PTA HAPPENINGS – April 27-May 3, 2018
MARK YOUR CALENDARS: The last PTA meeting of the year will be held May 15, 2018. Please note the new date. Please plan to attend as we will be voting on several issues and voting in the new board of officers. We need your votes!
Co-3rd Vice President – Kelly Nix (Incumbent)
IVY HILL SENIOR WALK: An Ivy Hill “Senior Walk” is being planned wherein Buffalo Grove graduating seniors, who are alumni of Ivy Hill, will walk the halls of Ivy Hill in their cap and gown. The Senior Walk is scheduled to take place on May 23, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. with a short reception to follow. More information can be found on the Ivy Hill Facebook page.
I-FIVES go to: Community & Family Involvement, Michelle Derachowski; Cultural Arts Committee Volunteers, Stephanie Lazzari, Polianthi Bakir, Joelle Vena, Suzanne Krause, Nichole Wolverton, Linda O’Brien, Lucy Block, Nicole Campbell, Caroleen Guiwargis, Nikki Klikas, Amy Hoffman, Peg Janson, Deneen Evola, Nina Losch, Manjula Karthi.
NEXT PTA MEETING: NEW DATE!!! May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.
NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: May 24, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m., Windsor Elementary School.
Don’t forget to 
Ivy Hill Elementary PTA on Facebook!
Check out our interactive links online at ivyhillpta.org.
PTA HAPPENINGS – April 20-26, 2018
COMMUNITY AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT: In celebration of Earth Day, join us in a week of collections and activities to raise awareness of environmental issues and encourage families to reduce, reuse and recycle! Below is an overview of our 2018 Earth Week activities for April 23 – 27th. Go Green in April with these Recycling Drives April 23 through 27. In the spirit of Earth Week, wear green or blue on Friday, April 27th.
- Bernie’s Book Drive: Donate your gently used children books – infants to 6th grade. Our goal is 1500 books which will be donated to at-risk children throughout the Chicagoland area.
- Reuse-A-Shoe Drive: Bring in your old shoes, tie or rubber band shoes together
- Bag for Bags Collection: Bring a bag filled with plastic bags & film packaging (over TP, paper towels…) and know you are making a difference in saving our Earth.
- *Be Cool & Walk to School” on Thursday, April 26th and get a cool hand stamp for participating. The following are the six starting points throughout the neighborhood for all students to meet with teachers & parents and walk to school:
- Douglas & Hintz – 8:30 start to Ivy Hill
- Camelot Park – 8:40 start to Ivy Hill
- Windsor & Valley – 8:45 start to Ivy Hill
- Pinetree & Valley – 8:45 start to Ivy Hill
- Ivy & Arlington Heights Road – 8:40 start to Ivy Hill
- Burke & Palatine Road 8:40 start to Ivy Hill
All students are welcome to participate. If you live on the other side of a busy road (Arlington Heights Road, Palatine, etc.) you can drop your child(ren) at the starting point closest to your home. Also, you can meet up with the Walking School Bus as it passes your house – you don’t have to start at the starting points. Let’s get active!
Please contact Michelle Derachowski michelledycus@gmail.com with questions or concerns.
Nicole Campbell (nicole.campbell496@gmail.com) with questions.
JUST MOVE IT! CHALLENGE: It’s time for the Just Move It! Challenge 2018! Run, Walk, or Volunteer! JUST MOVE IT! We need VOLUNTEERS to make this day successful. If you don’t want to run or walk, please consider volunteering. It’s a fun day! Volunteer sign up is ready at: Volunteer signup.Click here to register to run or walk! All registration, volunteering, and event details can be found at http://www.jmichallenge.org.
- When: Saturday April 21, 2018
- Where: South Middle School
- 7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Health and Fitness Expo
- 8:00 a.m. 5K Run/Walk Start
- 9:00 a.m. 1 Mile Run/Walk Start
The school with the most participation gets to showcase the JMI trophy for the next year! Participation includes runners, walkers AND volunteers! Contact your school representative, Katie Rausch, katier18@yahoo.com, or jmichallenge@gmail.com with questions or suggestions.
*All proceeds go to the Scholarship and Grant Fund, benefiting the education of School District 25 students through the ABC/25 Foundation Grant selection.
