1st Day of School, Tues. Sept. 4th - PTO Coffee at 8:30am

Looking forward to seeing everyone on the 1st Day of School, Tues., Sept. 4th - please join us for the PTO Coffee at 8:30am by the Sprague Vegetable Garden or in the cafeteria if it's raining:-)

See you soon!  Jean Walsh and Andrea Giroux, Co-PTO Presidents

Save the Date for Fiske's Wild West Roundup - Sat. Sept. 22nd - 10-2pm - Rain or Shine

Looking for some family fun with a Western Flair?  Fiske Elementary is hosting their annual Wild West Roundup on Saturday, Sept. 22nd from 10am-2pm. Rain or Shine....45 Hastings Street, Wellesley, MA.
For more information call - 781-235-0933.

Summer Mailing Packets Due: Friday - 8/24

Please drop off your summer mailing packet to the Sprague School Office by Friday, 8/24!
Thank you:-)

Wellesley United Soccer - New Pre-K and K programs for this fall

Wellesley United Soccer Announces NEW Pre-K and Kindergarten Soccer Programs for the fall. 

The Pre-K program will be offered on 6 Tuesday or Thursday afternoons 12:30-1:15pm or 1:30-2:15pm and will be run by Director of Coaching Tom Goodman.

The Kindergarten program will be offered on Saturday mornings from 9:15-10 a.m. and will be run by Director of Coaching Tom Goodman with parent coach volunteers. Sign up to coach when you register your player.

Go to www.wellesleysoccer.org under Programs to view all registration information.  Grade 1-3 programs may still be accepting registrations as well. 

Wellesley Theatre Project is a nonprofit theatre company providing Performing Arts Education to Youth Pre K-12th Grade.

www.wellesleytheatreproject.org

Calling All DADs & Moms - Great Volunteer Opportunity to connect and "Spruce Up Sprague," at the same time!

"Spruce Up Sprague"

Meet up with a Sprague friend and have some fun while you work -

The custodial staff will take the lead with mowing/edging, however they need our help to maintain the gardens and overgrowth in time for the first day of school. Weeding and trimming of bushes around the playground area and building entrances will go a long way, making our grounds look good, while minimizing the critters where our children play.

Meet up with some friends while you work-  Click here to sign up   Sunday, Aug. 26th 9-11am or 11-1pm Monday, Aug. 27th 9-11am, 11-1pm, or 6-8pm Tuesday, Aug. 28th 9-11am or 11-1pm Bring yard equipment (gloves, rakes, weed wackers, hedge clippers, extension cords, shovels, wheelbarrows, brooms, etc.) Cold water will be provided!

Hedge Clippers are needed for this job!

A weed wacker would be great here!

Don't forget your gloves - "ouch!"

Special Education Support for Parents - Are you familiar with Wellesley Parent Advisory Council (PAC)?

Annual Newsletter – August, 2012 www.wellesleypac.org
New Email: pacwellesley@gmail.com

The Year Ahead - 
We have some changes in store for the coming school year:
Before school starts in September, our web site will be new! It will be a work in
progress, but our hope is to make the WPAC web site a clearinghouse of information
for our families.

Also, please note that our email address has changed to pacwellesley@gmail.com.
Finally, we are moving our message board. We encourage WPAC families to sign up
for our new Google Groups.
Please visit: https://sites.google.com/site/pacwellesley/home/google-group to sign
up.

What is WPAC?
The Wellesley Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is an all-volunteer, non-profit
organization of parents and caregivers of children with disabilities affiliated with the
Wellesley Public School District. We meet to learn more about special education. We
sponsor workshops, informational meetings, discussion groups, legislative lobbying
efforts and a variety of other activities to help improve our children’s education.
The Wellesley PAC is comprised of parents just like you. Although your child is unique,
there are hundreds of parents in Wellesley who are familiar with the challenges you
face and that are engaged in some part of the Special Education process. We support
each other by offering our expertise and resources.

A Note From the President
This past summer, we have been working on improving the communication WPAC
members can have between each other. We’ll be launching a new web site before
school starts and we are changing our message board. I encourage all of you to check
out and contribute to our new resources. I look forward to hearing from you!
Laura Foody, laurafoody@gmail.com

2012-13 WPAC Meetings

The WPAC Meetings will be on the following Tuesdays in the Middle School Library:

September 18th 6:45 to 8:45pm

(Best Buddies Program Update)

November 13th 7-9pm

January 15th 7-9pm

March 19th 7-9pm

May 21st 7-9pm

We will also have some daytime informal coffee/chat sessions. Be on the lookout for dates and times!

2012-13 WPAC Board

We are looking for parents who would be interested in joining us. Most of these positions require a very small time commitment. 

Openings for the 2012-13 school year include:

1. Secretary
2. WMS Representative
3. Website/Google Group Coordinator

You may contact our board officers through our email: pacwellesley@gmail.com or you may
find your school representative contact information in your respective school directory.

Please join the WPAC Gmail Parents Group through our webpage:

https://sites.google.com/site/pacwellesley/home/google-group

CO-PRESIDENTS: Laura Foody
VICE-PRESIDENTS: Jill Larsen
TREASURER: Mate Converse
SECRETARY: OPEN
WEBSITE/Gmail: L. Foody/OPEN
PAC PTO REPRESENTATIVES:
PAWS – Fern Werth and Regina LaRocque
BATES – Marisol Rodriguez
FISKE – Robin Steinberg
HARDY – Sandra Baldinger
HUNNEWELL – Julie Vari-Nikolewski
SCHOFIELD – Julie Vari-Nikolewski
SPRAGUE – Elizabeth Young and Mason Smith
UPHAM – Jill Larsen
WMS – OPEN
WHS – Pam Lam and Marijane Tuohy
Out of District Rep – Liz Fahey

Wellesley named the 1st Green Power Community in MA: Awards ceremony on Tues, Sept. 4th at 11:00am

Please join us

September 4 at 11:00 am

At Wellesley’s Town Hall as

The Environmental Protection Agency Names the

Town of Wellesley 

The First Community in Massachusetts to be designated a

GREEN POWER COMMUNITY

EPA Administrator Curt Spalding,

State Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Richard Sullivan, Jr

And others will be on hand for the designation

In addition,

Babson College, Mass Bay Community College, Sun Life Financial, Wellesley College and the Town of Wellesley

Will be awarded GREEN POWER PARTNER status

  

Feel free to share invitation with others!

Thank you, Phyllis Theermann, Wellesley Green Schools, Sprague Parent