A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who donated books for the upcoming Barrington Giving Day event. The generosity of our Grove Community was incredible and the book choices that families will have available to them this holiday season will be truly amazing!! 

Purdue STEM Gift Guide

Every year Purdue University creates an Engineering Gift Guide. "In their newest guide, the INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering's  2023 Engineering Gift Guide is once again filled with toys, games and books to engage children and teens in engineering thinking and design. Items included in the guide go through an extensive review process led by a student team. Faculty in the  School of Engineering Education and the  INSPIRE student research team look for items that promote engineering practices ranging from coding and spatial reasoning to problem solving and critical thinking." Here is the  link to this year's guide. We hope this helps you with your holiday shopping and gives you ideas to bring more STEM into your home! 

Take the Barrington 220 External Communications Survey 

In June of 2023, the Barrington 220 Board of Education approved the district’s new strategic plan, Framework 220, which will guide the district’s work over the next few years. The plan consists of six strategic priorities, and within each priority there are several measurable objectives. 

In order to move the work forward on these objectives and ensure that our strategic plan continues to be a collaborative process, Barrington 220 is using a survey platform called Qualtrics to gain your feedback. If you are a Barrington 220 parent/guardian, student, or community member, please take our 3-minute external communications survey.  Please click here to take our 3-minute external communications survey!

Reminders

• Grove Cold Weather Procedures 

• Barrington 220 Inclement Weather Protocols 

Upcoming Dates

Tuesday, December 12th - Band and Orchestra Concert, 6:30 p.m. 

Thursday, December 14th - 1st and 4th Grade Musical, 6:30 p.m. 

Friday, December 22nd - Winter Parties, 2:45 p.m.

December 25th - January 8th - NO SCHOOL, Winter Break 

Tuesday, January 9th - School Resumes for Students

Grove Gift Ideas

Are you looking for teacher holiday gift ideas? Here is a list of our teacher and staff favorite things!