Co-3rd Vice President – Kelly Nix (Incumbent)
IVY HILL SENIOR WALK: An Ivy Hill “Senior Walk” is being planned wherein Buffalo Grove graduating seniors, who are alumni of Ivy Hill, will walk the halls of Ivy Hill in their cap and gown. The Senior Walk is scheduled to take place on May 23, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. with a short reception to follow.
I-FIVES go to: Cultural Arts Committee, Rekha Muruvinakombe; Running Club Committee, Laura Vavalle, Tammi Grippo, and April Zaimi.
NEXT PTA MEETING: NEW DATE!!! May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.
NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: April 26, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m., Windsor Elementary School.
Don’t forget to Ivy Hill Elementary PTA on Facebook!
Check out our interactive links online at ivyhillpta.org.
PTA HAPPENINGS – April 13-19, 2018
CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE: Ivy Hill PTA Cultural Arts Committee and Ivy Hill Elementary is bringing your kids the experience of visiting a science museum right to your school. The state-of-the-art hands-on children’s museum focuses on STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art and math). Please help us to manage the kids and the exhibit. You can choose to be with your kid’s class. Sign up here! STEAM Signup link.
- Where: Ivy Hill Elementary School gymnasium, 2211 N Burke Dr, Arlington Heights IL 60004
- When: April, 17-18, 2018
- Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
JUST MOVE IT! CHALLENGE: It’s time for the Just Move It! Challenge 2018! Run, Walk, or Volunteer! JUST MOVE IT! We need VOLUNTEERS to make this day successful. If you don’t want to run or walk, please consider volunteering. It’s a fun day! Volunteer sign up is ready at: Volunteer signup. Click here to register to run or walk! All registration, volunteering, and event details can be found at http://www.jmichallenge.org.
- When: Saturday April 21, 2018
- Where: South Middle School
- 7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Health and Fitness Expo
- 8:00 a.m. 5K Run/Walk Start
- 9:00 a.m. 1 Mile Run/Walk Start
The school with the most participation gets to showcase the JMI trophy for the next year! Participation includes runners, walkers AND volunteers! Contact your school representative, Katie Rausch, katier18@yahoo.com, or jmichallenge@gmail.com with questions or suggestions.
*All proceeds go to the Scholarship and Grant Fund, benefiting the education of School District 25 students through the ABC/25 Foundation Grant selection.
Co-3rd Vice President – Kelly Nix (Incumbent)
IVY HILL SENIOR WALK: An Ivy Hill “Senior Walk” is being planned wherein Buffalo Grove graduating seniors, who are alumni of Ivy Hill, will walk the halls of Ivy Hill in their cap and gown. The Senior Walk is scheduled to take place on May 23, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. with a short reception to follow.
I-FIVES go to: Chess Club Committee, Becky Brown and Julie Soderna and all the parent volunteers; Book Fair Committee, Rekha Muruvinakombe, Stephanie Lazzari and 3rd VPs Caroleen Guiwargis and Kelly Nix. Book Fair Committee and the 3rd VPs would like to thank the following volunteers who helped us in many ways. Without your help we couldn’t have done this: Kerri Hood, Kathy Thompson, Luanne Eisenhardt, Deneen Evola, Manjula Karthi, Roopa Prasad, Joelle Vena, Ritu Agrawal, Nirupa Mathew, Michelle Derochowski, Angela Zulaski, Emily Morrison, Britt Polihronis, Nicole Campbell, Denise Wagner, Dina McBride, Julie Ratzki, Margaret W,Sherri Kontos, Claudia Kowalski, Kelly Nix, Jennifer Sadowski, Kate Buttitta, Linda K, Jen Sylvia, Sarah Boeche, Jocelyn Fredell, Guruprasad Sankaravadivel, Gounalanee Amrithasri, Betsy Geiger, Jennifer Amling, Nancy Velasco, Dao Tran, Sharon Bank, Katie Hacias, Saravanakumar Marimuthu, Jill Capito, Cheryl Hampton, Christen Lipani, Caroleen Guiwargis, Lucy Block, Suzanne Krause & Stephanie Lazzari.
NEXT PTA MEETING: NEW DATE!!! May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.
NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: April 26, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m., Windsor Elementary School.
Don’t forget to Ivy Hill Elementary PTA on Facebook!
