Led by our PTO, Restaurant Night is a monthly fundraiser for the PTO where families attend a designated local restaurant. The restaurant then donates a portion of the funds from that night to the PTO for school events and activities. Volunteers can help with flyer preparation and sign up through the link below. We look forward to seeing you each month!
Each homeroom class has a parent volunteer called a Class Captain. Class Captains help organize various class activities including halloween and holiday parties as well as help coordinate volunteering opportunities in the classroom. Sign up now to be your child's homeroom Class Captain!
Fall Festival is our big fundraiser. This is the one designed to raise money to fund all PTO sponsored activities, as well as, for different improvements around the school. As a PTO, we have helped fund swing sets, sound boards, and new technology, just to name a few. Fall Festival is a fun filled night designed for the whole family with carnival games, a bounce house and concessions. It is a carnival run completely by the parents. We supply the games, the food and a silent auction.
Usually held during fall parent teacher conferences. Volunteers are needed for set up, running the cash registers, monitoring the children and taking down when the book fair is over.
Literacy Night is a night where the teachers work to educate parents and children on further implementing literacy in the home. It is usually so fun and full of wonderful ideas. We have the best teachers here at WPA. Volunteers help in facilitating many of the games, working closely with the teachers to bring their ideas to life.
Class Parties are always so fun to participate in. They are usually coordinated by the Class Captain. Volunteers help by providing games, crafts and refreshments.
This is a 5K that WPA sponsors in honor of our Veterans. Each year the one grade level takes on this project and works hard to raise money to donate to an organization that supports our Veterans. Last year we donated more than $5,000 to “Continue Mission”, an organization that serves veterans with mental, emotional or physical injuries. The 5th grade hosts the event but it is a school wide project.
Someone Special Breakfast is a fun little tradition where students invite someone special to read with them on the lunchroom floor and eat a little breakfast snack before school begins (feel free to bring some books and a blanket!). So, come snuggle up with your blanket and enjoy a good book with our students. Volunteers help pass out food.
Wasatch Peak Academy holds an annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Speech Contest where students perform memorized excerpts from one of Dr. King’s speeches, sermons, or letters. This contest gives our students the opportunity to reflect on the legacy of Dr. King and what they can do to make a positive difference in our community. It also helps them work on their memorization, public speaking, and performance skills.
Spelling Bee encourages children to learn their spelling words. This is a competition held within our school for grades 3-6. There are big prizes for the winners. Volunteers help coordinate the event, act as judges and present the awards. Usually held in January.
Post Office Week (usually the week of Valentine’s) is a week where our Patriots are encouraged to write letters to their peers and send them in the “mail”. Parents, grandparents and siblings not attending WPA can also send Patriots letters through the “mail”. The PTO provides the mailboxes. Volunteers help sort mail, track letters, write letters to students who may have not received much mail and deliver the mail. Our Patriots really love this tradition and look forward to it each year.
Class Parties are always so fun to participate in. They are usually coordinated by the Class Captain. Volunteers help by providing games, crafts and refreshments.
This tradition usually takes place on Valentine’s, and takes the place of the traditional class party. A couple months prior, the sixth graders begin learning line dances and even a few ballroom dances. The sixth graders are also encouraged to wear best dress for the occasion. Although many of our sixth graders seem to dread it, they also really look forward to it and it is great preparation and practice for the years ahead. They have dance cards and are encouraged to ask each other to dance. Volunteers assist in the planning, preparations, teaching dance steps, decorations and refreshments.
This week was created to celebrate our teachers. Doors are decorated celebrating each one. Each day they are given a special little reminder to thank them for all that they have done throughout the year. Volunteers are needed to help decorate teacher’s doors, create special little treats and celebrate our teachers in many creative ways. Usually takes place in March.
Our annual school play is a treasured tradition at WPA. The children really work hard and do such an awesome job. Volunteers are needed for many different things, from helping with costumes and stage set up, to running concessions and everything in between. This is a huge production which is why it only occurs every other year. Usually happens in March.
This is our end of the year celebration. This event takes place the final week of school, during school. Volunteers are needed to plan, prepare and provide the booths/activities. They are also needed to help chaperone the classes while out on the field and host the games or activities.
