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The Grove Grizzly Thank you to all of our parents who attended the Parent Party on Friday evening! The event was definitely a success!!   5 Essentials Survey Update We are currently at 19% of our parents responding to the 5 Essentials and we need to get to at least 20%! Please take few minutes to take the survey if you have not already. Your response will definitely make the difference. The survey counts towards our School Report Card and helps us in continued School Improvement Planning!   The online survey is open through February 15th and is accessed by clicking here. PLEASE NOTE: Because Barrington 220 is based in Lake County, choose "Lake" from the county drop down menu, then select our school.   Valentine’s Parties Our PTO Room Parents will be hosting classroom Valentine’s parties for our students this Thursday, February 14th from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Once again, 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, which was started earlier this year, is intended to ensure the safety of all of our students during the holiday festivities.   Upcoming Dates Tuesday, February 12th – 3rd Grade Family Folk Dance Night, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 13th – Week #4 Reading Logs due for FRP Thursday, February 14th – STEM Reading Week #4 Reward Thursday, February 14th – Valentine’s Day Parties, 1:30 p.m. Friday, February 15th – No School for Students, Teacher Institute Day Monday, February 18th – President’s Day, NO SCHOOL Tuesday, February 19th – PTO Meeting, 7 p.m. @ Jersey’s Pizza Thursday, February 21st – Week #5 Reading Logs Due for FRP Friday, February 22nd – Pancake and Pajama Reading Week #5 Reward Saturday, February 23rd - Referendum Information Meeting, 9 a.m. @ BHS Tuesday, February 26th – The BIG EVENT Monday, March 4th - Referendum Information Meeting, 9:30 a.m. @ Prairie Wednesday, March 6th - Referendum Information Meeting, 7:00 p.m. @ Station       PTO Night Meeting — Mark Your Calendars To better accommodate our working parents, the Grove Ave PTO will meet on Tuesday, Feb 19th at 7 p.m. at Jersey’s, 2360 Lakewood Blvd, South Barrington, IL. This will be a standard PTO meeting with a bit more time to socialize. We hope to see you there! As we finish up the first week of our Spring Box Tops Collection contest, the current top three classes are: 1. Clark  2. Eltman 3. Breckan  Please keep sending in your Box Tops!  The three highest earning classes will each win a prize!  *The deadline for turning in Box Tops is Friday February 22nd.     Do you have class photos to add to our 2018-2019 yearbook?  We are currently gathering pictures from class and school events and parties.  Please email any favorites you may have to: GroveAveYearbook@gmail.com.  When sending please indicate the classroom, names, if known, grade level and event.  Thanks for helping make this year's book memorable!