PARENTS' ASSOCIATION UPDATE

Our Wesley community is truly something special Coming back from the Thanksgiving break, we kept busy and started the holiday season by decorating the campus with a winter wonderland theme in mind, led by Jomana Asi. We then set up for the annual Holiday Boutique, a week-long event that allows our kids to shop thoughtfully curated goods for loved ones. The boutique was wildly successful thanks to the efforts of all of our volunteers and our chairs, Ali Chalfin, Amy Ostiguy, Marissa Seeman and Jamie Tourouk. Our very generous community also donated over $700 worth of toys to the Midnight Mission to help bring joy to families during this holiday season. After the conclusion of the boutique, lower school parents volunteered to share Hanukkah and other cultural/Christmas traditions with their classes.

We had some fun holiday-themed party books that month! There was a crafty gnome making party hosted by the Lim family We had the 2nd annual gingerbread house making party hosted by the Chalfin, Groom, Lange, Ostiguy and Tourouk families Last but not least, was the Hanukkah celebration party book that was full of menorah making, dreidel playing, and cocktail drinking fun hosted by the Krassenbum-Rouss, Brandenstein and Bans-Spitzer families

Thanks to our fundraising events, the PA treated the faculty and staff to breakfast and a coffee cart to thank them for all of their love and dedication, especially during the fun chaos we call December That morning we also gave out the holiday gifts collected from the gift giving fund donated by parents. Faculty and staff alike felt loved and appreciated. Also, thanks to our fundraising efforts, the PA was able to provide the beautiful background for the holiday show. The dramatic backdrop was thanks to the collective vision of Brooke Burns, Syl Stewart and myself. And… we brought back the snow! What a great sight watching the Singing Santas, led by Jermaine Turner, as the snow fell, then watching the kids gleefully coming up to dance under it. A huge thank you to Joel Hernandez and Dick Buckley for making it happen!