PTG TIMELINE 2023-2024

Updated: March 9, 2024

Here is a quick overview of events in 2023-2024. Events will be added once they are finalized. Please check back frequently or refer to the Willard Weekly.

All dates are subject to change. Please check out event details here.

AUGUST

  • 29: Open House | 2:00-3:00| Willard

  • 29: New Family Meet Up | 1:30-2:00PM | Willard playground

  • 29: Kindergarten Popsicle Party | 3:00 | Willard playground

  • 30: First Day of School; half day

SEPTEMBER

  • 1: No School

  • 4: Labor Day, No School

  • 11: Back to School Night

  • 18: PTG Meeting | 9-11AM | Willard

  • 24: Ice Cream Social | 2-3PM | Willard School Fields

OCTOBER

  • 5: Picture Day | School hours | Willard

  • 9: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day, No School

  • 16: PTG Meeting (evening meeting) | 7:00PM | Willard

  • 17-18: Book Fair | Willard

  • TBD: Willard Fall Auction Begins

NOVEMBER

  • 3: Parent Social / Willard Auction Ends

  • 9: K-5 Conferences, No School

  • 13: PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 13-17: 5th Grade Food Drive

  • 23: Half Day of School

  • 24: Thanksgiving Break, No School

DECEMBER

  • 11: PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 22: Half Day

  • 25-29: Winter Recess, No School

2024

JANUARYf

  • 1: New Years Holiday Observance, No School

  • 2: Classes resume

  • 15: Martin Luther King Jr., No School

  • 22: PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 24:Family Game Night

FEBRUARY

  • 12: PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 19-23: February Recess, No School

  • 26: Classes Resume

MARCH

  • 11: PTG Meeting (evening meeting) | 7PM | Willard

  • 22:Spelling Bee (3-5 Graders) | Time varies by grade | Willard - TBD

APRIL

  • 4: Spring Conference, No School

  • 6: Willard Science Fair | 2-3:30PM | Willard

  • 8: PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 15-19: April Recess, No School

  • 22: Classes Resume

  • 22: Spirit Day / Earth Day (New)

  • 28: Cultural Kaleidoscope | 1-3PM | Willard

  • TBD: Kindergarten Registrationn

MAY

  • TBD: Bike to School Day

  • 3: Family Math Night | 6-8PM | Willard

  • 6: PTG Board Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 27: Memorial Day, No School

  • 29:Spring Family Event & Raffle | 2-4PM | Willard School Fields

  • 30-31: Field Days | Time varies by grade| Willard School Fields

JUNE

  • 3: Final PTG Meeting | 9:30AM | Willard

  • 3: 5th Grade Pool Party | Time TBD | Thoreau Club

  • 11: 5th Grade Celebration Ceremony - Time TBD

  • 12: Last Day of School/5th Grade Clap Out

Below is what PTG events look like in a typical school year.

August

  • 27: Back to School Breakfast for Teachers and Staff

  • 27: Willard Open House from 2-3

  • 28: Classes Begin

  • 30: No School

September

  • 2: Labor Day, No School

  • 3: New Family Lunch (Tuesday Afternoon)

  • 8: Ice Cream Social 2:00 to 3:00

  • 16: PTG Board Meeting 9:15AM to 10:45AM

  • 17: Back to school night

  • 19: All School Assembly Illstyle and Peace Production: Become your Dreams: History of Hip Hop Dance.

  • 26: Picture Day

  • 27: PTG Back to School Coffee at Willard Cafeteria 9-10AM

October

  • 3: Principal Coffee (evening)

  • 3: Grade 2 Author Visit, Suzy Kline

  • 7: PTG Board Meeting (evening meeting) 7-8:30PM

  • 7: Grade 3 Author Visit, Steve Krasner

  • 14: Columbus Day, No School

  • 17: Grade 4 Author Visit, Gregory Mone

  • 18: Grade 3 Assembly, Blacksnake Woman

  • 19: Parent Social (date changed from October 5)

  • 24: Grade 5 Author Visit, Suzy Becker

  • 24: 5th Grade Service Day

  • 28-29: Book Fair

November

  • 4: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 4: Grade 3 Assembly, Blacksnake Woman

  • 6: Parent Teacher Conferences, No School

  • 7: Grade 1 Author Visit, Brian Lies

  • 11: Veterans Day , No School

  • 24: International Festival

  • 27: Half Day of School

  • 28-29: Thanksgiving Break, No School

December

  • 2: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 23-31: Winter Recess, No School

January

  • 1: New Years Holiday

  • 2: Classes Resume

  • 6: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 16: All School Assembly, Bubblemania: The Science of Bubblemaking

  • 20: Martin Luther King, Jr. No School

  • 24: Beach Blanket Bingo

  • 30: Grade 2 Assembly, Bash the Trash

  • 31: Principal Coffee (Math)

February

  • 3: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 9: Science Fair

  • 17-21: February Recess

  • 24: Classes Resume

  • 27: Family Reading Night 6:00-7:00

  • 28: Principal Coffee ELA

March

  • 2: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 2: Kindergarten Assembly, New England Aquarium-Tide Pools Alive

  • 9: All School Assembly; Bill Harley: Storyteller

  • 13: Math Night

  • 27: Talent Show Rehearsal

  • 29: Talent Show

April

  • 1: Parent Teacher Conferences, No School

  • 3: Spelling Bee

  • 6: PTG Board Meeting 9:15-10:45AM

  • 8: Grade 5 Enrichment, Freedom Trail Foundation

  • 16: Kindergarten Author Visit, Suzanne Bloom

  • 20-24: April Recess

  • 27: Classes Resume

  • TBD: Kindergarten Registration

May

  • 1: Grade 1 Enrichment, Emilie Schuler: Grassroots Conservation

  • 4: PTG Board Meeting (1st half open) 9:15-10:45AM

  • 6: Bike Party

  • 8: Principal Coffee

  • 17: Spring Family Event and Raffle

  • 18: All School Assembly, Shaw Pong Liu: The “Middle Kingdom” Through Music and Story

  • 25: Memorial Day, No School

  • TBD: Field Days

June

  • 8: Final PTG Board Meeting 7pm

  • TBD: Friendship Day

  • TBD: PTG Volunteer Appreciation Party

  • TBD: 5th Grade Celebration

  • TBD: 5th Grade Pool Party

  • TBD: Last Day of School, fifth grade clap-out