What's Blooming???

April showers bring May flowers along with many happenings at Elizabeth Ide.....

Friday, April 13th - WHITE SOX Home Opener

(Just an FYI from your principal)

Monday, April 16th - Friday, April 20th

2nd Grade OLSAT testing

Wednesday, April 25th - Early Dismissal

AM Kindergarten Only Attends

Everyone is dismissed at Noon for buses

Pick-Ups are at 12:10

Thursday, April 26th - OPEN HOUSE/Book Fair

6:30 - 8:00 PM

Friday, April 27th - Reading Incentive Rain Day

Friday, May 4th - Movie Night @ PV 6:45

PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE.....

This is a saying that we have heard numerous times and it is definitely true. You need patience to survive the daily grind, as well as getting through the difficult times. It is something that is very hard to teach, but we can model it for our children and students to help them gain this skill.

With Marc's adoption taking longer than expected (now we are looking at a late May/early June date) I have learned the importance of patience. With Gary's estate account still in a mess I have learned the importance of patience. Next week your children will be off for spring break, you will learn the importance of patience. This will be a good time to practice and model patience. Count to 10, walk away (not too far) or take a deep breath when things become tough. If you do lose your cool, shake it off and move on. Don't beat yourself up for it; learn from it. Each experience you learn from makes you a better person.

I hope you all have the wonderful and relaxing spring break you deserve.

Another Successful Conference Week

This week we held our Parent-Teacher conferences. I would like to take this opportunity to thank both our teachers and parents for taking the time to meet. By working together we can provide the best education possible for our children/students. I hope you all have a wonderful and relaxing extended weekend.

Upcoming Events

Friday, March 9th - No School - P-T Conferences

Tuesday, March 13th - School Board Meeting @ PV 7:00

Friday, March 16th - Movie Night @ PV 6:45

Tuesday, March 20th - No School - Teacher Institute

Wednesday, March 21st - 1st Grade Music Concert @ LV 7:00

(Students should arrive at 6:45)

Monday, March 26th - Friday, March 30th - SPRING BREAK

LEAP into March

2012 is a Leap Year

• Leap year consists of 366 days, as opposed to a common year, which has 365 days.
  During Leap Years, we add a Leap Day, an extra – or intercalary – day on February 29. Nearly every 4 years is a Leap Year in our modern Gregorian Calendar.

• Leap Years are needed to keep our calendar in alignment with the Earth's revolutions around the sun. It takes the Earth approximately 365.242199 days (a tropical year) to circle once around the Sun.

• However, the Gregorian calendar has only 365 days in a year, so if we didn't add a day on February 29 nearly every 4 years, we would lose almost six hours off our calendar every year. After only 100 years, our calendar would be off by approximately 24 days!

• Julius Caesar introduced Leap Years in the Roman empire over 2000 years ago, but the Julian calendar had only one rule: any year evenly divisible by 4 would be a leap year. This lead to way too many leap years, but didn't get corrected until the introduction of the Gregorian Calendar more than 1500 years later.

ARE WE SURE THIS IS WINTER?

Wow!! I don't think we could have asked for a milder winter. I will definitely miss this in July when everyone will be complaining about Chicago humidity!

February is a busy month at Elizabeth Ide; below is a list of the happenings taking place.

Saturday, February 4th - Market Day @ PV 9:30

Wednesday, February 8th - 100th Day

Don't forget "LEND A HAND, GIVE A CAN"

Wednesday, February 8th - Ide PTO Meeting @ 7:00

Friday, February 10th - District Fundraiser @ Cabana Charley's

Tuesday, February 14th - Valentine's Day Parties

Tuesday, February 14th - School Board Meeting @ PV 7:00

Monday, February 20th - NO SCHOOL - President's Day

Thursday, February 23rd - Spring Picture Day

Saturday, February 25th - Snowflake Ball - 6:30 - 8:00

Tuesday, February 28th - Early Dismissal @ Noon

PM KINDERGARTEN ATTENDS

JANUARY BENCHMARKING

Benchmarking

During the past two weeks our students have completed their January benchmarking. Students who are currently being progress monitored, who are not meeting targets or who are changing RtI groups will receive a letter and/or scores next Friday, January 27th. All other students will receive their benchmark data with the second trimester report cards.

Also, Mrs. Nessling our reading specialist will be on a medical emergency leave for the next couple of months. Mrs. Zurales is her substitute. If you have any questions about this situation or benchmarking please feel free to contact me at 630-783-5200.

WELCOME TO 2012

So far, so good!!! The beginning of 2012 has started out very well; we are back in full swing and will start the winter benchmarking session this week. I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break and had some time to relax.

January is a busy month; below is a list of upcoming happenings

Tuesday, January 10 - School Board Meeting at PV @ 7:00

Monday, January 16 - NO SCHOOL - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Wednesday, January 25 - Early Dismissal

ONLY AM Kindergarten attends

Dismissal is at noon ; Pick-ups are at 12:10

Friday, January 27 - Reading Incentive - Pajama Day