Friday Packet – May 23 – May 31

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest Eagle View for the Week of May 28th, 2012  from Principal Csensich.

Please note that you can now visit the Ivy Hill website by entering ivy web.sd25.org in the address bar of your browser.

PTA HAPPENINGS: 

Thank you to all Ivy families and staff members who joined the PTA for the 2012-2013 school year through the online registration process. Please remember to send your membership fee ($10 for individual and $15 for family) and Budget Booster (if elected) via backpack mail to the office (please note – checks will be processed before June 30, 2012). If you missed the deadline for online registration and want to join please complete the attached form Welcome to PTA and return to the school office with your payment as noted on the membership form. We are looking forward to another fun year!

Online PTA Green Sheets/Volunteer forms are available: http://tinyurl.com/7e5whn4. Please support our fun PTA events for the 2012-2013 school year!!

There are still some openings for 2012-13 PTA Board Positions! We need people to chair or co-chair the following committees: Cultural Arts ~   Holiday Gift Shop ~ Membership ~ Safety Patrol. We would love to have you on the Board next year!! Click to see a list of Board positions and members. Please contact Cassy Mrowicki (cmrowicki99@yahoo.com) or Denise Schreiner (deniseschreiner@sbcglobal.net) if you would like to be on one of these committees or if you have any questions about them. 

Last chance to order School Supplies for the 2012-2013 school year! New this year:  order your school supplies online only at www.shopttkits.com. Enter 1249 for school account number. Deadline for ordering is Saturday, May 26,2012. No hard copy forms will be accepted! Any questions, contact Bessie Christou 847-577-2144. 

The calendar committee is collecting submissions for the 2012 – 2013 Ivy Hill PTA Calendar Cover!  Click here for more information on the Calendar Contest. Contact Berna Samson at berna.samson@yahoo.com with any questions.  If your art work is chosen, your name will be proudly displayed on the front of the calendar.  Send your entries to the Office and will be due by June 1^st!!!

Ivy Hill’s Field Day is on Friday, June 1st.  The children will be participating in a variety of outdoor games, so please make sure your child is dressed for running and jumping (gym shoes and bathing suits are recommended).  AM session 9:15-11:45 for AM Kindergarten (K1 and K2), 4th and 5th grades; PM session 1-3:15 for PM Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades.  Volunteers are still needed to help with Field Day and to make WATER BALLOONS for the balloon toss.  Please contact Carla Kim at cmk17@sbcglobal.net, cell #847-612-6449 or JoAnna Lira at joanna.lira@att.net with any questions or to volunteer.

I Fives go to: 

Thank you to ALL of the families that came out to the Box Tops Camp-out Kick off! What a great night! We’d like to congratulate the Nix family for winning the Box Tops Prize package in the raffle. A special thank you to the teachers who read stories or just came out to take part in the festivities, the Ivy Hill Eagle, Ms. Csensich for being such a great sport, Mr. Hengels for letting us use the gym equipment, Ms. Boston for coming out to see our “fun side” and Ms. Sue for her extra efforts.

Thank you Cassy Mrowicki, Gail Esler, Mylene Sardon, and Andrea Mueller for your  help with Market Day this month. We had a huge order this month that brought us to a total of $2,248.12 in profit for this school year.  Thank you again to every Ivy Hill Family that supported Market Day this school year. We couldn’t have done it with our you!

Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!

….continued from the Principal’s desk 

District/Community Happenings: posted on http://www.sd25.org/pages/sd25.

Camp Invention

Autism Workshop

Friday Packet – May 18 – May 22

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest  Eagle View for the Week of May 21, 2012 from Principal Csensich.

Join us for Sunday’s Family Gardening Day at Ivy Hill from 9:00 am until noon for a day of planting. See here for more information about the day by reading the May Planting Day flier!

PTA HAPPENINGS: 

Thank you to all Ivy families and staff members who joined the PTA for the 2012-2013 school year through the online registration process. Please remember to send your membership fee and Budget Booster (if elected) via backpack mail to the office (please note – checks will be processed before June 30, 2012). If you missed the deadline for online registration and want to join please complete the attached form Welcome to PTA and return to the school office with your payment as noted on the membership form. We are looking forward to another fun year!

