Blythe Park PTA Happenings 08/21/2014

You’re invited to the PTA Meet and Greet to be held at Blythe Park on Tuesday, August 26th from 2:00-3:00pm in amphitheatre.  This is a time for students to meet their teacher and drop off supplies.  Take this opportunity to reconnect with Blythe Park families on their happenings of the summer months and celebrate the start of a new school year!  Stop by a yummy cool treat!

    

The first full day of school for District 96 students is Wednesday, August 27th.  The first day will be a FULL day with a start time of 8:20am and end time of 3:00pm.

On Tuesday, August 27th all kindergarten students are asked to come to the “Kindergarten Open House” with a parent/guardian during an assigned time slot.  Please see below for your Kindergarten Open House time slot.

Students and parents can plan on spending between 15-30 minutes visiting their classroom, meeting their teacher and dropping off supplies.

The regular kindergarten schedule (8:20-11:15am) will begin on Thursday, August 28th.

Early Release Mondays will begin on Monday, September 8th.  Students will be dismissed at 2:00pm.

    

Join PTA today!  Complete your PTA membership registration and purchase a district calendar and school directory.

To complete the PTA membership process start by clicking on the link below:

http://www.blytheparkpta.org/forms/registration2014_15.asp

The information you provide will be used for PTA communication in the following areas:
-To prepare the 2013-2014 Blythe Park school directory
-For distribution of the PTA weekly e-mail newsletter, ” Blythe Park Happenings.”

Your e-mail address will remain CONFIDENTIAL to Blythe Park PTA. Your e-mail address will NOT be shared with others. It will ONLY be printed in the school directory if you denote by checking the box.

For the 2014-2015 school year, the PTA Membership/School Directory package will cost $6.00, and District 96 School Calendars will cost $5.00. Please make checks payable to Blythe Park PTA ($11.00 for both) and bring your payment to the membership registration table at the Meet and Greet and on the first day of school.

Once your registration form is completed, don’t forget to fill out your volunteer information form by clicking on the link below.

http://www.blytheparkpta.org/forms/volunteer2014_15.asp

Any questions, please contact www.blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or Lisa Gaynor @ltgaynor@aol.com.

    

Blythe Park PTA will hold a welcome picnic for kindergarteners and their families on Tuesday, August 26th from 11:30am-12:30pm in the amphitheater (inside if weather is inclement).  All Kindergarteners and their families are invited to come enjoy lunch and meet their kindergarten classmates.   If you did not RSVP, please do so.  Any questions, please reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Julie Stack @ stackjulie@yahoo.com.

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Parents can you feel the excitement?  The new school year is about to begin!  So, that means it is time for the annual Blythe Park Spirit Wear sale!    Look for the spirit wear table on the first day of school to check out this year’s selection. Click on the following for the entire catalog of offerings and the order form.

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If you are new to Blythe Park School or have not purchased spirit wear in the past, please consider taking a look and making a purchase for either yourself or your student…. cute shirts/sweats/flannel pants/hats/jerseys/skirts in school colors with Blythe Park logos.  These clothing items make great gifts so please share the ordering information with your family and friends who may be looking for gift ideas for your children.

Orders are due to the school office by Friday, September 19, 2014.  Please make checks payable to Blythe Park PTA.

Questions?  Please contact Mary Proteau, Spirit Wear Committee Chair via phone 847-867-3204 or email: msproteau@comcast.net

    

Don’t forget when school supply shopping to consider Office Depot to fill your list. They’re offering Blythe 5% back on all school supply purchases made. Bring the lists posted on our website by clicking on the following link: http://www.blytheparkpta.org/?page_id=7231 or our school ID Number:70034318 with you when you shop and they will process our rebate. You don’t even need to carry the list – just have our ID Number, and they’ll print it for you!

    

As you are doing your summer cleaning, don’t throw anything away….Blythe Park PTA will be holding a garage sale on Saturday, September 27th.  We will be accepting donations of household items, games, toys, furniture, clothes, electronics in September.    So, as you are cleaning this summer save it to donate to our first annual Garage Sale!

Any questions, contact blytheparkpta@yahoo.com.

    

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Keep clipping those Box Tops$ and sending them to school in a  zippered plastic bag with your child’s classroom name on it.  Look for details of this year’s Box Top program in an upcoming Happenings.  Here is a link to all the products that feature Box Top$http://www.boxtops4education.com/earn/clip/Brands.aspx

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Help earn equipment to support our arts, athletics and academic programs at Blythe Park by clipping & saving your Labels for Education! Simply look for the label on participating brands, clip it out and drop in the “Labels for Education” drop box right outside the office. Click on this link to see the complete product list:http://www.labelsforeducation.com/earn/participating-products.aspx

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Please bring in your used ink cartridges, empty chip bags and empty drink pouches. Collection bins are outside the front office.  We will continue sending in these items to be up cycled by Terracyle.   Blythe Park will receive a monetary credit for each up cycled items. Contact Lisa Gaynor @ 708-442-4509 with questions.

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Clip the “Support your School” label on the back of the Tyson Project A+ products.  Drop your labels off in the collection bins located outside the office. Each coupon can be redeemed for 24 cents. Check out the program at http://projectaplus.tyson.com/

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To continue our recycling initiatives, Blythe Park PTA is now recycle unwanted crayons.  All you have to do is bring your unwanted crayons to school and drop off in the crayon recycling bin located outside the office. Please leave the wrappers on the crayons.

    

Fall Parent Night - Thursday, September 18th

Ice Cream Social - Friday, September 19th

School Pictures - Tuesday, September 30th

    

It is a new school year! For those of you with a Target card, please continue to use them on your visits to the store this Fall.  Blythe Park raised over $1,000 last year from the use of the Target card alone!

Don’t have a target card.  Click on the flyer below for all the information you will need to sign-up for a target card.

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Any questions, contact blytheparkpta@yahoo.com.