PARENTS' ASSOCIATION UPDATE

Spring has sprung and with it came a flurry of events! Women’s History Month brought us our very first celebration of our Women Of Wesley, also known as W O W Little did we know that this term already had a very endearing sentiment to our faculty and staff that dates back to before we started at Wesley Thanks to an idea from Toi Bridges, the three of us worked together to honor the women in our community. It was so nice to see all the lovely notes parents left for each other on our digital wall. Our parents also wrote the most thoughtful notes of acknowledgment and appreciation for our female faculty and staff. We passed along those notes and even had a small W.O.W. Moments celebration in the Social Hall on the last day of the month. March also brought us some of our popular party books, the highly anticipated Karaoke Night (hosted by the Ayasta-Cohn, Baker, Fudacz-Montgomery, Gershon, Guider, Larson, and Monahan-Sullivan families) and Live Your Fantasy Ball with Mr. Greene (hosted by the Back, Groom, Morton, Narducci, Rue-Price and Virdone-Hronopoulos families).

After easing back in from Spring Break for a week, we found ourselves jumping from event to event We kicked off Earth Week with another Beach Cleanup on April 15, organized by Luz, and then, with the help of Mimi Narducci, leaned in with responsible recycling offerings and even tried our first ever plastic utensil free hot lunch day! Students were asked to bring in a reusable utensil in lieu of using the disposable plastic forks offered during hot lunch Our plastic free day even inspired some of our students to collect signatures to petition for biodegradable utensils for hot lunch! This same week the Development office, along with Michelle and Patsy McKenzie, held the reimagined Generations Day (Teachers and extended family alike had rave reviews!) Also this same week, we had our 3rd Annual Family Movie Night and this time we were able to have it on campus Mother Nature was kind to us and it was a beautiful evening to watch a movie together under the stars We closed out Earth Week with an outdoor Yoga Wellness and Soundbath party book (hosted by the Widjaja-Allen and Makarem families)

The following week was our Spring Book Fair, organized by Marie We raised over two thousand dollars that Ms O can use to purchase new and current book titles for our library Parents also had an opportunity to donate a book to Open Books, an organization that helps provide LGBTQ+ affirming literature to school libraries We then kicked off Teacher Appreciation Week by placing notes of appreciation written by our parents outside of every classroom and office all over the school. Held at the stunning Seeman residence and organized by Sam Thompson and Lauren Brandenstein again, we then treated our beloved faculty and staff to a luncheon with paella, donuts and massages!