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Westford Elementary PTO Programs
Arts & Education Programs
Arts & Education is our term for the special PTO-sponsored assemblies our children attend during school. The goal is to have the children experience many different categories of arts education:
music, drama, dance, storytelling, hands-on art and more!
Due to school budget limitations, our children may not have the opportunity to experience these arts-related programs if it wasn't for all of the hard work and contributions of our Arts & Education Committee and you, both in terms of fundraising and volunteering your time. Download the Arts & Education Programming letter for Abbot, Day or Crisafulli for details about the events at each school.
2011-2012 Arts & Education Programs
This year, the Arts & Education Programming Team is excited to support on-going programs and present new workshops that we hope will enrich the lives of students, support the work of teachers, and build a caring community. We encourage you to attend any or all of these programs this coming year. Thank you for supporting the PTO by contributing your time, energy and resources to the fundraisers throughout the year that make these programs possible! For more information about AEP, to volunteer on the AEP team, or to help out at an upcoming program, please contact Heidi Tierney (Gr 3-5) or Pam Florek (K-2).
| DATE |
SCHOOL |
GRADE |
PERFORMER |
| Oct 18, 20, 21 |
Abbot - 18th
Crisafulli - 20th
Day - 21st |
3-5 |
Lyle Cogen: 'Sticks & Stones' Interactive Anti-Bullying Program |
| Oct 17, 21 |
Robinson - 17th
Miller - 21st |
K |
Rhythm Kids - Rhythm Kids is a music program where children, families and communities experience the joy of song, movement and drumming. |
| Oct 19-20 |
Miller |
1 |
Emilie Boone |
| Oct 21 |
Stony Brook Auditorium 6:30-8:00pm |
Parents are invited to bring their children in grades 1-5
FREE event
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An Evening with Lyle Cogen: Upstanders, Bystanders and Bullies
Co-Sponsored by Westford Parent Connection and Lowell General Hospital |
| Oct 27-28 |
Robinson |
1 |
Emilie Boone |
| Nov 4 |
Day |
3 |
David Coffin: 'Early Wind Instruments' |
| Nov 4 |
Day |
5 |
David Coffin: 'Life At Sea' |
| Nov 21 |
Crisafulli |
5 |
Mark Peter Hughes, Author of 'Lemonade Mouth' |
| Nov 17-18 |
Abbot |
3 |
Discovery Museum of Science: 'Physical Changes of Matter' |
| Nov 17-18 |
Nabnasset |
1 |
Emilie Boone |
| Nov 29 |
Day |
All Grades |
Tony Vacca: 'World Rhythms' |
| Dec 2 |
Crisafulli |
3 |
David Coffin: 'Early Wind Instruments' |
| Dec 2 |
Crisafulli |
5 |
David Coffin: 'Life At Sea' |
| Dec 5 |
Crisafulli |
All Grades |
Tony Vacca: 'World Rhythms' |
| Dec 6 |
Nabnasset |
1 |
Todd Gutner/ Terry Eliasen- Weather |
| Dec 9 |
Abbot |
All Grades |
David Coffin: 'Early Wind Instruments' |
| Dec 9 |
Crisafulli |
All Grades |
David Coffin: 'Life At Sea' |
| Dec 9 |
Abbot |
All Grades |
Tony Vacca: 'World Rhythms' |
| Dec 16 |
Blanchard
7 PM |
Open to All K-12 |
Ball in the House: 'Just Believe' Holiday' Show |
| Jan 9, 23 |
Day |
3 |
Discovery Museum of Science: 'Physical Changes of Matter' |
| Feb 1 |
Day |
4 |
Native American Perspectives |
| Feb 2 |
Crisafulli |
4 |
Native American Perspectives |
| Feb 3 |
Abbot |
4 |
Native American Perspectives |
| Feb 6 |
Robinson |
K |
Michelle's Menagerie |
| Feb 13 |
Robinson |
1 |
Jeremy Reiner - Weather |
| Feb 17 |
Nabnasset |
K |
Rhythm Kids - Rhythm Kids is a music program where children, families and communities experience the joy of song, movement and drumming. |
| Feb 17 |
Crisafulli |
4 |
Wingmasters: 'World of Owls' |
| Feb 28 |
Day |
4 |
Wingmasters: 'World of Owls' |
| Mar 5 |
Robinson |
1 |
Wingmasters: Bird of Prey |
| Mar 7-8 |
Miller |
K |
Mrs. Junkbox |
| Mar 12 |
Robinson |
2 |
Historical Perspectives: Helen Keller |
