• Fri., November 21st.; Field Day, Donuts with a Grown Up
• Mon., November 24th - Fri., November 28th; School Holiday
• Thurs., December 4th; School Spelling Bee
• Fri., December 5th; PTA Meeting/Walk N Roll
• Fri., December 12th; Teacher Appreciation Lunch
• Fri., December 19th; Winter Parties, Early Dismissal
• Mon., December 22nd - Mon. January 5th; Winter Break Holiday

The full PTA Calendar for the 2025-2026 school year can be found here.

School Bell Award Nominations

We are fortunate to have so many dedicated teachers and staff at Wilchester! Let's recognize these deserving individuals by submitting a Wilchester team member for a School Bell Award. The School Bell Award is an SBISD-wide award which recognizes an outstanding SBISD staff member who promotes the Purposes of the PTA and advocates for all children. 

Nominees should exemplify the PTA's mission to make every child's potential a reality through their support of PTA programs, parent education, family engagement and advocacy efforts, as well as to foster a positive learning environment.  

The nominating form is brief and shouldn't take too long to complete but if you think a staff member is extra special, please take a few moments and complete a nomination for them. It will mean so much for them to be recognized! 

Deadline for nominations is Friday, December 19, 2025. You can nominate more than one staff member, but you will need to fill out a unique form for each staff member you are nominating.  

School Bell Nomination Form

 

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Mark your calendars for Friday, November 21st. Starting at 7:20am we'll have "Donuts with a Grown Up" - a chance for one adult to come with their student/students for a donut before school. Meet us near the front doors under the covered area - wear your favorite sports shirt or jersey because it's also Field Day! 

Nov. 21st is NOT a walk and roll, so while we encourage you to bike or walk with your kiddos, due to limited parking, visitors will NOT walk inside the school, you'll say goodbye at the door. 

It’s turkey time! The PTA is collecting frozen turkeys so that the staff and families at our sister school, Buffalo Creek Elementary, can enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving. The Sister School committee and WCE Student Council will be ready to receive the frozen birds at morning drop-off (7:30-8am) on Thursday, Nov. 20. Just pull through the circle drive — easy as pie. Please sign up using the Sign-Up Genius link so that we know how many to expect.  

Sign Up to Bring a Turkey!

Each year, the students of WCE, led by our newly elected Student Council leaders and members complete a service project during the holiday time to provide food pantries with much needed items to keep tummies full and warm. This year, WCE Student Council is going to have a theme, meal in a bag! We are creating bags of Minestrone Soup!  Each grade level is assigned a donation can and Student Council members will assemble a bag of ingredients to create Minestrone Soup. Grade Level Donation requests are as follows:

Thank you so much!

Your WCE Student Council and Student Council Sponsors 

*Please bring items in by Wednesday, November 19th.

The PTA Internal Needs committee is collecting grocery store gift cards to help families of WCE students impacted by the government shutdown. The impacts may stem from government employees not receiving paychecks, and SNAP benefits not being fully distributed this month. If you are able to help, please drop off $25 grocery store gift cards to D'Lisia Bergeron, Family Liaison at WCE. You can also purchase digital gift cards and email them directly to D'Lisia Bergeron at dlisia.bergeron@springbranchisd.com. Collection runs through the month of November.

If you have any questions, please contact Brandi Stanton at bmvirden@gmail.com. Thank you for supporting our WCE students! 

 

 

Have a friend who didn't receive an eBlast this week? It's probably because they missed the deadline to join the PTA. Oops. Good thing we will still accept their membership through the "Small Form" throughout the year.

Please forward the link below to your friend so they can join. 

And, did you know that belonging to Wilchester's PTA gives you access to great discounts on goods and services through Texas PTA? Click here to learn more!   

If you have questions please contact wilchesterptapresident@gmail.com.

Join the PTA!

Media Center (Library) Volunteers Needed

The Media Center (Library) is open and ready for volunteers. Duties might include shelving books, organizing the shelves and books, checking in books, reading books aloud, and assisting students with their book selection. 

Volunteers are needed each morning to prepare the media center (library) for the day. Additionally, there are slots to sign up for your child’s time in the media center (library). If you do not see your child’s teacher listed, check back as it will be added as soon as available.  

Sign up to Volunteer Here

Calling all Watch D.O.G.S.

The Watch D.O.G.S program is officially back at WCE for the second year.

A huge thanks to Wes Bergeron, John Buri and Jonathan Foy for your leadership to get things going this year. If you aren’t familiar with WatchDOGS you can check out their website at https://dadsofgreatstudents.com/.

Volunteering begins this week.  As stated previously, you MUST be an approved SBISD volunteer (renewed each year) in order to be a WatchDOG.  Now is the time to register if you haven’t done so this year.  

You can access the SBISD volunteer application here. Once you have registered, you may use this sign up genius to choose your volunteer day. 

Questions about Watch DOGS?  Please email watchdogswce@gmail.com and we'll get back to you.

 Volunteer Here!