ABC/25 COMMITTEE:  Just Move It! Challenge T-shirt and Race Poster Design Challenge  Submission deadline has been extended to MONDAY November 28th!  Get those creative juices flowing!! 2017 t-shirt and poster challenge deadline extended.

You can still order holiday gifts from Yankee Candle.  All online orders need to be completed by November 18th for December delivery.  Reminder:  Free shipping on all orders over $100 and orders are sent directly to your address.  Yankee Candle fundraiser will run until January 11, 2017.  Visit the www.abc25.org and click the Yankee Candle icon and follow the prompts to sign up as a seller.  Proceeds benefit ABC/25 Foundation Teacher Grants. Membership Drive is also still going on! Help your school Earn $2,500 – Make a donation and become a member of ABC/25 Foundation today!

SIX-HOUR READING CLUB COMMITTEE:   Six Flags – Read to Succeed  has started and paper copies have gone home via backpack mail!  Think summer, sun, and splashing at Great America this summer!  Students need to read 6 hours (homework assignments not included), keep a log of reading titles and minutes read  (parent signature required), to earn a FREE Six Flags Great America one-day pass for the 2017 summer season.  Personalized passes will be issued in May. You must attend Ivy Hill to be part of our program. Log sheets are due to homeroom teachers by Monday, January 9th.  Feel free to turn in earlier than the due date.  For more information or questions, contact Patti Krinninger spekkrin@gmail.com or Cindy Stefani cindystefani@hotmail.com. Information and forms are available online: “Parent letter/Student Reading Log” and “Parent letter/Student Reading Log-Spanish“.

I FIVES go to the following committees, their volunteers, and teachers and staff for their assistance in working so hard to bring wonderful PTA-sponsored programs to our students:  Community and Family Involvement, Sharon Bank and Julie Soderna; Everybody Counts Committee, Kristina Dreyer, Christen Lipani, and Soumya Subash;  and a special thank you to 4th grade teacher Sara Born for attending our PTA meeting.

NO SCHOOL Nov. 21st – 25th.                     

ABC/25 COMMITTEE:  Attention all students of District 25!  It’s time to get those creative juices flowing for this year’s Just Move It! T-shirt and Race Poster Design Challenge. Everyone will have the opportunity to submit their original drawing for the t-shirt and official race poster design.  Just think, over 1000 people will wear YOUR design!  Designs are due by November 18, 2016.   PDF 2017 t-shirt guidelines and  Word 2017 t-shirt guidelines forms can be downloaded here.

EVERYBODY COUNTS COMMITTEE:  Everybody Counts Week is coming Nov 14-18!!   Everybody Counts is a program designed to teach children about various disabilities and how children with these challenges cope with them.  The goal is understanding; to help everyone look for the person behind the disability and to create a climate in which we all feel at ease with our differences.  Each presentation will provide the children with an opportunity to experience what it would be like to cope with a disability.  Would you like the opportunity to lead your child’s class in this experience?  A script will be provided and there are typically 4-5 volunteers who share each presentation.  We are in need of volunteers for Kindergarten – Eisenhuth, 3rd Grade Schlickman/Taylor/Knutson class.  Please contact Kristina Dreyer (kristinadreyer@yahoo.com) or click on the following link to be added to the volunteer list: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0b49acac2faafc1-everybody

BOX TOPS/SHOPAROO COMMITTEE:  The November raffle prize for Box Tops is a School of Rock gift certificate (max value $300).  Feel free to ask your family and friends to save their Box Tops for you.  It’s an easy way to give your Ivy Hill student more chances to win!  Shoparoo prizes are a $15 and a $10 gift card to Olive Garden.   Thank you and good luck!

HOLIDAY GIFT SHOP:   Time is fast approaching!  Crafters don’t miss out on your opportunity  to request a table to sell your crafts.  You have time over Thanksgiving break to work on your inventory. You have until November 28th to turn them in.  Please contact Kelly Nix kelly.nix630@gmail.com with any questions.   Thank you!  Don’t forget to reserve your tables. The vendor agreements are ready to send, just contact Kelly Nix at  kelly.nix630@gmail.com.  $25 adult tables $10 for students. Deadline is Nov 28.

I-FIVES go to:  Boxtops/Shoparoo Committee, Rekha Muruvinakombe, Laura Walscheid, and Sherry Geer for counting and collecting labels and giving away great prizes while earning our school extra cash!

NEXT PTA MEETING:   November 15,  2016 @ 7:00

COMMUNITY AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE:  Did you know that nearly 15% of Americans are living in poverty and struggling to provide warm coats for themselves and their families? This year the Ivy Hill PTA is teaming up with One Warm Coat to hold a coat, hat, and mitten drive, and we need your help!   Donate coats to the PTA coat, hat and mitten drive! One Warm Coat has been holding coat drives across the country for more than 20 years.  During the week of November 7-11, stop by the Ivy Hill Commons to drop off gently worn coats, hats, and mittens.  Everything collected will be donated locally to our neighbors in need.  Help spread the warmth!!!  See attached One Warm Coat

EVERYBODY COUNTS COMMITTEE:   Everybody Counts week is coming Nov 14-18 and in need of volunteers.  Please contact Kristina Dreyer (kristinadreyer@yahoo.com) or click on the following link to be added to the volunteer list:  https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0b49acac2faafc1-everybody

Also, Everybody Counts is in need of clean, empty gallon milk jugs. Please drop these off in the office if you have one.

ABC/25 COMMITTEE:  Attention all students of District 25!  It’s time to get those creative juices flowing for this year’s Just Move It! T-shirt and Race Poster Design Challenge. Everyone will have the opportunity to submit their original drawing for the t-shirt and official race poster design.  Just think, over 1000 people will wear YOUR design!  Designs are due by November 18, 2016.   PDF 2017 t-shirt guidelines and  Word 2017 t-shirt guidelines forms can be downloaded here.

HOLIDAY GIFT SHOP:  Don’t forget to reserve your tables. The vendor agreements are ready to send, just contact Kelly Nix at  kelly.nix630@gmail.com.  $25 adult tables $10 for students. Deadline is Nov 28.