The

Wolverine Track
Volume 32, no. 1
September 8, 2009

Wellington PTA
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President’s Message...
Wellington PTA Welcomes all New and Returning Families to Wellington!
The PTA would like to welcome all new and returning families to Wellington this year. This is the time when so many activities
and programs start happening and we begin getting into our routine and schedules.

This is also the time of year when I get asked “What does PTA do”? “What does PTA provide”? These were certainly some of
the same questions I had when my girls started at Wellington. After being involved at Wellington these last four years, I can
certainly answer these questions! This school has an amazing group of Wellington teachers and parents, both in the PACE
program and in the traditional classes. They say it takes a village to raise a child; well it definitely takes a village of volunteers
to run a PTA. Many committee chairs started working on their prospective programs well before school started. Here are
some of the programs PTA provides:
Art Docents Science Adventures Health Screening Attendance Line Reflections
Newsletter Cartridge Recycling Chess Club Kick-off Event Legislation
Emergency Prep. Walk-a-Thon Fundraiser Directory Kindergarten Bus Pavers
Art Club Historian/Photo Library Support Parent Support Assemblies
Science Docents Missoula Children’s Theater Skating Parties Social Concerns Grants
Spirit Wear Box Tops Publishing Center Big Buddies Awards
Classic Books Staff Appreciation Safe Arrival Web site
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Beach Bash Kick-Off details Plan to Attend 3

