Western Elementary PTO

08/21/2026

The 2026–27 PTO can’t wait to meet you at Back to School Nights next week! 🎉

Be sure to stop by our table on Monday and Tuesday night to grab a cookie, learn more about what the PTO does, find out how you can get involved with volunteer opportunities, and meet this year’s Board Members & Grade Level Chairs:

President — Brittany Carpenter
Vice President — Miranda Lunt
Treasurer — Jessica Burch
Secretary — Rachel Warren
Marketing Coordinator — Jake Perry
Activities Coordinator — Jaclyn Captain
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Y5–1 Chair — Emily Richards
2–3 Co-Chairs — Anna Dailey & Sarah Watts
4–5 Co-Chairs — Mindy W**d & Matt Duncan

We’re so excited for another great school year!

05/23/2026

Please join us in wishing our amazing, talented, and creative PTO Secretary, Rachel Warren, the happiest of birthdays. Grateful for you, Rachel!

05/22/2026

Our 2nd Graders CRUSHED our Box Tops contest by collecting over 500 Box Tops for Western Elementary!! 🎉👏🍎

As a sweet little reward, they’ll be enjoying popsicles soon courtesy of the PTO 😎 Great job, 2nd Grade families - way to show that Panther pride! 🐾

And a HUGE thank you to everyone who has participated so far - together, we’ve already raised almost $250 for our school! 🎉 Every receipt really does make a difference!

05/15/2026

Cue the confetti and Panther pride… it’s officially time to announce our 2026–2027 Western Elementary PTO Board + Grade Level Head Chairs! 🎉🐾

A HUGE thank you to our current interim board for helping navigate this big year of change, transition, new ideas, and bringing our school communities together. Building something brand new isn’t always easy, but this year laid such an important foundation for the future of WE PTO 🤍

And congratulations to all of our newly elected board members and chairs! We can’t wait to see all the fun, creativity, and positivity you bring to Western Elementary next year ✨

The new PTO term officially begins June 30th!

05/12/2026

05/08/2026

The One Where We Fed the Entire Staff 🍕🥗

To wrap up our Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week, we treated all of our amazing teachers and staff to pizza + salads today - because after everything they do for our kids, they deserved a season finale worthy of applause 👏

Honestly… Joey Tribbiani would’ve been proud 🍕😉

From the “Western Perk” lounges to the pastries, coffee, snacks, drinks, and today’s lunch… this week was our little way of saying THANK YOU for being there for our students every single day! And also a reminder that we’ll be there for youuu 🎶

05/06/2026

The One Where We Bring ALL the Snacks 🍫🥤

Today we stocked all 7 staff lounges with drinks, candy, fruit, and plenty of grab-and-go goodies for our amazing teachers and staff! 💜

A HUGE thank you to everyone who donated items to help make today happen — this episode truly had the BEST supporting cast 👏

Teachers + staff 🤝 snacks = the real lobster relationship 🦞

05/04/2026

The one where Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week gets a Friends makeover 📺

We pivoted all 7 lounges into "Western" Perk vibes and kicked things off with pastries and coffee from Biggby ☕ + a little thank you gift for everyone! ✍️

We’ll be there for youuu 🎶 (throughout the week 😉)

05/01/2026

Happy Principals' Day to our incredible leaders! 🎉

Thank you for leading our school through such a big transition with care and dedication! We celebrated them today with a Panera lunch delivery - because you can’t run a whole school on empty 😉

04/29/2026

Just a friendly reminder 😊 all snack and monetary donations for our Staff Appreciation Snack Day are due to the office by THIS Friday, May 1st! 🍪🥤

A few items are still up for grabs on the sign-up if you’re looking to contribute! Your help means so much as we get ready to spoil our amazing WES staff 🐾

🎬 The One Where We Bring All the Snacks 🍪

Teacher & Staff Appreciation Week is almost here, and we’re planning a special snack day on Wednesday, May 6th to treat our amazing WES staff! 🐾

We need your help to stock 7 staff lounges for 140+ staff members with snacks, drinks, and goodies!

🥨 Sign up to donate: https://grow.withlome.com/a/87111806-b396-412e-8679-37575f11a79f

📦 Drop-off by: Friday, May 1st (front office)

As Joey would say… “Snack? I’m sorry, did you say snack?” 😄

Thank you for helping us show our staff how much they mean to us!

Questions? [email protected]