Blythe Park PTA Happenings 12/01/2014

Blythe Park days are at Five Below this week! Five Below will donate back 10% of all your holiday purchases to our PTA from December 2nd - December 7th. Make your list and head over to either the North Riverside or Countryside locations. Please bring the attached flyer to the event, so we can get credit for your purchase. Look in your child’s backpack for a hard copy of the flyer.  For more information contact Julie Stack at 773-251-0168.

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Blythe Park and the entire District 96 community will be celebrating Inclusive Schools Week this week December 1st - December 5th.

Inclusive Schools Week celebrates the progress that schools have made in providing a supportive and quality education to diverse student populations, including students who are marginalized due to disability, gender, socio-economic status, cultural heritage, language preference and other factors (inclusiveschools.org).

The theme for 2014 is One School Community.

We encourage  you to speak with your child throughout the week about what he or she learned regarding inclusion, acceptance and empathy. For your convenience, the flyer is attached for Wednesday’s, Mix-it Up Day.

On Wednesday, December 3rd, students are encouraged to mix up their clothes-wear pajamas, polka dots with plaid–celebrate you!

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If you placed an order for Poinsettias or Holiday Flowers, they will be available for pick-up on Thursday, December 4th from 3:00-4:00pm in the lunch room.

Any questions, please contact Susan Casey at  scasey396@comcast.net.

    

This is the last week to create a Reflections entry.  It is not too late to be creative!  4th and 5th Grade students can create a Reflections entry and an Art Journal entry at the same time.

We encourage you to unleash your child’s talents by encouraging participation in this wonderful program. To participate, your child needs to interpret this year’s theme “The World Would Be A Better Place If…” to one of six art categories. To get your creative juices flowing, a brief explanation of each category is provided below.

Literature
Poetry, Prose, Drama, Short Stories, Song Lyrics, Fiction and Non-Fiction

Musical Composition
Scores of original composition, with or without words, accompanied with CD, not exceeding five minuteshgh

Photography
Color or black and white prints or collage of photographic prints measuring up to 11×14 inches, including mat.

Visual Arts
Painting, drawing, collage, printmaking, needlework, computer art up to 20” x 24”

Dance/Choreography
DVD, not to exceed five minutes

Film/Video Production
All aspects of the film must be done by the student on DVD not to exceed five minutes.

How does the program work? Your child creates an original work of art in one of the six categories listed above. Each submitted piece will be forwarded to our local District for judging. District winners will move on to the State level. Reflections Program awards culminate with a national winner in each of the six categories. Take a look at the National award-winning entries in the PTA Reflections Program gallery at www.ptareflections.org

All Blythe Park entrants will be awarded a certificate and Reflection ribbon.  General Student Participation Rules and the Official Entry Form are attached. If your child will be entering, please contact Lisa Gaynor for a copy of the detailed rules for their category of interest. All entries must be received to the school office by Friday, December 5th

We have a talented group of students at Blythe and we look forward to receiving some great creations. Contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or 708-442-4509 with any questions.

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