Online PTA Green Sheets/Volunteer forms are available: http://tinyurl.com/7e5whn4. Please support our fun PTA events for the 2012-2013 school year!!

There are still some openings for 2012-13 PTA Board Positions! We need people to chair or co-chair the following committees: Cultural Arts ~   Holiday Gift Shop ~ Membership ~ Safety Patrol. We would love to have you on the Board next year!! Click to see a list of and members. Please contact Cassy Mrowicki (cmrowicki99@yahoo.com) or Denise Schreiner (deniseschreiner@sbcglobal.net) if you would like to be on one of these committees or if you have any questions about them. 

It’s time to start thinking about School Supplies for the 2012-2013 school year! New this year:  order your school supplies online only at www.shopttkits.com. Enter 1249 for school account number. Deadline for ordering is Friday, May 25,2012. No hard copy forms will be accepted! Any questions, contact Bessie Christou 847-577-2144. 

The calendar committee is collecting submissions for the 2012 – 2013 Ivy Hill PTA Calendar Cover!  Click here for more information on the Calendar Contest. Contact Berna Samson at berna.samson@yahoo.com with any questions.  If your art work is chosen, your name will be proudly displayed on the front of the calendar.  Send your entries to the Office and will be due by June 1^st!!!

Ivy Hill’s Field Day is on Friday, June 1st.  The children will be participating in a variety of outdoor games, so please make sure your child is dressed for running and jumping (gym shoes and bathing suits are recommended).  AM session 9:15-11:45 for AM Kindergarten (K1 and K2), 4th and 5th grades; PM session 1-3:15 for PM Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades.  Volunteers are still needed to help with Field Day and to make WATER BALLOONS for the balloon toss.  Please contact Carla Kim at cmk17@sbcglobal.net, cell #847-612-6449 or JoAnna Lira at joanna.lira@att.net with any questions or to volunteer.

I Fives go to: 

Market Day Committee – Betsy Hadley and Denise Schreiner and all the parent volunteers who helped sort and box the orders each month for our families.  Thanks also to all the families who have ordered from Market Day throughout the year.  Your continued support really makes a difference at Ivy Hill!

Labels Committee – Darcy Moder, LoriAnn Oyen and Emily Morrison, for all of their hard work on the successful campout night.  And Ms. Csensich for being a good sport and camping out!!

All the families who participated in this month’s Dining for Dollars and ordered from Francesca’s Tavola last week! 

Our Webmaster – Karen McCabe for all of her time and effort in updating and keeping our Website current.

Thanks to Rose Trajano for compiling all of the articles and creating the Ivy Inklings online this year – great job!

….continued from the Principal’s desk 

District/Community Happenings: posted on http://www.sd25.org/pages/sd25.

Camp Invention

Autism Workshop

NSSEO Parent Meeting

Friday Packet – May 11 – May 17

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest Eagle View for the Week of May 14th, 2012  from Principal Csensich.

PTA HAPPENINGS: 

Thank you to all Ivy families and staff members who joined the PTA for the 2012-2013 school year through the online registration process. Please remember to send your membership fee and Budget Booster (if elected) via backpack mail to the office. If you missed the deadline for online registration and want to join please complete the attached form Welcome to PTA and return to the school office with your payment as noted on the membership form. We are looking forward to another fun year!

Online PTA Green Sheets/Volunteer forms are available: http://tinyurl.com/7e5whn4. Please support our fun PTA events for the 2012-2013 school year!!

There are still some openings for 2012-13 PTA Board Positions! We need people to chair or co-chair the following committees: Cultural Arts ~ Fun Fair ~ Holiday Gift Shop ~ Membership ~ Safety Patrol. We would love to have you on the Board next year!! Click to see a list of current Board positions and members. Please contact Cassy Mrowicki (cmrowicki99@yahoo.com) or Denise Schreiner (deniseschreiner@sbcglobal.net) if you would like to be on one of these committees or if you have any questions about them. 

