Item Newsletter, Issue #7, November 15, 2020 |
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Dear HW Community,
We hope everyone enjoyed brushing off their passports last week and traveling to Egypt with World Travelers! What a wonderfully redesigned program: Sarah Boulos, Nurca Bozkurt and Liz Delzell really knocked it out of the park! If you happened to have missed it, don't worry: the chance will come again in early 2021 to visit yet another fabulous destination.
We have so many wonderful events on the horizon and this week holds another one of our favorites...The HW Book Fair! Launching "LIVE" tomorrow, please visit here to support the Annual Book Fair. Different approach but still the same goal of providing books for our children and our teachers while raising funds for our Resource Center. Please be sure to shop this week!
In a traditional year, this week the PTO would have hosted the beloved "Fall Luncheon." We are pausing for now, but not forever. Hosting the luncheon next year will be like running into an old friend...experiencing joy in "picking up where you left off."
Thanksgiving being the following week, gives us all a needed pause to reflect on gratitude. Please stay tuned for an opportunity to share that thanks with our HW Community.
After the long Thanksgiving weekend, we have a packed December of old and new traditions to look forward to...Spirit Day, Pajama Day and the all new HW Movie Night!
Stay positive, be kind and rock that Raccoon Pride!
HW PTO
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Hubbard Woods Virtual Book Fair this Week!
The Hubbard Woods Book Fair will be held virtually November 16-20. Shop anytime, anywhere this week from Anderson's Book Fair Company website (www.abcfairs.com) , and the books will be mailed to your home.
45% of the proceeds of the Book Fair benefit the Resource Center in the form of new books. Last year, the Book Fair raised over $8,000 for the Resource Center! This year, those proceeds are being used in the Related Arts portion of the day, with Ms. Delzell's fantastic read alouds!
For more information, including Readers' Spirit Week, Teacher Wish List books, etc., click here.
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Virtual Book Fair
November 16-20
Thanksgiving Break
November 25-27
Spirit Day
Friday, December 4
Pajama Day
Friday, December 18
Winter Break
December 19- January 3
School Resumes
Monday, January 4
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Keep the photos coming!
If you have any photos for the yearbook (Halloween and remote learning), please send them to your class Photo Collector or to HubbardWoods.yearbook@gmail.com. Thank you!
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Thank you to everyone who made our first Virtual World Travelers trip to Egypt a success!
Sarah and Nader Boulos provided much of the awesome content and answered all the questions from the kids. Liz Delzell not only read a fantastic story on Day 2, but also helped us with all the technical details with Schoology, the Trivia quiz, and so much more! And of course, thanks to the PTO for supporting World Travelers in every way possible.
World Travelers will be back with another exciting destination in early 2021!
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Chess Wizards Online!
Click HERE for more information about Chess Wizards' Virtual Class offerings.
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Kudos
Huge thank you to Sarah Boulos & Nurca Bozkurt for reimagining World Travelers! Sincere gratitude to Nader Boulos for sharing his Egyptian heritage with all of us!
Beyond grateful for our amazing RC Director, Liz Delzell for bringing World Travelers to life via Schoology-her knowledge and enthusiasm are such a gift to HW!
Thank you to Jessica Newell for coordinating and supporting round 2 of the Spirit Wear Sale, hope everyone stocked up!
Advanced thanks to Amy Kay and Kathryn Martin for spearheading this year's Book Fair!
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Next D36 School Board Meeting:
Tuesday, 11/24, 7:15 PM
Carleton Washburne Resource Center
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Guides for the
2020/21 School Year
HWS drop-off/pick-up guidelines here.
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D36 COVID Dashboard
To view COVID metrics for our district, click here. |
The HW PTO involves parents and teachers working together on behalf of the school and students. To become involved please contact:
You can also reach out to:
President - Sara Dahlstrom
Vice President - Nissa Cox
To learn more about the Central PTO, wich supports all three elementary schools and Skokie-Washburne,
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