A HOWLING HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN FUN

I would like to thank all of our parent volunteers for helping the students have such a wonderful Halloween. The huge smiles could be seen all day, from our parades to the classroom parties, as a good time was had by all. Below are some pictures that prove what a fun day we all had!!

OCTOBER POSITIVE PAW WINNERS


On Thursday, we also drew our Positive PAWS winners for October.
Congratulations!!!!!!!
Romaan, Jordan, Aisha, Tommy, Nuvia and Erkan

ANOTHER LEARNING EXPERIENCE

IPA CONFERENCE

When you are young, you think that once you are done with school you will know everything! However, as an adult you realize that life is a continuous learning journey. At the beginning of this week, I attended the Illinois Principal Association conference in Peoria. Each session I attended gave me new ideas and perspectives to implement at Elizabeth Ide. I enjoyed sharing the weekend with my colleagues and bouncing ideas off of peers. The school ran smoothly in my absence and I thank my staff for being so wonderful!!!

GYM NIGHT

Last Friday, October 16th, Ide had Gym Night to raise funds for our Character Counts/Positive PAWS program. Thanks to the efforts of Mrs. Tran and many staff members and parents we raised $700.00. Thank you to all of you who participated in this wonderful evening!

HALLOWEEN PARTY

Tomorrow, Friday, October 23rd we will have the Halloween Fun Night from 6:30 - 8:30. There are many families attending this event so please take advantage of our shuttle bus service from Prairieview. I will see many of you tomorrow for a "ghoulish" time!

IDE EXCITEMENT

Teacher in the News

Miss Terri Smeltzer, the art teacher at PV and Ide, has a very busy weekend ahead of her. She is one of thousands of people running in the Chicago Marathon. Two years ago she tried surfing for the first time in Hawaii and now this! If anyone is going to the race be on the lookout for #13123 wearing a hot pink skull or stocking cap with a crocheted pink or black flower on it! This is Terri's first marathon and she has been training extremely hard; we are all very proud of her!!!!

Preview of Next Week Monday, October 12th -NO SCHOOL - Columbus Day

Friday,October 16th - PreSchool Screening - entire school day; by appt. only

Friday, October 16th - GYM NIGHT - reserved guests only

Sunday, October 18th - Family Photo Fundraiser

ANOTHER BUSY WEEK

This week our students completed their magazine drive, had their pictures taken and will participate in the "Kids on the Block" assembly tomorrow. This assembly focuses on accepting differences and the affects of bullying.

Remember if you ordered from Market Day the pick-up is Saturday at LV from 9:30 - 10:30.

Today I reached into the "PAWS" bucket and drew our September "PAWS"-itive behavior winners;

Capri, Derek, Jacob, Abby, Chase, Dakota

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

PAWS-itive BEHAVIOR

Positive PAWS

This year Elizabeth Ide is continuing its Positive PAWS (Positive Amazing Wonderful Students) program. Our students can earn pawprints for demonstrating the Pillars of Character (Trustworthiness, Responsibility, Respect, Fairness, Caring, Citizenship) anytime during the school day. The paws are brought down to the office and six lucky students are drawn each month to win a certificate and other "pawsitive" items. One student each month wins a Character Counts t-shirt. All of the paws are hung on the Positive PAWS bulletin board at the end of the month.

In my September monthly visits to the classrooms, I read books that taught lessons about good character. We discussed whether or not we would give the characters paws and why. Students did a wonderful job explaining how to be kids of character.

We've also begun a "Paws-itive Behavior" pledge that all of the students will say after The Pledge of Allegiance.

I PLEDGE TO HAVE

PAWS-itive Behavior

I Promise to:

Be responsible, respectful, caring, trustworthy, fair and a good citizen.

I will do my best at school and be a helpful classmate too!

Please reinforce these pawsitive messages at home so that together we can help our children reach their fullest potential in everything they do!

RESPONSIBLE READERS

Reading is High Priority for Elizabeth Ide students

Thirty students from Elizabeth Ide participated in the "Be Creative: Read at Your Library" summer reading program at the Indian Prairie Public Library. Some of these students read for over 70 hours! Good job everyone.

Last night we held our book fair / ice cream social. The students enjoyed eating their ice cream, but I think they enjoyed picking out their own books even more! Many of them couldn't wait to show my the books they purchased and were eager to go home to read. I'd like to thank everyone who attended and supported our PTO and a GREAT BIG thank you to all of you who volunteered to work this event! We couldn't have done it without you.

RtI BEGINS

On Monday, September 14th RtI will begin for our first and second graders. Letters went home today stating who your child's reading teacher will be. Our entire teaching staff works together to make this education initiative as productive as possible for our students. Therefore, your student may have a classroom teacher or one of our specialists as their reading teacher. Who the teacher is does not reflect on your child's abilities, but enables us to have teachers work with smaller groups of students to enhance the educational experience at Elizabeth Ide. Kindergarten RtI will begin on Wednesday, September 23rd and the teacher letters will be sent home next week. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and if you have any questions please feel free to email me at jhansen@ccsd66.org or call me on Monday at 630-783-5200.

WHAT'S COMING UP

Saturday, September 12th - Market Day Pickup - LV 10:00 - 11:00

Thursday, September 17th - Ide Book Fair/Ice Cream Social - 6:30 - 8:00

Friday, September 18th - Magazine Post Card turn in

Tuesday, September 22nd - Magazine Turn - In

Early Dismissal @ Noon

Friday, September 25th - Magazine Turn - In

Tuesday, September 29th - Magazine Turn - In