Upcoming Dates
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Date
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Event
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Time
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9/24
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Gift Wrap Orders Due
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9/25
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Foundation Meeting
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6:30PM
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9/27
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Back To School Night
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5:30-7PM
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9/28
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Scrip Sales/Popcorn Friday
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8AM & 2:20PM
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10/9
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Art Infusion Training
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6:30PM
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10/10
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PTA Meeting
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6:30PM
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10/11
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Run For the Arts TAG Parent Meeting 6:00 PM Library
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LETTER FROM OUR PRINCIPAL
Dear
Glencoe Families,
Happy
Friday! The
school year is well under way and I hope everyone is settling into the school
year routines. Families have been doing a terrific job at getting kiddos to
school, and on time. Almost 400 of our
students have missed one or fewer days in September and August. Great job families! Students who attend
school 95% of the time or more in elementary school are far more likely to
regularly attend middle and high school. Students who are chronically absent are 30% less likely to graduate from
high school on time and have only a 50% four-year graduation rate. We want to
help students build their healthy habits now, when they are young! So, we are
paying closer attention to our attendance rates this year and we’ll be
recognizing our regular attenders and working with families/students who need
some additional support to attend school regularly, and on time.
This coming Thursday is our annual
Back to School Night. This is a time
when your kiddos can show you their classrooms, let you see what they’ve been
doing so far this school year and introduce you to their classroom and
specialist teachers. When you arrive,
stop by the cafeteria to sign up for a Parent-Teacher conference (that occurs
in November). There is no school for
students the week of P/T Conferences. It
can be tempting to plan a family vacation for the week. Please know that teachers will be holding
conferences on Monday and Tuesday of that week (November 19th &
20th). Unfortunately, they
will not be able to schedule additional conferences for those families who
cannot make conferences during the scheduled week due to vacations.
Last but not least, a reminder.
Your child should have brought home a Run for the Arts Pledge sheet. Please encourage them to hit up their known
neighbors and family members for pledges before the run on October 11th. We are keeping our fingers crossed for a
sunny day since October 11th will be Rainbow Day and RFTA. We’d love for you to volunteer! You can help set up the course, count laps,
or come to cheer on the runners; everyone contributes at Run for the Arts!
Warm Regards,
Lori
MUSIC ROOM
We will be working with songs by Leroy Anderson (1908-1975)
starting next week. If you have an old typewriter that makes sounds when
used, I would love to borrow it to have on display. Let me know if it is
okay for students to touch OR if it is just for the museum. Also, do you
have any old bugle type horns at home? We would love to have some for
display (maybe for a couple of weeks). Again, let me know if it is okay
for students to touch. We will not be blowing through the instrument- but
we'd love the mouthpiece to be there.
Please contact me at ldavidso@pps.net to let me know when you will
be dropping it off. That way if I get a LOT of response, I can save you the
trip. THANK YOU! - Lisa Davidson, Music
PTA NEWS
Gift
wrap orders are due back to teachers or the office on September 24th
or you can buy them online at http://www.charlestonwrapstore.com School ID:
z12198
Join
us for our next PTA meeting on Wednesday, October 10th at 6:30PM in
the Library.
GLENCOE CRAFT FAIR
Glencoe Craft fair Nov. 19th from 9 am - 5 pm
The Glencoe Craft Fair is a PTA Fundraiser that’s a group
effort bringing us all closer through our love of handmade arts/crafts while
raising money for our PTA. The Glencoe PTA supports all of our kids and
staff. The Craft Fair runs in conjunction with the Scholastic Book Fair during
our parent teacher conferences.
Seeking Vendors
Have something to sell? Calling all students, parents and
community members!
There is no fee for students, Glencoe parents give 10% of
sales ($25 maximum), and community vendors give
10% of sales ($35 max).
Click this link to apply application
link
Glencoe Group Booth
The Glencoe Group Booth makes it easy to sell your goods!
Only have a few items? Can’t spend the day sitting at your booth? No problem!
You can make and tag your items for sale and place them at the Group booth for
sale. Any items purchased will go to a central cashier where items will be
recorded, sold and packaged. After the Craft Fair, the money you earned with be
given to you.
Bake Sale: Do you love to
bake? Donate something to our bake sale.
Do you like organizing bakers? Volunteer to help at GlencoeCraftFair@gmail.com
Wreath Sale: Holiday Wreaths handmade
by Amanda Bird and volunteers. Do you have trees and bushes? Donate some
greenery for our wreaths!
Raffle: Come buy raffle tickets for
goods donated by our vendors. All money raised will benefit the Glencoe PTA. If
you have something to add to the raffle, drop us a line.
Volunteer:
They
say many hands make light work, and we have lots of small jobs that we'd love
help with if you have an hour or two. Email GlencoeCraftFair@gmail.com or GlencoeVolunteer@gmail.com
