A Note From The Office
Thank you to our PTO and all of our parent volunteers for organizing and supporting such a wonderful field day event for our students on Friday! An amazing amount of fun was had by our students!
Musical Survey
As we are closing in on the end of the school year, we are also starting to make preparations for next school year. In efforts to prepare for the future, we often reflect on the past and assess our programs in order to improve or make necessary changes. With that said, we also seek input from multiple sources in order to take into account different perspectives. In preparing for our music programming for next year, we wish to receive some input from our parents in regards to the music shows/programs throughout the year that feature our students. Please complete this very brief survey regarding our musicals in order to provide our staff with feedback to consider in moving forward with our music shows for next school year. Currently, we hold one all school holiday musical before winter break and our fifth graders have their own musical at the end of the school year.
2018-2019 School Supplies
Grove purchases all of the school supplies for the students each year. To cover the cost of the school supplies for the year, a fee of $40.00 will appear in the parent portal in IC with school dues and fees in July. Please note that the fees for the 2018-2019 school year have been reduced from the $45.00 that was required this past year to $40.00. We purchase many of our supplies on an as needed basis, as we are often able to use various supplies from year to year. When we do not need to purchase as many supplies, we are able to lower the fees to only collect funds for what needs to be replenished for the next year.
The only items that families will need to purchase for individual students include a backpack, gym shoes to keep at school for P.E., and a lunch box (if desired). Please view our school supply memo for more details regarding our school supply process.
2018-2019 Food Policy
This year, representatives from our staff worked together on a Health, Wellness, and Safety Committee. One of the activities we completed together, was a review of our food policy. In reviewing the policy, the committee created updates of our practices that will be implemented at Grove starting in the 2018-2019 school year. One major change to note is that students will no longer be permitted to bring in food items to celebrate individual birthdays. The purpose of this change is to ensure that we comply with Public Act 96-0349 that promotes prevention and management of life threatening allergic reactions. We appreciate the collaborative efforts of all of our families in ensuring that the critical responsibility of keeping all of our students safe is met.
Episode 7 of Learning NOW in Barrington 220 is online, Critical Thinking
Episode 7 of Learning NOW in Barrington 220 highlights examples of Critical Thinking across Barrington 220. Students Chandler Ding (Hough), Manuel Sarmiento (BMS-Station), and Riley Wilford (BHS) talk about some of the ways they are able to One to World devices to engage in critical thinking activities. Students share examples including problem solving, research, data gathering, analysis, and making decisions.
The episode’s segment features BMS-Prairie students Braeden Cullen and Gauri Chugh explaining their Illinois Junior Academy of Science award-winning Science Fair projects involving computer and behavioral sciences.
At the end of the episode, please take the Parent/Community survey!
Upcoming Dates
Monday, May 21st – 5th Grade Track
Monday, May 21st – 3rd Grade (Bucy/Gillespie) Field Trip to Feed My Starving Children
Tuesday, May 22nd – 5th Grade Track, Rain Date
Thursday, May 24th – Senior Walk @ Grove, 10:15 a.m.
Friday, May 25th – Field Day, Rain Date
Monday, May 28th – No School, Memorial Day
Tuesday, May 29th – 5th Grade Farewell, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 30th – Last Day of School
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Good Luck to our 5th Grade Track Team at their meet this coming Monday at the
High School against
the other 7 Elementary Schools.
Alexandra Alex, Evangelia Alex, Brian Anderson, McKenna Baker, Aleksandra Bordeianu, Victor Castro, Tyler Chang, Adeena Choudhry, Avery Ciaglia, Lila Collette, Addison Crawford, Allison Diaz, Angelina DiPaola, Jacob Dorn, Liam Duncan, Damian Engelmann, Avery Erickson, Ryan Fahey, Ayden Fedij, Zachary George,Mani Gollamudi, William Guo, Sora Hanaishi, Audrey Heick, Caad Heick, Eleanor Kepler, Calvin Kim, Cooper Kim, Saavan Kiran, Ben Klinghofer, Elle Kondraros, Paul Kondraros, Ethan Kim, Andrew Markiewicz, Alek Molinaro, Anastasia Mullins, Henry Niequist, Max Paese, Rishi Patari, Dean Perrone, Addison Placko, Ellery Ragnini, Camryn Reedy, Ben Rha, Daniel Rha, Ethan scott, Morgan Smith, Rohan Soorya, Jackson Sperling, Patrick Tabb, Sofia Todd, Jonathan Varghese, Sophia Ward
GO GROVE!! |
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 Positive Claw Winners
Weeks of April 13 and April 20
Week of April 27
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Within the next week, please submit any reimbursable expenses you may have to the PTO. This will ensure you receive your check before school ends and allow our
volunteers to start summer, too.
Thank you!
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Purchase Summer Travel Gift Cards!
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) and Grove will receive a percentage back from each card purchased! Gift cards can be used for your own daily shopping and on Summer Travel!
Grove Family Enrollment Code: 4386953B56688
Orders will be due Monday, May 21st and the cards can be picked up in the office on Friday, May 25th. 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.
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