Submitted by WardPTO News on Sun, 10/05/2008 - 13:55.
"This Week At Ward" October 5th- October 13th
Monday, Oct. 6th 3:00pm
Halloween Costume Sale
Monday is the last day to buy or donate a costume at the CARE Committee Halloween Charity Sale. All costumes are $5. Proceeds go to UNICEF and left-over costumes will be donated to children at a low income project in Dorchester.
Wednesday, Oct. 8th
International Walk to School Day
Top 4 reasons to walk to school:
1) It's International Walk to School Day
2) Only one more Wednesday to go for kids to win a prize for "Walking Wednesdays"
3) The kick-off of Ward's first "Walking School Bus" begins (contact Maria Sullivan mariasullivan18@hotmail.com) 4) Special guests will be lacing up their Nike's to join us throughout the City in walking to school!
Thursday, October 9th
No School - Yom Kippur
Friday, October 10th
Innisbrook Orders Due
Ordering from the Innisbrook catalog is a great way to support Ward School while purchasing high quality recycled wrapping paper and gifts. Ward School PTO gets 50% of the profit from catalog products. Orders are due Friday in the box in the Ward entryway. Don't forget to mention the user-friendly website(www.innisbrook.com) to out-of-town friends and family so they can support Ward School with their purchases by entering Ward School's Id (115075). For more information, contact Maria Smed at mariabohlin_smed@yahoo.com.
Monday, October 13th
No School- Columbus Day
Art Volunteers Needed
Please consider volunteering to assist Mrs.
Broder by framing our children¹s beautiful artwork. The matting can be done at home with little time commitment. This is a perfect opportunity to help at school if you work or have little ones at home. We need help every two weeks for all kinds of exhibits. Interested in hearing details? E-mail Suzin Osborne at: suzin@purney.com or call 617-332-1665.
Get to know fellow Ward school parents and fund programs to enhance our childrens' education:
Be one of 8 families hosting a themed dinner
at your home
Friday, November 14th.
You decide the menu and number of guests you can accomodate, we provide an appetizer party and dessert party. Guests will be told the mystery location of their dinner early in the evening. This has been an extremely successful event at several other Newton schools- and we're excited to try it out. Interested? Contact Beth Coombercoomber@rcn.com
Sign-up
Monday, Oct. 6th 3:00pm
Wednesday, Oct. 8th 
Friday, October 10th
Art Volunteers Needed
