Welcome New Wildcat Families!
Mark your calendars for all the ways you can get connected to new students, families, and our Stanley community as we kick off the 2025 school year:
Orientation Day!
6th Grade & New 7/8th Grade Students
Sunday, August 10, 2025
Time (sign up for 1-hour time slot)
Stanley Middle School
An exciting day! Meet other students, tour the campus, learn about Stanley, receive a class schedule and Chromebook, and take a student ID photo.
Parents are invited to stay and visit the New Family Welcome table for refreshments and connect with other Stanley families and PTA members. We will also have a TB screener and mobile Live Scan vendor to help families complete the new Volunteer Requirements.
Welcome Back Family Picnics
6th Grade: Aug. 17 | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Lafayette Plaza
7th Grade: TBD
8th Grade: TBD
Stanley Cultural Fest
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025
5-7:30pm
Stanley Middle School
Don’t miss this fun-filled event for the whole family! Meet and reconnect with Stanley families — enjoy dinner and dessert from a variety of food trucks along with games and DJ on the blacktop. Look out for more details in the Wildcat Weekly newsletter.
New Family Welcome (Parents only)
TBD
Join other parents new to the District for a casual evening, wine and light bites will be served. Invitation with event details will be emailed to all new families.
Self-Organized Events
If your Stanley student is involved in a particular activity at school, feel free to self-organize a gathering of families. If you need help connecting with a specific group of parents, figuring out where to have your meet-up, or finding venue ideas, please contact Kellie Piacente, PTA VP Community at vpcommunity@stanleypta.org
Video: “A Day in the Life of a 6th Grade Student”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Kwlpff7SVKSTj7IQsOasL_BV9Aqw3jNT/view
Contacts
Please reach out with any questions or ideas. We’d love to hear from you!
New Family Welcome Coordinators
Jennie Held
Jennifer McCarthy Redman
PTA VP of Community
Kellie Piacente
vpcommunity@stanleypta.org
PTA President
Don Delco
president@stanleypta.org