Woodlin Elementary PTA

Home of the Wizards

Rebecca Kane

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PTA Back-to-School Survey Open

We hope you will join us and get involved. You don’t need any special skills or talent, just an interest in making our community stronger and better. We welcome your input and encourage you to contribute in whatever capacity that works for you and your family. 

Tell us what matters to you – please fill out our PTA Back-to School Survey.

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PTA Volunteer Opportunities

The PTA is looking for someone to head up our social media accounts – posting, tagging, managing. If interested, please email president@woodlinpta.org.

Classroom Parents Still Needed! We are short classroom parent volunteers for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades especially. If you are able, this is a fun way to be involved in your child’s classroom, and the more volunteers the better!

Every year, the PTA asks room parents to support teachers by organizing class celebrations (Harvest party in October, Valentine’s party in February, end-of-year celebration in June) and by coordinating classroom teacher appreciation gifts and a class basket for our annual Spring auction. Please email Beth Jordan (bethjordansiirila@gmail.com) for more information and to sign up.

Volunteer Requirements for Chaperones and Classroom Access. If you are interested in volunteering at any time this coming year, either as a chaperone for your child’s field trips or to come into the school as a classroom parent or other volunteer, MCPS has a policy that you must complete an online training, “Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect,” and submit a “COVID-19 vaccination attestation. Once completed, the certificate is good for three years, so if you completed it last year you do not need to do it this year. 

The training is available online through your ParentVue account. Google Chrome is the recommended browser. It’s a relatively quick compliance training.

  • Login to ParentVue and navigate to “Parent Resources” and “MyMCPS Classroom.” 
  • From there go to “Courses,” and you will see or need to click on “Y21-22 Volunteers and Contractors: Recognizing and Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect.” 
  • Scroll to the bottom to select the language in which you would like to do the training, and follow directions to begin.
  • Once complete, your verification is your grade report, found under “Courses” and “Grades.”
  • You must also submit a “Vaccination and COVID-19 Protocol Agreement,” which can be found under “Courses” and “Modules.” Scroll down and choose the language in which to do the attestation and upload your vaccine card.

Information can be found at https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/childabuseandneglect/#Volunteer.

Thank you to all volunteers!

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Please Join the PTA

All Woodlin families are welcome and have access to all PTA events, programming, and activities regardless of membership in the PTA. However, joining the PTA is a great way to show your support and help fund our programs. Annual membership dues are at a suggested amount of $20 per family or $12 per individual (teacher, community member, grandparent), but we welcome you to pay what you can, with a minimum of $5 to cover our state and local fees. Our goal is to foster participation and inclusion. 

JOIN HERE: https://woodlinpta.memberhub.com/store

For those new to our school, the Woodlin PTA is an all-volunteer organization of parents, guardians, family members, teachers, and staff working together on behalf of our children. We work to 1) provide academic enrichment programs to all students; 2) host community-building events for all to enjoy; 3) advocate on behalf of the school’s needs at the local, county, and state levels; and 4) raise funds to support the school, teachers, and staff. 

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International Spring Fair Appreciation Shout Outs

Event coordinators Erin Toner, Carolyn Weber, and Heather Collick would like to thank all the students, families, teachers, staff members, PTA volunteers, PTA board members, KAH staff, and community partners who made the W@G International Spring Fair happen! 

Thank you for the 49 cake walk donations, candy donations, and for coming together to dance salsa, listen to music, and toss color.  A special thank you to Alison Aughinbaugh—our amazing PTA President who makes everything PTA possible; DJ Mr. Danny—who knows that everything is mode fun with dancing and music; Ms. Ward—who wasn’t able to be there in person, but we know we will be hearing her sing again soon; Ms. Garcia—whose strength helps with everything; Ms. Schneiderman—who is always up for problem solving, storybook reading, and fun; Ms. King—who helped with logistics and origami for all; Mr. Hitchcock—who is always ready to help with moving boxes and last minute details; and Mr Tony— who so patiently made sure everything was perfect!

Thanks to Woodlin Boy Scouts Pack 209 and Girl Scout SU 34-9/Troop 34073, we were able to collect 9 boxes of food for the St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Greater Washington and learn more about butterfly habitats.

Mikey Franklin for coordinating the Bookfair, Christine Lao-Scott for organizing the Cake Walk, Kavita Vaidyanathan for work on ColorFest, and Lori Kalikstein who made our adorable new spirit gear happen.

Thank you to Allison Nadelhaft and Angie Lai, the Fundraising Team who made this amazing event possible and the Montgomery County Government Neighborhood Events Matching Funds Grant Program (NEMF)  to promote community engagement for their generous support of this community building event.

Amazing Board Members: Mary Haas, Lauren Boylan, Hye-Soo Baek, Eduardo Aponte, Jennie Davison, Katya Rimkunas, Kirsten Byerts, Angie Lai, Jean Kim; and the PTA Teacher Representative Lauren Clarke.

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MCPS Offers Virtual Homework Help

Beginning on January 25, all MCPS students will have access to free tutoring and 24/7 homework help to support success in their current courses/grade level, through two new approved tutoring providers, FEV Tutor and Tutor Me Education. Students have access to these virtual tutoring services through their MCPS Google account, using Clever. Information about how to access tutoring services is posted on the MCPS Tutoring and Interventions page.

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PTA Seeking Volunteers

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage month. Are you interested in coordinating activities to help our community celebrate in a fun and educational way? If so, please email outreach@woodlinpta.org.

International Spring Fair on May 14 volunteer sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044baaa828aaf85-international. We welcome high school and middle school students for SSL hours.

PTA elections are coming soon! We’re looking for people to fill positions, especially co-chairing the Event and Fundraising committees. If you have any interest, please contact president@woodlinpta.org. Everyone is welcome!