WHS Principal Post - December 2022

The end of 2022 is upon us and we are in the home stretch to our winter recess from school. Please check out the highlights and events for the final weeks of December.

A HUGE Thank You to the Hammerschmidt School Community for the extremely successful Holiday Toy Drive! Thank you for helping to make the holiday's brighter for many in our school community!

SAVE THE DATE! – WHS FAMILY SERVICE NIGHT – FEBRUARY 9th, 7:00-8:45 PM

Join WHS Staff and Families at “Feed My Starving Children” in Schaumburg. We will pack food to help those in need! Volunteers must be at least 5 years old. Spaces are limited so please register now at https://www.fmsc.org/join-group?joincode=X8N5BV. The registration deadline is February 1st. We look forward to seeing you there!

Our WHS 5th Grade Starcast Team did a great job covering the event!

Our Grade 5 Starcast Leaders did a great job covering the event. The full student media crew is pictured here!

WHS PTA MOVIE NIGHT: TONIGHT 12/9, 6:15-8:15PM

You can pay at the door if you missed online registration. WHS students can enjoy a two-hour drop-off event hanging with friends!! Movie will be shown in the Gym. We will be watching Home Alone.

Click Here for Flyer

Helping Hands is collecting gift cards to help bring holiday cheer to families in our own community! We’re looking for gift cards in any amount (please indicate amount on card) to help provide not just holiday meals but also gifts! Gift cards from Target, Walmart, and Amazon would be great, as well as for grocery stores such as Jewel, Mariano’s, and Aldi.

Drop them into the box in the front office - we’ll be collecting until December 16. Thanks for all your generosity!

Students will be participating in our first ever Track-a-thon December 16th during their P.E. class. This event supports the Hammerschmidt PTA! All money collected will go directly to the PTA who help provide awesome opportunities to the kids at WHS! Please email Michelle Greco (Head of the Track-a-thon committee) at soccer24chelle@gmail.com with any questions!

CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER. & Tracking Log

LIFETOUCH YEARBOOK ORDERS ARE DUE:

Click HERE for a link to order the WHS Yearbook.

USE YEARBOOK ID: 14466023.

All are welcome to join the WHS PTA meeting on Monday, 12/12. The meeting will be held in the LRC.

The 2nd Annual Hammerschmidt Night at the Wolves Games, January 28, 2023.

Please join us for a night of fun at a Chicago Wolves game! All attendees will receive a FREE Chicago Wolves knit hat and will be seated in the same section. Tickets are $20 each, and available NOW, perfect for a holiday gift! And the best part is the PTA gets a percentage of ticket sales!!!

Order tickets here: https://fevo.me/hammerschmidt

Please see the link below for more information about the event. Invite your friends and family, the more the merrier!

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SZFseCCHOTSq61vZAi-LAVO_DC5Oy8G8/view?usp=drivesdk

Support WHS PTA by signing up for Givebacks here. You securely link your credit/debit cards under the Hammerschmidt PTA and then every time you use that card at a participating business, you earn cashback and Givebacks will also automatically give a percentage back to WHS PTA. SO EASY!! Plus, the first time you spend at a participating business they give WHS PTA $5. BONUS: Johnny Coco's, our next dine out location, is a participating business so you and WHS PTA earn up to 5% back on your order. For more details click here.

AMAZON SMILE:

Attention: ALL Amazon Shoppers! With Christmas around the corner - be sure to sign up for the Amazon Smile program! We have partnered with Amazon for another great fundraising opportunity for the PTA. How does it work? Go to www.smile.amazon.com from your app or desktop. You use the exact same account login as Amazon.com. When prompted to select a charity, simply search for Hammerschmidt PTA and begin shopping. All of your account settings are the same as through the regular Amazon.com site. You will find the exact same prices, selection and shopping experience as the traditional Amazon site, but when you use www.smile.amazon.com, Amazon will donate 0.5% of your purchase price back to the PTA. It is that easy!!!

Click Here for flyer.

JOIN THE WHS PTA!:

You can still join the PTA! We are off to an exciting start and we need your continued support for a successful and fun school year! Be sure to sign up to become a member of an organization that benefits your children! Dues are $10.00 per adult or $15 per family of which $4.50 goes to the Illinois/National PTA & the remaining portion helps fund our activities and programs at WHS. We encourage at least one parent to join and/or you (or grandparents, family members etc.) can donate which 100% goes directly to WHS PTA to help support the many amazing programs and clubs, field trips and teacher/staff appreciation efforts that WHS PTA offers throughout the school year. You will receive a copy of the WHS school directory as a benefit of your WHS PTA membership. The school directory comes in handy for play dates, car pools, homework help, group projects and more! Join here today! Donate here today!

How Can I Get Involved in WHS PTA.

Did you know you can Subscribe to the digital PTA and school calendar? Visit Events and then click subscribe. You can choose iCal, outlook or Google calendar and it will automatically add the events to your calendar.

Join the WHS PTA Facebook Page so you will always have the most up-to-date information for all the PTA events happening throughout the school year.

Join other parents, high school and middle school students, and professionals to learn about issues facing today’s youth. The Glenbard Parent Series engages top experts, parents and school staff to become proactive and informed in pursuit of the mutual goal to strengthen our communities. Programs are free and open to the public. Click on the link below to see the 2022-2023 lineup of speakers.

GPS-- Glenbard Parent Series - 2022-2023

The D44 school calendar for 2022-2023 has now been updated on our school and district websites. Click on the link below to access printable versions:

2022-2023 D44 School Calendar

Email: ddanielski@sd44.org
Location: Wm Hammerschmidt Elementary School, Hammerschmidt Avenue, Lombard, IL, United States
Phone: 630-827-4207
Twitter: @ddanielski