WHS PTSO - February 6 Special Newsletter

PTSO Special Newsletter - February 6, 2022

Although the WHS PTSO newsletter is sent on a bi-weekly basis during the 2021-2022 school year, we have a number of time sensitive updates to share with you this week. Please look for our next regular installment of the WHS PTSO Newsletter on February 13, 2022.

Seminar Day Guest Speakers Needed!

On behalf of Wellesley High School's Student Congress, we want to extend an invitation to participate in this year's Seminar Day on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. We are looking for new or returning seminar day speakers to provide our students with an opportunity to explore exciting and engaging subjects outside of our curriculum!

Each seminar block will be held in person for one full hour, and volunteers can speak for one, two or all three blocks. Health and safety considerations such as masking, distancing and capacity limits are guiding our planning to reflect our current reality.

Schedule for Seminar Day 2022:

Advisory: 8:00 - 8:15 am

Block A: 8:20 - 9:20 am

Block B: 9:25 - 10:25 am

Block C: 10:30 - 11:30 am

We would love to have guest speakers present during Seminar Day. If you know of anyone interested in sharing a passion or activity with the high school, please direct them to the Seminar Day Speaker Form at this link or put them in contact with us! For those willing and able to volunteer your time, we encourage speakers to sign up for more than one Block. Our deadline for seminar day speaker sign-ups is Friday, February 18.

If you have any questions about his year's Seminar Day, please do not hesitate to send us an email (ericksons@wellesleyps.org and lukitosaris@wellesleyps.org) and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Erickson and Condro Lukitosari, Faculty Advisors for Student Congress

Next WHS PTSO Meeting

The next WHS PTSO meeting will take place on Wednesday, February 16, 2022 from 9:30 to 11:00 am. This will be the second installment in our course selection series, with additional departments presenting about courses available for the 2022-2023 school year.

The meeting will be conducted virtually as a Zoom webinar and will be recorded. The recording of the meeting, together with a Q&A log, will be shared with the community after the meeting.

Advance registration is required using this link. Attendees are encouraged to submit questions in advance through the webinar registration form. A formal agenda will be shared in the February 13, 2022 WHS PTSO newsletter.

More Test Kit Distribution Volunteers Needed

Due to the number of test kits to be distributed within the WHS community under the WPS Covid testing program, additional volunteers are needed from the WHS community to help collect and distribute test kits for the WHS staff and student community.

The next distribution day is March 3, 2022. One set of volunteers will meet at Fiske School, collect the number of kits needed for WHS staff and students who opted in to the testing program and then deliver the test kits to WHS. Another set of volunteers will hand out test kits at the high school during lunch periods.

If you have any interest in helping, please email whsptsopres@gmail.com with your name, email address and cell phone number and you will be added to the list of volunteers. This does not require you to be available for every test distribution date. We will reach out to all volunteers prior to each test distribution date to confirm who is available for the next distribution date.

Anxiety and OCD Support Resource

The Human Relations Service is offering an 8-week program to build parenting skills to support students experiencing anxiety or struggling with OCD. Sign up using this link. See the flyer below for more information.

HRS can help provide mental health support in other ways too. Check out their website using this link.

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