Thank you to all who have submitted their fall family traditions so far! We would love to include more in our board. Please submit your responses by Thursday, October 31st.

Thank you to all who attended the PTA meeting this week. We are excited about our upcoming PTA events! Students are also excited about our upcoming Skelebration Week. We will be doing a variety of activities throughout the week to building community next week. We would also love for students to participate in our spirit week. We did our best to create days that allowed for all students to participate if they would like to.

As a reminder, next Thursday is Halloween. All of the costume expectations, party expectations, and parade information is included in this newsletter as a reminder. In addition, please be sure that you have checked in with our secretaries in advance of the parties if you are volunteer to allow for a smooth transition from the parade to the parties.

Please note that PTA fun lunch ordering for November and December is now open. Ordering is open for 1 week so please be sure to order by Fri. Nov 1st at 10:00 pm.

As always, thank you for all you do!

Enjoy your weekend :)

Katie Novosel

Principal

knovosel@dg58.org

Lauri Smith

Assistant Principal

lsmith@dg58.org

We would love to invite families & friends to watch our all school costume parade (weather permitting) on Thursday, October 31st at 1:30 pm. Here is the map of the route that we will be walking to show off our costumes. Please feel free to line up next to the sidewalks so that you can see us march! If your child will not be participating in this event, please let your child's classroom teacher know so that we can find an alternate activity for him/her.

Our students and staff have been enjoying take a Guess at which staff members these are! Love seeing and hearing all of the community building and joy happening in the hallway around this board!

Thursday, October 31: Halloween Parade 1:30 & Halloween Parties 2:00 Gr. K-6

*more info to come

Tuesday, November 5: NO SCHOOL- elections

Thursday, November 7: World Fair at Lester

Friday, November 8: Fun Lunch & End of 1st Trimester

Wednesday, November 13: PTA MEETING at Lester 6:30 pm

Friday, November 22: Fun Lunch

Wednesday, November 27-Friday, November 29: NO SCHOOL -Thanksgiving break

Friday, December 20: Winter Class Parties 2:00-3:00

Monday, December 23- Friday, January 3: NO SCHOOL-Winter break (school resumes Monday, Jan 6)

Is your student interested in visual or performing arts? Please consider participating in PTA Reflections!

Each year through Reflections, more than 300,000 students around the country in preschool through high school create original works of art inspired by a student-selected theme. This year's theme is "Accepting Imperfection" and categories for entry include visual art (painting, drawing, sculpture, textile art), photography, film-making, music composition, dance choreography and literature. Visit our local Reflections website to learn more about the program, read the guidelines and download an entry form. All entries are due to your local school by Friday, Nov. 1.

Projects are judged and have the opportunity to advance through Council, Region, State and National levels of competition. Our Council level is called the Downers Grove Area Council and includes all District 58 schools as well as Darien School District 61. All District 58 students whose projects advance to the Council level are invited to attend a recognition ceremony on Dec. 3 at O’Neill Middle School, where they will receive a ribbon and see their work on display.

All students whose projects advance to the State level are invited to Spotlight, a state-wide Reflections celebration in May. Students with projects advancing to the National level are eligible for bronze, silver and gold medals and scholarships ranging from $200-$800.

Looking for inspiration? Browse the virtual gallery of projects that made it to Nationals in last year’s Reflections program inspired by the theme “I am Hopeful Because …”