ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Arbury Hills School

19651 Beechnut Drive

Mokena, IL 60448

(708) 479-2106

www.summithill.org

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Outdoor Activity

As the weather begins to cool, please be sure

to send your child with a coat, hat, and gloves.

Afternoon Pick-Up

Safety first! If you child is generally a car rider in the afternoon, you may have noticed we

added an additional staff member (crossing guard) at the end of the car rider lane. This will

help students and families safely cross the parking lot exit lane. Please drive cautiously.

We are beginning to recognize and match several cars to the correct students, however we

have noticed that only a fraction of families are utilizing the student name flyers. In order to

expedite the dismissal process, please continue to display your child’s name. Our staff has

found this to be extremely helpful!

UPCOMING DATES

11/3 – Election Day

11/5 – Pennies for Pies (Coin War Begins) 11/7 – Spirit Day (Favorite Sports Shirt)

11/7 – Report Cards Go Home

11/7 – 2nd Grade Drink Sale

11/7 – Return SHEF Pizza Envelopes

11/11 – Veteran’s Day – No School

11/12 – Pennies for Pies Ends

11/12 – Bookmobile

11/12 – SHEF Pizza Slice

11/12 – School Board Mtg.

11/13 – Guinness World Record: Cup Stacking Day in P.E.

11/13 – N.E.D. Show Assembly (yo-yo)

11/14 – Spirit Day (Spiritwear)

11/14 – Treat Day

11/14 – Biddy Ball Basketball (SHJH)

11/17 – Market Day Pick-Up

11/18 – Thanksgiving Feast for Coin War Winners

11/18 – STARS Mtg.

11/20 – Hot Lunch Day

11/21 – Spirit Day (Slippers)

11/24-11/28 – No School

11/24-11/25 – Parent / Teacher Conferences

11/27 – Happy Thanksgiving!

District 161 Online Calendar

Letter from the Principal

Dear Arbury Hills School Family:

Students are beginning the second quarter and as they

do comes the time of year where all of our homes are

busy. We begin to think about the upcoming

Thanksgiving festivities as well as the busy month of

December just around the corner. Our teachers

appreciate if you continue to take the time to go

through your child’s backpack every evening and be

present to help your child with their homework. Send

library books and Bookmobile books back to school on

time and return all paperwork and forms the next day.

The next month or so will fly by, so hold on, and help us

out by keeping a routine at home that supports your

child’s academics. As always, thank you for your help

and support at home.

Sincerely,

John Snipes

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Parent / Teacher Conferences

Parent / Teacher Conferences will take place on Monday, November 24th and Tuesday,

November 25th. If you have not signed up for an appointment with your child’s teacher, please

contact the teacher directly so that they can add you to their schedule. If you would like any of

our specialists to attend the conferences (social worker, special education, reading specialist,

school psychologist, physical education, technology, music, or art) please let the classroom

teacher know. Please recall that some staff members are shared with other buildings in the

District. We will do our best to accommodate your schedule. If you have a desire to visit with

one of our specialists in a separate meeting, please call ahead to make arrangements. As a

reminder, students will not be in session during conferences.

STARS Update – Important News from our STARS SCO

Our next S.T.A.R.S. meeting will be Tuesday, November 18th at 3:30 in the library. Childcare will

be provided in the gym. Can’t make it to the meeting but still want to help out? S.T.A.R.S. has a

few positions still open. Visit the webpage to find out where you can fit in. Then contact

Wendy Gonzales or Rhiannon Kustak with your areas of interest.

Check out the Arbury Hills School Calendar online for current S.T.A.R.S. events!

Wednesday, November 5 to Wednesday, November 12- Pennies for Pies

Thursday, November 13 – 4th Grade AVIC

Thursday, November 13 - Market Day orders due online by 11pm

Friday, November 14 – 3rd Grade AVIC

Friday, November 14 – Treat Day

Monday, November 17 - Market Day pickup 5:30-6:30pm

Tuesday, November 18 – Pennies for Pies Winners Thanksgiving Feast

Tuesday, November 18 – STARS meeting 3:30pm

Wednesday, November 19 – PBIS Cart

Thursday, November 20 – Hot Lunch

Monday, November 24 – Teacher Luncheon

Thank you for your Spirit Wear orders. All orders have been sent home with the students.

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

November is PIE Month!

Arbury Hills earns more money with every pie purchased through Market Day. So order your

holiday pies, order your neighbor a pie, order pies to donate to the Frankfort Food Pantry.

November’s Market Day pickup is Monday the 17th from 5:30-6:30 P.M. in the multi-purpose

(lunch) room. Place your order online before 11:00 P.M. on Thursday, November 13th for the

Arbury Hills SCO, #3148 pickup location.

Make sure you enter the school at Door 18 for pickup.

