Week 21 Newsletter

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The Grove Grizzly A Note from the Office Family Reading Program Kick-Off We had an amazing kick-off to the Family Reading Program on Thursday morning! Information about the program was e-mailed and sent home with students on Thursday. If you have questions about the program, please feel free to contact your child’s classroom teacher. Students were also provided with a copy of the book The Wild Robot by Peter Brown on Friday (one copy per family, sent home with the youngest sibling in a family) with the intention of every family reading the book together! Our One Book, One Grove initiative will not only connect families, but our entire Grove community throughout the course of the next five weeks. Students will be able to discuss the book with parents, neighbors, classmates, and any other Grove student! We are encouraging families to read the book in the best way that works for their family. This may include parents reading to children, siblings taking turns reading aloud to the family, or a child reading to their parents! The first weekly reading log will be due on Thursday, February 1st and students will receive their Family Reading Program t-shirts on Friday, February 2nd for meeting the all classroom goal. We can’t wait to see all the students and staff in their shirts! Happy Reading!!!   Petition Requests Over the last several years we have had a small number of requests for students to attend a school other than the building to which they have been assigned by the school district based on location of their home/residence within defined attendance area boundaries. Parents/guardians who feel they have a compelling reason to submit a transfer request, should complete the district's Transfer Request From and submit it to the attention of Dr. Craig Winkelman, Assistant Superintendent of Operations and K-12 Schools, prior to February 28, 2018. The form and information about the transfer request process can be accessed at the following web address:              https://www.barrington220.org/domain/3641   BStrong Together to Host Dr. Shimi Kang for Parent Discussion BStrong Together is proud to welcome Dr. Shimi Kang to Barrington High School for a parent discussion titled "“The Self-Motivated Kid: Raising Healthy, Happy Kids in This Modern World.” Dr. Kang is a Harvard-trained, award-winning physician, researcher, media expert, writer, TEDx keynote speaker, and expert on the science of human motivation. The free event is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 30 from 7-9pm in the BHS auditorium.    Kindergarten Round-Up for 2018-2019 School Year Parents of our incoming kindergarten students are invited to attend our Kindergarten Round-Up on Thursday, February 1st at 7:00 p.m. At this time, parents will hear an overview of the kindergarten programs, meet kindergarten staff, ask questions, and have the opportunity to pre-register for the 2018-2019 school year.   More detailed informational sessions for parents interested in Spanish Dual Language or Chinese Immersion programs will be held in February.    Please be sure to share the date for Kindergarten round-up with neighbors, friends, and community members who have kindergarten age children and may not have a child in the school system to hear about the event from our district.   Upcoming Dates Sunday, January 28th – PTO Paint Party @ Clay Monet Monday, January 29th - 4th Grade Orchestra Field Trip to BHS, 8:15-10:45 a.m. Monday, January 29th - 5th Grade Orchestra Field Trip to BHS, 12:00-2:30 p.m. Monday, January 29th - 5th Grade Girls Basketball Game, Grove @ Roslyn Tuesday, January 30th -5th Grade Field Trip to Feed My Starving Children, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Tuesday, January 30th -5th Grade Boys Basketball Game, Roslyn @ Grove Tuesday, January 30th -Speaker Series Presentation, Dr. Shimi Kang, 7-9 p.m. @ BHS Auditorium Thursday, February 1st – Kindergarten Round-Up Thursday, February 1st – Coding Club Begins for students who are registered Tuesday, February 6th – Kindergarten Chinese Immersion Information Meeting, 6:30 p.m. @ ELC Thursday, February 8th – Kindergarten Dual Language Information Meeting in English, 6:30 p.m. @ ELC Tuesday, February 13th - Kindergarten Dual Language Information Meeting in Spanish, 6:30 p.m. @ Sunnyhill   Positive Claw Award  Week of December 22nd  Week of December 15th  Great Grove Reads The Wild Robot by Peter Brown This is a fun story of a robot that was on a merchant vessel sailing to a new port when a massive storm hit the ship. Roz the robot washed up on the shore of a deserted island along with many other robots. Accidentally, by one of the curious animals, she is switched on. At first all the animals were afraid of her and stayed away. Slowly Roz tried, in her own way, to make friends with them by helping in any way she could; even becoming the mother to an orphaned gosling. But, robots don’t have feelings… or do they. This is a short and cute story of friendship even among differences. This book is nominated for the 2018 Illinois Bluestem Award. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-Avenue-School-Library/330160290370450 PTO Staff Grant Winners Announced   Congratulations to our inaugural PTO Staff Grant winners! We are so excited about their projects and impact on Grove students: Mrs. Emrath $500 for a PE sound field microphone system; Mr. Rosenberg $500 for a PE sound field microphone system; $500 to Mr. Bergquist & Mrs. Banach for supplies to run the Maker Club