It’s time to start thinking about School Supplies for the 2012-2013 school year! New this year, order your school supplies online only at www.shopttkits.com. Enter 1249 for school account number. Deadline for ordering is Friday, May 25,2012. No hard copy forms will be accepted! Any questions, contact Bessie Christou 847-577-2144. 

Market Day - The last sale for this school year is this month. It’s not too late to stock up on your favorite Market Day buys for the summer. Orders are due online Monday May 14th at www.marketday.com. Order $40 and receive Free Quick ‘n’ Crispy Shoestring Fries. Order $90 and receive Free 1/4 lb. Beef Patties. Promo Code: MAYBONUS. Get Your FREE Cooler Tote! If you’ve been participating in the Freequent Buyer program, this is the month to redeem your reward. If you made two purchases of $40 between February and April, simply place a third $40 purchase this month to receive a FREE Cooler Tote at your May pick-up. If you are a first time buyer of Market Day, we have a great offer for you. For being a new customer, we welcome you to the Market Day family with a special offer of $5 off your first purchase of $25 at marketday.com. Just enter “NEWFIVE” in the promo code at check out at marketday.com

Dining for Dollars - It’s the last one of the year! Please join us on Tuesday, May 15th, at Francesca’s Tavola in Arlington Heights. Francesca’s will generously donate 20% of the total bill to Ivy Hill PTA. The offer is good for dine-in or carry out and all you need to do is mention that you are there to support Ivy Hill PTA. Download the Francesca’s Flyer for more information. Buon appetito!

Join us for the Box Tops, Camp Out Kick Off this Thursday, May 17th, from 6-8 pm. All Ivy Hill families (this is NOT a drop-off event) are welcome to play games, picnic and enjoy songs and stories by the “campfire” as we celebrate reaching our Box Tops goal. Bring a blanket and chairs, a flashlight and picnic (if you haven’t pre-ordered your dinner). We’ll also raffle off the Box Tops prize pack to one of the top 10 families. Then, we’ll sing Ms. Csensich to sleep as she prepares to camp out for the night. Keep an eye out for Ms. Csensich as she directs traffic the next morning in her jammies, kicking off a school wide pajama day (May 18th)! Drop in and celebrate with us. We hope to see you there!

All 2011 -2012 Reflections participants, please join us in the Commons on Monday, May 14th during lunch for a special dessert treat congratulating you on a job well done! The Reflections Committee chairs will be at a table in the Commons on Monday to pass out your treat to you! Also, your Reflections projects will be returned to you in the next few weeks, along with your certificate and ribbon for participating. We’ll let you know when they are ready to be picked up in the office. Thanks for all the wonderful projects that you submitted this year and all your hard work! Congratulations!

Join in the Idle Free Zone campaign! The Village of Arlington Heights is currently promoting a community awareness program to encourage drivers to turn off their engines while waiting in areas such as the school. Less idling means less air pollution and less wasted fuel. Did you know that: Idling your car for 10 seconds uses more fuel than turning off the engine and restarting it. In addition, restarting your vehicle does not harm your engine or starter. Please turn off your engine when waiting to drop off or pick up your children from school and extracurricular activities, or when waiting for extended periods in a drive-thru, such as the pharmacy, bank or fast food!

Save the Date – FIELD DAY is Friday, June 1st. More information is coming soon.

I Fives go to: 

Environmental Committee - Lynette Nimmo, Suzanne Krause and Lynn Feder, for all of their work on the shoe drive. And to all families who donated items.

Reflections Committee – Lynn Feder and Suzanne Krause for all of their work on this years program and to all the participants. Great Job!!

….continued from the Principal’s desk 

District/Community Happenings: posted on District 25’s website at http://www.sd25.org/pages/sd25.

Friday Packet – May 4 – May 10

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest Eagle View for the Week of May 7th, 2012  from Principal Csensich.

Please note that we are still collecting gently used books and gently used shoes at Ivy Hill! Please read the following Book Sale Flyer for more information about the Gently Used Book Sale sponsored by our 5th graders.

