Woodlin Elementary PTA

Home of the Wizards

Rebecca Kane

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PTA’s Seedling Fundraiser Announced

The Woodlin PTA 2023 Spring Seedling Sale takes place from Jan. 27- Feb .12. The Woodlin ES PTA is trying this new fundraiser with NextGenTreesUSA. 

This is a great opportunity to connect children with nature by planting native trees, help reforest our community’s next generation of trees, and raise funds for PTA programs.

  • Seedlings are $10 each, and about 65% of proceeds return to our PTA. 
  • Go to our school link to buy as many native trees (Northern Red Oak or Red Mulberry) as you wish. 
  • We’ll contact you in March-April when your seedlings are ready for pick up. (Pick up is TBD and will be somewhere central in our community.)

Information is in this flyer (pdf).

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PTA Volunteers Needed

Become a PTA volunteer!

  • Our 2023 spring annual auction will be here before you know it, and our auction chairs need volunteers to help solicit donations. Please reach out to Shana at shanahattis[at]gmail.com, Bianca at biancapowell15[at]gmail.com, or Michelle at mllebovary[at]gmail.com if you can lend a hand!
  • Black History Month: Volunteers needed to help with Black History Month! If interested, please contact Christine at christine.lao[at]kyrimkunasgmail-com.   
  • Social Media Coordinator – help us keep our community in touch and up to date! Email president[at]woodlinpta.org to volunteer.

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Thanks for a Great Dash!

Friday, October 21, was a great day for the Dash of the Runaway Wizards! The kids ran, the teachers joined and encouraged them, and families came out to cheer and volunteer! Together, we’ve raised almost $34,000 for the Woodlin PTA. 

These funds allow us to host assemblies and artist residencies like Beech Tree Puppets, provide teacher and grade-level funds, and hold fun community-building events like Movie Night and the upcoming Outdoor Family Dance on Saturday, November 12th. We’re working on plans for an amazing Earth Day celebration, STEM Day, and a wonderful Spring Fair in May. All of your contributions large and small make these things possible.

Thank you

  • To everyone who donated
  • To everyone who asked family, friends, and neighbors to donate
  • To our corporate sponsors: Kids After Hours, Burger-Fi, Oak Contracting, Patient First, Snider’s SuperFoods, Design Collective Inc., RDCA-Woodlin CDC, Family Pet Veterinary Clinic, Fenwick Beer & Wine, Jalal Barbering and Hairstyling, and Glimmer Images
  • To the Dash committee who made this day happen: Ali Harms, Jacqueline Kistler, Emily Adams, Angie Wilcox, Carsten Reichel, Mikey Franklin and Shana Hattis
  • To the fundraising team who solicited corporate sponsorships: Angie Lai, Ali Harms and Michelle Washko
  • To volunteers who came to help with classes
  • To everyone who came to cheer
  • To the Woodlin administration and educators who support the Dash and make it possible, especially Ms. Costa
  • To Ali Harms who heroically coordinated our first Dash at Grosvenor and to her mentor, Allison Nadelhaft, for her wisdom and support! We appreciate all your hard work, organization, adaptability, and spirit that you brought to the Dash!

You can still donate through November 4!

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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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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.