 Riverside School District 96, in partnership with the Hollywood Elementary School PTA and the Safe Environment Commission of the Village of Riverside, welcomes educational speaker Josh Gunderson tonight Monday, February 9th.
With more than eight years of experience in educational theatre, Gunderson travels throughout the U.S. discussing real-life examples of positive and negative situations within the online world, specifically the detrimental effects of cyberbullying.
“Every day, it seems we hear about incidents of bullying and cyberbullying in particular,” says Gunderson. “With the growing influence of social media websites like Facebook and Twitter, it is crucial for students and parents to understand the ramifications of what can happen with just the click of a mouse. Bullying isn’t just happening in the school yard or hallway; it’s happening in cyberspace too.”
Gunderson will be visiting students, presenting “Your Digital Life.” This high-energy program shows the pros and cons of the online world in a way that keeps students engaged and entertained, but also has them thinking twice about their digital footprint. Highlighting areas such as thinking before you post, privacy, online identity, bullying, pictures and sexting, Gunderson uses his own unique brand of comedy to explain the rules for internet safety.
The “Your Digital Life” presentation for parents will take place on the evening of Monday, February 9th from 7:00 – 8:30pm in the Hauser Junior High Auditorium located at 65 Woodside Rd. in Riverside
Please see the attached flyer for more information.
Hauser PTO’s Annual Family dinner will be held on Tuesday, February 10th, from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, in the Hauser cafeteria. Family, friends, community members-come for the Hauser basketball game and stay for the pasta dinner! The dinner will include: Pasta with Sauce & Meatballs * Salad * Bread * Homemade Desserts * Lemonade. Tickets are $5.00 in advance and $7.00 at the door..
All District 96 5th graders are invited to attend free with a paying adult. If your interested in attending, you can purchase tickets on-line using Cheddar Up.
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To pay with check (made payable to Hauser PTO) or cash, complete the attached form and turn into the Hauser Office.
Hauser Family Dinner Flier ’15
 Our next Wellness Wednesday will be February 11th and we will have a “February Fitness Flashback” with a surprise guest! The students will participate in many fun cardiovascular activities since February is heart awareness month.
 This year’s talent show will held on Thursday, February 26th at 7pm with the dress rehearsal on Wednesday, February 25th from 3:00pm-5:00pm. The children will be asked to make a presentation to the talent show committee on either Thursday, February 19th or Friday, February 20th during lunch. Groups will be notified of their presentation date the week prior. The presentation to the talent show committee needs to be your child’s complete act including music selection, costumes and props.
Each talent show participant must register using the on-line sign-up. Go to the Blythe Park PTA website at www.blytheparkpta.org and click on the talent show button and register your child by Monday, February 16th.
Any questions, contact Mary Smith 708-447-7436.
 Please join us for the Blythe Park PTA February meeting to be held on Thursday, February 19th at 7:00pm in the lunch room. Come find out about PTA’s March and April events. The District 96 school board candidates will be joining us to introduce themselves. The District 96 school board election will take place in April. Refreshments will be served! We look forward to seeing you!
 Throughout the month of February, Blythe Park will be working on the school-wide Bulldog book challenge. The students will keep a reading log in their folder on which they will log the number of books they read, Please initial the log once a book is read. We will check the logs each Friday, so it is best if the sheet is kept in their homework folder so as not to be inadvertently forgotten at home. Blythe Park will keep track of our school-wide goal throughout the entire month, with the hope of meeting or beating our target number. Let’s make it happen! The tracking log for the Bulldog Book Challenge was sent home in your child’s backpack. Please note, PTA will also accept the Bulldog Reading Logs as proof for the Read to Succeed Program.
Any questions, contact Ms. Gorman at gormanc@district96.org.
Blythe Park PTA encourages participation in the Six Flags Six Hour Reading Club.
Every Blythe Park student who completes six hours of reading and submits a signed reading log by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd will receive one free admission ticket to a participating Six Flags Theme Park this summer.
STUDENTS: Read for fun for a total of 6 hours, track your time, have your parent/guardian sign the reading log form, and return it to your teacher or have your parent/guardian email it to the School Coordinator, Debby Galloway at dastrama@gmail.com by MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23rd.
PARENTS: Print the reading log form listed below and help track your child’s reading, sign the form, and send it back to school or email to the School Coordinator, Debby Galloway at dastrama@gmail.com .
Tickets are expected to be arrive around May 10th.
Any questions, contact Debby Galloway at 312/519-4887
Have any Box Tops sitting around? All Box Tops that we send in by March 1st will count toward this year’s check to Blythe Park PTA. So check and make sure you have turned all your family’s Box Tops in by Friday, February 27th.
Contact Laura Rubio at rubiolaura1@gmail.com with any questions.
 Blythe Park PTA will hold an Adult Social-” A Night to Come Together” on Friday, February 27th from 7:00-10:00pm at Marlins located at 7236 39th St. in Lyons. The ticket price of $40.00 per person will include food (burgers, chicken sandwiches, pasta & salad) and drink (domestic beer, well drinks and soda).
The evening will feature a split the pot raffle and some other fun raffles.
Grab your spouse, a friend and join us for a night out supporting Blythe and a local business.
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