Blythe Park PTA Happenings 05/18/2015

On Friday, May 22nd Blythe Park will hold a flag ceremony in honor of Memorial Day. Students, parents, and community members will meet in front of the school to  honor our nation’s symbol and remember those who fought and sacrificed for our country.  We will also be retiring our old flag and raising a new one. The Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts will help conduct the ceremony.  We will also have a special bag pipe performance. Please join us at 8:15am at the flag pole for this beautiful program.

    

Final checkouts on Tuesday morning of this week. Students will need to have brought in all their books in order to check out one more book. All books will be due on May 26th.

    

This Friday, May 22nd is the last Spirit Day of the year!  Break out your Blythe Park spirit wear and show it off! Let’s see lots of blue and white, tie dye or the highlighter yellow shirts!

    

Blythe Park’s Spring Run & Walk club for students in grades 2nd - 5th will meet Thursday, May 21st and Friday, May 22nd this week.  Please have your runners/walkers dressed appropriately for the activity and the weather and be ready to go at 7:50am.   The students will join Ms. Gorman and Mr. Bartelt in a run around the Blythe Park Campus.  Four laps around the school equals one mile.  Students will be tracked with the goal of completing an incremental marathon.  Parents are welcome to join as well.

    

This year Blythe Park will hold our first annual Rain Gutter Regatta.  The Regattas will be raced as a station at this year’s Field Day.  The Regatta is a double elimination race. Awards will be presented to the winner from each classroom and ultimately the Gutter Cup Trophy will be awarded to the overall Blythe Park Grand Champion.

Please check out the attached sheet for all the details on how to help your student build their regatta.

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Three Boat Building Days will be held at Blythe Park to help students. Please note, the new building date and time with Ms. Gorman.

• May 26th and May 28th - Mrs. Alvin with host during art period
• Wednesday, May 2oth - Ms. Gorman will host at lunch recess - New Date and Time

Need resources on how to make a regatta?   Google how to make a raingutter regatta boat.  All kinds of help is out there.   Here are a couple of pictures of boats made by Ms. Gorman and her sons.

Happy Building and Sailing!

    

The last big PTA event, FIELD DAY, is coming up quickly!  Field Day will be held on the last week of school on Tuesday, June 2nd.

We are looking for parent volunteers to help with Field Day. Field Day will be held in the morning from 8:45am-11:30am. To make this event a success, we need lots of volunteers to run the games.  Please take a look at your calendars!  To volunteer, click on the SignUp Genius button below.  If you would like to volunteer and need to bring a sibling, please do.   Just make a note on your sign-up that a sibling will be attending. Thanks!7

    

Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!

The last Hot Lunch Fundraiser will be held on Friday, May 29th.  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.

Reservation deadline is Wednesday, May 27th. This program is only for children that have the option of staying at school for lunch.

If you have signed-up and paid for the entire year, no reservations are needed.

    

Have any Box Tops sitting around?  If so, turn them all in before summer break and then start a new collection this summer.  That way Blythe Park’s first check next school year will be big!

    

Blythe Park PTA’s school supply kit sale will run May 1st - June 1st.  All orders will be available to purchase online from The Write Stuff  and be delivered right to school.  How Convenient!

Easy Ordering Instructions

1) Go to www.write-stuff.com/storefront/school/blythe
2) Select grade level.
3) If applicable, select kit within grade level.
4) Enter student name and gender.
5) Follow prompts to check out.
6) Save and print email confirmation for your records.

There is no cost to have your kits shipped to school during the sale dates.  If you order after June 1st or have the kits shipped somewhere else, standard shipping charges will apply.   If you have any questions, please contact: The Write Stuff   1-800-871-8546 contact@write-stuff.com (phone orders accepted)

PLEASE NOTE:   BLYTHE PARK IS RECEIVING DISCOUNTED PRICING DURING THE ABOVE SALE DATES ONLY.  AFTER JUNE 1st, REGULAR PRICING WILL APPLY.

Get a Hauser School Supply Kit for your 6th Grader!

Don’t want to shop for school supplies? We’ve got the solution!  For the first time, Hauser PTO is offering a school supply kit program for all three grades at Hauser. We’re using The Write Stuff as the vendor, and the sale runs from now through the end of June.

Some highlights of the 2015-2016 program include:

• You can remove items from the list if you already have them!
• Calculators are not included in the kit, but can be ordered separately if you need one.
• All kits will be shipped to your home later in the summer – the flat shipping rate is $7.95.
• This is an online only sale. There is not an option to write a check.
• A small portion of each sale will benefit our PTO.

Cross it off your to-do list and go to www.hauserpto.org to place your order!   If you have any questions, contact Carol Barlow at carol377@att.net .

    

Registration for 2015-16 school year begins today Monday, May 4, 2015.

New Students: registration materials will be available on the District website on May 4, 2015.

Returning Students: registration packets will be mailed to your residence beginning May 1, 2015.

RESIDENCY – Change for 2015-16
Beginning this year, in accordance with the surrounding districts and RBHS, all families will be required to provide proof of residency each year. The Registration Packets include a Verification of Residency form. You will be required to provide copies of residency documentation. Please complete, sign and return the form, along with copies of the required documentation, with your registration packet. If your residency documentation is not in the packet you return, the entire packet will be sent back to you until it is complete.All residency is subject to verification through an investigator hired by District 96. We reserve the right to request additional documentation

For more information, click on this link: http://www.district96.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/2015-16-Registration-Information.pdf