🐝The yellow shirts were a huge hit last year, but for this year its 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐊! 🤘🏻🎶🎸Order forms have been sent home in student folders, so don't miss out on getting your spirit wear orders in for the next Black & Yellow day at Whittemore. 🐝

Save the date! 🧺🐝 The annual Whittemore Welcome Back Picnic will be held Wed, Aug 23 at 4pm! All current Whittemore families INCLUDING incoming Kindergarteners are invited to come say hi & meet staff and other families and enjoy an evening together outside at the school. 🧺🐝

Attention incoming Kindergarten families! We're setting up a few playground meetups over the next month so families to get to know each other before school starts. Hope to see you there! 🐝💖

We had an epic Field Day at Whittemore today! The weather wasn't the warmest, but that didn't stop the fun on the slip'n'slide or the spray park! Bounce house obstacle course, games, bubbles, fun- We couldn't have done it without your support of the PTO all year- thank you! 🐝💖

REMINDER: Tonight is the ice cream social! Come cool off with a delicious ice cream sundae in the Whittemore caf at 6pm tonight. We will have music, raffles for fun prizes, and a DIY photobooth. All for only $10 per family! Thank you to Lizzy's for sponsoring this event! 🐝💖🍨

📣ATTENTION new Whittemore families! Next week is the Welcome to Kindergarten afternoon at Whittemore! On Tuesday June 6th at 2pm, you and your student can come to Whittemore to meet the Kindergarten teachers and tour the school. We hope you can make it! 🐝💖

 🐝 We are in the home stretch of the school year, and so much is happening! Here are some key dates you need on your schedule. 🐝

Help Ms Rullo provide summer reading for the 4th grade students by supporting her Donors Choose campaign- the book she wants to buy was written by Mr Nichols! 📚🐝💖 Donors Choose is matching gifts made today for Teacher Appreciation Week! https://t.co/mU8tDJnwcJ

It’s SCHOOL LUNCH HERO DAY today! 🎉 We have the best team ever in our cafeteria at Whittemore making breakfast and lunch for our students every single day. So many thanks to Judie and her crew, they are heroes! 💖🐝

It was a great night at Whittemore, and we have too many people to thank to fit in a tweet!💖Fiesta Cinco de Mayo was so fun! Read our thank yous at: https://t.co/JOXRcBWAMm

Reminder: PTO meets Thurs Apr 6th 6:30pm Whittemore Library. Topics include: MovieNight &Raffle recap, shirt sales, field trips, IceCream Social, Cinco de Mayo, Teacher Appreciation, Field Day, Grad, etc. We hope you can join us & help us plan an awesome end to the school year!🐝

Thank you to everyone who came to PTO movie night tonight! The turnout was amazing for both screens! 🎬 We appreciate your patience with our popcorn making! 🍿😆 Hope you had a great time& thank you for supporting us fund field trips & visiting programs for our students! 🐝💖

Save the date! Friday March 24th is the return of PTO pajama Movie Night after 4 years! Put on your comfy pajamas, join us from 6-8pm & for only $10/family you will have your choice of 2 movies to watch! Snacks will be available for sale as well. Hope you can join us! 🎬🍿🐝 

Thanks to your donations via events, raffles, spriritwear sales, etc so many fun things are happening for our students. Today 2nd grade was able to go see a play at Wheelock FamilyTheater and 1st graders had a visit from a raptor program at the school. Thanks for your support!🐝

🗓️🗳️March 1st! It’s the start of our calendar raffle! Do you want to see Kindergarten teacher Ms Sarkisian pick today’s winner? Tune in to our Facebook page every day for the drawing video! Thank you to all our donors, sellers, and purchasers! We appreciate your support! 🐝💖

Whittemore family, let's support our AMAZING food service team and vote for WHITTEMORE in this challenge! https://t.co/2eqRkJFag6 Beautiful fresh produce every day for our students, delicious breakfasts and lunches, and the most fantastic friendly staff! 🐝💖

This Thursday 2/9 WPS Honor Ensembles are having a fundraiser at Jake N Joes-There are several of our Whittemore 5th graders in Honor Band and Orchestra- help them perform at the USS Intrepid Museum in Manhattan by ordering takeout or eating out at Jake n Joe's on Thursday. 🎼🐝

February is almost here! This month's PTO meeting is Thurs Feb 2 on Zoom, 6:30pm. If you didn't get the link to join via email, shoot us a message and we will add you to the list! Topics include a BINGO night recap, calendar raffle, and Movie Night as a possible next event 🐝💖

We want to say THANK YOU to everyone who came to BINGO! We had a record # of people attend! We hadn't had BINGO since Jan 2020, and we didn't know what to expect- thank you so much for all coming out for fun, prizes, & support the PTO! I had a blast & hope everyone else did too!

Only one week til Bingo Night- mark your calendar! Family fun & prizes! For $5 you get one Bingo card, pizza, bottle of water, & chances to win prizes! Don’t miss out on a fun night with your teachers calling bingo. All students who come will be entered into prize drawings! 🐝🎉