The Item Newsletter, Issue #3, September 23, 2018
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Fall Fun is Here!
This is such a great time of year at Hubbard Woods School. As the leaves start to turn, the PTO looks ahead to some of our annual traditions, which we hope you will plan to be a part of.
October 26th is our HW Social (formally known as Parent-Teacher Party). In past years it was held in early February. This year, we are moving it sooner, hoping to take advantage of some nice fall weather and give new parents a chance to meet other parents right away. Book your sitters and get ready to have a fun night mixing with HW parents and staff.
November 2nd is our annual Fall Luncheon, which parents are invited to attend and some teachers attend as well. This year, prior to the lunch, attendees will be entertained by the famous Barbara Rinella, giving a theatrical book reading. This long standing tradition is always a fun time.
Also in November, we'll put on our annual Book Fair, which is a great early holiday shopping opportunity and raises money for our beloved school Resource Center. We'll need lot's of helpers to work at the Book Fair, so stay tuned for a sign-up.
In the meantime, we're rolling out a World Traveler's Lunch for the kiddos, along with our usual Pizza Fun Lunches. And, we'll do a Grand Receipts Challenge in November (one of our easiest fundraisers) -- so hold onto your receipts from The Grand until then!
If you have any questions about the PTO, or how you can help at HW, please reach out!
We also love to hear any
constructive
feedback or new ideas: hubbardwoodspto@gmail.com
Happy Fall! -Kendal Reis (PTO President)
Please
click here
if you want to sign up for a PTO committee.
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D36 School Board Meeting
Tuesday, September 25th
7:15pm
Hubbard Woods School Auditorium
Kindergarten Go-To-School Night
Thursday, September 27th
7:00-8:00pm
Principal Carmody's Hubbard Woods Orientation Night
Wednesday, October 3rd
7:00pm
Hubbard Woods Auditorium (parents only event-all HW parents are welcome, new and old)
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Aloha...It's a Luau Party!
Gather your Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts and join us for the Hubbard Woods Social!
SAVE-THE-DATE and BOOK YOUR SITTERS!
Friday, Oct. 26th, 6:30-11pm
Skokie Country Club
E-vite comes out this Friday, 9/28/18 and RSVP due by 10/23/18
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It's Not Too Late to Register Your  Child for Chess Wizards!
Fall registration is still open for students in grades 1-4, who would like to learn and play chess. This year, Chess Wizards takes place on Thursdays after school, from 3:20-4:20p.m., in the auditorium. Fall classes started on 9/20 and will run through 11/22/18.
Sign up online
today or complete and return the paper version (
click here
)
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WALK TO SCHOOL DAY!
The Green Team
wants to remind everyone that Wednesday, October 3rd is Walk to School Day!
Our PTO Green Committee Needs Your Help In the Lunch Room!
We're looking for parents to help our school's Compost and Recycling efforts. Click
Here to sign up for a lunch slot.
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A Green Reminder
Please turn off your car engines while waiting in the school drop-off and pick-up lines. Especially at the main entrance, car exhaust collects near the front door and gets sucked inside. We can reduce this hazy, toxic air by honoring our school's year-round policy of NO IDLING in car line. Thank you for doing the right thing and turning off your engines.
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The Online Directory is Live!
By now, hopefully you know that the 2018-2019 Winnetka Elementary Schools Directory is now available to those who have paid for access! If you have not yet paid for access ($5 fee), please click here to make your payment online -- or make a check out to Hubbard Woods PTO and submit in the school office. If you are not sure if you paid, please contact Asst. Treasurer, Anna Anderson (anderson.annam@gmail.com).
If you want to view/change the contact information you submitted during registration, please download the application and review the online directory. All changes must be submitted to Amy Kay (
amymkay1@yahoo.com). Please note that only the person you put in as "Parent 1" during registration will get access. If you need to add an additional family member, please contact Amy.
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Grades 1-4 Conferences
Thursday, October 18th (11:25am dismissal) and Friday, October 20th (NO SCHOOL)
World Traveler's - Stay Tuned for Info.
Wednesday, October 24th (Travelogue)
Friday, October 26th (Lunch)
Picture Retake Day
Thursday, October 25th
Hubbard Woods Social
Friday, October 26th
6:30pm-11:00pm
Halloween Ghost Walk
Wednesday, October 31st
1:45pm (Grades 1-4)
9:30am (Kind.)
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Kiddos Lunch
is well underway and the kids are loving the food!
Click here
t
o order today! Please place your child's order by 12 PM EACH WEDNESDAY for the following week of lunches. Or you can place your orders now all the way through February 1, 2019.
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The next
Pizza Fun Lunch will be Friday, September 28th. Pizza Fun Lunch is a school fundraiser that allows students to enjoy Domino's pizza on 16 select Fridays throughout the school year. To participate and pay online, please
click here.
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Join the Hubbard Woods Adventure Guides group!
What: Campouts and events throughout the year for dads and daughters (a YMCA program). It's a longstanding tradition in the district.
Who: Girls in grades 1-3
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Upcoming Events:
"The Class: A Life-Changing Teacher, His World-Changing Kids, and the Most Inventive Classroom in America"
Monday, Sept. 24, 2018:
12:00 PM: Loyola University of Chicago
School of Law
25 E. Pearson St., Chicago
7:00 PM: New Trier High School/Northfield, Cornog Auditorium
7 Happ Rd., Northfield
KJ Dell'Antonia
"How to be a Happier Parent: Raising a Family, Having a Life, and Loving (Almost) Every Minute"
Friday, Sept., 28, 2018
7:00 PM: New Trier High School/Northfield, Cornog Auditorium
7 Happ Rd., Northfield
"One Person, No Vote: Examining the History of Voter Suppression"
7:00 PM: Monday, Oct. 1, 2018
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston
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-Thank you to all of the HW teachers and staff for putting together another wonderful Back to School Night -- and thanks to Room Parents, for organizing parent sign-ups!
-Thank you to Becky Sanderson and her team for yet another successful Picture Day.
-Thank you to Angela Mak for getting Chess Wizards off to a great start -- and coordinating the Spirt Wear sale.
-Thank you to Katie King, Kate Hagenah and the Pizza Fun Lunch Committee, for kicking off this favorite tradition!
-Thank you to Amy Chudgar for beginning to coordinate IDEA Lab support.
-Thank you to Annie Cudney and Megan Weisberg for sitting on the Kindergarten Committee.
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The Hubbard Woods PTO involves parents and teachers working together on behalf of the school and its students to enhance the HW experience for students, staff and families. If you have questions, or want to become involved, please reach our PTO Exec at:
hubbardwoodspto@gmail.com
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The deadline to submit content for the next issue of
The Item is Wednesday, October 3rd. Submissions should be sent to
hwitemeditor@gmail.com
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