| Mar 20 |
Miller,
Nabnasset |
2 |
Historical Perspectives: Helen Keller |
| Mar 21 |
Nabnasset |
1 |
Wingmasters: Bird of Prey |
| Apr 9 |
Robinson |
K |
Art of Keeping Honeybees |
| Apr 10 |
Miller |
1 |
Wingmasters: Bird of Prey |
| Apr 23 |
Crisafulli |
4 |
Techsploration: Electicity & Magnetism |
| Apr 23 |
Crisafulli |
5 |
Techsploration: Simple Machines |
| Apr 26 |
Abbot |
4 |
Techsploration: Electicity & Magnetism |
| Apr 26 |
Abbot |
5 |
Techsploration: Simple Machines |
| Apr 27 |
Day |
4 |
Techsploration: Electicity & Magnetism |
| Apr 27 |
Day |
5 |
Techsploration: Simple Machines |
| Apr 25-26 |
Miller |
K |
Art of Keeping Honeybees |
| May 2, 4 |
Miller |
2 |
A Day in Ghana |
| May 8 |
Nabnasset |
K |
Art of Keeping Honeybees |
| May 8, 9 |
Nabnasset |
2 |
A Day in Ghana |
| May 11 |
Miller |
2 |
Strings Concert |
| May 14, 15 |
Miller |
2 |
A Day in Ghana |
| May 17 |
Abbot |
4 |
Wingmasters: Owls & Native American |
| May 21-22 |
Nabnasset |
K |
Mrs. Junkbox |
| May 30 |
Robinson |
2 |
Strings Concert |
| Jun 1 |
Abbot |
5 |
David Coffin: Life at Sea |
| Jun 1 |
Crisafulli |
3 |
Discovery Museum of Science: 'Sound' |
If you enjoy the arts, then consider volunteering for the Arts & Education Committee. We are looking for volunteers to help greet performers at school on days of scheduled programs, help preview performers at other schools in the area, and work with the committee to plan future programs. The time commitment is small, and we have a lot of fun!
Destination Imagination
For kids who like to: Write their own play. Create an invention. Make costumes. Paint scenery. Imagine something and do it! Destination Imagination is the world's largest non-profit, volunteer-driven organization devoted to helping kids gain practical skills through interesting, entertaining and mind-boggling challenges.
Register by October 5th, 2011.
Credit Programs
Schools can earn money from various "cash back" third-party rebate programs for things you may already be purchasing. When enrolling, select ANY of the six elementary schools we represent - and the cash back rebate will automatically be given to the Westford Elementary PTO.
 Collect General Mills Box Tops for Education
In exchange for box tops collected from participating General Mills and Betty Crocker produsts and their partners, our schools get rebate checks. So please save these, and send them into school with your child for deposit in the bright yellow boxes in their classroom/suite, or at community locations in Market Basket and the J.V. Fletcher Library. Don't forget to ask relatives to collect them too! Download this collection sheet to encourage collecting!
Earn Box Tops for your school when you shop online!
 Over 100 popular retailers, including Target, Lands End and Best Buy, give eBoxTops to your school when you start your online shopping trip at btfe.com/marketplace. You can earn up to 15 eBoxTops per $10 you spend. Don’t miss out on this easy way to earn even more for your school! Simply start your holiday shopping by logging in to www.boxtops4education.com to access over 140 retail merchants at the Box Tops Marketplace and eBoxTops will be donated to your school with every qualifying purchase!
Hannaford Helps Schools
 All Westford Elementary Schools are registered in the HANNAFORD HELPS SCHOOLS program. For every four participating products purchased between Sept 4, 2011 and Dec 3, 2011, shoppers will receive three HANNAFORD SCHOOL DOLLARS. Get details.
Donations
The Invest in Your Child program replaced BoostPTODrive. It has proven to be a great success. Although there is an Invest in Your Child push in the fall and spring, donations are welcome anytime. See the Invest in Your Child form. We happily accept donations from businesses and organizations.
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