Rose Update

Warm Regards,
Dr. Ruesch

With the recent toy drive students at Rose donated hundreds of toys for hospitalized children at Alexian Brothers Hospital. It was such a great way for our students to demonstrate empathy. Mrs. Pauwels Red Class had the most donations and they celebrated with a Hot Cocoa and Candy Cane party!

Way to go, Maryam! We are so proud of our Rose second-grader, who wrote a short book and it just got published on Amazon. One evening after school, Maryam Saifullah wrote a story. She imagined a world where she could fly. In this book, she shares those imaginations.

Check it out here!

Mrs. Allison Hudson, our Multilingual Specialist--Her project will support the purchase of diverse "Choose Your Own Adventure" books that align tour Character Strong Curriculum. The author of the books wonderfully combines “choose your own adventure,” diversity, and social emotional learning. In each book, children are confronted with social situations that they will recognize from school, the playground, home or even the bus stop. Some of the social situations include: my friends are arguing, my best friend has a new friend, you can encourage others, etc. The characters are diverse-elementary aged students, and the reader is able to choose different actions that the character can take in a situation, which will impact how the story ends.

Ms. Taylor Uhlarik, Mrs. Ilona Solymossy, & Ms. Jessica Timpe from 2nd grade--Their project supports the creation of Calm Down Corners in their classrooms. The Calm Down Corners can be used to teach students strategies like deep breathing, mindfulness, or using sensory tools, which can be valuable skills for lifelong emotional management. By allowing students to take a break when needed, the overall classroom environment can become more positive and focused, benefiting all learners.

All K-5 students are invited to our Maker Madness Family STEM Event on Saturday, Feb. 8! We invite your entire family to come and enjoy self-paced activities for students in grades K-5. Activities include: making buttons with the Barrington Area Library, building the tallest paper towers, engineering a safe landing device, and using some of our STEM tools to design, build, and test a grabbing "claw" device. This event will be held at Prairie Campus. To maximize participation, we are hosting two sessions for this event:

• Session I: 1:00-2:30 PM
• Session II: 3:00-4:30 PM

A sign-up will go out to families after winter break and it will be first come first serve.

Here is the breakfast and lunch menu for the month of January.

• This month the character trait is Empathy. You can find this month's family letter here.
• You can also use this link to access the Family Character Strong website.

Here is the link to the weekly PTO newsletter.

Virtual Backpack is a place for Barrington 220 families to receive flyers and other information from the district and community organizations without the hassle of sorting through printed papers sent home with your child.