We successfully completed our bus evacuation drill today. We will continue practicing our safety procedures with two more fire drills this fall. Please also see the information below regarding our Erin’s Law Presentations with students, which are also another important safety measure that we are required to follow as a school district in Illinois. 

Erin’s Law Presentations

Our School Psychologist, Tonya Tompkins-Wisz, will be starting our Erin’s Law presentations with classes in October. There will be one lesson per class and it might take into November for her to go into each classroom in the school. Erin’s Law requires schools to teach children, at age appropriate levels, about personal body safety. Please be sure to click on the link to our official letter regarding Erin’s Law to learn more about the Law and what will be covered in the lessons. Please feel free to reach out to Mrs. Tompkins-Wisz or Mrs. Matthews directly if you have questions after reading the letter. Classroom teachers will communicate with parents as to when exactly the lesson will take place in each individual classroom. 

 

Grove Family Picture Wall and Humans of Grove Avenue site!!

We look forward to seeing and adding family pictures that were taken this year to our Grove Avenue Family picture wall in the main hallway of the school! We are also inviting families to submit a little blurb about their family to be included in our Humans of Grove Avenue web page that we have created just for Grove Families! A QR code will be added next to the picture of each family picture up on the wall, which will take individuals to the story of each family. Please click on the link to the Humans of Grove Avenue Google Form to submit your family story to be included on our site and linked to the QR code for your picture. If you did not take a family photo during the Grove Family Pictures, you CAN still participate by submitting a picture and your story to the Google Form!! Family pictures and QR Codes from last year will remain up on the wall. If families who already have a picture up on the wall took new pictures this year, we will replace the existing picture from last year with the newest picture when we receive them, otherwise the previous picture will remain. We would love to have all of our Grove families represented on the wall and web page! Please contact Mrs. Matthews with any questions! 

Fall Assessments

We will be wrapping up our fall assessments and make-up assessments this week. Grove is also piloting the Fastbridge MySaebrs assessment (a social, academic, emotional screener), so students in 2nd-5th grade will participate in this assessment during the last week of September. Please be sure to read the district letter with details regarding our assessments. I have included a link directly to the letter for your convenience.

Upcoming Dates

Saturday, September 23rd - Barrington Homecoming Parade, 10 a.m. and BHS Homecoming 

Thursday, September 28th - All School PEP Assembly 

Monday, October 2nd - Meet the Teacher Parent/Teacher Conference Sign-Up Platform Opens, 8:00 a.m. 

Wednesday, October 4th - 5th Outdoor Education Parent Informational Meeting, 7 p.m. 

Monday, October 16th - District 220 Elementary Fun Run and 5th Grade Mile Race @ Beese Park 

Tuesday, October 17th - October PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m. via Zoom 

Wednesday, October 18th - Parent Teacher Conferences, 4-8 p.m. 

Thursday, October 19th - Parent Teacher Conferences, 1-7 p.m. 

Friday, October 20th - NO SCHOOL