January 19-22 is GEOGRAPHY WEEK at Blythe Park School.
The students will be working in their classrooms on a continent mural and wearing geography related shirts. 4th and 5th grades will also be participating in a Geography Bee.
Each day during GEOGRAPHY WEEK, students should wear a geography related shirt. The class(es) with the highest percentage of geography shirts each day will be getting popcorn!!
Tuesday, January 19-location or landmark shirt
Wednesday, January 20- sport shirt
Thursday, January 21- animal shirt
Friday, January 22- Blythe Park PTA
 Blythe Park PTA has partnered with Wei Huang, parent to a Kindergarten student at Blythe Park to offer a twice monthly class for students and families to learn Chinese Culture and Conversation.
Class Description
- 30 minutes of conversational language over the course of the semester up to 10 sentences will be learned
- 15 minutes of calligraphy, learning how to write simple Chinese characters
- 15 minutes cultural discussion with some arts and crafts projects
Class Dates
- Eight class dates - 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, 3/8, 3/22, 4/5, 4/19 and 5/3
- 6:30-7:30pm
- Held at Blythe Park School
Cost:
- $13 per class for students; parents are free
- Four class minimum is required for participation
- Full semester enrollment is strongly encouraged; total cost $100.00
- K-2 must attend with adult; 3-5 may attend alone but parent participation is recommended
- Class fee will be used to purchase supplies and all remaining funds will go to the Blythe Park PTA
Enrollment
Please click on the CheddarUp button below to pay by credit card. If you would like to pay by check or cash, please return the attached form with your payment to the school office by January 19th.
Any questions, please contact Rory Dominick at rory.dominick@gmail.com.
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 COFFEE WITH THE PRINCIPAL-6:15pm
Please meet Ms. Gorman in the Blythe Park Library at 6:15pm on Wednesday, January 20th to discuss school events, curriculum initiatives, and any questions you may have regarding Blythe Park School. The January coffee with focus on the PARCC test.
JANUARY PTA MEETING-7:00pm
The January PTA meeting will be this Wednesday, January 20th at 7:00pm in the lunch room. The meeting has been switched from a morning meeting and will feature special guest Merryl Brownlow, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction. She will be joining us to discuss district initiatives in the area of curriculum. Let’s give her a nice Blythe Park welcome!
The January meeting agenda, minutes and treasurer will be posted on Tuesday. Click on the link below to view.
Meeting Agenda/Minutes for Approval: http://www.blytheparkpta.org/?page_id=22
 Last two January classes are upon us. The February schedule is coming soon!
The remaining January schedule for both boys and girls is below:
1/21-Girls
1/28-Boys
Class runs 3pm - 3:45pm on Thursdays and the cost is $10 per class. Please sign up here by clicking on the Cheddar Up button below.
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While we can accommodate day of registration/payment it’s always preferred to have sign ups the day before class.
Any questions please contact Rory Dominick at rory.dominick@gmail.com
 Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!
The January Hot Lunch is Friday, January 22nd. The menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal fruit, cookie and a drink. The cost per child is $5.00. Please register your child(ren) by clicking on the Cheddar-Up button below
Similar to last month, you will be able to pay for the Hot Lunch Fundraiser on-line. If you would not like to use the on-line payment option, please send cash or check (payable to Blythe Park PTA) to the school office with your family name and “Hot Lunch” written on the envelope. You can pay for the remainder of the year or single lunches.
PLEASE NOTE - all children must be registered by clicking on the Cheddar Up button above no matter what your payment method is going to be (cash, check or credit). If you have paid for the entire year last month, no reservation is needed for the remainder of the year.
Reservation deadline is Wednesday, January 20th. This program is only for children that have the option of staying at school for lunch.
So, sign-up and pay for the Hot Lunch fundraiser now!
 Blythe Park PTA’s annual Snowball Dance will be held on Friday, February 5th from 6:00-8:00pm in the gym. It will be a winter wonderland of fun! We are are looking for volunteers to help with set-up, serve food, supervise the dance floor, clean up and donate treats. Please click on the Signup Genius below if you would like to help.
Any questions, contact Margaret Senese at margaretsenese3@gmail.com.
 Blythe Park PTA will hold an Adult Social on Saturday, January 30th at 7:00pm at Chef Sangria-La in North Riverside. The ticket price of $40.00 per person will include food buffet of Chef favorites, two drink tickets and a chance to win a $100 door prize. 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.
To purchase tickets using credit, click on the CheddarUp button below. If you would like to pay with check or cash, please send the money to the office in an envelope labeled with your name and “Adult Social” .
Any questions, contact Karla Highland or Rory Dominick.
 
The Blythe Park PTA extends an invitation to all Blythe Park families to remember someone special in your life and help build our library collection at the same time. How does the program work? You select and purchase a book from the library wish list and create your personalized dedication. Blythe Park PTA will print your dedication in your book and the book will be donated to our school library.
Once purchased, the books should be ready for check out within a few weeks of receipt. There will be a note sent to the person or persons you dedicate the book to (if not part of Blythe Park Community, please include address to send notice to). You may now purchase books at any time even in the summer and keep Blythe Park’s Library filled with new and exciting books for our kids to read!
Please use the instructions below to access the on-line wish list.
If you want to donate a specific book that is not on the list, please check with Blythe Park Librarian, Patty Prodanich, to make sure the book is not currently in the Library’s collection and/or that we don’t have multiple copies as space is limited.
Please fill out the attached order form for each donation. Please return your dedication form with the book or books you purchased to the cabinet in the office or give them to Julie Laube. You may purchase the book on your own but please fill out the form below and deliver the book(s) and form(s) together.
1. Click on the following link- http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/20GBB9B1EE5EG/ref=topnav_lists_1
2. Click on Celebration of Books
Any questions, contact Julie Laube at jlaube@laubecompanies.com or 708-447-8722.
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