We had a great first week of the Family Reading Program!!! Students received their FRP T-Shirts on Friday as their Week #1 Reward and the school was a sea of yellow! We also had an amazing time with guest author, Liesl Shurtliff, on Friday! Please continue to read with your child each day and log their nightly minutes! Don’t forget about the Masterpiece audio recordings of our staff reading the book that students can listen to as use to count towards their weekly minutes!!
Thank you to all of our parents who have completed the 5 Essentials Survey! We did reach the 20% needed to receive the results of the survey, however, we would still love to have the feedback of more parents as well!! If you haven’t had a chance to complete the survey we would greatly appreciate your input!!!
Kindergarten Round-Up for 2020-2021 School Year
Parents of our incoming kindergarten students are invited to attend our Kindergarten Round-Up on Monday, February 3rd at 6:30 p.m. At this time, parents will hear an overview of the kindergarten programs, meet kindergarten staff, ask questions, and have the opportunity to pre-register for the 2020-2021 school year.
More detailed informational sessions for parents interested in Spanish Dual Language or Chinese Immersion programs will be held in February.
Please be sure to share the date for Kindergarten round-up with neighbors, friends, and community members who have kindergarten-age children and may not have a child in the school system to hear about the event from our district.
Erin’s Law Presentations
Many states, including Illinois, have passed a law with the intent of increasing the awareness of child sexual abuse. You may have heard of this legislation under it’s more common name, Erin’s Law, in honor of Erin Merryn, a young woman who has crossed the country advocating for laws that will increase awareness of this crime against children. One of the requirements of this law is that schools provide an age appropriate curriculum to all students relating to sexual abuse prevention. The purpose of the lessons is to provide students with the tools they need for personal safety, and to help them build confidence in advocating for themselves.
Mrs. Corey (Assistant Principal) and Mr. Walcott (Social Worker) will be conducting these lessons with our students on February 6th and February 7th. Classroom teachers will also be at the presentations. Please be sure to read the official letter regarding the presentations from Mrs. Corey. You may also contact either Mrs. Matthews, Mrs. Corey, or Mr. Walcott regarding more specifics of the content of the presentations.
Technology Safety Guest Speaker at February 10th PTO Meeting Who: Ty Gorman – District 220 Director of Instructional Technology When: Monday, February 10th at 9:15 a.m. What: Mr. Gorman will be sharing information with parents about Internet safety outside of the district and providing resources to help parents communicate with their children about establishing boundaries when using media and online resources at home. In addition, he will demonstrate for parents how to set up parent control restrictions and he will share parent management techniques for Barrington 220-issued student iPads. Parents will have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the use of school devices at home.
Referendum 220
In order to inform the community about the $147 million school district referendum question on the March 17 ballot, Barrington 220 is holding 5 Community Information Meetings and 3 Open Houses (School Tours). All community members are encouraged to attend and ask questions. The agenda at all Community Information Meetings will be the same (short presentation, followed by Q&A). More information: www.barrington220.org/referendum
Community Information Meetings
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2020: 9:30am at BMS-Station Campus
Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020: 7pm at North Barrington Elementary
Open Houses (School Tours)
Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020: 7pm at Grove Avenue Elementary
Wednesday, March 4, 2020: 7pm at BMS-Prairie Campus
Thursday, March 5, 2020: 7pm at Barrington High School
5 Essentials Survey
Please click on the links below to a letter regarding an important survey for the parents of Grove Avenue School. The results of this survey will be included as a portion of our official School Report Card and school ranking next fall. As a result, your participation and input is important, as we need at least 20% of our parent population to participate. Students in grades four and five, as well as, the Grove Avenue Staff will be participating in the survey.
The survey will be open until February 14th, but please take a few minutes to complete the survey as soon as possible.
Due to the fact that our district office is located in Lake County, parents will need to choose Lake County at the login page in order to then access the Grove link. Please feel free to contact Mrs. Matthews directly with any questions regarding the survey.
Upcoming Dates
Monday, February 3rd – Kindergarten Round-Up for 2020-2021 School Year!!!
Thursday, February 6th - Family Reading Program Week #2 Reading Logs Due
Thursday, February 6th – Erin’s Law Presentations to Students
Thursday, February 6th – STEM Club Session 2 Begins after school
Friday, February 7th - Family Reading Program Week #2 Reward for Students
Friday, February 7th – Erin’s Law Presentations to Students
Saturday, February 8th - Community Referendum Info. Meeting, 9:30 a.m. @Station
Monday, February 10th – PTO Meeting, 9:15 a.m. w/ Guest Speaker
Wednesday, February 12th - Family Reading Program Week #3 Reading Logs Due
Thursday, February 13th - Family Reading Program Week #3 Reward for Students
Thursday, February 13th – End of Trimester 2
Thursday, February 13th – 1st -5th Grade Valentine’s Day Parties, 1:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 13th – Elementary STEM Night at Roslyn Road, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, February 14th – Institute Day, NO SCHOOL for students
Grizzly Heart Winners - Week 22!
We are in great need of volunteers to help with Blessings in a Backpack!
Thursdays, 9 am at Sunny Hill Elementary School.
It takes about an hour or less to pack bags of food for qualifying students to take home on the weekend.
These are students from every school in Barrington 220 including Grove. Whether you can only stop in one time or you want to help once a month, the help is greatly appreciated. You can bring young children with you, relatives or a friend. The more people who show up, the quicker it goes. This small sacrifice of your time really does make a big impact.
Sign up below so our chairperson Jen Scott knows to expect you. Any questions can be emailed to mrs_jenniferscott@yahoo.com https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70a0f45ada72da13-blessings2
Volunteers Needed!!
The 5th Grade Boys and Girls Basketball games are in need of volunteers to run the small concession stand inside the gym during the 3pm basketball game and the 4pm game. You can watch your child play and work at the same time! We will be selling candy, drinks, chips, and popcorn during the games. Please sign up here. We are thankful for your support!
**BOX TOPS COLLECTIONS**
Our spring deadline is March 1, 2020. Please continue to clip or scan your box tops! Last day to turn in clipped box tops will be Friday, February 21, 2020.
Whole school goal: turn in $350 worth of clipped box tops!
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