September 2016 – Parent Association
Contact Amanda Phillips at abphillips@gmail.com for more information.
Follow This Link To Updated Committees List
Walnut Farm Fall Family Days
Save the Date and Mark your Calendars for the 1st annual WFMS Fall Family Days
Saturday October 22nd
10am-2pm.
Click Here For The Event Facebook Page
Please invite your NWA friends to join us!
Get your Walnut Farm Fall Family Days tickets today!!!
Tickets To The Event Can Be Purchased Using This Link
Tickets are $30/family (up to 2 adults, up to 3 kids)
$12/additional individual
*Ticket price includes all activities and 1 pumpkin per child*
Ticket prices increase to $35/family beginning October 14
*RAFFLE*
The Parent Association has a goal of raising $15,000 to purchase a new piece of outdoor climbing equipment for toddler and primary as well as picnic tables for each classroom! To raise funds, we will be selling raffle tickets for $25 each with prize winners to be drawn during the event. We are asking that families sell 4 tickets each with special incentives for the family who sells the most! Ticket books will be distributed in early October.
Want to Join the Committee, help or have question?
Contact Heather Foitek heather.foitek@gmail.com
Staff Birthday and Holiday Recognition Snacks
Follow This Link To Sign Up For Staff Meeting Snacks
To recognize our teachers monthly, the PA provides snacks at one staff meeting per month and birthday cards for any staff member with a birthday that month. Snacks can be simple or elaborate. Plan to feed about 23 people. This is an easy way to help our teachers feel appreciated
Thank you for your enthusiasm surrounding this project. All weeks have been accounted for. We appreciate you!
Staff Sustainability Cabinet
Follow This Link To Sign Up To Bring Snacks For Our Teachers And Staff
Help keep our teachers and staff energized throughout the busy school day by dropping off a snack for their snack cabinet. Drop off your your choice of homemade goodies, crackers, snack bars, granola bars, something sweet, or something salty with the morning greeter. Our teachers and staff will appreciate every last bite!
Family Celebrations and Bereavement
Follow This Link To Sign Up For Family Celebrations and Bereavement Support
Use the above link to fill out a confidential form to let us know when there is a new baby in your family, serious illness, or death in your family. The form allows you to choose how you would like to be acknowledged, supported or celebrated.
If you have questions about how this process works,
please contact Katie Bloodworth @ walnutfarmpa@gmail.com
Imagine Studios Family Social
Thursday, November 17
Location: Imagine Studios/Rogers, AR
*More information to come
Christmas Parade
Drum Roll Please.…
The Polar Express was the clear winner with 53% of the vote !!!
Get your Holiday PJs ready
Want to join the committee?
Contact Heather Foitek @ heather.foitek@gmail.com
2nd Annual Clubs and Crawfish
Follow This Link To Share Corporate Contacts With Our Committee!
After a very successful event this year, the WFMS Board of Trustees along with the Parent Association will host the 2nd annual golf tournament and crawfish boil in the spring! We are working now to gather contacts of companies that would be interested in participating in our event via submitting teams, swag bag items and/or sponsorships.
Questions? Want to join the committee?
Contact Chandra McFarlane at chandramcfarlane@gmail.com
T-shirts and Gear
Be on the look-out! We are working on the final designs for shirts and non-apparel items. We expect them to be ready for families to place orders no later than Fall Family Days if not sooner.
Box Tops
Drop-off deadline for the fall semester is October 28th!!
Submit your box tops to the morning greeter anytime!
Follow This Link For A List of Participating Products
Amazon Smile
Follow This Link To Register For Amazon Smile
AmazonSmile is so easy! Just register using this link, then type in amazonsmile.comeach time you shop amazon and they will donate 0.5% of your eligible purchases to WFMS.
Parent Association Facebook Page
Follow This Link To Join The WFMS Community Facebook Page
Parent Association Handbook
Follow This Link To Access The 2016-2017 Parent Association Handbook
AS ALWAYS: please feel free to contact us at anytime if you have questions, concerns, feedback etc
Katie Bloodworth, PA President walnutfarmpa@gmail.com 501-590-6272
Heather Foitek, PA Vice President heather.foitek@gmail.com
Amanda Phillips, PA Secretary/Treasurer abphillips27@gmail.com