Hello Spraguewell, 

Are you ready for a short yet action-packed week?

Lace up for our first annual Fun Run/Walk on Wednesday - all parents and caregivers are welcome to join in on this event. 

If you're still in town on Thursday and want to pre-burn your holiday meal, sign up for our Spraguewell School team at the 2023 Turkey Trot! Details for both events follow below.

Black Friday rounds out the week - and what better way to shop for the holidays than by supporting Sprague? Our new Fundraisers page is up, running, and adding new vendors every day! We've featured a few of them below, but be sure to bookmark this page and check back often as you shop and dine this holiday season. If you have other ideas for fundraising partnerships, be sure to let us know. 

Wishing everyone a happy Thanksgiving and a safe and fun break. 

We're thankful for all of you!

Best, 

Rose & Wendy

Grab your sneakers and join the Spraguewell community for the first Fun Run/Walk on Wednesday, November 22. Students in each grade will have the chance to walk or run with “pace groups'' led by parent volunteers. Get excited for this opportunity to enrich our community by coming together through exercise with some Spraguewell spirit!

• 8:30am - Kindergarten/1st/2nd/5th Graders
• 10:15am - 3rd & 4th Graders

Since the winter holiday season is a critical time to support our broader Wellesley community, students are invited to participate in a food drive that same week to support the Wellesley Food Pantry. Donations will be collected curbside during drop-off on Monday, November 20 through Wednesday, November 22, or you can bring your donation to the bin inside the main entrance. Storage at the food pantry is limited, so we ask that donations adhere to these immediate needs that they have identified:

Kindergarten & 1st Grade: Tomato Paste or Canned Tuna

2nd Grade & 3rd Grade: Canned Pineapple in Fruit Juice or Canned Tuna

4th Grade & 5th Grade: Canned Tomatoes (all types) or Baked or Refried Beans

Sign up to be a volunteer! Parent volunteers are essential to the success of this event, and we are especially in need of volunteers in the early morning next week. If you have any questions about the event, please contact Liz Cheron.

We hope you will join the Spraguewell Team for the 2023 Wellesley Turkey Trot. The deadline for race shirts is quickly approaching, so register now to make sure you receive a shirt. There are participant caps for both the 5k and the kids' fun run. 

Last year, the Sprague PTO received a $200 prize for having the Largest School Team - and we want a repeat win, so sign up today!

Mabel’s Labels offer personalized, durable, waterproof labels, great for everything from shoes, clothing tags, water bottles, and backpacks. You can customize them with your name and a design, and they are dishwasher, laundry and microwave safe. 

Mabel’s Labels also offers clothing stamps, silicone bands for water bottles and medical alert labels. This is a great way to ensure your items don’t end up in the Lost & Found!

Shop now at campaigns.mabelslabels.com

select Sprague Elementary School

The holidays are right around the corner! This year, we’re partnering with Minted to help us fundraise for Sprague. Using our unique code FUNDRAISESPRAGUE, you can get 20% OFF all your Minted holiday card & gift purchases — and for every order placed, Minted will donate 15% back to Sprague. 

Please feel free to forward this email with friends and family — the more people who shop Minted using our code, the more our organization earns.

Shop now at minted.com/holiday

use code FUNDRAISESPRAGUE

Dine in or get takeout from Fiorella's in Wellesley on Monday, November 27th and our PTO will get 15% of sales! Just mention "Sprague PTO" when ordering over the phone or input "Sprague PTO" into the write-in instructions at check-out when ordering online. 

Call 781-694-8800 or order online.

For every $10 donation, you will receive one ScrubaDub Express wash coupon (valued at $11) via email. 2 washes for $20, etc. 50% of all donations go to Sprague PTO!

Visit our fundraising page to get started!

White Dahlia Collection disrupts the notion of fine jewelry and offers everyday elegance with trendy pieces that elevate your style and becomes an extension of your identity, a reflection of your lifestyle, displaying your perception of elegance, empowering you, to be YOU. White Dahlia has generously offered 20% off purchases, with a 20% donation back to Sprague PTO.

Use code FUNDRAISESPRAGUE to redeem online at 

White Dahlia Collection.

