Originally delivered on 9/2/2025 5:10 pm

SUBJECT: Williams Weekly #1 | Welcome Back Williams! REVISED. Volunteer Page Link Updated

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year

On behalf of the Williams Elementary School PTO, we would like to welcome everyone to a new school year!

Elementary school represents a time of tremendous growth, exciting change, and new challenges for our children. We are so fortunate at Williams to have a dedicated, caring, and knowledgeable principal and staff to help guide our students through these changes. We look forward to a productive year as care givers, staff, and students work together to make Williams School the best it can be.

Please review the information below to learn more about the PTO and how YOU can be involved. If you have any questions, please email us at presidents@williamspto.org. We look forward to seeing you soon!

Warmly,

The Williams PTO Team

PTO stands for Parent-Teacher Organization and consists of parents, guardians, and Williams staff who work together to support and enrich students' learning and strengthen the Williams community's connections. Our objective is to provide necessary resources, funds, volunteer support programs, and services to maximize the learning of every student.

Who is the PTO

The PTO is composed of all parents that have children enrolled at Williams Elementary school and is run by a group of parent volunteers. These volunteers help create and foster the school community through fundraising and events.

2025-2026 PTO Board:

President - Abby Glovsky

Treasurer - Mike Lujan

Communications Chair - Amanda Leisman

Social Events Chairs - Leanne Dunne & Kelly Moors

We are always looking for parents to help us throughout the school year. Whether you want to volunteer for a single event or volunteer for a committee you can do that HERE.

Remember, there is no PTO without our parent volunteers. The more volunteers the more successful the year will be!

Every year the Williams PTO spends approximately $250 per student on the various programs the PTO sponsors in and out of school. In order to achieve all our goals for our school and our children we must raise upwards of $40,000 each year.

While every Williams parent/guardian is automatically a member of the Williams PTO, we ask that each Williams family pay annual dues in order to keep these programs alive and raise the bar in our community and social gatherings. Our goal this year is 100% family participation. While our suggested payment is $250 per child, please contribute what you can.

The PTO will use dues to fund many of our core activities throughout the year! For example:

Classroom Supplies
Field Trips
Creative Arts & Sciences Educational Enrichment Program
Staff Instructional Mini-Grants
Technology & Equipment
Multicultural Night
Staff Appreciation Week
School Grounds Beautification
Community Outreach
Back to School & Ice Cream Social

You can make your donation HERE and please check to see if your company will match your contribution!

You can pay your dues HERE or by mailing a check to:

Williams PTO
141 Grove St
Auburndale, MA 02455

Please provide:

Name
Primary Phone
Email
Student(s) Name and Grade

*PTO Dues are tax deductible if you mail a check please let us know if you would like a receipt

Back to School Night, September 4th

This year’s Back-to-School night is from 6:00 - 8:00 on Thursday, September 4th. We encourage all families to attend and hear from classroom teachers about the year ahead. Teachers will present on classroom expectations, grade-level curriculum, day-to-day student experiences, and how families can partner with us to support student learning.

Back-to-School Night will be held in-person at Williams School. Here is the schedule:

6:00 - 6:45 3-5 Classroom Presentations (Classrooms)

6:50 - 7:10 Principal and PTO Welcome (Auditorium)

7:15 - 8:00 K-2 Classroom Presentations (Classrooms)

Parents Trivia Night, Sept 9th

BACK TO SCHOOL TRIVIA NIGHT @ WARD 4

Hosted by our very own Dave Levy

The only place to get Williams swag for the new school year, come get a team and join us for some back to school fun!

When: Tuesday, September 9th, 7:30-9:00 PM

Where: Ward 4 , 277 Auburn Street, Newton, MA

Back to School Social, Sunday, Sept 14th

Please join us Sunday, September 14th from 3-5pm for the Back to School Social! DJ Mike will be providing the fun and Poof Cotton Candy will treating the Williams kids to sweet treats!

Williams Picture Day is Monday, Sept. 15!

How to Order Your Photo Package

You will receive a paper order form in your student's backpack in the next few days. You may complete those order forms and send them back in with your child with cash, check, or money order in an attached envelope to be collected on Picture Day.

OR you can order your pictures online:

* go to www.coffeepond.com

* click on "Order School Portraits"

* find our school - *city is listed as Auburndale, MA*

* choose your photo package and/or other items

* orders placed AFTER picture day are subject to a $7 handling fee

Any Coffee Pond ordering questions can be directed to: lifeguards@coffeepond.com

or 800-623-2323 ext. 0

***School Pictures are a fundraiser for the PTO, and a portion of the proceeds go directly back to support the Williams School and teachers.

Please take that into consideration when you are deciding if you want to purchase your School Pictures***

Please email Julie Gold (School Psychologist) or Molly Quinn (School Social Worker) BY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10th, if you would like to purchase photos but financially cannot at this moment - there are options for scholarship packages.

Picture Day Volunteers

We need day-of volunteers to help out (mainly with crowd control).

Please email Sarah Cheslock at sarahcheslock@gmail.com, if you have availability during school hours on Monday, September 15. We will have two shifts: 8:30-10:30am and 10:30am-12:30pm.

Thank you in advance!

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