
Arctic Blast
May 14th, 2024
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Dear families,
Last week, we enjoyed reading at the Aqui home, playing kick ball, and dancing at recess!
We also had our last PTA meeting of the school year. We would like to thank the members of the Wehde PTA Board for all they did this year to support our students, staff, and families. As we move into next year, we look forward to one PTA board for PreK through 5th grade. We want to welcome Jennifer Roque as our new PTA vice president and our two new co-presidents: Shari Mayner and Amber Kapocius.
A special thank you to Jackie Dracup for all the years leading our PTA board as president. We appreciate all you have done for students, staff, and families!
We hope to see everyone Wednesday night at Open House as we celebrate the year of learning.
Best,
Mrs. Hensley, Mrs. Reinhardt, and Dr. Gruper
Important Dates
- May 14th - 5th grade Band Concert
- May 15th - Open House 6:00 - 7:30 pm
- May 16th - Pre-K Field Day
- May 17th - Field Day (K thru 5th)
- May 17th - PTA Plant Sale Pick-up 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- May 21st - Fly up Day for 5th Grade
- May 21st - Pre-K End of the Year Celebration
- May 23rd - Kindergarden Music Program
- May 23rd - Last Day of Attendance for Pre-K and Kindergarten students
- May 24th - Last Day of Attendance for 1st thru 5th grade - Students dismissed at 10:30am
Open House, May 15th, 2024
We will celebrate all of our efforts and growth this year on Wednesday, May 15th with families! Students will have their work displayed and will be eager to tell you about what they learned. Doors will open at 6:00pm and close at 7:30pm. We look forward to seeing all of you!
Field Day, May 16th & 17th (Student ONLY Event)
On May 16th Pre-K students will participate in a variety of fun stations and on May 17th K thru 5 students will enjoy outside fun throughout their day and have a wonderful lunch outside.
- Student class colors for Field Day are as follows:
- Kindergarten - Orange
- First Grade - Yellow
- Second Grade - Green
- Third Grade - Red
- Fourth Grade - Purple
- Fifth Grade - Blue
- Don't forget to apply sunscreen before school and send students with a water bottle. (Due to some student allergies, sunscreen cannot be applied at school.)
- Pre-K students will have popsicles to celebrate the day!
Would you like to help on Field Day? Signup here to be a K thru 5 volunteer! Or signup here to be a Pre-K volunteer. Please do not signup for more than one slot! Duplicates will be deleted. There are limited spots so please only signup if you know you can make it!
All volunteers will need to make sure they are Raptor approved and bring their state ID. Please see D47 Volunteer Process here.
A Reminder from the Nurse
The school will soon be over for the 2023-2024 year. Please make arrangements to pick up any medications and supplies that may be in the health office prior to 10:30 a.m. on Friday, May 24th, 2024. Any medication, or supplies, that are left in the health office after that time will be discarded. If medications are needed for the 2024-2025 school year, please use the appropriate links below:
● Asthma Action Plan https://www.d47.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=640&dataid=14122&FileName=New%20Illinois%20Asthma%20Plan-%20Make%20Copy.pdf
● New Allergy and Anaphylaxis Emergency Plan (New for 2023/2024) https://docs.google.com/document/d/132fnfVE_-hohq6M9JGWjn7KX1XpxqjqGrBnfaQav-nY/edit
● Medication Authorization Form https://www.d47.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=640&dataid=237&FileName=MEDICATION%20AUTHORIZATION%20ENGLISH%20updated%202022.pdf
Thank you for your cooperation in advance,
Amy Machesky, RN
Glacier Ridge Yearbooks
If you haven't purchased your yearbook there is still time. Visit www.treering.com/validate to get started. (School passcode is 1013872192942816)
Tom's Plant Sale orders are arriving!
Pick up is Friday, May 17th from 3-5pm at Glacier Ridge, rain or shine! Plants will be on the front lawn, separated by order form. If arriving during after school pick up, please park and walk over. Otherwise, you can pull up to load your car. Plants will only be released to the student/parent on the order form - please do not send your friends and family to pick up their separate orders.
Upcoming Events
- May 17th - PTA Plant Sale Pick-up 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Spirit Wear
The Glacier Ridge Spirit Wear store is always open! Right now enjoy our spring cleaning sale, with 20% off select items: https://apparelnow.com/glacier-ridge-elementary-spirit-wear-apparel
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Want to Volunteer?
Glacier Ridge PTA plans and implements activities, events, and fundraisers that require parent/teacher volunteers to execute. These are the committees that are currently available and need your support! A few committees already have the chairs and volunteers needed - but if you have a special interest in one or more of them, let us know! We can never have too many helping hands! Click this link to sign up!
Join the PTA
- Please join both or one of our PTAs! Wehde PTA will continue this year to support the Glacier Ridge Pre-K students and staff with the Glacier Ridge PTA.
Wehde PTA - supporting Glacier Ridge Pre-K
Glacier Ridge PTA - Supporting Glacier Ridge Pre-K-5th grades
Want to stay in the know? Be sure to join us on:
- Facebook: Glacier Ridge Elementary Parents Group
- Facebook: @wehdeeccpta
- Instagram: @wehdeeccpta
For any questions please email us at:
D47 Boundary Review
A new Boundary Update page is now available on the District website. It will be regularly updated to share new information and feedback opportunities. The boundary committee met for a second time on Monday, May 13. The page will soon be updated with insights from the discussions held during that session.
6th Grade Course Placement
5th grade teachers and school administrators have spent the last few weeks carefully reviewing their students' needs for 6th grade. Beyond Encores of Art, Family and Consumer Science, Music, Spanish, STEM, plus Band per student choice, academic courses include Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Science. For a small percentage of students, enrollment in Extended Curriculum (EC) classes for Language Arts and Math has been considered. If students are eligible for EC classes, a letter will be sent home on May 15th. Full student schedules are available in August prior to the start of school.
Transportation Open House “Meet the Bus”
Incoming kindergarten and PreK students are invited to “meet the bus” at the annual transportation open house. The event will be held Thursday, August 1, 2024, from 9am-1pm at the TJA bus garage, 1204 S. McHenry Avenue in Crystal Lake. Visit the D47 website for details. Flyer
National Night Out T-Shirt Design Contest
The Crystal Lake Police Department needs your child's help with designing the 2024 National Night Out T-shirt! They are calling on Crystal Lake 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders to submit their National Night Out t-shirt design by June 28th to Officer Stolzman at kstolzman@crystallake.org. The winning artwork will be featured on the official NNO t-shirt and handed out during the event. Learn more about National Night Out here: https://natw.org/.
Bricks of Hope LEGO Drive
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