The Grove Grizzly

Thank you for your support and participation at Movie Night! Events like these help promote a sense of belonging at Grove! We also had our second fire evacuation drill on Friday with the Barrington Fire Department. Our final fire evacuation drill will be in the spring. Finally, we have a busy week ahead! We have an early release day on Friday, September 27th. If your child has a change to their dismissal transportation on early release days, please inform the front office and classroom teacher. We hope Grove new families and Kindergarten families will stop by the new family mixer on Thursday, more information in the PTO section below.

Dr. Winkelman, Superintendent of Barrington 220 schools and Dr. Carpenter, Assistant Superintendent of Barrington 220 schools will be at Grove's PTO General Meeting on Tuesday, September 24th at 9:15am in the MPR to share information about the Referendum project and help answer any questions from our community. We hope to see you there!

Fall parent teacher conferences will take place on Wednesday, October 16th from 3:30-7:30 PM and Thursday, October 17th from 1:00-7:00 PM (Thursday, 10/17 and Friday, 10/18 are non-attendance days for students). We will utilize the online booking tool, Meet the Teacher, as we have done in the past. Registration will open on Monday, September 30th at 8:00 AM. Registration will close at the end of the day on October 8th. We look forward to meeting with all of our parents over the course of the two days.

Running Club lasts for 6 weeks. 10/14 will be the last day at Grove and the district Fun Run will be at Ron Beese Park on October 21st.

Running club students must be picked up at 3:20.

Mondays- 1st and 2nd Grade

Tuesdays- 3rd and 5th Grade

Thursdays- 4th and 5th

Please mark your calendar with the following important information:

Friday, September 27th - Early Release for Elementary Students: 8-10:45am

Thursday, March 20th - Early Release for Elementary Students: 8-10:45am

Thursday, April 17th - Early Release for Elementary Students: 8-10:45am

**Every Wednesday Elementary School Dismissal is at 2:10pm

If your child has a change to their dismissal transportation on early release days, please inform the front office and classroom teacher.

Friday, September 20th - Grove Family Movie Night, 6:00 p.m.

Monday, September 23rd - 4th Grade Flint Creek Savannah

Tuesday, September 24th- PTO/Room Parents Meeting with special guest Superintendent Dr. Craig Winkelman, 9:15 a.m., Grove Multi-Purpose Room (MPR)

Thursday, September 26th - Families New to Grove and Kindergarten Mixer, KGround (Primary playground), Kindergarten: 4:30-5:15 pm, New Families 5:15-6:00 pm

Friday, September 27th - Early Release day for Students Elementary Day: 8-10:45am

Saturday, September 28th - Homecoming

Wednesday, October 2nd: Parent Teacher Conference registration opens at 8:00 AM

Wednesday, October 9th- Timberlee Parent Meeting, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 16th from 3:30-7:30 PM Parent Teacher Conferences

Thursday, October 17th from 1:00-7:00 PM Parent Teacher Conferences

(Thursday, 10/17 and Friday, 10/18 are non-attendance days for students)

Monday, October 21st- Fun Run at 5th Grade Mile at Beese Park

10/22 & 23 - 5th Grade Camp Timber-lee

Tuesday, October 31st - Halloween Parties and Parade, p.m.

Grove Family Movie Night - THANK YOU!!

We would like to extend a very special thank you to our Family Movie Night chairs, Amanda Conway, Ashley Rapp and Shaun Conway, as well as our PTO VP Terra Azukas for helping us "Embrace the Light" and coordinating such a fun night bringing our Grove families together! We appreciate all the time and energy you put into creating memories for our school community!

Thank you to students Blair & Brooks Estes and Raya Johnson for donating their hard-earned ice cream stand money to this fundraiser! This gesture really warmed our hearts and we are so thankful for their generosity!

Thank you to Mrs. Kelly Haradon, our Grove teachers and staff, BHS student volunteers, parent volunteers and our generous sponsors for making this event possible!

With all of our PTO events, we hope to create an inclusive and fun environment that brings our students, families and staff members closer together as a community. Funds raised from all PTO events go directly back to our students and our school, supporting things like the beautiful new intermediate playground, our family reading program and so much more!! It takes great teamwork to pull off these events - THANK YOU for your support!!

New Family Mixer

Join us on Thursday, September 26th from 4:30-6pm on the K-ground! See the flyer below for more details.

• Kindergarten families - 4:30-5:15pm
• New families - 5:15-6:00pm

Meet other Grove families! Enjoy a treat with new friends! Learn about the fun PTO activities coming this year!

Early Release Day Activity

Looking for something fun to do after school on our early release day, Friday, September 27th? Code Ninjas in Hoffman Estates is offering some fun courses for our students to try. A portion of proceeds will go directly back to Grove! check out the flyer below for more details.

• Grade K-2nd: bit.ly/3zi190x
• Grade 3rd-8th: bit.ly/3XpQcSL

Click here for the latest flyers on upcoming events and other PTO Information!

General Questions? Email us at: GAvenuePTO@gmail.com

Dr. Winkelman, Superintendent of Barrington 220 schools and Dr. Carpenter, Assistant Superintendent of Barrington 220 schools will be at Grove's PTO General Meeting on Tuesday, September 24th at 9:15am in the MPR to share information about the Referendum project and help answer any questions from our community.