Steck Weekly Announcements 11.13.26

Dear Steck Families,

Students and staff enjoyed special activities this week for Veterans Day! Thank you to everyone that made this day possible and helped our students to learn about Veterans Day and how to honor veterans. We were proud to welcome several veterans to our school to read to classrooms. We enjoyed a special presentation of student and staff family members that have served in the United States Armed Forces. Many students created cards of gratitude which were delivered to a local American Legion Post. We created an American flag with the many hands of Steck and posted it in our school. It was a very special day!

Thank you to everyone that helped to make our fall book fair a success! The book fair is one of many ways we create excitement around reading and learning. Our whole school benefits from the book fair by adding to our library collection.

5th grade hosted Multi-Cultural Night/Taste of Steck this week for fifth grade families. This night was the culmination of a class project about culture and identity. The students and families did a wonderful job of celebrating their own culture and learning about others.

Cold weather is here! We go outside for recess and movement almost every day, even when it is cold outside (wind chill index of 5 degrees and above). Students should come to school with the outerwear needed to be outside. Students need snow pants and boots to play in the snow.

Enjoy the weekend!

Sincerely,

Dr. Pohlmann

Upcoming Dates:

11/09-11/13 Fall Book Fair

11/10-11/17 PTA Fall Fundraiser

11/11 Veterans Day - wear red, white, and blue

11/11 Fall Book Fair Family Night 3:45-6:00 p.m.

11/12 5th Grade Family Night - Taste of Steck

11/17 PTA Dinner Night Out @ Portillo's

11/19 PTA General Meeting

11/23-11/27 No School - Thanksgiving Break

11/30 5th Grade Prelude Parent Meeting for Fischer Middle School Music 7:00 p.m. @ Fischer

Steck Chorus invites you to come enjoy a night of harmonious vocal music at the WVHS Winter Choral Invitational Concert on Tuesday, December 8th at 7pm in the Waubonsie Valley HS Auditorium. This concert features performances by Steck ES, Georgetown ES, McCarty ES, Fischer MS, and WVHS chorus groups. We hope to see you there and appreciate your support of our young singers!

Link:

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The 2026 Safety Poster Contest is calling on all artists, illustrators, and graphic designers to create bold, inspiring posters that promote safety, kindness, and well-being. Click here to read more about entering the safety poster contest. The deadline is November 30. You can find the contest rules and themes at www.ipsd.org/safetycontest.

Steck has two ways to help families in need this holiday season. Thank you for considering participation in these opportunities. This is one of the many ways the Steck community comes together and supports one another.

Giving Tree

This opportunity supports Steck families.

Each year the Steck community provides support to families in need around the winter holidays. If you are interested in helping, please read this information. This opportunity supports Steck families.

Giftmart

This opportunity supports many District 204 families.

This holiday season, we’re supporting Giftmart, a special event that allows invited parents and guardians from under-resourced families to shop for brand-new toys at just $2.00 each. Every dollar raised from these sales is donated directly back to participating schools to help fund much-needed classroom resources.

You can help make this special event possible by donating a new, unwrapped toy for children ages 6–12. (Please, no stuffed animals or board games.)

Giftmart Toy Boxes will be available from November 9 – December 4 at:

High Schools: Metea Valley and Waubonsie Valley

Middle Schools: Crone, Fischer, Granger, Gregory, Hill, Scullen, and Still

Elementary Schools: Brookdale, Brooks, Builta, Cowlishaw, Fry, Graham, Georgetown, Gombert, Kendall, Longwood, May Watts, McCarty, Owen, Patterson, Peterson, Springbrook, Steck, Welch, and Young

• Prefer to shop online? You can send a gift directly through our wish lists:

• Target: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift/holiday/2026giftmartsn

• Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/lists/wishlist/5b3d0d89-e8cb-4f54-a31e-0a527aeb8cb5

Your donation helps make the holidays brighter for families who need it most and supports our schools and community at the same time. If you would prefer you can donate to https://www.giftmartfamilycharities.org/donate . Thank you for sharing the spirit of giving!

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77838753672?pwd=LPWLaajbFl3axBeLmu4tpjpYealY2R.1

Meeting chat link

https://us04web.zoom.us/launch/jc/77838753672

Meeting ID: 778 3875 3672

Passcode: 6m7XTf

Calling all Steck students and families:

Our Double Good & Do Good fundraiser kicks off soon, and we’re excited to have you on the team!

📅 Timeline: Tuesday, November 10th - Tuesday, November 17th
🎯 Goal: 50% of the student body participating, $10,000 raised

Every sale and donation supports our school—your efforts help make a real difference.

Before we go live, make sure your Double Good store is set up by using the event code XQU GVT . Don’t forget to add your picture and store note on why you are raising money. Having trouble? Check out this helpful video that will walk you through everything.

Share your link with friends, family, and on social media to get the word out!

Going the Kindness Kernels route? Fundraiser flyers will be coming home in backpack mail soon. If you need another kindness kernel sheet, you can print another here and start thinking of creative ways to spread kindness!

Let’s make this our biggest fundraiser yet 💪

Double Good and Doing Good attachment

Fundraiser Incentive Information

Hello Eagle Cart Volunteers!

The Eagle Cart is rolling back into action November 30 – December 4, and we'd love to have you join us!

Our students earn Eagle Bucks by being respectful, responsible, safe, and ready, then get to spend their Bucks shopping for fun rewards. We're looking for volunteers to help students shop, celebrate their accomplishments, and keep the cart running smoothly.

Whether you've volunteered before or are joining us for the first time, we'd love to have you!

https://signup.com/mobileweb/2.0/vspot.html?activitykey=821410288050#choose_event_page

Volunteer Dates: November 30 – December 4

You're invited to shop for good at Kendra Scott. Steck PTA will receive 20% of your purchase total when using code GIVEBACK-MXNQU on December 3-5.

Enjoy a delicious dinner at PTA's next Dinner Night Out at Portillo's on November 17. Flyer here

Joining the PTA is one of the easiest ways to support your child’s school. Your membership helps fund student enrichment opportunities, family engagement events, teacher appreciation activities, and other programs that benefit ALL students. You don’t have to volunteer to be a member- your membership alone makes a difference!

Please join today! https://steck.givebacks.com/shop

We are excited to offer birthday grams for the first time this school year. Please see this flyer for details.

Facebook:

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Instagram:

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Website: https://www.ipsd.org/steck
Location: 460 Inverness Drive, Aurora, IL, USA
Phone: 630.375.3500

Fax: 630.375.3501

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