This is the last week of Blythe Park’s fundraiser with Schwan’s. Place your order today! On all orders placed by April 9th, 20% of the product and 40% of eGift Card sales will go back to Blythe Park PTA. In addition, Schwan’s will contribute 5% of all orders to PTA for the rest of the year.
Click below to place your order!
Schwan’s Ordering Instructions
Schwan’s On-Line Ordering Page
Place Order By:
Monday, March 30-Thursday, April 9 (fundraiser end date)
Order Delivery Date:
Monday, April 13th
 5th Grade parents make sure your calendars are marked for all the 5th grade events this week.
5th to 6th Grade Parent Orientation Meeting - Thursday, April 9th
Parents are invited to attend an orientation meeting to be held in the Hauser auditorium at 7:00pm on Thursday, April 9th
5th Grade Games Night - Friday, April 10th
5th Graders from Ames, Blythe, Central and Hollywood are invited to spend the evening together getting to know each other and their new school - Hauser! It will take place on Friday, April 10th from 6:30pm-9:00pm. Check-in and check-out will happen in the Hauser Cafeteria.
The attached flyer has all the details. If your permission slip has not been signed and returned, please do so as soon as possible. The committee is looking for lots of volunteers for this event.
Any questions, contact Debbie Brand
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Tuesday, April 7th is the election for District 96 Board of Education members. We encourage all Blythe Park parents to vote in this election – this is your chance to have a say in who leads the education of your children and sets the tone in our schools. Please exercise your right to vote!
 Blythe Park will be celebrating science during the month of April. The science celebration will have four different cool related science activities:
Friday, April 17th - Science Assembly
On April 17th, all the children will participate in Steve Belliveau’s “Getting Excited about Science” Assembly. This 45-minute assembly will provide twists to science experiments which exhibit the principles of: Static Electricity, Air Pressure, Water Pressure, Sound, Light/Color/Eyes, Friction, Pulleys, Distribution of Weight, Conservation of Energy and Inductive and Deductive Reasoning. Other Science topics include Chemistry, Astronomy, Science Fair, Green Science, and more. Check out his website - http://getscience.net/pages/school-assemblies.html
April 22nd-23rd - In-Class Experiments
As part of their science curriculum, each student will be participating in an in-class experiment. Blythe Park PTA has hired High Touch-High Tech to conduct hands-on science workshops for each class. Each classroom teacher has selected a hands on experiment that a scientist from High Touch-High Tech will lead each classroom through. Make sure to ask your children about them.
NEW THIS YEAR - April 20, 22, 27 and 29 - “Science and a Sandwich”
To encourage participation in the Science Fair, Blythe Park PTA will be holding four “Science and a Sandwich Sessions” during lunch. On April 20th and April 22nd, the lunch sessions will be executing a science experiment. On April 27th and April 29th, students will receive help in making presentation boards of the experiments completed the prior week for the science fair. Each of the lunch science experiment sessions has a capacity of 16 students. Please sign-up by clicking on the button below.
April 30th - Science Fair
Bring out the scientist in your child and be a part of the Blythe Park’s Science Fair to be held at 6:30pm on Thursday, April 30th prior to Spring Open House. Now is the time to start thinking about your science experiment idea. RSVPs are due Friday, April 24th. Look for all the sign-up details in next week’s Happenings.
Need to Know Details:
Students will conduct their own science experiment at home to either display or demonstrate at the Science Fair. Each student’s display will be set-up on a card table. There will be no judging. Each student will receive a participation award. Students may work individually or in a group of no more than two students. Each participating student will be required to follow the five steps of the Scientific Method and complete and bring the Scientific Method worksheet with their experiment. Participation is optional.
Great Resources
Looking for ideas for your science experiment? Check out these resources.
Websites:
Authors:
- Janice VanCleave
- Bill Nye
- Riverside Public Library has a great collection of science experiment books
Any questions, contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or Katie Ford at fordfamily4@rocketmail.com
 llinois largest waterpark, Raging Waves Waterpark, located in Yorkville is offering a fitness program for kids.
Children are invited to Plunge into Fitness this spring as Raging Waves Waterpark joins the battle against childhood obesity. The fitness initiative runs now through April 13th, 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. The fitness log that needs to be completed is attached. Once complete, a parent will sign it and the child will turn it into the school office by April 13th.
Any questions, contact Mia Stanovich.
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The Bargain Books & More sale is two weeks away!
Please consider dropping off donations of children’s and adult books, complete games and puzzles, movies, CDS, even magazines for our annual “Bargain Books & More Sale”. This great event will be held in the gym at Blythe Park on Friday, April 17th from 3-6pm and Saturday, April 18th from 9a-12noon. We accept donations year ’round, just drop off a bag or box in front of the office.
There are lots of opportunities to help out for an hour or two, setting up, working the sale, or helping to pack up the leftovers. Please contact Jan Ellen Eckardt at 708-442-7150 with any questions or to arrange a pick up of a large donation! All the proceeds benefit the PTA.
 Blythe will be hosting its first indoor vendor/craft fair on Saturday, April 18 from 9 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. during our Bargain Books and More Sale.
We’re looking for vendor participants who would like to sell their crafts or assorted wares during Blythe’s annual used book sale. Each vendor will receive a booth space with a 6-foot table for a $15 fee on which they’ll be able to showcase their offerings, including crafts, vendor-sponsored wares (Avon, Tupperware, etc.), household items or toys.
For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Linda Sanduski at 708-443-5597 or lsanduski@topco.com
Blythe Park PTA’s will be holding a bake sale in conjunction with the Bargain Book & More sale on Saturday, April 18th. We are in need of bakers! Please click on the button below to sign up to be a baker.
Please drop off all baked good this morning of the event. Please packaged muffins, cookies, and cupcakes into packages of 3 or 4 and include the name of the baked goods on each package. Please note if the baked good has nuts. If you have any questions, please contact Claudia Chapulis at leelufive@hotmail.com
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