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Blue Ribbon Award Ceremony
Yesterday afternoon Ivy Hall students, staff, community members, district administration, dignitaries, and others came together to celebrate Ivy Hall’s Blue Ribbon Award. The afternoon celebration included several speakers including student council representatives, Assistant Principal Mrs. Mollerdino, Principal Mr. Hanrahan, Superintendent Julie Schmidt, State Representative Daniel Didech, Ivy Hall Elementary School Student Council members Artur Cara, Brooke Garner, and Alia Rhodes. Ivy Hall Elementary School was awarded a proclamation from the representative Didech (see below). We had a visit from our mascot Willy the Wildcat and we were able to see a fun video of Willy the Wildcat (stuffed animal version) and his trip to our nation’s capital to accept Ivy Hall’s Award.
Ivy Hall Celebrates a 2019 U.S. Dept. of Education National Blue Ribbon
Willy Visits Washington D.C. (Fun Video from Assembly)
Upcoming Dates
- PTO Executive Board Meeting - 12/12/19 - 6:30pm
- Belmont Village Visit - 12/19/19 - 3:30pm - 4:30pm
- Winter Parties - 12/20/19 - 2:00pm - 2:45pm
- Winter Break - 12/2019
- School Resumes - 1/6/2019
Proclamation
PTO Blog
PTO Blog: This is always linked in my blog post below.
- Special Lunch, Dec. 17– Real Urban BBQ
- Winter Parties on Dec. 20, 2–2:45 PM
- Ice Cream Wednesday – 2020 Volunteer Slots Open Dec. 9
- Lurie Children's & Ronald McDonald House Toy Drive
- Yearbook Sales Open Jan. 1!
- The Next Generation of Box Tops Is Here
- Parents, We Need Your Talent to Showcase Our Students' Talent
- Committees in Need!
- Dates to Remember
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Student Council & PTO Toy/Item Drive
The Ivy Hall PTO and Ivy Hall Student Council is partnering with Ronald McDonald house to collect toys for those in need. We will have a few locations where we will collect toys. Please consider making a donation. Simply send the donation to school. Please see this flyer for more information.
Toy/Item Donation Locations:
- (1st Grade) Ms. Levin's Room 002
- (2nd Grade) Ms. Capplen 201
- (3rd Grade) Ms. Dorfman 209
- (4th Grade) Ms. Nguyen 103
- (5th Grade) Ms. Kirberger 211
- (LI) Ms. Lee's Room 005
2020–2021 Calendar Change Notification
District 96 has made revisions to the published Quick List calendar for the upcoming 2020–2021 school year.
The revisions made accommodate the alignment of the District 96 Spring Break 2021 with the recently published Stevenson students’ Spring Break 2021.
IT'S COLD OUTSIDE!
Please remember to send your child to school daily with proper outerwear. Weather permitting students go outside for recess every day. In winter the temperature and wind chill and weather conditions will be monitored throughout the morning. The weather website and playground will be checked to determine whether conditions are appropriate for children’s outdoor recess. When the temperature or wind chill is below zero degrees, students will be kept inside for recess. We weigh options when the temperature or wind chill is between zero to ten degrees, to determine if we have indoor or outdoor recess, such as how damp it is outside. We do try to allow the children to go outside whenever possible, so please help them to come prepared. Thank you!
How is Outdoor vs. Indoor Recess Determined
Weather permitting students go outside for recess every day. In winter the temperature and wind chill and weather conditions will be monitored throughout the morning. The weather Website and playground will be checked and outside supervisors consulted to determine whether conditions are appropriate for children’s outdoor recess. When the temperature or wind chill is below zero degrees, students will be kept inside for recess. When the temperature or wind chill is 0 – 10 degrees, students may go outside for a shortened recess period. If a student has a doctor’s note or a medical condition, he or she may stay inside the building office for recess.
Determination of whether children will have outdoor recess will be made prior to each recess period, based on the weather at the moment and in the judgment of the principal or his or her designee. Any request for prolonged indoor recess MUST come from the child’s physician.
Please see the Revised 2020–2021 Quick List School Year Calendar.
Questions? Please contact the public information coordinator.
Car Pick Up & Car Drop Off
ONLY MAKE A RIGHT-HAND TURN ONLY INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOT, please DO NOT MAKE A LEFT INTO THE SOUTHWEST LOT DURING CAR DROP OFF AND CAR PICK UP AT 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.
Car Drop Off *** 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.
Car Pick Up *** 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.
*** Only students that are being picked up in the southwest lot are permitted to be in the lot.
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.