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Hello White Eagle families! We are excited to share the latest PTA updates. Read more below...

Mark your calendars for the Fall Festival & Color Run on October 5th from 11:00am - 2:00pm at the White Eagle Elementary School playground! This year, we will be hosting our rescheduled Ice Cream Social at the Fall Festival & Color Run.

Ice cream will be donated by Andy's Custard. White Eagle themed swag will be provided by Ondrea Grill of Compass Real Estate. Entertainment will be provided by everyone's favorite disc jockey, DJ Suave Smooth and there will be fun fall themed games & crafts for the kids, face painters, prizes, & concessions.

A small army of VOLUNTEERS is needed to make this even successful. Please signup today to help us bring the event to life for the kids!

Purchase your TICKETS in advance today. Tickets cost $1 per child & $1 per adult. CLICK to Purchase

(Tickets can also be purchased at the event.)

We cannot wait to spend a beautiful fall day with all of our White Eagle Elementary families. And, we are thrilled to have so many teachers, yet again, volunteering for this event!

The Fall Classroom Party will be held on Friday, October 25th. Doors will open for volunteers at 1:30pm and the parties will go from 2:00pm - 3:00pm.

The sign-up for the Classroom Party Volunteers will go live on Wednesday, October 2nd at 4:00pm by email & text blast, as well as a post on our White Eagle Elementary PTA Facebook page.

Welcome to the 2024-25 Reflections year as we invite all students to explore the arts and express the theme “Accepting Imperfection". The Illinois PTA proudly offers this National program to our district 204 students. Founded in 1969, PTA Reflections is known as the oldest and largest national student recognition program in the arts.

The Reflections Art Program is accepting literature, photography, visual arts, dance, music and film.

More information can be found in this: Info. Packet

This is not a virtual event, do not email any submissions. Media files for dance, music and film should be submitted on a flash drive.

Entries can be turned in to the White Eagle Office until Tuesday, 10/15/24.

The White Eagle Elementary School Spirit Wear Store is now OPEN for business! The store will be open for the ENTIRE school year. BUT, keep in mind that Spirit Week is October 21st-25th. If your child needs spirit wear or has outgrown last years, we advise ordering sooner rather than later to ensure your gear arrives in time for Spirit Week.

Orders placed by October 4th will incur no shipping cost & will be delivered to the school & distributed by PTA. (select Shipping Method: Pick up at Boomer T's)

Order placed after October 4th can be shipped to your home or picked up at Boomer's T's in Oswego (approximately 15 minute drive from WEE).

Below is a preview of the great items for sale this year!

Check out the STORE link to ORDER: https://white-eagle-elementary-2024.itemorder.com/shop/home/

How do you PTA?

Today, PTA’s role is more important than ever in connecting parents, teachers & administrators, & supporting critical school needs. We want every family in our schools to join PTA, because we can do more together than apart.

Join today CLICK HERE

The White Eagle PTA was recently awarded the Bronze Star in the Illinois PTA Membership recognition program for the 2023-2024 school year!

To earn recognition by under this Illinois PTA Membership Recognition Program, PTAs must be an active PTA for more than 3 years, meet minimum membership requirements for current & previous 3 years, and be a unit in good standing.

For more information on the various levels of recognition (Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum), visit this link: https://illinoispta.org/illinois-pta-membership-recognition-program/#design

Congratulations to Meredith DeCaluwe the winner of the October FAST Pass!

Also, we'd like to send out a HUGE purple & teal Thank You to all the generous donors for showing your support for the White Eagle Elementary team of runners on Team IPEF in this year's charity run.

What is a FAST Pass? -- It eliminates your wait time in the car line for drop-offs & pick-ups. With the FAST Pass, you can SKIP THE LINE and go straight to the front of the car line with this FAST Pass!

Stay tuned for MORE details on how you can WIN the November FAST Pass...

This year the district has implemented a new process for those parents/guardians wishing to volunteer in District 204 schools. ALL parents/guardians wishing to volunteer during the school day must fill out an online application that will be processed by the district. This must be done several weeks BEFORE you wish to start volunteering in the school. This only needs to be done once and is valid for the entire school year.

The PTA leadership STRONGLY encourages ALL parents who know they will be volunteering this school year to FILL OUT THIS FORM TODAY. (i.e., Classroom "Lead" Party Parents, Classroom Party Volunteers, etc.)

NOTE: Parent/guardians will still be asked to provide a valid form of identification (valid driver 's license, Real ID, passport) when they come into the building to volunteer.

NOTE: Fall Festival & Color Run volunteers do NOT need to complete the new district volunteer application in order to be permitted to volunteer because this specific event does not occur during the school day.

The Indian Prairie School District (IPSD) 204 is placing a referendum on the November 5th Election Day ballot. This referendum is a funding referendum to address their highest-priority facility and safety needs, without a tax rate increase.

For information on the referendum, please visit the school district's website at: https://www.ipsd.org/saferstronger204

White Eagle Elementary PTA will host Mr. Matt Shipley, Chief School Business Officer at our virtual Membership Meeting on October 16th at 11:00am over Zoom. He will give a brief 10 minute presentation about the referendum & entertain questions after his presentation.

The school district will be hosting Town Hall Meetings where information will be presented and questions can be asked. All meetings will take place from 7:00-8:30pm.

• Gregory Middle School: Wednesday, October 16
• Waubonsie Valley High School: Tuesday, October 29

A committee of community members has been formed to support the referendum with an education campaign. Information on their efforts can be found at: https://www.yesd204.org/ or they may be contacted at: info@yesd294.org

We look forward to seeing you at these events and appreciate your continued support in making White Eagle Elementary a fantastic place for our kids! 💜

Thank you for being part of our community!