VWES PTA

08/31/2026

📣‼️QUICKER-PICKER-UPPER PASS - TIME TO GET YOUR TICKETS and PLACE YOUR BIDS‼️📣

⚡ 🚗 Skip the Car Rider Line & Fast-Track Your School Pick-Up! 🚘⚡

Tired of waiting in the long car rider line at the end of the day? Here is your chance to breeze right through and grab your student first with our official Quicker Picker Upper Pass!

📅Ebay Auction Dates: August 25 (7:00 PM) – September 4 (7:00 PM)

🔗 Bid Online: https://ebay.io/m/2U5Pkd

•Prefer Not to Bid Online?
If you don't want to participate in the online auction, you can still join in!

• 💵 Send Cash: Send cash into the school with your student, and we will enter you into the raffle ourselves!

• 🎟️ Buy Online: Purchase raffle tickets directly through our Givebacks Shop. https://vwesstingrays.givebacks.com/shop

WHAT YOU WIN 🏆

*VIP Front-of-the-Line Access: Skip the line and enjoy effortless dismissal. (Winner parking will be located in the back bus-loading area).

*Major Time Savings: Fast-track your exit out of the parking lot every single afternoon!

Important Details:

100% Proceeds Support Students: Every dollar raised goes directly to the PTA to fund school activities, events, and student programs throughout the year.

Pass Validity: Valid for the entire 2026–2027 school year.

Rules & Guidelines: Winner must follow standard school safety protocols during dismissal.

Good luck, and thank you for supporting our Stingray students and school community!

08/31/2026

Today we are wishing Mrs. Hayes a Happy Birthday! A huge thank you for everything you do! From managing the daily chaos to wearing so many hats, your hard work keeps us all moving forward. We truly couldn't do this without you—hope you have a fantastic day celebrating! 🎉

08/30/2026

Happy Birthday to our Secretary Emily Caines! We hope you have a wonderful day!

08/28/2026

Stingray Supporters!

The school is in need of proctors to volunteer for the Beginning of Grade testing on Wednesday September 2nd! If you have the morning free and want to help out, please fill out the Google form below or email Mrs McNichols directly at [email protected] so she can get you set up to help!

Thank you all 🩵💜🩵💜

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfhcm9hTYStRGVxu-z5k_C2Ejz4D_0eCtXtsiYg65yIs9-CRw/viewform

08/28/2026

We are incredibly grateful to Office Depot for sponsoring Virginia-Williamson Elementary School! 🎒✨

This incredible support directly impacts our teachers, students, and community by ensuring we have the high-quality resources we need to succeed every single day.

📝📚Thank you, Office Depot, for investing in our students and being a true champion for education! 🤝🌟

08/27/2026

🍕❤️ A huge shout out and thank you to Patronies Pizza in Holden Beach. 🍕❤️ We are incredibly grateful for your generous sponsorship of our school. Your support makes such a difference for our students and staff here at Virginia Williamson Elementary School.

Let's show them some love in return! The next time your family has a pizza night, make sure to order from Patronies Pizza - Holden Beach and support the local business that supports us.

08/26/2026

🎉 We hope your Stingrays are having an amazing start to the school year! 🎉
There’s still time to enter our PTA raffles, and we’ve got THREE exciting prizes this year:

🍕 Pizza with the Principal
Your child picks the pizza and enjoys a special lunch with the principal.

🏆 Free Student of the Year Package
PTA covers fall/spring pictures, field trips, yearbook, VIP experiences (Principal’s Chair + announcements), plus a $10 voucher for Santa Shop, Love Shop, and Boo/Candy Grams.

⚡ Quicker Picker Upper
Skip the car rider line! This pass allows you to pick your student up from a designated spot behind the school for a quicker, easier dismissal.
We will have two winners — one drawn from the raffle and one selected through EBAY.

📅 All raffle winners will be selected on September 4.

🎟️ Raffle tickets and VIP experiences can be purchased online through Givebacks:

Givebacks helps you engage your supporters, raise money online with less work, and harness innovation to build up your entire community through GIvebacks. See why over 12,000 organizations and over 2.4 million people use Givebacks to thrive.

08/26/2026

📢Don't forget, our Quicker Picker Upper auction is LIVE as of 7pm! After two days of traffic, doesn't it sound just dreamy to not have to do that all year long?!

Get those bids and paper ticket entries in before Sept 4th!

Givebacks helps you engage your supporters, raise money online with less work, and harness innovation to build up your entire community through GIvebacks. See why over 12,000 organizations and over 2.4 million people use Givebacks to thrive.

08/25/2026

🔆SPONSOR SHOUTOUT🔆

Today's featured sponsor is one most of us know and love, Shore Fun Pediatrics in Supply!

Dr. Hope and her staff are always ready and willing to support the kiddos at our school, not just through the PTA but in any way they can. From scheduling sick visits for our stingrays that aren't feeling their best, doing well checks and sports physicals, and everything else in-between they truly have you covered!