Beaubien Elementary Weekly
Week of September 23
Monday, September 23 - Saturday, September 28
Monday, September 23
- Walkathon T-Shirt Design contest deadline
Tuesday, September 24
- Bilingual Advisory Committee meeting at 8:00am
- (optional) Team Cross Country Montrose Harbor Invitational @ 4pm (Montrose Beach)
Thursday, September 26
- Q1 Progress Reports sent home
- Regional Gifted Center School Tour
Friday, September 27
- Professional Development Day - NO CLASSES
Saturday, September 28
- 9:00am - 7/8th Grade Boys Soccer - Beaubien vs Belding at Portage Park
- 9:45am - 7/8th Grade Girls Volleyball - Beaubien vs Smyser at Rickover HS
- 12:00pm - 7/8th Grade Boys Volleyball - Beaubien vs Solomon at Uplift High School
* please note: Sports schedules subject to change up to one hour prior to gametime. Visit our website for live schedules
HAVE A GREAT WEEK!đžđđ
Forms & Fees
Instructional Fees
If you havenât already, PLEASE pay the $75 instructional fee for each of your students. The funds go towards consumable educational materials that our teachers use everyday during instruction for our students. If you are having difficulty, we are more than happy to have a payment plan. Please see the office for more information. Click HERE to pay online.
Instructions can be found HERE
Family Information Form
We are requesting (pleading) that all of our families fill out the family income form and return it to your child's homeroom teacher.
We receive extra funding based on the amount of qualifying forms we process.
Please complete one form per family with all students listed. We need a signed/hard copy form from every family
For a copy of the form CLICK HERE
Design This Year's Walkathon Shirt! - Deadline Monday, Sept 23
Walkathon is coming! Your design might be this year's t-shirt!
WALKATHON 2024 will be on Friday, October 18th
BUT FIRST....
Our Walkathon won't be complete without a t-shirt! Enter to win our Walkathon T-shirt Design!
Entries must be received by Monday, September 23. Print the form and return to your homeroom teacher.
PRINT DESIGN FORM BELOW
Design Template (design should fit in this template)
GoCPS
Regional Gifted Center School Tour
Families who are interested in Beaubien's Regional Gifted Center for the 2025-2026 school year are invited to attend an information session and tour on Thursday, September 26, 2024 at 9:00 AM. If you are interested but unable to attend this date, there is a second one on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM. You can RSVP to either tour here.
Application Cycle Now Open
The GoCPS testing application cycle for the 2025-2026 school year begins on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 and ends on November 15, 2024 at 5:00 PM. For more information about the process for selective enrollment or choice schools, please visit our website for more information and resources or www.cps.edu/gocps/ .
High School Information
Network 1 High School Fair - DATE CHANGE
Join us for the Network 1 High School Fair!
Date: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1
Time: 6:00PM- 7:30PM
Location: Rickover Naval Academy, 5700 W Berteau Ave, Chicago, IL 60634
Taft Open House
Taft High School will host Open House presentations for current 8th grade students on the following dates in October from 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM:
Wednesday, October 2
Tuesday, October 15
Wednesday, October 23
Visit our website for more information and to register
Junta Del BAC
You are cordially invited to attend the Bilingual Advisory Committee (BAC) Meeting.
EstĂĄn cordialmente invitados a asistir a la ReuniĂłn del ComitĂŠ Asesor BilingĂźe (BAC).
martes, 24 de septiembre
8:00am
School Picture Information
đ¸Proof order forms will be delivered to school the week of October 9th.
đšOrders placed by October 15th will be delivered to school around November 20.
đ If you missed Picture Day or would like a re-do, RETAKES will be on October 16th. This ONLY applies to individual pictures, not sibling. Sign up links will be provided once proofs are available.
Proof delivery: October 9
Order deadline: October 15
Retakes: October 16
Itâs our Annual Fall Fundraiser! Walkathon 2024 is October 18th!
đž Here comes the Walkathon! Our first major Fall Fundraiser is here!
âĄď¸ Register today! Share your child's profile with family and friends!
đ Set some goals!
- $10 in total donations earns a Beaubien stress toy
- $30 in total donations earns an official Walk-a-thon t-shirt
- $50+ earns a homework pass and an entry into a raffle to win prizes
Keep fundraising! Total donations are due by 11:59pm on October 17
đ Walkathon class schedules and volunteer information coming soon!
Walkathon Packets are coming this week! Check your folders or click HERE
Questions? Check out our FAQs or Contact beaubienwalkathon@gmail.com
Add a Personal Message on the official shirt!
â¤ď¸ADD A PERSONAL MESSAGE ON THE OFFICIAL SHIRT! Deadline September 27
A $100 donation qualifies for a personalized message (this donation goes towards your studentâs fundraising goal)
Fill out this FORM by September 27
Special Prizes!
Share your studentâs Walkathon link with family and friends! You might be this yearâs big winner! Register HERE!
PTO Membership Raffle!
Congratulations Judy S., you're this weekâs MEMBERSHIP RAFFLE winner!
You've won a $25 Amazon Gift Card, Bulldog magnet AND a copy from our 2020 Beaubien Cookbook!
đžEach Friday through Oct 4th we'll have a drawing for new members, and once you join, you're still in, so the earlier you sign up, the more chances you have to win.
Contest Prizes
- Class with highest percent of participation per grade level will win an extra 15 minute recess (to be given by the teacher)
- 1st Place class will win a $100 additional classroom budget for whatever your class decides (no food prizes)
- Random PTO members will be chosen each week to win some fun gift cards so please remind the students they are entered in the drawing if their family joins!
Save The Date!
Beaubien McTeacher Night
Thursday, October 10
3:30 - 7:00pm
McDonaldâs
4946 N. Milwaukee (across from JP Station)
Parentsâ Night Out
Thursday, October 10
7pm +
Rabbitâs Bar & Grill
4945 W Foster Ave
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
Click HERE for Breakfast and Lunch Menus. Use the drop down link at the upper left corner to view the different Breakfast and Lunch menus for all grades
Let Us Know!
If you have any interests, strengths, areas of expertise or any ideas you would like to share with our fundraising committees or Beaubien community please contact beaubien.secretary@gmail.com.
National Hispanic Month
Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15, by celebrating the histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America.
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