Book Fair This Week!!
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held this week in the Lilja Library from Wednesday, April 24 - Saturday, April 27. Friday and Saturday will include lower stimulation shopping hours! Please see flyer attached for full schedule.
Volunteers Needed!
The Lilja PTO is putting on several events from now through the end of the school year to celebrate our students, faculty, and staff. We need volunteers to make this possible!
Book Fair: April 24-27
Spring Dance: May 17
Lilja Carnival: June 14
Learn more and sign up to volunteer here!
Yearbooks On Sale!
Yearbooks for the 2023-2024 school year are on sale now on the Lilja PTO Website. Purchase one for your Lilja Lion or donate to the yearbook fund to help ensure all students can purchase one.
Fourth grader families do not need to purchase a yearbook! All fourth graders receive a yearbook automatically at the end of the year as a moving up gift from Lilja.
Teacher Appreciation Week Coming Up!
We appreciate our Lilja teachers every day, but we will celebrate their hard work and dedication to our community on May 6-10 with Teacher Appreciation Week!
A generous coalition of parent volunteers are putting together a week of gratitude for our kids’ teachers, including food from local businesses and more. Please consider donating to the Teacher Appreciation Week fund on Venmo: @liljapto - be sure to include “Teacher Appreciation Week” in the payment comment.
Thank you for helping us celebrate the teachers that make our Lilja Community so incredible year round!
SPARK Kindness Parent/Caregiver Workshop
Tools for Resilience & Well-Being: Elementary Parent Workshop Series
Mondays, May 6th, 13th, and 20th from 6:30-8:30pm at the Cole Center, Natick
Laura McCarthy, MA, parent educator and Natick mom will share practical ideas and strategies to help you increase connection, manage emotions, behavior and stress, and build positive mindset and hope. Participants will strengthen these tools through empowering and validating conversation with other parents and caregivers.
This is an IN-PERSON event and you will be registering for all 3 workshops in the series. Registration is limited to 25 spots (you will be notified if you are on the waitlist). Free childcare available for children ages 4+ - registration required. Light dinner will be offered.
Click here to register: Registration Link, or find out more at www.sparkkindness.org
Charity Event - Fun for the Whole Family
The students of the "Kids for Wish Kids Club" at Natick High School are hosting a charity event on Friday, May 3 at 6:30pm! Money raised from this event goes to Make-A-Wish of MA/RI to support local children facing critical illnesses. Have a fun night out with your family, and support a great cause! Visit wish.org/kfwk for more information about our club. Get your tickets NOW before they sell out!
Participating Lilja faculty:
Kendra Ashcroft
Rachel Klevan
Jovanne Buckmire
Ryan Kelley
Erin Brien
Tickets on sale at the following link: http://harlemwizards.com/tickets/natickma
General admission is $25.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Book Fair: April 24-27
Teacher Appreciation Week: May 6-10
Spring Dance: May 17
Lilja Carnival: June 14
HELLO FROM THE BOARD!
The Lilja PTO 2023-2024 Board
Rebecca Pineault - President
Shannon O’Brien - Vice President
Jess Murphy - Treasurer
Alison Sullivan - Communication Coordinator
We continue to look for people to help out with some of our awesome events throughout the year (The Lilja Carnival, the Book Fair, Yearbook, etc). These events are much beloved, and have a foundation already in place. All we need is YOU to make it all happen! Even if you can only help in a small way, every little bit counts toward making a memorable experience for our Lilja Lions.
Please reach out to the PTO at pto@liljapto.org for volunteer opportunities or questions!
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