Every parent and caregiver is encouraged to join us at our next PTO meeting:

DATE: Friday, December 8th 

NEW TIME: 8:35 - 9:25am

NEW LOCATION: Due to expected cold temps, we will be moving our meeting indoors. A location will be confirmed soon. As always, you may join by Google Meet.

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November Meeting Notes

Our yearbook is the culmination of a year's worth of school events... and we need YOUR photos to capture it all!

***When submitting photos: Please note the Classroom and Event in the Subject Line of your message.

Submit your Sprague photos to spragueschoolphotos@gmail.com

Order from 1st Place Spiritwear

Click HERE to access our Family Directory.

Instagram @sprague_pto

Share your photos with our Social Media Chair, Nicole Katz (nicolestacykatz@gmail.com)!

Interested in occasionally volunteering at Sprague PTO events? Sign the All Hands On Deck volunteer list.

You'll receive emails when volunteer opportunities arise (i.e., shifts at the Fall Fest, set up a teacher appreciation lunch, hand out popsicles at playdates, pick up groceries or a gift card to meet a Give From the Heart request, etc...). 

This is a great way to get involved when you can!

Sign the All Hands on Deck Volunteer List

Kids Backing Kids is once again holding a Holiday Gift Drive to benefit children and families in our surrounding communities. This will be our 4th annual Holiday Drive, and we can’t do it without you! In total, we have delivered over 12,000 gifts to children. Your participation would provide relief to many low-income families, and ensure that every family has a very merry holiday season.

If you are interested in sponsoring a child this holiday season, it is a very simple process! 

Simply sign up here: https://www.kidsbackingkids.org/holiday-gift-drive-form and we will email you the gift wish list of the child you signed up to sponsor.

Visit kidsbackingkids.org or email grace.rodrigue@kidsbackingkids.org for more information.

Wellesley Youth Baseball & Softball Spring 2024 Registration is now open!

Leagues for kids ages 4.5 to 15 yrs.

Visit wellesleyybs.org

Join us on Thursday, December 7 from 9-10:30 for our monthly PAC coffee! The coffee will be at the home of Christine Mizzi at 16 Suffolk Road. The PAC supports families in town who have children (PAWS through WHS) that are receiving special education services from the district. 

If you are unable to attend this first coffee of the year, following are the dates for the 2023-2024 school year. Please feel free to bring a friend or forward to someone that you think may benefit from meeting others within the PAC community. 

Thursday, January 4, 2024

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Thursday, March 7, 2024

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Thursday, June 6, 2024

The MassBay STEM Division invites you to join us in December for our Fall 2023 STEM Expo! 

High school students are invited to stop by the Wellesley Hills Cafeteria on Monday, December 11th, 2023 from 1pm-2pm. No registration is necessary. Come and see the student exhibits and chat with the presenters.

During STEM Expo week, December 11th – December 15th, you will also be able to browse virtually through our STEM Expo site pages and watch short videos of student projects in the areas of Science, Computer Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.  

See flyer below or click HERE for more details.

Best Regards,

MassBay’s STEM Division

Co-Presidents: Rose Nolan & Wendy Englebardt

Vice President: Ezra Englebardt

Treasurers: Hande Alparslan & Jill Wells

Creative Arts and Sciences: Carolyn Kornwitz

Secretary: Ceren Bayulgen

Communications: Liz Sower

Social Co-Chairs: Dena Giggie & Tanya Johnson

Social Media Chair: Nicole Katz

Spirit Wear Chair: Inia Perez

Raffle Co-Chair: Bry Tartamella & Sneha Patel

Wellesley Wonderful Weekend Co-Chairs: Alejandra Tejada & Open Position

Yearbook Coordinators: Julie Covino-Vogel, Ambika Hoguet, & Hadley Stephens

METCO Liaisons: Kasia Schwarzman & Nicole Katz

Parent Advisory Council Rep: Nicole Katz

Walk-to-School Coordinators: Ezra Englebardt & Alex Baker

Green Team: Tomoe Harrison & Jenny Lee

Garden Masters: Tomoe Harrison, Rose Nolan, & Margaret Flitsch

Sprague Night at Fenway Coordinator: John Wells