PTA HAPPENINGS:

Thank you to all Ivy families and staff members who joined the PTA for the 2012-2013 school year through the online registration process.  Please remember to send your membership fee and Budget Booster (if elected) via backpack mail to the office.  If you missed the deadline for online registration and want to join please complete the attached form Welcome to PTA and return to the school office with your payment as noted on the membership form.  We are looking forward to another fun year!

Online PTA Green Sheets/Volunteer forms are available: http://tinyurl.com/7e5whn4.  Please support our fun PTA events for the 2012-2013 school year!!

There are still some openings for 2012-13 PTA Board Positions!  We need people to chair or co-chair the following committees:  Cultural Arts  ~  Fun Fair  ~  Holiday Gift Shop  ~  Membership  ~  Thomas Liaison  ~  Safety Patrol.  We would love to have you on the Board next year!!  Click to see a list of current Board positions and members.  Please contact Cassy Mrowicki (cmrowicki99@yahoo.com) or Denise Schreiner (deniseschreiner@sbcglobal.net) if you would like to be on one of these committees or if you have any questions about them.

It’s time to start thinking about SCHOOL SUPPLIES for the 2012-2013 school year!  New this year, order your school supplies online only at www.shopttkits.com.  Enter 1249 for school account number.  Deadline for ordering is Friday, May 25,2012. No hard copy forms will be accepted! Any questions, contact Bessie Christou 847-577-2144.

It’s time to stock up on your favorite MARKET DAY buys for the summer.  Order $40 and receive Free Quick ‘n’ Crispy Shoestring Fries.  Order $90 and receive Free 1/4 lb. Beef Patties. Promo Code: MAYBONUS.  Get your FREE Cooler Tote! If you’ve been participating in the Freequent Buyer program, this is the month to redeem your reward. If you made two purchases of $40 between February and April, simply place a third $40 purchase this month to receive a FREE Cooler Tote at your May pick-up.  Orders due at Ivy Hill May 11th or online by 11pm, May 14th.  Remember… this is the FINAL order for this school year – stock up for the summer.

The T-Shirt & Shorts drive was a success!!  Many thanks to all of the families that donated clothes last week!  The Family & Community Involvement committee collected 205 t-shirts, 58 pairs of shorts, 8 pairs of pants and 7 other misc. pieces of clothing!!  All of these items were donated to the Journey from PADS to HOPE organization in Palatine.  This organization assists many homeless families in the northwest suburbs, including Arlington Heights.  Your donations and support were greatly appreciated!!  Thank you again!

Save the date for Ms. Csensich’s campout kickoff!  Thursday, May 17th from 6-8pm, Ivy Hill families will be invited  to play, picnic and enjoy some “campfire” activities.  Rumor has it that we may have some special guests that will help us get our Principal ready for a night under the stars.  Keep your eyes peeled Friday (May 18th) morning for Ms. Csensich directing traffic in her jammies.  All students and staff will be welcome to participate in a pajama day to celebrate a Box Top mission complete!

Do you have any gently-used shoes that you’re looking to clear out of your house?  The Environmental Committee will be hosting a two-week shoe drive starting next week. Look for the collection boxes in the Commons from Monday, April 30 through Friday, May 11.  The shoes will be donated to Share Your Soles, an organization that brings the shoes to people in impoverished nations around the world.  They request that the shoes be in “good” condition … so only gently used shoes can be donated.  Any questions, contact Lynette Nimmo at net02134@aol.com, Suzanne Krause at svkrause@hotmail.com, or Lynn Feder at lynnfeder@hotmail.com.

I Fives go to:

Our outgoing PTA Executive Committee – Co-President–Monica Barba, 3^rd Co-VP–Darla Mueller and Treasurer-Cindy Stefani– Thank you all for the time and effort you put in over the last two (or more) years!

Room Rep Committee – Kristen Arland, Andra Morgan and Dina Oberman for organizing our Teacher Appreciation Week.  All of the class room reps that participated and helped to make Teacher Appreciation week a success.

Hospitality Committee – Betsy Hadley, Robbie Cichon, Joanna Lira and Denise Schreiner for organizing the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast.  All the parents who generously donated food and drink for the Teacher Appreciation Breakfast.

