PTO News: 

Bake Sale

The Winter Wonderland Bake Sale is a great way to get a little treat and support the PTO. We are STILL in need of baked goods and volunteers to help run the sale. If you can contribute a dozen of some holiday treats, we would be so grateful! Cookies, brownies, bars, quick breads or muffins (like banana/pumpkin/zucchini bread), or other treats would all be appreciated! Store bought is just fine too! Bagged and ready for individual sale, would be great. 

Please sign up HERE if you can bring something. Drop off in the vestibule tonight or bring tomorrow morning. Someone will be at the school by 8 am. 

Winter Wonderland

Winter Wonderland is ALMOST here! Tomorrow, December 3rd, is the big day! We are so excited to help your little shoppers select gifts for their siblings, parents, grandparents, and pets! It is so fun to watch them carefully pick out the perfect gift and leave in eager anticipation of your reaction. This truly is a magical day and we can’t wait!

If you have not yet signed up your family for a time to shop, please sign up HERE. We still have plenty of slots for 11 am and 12 pm. We use the sign up process to make sure the day runs smoothly, not to overwhelm the elves, and help keep your wait time as short as possible, however, we do not want the time slots to prevent ANY family from coming, so please reach out if you need us to squeeze you into another time slot. 

A few reminders:

• Please print THIS form and bring it with your child, filled out, to Winter Wonderland. This shopping form will help the Elves be sure they pick age appropriate gifts for siblings, as well as stick to the budget that you determined.

• Please put cash or check in an envelope LABELED with your child’s name on it, so we can return it to them if they drop it or set it down!

• Vendors will be available in the gym for parents to shop while waiting for their child(ren).

• Santa will be in the gym for pictures and holiday wishes from 9:30 am-1:00 pm, so wear your holiday shirts if you want! Santa will be available in a quieter classroom setting for those who would benefit from this experience from 8:45 -9:30 am.

Lastly, a huge THANK YOU to all of those who have helped prepare for this fun event! We couldn’t have done it without all the ornament decorators, the room parents coordinating class donations, those who shopped our “wish list” and donated items, the crafty helpers who added vinyl decals, local businesses who donated items and coupons, GMS teachers, and support staff! We appreciate you!

Any questions, please contact Karie Friedman at kariefriedman@gmail.com or Kara Barr at karambarr@yahoo.com

Karie and Kara

Winter Wonderland Co-Chairs

Restaurant Night – Oberweis / That Burger Joint / Woodgrain

On Thursday December 8th you can support the GMS PTO by dining at the Oberweis / That Burger Joint / Woodgrain location on Randall Rd. in Geneva! Be on the lookout for a separate messenger with more details next week!

Monthly PTO Meeting

The next PTO meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 6th at 7PM in the GMS teacher’s lounge. All are welcome.

School / District News:

1st Trimester Report Cards (Trimester Reflections)

As a reminder, trimester reflections were posted in Powerschool starting on Wednesday, November 22nd.  Thank you for investing time to review the trimester reflection and discuss the contents with your child.  Please take time to celebrate your child’s accomplishments and set goals for the second trimester.

Directions for accessing Trimester Reflection are linked below: 

Trimester Reflection Access in PowerSchool

Instrucciones: Acceso a la reflexión del trimestre

IMPORTANT DATES:

WINTER WONDERLAND & BAKE SALE

Saturday December 3rd – 9:00AM-1:00PM

MONTHLY PTO MEETING

Tuesday December 6th – 7:00PM @ GMS

RESTAURANT NIGHT – OBERWEIS-THAT BURGER JOINT-WOODGRAIN

Thursday December 8th

WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL

Thursday, December 22nd – Friday, January 6th

School Resumes Monday, January 9th

IMPORTANT LINKS

Grace McWayne PTO website: www.gmspto.org

Batavia Public School District website: https://www.bps101.net/

Grace McWayne Contacts: https://gms.bps101.net/staff/

BPS 101 2022-23 Calendar: https://www.bps101.net/events/

Grace McWayne PTO Facebook page: Grace McWayne Elementary PTO News & Events

Grace McWayne Elementary School website: https://gms.bps101.net/