!

Special thanks go to all of the volunteer Fire Department workers who brought a fire engine for children to tour.  Also to Ben at the Forest Park Zoo who brought several live animals, and April Hart of Have a Hart Riding Lessons who gave pony rides in the rain.
If I have inadvertently left your name out, I’m sorry!  This event couldn’t have happened without all of you!  Many thanks to all of the people who spent a lot of money at the fair!  Tickets for games raised about $1465!  The raffle raised more than $500!  The food table made about $427!  Amazing!

We will use these funds in the next 6 months to pay for the college scholarship, MCAS/PARCC snacks, Teacher Appreciation Luncheon, Back to School Picnic, ice cream social, harvest dinner, and Halloween party.  All of these events (and volunteers) help make Pelham School a special place!

Jessica Hanson and Andrea Allees
Event Coordinators

Here are some community events:



Wednesday, May 4, 2016

SAVE THE DATE! JUNE 11!


Shoes & Winners!

The Pelham PTO would like to send out a BIG Thank you to all who participated in our annual calendar raffle.  Congratulations to all our winners!


April 1st -Susannah C.       Bueno Y Sano $25 Gift Card
April 2nd - Netania S.        Hitchcock Center Membership Package
April 3rd - Diane H.           Auto Express Oil Change & Antonio's $10 Gift Card
April 4th - Margret L.        Lumbar Yard $25 Gift Card
April 5th - Stacey M.          Dean's Beans $50 Gift Certificate
April 6th - Ineke M.            Many Hands Farm one week farm share and Hillside Pizza $20 Gift Card
April 7th - Jim C.                 WEBS $25 Gift Certificate
April 8th - Bob S.                Starbucks Gift Bag and Subway Coupons
April 9th - Doug J.               Mi Tierra $20 Gift Certificate & Sei Bella Salon Haircut Gift Certificate
April 10th - Jennie B.          Black Birch Winery Wine Tasting for 4 guests
April 11th - Doug J.             Ben & Bills Chocolates and Rose Quartz Earrings from Tracy Vernon 
April 12th - Davic B.           Rafters $25 Gift Certificate
April 13th - Irene F.             Hampshire Athletic Club 1 Month Free Membership
April 14th - Reeves Family   Yankee Candle Gift Bag and Chardonnay
April 15th - Modestow Family Amherst Farmer Supply $25 Gift Certificate
April 16th - Karl S.               Sierra Grill $50 Gift Certificate
April 17th - Mary K.             The Henion Bakery $20 Gift Certificate
April 18th - Paul L.               Esselon Cafe 5lbs of Coffee
April 19th - Pat T.                Eric Carle Museum Family Pass
April 20th - Lisa D.              Casmir Kocot Salon $100 Gift Certificate
April 21st - Lawler Family   Wildchild Tiedyes Tie-Dyed Cotton Tote & Pelham After School 1 day of childcare
April 22nd - Jordan R.         Cowls Building Supply $50 Gift Certificate
April 23rd - Margret L.        Judie's Restaurant $25 Gift Certificate
April 24th - Bob M.              River Valley Coop $40 Gift Card
April 25th - Cody M.            Herrel's Ice Cream $15 Gift Card & Raven Books $15 Gift Card
April 26th - George A.         Giftology Gift Bag
April 27th - Janet S.             Hadley Garden Center $25 Gift Certificate
April 28th - Nicole O.          La Veracruzanna $25 Gift Card
April 29th - Doug J.             Amherst Pilates 2 Class Gift Certificate
April 30th - Jan Y.                Central Rock Gym 4 Free Passes


We have NOT reached our goal with the Shoe Drive.  But there's still time!  Spread the word to family, friends, and neighbors that we want their shoes!  We need 100 bags of 25 shoes.  Come on, Pelham.  We can DO THIS!
Please contact Heather at heatherptown@yahoo.com with any questions or if you know a way that we can get some more shoes!

 





Monday, April 11, 2016

Spring Fair 2016


April PTO Meeting!

Please Join Us!
April PTO Meeting
Tuesday, April 12th
6 p.m.
Teacher's Lounge
Pizza and Childcare Provided
RSVP to amie.weddleton@gmai.com

Monday, March 14, 2016

March PTO Meeting & Calendar Raffle!

Please join us for our March 2016 PTO meeting!
Tuesday, March 15th
6 p.m.
Teacher's Lounge
Pizza & Childcare provided
Please RSVP to amie.weddleton@gmail.com

And don't forget...

April Is Calendar Raffle Month at Pelham School! 
The Pelham School Community has currently sold 47 calendar raffle tickets and has raised $235 for the Pelham PTO.
 Please continue to sell tickets until Thursday, March 31st and help beat the total of $2,800 raised from the calendar raffle last year. 
Proceeds from this raffle support the following PT sponsored events:
 *Pelham Library Donation
 *Pelham After School Donation 
*ARHS Pelham PTO Scholarship 
*Pelham Spring Fair 
*Teacher Appreciation Luncheon
 *Family Fun Night 
 (Additional tickets are located in the school office)

Monday, February 8, 2016

February 2016 PTO Meeting

Oh, the weather outside is frightful!  But our PTO meeting will be delightful!

February Pelham PTO Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 9th
6 p.m.
Teacher's Lounge
Pizza and childcare provided!
Please RSVP to amie.weddleton@gmail.com

Monday, February 1, 2016

Box Tops Competition!


Don't forget to clip those Box Tops!  The class that collects the most wins a popcorn and movie party, courtesy of the Pelham PTO!  Here is an updated list of products that have Box Tops!


Kids School Vacation Boost


Monday, January 18, 2016

January 2016 PTO Meeting!

Happy New Year!

The January 2016 PTO Meeting is
Tuesday January 19th
6PM
Teachers Lounge
Childcare and Pizza always provided!