Welcome to our new and continuing PTA Executive Committee – Co-Presidents –Cassy Mrowicki and Denise Schreiner, 1^st VP–Louann Benbow, 2^nd VP–Betsy Hadley, Co-3^rd VP’s–Colleen Wytmar and Carla Kim, Secretary-Kara Janus, and Treasurer-Helen Tsiftilis– Good Luck!

….continued from the Principal’s desk

Calling all current Ivy Hill Kindergarten through 5th grade boys! The The Cub Scout recruitment meeting will take place on Wednesday, May 9th, in the Commons.  See the Cub Scouts Spring 2012 recruitment flyer for more information.

District/Community Happenings: District and Community Happenings are posted on District 25’s website  at http://www.sd25.org/info/index.php.

Camp Invention Information

Friday Packet – April 27 – May 3

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest Eagle View for the week of April 30th  from Principal Csensich.

Please note that we are collecting gently used shoes and gently used books next week at Ivy Hill!

PTA HAPPENINGS:

It’s time to start thinking about SCHOOL SUPPLIES for the 2012-2013 school year!  New this year, order your school supplies online only at www.shopttkits.com.  Enter 1249 for school account number.  Deadline for ordering is Friday, May 25,2012. No hard copy forms will be accepted! Any questions, contact Bessie Christou 847-577-2144.

Save the date for Ms. Csensich’s campout kickoff!  Thursday, May 17th from 6-8pm, Ivy Hill families will be invited  to play, picnic and enjoy some “campfire” activities.  Rumor has it that we may have some special guests that will help us get our Principal ready for a night under the stars.  Keep your eyes peeled Friday morning for Ms. Csensich directing traffic in her jammies.  All students and staff will be welcome to participate in a pajama day to celebrate a Box Top mission complete!

Do you have any gently-used shoes that you’re looking to clear out of your house?  The Environmental Committee will be hosting a two-week shoe drive starting next week.  Look for the collection boxes in the Commons from Monday, April 30 through Friday, May 11.  The shoes will be donated to Share Your Soles, an organization that brings the shoes to people in impoverished nations around the world.  They request that the shoes be in “good” condition … so only gently used shoes can be donated.  Any questions, contact Lynette Nimmo at net02134@aol.com, Suzanne Krause at svkrause@hotmail.com, or Lynn Feder at lynnfeder@hotmail.com.

There are just a few days left to bring in your Caprisun pouches (or other juice pouches) for recycling.  May 1 is the last day for collection.  Thanks to all who participated this year!

Thank you to all Ivy families and staff members who joined the PTA for the 2012-2013 school year through the online registration process.  If you missed the deadline for online registration and want to join, please complete the attached form Welcome to PTA and return to the school office with your payment as noted on the membership form.  We are looking forward to another fun year!

The ABC/25 Foundation and the Arlington Heights Council of PTAs thank all of you who moved it for education at the Just Move it! Challenge this past weekend! Registered participants for the 5K and 1 Mile run/walk totaled 882 including 445 students. It was a great morning filled with community, fitness, and fun as students, teachers, parents, and administrators from all SD25 schools, showed school spirit and support for one another as they ran or walked across the finish line. Congratulations to Olive-Mary Stitt Elementary School and South Middle School for winning the School participation trophies!  There are still a few t-shirts left. If you are interested in purchasing a t-shirt for $10, please contact Judy Newman at cubs2win1@att.net or Diane Liigsoo at dliigsoo.ivyhill@hotmail.com for more information.  The team is already busy looking at details for next year’s event!  To help with next year’s planning, please send comments or suggestions regarding this year’s race to Doris Downing at jmichallenge@gmail.com.

There are still some openings for 2012-13 PTA Board Positions!  We need people to chair or co-chair the following committees:  Cultural Arts  ~  Fun Fair  ~  Education Fair  ~  Everybody Counts  ~  Holiday Gift Shop  ~  Membership  ~  Thomas Liaison  ~  Safety Patrol.  We would love to have you on the Board next year!!  Please contact Cassy Mrowicki (cmrowicki99@yahoo.com) or Monica Barba (monbarba@att.net) if you would like to be on one of these committees or if you have any questions about them.