Check out our interactive links online at ivyhillpta.org.
STEAM MUSEUM
Hello from the CULTURAL ARTS COMMITTEE
The Ivy Hill PTA Cultural Arts Committee & Ivy Hill Elementary are bringing your kids the experience of visiting a science museum right at our school. The state-of-the-art hands-on children’s museum focuses on STEAM education (science, technology, engineering, art, and math).
Please help us to manage the kids & the exhibit. You can choose to be with your kid’s class.
Location : Gymnasium, Ivy Hill Elementary School, 2211 N Burke Dr, Arlington Heights IL 60004
Dates: April, 17-18, 2018.
Times: 9am – 3:30pm
If you are able to help, please sign up HERE
Thank you,
Rekha Muruvinakombe and the Cultural Arts Committee
PTA HAPPENINGS – April 6-12, 2018
BOOK FAIR COMMITTEE: Our online book fair has opened up April 5th, and you can shop until April 18th. This is the perfect opportunity for you to buy books if you are unable to attend our school book fair. All orders ship FREE to our school at the end of the Online Fair, which is April 18th. Books will be handed out to students at school. Don’t let the weather prevent your child from reading When you click on Shop Now, you will see a page that asks for zip code. Type in 60004 and then click “search.” From there you will see “Ivy Hill Book Fair.” Click on “shop now,” and you are in.
Ivy Hill PTA Scholastic Book Fair “Paws for Books” needs your help for Book Fair & Preview Day, April 10 and 11. Many slots are available, feel free to sign up for multiple sessions. Ivy Hill Open House is on the same day from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. For this reason, shorter time slots are available. Book Fair Signup Link
YEARBOOK COMMITTEE: Order online during Spring Break! Buy a yearbook for $16.00. To order, visit us online: 2018 MEMORY YEARBOOK. Enter the following pay code: 87899. You will receive an email receipt for your records if paying online.
Deadline to order is April 19th, 2018. Please contact Christy Smith (delilah327@yahoo.com) or Nicole Campbell (nicole.campbell496@gmail.com) with questions.
RUNNING CLUB COMMITTEE: Dates: Grades K-2 will run on April 5, 12, and 19 from 3:35 – 4:15; Grades 3 through 5 will run on April 3, 10, and 17 from 3:35 – 4:15. Pick up time for all students will be at 4:15 p.m.
We are hoping all students participating in Run Club will sign-up for the Just Move It! Challenge on April 21st to represent Ivy Hill and the Eagle Nation!! More information with how to sign-up for the Just Move It Challenge can be found below.
JUST MOVE IT! CHALLENGE: It’s time for the Just Move It! Challenge 2018! Run, Walk, or Volunteer! JUST MOVE IT! We need VOLUNTEERS to make this day successful. If you don’t want to run or walk, please consider volunteering. It’s a fun day! Volunteer sign up is ready at: Volunteer signup. Click here to register to run or walk! All registration, volunteering, and event details can be found at http://www.jmichallenge.org.
- When: Saturday April 21, 2018
- Where: South Middle School
- 7:30 – 10:00 a.m. Health and Fitness Expo
- 8:00 a.m. 5K Run/Walk Start
- 9:00 a.m. 1 Mile Run/Walk Start
The school with the most participation gets to showcase the JMI trophy for the next year! Participation includes runners, walkers AND volunteers! Contact your school representative, name, (jmichallenge@gmail.com) with questions or suggestions.
*All proceeds go to the Scholarship and Grant Fund, benefiting the education of School District 25 students through the ABC/25 Foundation Grant selection.
Co-3rd Vice Presidentt – Kelly Nix (Incumbent)
IVY HILL SENIOR WALK: An Ivy Hill “Senior Walk” is being planned wherein Buffalo Grove graduating seniors, who are alumni of Ivy Hill, will walk the halls of Ivy Hill in their cap and gown. The Senior Walk is scheduled to take place on May 23, 2018, at 3:15 p.m. with a short reception to follow.
NEXT PTA MEETING: May 16, 2018 @ 7:00 p.m.
NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING: April 26, 2018 @ 7:30 p.m., Windsor Elementary School
Don’t forget to Ivy Hill Elementary PTA on Facebook!
Check out our interactive links online at ivyhillpta.org.