Benson Bulletin
October 2025
Every Learner, Every Day
Pre-Kindergarten Information
Important Dates
Mark Your Calendar
Week of October 6 - District 10 Safety Week
October 8 - Early Release @1:35
October 13 - No School - Holiday
October 21 - 🍎National Apple Day- Wear Red! 🍎
October 23 - Second Grade field trip to Morton Arboretum
October 24 - No School Teacher's Institute Day
October 29 - Early Release @1:35
October 31 - Halloween Parties and Celebrations
After School Clubs
Young Rembrandts
Chess Scholars
bricks4kidz: Lego Club
Crayola
Nature Center Field Trip Update
iReady Lessons
We’re excited that all Benson students can keep using i-Ready for personalized math and reading lessons! Students have their own learning paths with fun, interactive lessons.
They can log in at home or at school using their school username and password: https://login.i-ready.com/.
Ask your child’s teacher for tips on how to support their learning!
8 Keys of Excellance
October Focus: Speak With Good Purpose
In preparation for Unity Day on October 22, our Wellness Wednesday lessons will focus on teaching Benson students the difference between kind and unkind behavior and helping them understand bullying. Students will practice speaking with good purpose and being kind, caring peers in our Benson community. These lessons help children build positive relationships and create a welcoming, respectful school environment.
Guidelines for Early Student Pick-Up
CHANGES IN AFTER SCHOOL PLANS
Children need consistency. In order for the office to effectively communicate these changes, we need parents to plan ahead and do the following:
In the morning, write a note to the school, tell your child about the change, and have your child give the note to their classroom teacher stating the needed change.
Written notes are to be sent whether a child does or does not take a bus and will be going home to another student’s house. Notes are needed from both sets of parents, the sending and the receiving parent, so that neither parent gets a “surprise visitor” or gets worried thinking that their child is lost.
2. If a phone call must be made by a parent regarding a change in dismissal,the office must be contacted before 1:30 in the afternoon. Since the office gets very busy, especially near the end of the day, a message called after that time may not reach your child in time for dismissal.
IPTO Website & Information
IPTO Spiritwear
The IPTO is proud to announce online clothing store that will also be linked on their website. Here are some details:
- Store never closes
- Items ship directly to your house
- Shop from several school stores and all items will be placed in one shopping cart
Below are links to our school stores:
Volunteer for Hot Lunch
Questions or comments, reach out to denisedicianni@hotmail.com
- Hot Lunch Information_Marla's Lunch
Recognize A Benson Primary Employee
Families,
Would you like to recognize a Benson Primary School employee for their efforts? We are so grateful for them. I'd like to recognize the efforts of our school community and encourage you to do the same. Please use this survey that will be available on all of our monthly newsletters to do so. Highlights monthly will be shared with the employee and with their permission--shared in the next month's newsletter.
District 10 Virtual Backpack
Forms and Resources:
Chromebook Insurance
If you would like to buy insurance for your child’s Chromebook, please use the information linked here. Registration for insurance is opened at the beginning of each month. En Espanol