Student Council Spirit Day (New)
Friday, November 1, 2019, Ivy Hall Student Council will hold an all-school spirit day. Students are encouraged to wear their pajamas to school to show their Ivy Hall School spirit.
Author Visit (New)
Yangsook Choi grew up in Korea. She started drawing at age 4 and loved telling her grandma scary stories. After moving to New York to pursue her art, she has written and illustrated many books for young readers including, The Name Jar and New Cat.
We are fortunate to have her visit Ivy Hall in November. She will be seeing all first and second-grade students. If you are interested in an autographed copy of her books, please fill out this form and send it back to school by October 28th. Later in the year, our older students will have the opportunity to visit with an author.
Family Reading Night (New)
Family Reading Night is Thursday, November 21st from 6:30-7:30. The theme for this year is SHOWTIME! Families will enjoy quality time reading with their children! We will also have teachers reading aloud with fun activities to go along with each book!
Please keep in mind that children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. There will be two sessions. Your family will decide which stations to attend. Once a choice is made, we ask that you remain with your child inside the classroom for the entire session. We look forward to seeing you there for this community event to celebrate READING! ~Julie Heimer email: [email protected]
Blue Ribbon Ceremony (New)
On Thursday, December 5, 2019, Ivy Hall will hold a community celebration for their recognition by the United States Department of Education. Ivy Hall was awarded the Blue Ribbon Award. If you intend to celebrate with us please respond no later than November 29, 2019, at 11:59 pm (this form will stop accepting responses at that time) using this FORM
Halloween Costumes (New)
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 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 (See next item)
Home for Lunch to Change (New)
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 parent(s)/grandparent(s)/family member(s) 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
Halloween Parade (New)
Our Parade Route begins at 1:30 pm outside of our southeast doors (near our gymnasium and the buffalo). The students will continue north on the sidewalk and then head west past the district office around the building, past the playground and end back at the southeast, Buffalo door. Please keep your fingers crossed that we have great weather! In case of inclement weather, we will have an indoor parade for teachers and students only.
Halloween Parties (New)
Parties will begin at approximately 2:00 pm and end at 2:45 pm
Only PTO approved parent party volunteers may attend classroom parties. No siblings are able to attend.
If you are a volunteer, it is recommended that you have your driver's license scanned into our security system prior to party day so that your badge can be ready for you upon arrival.
PTO News/Blog (New)
PTO Blog: This is always linked in my blog post below. PTO general information. Check out the blog!!! Please no masks, blood, super scary stuff, general iciness, or weapons
REPEATED ITEMS
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.
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.
Picture Retakes Rescheduled to Monday, November 11, 2019 (Repeat)
Dear Ivy Hall Elementary School - Parents and Guardians,
Thank you for trusting Lifetouch to photograph your child this Fall. We consider it a privilege to serve you and strive to provide the highest quality service and products.
Unfortunately, your experience with Lifetouch has not been up to our normal standards, and there is a delay in the delivery of your child’s school portrait packages and proofs. We sincerely apologize - this is not the delivery time frame that our customers should expect nor deserve from Lifetouch. With this delay, we are moving back retake day to Monday 11/11/19.
This will give the families enough time to decide if they want to take a retake or not. This year, as part of our new relationship with Shutterfly Inc. we made an investment in infrastructure and manufacturing updates that will enable Lifetouch to provide even better service and products to our customers in the future. With this transition, in some instances, we are experiencing unexpected technical issues, and this has created an extended delay for your school. We are working diligently to improve the process and our technology team is working around the clock to resolve these issues. We value the relationship we have with our schools and customers. Thank you for the trust you place in Lifetouch to capture and deliver your child’s school memories in a timely manner. We appreciate your understanding and are making every effort to get your portraits to you as quickly as possible.
Sincerest apologies,
Johnny Grant - Vice President of Sales | Lifetouch School Photography
Parent Drop Off (Repeat)
Students must be signed in via the front office after 8:25am. Please DO NOT drop students off in the east lot, without walking them into the office and signing them in.
Family Educator Conferences (Repeat)
Our fall Family Educator Conferences will be held on Nov. 25th from 5pm-7pm and Nov. 26th from 2pm - 7pm. Sign-ups for conferences will be sent via email on Nov. 5th. An approximate time for the receipt of the Nov. 5th email will be shared in an upcoming Principal’s Message. The format of our fall conferences is teacher-led. In the spring, students will lead the conversation about their learning. Please know that if you cannot attend a conference during the scheduled days, your child’s teacher will work with you to set a time for a 15-minute phone conference.
Vacation Homework Requests (Repeat)
Though removing students from school for vacations is generally discouraged, we recognize the importance of family vacations and the experiences they provide for students. Please know that specific assignments replicating classroom instruction are not provided. Students are encouraged to read and journal while away from the classroom. Please read the Student Absence Due to Vacations section of our Parent/Student Handbook for full details.