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Dear Wharton Families,

We had a wonderful second week of school. Our teachers continued to work hard to build community within their classrooms, practice class routines, engage in meaningful lessons, and get to know their students. 

Next week during our Open House, you will have an opportunity to learn more about the procedures and expectations of your children's classrooms. We hope you'll join us!

Remember that there will be no classes on Monday in observance of Labor Day. 

Enjoy the long weekend!

Jennifer Day
Principal

September 5
Labor Day
No classes. Enjoy the holiday!

September 7, 6 PM - 7 PM
3rd - 8th Grade Open House 
Learn more about the expectations and procedures of your child’s classroom. We highly encourage parents to leave students at home for this event.

September 8, 6 PM - 7 PM
PK-2nd Grade Open House 
Learn more about the expectations and procedures of your child’s classroom. We highly encourage parents to leave students at home for this event.

September 8
Spirit Night at Marble Slab Creamery
Stop by Marble Slab Creamery on West Gray to enjoy a refreshing treat and support our school. See more details >>

September 10 at 6 PM
Dad's Club Social
Come meet other Wharton Dads at Slick Willie's (1200 Westheimer Rd., 77006).

September 12 at 6 PM
Fall Festival Planning Meeting
Join us to learn how you can help Wharton PTO make this year's Fall Festival a success. The meeting will take place in the community room. Questions? Email fallfestival@whartonpto.org.

September 14, 8:45 AM
Coffee with the Principal
Join Principal Day, Wharton's leadership team, and Wharton PTO in the Wharton cafeteria for the latest school updates.

September 17 at 8 AM
Dad's Club Fall Festival Work Day at WDLA
Help us dust off and repair our Fall Festival games. 

Community: Thanks to all of the families that helped clean up the campus last Saturday. You are fantastic Avila, Kehr, Ramirez, Lepicovsky, Alvarez, Wright, and of course the leader of the group, Mr. Zarate!

Food Allergies: Please remember that some of our students have life-threatening food allergies. Please remind your students not to share food. Talk to your teacher and look at the food labels before sending treats to the class. Please no home-baked goods.

I'm looking forward to meeting you at Open House.

Nurse Dana

⛺ Oct. 7-9, Wharton Family Campout: Join Wharton PTO and other Wharton families for a weekend outdoors at Double Lake Recreation Area, about an hour north of Houston. Whether you stay overnight or just join for the day, you're guaranteed a good time. Register >>

🙋‍♂️ Join the Wharton Dad's Club: We're a group of Wharton Dads who are committed to building and improving our school community, fostering a safe learning environment, and supporting growth in education through our involvement with the school. If you're interested in joining, please fill out this form!

Our IB program is funded by parent contributions to the PTO through the ¡Juntos! fundraising campaign. Will you help us reach our goal of 150 families donating $50,000? To date, we’re at 16% of our goal with 29 Wharton families donating $8,175 to ¡Juntos! by the end of the school year. Here's how you can help:

• Donate monthly for a year or the entirety of your child’s time at Wharton (Recommended)
• Make a one-time donation in the amount of your choice
• Double your donation with corporate matching

🍦 Classrooms with the most families donating to ¡Juntos! will earn an ice cream party.

PREMIUM is gauging interest in educational sessions that could be hosted at Wharton. Will you help us by responding to this brief survey? Your responses will be used to develop parent educational sessions for the topics most selected in the survey’s submissions. 

On September 25, Houston Grand Opera will hold auditions for child actors to cast five speaking (non-singing) roles in a production of the holiday opera EL MILAGRO DEL RECUERDO by Javier Martínez and Leonard Foglia. Auditioning children should be fluent Spanish speakers and have some previous stage experience. Please see the flyer for more details >>

Wharton Dual Language Academy

900 W Gray St

Houston TX 77019