MAC NEWS. Letter from the PTA Co-Presidents. Issue 3 October 26 th, 2018

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1 MAC NEWS Issue 3 October 26 th, 2018 Letter from the PTA Co-Presidents Hello Mac Families, Happy October, everyone! The weather is getting a little cooler and Halloween is right around the corner. All of our Mac students are excited for our Halloween Parties next Wednesday. Since Halloween falls on a Wednesday our parties will end at 2:25 and our helpers will clean up after school. A big shout out to our 2nd Vice President and Class Parties chairperson, Kelly Ridley, on her hard work getting the parties organized. And thank you to all of our party planners for their work planning the classroom parties next week. It takes a lot of creativity and time to put these parties together! During the month of October, we also held our successful fall Book Fair. Thank you to all of our PTA volunteers for helping throughout the week and to our Book Fair committee, Kristin Thomas and Erica Kral, for pulling it all together! The PTA also hosted a Conference Dinner for our staff during conference week and it received rave reviews from our teachers. Thank you to Michelle Mina for her hard work putting such a delicious meal together. Looking into November and December, we have a few big events we wanted to make sure you put on your calendar! On November 7 th we have our Movie Night and will be showing Coco in Spanish! We will be hosting Goodies with Grandparents on November 16th. And on December 7th, we will be hosting our Taste of Mac event. This event is great when we have more families participate, so we hope to have many of you join us! Please see the attached newsletter for more information on both events. We will also be trying something new this month in honor of National Literacy Month. Keep an eye out for information about our upcoming Read-a-thon. We are excited to try this as a school wide event in November! Our next PTA meeting will be November 13th at 7pm in the school library. A Spanish translator is available, as is babysitting. We hope to see you there! Sincerely~ Mallory Whalen and Jessica Augsburger National PTA Website Illinois PTA Website PTA Presidents: Jessica Augsburger & Mallory Whalen jessica.augsburger@gmail.com mallorywhalen@yahoo.com Newsletter Editor: Irene Belesiotis irenebele24@sbcglobal.net MacArthur PTA Website: MacArthur PTA Facebook Page: MacArthur Elementary PTA Principal: Sonia Esquivel SoniaEsquivel@sd54.org Asst. Principal: Debbie Ancona DebbieAncona@sd54.org Main Phone: (847) Absentee Line: (847) (must call by 9am EACH DAY your student will be absent) MacArthur Website: School District 54 Website: District 54 s Virtual Backpack: In This Issue Additional Announcements Monthly Calendar Goodies With Grandparents Read-A-Thon Reading Calendar Chipotle Fundraiser

2 PTA Meeting Winner Thank you to everyone who came to our October meeting! Everyone who came was entered into a free drawing. Our winner Erica Kral will get a VIP experience at movie night on November 7th. PTA Membership Come join the MacArthur PTA! Individual entry is $6 and $12 for a family membership. Membership forms are in the school office. Chipotle Fundraiser SAVE THE DATE! Dinner plans made easy! Join us for a once a year fundraiser at CHIPOTLE November 20th 5:00pm-9:00pm! Chipotle will donate 33% of sales to MAC! Be sure to show the flyer or mention the fundraiser to the cashier! Thank you for your continued support! Go Toros! Chipotle located at 15 E Golf Rd, Hoffman Estates (Golf & Roselle) UPCOMING READ-A-THON November is National Literacy Month and what a better way to celebrate reading than by having a Read-A-Thon! Keep an eye out for more information for our first ever school wide Read-A-Thon, happening November 13th- November 27th. We are excited to try something new as a school community. So, keep a look out for more information soon!

3 Halloween Parties We are very excited about our Halloween parties coming up! Our party planners have been hard at work planning fun-filled parties for our Toros! Thank you to all our planners, helpers & donors! Reflections Deadline Next Week Did you know that October is National Arts & Humanities Month? The PTA Reflections program is a wonderful way to help your child celebrate their creativity through art, music, dance, writing, film or photography. This year s theme, Heroes Around Me, calls for your child s own unique interpretation through the arts. Stop by the office today to pick up an entry form. All submissions and entry forms are due to the office by Friday, November 2 nd. For inspiration, visit the Reflections virtual art gallery and learn more about prizes and scholarships at PTA.org/Reflection. If you have additional questions, contact Heather Gondek at Heather.Gondek@gmail.com.

4 Oct/ Nov 2018 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sat/Sun /4 Halloween Parade 1:00-1:15 Parties 1:15-2: No School /11 Picture Day Retakes /18 Goodies with Grandparents 8:00-9:15 a.m / /2 Nov/ Dec 2018 Tuesday is Money Day Please send money in only on Tuesday. Please remember to send all PTA payments SEPERATELY for different committees!! (Hot lunch, hot dogs, nachos, etc. these are all separate payments in separate envelopes marked appropriately!) Ice Cream Day Ice Cream will be sold on Tuesday for.75 cents during lunch for those students who have turned in a signed permission slip.

5 Goodies with Grandparents Friday, November 16 Come enjoy a light breakfast with your grandparent(s) and have them visit your classroom. Breakfast in the gym 8:00 am 8:30 am & classroom visit 8:30 am 9:15 am Yes!! My Grandparent(s) and I would love to come to Goodies with Grandparents! Student Names: Room # Number of Grandparents: Kindly return by Monday, November 13 in an envelope marked GRANDPARENTS *We make every attempt to be peanut free, but be aware that some items are processed in plants where peanuts are present. Desayuno con los Abuelos Viernes, 16 de noviembre Ven y disfruta de un desayuno ligero con tus abuelitos y visita el salón de clase. De 8:00 8:30 es el desayuno en el gimnasio & de 8:30 9:15 es la visita a la clase. Sí! Mis Abuelos y yo asistiremos al Desayuno de Abuelitos! Nombre de estudiante (s): Salón # Cuantos Abuelitos Asistirán: Entregue esta forma para el lunes, 13 de noviembre en un sobre marcado ABUELOS *Hacemos todo lo necesario para tener alimentos libres de nueces, pero tome en cuenta que algunos productos pueden ser procesados en plantas donde hay nueces presentes.

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7 READING CALENDAR How many minutes do you read in a month? Write down the number of minutes on the calendar. At the end of the month, turn your calendar into your teacher to get a reward! Student Name: Grade: Room #: Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Weekly Total Total del Mes Please note: Kindergarten Sixth Grade: 300 minutes required = 15 minutes for 5 days per week. Parents, reading to non-readers also counts. Keep track of minutes read to your child!

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