The Viking Voice

The Viking Village Volunteers are back!

With the school year already off to a great start, allow us to reintroduce ourselves. Around here, we’re known as the Viking Village Volunteers. You might have known us in a past life as the Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), but our mission remains the same: to support the education and engagement of our students at Whittier Elementary. How do we do that? By creating and fostering relationships with school staff, parents, and caregivers, along with other people and businesses in our amazing community.

Learn more about us and our mission at Viking Village.

Kindergarten T-shirts

We welcomed all new kindergartners with a Whittier Viking t-shirt as a way to make them feel special and part of the school community right from the start. This year, we donated 70 shirts to this year's kindergartners. Welcome to Whittier, little vikings! 

Viking Village doubles funds for staff grants to $9k

We’re elated to report that last year, we sponsored 22 staff grant requests totaling nearly $4,500. This year, we aim to provide even more support to our staff with $9,000 available for the 24/25 school year. If you know a Whittier teacher or staff member who is in need of financial support for a project, supplies, or even a field trip, please pass along this link to the brief application: Whittier PTO Grant Request Form.

If you’re interested in contributing funds so we can continue to support the Whittier staff in this way, there are several ways to donate (and your donations are tax deductible!). See Viking Village: Donate for more information.

Whittier community garden

A big round of applause for the 14 families who volunteered to keep the garden running through the summer!

We would love to have more volunteers help in the garden.

• Garden coordinator: Help organize events, workdays, maintenance, and volunteers.

• Lunchtime volunteers: Lead small student groups during lunch recess to help in the garden.

Fill out the Whittier Community Garden Survey, or email whittiercommunitygarden@gmail.com to learn more.

Upcoming Events

September

• Whittier Futbol Club Jamboree

  • Date: September 28

  • Time: 9 am to 3 pm.

October

• STEAM Night

  • Date: October 3

  • Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

  • Volunteer at Whittier Volunteer Sign Up

• Book Fair

  • Date: October 16-17

  • Time TBD

  • Volunteer at Whittier Volunteer Sign Up

• Parent Teacher Conference and Book Fair

  • Date: October 16-17

  • Time: TBD

• Restaurant FUNdraiser Night

  • Location: Chuck E Cheese

  • Date: October 17 

  • Time: 3-9pm

• Viking Village PTO meeting

  • Location: Whittier Library

  • Date: October 30

  • Time: 4pm

This is amazing! How can I get involved and stay in the know?

• We always need more volunteers! Get started by filling out the Viking Village Volunteer Form.

We have immediate need for these events:

• • • STEAM Night: October 3. Volunteer at Whittier Volunteer Sign Up.

• Text WhittPTO to 81010 to be added to our Whittier PTO on Remind. 

• Attend a Viking Village meeting! Our meetings are the third Wednesday of every month at 4 pm in the school library (October’s meeting will be held October 30). 

• Follow us on Facebook and Instagram. 

• Donate! If you have the means, please consider making a monetary donation to help support our initiatives for 2024-2025 and beyond.

• Bookmark these resources:

  • Whittier Community School

  • Viking Village Volunteers

  • Garden Club

Looking for a way to personally thank your student’s teacher (and other school staff)? We made it easy!

If you’re looking for a way to help your student’s teacher, look no further!

Head on over to Staff & Teacher Wish Lists for grade-level wish lists along with wish lists from other support staff and everyone’s favorite drinks and snacks! 

We’re going to keep these lists up through the year, so feel free to come back at a later date and see what things our teachers and staff might need.