Welcome to the 2011 - 2012
West Friendship Elementary School PTA Website
Announcements:
Next PTA Meeting is Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:30 a..m. in the Media Center. ALL are welcome!!!
Troopons™ -- Coupons for TroopsThe Community Outreach Committee will be collecting MANUFACTURER coupons
(expired ones too) for our military families overseasfor our military families overseas.Guidelines:
1) Please have them already clipped prior sending them into school.2) Separate coupons into food and non-food - (food: can be eaten or drank by humans for nourishment; chewing gum and mints are considered food. non-food: housewares, animal food, vitamins, etc., are not food)
Collection Ends: Tuesday, January 31st
Click here to learn more!
Questions? Contact Theresa Yodzis
(expired ones too) for our military families overseas
1) Please have them already clipped prior sending them into school.
In order to have our “Heartfelt” creations completed in time for Valentine’s Day, each student will have an opportunity
to decorate a “Heartfelt” craft for America's military during the month of January. Those crafts will be sent
women in uniform and the hardships of military service by meeting a humanitarian need beyond
that normally provided by the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs. Questions? Contact Theresa Yodzis
West Friendship Elementary School. The entries have been forwarded for entry in the
Jake Cizek (grade 3), Josie Yodzis (grade 4), Mary Yodzis (grade 2)
the WFES PTA needs your assistance! If you are interested in working with the PTA on a Lowe's Grant to fund a pavilion project for WFES, please contact Pascale Fagerstrom at paki71@hotmail.com. We are in the beginning stages, and would appreciate the skills and talents of professionals in the field.
We would like to thank the following sponsors for donating goodies/services for the event!
please contact Heather Thamer at 410.666.3452.
GUMC Food Pantry
Glenelg United Methodist Church (GUMC) is a new partner of the Howard County Food Bank.
For those in need of assistance for food, come GUMC every third Saturday of the month.
They are open 9:00 a.m. - 10: a.m. and will give out groceries from both the Howard County
Food Bank and the Glenelg United Methodist Church food pantry.
GUMC is located at 13900 Burntwoods Road, Glenelg, MD.
Call GUMC at 410.489.7260 with any questions or email glenelggumcpantry@gmail.com.
Wellness Committee – Food Allergy Group
Do you have a child with a food allergy? If so, we would like to hear your input on food issues at school.
Under the Wellness Committee, a new group is forming comprised of parents who have a child with a
food allergy. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Heather Thamer, PTA Wellness
Coordinator at heather@thamers.com. Your input is valuable as we work to understand the allergies
we have at school and how we can support the wellness of children who have food allergies.
Earn cash for WFES every time you shop online with eBoxTops. Over 100 retailers give eBoxTops to our school when you shop online at www.btfe.com/marketplace. Just click on your favorite retailer and eBoxTops will be donated directly to WFES with qualifying purchases. You can earn up to 15 eBoxTops per $10 spent.
Not a BoxTops site member? Go to www.btfe.com to start earning for WFES!
Hassle-Free Donations
Do you have a preschooler who will be attending kindergarten at WFES next year? Would you like to meet other parents of children who will be as well? Perhaps your child is interested meeting his or her future classmates? Consider heading up the Tiger Cub Club, which facilitates friendships and play groups with incoming kinders. Contact Sabina Sambat for more information: sabina.sambat@hotmail.com
If you haven’t subscribed to the Howard County Public School System’s new
e-communication service, don’t put it off another minute!
You will need to sign up for HCPSS NEWS at https://www.hcpssnews.com to continue receiving email messages from your child’s school and the school system.
PTA Mission:
The overall purpose of PTA
A relevant resource for families and communities, and
A strong advocate for the education and well-being of every child.
National PTA Objectives
To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship.
To raise the standards of whole life.
To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth.
To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth.
To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages
