Blythe Park PTA Happenings 11/23/2015

Tonight Monday, November 23rd is parent-teacher conferences and movie night. This year’s feature film, The Book of Life, will be shown at 6:00pm in the auditorium. Drop off the kids while you attend parent/teacher conferences or do a little early holiday shopping at the Scholastic Book Fair.  Popcorn, Churros, candy treats and beverages will be available to purchase at our concession stand.

    

The Scholastic Book Fair is a reading event that brings to school the books kids want to read. It’s a wonderful selection of engaging and affordable books for every reading level. If you haven’t visited the Book Fair, please stop by during your evening conferences today or while your child is at family movie night.

Book Fair Hours Today:
Monday 11/23, 4-8pm - during P/T conferences & Family Movie Night

We look forward to seeing you and your family at our Book Fair! Remember, up to 40% of all purchases benefit our school.

    

Today is the last day to purchase your Blythe Park School Pride T-Shirt.

The Blythe Park Staff and Student Council are teaming up to promote school pride while raising funds for a great cause.  All proceeds from the T-shirt sales will go towards sponsoring a child from a poverty-stricken area of Ghana.  You may place an order on-line (see below), at the table in the book fair or with the hard copy form attached.

    

Thanks for your on-line order!

Even though your order was placed on-line, we still need your a copy of your order form.  So, if you did not send a hard copy of your order form to the office, could you please contact Julie Laube by 8:30pm to ensure that we have your order included on the master order being submitted today.

If you have any questions, Julie can be reached at jlaube@laubecompanies.com or 708-447-8722.

    

The Blythe Park PTA  wishes you and your family a very wonderful Thanksgiving.  We are very grateful to you for your continued support …  for all the sharing of your time and talents so freely on behalf of our students and school community.

Wishing all of you peace, good health and happiness this Thanksgiving.

    

It is PTA Reflections time! Each year the National PTA sponsors the Reflections Program. This program encourages children in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade throughout the nation to explore their artistic talents.

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 “Let Your Imagination Fly…” to one of six art categories.

To get your creative juices flowing, take a look at this youtube video and the description of each category below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkRcJCDfIjs

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 minutes

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.  The student entry form is attached as well as a link to the rules for each category. 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 4th

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.

Student Form: http://www.illinoispta.org/pdf/02.%20Student%20Entry%20Form.pdf

Rules for each category: http://www.illinoispta.org/reflections.html

    

All District 96 families are invited to attend this community event to be held at Ames School – all the PTO/PTAs have been asked to help spread the word…

We are living in a global community and sparking our children’s interest in other cultural norms, values, beliefs and languages will set them up towards a path of LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT.  We have great resources within our own community. Let’s discover these hidden riches that may have a profound effect on the future and welfare of our community.  This forum will be held at Ames School on Monday, November 30th from 6:30-8pm.  For more information, contact Pearl Cervantes @ (708) 447-0759.

Cultural Inclusiveness Flier