Whittier Weekly
Upcoming Dates:
- TONIGHT – Info Meeting for Fountas & Pinnell Benchmarking Assessment in the LRC – 6:30pm
- TONIGHT – General PTA Meeting in the LRC – 7pm
- Wednesday 10/25 – Walking Club (during school recess)
- Friday 10/27 – Picture Re-take Day
- Reflections
- Family Math Night
- Volunteers Needed for Book Fair!
- Info Meeting on Fountas and Pinnell
- Masterpiece of the Month
- Hospitality Committee Needs Your Help!
- Fall Experiences
- Wanted: Walking Club Volunteers
- Reading Games
- Yorktown “School Bucks Program”
1. Reflections
Literature
Music Composition
Photography
Visual Arts
Dance Choreography
Film Production
The entry deadline is Tuesday, October 31st.
CLICK HERE for the Entry Form
CLICK HERE for the program rules
CLICK HERE for detailed rules for each category
Please contact Wendy Carter at wendylcarter@att.net or 630-696-0553 for more information.
2. Family Math Night
3. Volunteers Needed for Book Fair!
Our fall book fair is just around the corner, November 14-16! Anderson’s Book Fair Company (ABC) offers the finest selection of children’s literature of any bookfair company out there. All titles are hand selected by ABC and Ms. Coleman to offer the best selection possible.
We need your help! Please CLICK HERE to sign up for an hour to assist in selling books.
4. Info Meeting on Fountas and Pinnell
5. Masterpiece of the Month
6. Hospitality Committee Needs Your Help!
7. Fall Experiences
It’s not too late to sign up for Fall Experiences! CLICK HERE for the link to the online sign up to see what is still available! Experiences are donated by host families and 100% of the cost goes to Whittier PTA. Don’t miss out on the fun times!
8. Walking Club
9. Reading Games
Mark your Calendar – The 2018 Reading Games will take place at O’Neill Middle School on Saturday, March 10, 2018!
Visit our new website at readinggamesdg58.com. The full book list is now posted. Because we are releasing the book list earlier than in previous years, please know that it may take a little time for the school and Downers Grove libraries to make all books available.
Team registration is now open and will close Sunday October 29, 2017 at 9:00 pm. No more mad dash to register, we plan to accommodate every team that wants to participate in The Games. As long as the adult team lead registers their team during the registration window and completes the final registration in January, their team will have a spot at The Games. We will follow team registration with an individual student registration for those needing assistance in finding a team. We do ask for your flexibility as we may need to conduct the Level 1 and Level 2 rounds separately on March 10 to accommodate all teams. We will be able to confirm how the event will work immediately after final team registration in January. As in the past, we ask that all teams bring 2 adult chaperones to the event, and a third adult volunteer who will participate as a moderator, scorekeeper, or in one of many other important roles. This third volunteer is especially important as we include all excited readers in the event!
May the books be in your favor!
Questions? Contact ReadingGamesDG58@gmail.com
10. Yorktown “School Bucks Program”
Please support our schools together by participating in the Yorktown School Bucks Program!!
October 22 – 28: Shop ’til you drop at Bath & Body Works and Yankee Candle for double points!
October 31: Happy Halloween! Double points. All day. All stores and restaurants.
HOW IT WORKS:
After shopping and dining at Yorktown, your school’s family and friends can show their Yorktown Center receipts at the Guest Services desk (located on the Lower Level, below The Eatery and near Von Maur) to accumulate points. Shoppers must specify which participating school to allocate the points to.
Show your movie ticket receipts from AMC 18 Yorktown for an easy (and fun!) 75 points per ticket!
Thank you for shopping and giving back to our PTA!
Receipts must be redeemed within 60 days of purchase date. Receipts will be collected from August 1, 2017 until May 1, 2018.
For Whittier to receive a monetary reward, we need to provide $2,000 in receipts by May 1, 2018.
