• Book Club weekly update below
• Wednesday February 5 - Be Internet Awesome Parent Event 6pm LMC

• Save the Date February 28 - Parent Trivia Night
• Ivy Hill Nominating Committee
• Arlington Heights Council of PTAs nominations

We enjoyed our 2nd week of Book Club this past Tuesday. See photos from our 3rd and 5th grade students below (4th grade will be featured next week).

The reading assignments for this week are as follows:

*3rd Grade reading A Nest for Celeste pages 57-110, chapters 6-11

*4th Grade reading Teddy Mars pages 36-84, chapter "October"

*5th Grade reading How to Survive Middle School pages 41-81, chapters 9-20

Also one of the copies of How to Survive Middle School is missing. If you or your student finds it, please return it to the office. It will have a label on the back cover like the photo below.

Friday, February 28th, 7:00 PM at Cocial, Arlington Heights

Back for a 3rd year, Ivy Hill’s favorite Trivia Master, Wil Zambole will bring his unique brand of trivia to the Ivy Hill Community!

Pre-registration of teams coming soon!

The Arlington Heights Council PTA needs nominations for 4 exec positions in 25-26.

Click below:

This is the link to the nomination form.

Chess Club is off to a great start. Just a reminder that any student signed up for chess has the option to go to recess on any given Wednesday if there is something (weather, friend activity, etc.) they don't want to miss out on.

In the same thread, if a student is attending but not playing chess, they will be redirected to recess. We know the library can be enticing, but as the librarians are not present during this time we need to keep our activity to chess.

From the total bright eyed beginners who came to learn, to the chess aficionados who play passionate strategy beyond the adults, we are so happy to see such large group of kids having indoor fun on these cold winter months!

If you are thinking about helping out, please read below about fingerprinting. You will NOT BE ALLOWED to volunteer for these activities until you follow this district protocol.

Volunteers (in certain situations) must be fingerprinted and have a background check every two years. Fingerprinting is done at the District Office, 1200 S. Dunton Avenue, located one block west of Arlington Heights Road. The front door is on Cypress Street in between Dunton and Arlington Heights Road. Please walk up to the front door, ring the doorbell, and let the person who answers the bell know you are here for fingerprinting. All you need to bring is your Driver's License. You can sign-up for a time to come in by clicking here. When you sign-up, please put your name with (Ivy Hill - Chess/BookClub/PTA) after your name. Fingerprinting should take no more than 30 minutes. Provided free of charge.

Spirit Wear is always available for purchase, click the link below.

Are you interested in planning an event? Being a liaison for Thomas Middle School or the School Board? Or reading the Spring Scholarship applications? If YES, take a look at the PTA Committee Sheet linked below. There are plenty of events happening this year and opportunities to be on a PTA Committee.

Members may add themselves to this sheet if they are interested in joining a committee this year.

If you are looking to volunteer time or donate items, watch for Sign Up Geniuses throughout the year as things come up. Some items are one time events (Ex: Fall Fest) and some are spread throughout the year (Ex: Staff Events). **This is NOT the sign up for Room Rep (room parents who plan parties).

• PTA provides the opportunity for parents to take an active role in their child's educational environment.
• PTA sponsors many school events such as Fall Fest, Field Day, Movie Night, Book Fair, Picture Day and Yearbooks.
• The PTA provides birthday books for all students.
• Opportunities to volunteer in your kids classroom and lunch periods.
• Get access to the school directory. (Please note the district compiles the directory and when it is available (typically Sept/Oct) those that signed up for it during PTA registration will receive an email how to set up the app.)
• Priority volunteer opportunities for school events such as Fall Fest, Field Day, Movie Night and Book Fair.
• Visit pta.org for membership discounts available.

To Register:

• Scan the QR code or click the link below to purchase a membership. https://ivyhill.memberhub.com/store?limit=21&live=true

The Yearbook committee will be accepting the pictures from the following events to include in this year's yearbook:

Last School Year (2023-24)

• Field Day May 29, 2024
  

• Welcome to Kindergarten August 20, 2024
• New Family Welcome Night August 21, 2024
• Meet the Teacher and Ice Cream Social August 28, 2024

• First Day of School August 29, 2024
• Picture Day September 16, 2024
• Fall Fest September 20, 2024
• Movie Night September 27, 2024
• Fun Run October 9, 2024
• Halloween classroom parties October 31, 2024
• Class Musical Performances dates varies by grade

Please submit these photos to Megan Cook at ptayearbookivyhill@gmail.com

• Wednesday February 5 - Internet Safety Parent Education

• Thursday February 13 - Valentine's Day Room Parties
• Friday February 28 - Pajama Day Spirit Day
• Friday February 28 - Parents Trivia Night
• Wednesday March 12 - PTA Board Meeting 6:30pm Meet & Greet, 7pm Meeting @ LMC

Email: ivyhillhappenings@gmail.com
Location: 2211 N Burke Dr, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
Facebook: facebook.com/ivyhillelementarypta
Twitter: @ivyhillpta