Blythe Park PTA Happenings 03/04/2019

Thank you to all our talented students and supportive families and friends for a great evening at the PTA Talent Show!

The PTA would also like to give a very special THANK YOU to the founder of the Blythe Park PTA Talent Show, Mary Smith, for her last year organizing this amazing show with co-chair, Sarah Leone.

Thank you for bringing this wonderful tradition to Blythe Park!

District 96 Kindergarten Information and Registration Night is this Thursday.

• DATE: Thursday, March 7th
• TIMES:
  6:00 pm (last name A-L)
  7:00 pm (last name M-Z)
• LOCATION: Hauser Auditorium, 65 Woodside Rd.
• What to bring? For info click on the following flyer – 2019 Kindergarten Registration Flyer

Elementary school principals and Kindergarten teachers will be available at the presentation.

There is an early bird discount on registration fees for parents who submit their registration and residency verification by April 30th.

*Note – Parents only please.

Questions? Contact Ms. Gorman at gormanc@district96.org

This month's PTA meeting is next Tuesday, March 12th at 7:00pm. Please join us to hear about upcoming events and the proposed 2019-2020 PTA Executive Board slate.

The meeting agenda can be viewed by clicking on the following link:

Agenda – General Membership – March 2019

Questions? Contact Katie Ford at fordfamily4@rocketmail.com

Blythe Park families are invited to the One School, One Book Celebration featuring the novel Masterpiece by Elise Broach.

The celebration will take place in Blythe Park's gymnasium next Thursday, March 14th.

Join us for crafts and activities that relate to the book.

Hope to see you there!

Questions? Contact Ms. Gorman at gormanc@district96.org

5th Grade Parents –
Mark your calendars for 5th Grade Games Night on Friday, April 5th from 5:45-8:30pm at Hauser Junior High

5th Grade Games Night is a great opportunity for your 5th grade student (almost 6th grader) to experience Hauser and help ease the transition to junior high. It's also a fun way for the kids to meet their future classmates.

The students are grouped into teams with kids from all the D96 elementary schools. They will travel around Hauser with their team and play games in different areas (library, gym, cafeteria, etc).

Don't forget to turn in the following:

• 5th Grade Class T-Shirt Form – DUE Friday, March 15th
• Games Night Permission Slip – DUE Friday, March 22nd

Volunteer – The Games Night committee will need several volunteers to make this night run smoothly and fun for everyone. Please click on the following SignUp Genius button to volunteer:

Questions? Contact Debbie Strama at dastrama@gmail.com or Mary Smith at mnmsmith95@gmail.com

Thank you to all who participated in the Box Tops Contest! The Box Tops collected at school and the school's collection box at Riverside Foods earned $180.90 for Blythe Park!

*REMINDER – It's important to identify your name/grade and, for Early Learners and Kindergarten, identify AM/PM in order to get full credit for your class in the contests. There were 147 Box Tops submitted with no name and we were not able to distinguish between the AM/PM classes for Early Learners and Kindergarten so, for purposes of the contest, the totals were split between the AM/PM sections.

Winner of the pizza party is 4th Grade!! – The 4th Grade class submitted a total of 363 Box Tops!

Runner Up is AM/PM Kindergarten!! – Together, the AM and PM Kindergarten classes submitted a total of 382 Box Tops! Way to go Kindergarten! For their outstanding efforts, both AM and PM Kindergarten classes will be awarded fruit snacks.

Additional Results –

• AM/PM Early Learners – 249 Box Tops
• 3rd Grade – 155 Box Tops
• 2nd Grade – 137 Box Tops
• 1st and 5th Grades – tied with 89 Box Tops each

NEW CONTEST – The next competition starts NOW for a popsicle party at the end of the year. Please continue to clip Box Tops and turn them in to the school at any time! Box Tops – Collection Sheet

Thank you again for your awesome Bulldog efforts!!

Questions? Please contact Sarah Isaacson at sarah@theisaacsons.org