ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS COMMITTEE: Start collecting your new and gently used books for the Ivy Hill Book Drive, which will take place March 30th – April 10th. Collection bins will be located in the Commons area. A small portion of these books will be going to our new teachers’ classrooms. The other portion will be donated to Bernie’s Book Bank to increase book ownership among at-risk infants, toddlers & school age children through out Chicagoland. If you have any questions, please contact Michelle Derochowski, michelledycus@gmail.com
SAVE THE DATE:
Ivy Hill Book Fair will be on Wednesday, April 15th from 3:30 pm- 8:00 pm. Watch for more information and volunteer opportunities in future PTA Happenings.
YEARBOOK: Did you get your order in by March 6th? If not, for a short time, you can order still order online at www.memorybook.com/parentpay
enter paycode: 74245
Submit your pictures: https://images.memoryebooks.com/login username: 401853939
REFLECTIONS: Is the National PTA arts program that asks children to get creative! Illinois PTA sent 26 projects to the National PTA level of the program this year. National results will be published on May 1.
Illinois PTA has a Facebook page! http://www.facebook.com/ILPTAArts. The page will be showcasing the 26 projects that advanced to National.
SPOTLIGHT is an event that celebrates children, art and community. It will be held on Mar. 28th at Millikin University in Decatur. SPOTLIGHT is FREE and open to all children in Illinois. The day includes art workshops and galleries of all 519 projects that were sent to the Illinois PTA level of Reflections. It is a wonderful day for the family with workshops for all ages. For details and online registration go to: www.illinoispta.org/spotlight.html
I FIVES go to:
Movie Night Committee: Amy Hoffman and Rick Olejniczak. Thank you for planning another great event!
Next PTA Meeting
April 8th
Board of Education Meeting
April 30th @ Greenbrier
No School March 23-27th
Have a Safe and Happy Spring Break!
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