October 4, 2019

Students in the Classroom

Ice Cream Social & Book Fair (New)

I want to thank all the volunteers, the PTO, the students, and the families that came out on Thursday, October 3, 2019, for the PTO Ice Cream Social and the Scholastic Book Fair. Families enjoyed ice cream, had an opportunity to browse the book fair, and socialize with each other. It was really nice to see Wildcats young and wise together at Ivy Hall.

Upcoming Dates (New)

  • October 9-11: NO SCHOOL

  • October 14: INSTITUTE DAY (Non-student attendance day)

  • October 15: Welcome back to school!

  • October 18: Ivy Hall PTO Entertainment Evening 5:30pm-6:30pm

  • October 31: Halloween Parade & Halloween Parties

Halloween Costumes (Repeat)

As October is here, please help us with the following costume procedures and guidelines...

Students will change into their costumes after the lunch period.
Costumes must be appropriate for school.
 

  • Please no masks, blood, super scary stuff, general iciness, or weapons

  • Please no cigars or cigarette items

  • Please no bare tummies

  • Please keep hair coloring and make-up simple
    Can students go home for lunch to get into costumes?

Home for Lunch to Change (Repeat)

Students are able to be picked up to go home during their own grade level lunch period. See below for specific times and details. Students will meet their parents/grandparents/family members in the foyer of the school. Please write a note stating that students will be going home for lunch. Students will give their “going home for lunch” note to the staff members who are supervising pick-up. Students need to return to school by the end of their lunch/recess period.

Lunch/recess periods are as follows:

  • 1st grade at 11:30am - 12:10pm
  • 2nd grade at 10:50am - 11:30am
  • 3rd grade at 11:10am - 11:50pm
  • 4th grade at 11:50am - 12:30am
  • 5th grade at 12:10pm - 12:50pm

Thank you for helping us to keep our Halloween activities fun and safe!

Car Pick Up & Car Drop Off (Repeat)

ONLY MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN ONLY INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOT, please DO NOT MAKE A LEFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOT DURING DROPOFF AND DISMISSAL. 

THIS PROCEDURE IS LISTED IN THE PARENT STUDENT HANDBOOK. THIS PROCEDURE HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR AT LEAST 3 YEARS. HERE

The traffic pattern for the CAR rolling drop off and CAR rolling pick up is clockwise around Ivy Hall. Your RIGHT TURN should be made from Penny Lane into the lot. NEVER A LEFT TURN into the southwest recess lot. 

We have and will continue to have the Buffalo Grove police helping us enforce this procedure. This procedure was developed with the Buffalo Grove Police Department for student safety. Thank you for helping keep kids safe.

*** There are a few commercial vehicles that are permitted to make a left into the south lot. These vehicles do not participate in the rolling car line, but we have no other avenue to load these vehicles. This only occurs during CAR pick up. Thank you for your continued help allowing these vehicles into the lot. They will not join the line in front of you, they will pass on the right side of the line. We also stop the line to allow these vehicles to exit.

Map of school grounds

IF YOU ARE WALKING TO THE SOUTHWEST LOT, MEETING A STUDENT, AND THEN WALKING AWAY … 

YOUR STUDENT IS A WALKER NOT A CAR PICK UP. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CHILD'S TEACHER AND MAKE THE ADJUSTMENT ACCORDING (SO YOUR STUDENT IS DISMISSED OUT THE NORTH EXIT). 

YOUR STUDENT WILL BE DISMISSED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING BY THE OFFICE. THIS WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT NEED SUPERVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST LOT AND INCREASE SAFETY.