Weekly News 05/29/26

Thank you to Mr. Helmann for planning, organizing and setting up an fantastic field day for our students! Thank you to the PTA for the popsicles and Bouncy Obstacle Course, and a huge thank you to our parent volunteers that made it all happen.

Yearbooks are IN!!!!! They will be distributed during the last few days of school. Make sure to get yours as there are less than 30 left!!! Click this link to order.

As we wrap up another school year, all medications and supplies must be picked up from the health office by the end of the school day on Thursday, June 4, 2026

• If you have medications in the health office, you will receive an email from the school nurse with detailed instructions regarding pick up.

• We do not store any medications over the summer. Any medication remaining after June 4, 2026 will be properly disposed in accordance with Food and Drug Administration Safe Disposal of Medications guidance at the Arlington Heights Police Department.

For any questions, please contact your school nurse.

Last week, the whole school enjoyed a concert by the Greenbrier Beginning Band! Students in D25 begin their band experience in fifth grade. There are many instruments from which students may choose. There is no requirement for previous musical experience for most instruments, but if a student wishes to learn percussion (drums, mallets, bells, etc.), there is a requirement that the student must first have 2 years of formal piano or drum lessons. More information about this and all the instruments offered in fifth grade and beyond may be found here: Elementary Band Information

It's always a sad day for our Gator pond when families leave our community, but lives change and some families need to move away. Please let our office staff know if you have one or more Kindergarten - 5th grade students not attending Greenbrier or Thomas Middle School next year.

Remember once a Gator, always a Gator

The Greenbrier Elementary PTA Garden Committee would like to express our sincerest THANK YOU to the Rotary Club of Arlington Heights and its District (6440) for providing additional funding to create a Pollinator Garden in our school courtyard. Funding went to the purchase of zinnia and cosmos seeds, bee water stations to keep our pollinators hydrated, and a wooden insect house. The zinnas and cosmos are already beginning to sprout! We look for to seeing this garden flourish, bringing even more beauty and pollinators to our courtyard for teachers and students to enjoy. Thank you again, Rotary Club of Arlington Heights and its District (6440).

The Greenbrier Elementary PTA Garden Committee would also like to thank the Arlington Heights Garden Club for their continued support and their contribution to Courtyard Sensory Garden funding through the Arlington Heights Youth Garden Grant. As grant recipients since 2023, the GB PTA Garden Committee has been able to develop the Sensory Garden more each year. This year, grant funds refreshed plants such as marigolds, basil, and rosemary. We also added beauty to 9 pots around the courtyard with a variety of flowers. Lastly, we added a new decorative wind spinner to engage the senses even more in the garden. Thank you again for your continued support,

Arlington Heights Garden Club, and for helping us develop a beautiful garden for teachers and students to enjoy!

• Our new Greenbrier Spirit Wear shop is open! Order whenever you'd like, especially if you know of an incoming kindergartner family or you want to upgrade your child's Greenbrier Gators gear. Orders are accepted year round, and new items include flannel pants, backpacks, blankets, stickers, bomber jackets, and more!
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• End of the year visit from Kona Ice on June 4 (link)
• Summer Dine Outs - July 8 at Chipotle, and July 29 at Panera Bread

June 4th - 5th Grade Goodbye Gators assembly

June 4th - Last Day of School