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The Grove Grizzly A Note from Mrs. Matthews Blueprint 220 Community Survey The Board of Education is currently in the middle of seeking community feedback about the district’s Blueprint 220 master plan, which aims to address a variety of our district’s needs over the next 20 years.  Since not everything in the master plan can be accomplished at once, this feedback will help the Board narrow down which parts of the master plan a potential referendum question should focus on in the April 2, 2019 general election.  One way in which the Board is seeking community feedback is through a survey. Every resident living within the Barrington 220 boundary area is encouraged to take the survey, whether or not you currently have children enrolled in the school district. The survey will take about 10 minutes to complete.  PLEASE CLICK HERE TO BEGIN TAKING THE SURVEY.     Special PTO Blueprint 220 Input Meeting On Monday, November 12th at 9:15 a.m., we will be holding a special PTO meeting where our Referendum Advisory Committee Representative will share information from the committee meetings. We will also conduct a mock vote of our PTO in order to provide input to our representative prior to the final Referendum Advisory Committee Meeting that evening. During the evening meeting, the members of the advisory committee will be voting on an option to provide a recommendation to the Board of Education for the Spring of 2019 election ballet. Please attend this meeting in order to learn information about the potential referendum and to give input. This will be the only topic of conversation on the agenda for the meeting. Our PTO will hold their regular scheduled meeting on November 20th.                                       Halloween Reminders Lunch: Please be sure to complete the Halloween Lunch Plans Google Form as soon as possible in order to indicate whether or not your child willing be going home or staying at school for lunch on Halloween!   Parent Attendance: All parents who are planning on attending the class party, must notify the room parent(s) for their child’s class in order to ensure they have a visitor’s badge printed ahead of time. All visitor’s must have a badge in order to be permitted to enter the school and attend the party. This new practice is intended to ensure the safety of all of our students during the Halloween Celebration.   Celebration Details: Exact details and a schedule for the festivities for the day were shared in last week’s Grizzly and can be accessed by clicking on the link to Halloween celebration details.   Principal/Parent Book Study During my presentation at Back to School Night, I invited all parents to join me and our Assistant Principal, Laura Boskelly, for a Parent/Principal Book Study using the book Screenwise by Devorah Heitner, PhD. The book study will be on Tuesday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m. at Grove. Please click on the RSVP Link to indicate that you will be attending the event. The RSVP is simply for planning purposes for us to determine the space at Grove where we will host the conversations and how to best set-up for the event! I hope you will join us for some great conversation with parents in our community around how we can work together to create responsible digital citizens!   Upcoming Dates: Tuesday, October 30th – Picture Retakes Tuesday, October 30th – Learning App Demonstrations for Parents - 6:00 p.m., Screenwise Speaker: Dr. Devorah Heitner Presentation, 7:00 p.m. @ Prairie Wednesday, October 31st – Halloween Parade 12:30 p.m. and Parties 1:00 p.m.  Thursday, November 1st – End of First Grading Period Friday, November 2nd – No School for Students, Teacher Institute Day Sunday, November 4th – Daylight Savings Ends Monday, November 5th – MAP Assessment Window Begins Thursday, November 8th – Kindergarten Parent Reading Night, 6-7 p.m. Thursday, November 8th – Family STEM Night (must pre-register), Roslyn Road Monday, November 12th – Special PTO Blueprint 220 Meeting, 9:15 a.m. in MPR Tuesday, November 13th – Principal/Parent Book Study, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, November 15th – Donuts with Dads, 7-8 a.m. Friday, November 16th – 1st Grade Field Trip Tuesday, November 20th – Regular PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. in MPR       Picture Retake Reminder Tuesday, October 30th      Positive Claw Winners Week of October 8th  Huge Spooktacular Grove Spirit Wear Sale! Save 10% off your order by using coupon code TRICK10 at checkout! Sale ends on Halloween, October 31st. Go to: groveavespiritwear.com to browse the full selection of newly designed Spirit Wear. Choose from a wide variety of t-shirts and sweatshirts, select the Grove design you’d like to apply and place your order! Or choose from a variety of polos, zip-ups, shorts and pants already bearing a Grove Ave Grizzlies logo. Go Grizzlies!! Browse and Place Your Order at groveavespiritwear.com Please join us for a special session of the Grove Avenue PTO. Monday, Nov 12th at 9:15 a.m. at Grove, we will be hosting our Blueprint 220 Committee member Paola Placko. She will provide updates on Blueprint 220 options and run a vote on your preferences. Get your tickets for Donuts with Dad! This event sells out fast, and we will not accommodate walk-ins. There will be entertainment this year so make sure to arrive on time!   Help support Barrington Giving Day at Grove! PTO will be sponsoring a giving box by the office where you can drop off baby wipes. Barrington Giving Day (www.barringtongivingday.org) serves almost 400 families in need in our school district. Donations will be accepted through Thanksgiving. Planning for this year's Parent Party is rocking and rolling! It is going to be a super fun night at the Grizzly Ski Lodge (aka Makray Memorial Country Club)! The deadline to secure ad space and sponsorships is fast approaching.  Please consider purchasing an advertising spot for your business in the Event Bid Booklet & Program, or sponsoring a key element of the evening before it's too late (families and businesses welcome)!   Please return the form previously sent home in backpacks or visit: http://tinyurl.com/GroveParentParty2018 Deadline to purchase ad space or a sponsorship is Friday, November 16th! ~Dionne Boulos & Kelly Asper, Parent Party Co-Chairs   Congratulations to Sam Silverstein and his family!  They were our 1st place winners with their ‘Coco’ themed trunk!       A huge thank you to the following families for volunteering to host a trunk at our 1st Trunk or Treat!  Thanks so much for helping to make the day exciting for our students!   Alex, Baker, Boyce, Carow, Cintron, Dials, Erickson, Guillen, Long, Navarro, Omar, Patel, Riordan, Silverstein   Thank you to Mrs. Matthews, Ms. Boskelly and Mr. Walcott for hosting a trunk and helping make our day so much fun!      Another thank you to all our families and teachers that came out to ‘trunk or treat’ with us!  It was a wonderful afternoon together! Feel free to use the following link to view and/or add photos from our event. Special thanks to Fiona Chin for all her hard work chairing our 1st Trunk or Treat! Happy (early) Halloween!

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