School is Cancelled! PTO Meeting Rescheduled

School has been cancelled for Wednesday, January 12. Our PTO meeting has been rescheduled to Wednesday, January 19th at 8:30 am.

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PTO Meeting and Snow

Our PTO meeting is still Wednesday, January 12 at 8:30 am in the cafeteria. But! If Winthrop Schools are delayed or canceled, the meeting will be rescheduled. Please stay tuned to this site for updates.

As a reminder, the Winthrop Public School policy is as follows (click here for the full text):

When extreme weather or emergency conditions develop, the Superintendent can cancel school.

When schools are closed in the morning, they will remain closed all day. Every effort will be made to utilize the Connect Ed Parent/Guardian Notification System in conjunction with the notification to the T.V. and radio stations. The “NO SCHOOL” announcement will be made beginning at 6:30 A.M. over radio and T.V. as follows:
WBZ-TV, Channel 4 WCVB, Channel 5 WHDH, Channel 7
WRKO-AM, 680 WROR-FM, 105.7 WBUR-FM, 90.0
WMJX-FM, 106.7 WFXT (Fox 25)

PLEASE DO NOT CALL FIRE OR POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR THE HOME OF ANY SCHOOL PERSONNEL as this only delays making announcements and ties up the telephone.
Under normal conditions, once school is in session there will not be any early dismissals. This is to protect those children whose parents are not at home. However, parents should have some arrangement by which a child can be supervised if conditions become such that children and teachers must be dismissed. Any parent can, when conditions are bad, come to school and have their child dismissed.

PTO Meeting Next Week

Just a reminder, our next PTO meeting is next Wednesday, January 12 at 8:30 am. If you have any agenda items, please leave them in the comments before Friday, January 7.

The Cookie Saga Continues

Delivery to the school is now expected between 10 and 11 am tomorrow, December 15. Volunteers are needed to help sort the boxes when the delivery arrives. Volunteers are also needed to assist with the after school pick up of 5:30 to 7 pm.

Please note that the morning pick up for parents has been canceled. Pick up of cookie orders for children with more than 5 orders will be tomorrow from 5:30 to 7 pm on Wednesday, December 15.

Any questions or if you would like to help, please contact Shannon Girard. Her contact information is on this page.

Cookies and Snow

Although it's not supposed to blizzard here in Winthrop, the snowy conditions in the rest of the country have delayed our cookie delivery. Stay tuned to the blog for delivery and pick up time updates.