Sullivan Scoop

September 21, 2018
Dear Sullivan Families,

We are well settled into our routines at Sullivan at the end of this 5th week of the school year. Between setting and practicing expectations and routines, building classroom community, establishing positive connections among students and between teachers and students, and jumping into curriculum, our days are busy! Through welcome letters, email, parent night, Twitter and Class Dojo posts, newsletters, and our website, we hope you are feeling connected to what is going on at Sullivan.

As the year continues, it is important to us that we maintain strong home school connections. Please take advantage of opportunities to come into Sullivan throughout the year! Our first parent teacher conferences are in November, and we hope to see all parents attend to hear about your child's first trimester of learning. There will be numerous opportunities to volunteer in the classrooms and library, and to chaperone field trips. Come on into Sullivan and see all of the great things our teachers and students are creating and learning about!

Warmly,

Traci Meziere
Principal
Anne Sullivan School
Erin's Law Presentations
Click below for an invitation to a district-wide parent information night regarding Erin's Law, a state-mandated sexual abuse prevention education program for students in early childhood through middle school.
Bright Bytes Survey
Our instructional technology survey administered through Bright Bytes opens on September 28th and closes on October 10th. The link to the Sullivan survey can be found here .

Please take a few minutes next week to take our survey. We value your input as we plan for our future!
Get Involved...Volunteer in our LMC!
Mrs. Yager is looking for volunteers to help in our library throughout the year. Use our Library Sign Up Genius to volunteer once in a while or every week. We appreciate our parent volunteers who help our school run smoothly!
Sullivan Snapshots
Mrs. Delgado's students work collaboratively to solve real-world math problems and sharpen their skills!

4th Grade Loves Math!
4th Grade Math Fun

Mrs. Ganek's class played place value bingo to practice their skills and think critically about math concepts.
5th Grade Literacy
5th grade students have been working hard in literacy. All classes took walking field trips to the library this week to play genre bingo and participate in book talks.

Classes also participated in Book Tastings and had a chance to sample books from a variety of genres in order to broaden their reading horizons!
A Book to Bridge Two Schools
We had a great time talking with Uma Krishnaswami, the author of Book Uncle and Me . She talked with the students about the process of writing books, and enjoyed answering our students' questions.
D23 Cash for the Cure Fundraiser
This year, Prospect Heights School District 23 will be uniting our schools for three total fundraisers. At this time, we are excited to announce the first of these joint D23 fundraisers, D23 Cash for the Cure . This fundraiser, sponsored by Betsy Ross School and the Ross Bulldog Ambassadors, will benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS). We will partner with LLS and their mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkins disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.

For this year's fundraiser, our district has the goal of raising at least $5,000 for our cause. It's a lofty goal but we have no doubt we will get there with everyone's support. In order to increase motivation along the way, we have planned some exciting events for our students.

Calendar of Events

Sept. 27 - Fundraiser Begins
Oct. 5 - "Hat Day" for $1
Oct. 10 - Halfway Point - Ms. M serves lunch in the cafeteria if we meet our goal.
Oct. 17 - Final Day of Fundraiser
Oct. 25 - Principals on the Roof? Let's meet our goal!

Let's all join together for this fantastic cause!
Rock Stars of the Week
Each week, two Sullivan students are recognized as the Rock Stars of the Week. These students go above and beyond in demonstrating our school-wide expectations of safe, respectful, and responsible behavior.
Kaylee not only consistently demonstrates safe, respectful and responsible behaviors, but encourages others to follow school expectations too.
Emiliano is being safe, respectful and responsible. He is always willing to help others out and is very kind to all.
Kyle is kind, respectful, and responsible. He is a good role model for his peers.
Emily follows all of our school expectations and always puts forth her best effort.
Emily is a great role model for the rest of our class. She loves to help others and always tries her best on everything.
Alyssa is kind to others, respectful in class, and always gives her best effort.
Upcoming Events
9/21: EPTO Movie Night 6:45PM @ Ross
10/2: Variety Show Tryouts 2:30 @ Ike
10/4: Variety Show Tryouts 2:30 @ Mac
10/8: Columbus Day - NO SCHOOL
10/10: Board of Education Meeting 7PM
10/12: Picture Retakes
10/12: BPAC Math and Tech Night @Ike 6PM
10/17: Erin's Law Parent Night @Mac 6PM
10/25 & 10/26: EPTO Variety Show @Mac 7PM
EPTO News
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Don't forget to visit the EPTO website for important information about upcoming events.
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