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 CafĂ©,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!