Bulldog Bulletin Weekly Newsletter
Week of September 30, 2024
Churchill Families,
Welcome to October! Last week we welcomed our Bulldog Dads. They had a great time giving out high fives and encouraging our young Bulldogs! We look forward to seeing more come out this week.
Last week we also sent home the STAR Reading and Math Family Reports. Please ask your student, if you have not received them. They were sent home Friday. If you have any questions, please ask your student's teacher. Lastly, please review the student handbook with your student and then sign the Student Handbook Form. It is due this Friday, 10/4/24. Finally, we are continuing our short announcement each day from 9/16-10/15/24, to learn about famous Hispanic Americans. Please ask your student to name one of the Hispanic Americans from last week. See other resources below to review as a family.
Have a great week,
Mrs. Peacock
PTA Spirit Wear Store - Until 10/13/24
The PTA will be selling t-shirts from all 3 schools as a start to our spirit wear store. The spirit wear store will run from September 22-October 13. You can access the store by clicking the link below and entering the password.
https://championsportswear.itemorder.com/shop/home/
Password: QV659
All orders will be distributed to the schools in November. Any questions please contact Lisa Opiola at fundraising153@homewoodpta.org.
PTA NEEDS YOU!
“Did you miss the sign up to volunteer at your student’s classroom parties? Please use this link to sign up and your room rep will reach out about the three parties:
Fall Party is October 31 at 10:45-11:45
Winter Party is December 20 at 10:45-11:45
Valentines Party is February 14 at 1:45-2:45
Free or Reduced Lunch Information
To All Families: Please be advised that those who qualified for free or reduced priced meals from the 23-24 school year and have not yet reapplied for the 24-25 school year will no longer receive free or reduced meals beginning October 1st. If you are unsure if you have qualified for the 24-25 school year please contact our food service director at anne.simons@hsd153.org or call 708.922.2417. Be sure to include your child's first and last name in your messages.
Anne Simons
Food Service Director
Homewood School District 153
708.922.2417
Processes and Procedures to Keep in Mind
Early Dismissal or Transportation Change:
- If a student needs to be picked up early or a transportation change is needed, please call the main office at 708.798.3424, before 2:30pm. You may also send a written note to school with your student. They must bring it to the main office.
- The next early dismissal is October 31. The time for making changes on early dismissal days is before 11:15am.
Lunch Drop Off:
- Food delivery services such as Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc., are not allowed and will be returned.
- Parents/Guardians may drop off lunch for students 20 minutes before the lunch period begins.
- Lunch period times are:
- 3rd grade 10:40am
- 4th grade 11:30am
- 5th Grade 12:15pm
SAVE THE DATE
Lost and Found Donation to Goodwill is Tuesday, October 1st.
- Please remind your student to check the lost and found to collect their belongings.
- The remaining items will be donated to Goodwill on October 1st.
No School - Staff Institute Day - 10/11/24
No School - Indigenous Peoples' Day/Fall Break - 10/14/24 - 10/15/24
Those Who Excel and Teacher of the Year Nominations
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) sponsors the Those Who Excel & Teacher of the Year program to honor educators who have made significant contributions to our state's public and nonpublic elementary and secondary schools. Awards are presented in seven categories:
- Classroom teachers (teachers with 5-plus years of experience)
- Early career educators (teachers with 1-4 years of experience)
- School administrators
- Student support personnel
- Educational service personnel
- Community volunteers
- Teams
The process is different than in the past. Now anyone can nominate however many people as they want in the above categories. A nomination takes only 5-10 minutes and can be done here:
Before starting a nomination, you will need to provide the following information:
- Name of nominee and contact info
- School district info
- Name of supervisor
- Names and contact info for 2 additional references
- Short answer- what makes then awesome/great?
The deadline to nominate someone is October 15. If someone is nominated, they will be notified via e-mail and they will then have from November 1-30 to complete the application.
You can read all about the awards here: https://www.isbe.net/Pages/teacher-of-the-year.aspx
