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• Saturday, September 7 - PTO General Meeting - 10:00am in the library (see below)
• Monday, September 9 - 13 - MAP Testing continues
• Thursday, September 26 - Picture Day (more information coming soon)

I hope to see many of you in person or online Saturday morning at 10:00 in the library for the PTO general meeting.

Starting the day as a class community is very important. Thank you for ensuring your child arrives at school between 7:50 and 7:55 a.m. Homeroom teachers pick their classes up at 7:57 am. Students should be walking into the building with their class, ready to start the day together. We want to reduce student tardiness.

Please join us Saturday morning at 10 am for the first PTO meeting of the year, either in person in the Beye library, or via Google Meets. Meet the new board, learn about our plans for this year, share your ideas, and vote on the annual budget. Plus, coffee and donuts! We hope to see you there.

Find your perfect volunteer role!

We are looking for volunteers to fill some essential roles:

• There are many ways to get involved at Beye, from leading a working group, to helping run an event, to volunteering a few hours at an event or in the front office. Here is a list of volunteer opportunities to explore. Have awesome ideas for fun new fundraisers? Join the fundraising working group! Passionate about promoting healthy, delicious eating and exercise habits? Learn more about Fitness and Nutrition! Like meeting new people and building community? Parental Involvement is the place for you! Want to make sure that PTO events are welcoming, inclusive, and relevant for our whole community? Join the DEI committee. Do you have website design experience and a few hours to give? The Technology working group is looking for you. Want a one time commitment that supports our hardworking faculty and staff? Consider helping organize the meals for teachers during Parent Teacher Conferences.

The Beye Student Green Team is back!

Is your child interested in sustainability and environmental action in their school, home and community?

Are they looking for an opportunity to connect with other like-minded students across grade levels?

Yes?! Then the Beye Student Green Team is a group for them!

Who can participate?

Everyone! Students of all grade levels. The registration deadline is Friday 9/13.

What is it?

The Beye Student Green Team will gather to share their ideas and explore earth friendly actions to pursue in school and beyond. Students will develop their leadership skills while exercising their voice and choice within the school community.

Check out this Newsletter to learn about the work SGT did last school year! Sign up below!

Student Green Team permission form

This year Melissa Ingram and Joia Kopelow are helping to collect advertisements for the Beye Directory. Please see the important information below.

Please consider signing up to help maintain our Beye community pantry! Thanks in advance.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409084FAEA82EA0FC1-beye1#/

District 97 has updated the Student-Family Handbook for 2024-25. It contains important information regarding school policies, procedures, guidelines, student rights and responsibilities, and notifications required by state and federal law.

The purpose of this handbook is to outline for students, families and staff the expectations for building an educational community where everyone feels safe, included and able to learn. Having shared expectations, procedures and policies helps us respect all members of the school community in which we learn and work every day. Please take the time to read through the handbook and review it with your child.

District 97 is committed to fostering a learning environment in which its students and all community members are emotionally and physically safe. As part of this commitment, the District recently adopted Board Policy 4:174 - Secure Gun Storage, underscoring the importance of safe firearm storage in reducing the risk of gun violence. We are collaborating closely with the Village of Oak Park and Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 to minimize these risks within our schools and community.

Secure storage is a simple action a gun owner can take to reduce access to guns among young people, keeping children and families in our community safe. Best practices for secure storage include storing guns unloaded, locked, and separate from ammunition. Click here to visit the village's webpage about safe firearm storage, which includes information about obtaining free gun locks, conversation starters for parents, and other resources for promoting community safety. Information will also be shared periodically with staff and families throughout the school year, and is available on the Safety Resources page of our website.

If it is raining or in winter on mornings not above 15 degrees including windchill, the students come into the building for morning line up. Students may enter through their regular entrance or any other regularly used entrance. They will be directed to the following places:

Auditorium - Kindergarten, Second and Fourth

Commons - First, Third and Fifth

Our Beye staff does a wonderful job at planning field trips that enrich our curriculum and we enjoy having family members chaperone. In order to supervise students, the chaperone must complete a background check through the district. Please click on this link to make an appointment. The background check lasts for 3 years. It is helpful to do these earlier in the year as time slots fill up.

Beye entrances/exits

D97 2024-2025 School Calendar

Health Letter from Nurse Shilpa

“My Mealtime” online portal, (If you need to add money to your child's account)

Student-Family Handbook for 2024-25

Cheryl Sullivan

Beye Principal

csullivan@op97.org

Location: 230 North Cuyler Avenue, Oak Park, IL, USA
Phone: 708- 524-3070
Twitter: @MrsSullivand97