Attention 5^th Grade parents Thomas PTA needs you!  Each year the Thomas PTA Student Activities Committee hosts 4 main events.  We are looking for a person to chair our Halloween Party next fall, and for someone to chair the Pool Party next spring.  For more information, please contact Lisa Johnson at crazymomathome@yahoo.com.

I Fives go to:

Judy Newman and Diane Liigsoo for all of their hard work on the ABC/25 Just Move It! Challenge.

Art Awareness Committee - Michelle Marsicek, Karen McCabe and Judy Newman for organizing the last Art Awareness presentations of the year.

Thank you so much to the volunteers who made the spring Art Awareness sessions such a success!  All of our students really learned a lot.  We couldn’t do it without you!

Community & Family Involvement Committee - Chris O’Doherty and Pam McRaith for all of their work with PADS to HOPE and the T-Shirt & Shorts drive and to everyone who donated items.

Environmental Committee  – Lynn Feder, Lynette Nimmo and Suzanne Krause for all of the fun Earth Week activities.

….continued from the Principal’s desk

District/Community Happenings: District and Community Happenings are posted on District 25’s website  at http://www.sd25.org/info/index.php.

Camp Invention Information

Friday Packet – April 20 – April 26

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest  Eagle View for the Week of April 23rd, 2012 from Principal Csensich.

* We’re all thinking about spring! We hope you can join us during our Family Gardening Day for Earth Day at Ivy Hill on April 22nd! If you are joining us, please try to bring any shovels, wheelbarrows, red wagons, etc. that will allow us to scoop and move limestone screenings on Sunday. Thank you!

PTA HAPPENINGS:

You can still join the hundreds of participants this Saturday morning, April 21st, at South Middle School for the Just Move It! Challenge! Students, families, and school staff from every school in our district are coming together for the 5K and 1 Mile run/walk presented by ABC/25 Foundation and AH Council of PTAs. Speed and ability are optional. There will be games lead by physical education teachers, a kids tent for pre-K children, and yoga and fun warm-up exercises to help all participants. Visit http://www.abc25.org to register on-line through Wednesday and for further details. In person registration is available Friday at Runners High ‘n Tri, 10 AM – 7PM and Saturday at South M.S. 6:30 AM – 7:45 AM. Questions? Contact Diane Liigsoo at dliigsoo.ivyhill@hotmail.com or Judy Newman at cubs2win1@att.net.  Don’t forget to wear your school spirit wear!

This Sunday, April 22nd is Earth Day.  Celebrate by doing something friendly for the environment and talking to your children about ways to keep our planet clean!  In honor of Earth Day, the Environmental Committee gave each child a reusable tote bag today at school.   Hopefully they can save some waste by using these bags instead of taking plastic bags at the store!  We also came to the lunchroom today and showed the children some cool cases that were made using recycled Caprisun pouches, so they could see the results of their recycling efforts (and 20 lucky students’ names were picked in a drawing to win the cases).  Thanks to all who participated in Earth Week activities this week!

Getting ready for summer?  Getting rid of the old T-shirts and shorts?  Family & Community Involvement is hosting a “T-Shirt & Shorts” Drive April 23 – 27th for Journeys from PADS to HOPE.  The Journeys from PADS to HOPE organization helps homeless people in the Cook County area.  In the NW Suburbs alone, there are 1,200 homeless people accessing shelters with approximately 400 additional homeless people residing on streets, in cars and throughout forest preserves.  These people can use our help this summer!  They are in need of gently used summer clothing for both children and adults.  Collection boxes can be found in the commons April 23-27th.  THANK YOU in advance!

Did you know that we are recycling Caprisun pouches (as well as any other similar juice pouch) in the Commons?  The children recycle them daily at lunchtime.  We also encourage you to collect them at home and bring them to the Commons for recycling (but please make sure all the juice is gone first and they are not too sticky!).  The pouches are sent to Terracyle, an organization that recycles the pouches.  During Earth Week, we’ll be bringing in some products that Terracycle has made from these pouches for the kids to see an example of what comes from their recycling efforts!  Collection of these juice pouches will end on May 1st.  So bring them in soon!

