 From March 6th through April 2nd, buy any 10 BoxTop items and get a bonus certificate for 60 Boxtops at Meijers.
Artist in Residence
Want to keep the memory of your child’s performance at the Share Out? Didn’t get to the performance on Friday night? Order your copy of our DVD of the performance AND a behind the scenes look at the Residency. All Blythe students participated in the Behind the Scenes activities! The order form is attached. Order are due to office by Friday, March 14th
Was your child a part of the show? Would you like to see images of them on Striding Lion’s website and literature? Sign and return the attached Video Release form.
 We are once again partnering with Mixed Bag Designs to sell reusable bags & other eco-friendly products. A sales packet with catalogs and order forms will be distributed at school this week. For families with multiple students, the sales packet will come home with your oldest student. In the meantime, more information is provided in the attached documents. Share the catalog with neighbors, co-workers, friends and family - there’s something for everyone!
OUR GOAL: EACH STUDENT SELLS 5 ITEMS OR MORE!
Earn prizes too! Check out the flier in your sales packet.
HERE’S HOW TO ORDER:
This Friday, March 14th is Spirit Day! Break out your Blythe Park spirit wear and show it off!
March 17-21 is GEOGRAPHY WEEK at Blythe Park School.
The students will be working in their classrooms on a continent mural and wearing geography related shirts. 4th and 5th grades will also be participating in a Geography Bee.
Each day during GEOGRAPHY WEEK, students should wear a geography related shirt.The class(es) with the highest percentage of geography shirts each day will be getting popcorn!!
Monday, March 17-location or landmark shirt
Tuesday, March 18- sport shirt
Wednesday, March 19- animal shirt
Thursday, March 20- different location or landmark shirt
Friday, March 21 - Blythe Park Shirt
 Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!
The next Hot Lunch Fundraiser is Friday, March 21st, the menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal fruit, cookie and a drink. The cost per child is $5.00. To register your child(ren), go to www.blytheparkpta.org and click on the hot lunch sign-up button located on the right side bar.
Please note, the 4th grade students will be going on a field trip on Friday, March 21st. For those participating in this program, their Hot Lunch will be served to them upon their return.
If you signed up for Hot Lunch for the remainder of the year, you are all set! No reservations are needed for the remainder of the year. Thanks for supporting the Hot Lunch Fundraiser!
The reservation deadline is Wednesday, March 19th. Reservations will not be accepted after Wednesday. Please make sure to make your reservation by then.
Questions, reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Lisa Gaynor at 708-442-4509.
5th GRADE ART SHOW-April 1st
You are invited to attend the 5th grade art show “Trees of Life”. The Art Show will take place at Ames Elementarty School on Tuesday, April 1st from 6:30-8:00pm and will 5th grade artwork from both Ames and Blythe Park. Please read the attached flyer for more infromation.
DISTRICT SPEAKER-March 31st/April 1st
District 96 is hosting Kirk Martin for a speaking engagement and all are welcome.
Stop Defiance & Disrespect: Eliminate Power Struggles & Sibling Fights with America’s Calm Coach Kirk Martin and his son, CaseyWatch the Video at www.CelebrateCalm.com
Kirk will demonstrate ways to:
• Get your kids to listen the first time.
• Stop defiance, disrespect, and yelling.
• Stop whining, tantrums and sibling fights.
• Get kids off video games/screens without a fight.
• Create stress-free mornings, homework time and bedtime.
2 FREE EVENTS
Monday, March 31 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Hauser Jr. High School / 65 Woodside Rd. / Riverside, IL 60546
(School parking lot is behind the school)
Tuesday, April 1 from 9:30am-11:30am
Riverside Township Hall / 27 Riverside Rd. / Riverside, IL 60546
(Workshop is on the 2nd floor)
- Perfect for parents of toddlers to teens.
- Both workshops will be the same content.
- Kids 9 years and older are welcome to attend.
ADULT SOCIAL-April 5th
This year’s Adult Social will be held on Saturday, February 5th. More information coming soon! If you have items you would like to donate to the raffle, please contact Sarah Leone at smrios@sbcglobal.net.
The Nominating Committee nominated the following individuals to serve on the Blythe Park PTA Executive Board for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year.
President - Riia O’Donnell
1st Vice President - Cindy Vitek
2nd Vice President-Carmia Stanovich
3rd Vice President - Sarah Leone
Treasurer - Julie Laube
Secretary - Chaza Schira
Parliamentarian - Julie Stack
The Election of Officers will take place at the April PTA meeting.
 Illinois largest water park, Raging Waves Water park, located in Yorkville is offering a fitness program for kids.
Children are invited to Plunge into Fitness this spring as Raging Waves Water park joins the battle against childhood obesity. The fitness initiative runs now through April 14th, and each child completing the program requirements during this time period will receive a free Raging Waves full day admission pass.
The Plunge into fitness program requires a minimum of 30 minutes of exercise each day, which totals 25 hours for the seven week period. Any activity that increases heart rate qualifies including: walking, running, biking, playing team sports, skateboarding, swimming, jumping rope and hopscotch. For the duration of the program, each child will complete a fitness log attached below. Once complete, a parent will sign it and the child will turn it into the school office by April 14th.
Any questions, contact Mia Stanovich.
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