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The Grove Grizzly Our Family Reading Program concluded this week with the BIG Event on Tuesday and the conclusion of the Grand Prize Game on Friday! Thank you to all of our families for your support and involvement throughout the last five weeks! We are so proud of all of the reading our students completed over the course of the program and hope that families enjoyed reading together and engaging in the story Where the Mountain Meets the Moon! Our students benefit so much from time with family reading and focusing on practicing their reading, so it would be great for families to continue to engage in these types of activities together!   Referendum Information Sessions In order to inform the entire Barrington 220 community about the school district referendum question on the April 2, 2019 ballot, the Board of Education is holding two information sessions next week. All community members are encouraged to attend and ask questions. There will be a short presentation, followed by Q&A. Monday, March 4: 9:30am at BMS-Prairie  Wednesday, March 6: 7pm at BMS-Station   Referendum Facebook Live! Join Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Brian Harris, and Board of Education member Angela Wilcox for a Facebook Live discussion about the April 2, 2019 referendum. Ask your questions and learn the facts from the comfort of your own home or office. To join the discussion, head to the Barrington 220 School District Facebook page: www.facebook.com/barrington220 The live discussion will take place on Thursday, March 7 from 2pm-3pm.   Spring Conferences The electronic conference sign-up for our spring parent/teacher conferences was made available to parents this past Thursday. Conferences will be held after school in the afternoon and evenings of Wednesday, March 20th from 4-8 p.m. and Thursday, March 22nd  from 3-7 p.m. Please be sure to plan accordingly in order to be able to attend conferences during the conference days that have been designated by the district for teachers to meet with parents. This is valuable time to discuss the individual growth and skills of your child, as well as, work together with the teacher to plan and set goals towards your child’s individual progress.   The number of spaces available for this conference period is more limited than the fall window, as a conference may not be needed for every child at this time. With that said, we continue to value your support and communication and will try our best to connect with parents who would like to communicate regarding their child's progress.   Once again, we are using the system “Meet the Teacher” for parents to sign-up for conferences. Please click on the link below for directions to use “Meet the Teacher” in order to sign-up. When parents log on, they will be able to sign-up for conferences for multiple children and for any staff member that works with their child including our art, gym, and library teachers. Conferences with specials teachers are not required, but are an option we are offering to parents. In addition, all related services staff members will meet with parents separately from the conferences with classroom teachers. As a result, parents can also schedule conference times with our Social Worker, Speech and Language Pathologist, Reading Resource Teachers, English Learner Teacher, Special Education Resource Teachers, and the Extended Teacher. It is highly recommended that parents meet with any related service staff member that works with their child.   Grove “Meet the Teacher” Parent Guide in English Grove “Meet the Teacher” Parent Guide in Spanish     Upcoming Dates Monday, March 4th: Referendum Information Meeting, 9:30 a.m. @ Prairie Wednesday, March 6th: Referendum Information Meeting, 7:00 p.m. @ Station Friday, March 8th: Elementary Choir Festival, 4:30-5:30 p.m. @ BHS Friday, March 8th: Grove Family Dance, 6:30-9:00 p.m. Saturday, March 9th: District Speech Tournament @ Station, 9:00 a.m.– 1:00 p.m.  Sunday, March 10th: Daylight Savings Time Starts, clocks are turned forward Wednesday, March 13th: 5th Grade Band Solo or Ensemble Recital, 6:30-7:30 @ Prairie Thursday, March 14th: 2nd Grade Musical, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14th: 5th Grade Band Solo or Ensemble Recital, 6:30-7:30 @ Prairie Saturday, March 16th: Orchestra Solo or Ensemble Recital, 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. @ BHS Monday, March 18th: 3rd Grade Field Trip to FMSC Tuesday, March 19th: PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, March 20th: Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-8 p.m.   Thursday, March 21st: Parent Teacher Conferences, 3-7 p.m. Friday, March 22nd: No School for Students       We wanted to thank everyone for turning in their Box Tops over the past few weeks.  With everyone’s hard work, we have collected over 5,000 box tops for our Spring collection and earned over $500 for Grove! The 3 classes that collected the most Box Tops are: *First Place: Mr. Sricharmorn's class with 647 Box Tops. *Second Place: Ms Clark's class with 408 Box Tops. *Third Place: Ms Siegel's class with 359 Box Tops.   Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone for participating!  We hope to see everyone at our Emoji Family Dance on March 8th! Tickets are on sale now! Also, we would greatly appreciate parent volunteers and/or donations to help our event run smoothly. Thank you in advance for your generosity and for supporting Grove! Tickets: tinyurl.com/grovefamilydance2019 Volunteers: https://www.signupgenius.com/…/10c0c4aacaa28a3f85-volunteers Donations: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4aacaa28a3f85-donations 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!