Do you have any gently-used shoes that you’re looking to clear out of your house?  The Environmental Committee will be hosting a SHOE DRIVE the week of April 30th.  Look for the collection boxes in the Commons beginning Monday, April 30.  The shoes will be donated to Share Your Soles, an organization that brings the shoes to people in impoverished nations around the world.  They request that the shoes be in “good” condition … so only gently used shoes can be donated.

A big thank you to everyone who submitted pictures of their kids at school activities this year!  We couldn’t have made the yearbook without you!  The yearbook has been submitted to the publisher for this year, so we don’t need anymore pictures at this time, but remember to take pictures at field days and submit them for next year!

The Box Top Committee would love to thank all of the families who cheered us on and contributed to our record setting year.  With everyone’s help, we were able to raise an unbelievable $2,441.64!  A special shout out goes to our top ten contributing families!  In no particular order they are Fox, Olejniczak, Snow/Moder(ineligible), Nix, Oyen(ineligible), Nimmo, Boehm, Smith, DeGrazia, and Kalka.  One of these lucky families will win a Box Top prize pack!

I Fives go to:

Video Productions Committee:  Sandy Rueppert, Darcy Moder, Katie Fricke and Andra Morgan and all volunteers for video taping our 3rd graders this week in their fabulous show!

Market Day Committee–Denise Schreiner and Betsy Hadley– and all the volunteers who boxed up orders this week.  And to all families who ordered from Market Day to support our school!

Labels Committee – Darcy Moder, Lori Ann Oyen and Emily Morrison–for motivating and reminding us throughout the year to get those Box Tops in to reach, and surpass, our goal, GREAT JOB!!

Environmental Awareness Committee – Lynette Nimmo, Lynn Feder, and Suzanne Krause and all volunteers for helping out this week and doing such a great job educating the kids on what they can do to help Save the Earth!

Thank you to Michelle Gledhill for her work with the scholarships for the ABC/25 Foundation!

….continued from the Principal’s desk

District/Community Happenings: District and Community Happenings are posted on District 25’s website  at http://www.sd25.org/info/index.php.

Summer U Brochure and Summer U Brochure – print format

Summer U Updates

ABC 25 Just Move It Information

Food Service May Order Form

Camp Invention Information

Friday Packet – April 13 – April 19

From the Principal’s Desk:
Please read the latest Eagle View for the Week of April 16th  from Principal Csensich.
Read the  Press Release  about our 2012-2013 Ivy Hill Principal, Ms. Piper Boston. Welcome, Ms. Boston!

*Do your kids want to be the principal for 1/2 a day? Do you think they’d like to have a special lunch and game time with their teacher? What about an opportunity to dance? Download more copies of Ivy Hill’s ABC25 Drawing Information and Ivy Hill Drawing tickets here!

*Learn how your kids at Ivy Hill can celebrate Arlington Heights’ 125th Anniversary in our LMC!
* We’re all thinking about spring! We hope you can join us during our Family Gardening Day for Earth Day at Ivy Hill on April 22nd!

ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS
Ivy Hill 5th graders are selling Entertainment Books for $10 each. They are filled with coupons and over $75 of gift cards! If interested, please complete the attached Entertainment Book Order Form and return it to the office with payment.

PTA HAPPENINGS:

Let’s get moving and have some fun!  Saturday morning, April 21st, at South Middle School, students, families, and staff from every school in our district are coming together in the Just Move It! Challenge 5K and 1 Mile run/walk presented by ABC/25 Foundation and AH Council of PTAs. The Challenge is to get out and just move – speed and ability are optional. 5K and 1 Mile courses work whether you race or your speed is to walk and talk with friends or your children. There will be a kids tent for pre-K children and yoga and fun warm-up exercises to help run/walk participants. Visit http://www.abc25.org for details, to register, or to volunteer to help or donate. You may also register by completing the attached Just Move It! Challenge registration form and drop it off at the school office. Any questions, contact Judy Newman at cubs2win1@att.net or Diane Liigsoo at dliigsoo.ivyhill@hotmail.com.  We would love to see you there!  Don’t forget to wear your school spirit wear!

