FOR YOUR CALENDAR

Thursday, September 11… PTO Meeting– 7:00pm

Friday, September 12.. Reservation forms due for Back to School BBQ (see below)

Wednesday, September 17…. PTO Fund Raiser orders and money due (Information sent home earlier this week)

Thursday, September 18…….School Picture Day  J

                                          …..P.T.O. “Back To School” Barbecue

Friday, September 19….. Fire Posters due (see below)

Wednesday, September 24….. Market Day Pick Up 5:15 pm – 6:15pm

Wednesday, October 22… PTO Fund Raiser Pick Up

“HAVE YOU SEEN MY HOMEWORK FOLDER?”  All 1^st – 5^th grade students were given a HOMEWORK folder this year.  Our goal is to use a similar folder school-wide so that everyone- students, teachers, and parents- will know that this folder contains papers that should be brought home, completed , and returned.

 

 

UNIVERSAL TERMS…. In order to help children work with various adults in the school, we, as a staff, are using universal terms and signals with all children.  By having common terms, children are less confused as they move from their classroom, the lunchroom, the playground, gym, etc.

SILENT SIGNAL…When we want to gain the attention of groups of children, the adult will hold up 3 fingers and begins counting backwards from 3 to 0, lowering a finger with each number until a fist is displayed.  Once the count is to “0” and a fist is made, the children have been taught that it is a “silent” time.

VOICE VOLUME.. we are using 4 terms to describe different voice volume with all children:

0 = “silent”

1 = “whisper” voice

2 = “conversation” voice

3 = “presenter” voice

RIDING BIKES TO SCHOOL….. walking students in grades 3, 4, & 5 are allowed to ride their bikes to school.  Bus rider students may not ride their bikes to school.  All bikes are to be “walked” on school grounds (between our safety patrols).  For those parents who also ride with their child to school, we ask that you also walk your bike while on school grounds.  Scooters and roller blades/skates should be left at home.

 

FIRE DEPARTMENT POSTER CONTEST..... The Bolingbrook Fire Department is asking all students in Bolingbrook to draw a poster in conjunction with this year’s theme of “Prevent Home Fires.”  Posters should be kept to a maximum size 14" x 18".  There will be first place and second place prizes awarded in each grade at each school based on the content of the poster subject.  Our school’s grand prize winner will ride to school on a fire truck.  One special prize winner will be selected from all entries with that child receiving a bicycle. The child’s full name, grade, teacher, and school name must be printed on the back of each poster.  Posters are due in the school office by 1:00pm, Friday, September 19, 2008.  

 

LUNCH MONEY…...   We thank our many parents who make use of our debit card system for paying for your child’s lunch.  By placing money on your child’s lunch card, we experience less time that children spend waiting in line for their lunch and increase the amount of time they have to eat.  Any amount of money may be sent in to be placed in your child’s account.  Please make checks out to Valley View Food Service and indicate your child’s first and last name on the memo line.  If you send cash, please put it in an envelope and label it as LUNCH MONEY with your child’s name.

A yellow Reminder Flyer is sent home on Tuesdays and Thursdays to inform you that the account is low on funds or negative.  If you would like your child to have money in his/her account, please submit ASAP to avoid an interruption in your child receiving a lunch.

 

PTO NEWS

SCHOOL PICTURES.  All students will be photographed on Thursday, September 18 for picture packages and  for inclusion in our annual Memory Book and Class Picture.  Informational packets will be sent home Monday. We will have a retake day later in the year for those students absent or who forgot to bring money on or before September 18^th.

Our “Back To School” Barbecue is scheduled for Thursday, September 18 from 5:30pm -7:00pm. Information/ reservation form was sent home earlier this week.  Reservations are due by Friday, September 12th.  No meals are available at the door.