Recycle School Supplies
It’s time to sort out school supplies! The Carpenter Green Team would like to encourage all families to help students sort through their school supplies by
1) REUSE as many of their school supplies as possible for the next school year. Check out these lists. https://www.d64.org/ces/carpenter-school-supplies
2) DONATING any gently used school supplies like notebooks, folders, writing & drawing utensils, rulers, pencil cases, etc. These can be used by staff, other student or go to SCARCE an organization who works to reduce waste and give back to students everywhere. Carpenter will have a donation box in the school. We will also have a drop box at 2611 W Sibley St June 6th-June 14th and will take the items to SCARCE.
3) RECYCLING all paper products (notebooks/folders). Just make sure to remove any metal parts!
Thank you for helping make the world a greener place!
Dine to Donate for D64 Band Orchestra Parents Association
Support the D64 Band Orchestra Parents Association (BOPA)!
See attached for a flyer!
Dine to Donate at Oberweis Park Ridge!
Thursday, June 6, 2024
from 10:00am -- 9:30pm
101 S NW Hwy
Park Ridge, IL 60068
847-692-9840
20% of proceeds go to the D64 Band Orchestra Parents Association (BOPA) from every order received for Dine-In or Carryout
*Must mention fundraiser at time of order to ensure credit towards fundraiser*
For questions, please contact Christine Erickson bopa64@gmail.com
PTO Room Parent Sign-up for 2024-25 School Year
The Room Parent Committee would like to thank our current Room Parent Volunteers for an AMAZING job-we truly appreciate everything you did to make this school year a success.
At this time, we are inviting any parents interested in acting as a Room Parent for their child’s classroom during the 2024-25 school year to complete and submit the Google Form below. You must submit a separate form for each child that you are interested in being a Room Parent for. The responsibilities include:
- being an active member of the PTO (attend at least 1 meeting per quarter)
- help recruit/promote the PTO
- serve as an ambassador to your homeroom
- coordinate classroom Halloween and Valentine’s Day parties
- work with the yearbook committee to collect photos throughout the year
communicate PTO announcements and assist in any other homeroom activities/requests as needed.
You will be contacted in August with the opportunity to accept or decline this volunteer position. Unfortunately, we are unable to grant each interested volunteer a spot for this position as there are only two parents assigned to each homeroom. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any questions.
STREET RESURFACING BEGINNING ON BROADWAY JUNE 3RD
The City of Park Ridge is starting its street resurfacing project near Carpenter Elementary School, which is scheduled to begin the week of June 3rd.
The resurfacing work is a city project, but we would like to inform you that Broadway Avenue from Elm Street to Touhy Avenue will be temporarily impacted. All roads will be open to traffic, and the city has said they will avoid working during peak drop-off/pick-up times. Additionally, “No Parking” signs will be posted on select days and enforced only for unattended vehicles.
Join the Award-Winning D64 Instrumental Music Program!
We would like to invite your student to join the District 64 Instrumental Music program next year! Beginning in 4th grade, your child is eligible to join Orchestra and 5th grade students are eligible to join the band or orchestra. To learn more about the program and the string instruments offered, please see the links below:
Read: Important Information About Instrumental Music
Video Presentation: All About Band!
Video Presentation: All About Orchestra!
If you already registered your child for the 2024-2025 school year but did not select instrumental music, log back into your account to add band/orchestra: Click Here to Add Instrumental Music, click "Forms" on the left, then "Enrollment" at the top and scroll down to instrumental music.
Click here for a video tutorial on how to add band/orchestra to your child’s registration!
The instrumental music registration deadline is August 1. Band/Orchestra teachers will communicate more information via email with registered families the second week of school. Lessons will begin the week of September 2.
If you have any questions, please email Erica Faulhaber (efaulhaber@d64.org), Curriculum Specialist for Instrumental Music.
Lookahead to Next Year: Phones/Watches and Daytime Calls/Texts
We've seen an increase in student smart watches and phones at school. We've noted an increase in distractibility with the watches and inappropriate usage. We've also seen an increase in student to parent and parent to student texting taking place during the school day. Please note that next year we will be implementing a process of follow-up for utilization of smart watches that become a obstacle to learning and engagment in the school day.