After School Art Class Sign-up details 3 Dates to remember
Sept. 10: PTA Board of Directors meet-
Emergency Callers Volunteers needed 3 ing @ 1pm
Library volunteers Volunteers needed 4 25: Beach Bash Kick-off @
5:00pm
Website Get informed 4
30: Chess Club begins (3:15-4:30
“Big Buddy” Sign-up details 4 @ Library)
Gift Basket request Donations requested 4 Oct. 20: General Membership PTA mtg
@ 7:00pm, Library
Safe Arrival Program Volunteers needed 5
Chess Club Sign-up details 5
Popcorn Fridays/Skating Mark the date 6
Welcome Back To School
Directory info/Join PTA Join! 6
Newsletter Editor: Sarah Dziuk, sarahdziuk@hotmail.com Wellington Elementary Est. Fall 1978
From the Executive Committee ...
‘09/‘10 PTA Executive Committee
President’s Message continued...
President: Joan Ritter
425-750-3840 dj.ritter@verizon.net
President-Elect: Stacy Meyer
425-481-2927 smeyer@comcast.net
VP Membership: Sandy Mollerup
425-806-4970 slmollerup@hotmail.com
VP Fundraising: Danielle Glessner
425-485-6986 ddgless@msn.com
Secretary: Gayle Hickey
425-485-2155 ge.hickey@gmail.com
Treasurer: Lisa Stefanzick
425-483-8632 lisaspta@yahoo.com
Please join the PTA in welcoming the
new Office Manager, Jo Testu-Rumsey! Both
she and Pam Otto have been working tirelessly
behind the scenes getting everyone and everything
ready for school.
To help our new Office manager with the large
volumes of paper supplies, packets, and other large
materials that need to be moved around campus,
Mrs. Rumsey is in need of a wagon, preferably with
sides. If you have a “gently used” wagon that you
would like to donate, please contact Jo at
jtesturumsey@nsd.org
“Achievement seems to be connected with action. Successful men and women keep moving. They
make mistakes, but they don’t quit.”
Pg. 2 -Conrad Hilton
Besides providing the above programs and services,
the PTA also provides dollars needed in the
classroom and libraries. For instance, every year,
we provide each teacher with and an Instructional
Education fund of $300 to spend in his/her
classroom for needed supplies. We give $2,400
dollars annually to the Library for new book
purchases. The PTA also pays for the transportation
costs of classroom field trips. These are just a few
examples of where your PTA dollars are used.
So whether you are a new family or returning, we
hope that you take advantage of the programs,
events, and services that we offer. In turn, we hope
you will offer your help so that we can continue to
sustain these wonderful programs and services that
help make our school great, by supporting PTA in
the following ways:
 join PTA and have a voice in all that we do
 Volunteer your time and help support our many
programs, events and services
 Financially support PTA when you can, knowing
that your dollars will be used to support the
enrichment of your child’s education
Thank you in advance for supporting PTA! I know
that you will have a wonderful year at Wellington
and look forward to seeing you at PTA events!
- Joan Ritter
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Wellington Elementary PTA presents ...
Community First Beach Bash Kick-Off
Friday, September 25, 5:00-8:00pm
Wear your best beach wear, bring
your chairs and blankets and join
us for our Back to School night at
Wellington Elementary. We will
have meals that include Papa
John's Pizza and other
goodies. We will also have our
wonderful basket raffle.
Many of our wonderful community
leaders in fire, police and waste
management will be on hand to
show off their vehicles and give
valuable information to our
families.
Callers Are Needed
To Ensure Safety
Thinking you’d like to volunteer
this year but you’re short on time?
Consider being an emergency
caller for your child’s classroom.
Volunteers are needed for primary
and classroom callers.
For more information or to
volunteer, please contact:
Rae Shepherd
rae.shepher@gmail.com
Volume 32, no.1
Look for your ticket order form in forget your tickets.
today's "Tuesday"
envelope. Advance ticket sales This event is a great way to start
deadline is September 21st. A the school year and reconnect with
limited amount of extra pizza will be friends. The gift basket raffle is an
available on the night of the Bash. important fundraising event and we
appreciate your support and
We will be emailing out your donations.
tickets when you prepay. If you
have access to email, you will Volunteers are needed to make this
receive your families tickets and all event successful. If you are able to
you have to do is print them out help, please call Diana Boyd at 425
and bring them in. This will reduce -482-6378 or email
your check-in time. We will have a dianaeboyd@yahoo.com
master list at the Reception table if
there are any problems or you
After School Art Class
Would your child like to have the opportunity
to explore their creativity through a variety of
materials including pen and ink, watercolors,
acrylics, pastels, clay, and plaster?
Drawing techniques, as well painting and
sculpting are taught by a professional, degreed
Artist.
 Classes start on September 14th meeting Mondays/once a week
thru December 14
 Younger kids ages (5-8) meet from 3:15-4:15
 Older kids ages (9-12) meet at 4:30-5:30
 Please note a commitment is required for the entire semester and
a monthly payment of $49 (first payment due by first day of art
class)
To enroll your child, please visit www.artforkids.com to obtain a
registration form and secure a spot for your child. Or call Jesse Peil
at 206- 412-8816. (Checks can be made payable to Art for Kids
School) Registration ends two days prior to first class.
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 Wellington Library Volunteers
Needed!
Come join us in the library helping check books in
and out, shelving books, helping with research
projects and helping with the general
maintanence of the library. Volunteering in the
library is a great way to share the love of learning
with children and experience all the fantastic
literature available. Please contact Beth Edwards
at (425) 483-2751 or beth_edwards@verizon.net
for more information.
A HUGE thank you to Cat Gustafson for the new,
beautiful art work adorning the library. We
appreciate all you do for Wellington! Also, a big
thank you to some of our students for getting the
library set up for the year: Jordyn Boyd, Anna
Edwards, Kelsey Edwards and Hannah Bolotin.
Check out the PTA Website...
Wellington’s PTA has been re-vamping our
website to make it more user-friendly and
offer more capabilities. We are adding more
features all the time and plan on adding
even more: blogs, PTA forms for download,
automatic notification of on-line newsletter
posting…there are so many possibilities!
Please visit soon and give us your feed-
back. If there are any improvements you
would like to see, we’d love to hear them.
Contact the PTA webmaster at webmas-
ter@WellingtonPTA.org.

It is going to be a great year in the libaray with www.WellingtonPTA.org

Mrs. Borchert!

