Get Involved - IB PTO

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Hi ALL Bulldog Families and welcome to Churchill!
On behalf of the Churchill PTO, welcome to the 2025-26 school year! We are excited to begin another year at Churchill and continue our partnership to support students, parents, teachers, and staff to improve student outcomes and connect our school community. This is especially important this year as we transition to a new Principal.
The Churchill PTO has three main goals for this school year:
1. Ensure ALL students have the resources and experiences they need to be successful
2. Support Teachers & Staff so they can provide engaging, safe environments for learning, and
3. Support and connect parents to build a strong community.
We hope that you will help us achieve these goals by being involved, volunteering if you are able, and donating to the PTO if you have the resources. If you would like to volunteer, please –click here- to fill out our online form and make sure you visit https://www.sanjuan.edu/connect/volunteer to get cleared before volunteering. Thank you!
Stay Connected
Our school has an Instagram account and Facebook page and this is the best way to be in the know! Follow WinstonChurchillIBPTO on Facebook and @winstonchurchillbulldogs on Instagram to stay connected on social media. Follow Churchill’s student leadership on Instagram at @bulldog_gotbarks for important information about student-led activities.
Fall Campaign
Each fall, we run a campaign to fund our activities for the year. This year our goal is to raise $15,000 to support activities and events from field trip scholarships & academic clubs to 8th Grade promotion and everything in between! If you would like to support our school and PTO, just click on the donate button above or visit https://wc-bulldogs-pto.square.site/. If you prefer, you can also write a check in the amount of your choosing to Churchill PTO and mail it to the school (or drop it off in the office). Remember 100% of your donation will benefit our students, parents, teachers, and staff!
Monthly PTO Meetings
I’d like to personally invite you to our monthly PTO meetings to get connected and share information about Churchill. Remember, ALL parents are automatically members of the PTO, no membership dues required!
We meet once a month and receive updates from our Interim Principal, Mrs. Karagianes, our VPs, as well as our IB Coordinators, Mrs. Lewis and Ms. Holdaway. We also receive committee updates and discuss & plan upcoming events
All parents, students, teachers, and staff are welcome and encouraged to join us! Our PTO Meetings occur on the first Thursday of every month at 6pm and alternate between in-person meetings in the library and an online only meeting, dates and virtual meeting info is below.
By working together, we make a great team. Let’s go Bulldogs!
Chris Tzimenatos, President Churchill PTO
Noah, 8th
916-317-7854
presidentibptochurchill@gmail.com
Meeting dates:
September 4th, In Person, WCMS Library
October 2nd, Virtual, meet.google.com/jjq-eesd-dqz
November 6th, In Person, WCMS Library
December 4th , Virtual, meet.google.com/jjq-eesd-dqz
January – No Meeting, Happy New Year!
February 5th, Virtual, meet.google.com/jjq-eesd-dqz
March 5th, In Person, WCMS Library
April 2nd, Virtual, meet.google.com/jjq-eesd-dqz
May 7th, In Person, WCMS Library
June 4th, Virtual, meet.google.com/jjq-eesd-dqz
PTO meetings are the 1st Thursday of the month at 6:00pm and alternate between in-person meetings in the Library and virtual meetings.
Winston Churchill PTO Executive Board Members 2025-26
Executive Board Members
President Chris Tzimenatos, presidentibptochurchill@gmail.com
Vice President open
Secretary Stefanie Kemen stefanie_kemen@icloud.com
Treasurer Chelby Sharp
VP of Development Karen Dively karen@dively.net
VP of Events & Hospitality Farrah Miller afarrahmillerevent@gmail.com
Historian Rebecca Kirk rllkirk@gmail.com
Winston Churchill Staff Members
Principal Sandi Karagianes, skaragianes@sanjuan.edu
Vice Principal Cammy Sliwa, cammy.sliwa@sanjuan.edu
Vice Principal Lindsay Tateishi, lindsay.tateishi@sanjuan.edu
School Secretary Tiffany Chiang tiffany.chiang@sanjuan.edu
IB Coordinator Lyndsay Lewis, lyndsay.lewis@sanjuan.edu
IB Coordinator Emily Holdaway, eholdaway@sanjuan.edu
Student Leadership Advisor Kimberli Heck, kheck@sanjuan.edu
Librarian Holly Auer, holly.auer@sanjuan.edu
