Week 16

Congratulations to our amazing artists:

• Thiago (Kindergarten) — 1st Place

• Angel (2nd Grade) — 3rd Place

• Daniel (3rd Grade) — 3rd Place

The Carpentersville Fire Department stopped by this week to surprise our winners of the fire prevention poster contest and hand out their trophies. Great job, Sunny Hill artists!

December 8: PTO Meeting 6-7pm *Childcare will be provided

December 12: Winter Wonderfest at Barrington High School 6-8:30pm

December 13: Winter Wonderfest at Barrington High School 6-8:30pm

December 19: All School Winter Concert 1:15-2:30pm

December 22-January 2: D220 Closed for Winter Break

January 5- No school: Institute Day

January 6: School resumes

Access our Sunny Hill Calendar. If you want to add this calendar to yours, click the icon that resembles a wi-fi icon in the top right portion of the calendar.

A list of the district calendar dates can be found HERE.

Have you considered subbing at Sunny Hill?!? We could use you! We pay $130/day. If you have questions, email mshore@barrington220.org. More details can be found here.

December 10, 2025 is our Made by Me Holiday Project from 2:30pm-3:30pm. We have approximately 25 spots available for this project. We will take all of the names submitted and randomly pick names. We will notify you if your student was approved or unfortunately placed on the waiting list. Entries must be submitted by Monday December 8, 2025. Please use this link to sign up.

Our District Fine Arts Department and Barrington High School are excited to produce our 6th annual Winter Wonderfest which celebrates the creativity and talents of our 220 community. Winterfest is an open house event taking place December 12 & 13 at Barrington High School and tickets can be purchased through our online box office linked here. We encourage you to come enjoy the sights, sounds and tastes of the holiday season through many experiences...from making ornaments & friendship bracelets to participating in games run by BHS students, and enjoying art and music and displays from all of our 220 schools. The following experiences are covered by the price of your tickets. Tickets are $10/person for non-performers. Anyone needing financial assistance should contact btileston@barrington220.org.

Click here for more information.

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The PTO will be hosting a Holiday Gift Shop during school hours, where students will have the opportunity to shop for gifts with their class. The shop will be open December 8–12.

Items will range from $.25 to $19. Students will have an opportunity to shop during this week. Here is a glimpse of the sort of items that will be available. If you are interested in volunteering for the Holiday Gift Shop, please email sunnyhillschoolpto@gmail.com.

We are inviting all girls from kindergarten to 3rd grade to come see what the excitement is all about. Sign up with this QR Code and you will be notified of the meeting time and date in January!

We will have a rack full of winter coats available for students and adults outside our building. If you see a jacket you love, take it! If you want to leave a jacket, leave it!

It's like our lending library but for coats. Love it or leave it!

Break Preparation

Students learn a routine at school, and it is really helpful for them to know what is happening, what is coming up, and how they can play a role. Consider the same for your break! What are your expectations? Where will they be going? How can they help?

Students will be working on empathy this month and will be working towards earning a Holiday Bingo at the end of the month! Here is a picture of the Gratitude chain that our students made throughout the month of November expressing things that they were grateful for.

Barrington Giving Day is coming around the corner and some of you may have received an email to register for it. Please check your email and spam folder to make sure you have it. If you have questions and did not get an email from them please email dori@barringtongivingday.org

We are gearing up to welcome in our newest kindergarteners next year, also known as the BHS Class of 2039

. If you have a rising kindergartener, please fill out this informational questionnaire to begin the process and plan on joining us at one of the dates below!

Monday 2/2 - General kindergarten session at each elementary school

Wednesday 2/4 - Chinese Immersion Info Night at North Barrington Elementary

Thursday 2/5 - Spanish Dual Language at Lines Elementary

Tuesday 2/10 - K-Lab (Kindergarten Lab) at BHS

All meetings begin at 6 p.m. You can read more information on our website.

Use this Care Center December Delivery Form to sign up!