Week 30 Newsletter

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The Grove Grizzly A Note from the Office   Spring Assessment Scores Spring assessment scores for students in 2nd – 5th grades were sent home with students today. Specifically, MAP scores went home with all students in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades. Please note that the percentiles that are included on the MAP reports are national percentiles versus local percentiles. CogAT scores were also sent home with students in 2nd and 5th grades only. These reports include both national and local percentiles. A specific letter explaining the assessments was included in the envelope with the assessment scores, however, should you have questions regarding your child’s scores, please feel free to reach out to your child’s teacher or Mrs. Matthews and we will be happy to answer your questions or help you interpret the data.      Barrington Learning NOW Learning NOW in Barrington 220 is an online video series highlighting learning in Barrington 220 from the student perspective. Each episode focuses on one topic through the lens of students in different grade levels—elementary, middle, and high school. The series aims to create a better understanding in the Barrington community about how students learn now and how the classroom environment has changed with the addition of a technology device in the hands of each student. The first episode of Learning NOW in Barrington 220 is online now, and a new episode will be released each week for a total of eight episodes.    bit.ly/learningnow220   In episode 1 of Learning NOW in Barrington 220, The Classroom, Barrington 220 students James Vondrak (North Barrington Elementary), Khadija Ikram (Barrington Middle School-Prairie), and Amy Tinajero-Rosiles (Barrington High School) talk about how learning takes place in a current Barrington 220 classroom where every student and teacher uses a technology device. Barrington 220 students in Grades K–8 use iPad devices and high school students use laptops for learning and teaching. Students from Barrington Middle School-Prairie created a special segment for this episode to demonstrate how students might have created a school presentation project in the 1980s and compared the process to how a similar project might look today in 2018.    Learning NOW in Barrington 220 is available with English and Spanish subtitles. Each episode description includes instructions to turn on captions in YouTube.   Please SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel to get immediate access to new episodes each week! bit.ly/learningnow220   Social Studies-Global Studies District Parent University Please join us for an informational meeting on the new social global studies curriculum that will be implemented in the 2018-2019 school year. During this meeting, we will give an overview of the C3 Standards Framework and Illinois State Standards in Social Studies., as well as how we use inquiry as a tool for learning. You will also hear how students will be engaged and inspired to learn about history, economics, civics, and geography through the lens of curiosity and wonder. Ideas to support learning at home will also be shared. We hope you will join us!    Monday, May 7th (in English), 7:00 - 8:00 pm at BHS in the Guidance Resource Center Tuesday, May 8th (in Spanish and English), 7:00-8:00 pm at Sunny Hill Elementary   Questions? Please contact Dr. Becky Gill at 847-381-6300 or bgill@barrington220.org .   Upcoming Dates  Saturday, April 7th - District #220 Family STEM Event, 9-11 a.m. @ Station, must be registered Tuesday, April 10th - 5th Grade Station Parent Orientation Night, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 11th -Prairie Parent Orientation Night, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Monday, April 16th – 4th and 5th Grade, BIG EVENT Field Trip to Sci-Tech Tuesday, April 17th – PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. Thursday, April 19th – Band Concert for Prairie Bound Students, 7:00 p.m. Friday, April 20th – Grove Family Dance, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Monday, April 23rd - 5th Grade Health Unit Parent Night, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 24th – Band Concert for Station Bound Students, 7:00 p.m.  Tuesday, April 24th -4th Grade FMSC Field Trip, Clark and Hanna, 11:15-2:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 25th – Orchestra Concert, a.m. Thursday, April 26th - 4th Grade FMSC Field Trip, Anderson and Chang, 11:15-2:30 p.m. Monday, April 30th – Kindergarten- 3rd Grade, BIG EVENT Field Trip to LegoLand       Great Grove Reads Armstrong: The Adventurous Journey of a Mouse to the Moon by Torben Kuhlmann   Armstrong is a mouse with big dreams. After witnessing things he has seen in the human world he dreams that he can fly to the moon. He researches possible space travel and experiments until he discovers what he needs to be successful. Heavily illustrated, this book is a beautiful look at the spirit of science and discovery and celebrates our first lunar landing. If you like books that intertwine illustrations with text try this one alone or as a one-on-one shared reading experience with a primary student.   Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grove-Avenue-School-Library/330160290370450   Tickets are on sale now! Please return your form (sent home in backpacks this week) by April 17th, or buy online @ http://www.tinyurl.com/2018GroveFamilyDance.   We are raffling many exciting experiences as part of the fundraising fun! For another look please click here:  Family Dance Raffles!  You do not need to be present to win! Don't forget Family Dance Art Night is Thursday, April 12th from 6 - 8 pm.  This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow Grove parents! We need more help! Please consider volunteering to help at the dance! Volunteer  Questions? Please contact Michelle Lyon @ peswing08@yahoo.com Parents and loved ones, we are approaching a very exciting day for our students and we will need your help! On Friday, May 18th, the Grove PTO will be hosting Field Day at our school.  It is a day full of fun games, snacks and excitement - sure to be a highlight of your child's year!  Please save-the-date to volunteer and be on the lookout for the many fun opportunities coming soon!   For immediate questions please email Field Day Chair, Tracy Mylin @ dankmylin@gmail.com. 5th Grade Farewell Let's send the class of 2025 off in style!    We need your help to send off our 5th graders! Please help setting up for this year’s 5th Grade Farewell. We are looking for parents to help hang decorations and arrange food donations from 1-3 p.m.on May 29th. Historically, 4th grade parents help out the night of the event — if you are interested in doing this from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., we’d appreciate it. Thank you to those parents who already volunteered! Please contact Bree at bree.heick@gmail.com or Brittany at pbjsperling@sbcglobal.net if you are able to help.  Help Support Grove  Great Lakes Scrip Center Gift Card Program   Helping raise money to support our school is easier than you think!  Simply order gift cards through the Great Lakes Scrip Center Program (www.shopwithscrip.com) each month and Grove will receive a percentage back from each card purchased!   Gift cards can be used for your own daily shopping or also as gifts for others!  Click here for the flyer. Grove Family Enrollment Code: 4386953B56688 Orders will be due Friday, April 27th and the cards can be picked up in the office on Friday, May 4th.  Make checks payable to Grove Ave PTO and drop off in the office.  Envelopes should be addressed to Shop with Scrip Coordinator.  If you would like the cards to be sent home with your child, please email elvmahoney@yahoo.com.   A minimum of 3 family orders must be made before the school order is placed.