Bulldog Bulletin Weekly Newsletter

Welcome to November! A letter and student IAR results came home Friday, 11/1/24. Please ask your student to show you their IAR results.Teachers will review the IAR results during parent-teacher conferences, 11/25-26. See more information below. Just a reminder that the trimester ends, 11/15/24. Lastly, there is no school, Tuesday, November 5th due to Election Day.

Have a great week,

Mrs. Peacock

Parents/Guardians,

Please clink the link to find your student's teacher and sign up for a conference.

Conferences are Monday, 11/25/24 from 8-5pm and 6-8pm and

Tuesday, 11/26/24 from 8am-12noon. (Conferences are virtual on this day.)

Join us for a festive evening to hear the 5th Grade Cadet Orchestra along with the James Hart Junior High orchestras in concert on Wednesday, November 6, 7:00 p.m. at James Hart Junior High. All family and friends are invited to this wonderful event!

Attention! Volunteers needed! We are seeking volunteers to help in Churchill’s library! We can use help with shelving books, processing new books, repairing books, creating library displays, and more!

Last year, generous community members, the Homewood PTA, and Foundation 153 donated or provided funds to purchase hundreds of new and gently used books to help update our library! We now need help with doing the work required to process all of these new books in order to get them on our shelves and into the hands of our students!

Please fill out the volunteer interest form in order to be contacted with more information!

We would love to have parents, family members, and community members sign up as regular weekly volunteers! Our regular weekly volunteers are essential to making the library run! However, even if you can’t come at a regular time every week, please still fill out the volunteer interest form if you are at all interested in helping with the library!

~Laura Kirk, Library Assistant

Greetings!

We are excited to invite you to a special event at the Homewood Science Center on Thursday, November 7th, from 7:00–8:00 PM. Dr. David Purpura, a distinguished professor from Purdue University and Director of the Center for Early Learning, will be our featured speaker.

Dr. Purpura will present his groundbreaking research on enhancing educational outcomes for early learners, with a particular focus on mathematics education. This is a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights into the latest developments in early childhood education and how they can impact childrens' learning journey.

This event is highly relevant for educators, parents, caregivers, and grandparents who are looking to support the educational success of the young learners in their lives.

We hope you’ll join us for this informative and engaging presentation!

This is the link to register.

Warm regards,

Edie Dobrez

Executive Director | Homewood Science Center

Monday, November 11th is Veterans Day, a day set aside to recognize and thank those who have served our country. While many school districts and businesses close as part of this recognition, District 153 stays open as an opportunity to educate our students and publicly recognize many of the veterans and others who have or are serving our country from our community.

Once again, we will host our annual Veterans Day Celebration on Monday, November 11, 2024 at James Hart School. If you are a veteran, active-duty, reservist, or National Guard member, we cordially invite you to join us for the festivities and breakfast as a token of our gratitude for your service.

You can help us get the word out by sharing this invitation with friends, family, and neighbors who are past or present service members.

If you will be joining us, please click here to RSVP by Monday, November 4th. Your RSVP will help us know who to expect and how much breakfast to prepare.

To All Families: Please be advised that those who qualified for free or reduced priced meals from the 23-24 school year and have not yet reapplied for the 24-25 school year will no longer receive free or reduced meals beginning October 1st. If you are unsure if you have qualified for the 24-25 school year please contact our food service director at anne.simons@hsd153.org or call 708.922.2417. Be sure to include your child's first and last name in your messages.

Anne Simons

Food Service Director

Homewood School District 153

708.922.2417

Early Dismissal or Transportation Change:

• If a student needs to be picked up early or a transportation change is needed, please call the main office at 708.798.3424, before 2:30pm. You may also send a written note to school with your student. They must bring it to the main office.
• The next early dismissal is October 31. The time for making changes on early dismissal days is before 11:15am.

Lunch Drop Off:

• Food delivery services such as Uber Eats, Door Dash, etc., are not allowed and will be returned.
• Parents/Guardians may drop off lunch for students 20 minutes before the lunch period begins.
• Lunch period times are:
• 3rd grade 10:40am
• 4th grade 11:30am
• 5th Grade 12:15pm

No School - Election Day, 11/5/24

End of Trimester/Early Dismissal, 11/15/24 - Dismissal 12 noon

Parent/Teacher Conference - 11/25-11/26

Lost and Found Donation to Goodwill is Friday, November 29th.

• Please remind your student to check the lost and found to collect their belongings.
• The remaining items will be donated to Goodwill on December 2nd.