Don’t forget to order your Market Day this month. Orders due online by Monday, April 16 at 11pm.  Get a FREE Trial size Orzo Blend w/$40 purchase, and get a FREE Lemon Pepper ChicNSteaks w/$90 purchase (enter APRBONUS)  Buy three times between February and April and earn your FREE Cooler Tote!!

Getting ready for summer?  Getting rid of the old T-shirts and shorts?  Family & Community Involvement is hosting a “T-Shirt & Shorts” Drive April 23 – 27th for Journeys from PADS to HOPE.  The Journeys from PADS to HOPE organization helps homeless people in the Cook County area.  In the NW Suburbs alone, there are 1,200 homeless people accessing shelters with approximately 400 additional homeless people residing on streets, in cars and throughout forest preserves.  These people can use our help this summer!  They are in need of gently used summer clothing for both children and adults.  Collection boxes can be found in the commons April 23-27th.  THANK YOU in advance!

We’re celebrating Earth Week next week, April 16 to April 20.  In honor of Earth Week, we encourage you to walk to school and bring a waste-free lunch every day!  Please also join us in the following:

Wear BLUE on Monday, April 16th, to remind us to keep our water clean.  Wear GREEN on Friday, April 20th, to remind us to keep our earth clean An Earth Week project was sent home earlier this week.  It was a sheet of paper with a picture of a flower (which was printed on recycled paper!).  On the sheet, children should state something they’ll do to help the environment and decorate the flower picture.  If your child would like to participate, please have him or her complete the project at home and return it to school.  They are due this Monday, April 16th.  The projects will be hung during Earth Week in the Commons.  All children who participate will be entered into a drawing to win a few Earth-friendly prizes that we’re giving away!  Any questions, contact Suzanne Krause at svkrause@hotmail.com, Lynette Nimmo at net02134@aol.com or Lynn Feder at lynnfeder@hotmail.com.

Did you know that we are recycling Caprisun pouches (as well as any other similar juice pouch) in the Commons?  The children recycle them daily at lunchtime.  We also encourage you to collect them at home and bring them to the Commons for recycling (but please make sure all the juice is gone first and they are not too sticky!).  The pouches are sent to Terracyle, an organization that recycles the pouches.  During Earth Week, we’ll be bringing in some products that Terracycle has made from these pouches for the kids to see an example of what comes from their recycling efforts!  Collection of these juice pouches will end on May 1st.  So bring them in soon!

Do you have any gently-used shoes that you’re looking to clear out of your house?  The Environmental Committee will be hosting a SHOE DRIVE the week of April 30th.  Look for the collection boxes in the Commons beginning Monday, April 30.  The shoes will be donated to Share Your Soles, an organization that brings the shoes to people in impoverished nations around the world.  They request that the shoes be in “good” condition … so only gently used shoes can be donated.

Pack your camping gear Miss Csensich!  The students and families at Ivy Hill School have officially made you a happy camper! Congratulations everyone for helping us meet this year’s ambitious Box Top goal of $2,211!  Stay tuned for more information on the campout plans and activities!  It will be a great opportunity to celebrate a record breaking Box Top year!

I Fives go to:

Book Fair Committee – Dina Oberman, JoAnna Lira and Judy Newman and Ways & Means VPs: Darla Mueller and Colleen Wytmar for all of their hard work to make the day a success and fun for all who attended!!

Thanks to all students and their families who participated in this year’s Book Fair.  It is our goal to get books into the hands of all of our children.  And, a special shout-out to all of the parent volunteers for their assistance!!

The committee would also like to thank Mr. Hengels who moved his afternoon classes, so that Book Fair could set up and use the gym.

2^nd Vice President – Betsy Hadley for all her work in organizing volunteers all year and for planning the annual PTA Volunteer Awards Night this week!

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District/Community Happenings: District and Community Happenings are posted on District 25’s website  at http://www.sd25.org/info/index.php.

Summer U Brochure and Summer U Brochure – print format

Summer U Updates

Food Service – Employment – Day at the Beach

ABC 25 Just Move It Information

Food Service May Order Form

Camp Invention Information