Hello Spraguewell Community!

If you haven't yet, be sure to buy your Sprague Pasta Night Tickets. We will open ticket sales up to the larger Wellesley elementary school community next week, snag yours before we sell out!

As with all of our PTO fundraising efforts, the success of Pasta Night depends upon our incredible parent volunteers. This evening will raise money for all of the amazing CAS Events, field trips, yearbooks and more that our kids benefit from throughout the year! 

Please consider volunteering for an hour shift HERE.

As always, please reach out with any questions or concerns!

Best,
Sneha & Rose

SPRAGUE PASTA NIGHT

Join Us at the 

Italo American Club in Wellesley 

Thursday, February 16th 

for Sprague Pasta Night! 

Three Seatings available (5:30pm, 6:30pm and 7:30pm) and a Take Out Option! 

Each $20 ticket includes a bowl of spaghetti with marinara sauce, two meatballs, a roll and salad. Drinks will be available for an additional charge at the event, or you may pre-purchase drink tickets.

Purchase Your Tickets HERE

Please Note:

• This event will be promoted to the larger Wellesley Elementary School community beginning next week - Get your tickets now! There are only 150 seats available for each time slot. ***
• Please be certain of your reservation time before booking, it is difficult for us to shift you to a different time slot after you've made your reservation.

As always, the success of these events depends upon our amazing parent volunteers. Sign up to volunteer HERE.

UPCOMING SPRAGUE RAFFLE!

Thanks to our amazing community of Sprague families, we have been able to secure donations from local businesses and some generous packages for our March Raffle. 

Here is just a small selection of the incredible items being auctioned off: 

• Wanna Get Away? Two opportunities to win a weekend at homes in Vermont and explore all that this state has to offer!
• See the WooSox play (and maybe even an IR Red Sox player!) in their fabulous new Polar Park stadium. 
• Haven’t planned your child’s birthday party yet? We have options for that! 
• Ready to start 2023 with putting some TLC into yourself! We can help! From salon gift cards to excercise packages, we’ve got you covered so you don’t let your goals slide. 
• Do you like planning April break early? We can help you create a busy, fun staycation! 

Stay tuned for further details with our first ever virtual raffle! Will YOU be a winner while supporting the best elementary school ever?

CREATIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES (CAS)

Don't forget to check out CAS 2022-2023 Events for event recaps and photos throughout the year. As a reminder, your PTO donations fund these informative, hands-on lessons. Thank you for your kind contributions! 

Questions about CAS? Contact Wendy Englebardt.

This Week's Events:

Discovery Museum presents "Force & Motion"

Tuesday, January 24th

Kindergarten

Students will explore concepts of force and motion while interacting with a variety of toys and engineering their own toys that move in lots of different ways. They will play with how to make objects move and control that movement, and experiment with the effects of outside forces such as gravity and friction acting on that movement.

WEE DELIVER

Thanks to 4th Grade teacher, Mo Henzel, our internal Sprague Wee Deliver mail system is successfully delivering letters between students in the building! 

Parents are encouraged to pen a note to their kiddos too! 

You may drop your letter off in the small blue mailbox located in the school lobby. The kids love getting mail in the classroom. 

Use this handy Wee Deliver Directory to address your letters! 

If the above document does not download, try this one: 

Wee Delivery Directory A-Z

WALK, RIDE, & ROLL TO SCHOOL - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!!

Our next Walk, Ride & Roll to school day is Wednesday, February 1st

Sign Up Here to Volunteer:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080844A5AF2FA02-spraguehunnewell

Volunteer time is 8:00am - 8:45am. Volunteers help with table setup, assisting kids with signing in, and table breakdown. Available dates are in the SignUpGenius form. 

Questions? Contact Katherine MacRostie at kmacrostie@gmail.com & Doreen Barrett at mabarrett2012@gmail.com.

PTO MEETING

Our monthly Parent Teacher Organization meetings are your inside track into what's happening at Spraguewell - all are welcome! Attending does not commit you to anything - though we'd love for you join in on any events or projects that interest you!

                                                 Join Us!

in the Sprague Cafeteria

Upcoming Meetings:

YEARBOOK PHOTOS

Parents! Please forward along your Sprague photos to the yearbook at spragueschoolphotos@gmail.com 

Thank you!

JOIN CUB SCOUTS

This announcement applies to all students in grades K-5!

Does your child enjoy the outdoors?  Would you like your child to be exposed to more outdoor activities like hiking, playing outside, camping, etc.? 

Cub Scouts is a national program that helps develop great citizens and leaders.  Cub Scouts are taught to embody the Scout Law:  Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.

If you interested in more information, contact Wellesley Cub Scouts Pack 140 at info@wellesleypack140.org

We meet monthly at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church.  All are welcome to stop by to learn more!  Visit our website to see the list of events and meeting times www.wellesleypack140.org 

SUPPORT THE WELLESLEY SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION

This will be my 10th marathon (5th Boston) and I would love all the help I can get to raise $5,000 for such an amazing organization (Wellesley Scholarship Foundation). 

Please consider supporting my run:

https://www.givengain.com/cc/support-wsfs-marathon-runner-go-cassie/

Best,

Cassie Short McLaughlin

GIRLPOWER PLAYROX FLAG FOOTBALL

Register HERE

PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL (PAC)

Join the PAC at our monthly coffee on Thursday, February 2nd at 9am at the home of Christine Mizzi at 16 Suffolk Road. 

If you are unable to attend this coffee, following are the dates for the remaining coffees in the 2022-2023 school year. All of them are on Thursday mornings as they have been for the past few years. The coffees will be hosted at the home of Christine Mizzi at 16 Suffolk Road from 9-10:30 am. Please feel free to bring a friend or forward to someone that you think may benefit from meeting others within the PAC community. 

Upcoming Meetings:

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Thursday, May 4, 2023

Thursday, June 1, 2023

THE SPRAGUE 2022-2023 PTO BOARD

Co-Presidents: Sneha Patel & Rose Nolan

Co-Vice Presidents: Sita Mehta Merchea & Liz Sower

Treasurer: Hande Alparslan & Jill Wells

Creative Arts and Sciences: Wendy Englebardt

Secretary: Katie Sullivan

Communications: Liz Sower

Social Co-Chairs: Dena Giggie & Sangita Kalidas

Social Media Chair: Catherine Cerio

Spirit Wear Chair: OPEN POSITION

Auction Chair: Bry Tartamella

Yearbook Coordinator: Jenny Lee & Julie Covino Vogel

METCO Liaisons: Katie Sullivan & Kasia Schwarzman

Walk-to-School Coordinators: Katherine MacRostie & Doreen Barrett

Green Team: Tomoe Harrison

Sprague Garden Masters: Tomoe Harrison, Margaret Flitsch, Xiaojing Su, & Rose Nolan

Sprague Elementary needs your help! In order to organize and facilitate all the wonderful programs for our kids, we need an amazing PTO Board to get the job done!

Please email spraguepto@gmail.com with any questions.

SPRAGUE SOCIAL MEDIA

Hi Guys! Today I just wanted to like, share our social media links with you. Be sure to like and follow! Thanks, byeeeee!

Instagram  @sprague_pto

and

Facebook  @spraguePTO

SPRAGUE SCHOOL FAMILY DIRECTORY 

Clickthis link to access our Directory and create/update your account and be sure to download the Membership Toolkit app onto your phone!

This will ensure that you are included in the 2022-23 Family Directory and that you will receive Sprague PTO communications.