New to Wellington?
“Big Buddy” Program
Welcome to all the new families at Wellington Elemen-
tary. We want to make your transition into this great
school as seamless as possible.
Calling All Gift Baskets!
The PTA offers a “Big Buddy” program that connects
you with an existing Wellington family that will help you
Join the fun and help support one of our most
navigate the shores of our elementary school. If you
creative PTA fund raisers
have questions about such things as: what is Kickoff, Put together a gift basket for the Wellington Com-
where do I park for school events, or munity First Beach Bash Kick-Off.
what does a room parent do, you can
email your Big Buddy. Your Big Buddy Popular themes are movie night, spa, cooking,
will even help you with questions sports, sweet treats, gift certificates and arts and
about the community and outside
school activities. This program is a
crafts. Baskets must be dropped off at the main
great way to connect with other fami- office by Wednesday, September 23rd.
lies in your child’s grade and get all
your questions answered. If you have any questions regarding basket dona-
tion please contact Ronee Baldie at
If this sounds like a program you are rcbaldie@verizon.net.
interested in, we have many Welling-
ton families ready to partner with
you. Please call or email our Sandy
Mollerup at 425-806-4970 or
slmollerup@hotmail.com with your
name, email, phone and the grade
your student(s) are in.
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Chess Club Begins
September 30
Calling all students grades K-6 who
would like to learn or improve
their chess playing skills - or even
just meet some new friends in a
low-stress club! Chess club returns
to Wellington this year with a fun
and exciting schedule!
The chess club will start on Sep-
tember 30th in the Wellington Li-
brary at 3:10-4:15p. To register or
find out more, visit
www.chess4life.com or watch for
the flyer with the registration form
coming home in a couple of weeks
- limited spots available on first
come first serve basis. Contact
Wellington Chess Club Coordina-
tor Brigitta Suwandana, by phone
425.488.6028 or email
brigitta@verizon.net. We are also
looking for volunteer help with
student attendance, please call/
email if interested.
Safe Arrival Program
24 hour message line 425-408-5910
Our school’s Safe Arrival Program is designed and in place to give you
peace of mind. You can help us with this program in 2 ways!
First, if you know your student will be absent, or tardy, please make it a
priority to call the message line (before 9:30 am) at 425-408-5910, and re-
port the absence/tardy. Your call to us confirms they are safe, and it saves
us from calling you!
Second, you can consider giving your PTA volunteer time to the Safe Arri-
val Program.
This program provides a very valuable safety net for our students. Our
team of 10 volunteers ensures the safe arrival of each and every Welling-
ton student, each and every day of the school year! That’s a lot of kids,
and a lot of days, and we cover them all.
Volunteers choose the day of the week that works best for them, and then
commit to calling every other week. The time commitment is usually about
30 minutes, often less. Callers arrive to school at 9:45 am, check mes-
sages, call on any unaccounted for students, report back to our school sec-
retary, and leave! It’s one of those many jobs in life that is super important,
easy to accomplish and quite invisible.
As you are thinking of how you would like to be involved at Wellington this
year, please consider giving 1 hour a month to the safety of our stu-
dents.
If you are interested in volunteering, or would like to learn more about this
program, please contact Ann Bhat at 425.483.9828 or apbhat@hotmail.com.

We are continuing our monthly FREE Popcorn Fridays

where we distribute a bag of popcorn to the students on the first Friday of each
month. This will begin October 2nd during their lunch recess. The kids enjoy the
treat and so does the Wellington crows!

Also, we will continue our Wellington tradition by having our skating parties
which will be held at Skate King in Bellevue. This is a chance for kids to skate
and have fun with their friends and family and perhaps to get to know other Wel-
lington parents and kids. Everyone is invited!

Dates for the skating parties are:

Tuesday, November 3, 2009,
Thursday, January 14, 2010 and
Wednesday, March 17, 2010.
Mark these dates on your school calendar. More detail information will be given
closer to the dates.
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 Wellington Student
Directory
Information
Return information forms...
In the first day packet you should have received a
form with your information that was published in last PTA MEMBERSHIP
year’s directory, or a blank form for new I would like to join Wellington PTA.
students. Please update any information and return
I’ve enclosed:
the form to school by September 18th or email
changes to wellingtondirectory@yahoo.com. Please __ $15.00 for an Individual Membership or
contact Gary Schatz at 425-415-0952 with any
__ $30.00 for a Family Membership
questions. This will not change your information on
file at the school. Name :
(Note: That same form also included PTA membership _____________________________________
enrollment and omitted to indicate that checks should be made
payable to Wellington PTA) Address :
Advertise in the directory... _____________________________________

We are looking for lots of great advertisers for our Phone # :

directory. Support the publication by advertising your
Email Address :
business, or passing along the opportunity to a
business you know that would be interested in Youngest Child at Wellington:
affordable advertising. You can also support the PTA _____________________________________
Directory by placing a fun message for all to
read! For advertising or messages in the directory Teacher:
please contact Kim Hansen at
hansen.kim@comcast.net or 425-486-7820.
Sign up for PTA and receive a FREE
Wellington Student Directory for a
single membership, or two free di-
rectories with a Family membership!

Please return your completed membership

form with payment to the school office in an
PTA/PTSA district disclaimer
envelope labeled “PTA Membership”.
“These activities are not sponsored nor endorsed by the Northshore School District
or any of its schools. The district assumes no responsibility for the conduct during Make checks payable to Wellington PTA
or safety of the activities. Northshore School District shall be held harmless from Thank you for your support!
any cause of action, claim, or petition filed in any court or administrative tribunal
arising out of the distribution of these materials including attorney’s fees and
judgments or awards.”

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