If you are donating some of your ordered pies to the Frankfort Food Pantry, just let them know

at pickup. You can leave the purchased pies with S.T.A.R.S. to be delivered to the food pantry

along with the pies from Pennies for Pies.

Arbury Hills annual Pennies for Pies will run from Wednesday, November 5 to Wednesday,

November 12. Classes will be collecting coins to purchase Market Day pies during PIE month.

These pies will be donated to the Frankfort Food Pantry for the holiday season.

Our goal is to donate 60 pies to the food pantry!

Parent provided Teacher Luncheon is Monday, November 24. The theme will be Soup and

Salad. Contact Lena Halawa to volunteer and bring in a dish for our terrific teachers and staff.

You can easily sign up HERE to volunteer for S.T.A.R.S. activities.

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Boxtopoly is still going on! Keep on clipping and submitting labels to your teachers.

Did you know? Tyson Project A+ will pay 24¢ for each clipped label submitted.

Any High School Students needing community service hours can email Wendy for more service

hour opportunity information.

Like STARS on Facebook to stay informed.

Fourth grade choir students did

an outstanding job during their

first concert. It was a joint

musical event held at LWN.

Third grade students learned about

service dogs and were excited by a

visit from Hope the dog!

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Tech Bytes

For the past month, first and second grade students have continued to use Pixie. The students

have been practicing their drag and drop mouse skills, as well as adding text, drawing pictures,

and adding “stickers” to their work.

The third and fourth grade students have continued to work with Microsoft Word. The

students have been cutting, pasting, and copying text while still continuing to use the Font tools

to highlight text, change the font, size, color, and add various text effects.

We also finished technology class this month with an interactive Internet Safety presentation.

The students pledged to:

1. Tell a trusted adult if anything makes them feel sad, scared, or confused.

2. Tell a trusted adult before sharing information like their name, address, and

phone number online.

3. Not meet face-to-face with anyone from the internet.

4. Always use good netiquette and not be rude or mean online.

Feel free to check out www.NetSmartz.org for more information for parents/guardians.

Students can also check out www.NetSmartzKids.org for another video “Router’s Birthday

Surprise! The Movie!” to review internet safety, as well as check out additional activities and

games.

Finally, don’t forget that students and parents can access

our online Math and Science resources from home at

http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com using the information

sent home in the password packet last month.

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Physical Education Cup Stacking

Can you say: “I Stacked for a Guinness World Record?” Students at Arbury Hills School can!

The students will join other countries from around the world in an attempt to break a Guinness

World Record: Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day. The Guinness

World Record Day is November 13, 2014. This year’s goal is to have 600,000 stackers.

For the past eight years, Arbury Hill’s students have had a part in breaking the Stack-Up record.

In Physical Education classes students are taught how to Sport Stack. Sport Stacking with Speed

Stacks is an exciting individual and team sport where participants of all ages and abilities stack

and unstack specially designed cups in specific patterns. Please cheer on the Arbury Hills

Students on November 13 as they attempt to break the Guinness World Record. Students

below are: Alyson Orth, Matthew Ni, Olivia Jung, and Dylan Vladika.

History Club

The Arbury Hills School History Club is off to a great start. The students learned about George

Washington Carver, a southern scientist and farmer, who invented many uses of the peanut.

Students observed a peanut plant and read biographical facts about Mr. Carver. Pictured in the

back row left to right are club members Matthew Ni, Jenan Halawa, Nicole Einoder, Emily

Richter, Logan Gannon, and Jacob Kustak. Pictured in the front row left to right are Hunter

Williams, Jack Unick, Rowan Stec, Kate Hickey, Brooklen Weckler, and Sean Eckert.

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

Ghostly Notes from the Music Room

Ghostly Notes from the Music Room and Mrs. Binzen (alias: Corpse Bride, Maleficent, Phantom of the Opera, and Lego Lady!) Vampire Vocalizes, Zombie Zumba, Scary Songs, and Ghoulish Games are just some of the activities that crept into the music room! We have “Fallen” for the month of October and now we can’t wait to begin rehearsing for the Winter Program. We will change from singing the chilling BOO! to the jingling of BELLS!

Art Update

Students are finished with their first projects of the year. I will be teaming up with “Art to

Remember” again to offer family and friends different keepsakes with your child's artwork on it

that may be purchased. These are perfect for the holidays, especially for that person who is so

hard to buy for! Please look for a flyer with your student's artwork and a brochure listing items

that can be purchased. All proceeds from this fundraiser go right back into our art program to

fund our expensive supplies! Orders will be due on Thursday, November 13. If you have any

questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at jolszta@summithill.org. You

may also refer to the Art to Remember website for more information:

http://arttoremember.com/.

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014

ARBURY HILLS SCHOOL NEWSLETTER: November 2014