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Already planning to have family dinner after Open House on April 10? Make it a “pizza with a purpose” night at California Pizza Kitchen in Tarzana and support Wilbur in the process!

All day on Thursday, April 10 CPK Tarzana will donate 20% of ALL food and beverage sales when you mention Wilbur or present this flyer when you order.

You can cater lunch in the office, dine-in at the restaurant, or order take-out online at CPK.com. Be sure to use promo code BACK20% at checkout.

Don’t waste time! Order your 2024-2025 Wilbur Yearbook today! The Yearbook Committee has been hard at work all year long capturing the memories you won’t want to forget.

Our Dolphin Pod has done it all from field trips to assemblies to class parties and parades and more. The yearbook is a cherished momento that will last a lifetime.

Wilbur yearbooks are made of high quality, glossy paper with color photography in a hardcover binding. Each year a new cover is revealed upon delivery. Covers are one-of-a-kind artwork designed by our very own Wilbur students!! One lucky 5th grade student will have their artwork prominently featured on the front cover!! Check out last year’s “In Our Wilbur Era” yearbook.

Yearbooks will arrive before the last day of school and will be delivered to your student’s classroom. But you MUST order in time! The last day to order will be Monday, April 21st. This deadline will NOT be extended!

We’re so excited to bring Wilburchella back to our campus! This spring festival event will be held on Saturday, May 3rd from 2pm until 6pm. We will have fun in the sun on the Wilbur Main Yard all afternoon with a DJ, food trucks, sweet treat vendors, prizes and more.

Entry is free, but you will need a wristband for bounce houses, carnival-style games, and arts & craft booths. Wristbands are officially on sale for $30 from now until the event, then go up to $40 at the door.

Don’t forget! If you donated to the I ❤️ Wilbur Annual Fund at the Platinum Dolphin Level ($1500+) or higher, you receive 2 wristbands with your donation. You will be contacted soon to RSVP.

NEW THIS YEAR…

• • We will offer a fun TRAIN RIDE 🚂 with an additional ticket purchase to take you on a scenic tour of campus AND…
  • The 4th Grade Committee will offer the opportunity to purchase a warrant to put your kids (or kids to put their parents) in our WILBUR JAIL!! 🚓

To commemorate the event, we also have a LIMITED EDITION Wilburchella 2025 t-shirt available on pre-sale for $18.

Do you have 30-minutes to help at WilburChella? Volunteers are needed! There are a lot of time slots to fill and make this an event to remember! You do NOT have to be a registered LAUSD Volunteer to signup.

For each 30-minute volunteer shift worked, you will receive 10 raffle tickets to get closer to winning an iPad, gift cards, stuffed animals, and more!

See the sign-up or your room parent for more details.

Events like Wilburchella cannot happen without the help of our community! This along with most FOW events are put on entirely by parent volunteers… the more help we have the better the event will be!

About Us

Friends of Wilbur (FOW), our parent-run all-volunteer booster club, is the non-profit organization that supports Wilbur. FOW pays for computer, art, science, and music, none of which are currently funded by Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). FOW is 100% run by parent volunteers, and your involvement and support are vital to Wilbur’s continuing success.

Our Amazing Programs

Thanks to the support of our generous Wilbur families, FOW is fortunate to provide amazing programs to our students. With your donations, here are just a few excellent services and community events FOW will fund this year:

PE classes with three Coaches
Music classes with Ms. Kim
Art classes with Mrs. Schwartz
Generation Genius
Halloween Trunk or Treat
“Wilbur’s Got Talent” Show
Spring Carnival
Holiday Show
Field Trip buses
Valentine’s Day Dance
Movie Night
And more!

How to Get Involved

FOW is strong because of parents like you, and we are always looking for volunteers. You can help in many ways: as a room parent, event volunteer, donor, and active attendee and participant in school programs. Any amount of time, involvement, and support you can give is greatly appreciated and goes far to help FOW and Wilbur.

