 Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!
The May Hot Lunch is Friday, May 13th. Please note, the scheduled May lunch was supposed to be Friday, May 20th. The date was switched due to the upcoming Aces Walk. 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:
You can 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.
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.
This month’s reservation deadline is Wednesday, May 11th. 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!
Questions, reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Lisa Gaynor at 708-442-4509.
Full week of Cardio Kids this week! See you on Wednesday and Friday.
Please have your runners/walkers dressed appropriately for the activity and the weather and be ready to go at 7:45am. The students will join Ms. Gorman and Mr. Bartelt in a run or walk 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.
During the month of May, each Blythe Park student will be taking part in an Artist-in-Residence project. The project will be working to create the three tree stumps that sit right outside the entrance to Blythe at the K-2 doors into something beautiful to greet all the guests that visit Blythe Park.
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The artists at the Riverside Art Center have designed a very cool “mushroom garden”. Each student will be creating a mosaic piece to include in this garden. We need your help! We have to collect enough bottle caps for every student at Blythe Park by Thursday, May 12th. So, please make sure to save and send in a bottle cap for your child.
What type of bottle caps? Check out this pictures. The more varied sizes and colors the better. So, collect and send them into the school office.
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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!
Mark your calendars for the Gail Goletz ACES Walk on May 20th at 11:25am. Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) was created by physical education teacher Len Saunders in 1989 as a method of motivating children to exercise. Nationally, ACES takes place on the first Wednesday in May as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports Month along with National Physical Education Week. Since 1989, millions of children from all over the world exercise together on this day to promote proper health and fitness habits. Gail Goletz brought this idea to Blythe Park with the annual ACES walk. We choose a day in May (not necessarily the first Wednesday, but rather a day that works for the Blythe Park schedule) for all the students to participate in a one mile walk around the Blythe Park neighborhood during the lunch hour. When Mrs. Goletz retired a couple of years ago, we decided to honor her legacy of promoting fitness among students by naming our walk the Gail Goletz ACES Walk. Please come out and join our group on May 20th!
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 3rd 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 3rd REGULAR PRICING WILL
 Do you have stuffed animals that need a new home? Eagle Scout candidate Elijah Ourth is collecting stuffed animals to be donated to pediatric patients at the Cicero Health Center. New or gently used animals are needed, but they must be washable (no Beanie Babies, for instance). They can be any size. You can drop off your fuzzy friends at several locations:
- Riverside Presbyterian Church – in the hallway near the office
- Riverside Township Hall
- North Riverside Commons
- Hauser Jr. High
Thanks for your help in making medical procedures more “bearable” for the young patients at Cicero Health Center.
 Since we had to add a day to the school year and now the last day of school will be Monday, June 6th, we thought we would add an additional Hot Lunch on Friday, June 3rd. The year long Hot Lunch program will be over with this week’s lunch scheduled for May 13th.
As always, the menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal fruit, cookie and a drink. The cost per child is $5.00. If you are interested in signing up for the June lunch, look for the sign-up information in the Happenings the week May 23rd but mark your calendars now!
Questions, reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Lisa Gaynor at 708-442-4509.
 The last big PTA event, FIELD DAY, is coming up quickly! Field Day will be held on the Thursday, June 2nd. Please note is a date change from Wednesday, June 1st as noted on the District calendar.
We are looking for parent volunteers to help with Field Day. Field Day will be held in the morning from 8:45am-12:30am. 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 below. If you would like to volunteer and need to bring a sibling, please do. Older siblings and grandparents are welcome to volunteer too. Just make a notes on SignUp Genius as to whom will be attending.
 Over the course of this year, a committee has been working on reviewing and updating Blythe Park PTA’s standing rules. A PTA has two documents that guide their organization in conducting business – our bylaws and our standing rules. The standing rules outline the procedures of the association with specific details that are not included in the bylaws.
Attached for review by the general membership. If you have any questions or comments, please contact Julie Laube at jlaube@laubecompanies.com
Standing Rules 2015-1016 Draft
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