We are busy planning fun community events and fundraisers for this school year. Here are the best ways to stay connected and make sure you never miss an update:

• Register for the FOW Contact List to receive our newsletter.
• Check out upcoming events and programs on our website.
• Email us with questions, ideas, and volunteer interest on our Contact Page.
• Sign up to receive great year-round information through our social media sites:
  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/friendsofwilbur/
  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/friendsofwilbur/
  Twitter: https://twitter.com/friendsofwilbur/

We are excited about the upcoming school year and celebrating our kids and teachers being back in classrooms! Thank you for your continued support, and welcome back!

Annual Fund

The “I HEART WILBUR” pledge drive is FOW’s biggest annual fundraising event and enables us to continue supporting these programs that your children and their teachers love. The goal of the “I HEART WILBUR” pledge drive this year is to raise $175,000. We have increased our goal this year due to rising prices in line items such as payroll, insurance, and materials, which have affected our overall budget. Every dollar counts towards reaching this goal, so if you cannot give the suggested amount, we appreciate gifts of any amount. EVERY BIT HELPS! DONATE NOW!

Where Does the Annual Fund Money Go?

You probably know that the Annual Fund supports our art, music and computer programs, along with the holiday show and field trip buses (two per year for each grade level!). But did you know it also pays for community events like Trunk or Treat and the Math and Science Bonanza, in addition to student achievement awards, teacher appreciation gifts and other important expenses to make our school as great as it is! These expenses are not paid for by LAUSD, so your donation is crucial! Take a look below to see the breakdown.

Download the Friends of Wilbur 2023-2024 Budget

Friends of Wilbur is happy to announce that science and math teaching resource Generation Genius will continue to be offered for all grade levels for the 2024-2025 school year!

Thanks to the generous support of our Gold Level Sponsor Logix Federal Credit Union and its Tarzana branch location, which has fully underwritten the cost of this program, Wilbur teachers have access to all that Generation Genius has to offer and are incorporating it into their lessons.

This program, which was started by a scientist with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and an Emmy-winning former president of Marvel TV & Animation, aims to bring “school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more.” Their videos, which are produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association, are designed to meet school standards, with different lessons and activities tailored for each grade level.

Our Corporate Business Banner Program is officially open for business. Do you own or work for a company that would be interested in supporting our incredible school, while also advertising your business? Then this is the program for you!

In accordance with District parameters guiding business banner promotions, Friends of Wilbur is streamlining the Corporate Business Banner Program. As details are finalized, we are happy to share that we are turning the clock back to 2019 with cost efficiencies. Please see the single rates for 2024-2025 below:

• $2,050 for Gold Level Sponsors**
• $900 for Silver Level Sponsors
• $700 for Bronze Level Sponsors 

**Gold Level Sponsors will enjoy additional opportunities for visibility this year; all Gold Level commitments must be booked by September 30th.

Please contact Michelle Eskenazi-Wasser (Director of Corporate Sponsorships and Outreach Programming) via email for all your corporate business banner questions at [email protected].

Spirit Wear Fridays are every Friday during the school year. Make sure you have your gear ready to go. Place an order online by 8pm on Thursdays at the Wilbur Wear Shop and your order will be delivered to your student’s classroom on Fridays.

*NEW* Wilbur Website 💻

Hey, did you hear the news!? Wilbur has a *NEW* and improved website! Save Wilbur’s new website to your favorites list! Check it out HERE for all the latest updates and announcements that come from the office.

Generation Genius

Friends of Wilbur is excited to offer a new science and math teaching resource for all grade levels this year! Thanks to the generous support of our Gold Level Sponsor Logix Federal Credit Union and its Tarzana branch location, which has fully underwritten the cost of this program, Wilbur teachers have access to all that Generation Genius has to offer and are incorporating it into their lessons. This program, which was started by a scientist with a Ph.D. in biochemistry and an Emmy-winning former president of Marvel TV & Animation, aims to bring “school science standards to life through fun and educational videos paired with lesson plans, activities, quizzes, reading material and more.” Their videos, which are produced in partnership with the National Science Teaching Association, are designed to meet school standards, with different lessons and activities tailored for each grade level.

https://www.generationgenius.com/
https://www.logixbanking.com/branches/tarzana