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1 The District 271 School Bell News From Our District Paw Paw School District No. 271 November 2016 District Office Mr. Stan Adcock Superintendent COLD WEATHER APPROACHING Once again, just a reminder to parents that students need to dress warmly when coming to school. The students will be having their recesses outside when at all possible. Students need to be prepared for outside play. Students will not be allowed in the building before 7:55 a.m. Thank you for your cooperation. Parent/Teacher Conferences Parent/Teacher conferences will be held Wednesday, November 2nd and Thursday Nov. 3rd. Conferences will be conducted in 10 minute intervals beginning at 4:00 pm and concluding at 8:00 pm both days. Conference sheets will be attached to 1 st quarter report cards. If you would like to meet with your child s teacher, please fill out the form and return it to the school. Just a reminder that November 2nd and 3rd will be 2:00 p.m. dismissal! WINTER MUSIC CONCERTS The Jr. High and High School Band/Choral Concert will be held on Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. This year s K-5 Music Concert will be held on Wednesday, December 14, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM THE BOARD OF EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION AND STAFF! Next School Board Meeting: Monday, November 21, :00 PM Paw Paw Elementary School Room #9

2 Paw Paw Schools Little 10 Choral Festival The Little 10 Choral Festival will be held at Indian Creek on Tuesday, November 8 th at 7:00 pm. Approximately 150 choir members from area Little 10 schools will come together to perform for the community. Tickets are $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Jr. High and High School Volleyball comes to a close Congratulations to the 8 th grade volleyball team on a great season. The team finished with 1 st Place in conference play and 1 st Place in the Jr. 10 tournament. Nice work ladies!! At the Sandwich Sophomore Invitational Tournament held on Saturday, October 15 th, the F/S volleyball team took 4 th place. Congratulation, ladies. FIRST GRADE WINS PIZZA PARTY First Grade won a pizza party sponsored by the Paw Paw PTO for the highest participation during the Homecoming Spirit Week! Way to go, First Grade!! Thank you Paw Paw PTO! Meet the Bulldogs Come out and meet the students and coaches who will be part of Paw Paw High School Winter Sports. This event will take place on Friday, November 11th in the Paw Paw High School gymnasium starting at 6:00 p.m. GO BULLDOGS! Basketball Season Begins Join us for the excitement of basketball. The boy s junior high basketball season has begun. The first home game was October 20th, at 5:30 against Steward. You can look up the schedule for the Jr. High boys at The high school girls basketball team begins their season on Tuesday, November 15th at home against DePue with a game time of 5:30 p.m. The high school boys basketball team will kick off the basketball season in tournament play at Streator/Woodland. The first home game is set for Tuesday, November 29th against Crossroads. The students need your support. Join us for some exciting evenings. Check out the calendar on our website: for future games or pick up a sports schedule from the office. Mark your calendar The Jr. High/ High School fall sports awards ceremony is set for Wednesday, November 9th at 6:00 p.m.

3 Art Show Coming Soon! An art and hobby show is planned for March 11 th of next year. Art pieces will be collected from each project for K-5 students. If students are wondering why something wasn t returned to them, please remind them of the art show. In the end, everyone will have artwork displayed. Students in grades 6-12 will have artwork returned to them. In February, I will ask students to bring in one or two of their favorite pieces to display in the show. Everything will be returned to the students after the art show. Mrs. Surges, Art Teacher From the Elementary Library: Scholastic Book Fair November 7th 11th Elementary Wing Rm #9 8:00 am 4:00 pm STUDENT COUNCIL Student Council will be sending gift boxes to overseas military personnel. We will begin collections in November and if you would like to contribute or know the address of a former graduate who is serving abroad, contact Mrs. Jamroch. Blood Drive is November 28th from 2:00-6:00. Save a life and help a senior attend college. School Closing Due to Cold Whenever it is necessary to call off school or dismiss early, parents will be notified. As soon as it is determined that there will be no school or an early dismissal, a Robo Call will be sent out notifying all households by phone. Also, the local radio and television stations will be notified. It is important to make sure the contact phone number given to the school is updated! Also, an announcement will be made on the following radio and/or TV stations by 7:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. WGLC Mendota 1090 AM, FM WLBK DeKalb 1300 AM WDKB or WDEK DeKalb 94.9 FM WSPY Plano FM WRHL Rochelle 1060 AM; FM WTVO Channel 17 WIFR Channel 23 Rockford WREX TV Channel 13 Rockford this will be most Chicago TV stations Do not call the school office!! Our lines need to be free to call radio stations, bus drivers, staff, parents, etc. Please give your child advance instructions (or send a note to school to have on file) stating what to do if school is dismissed early. Consider a Plan B if Plan A fails. Your child s safety is our first priority, not only when ice/snow is a concern, but also during extremely cold temperatures. Dress your child/children appropriately for cold weather, whether riding a school bus, travelling by a car or walking to school. Remember, recess will be outside, weather permitting.

4 Honoring All Local Veterans The students and staff of Paw Paw Schools would like to invite our local veterans to a breakfast and ceremony to celebrate Veterans Day! We would also like to invite a spouse or friend, children and/or grandchildren to accompany each veteran. Please keep in mind that space is limited! Please RSVP to the High School office at An RSVP is not mandatory, but is appreciated! When: Friday, November 11th Where: Paw Paw Schools Schedule of Events: 7:45 a.m. Please join us for a delicious breakfast in the cafeteria 8:20 a.m Assembly in the High School Gym 9:00 K-5 Assembly in the JH Gym If you have any questions regarding our Veterans Day activities, please contact Shannon Wiercinski at ext 246 or swiercinski@2paws.net

5 BERGSTROM STATELINE QUIZ BOWL RETURNS OCTOBER 15 Popular Half-Hour Television Show to Air for 32-straight Weeks ROCKFORD, Illinois (October 12, 2016) Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl is back! The popular half-hour television show kicks off its 32-week-run with a Season Three Preview show Saturday, October 15, at 6:30pm on WTVO Channel 17 and Sunday, October 16, at 9:30pm on WQRF FOX 39. Gameplay begins October 22 when back-to-back Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl champions Auburn High School square off against NIC-10 rival Rockford East High School. Eyewitness News anchor Eric Wilson will serve as the show s host, testing the knowledge of an estimate 270 students from 32 local high schools. WTVO/WQRF created the Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl to increase awareness of the importance of education in Northern Illinois and to highlight, challenge and reward the community s best and brightest students. All the teams participating will compete for the chance to win tens-ofthousands of dollars in scholarships to Northern Illinois University. As we enter Season Three, the show continues to grow in scope and interest among viewers and the business community, says Kelly Lattimer, VP/General Manager of WQRF-TV, which provides services to WTVO-17 and produced the program. Regardless of whether people have kids in school or not, they are watching and playing along every week. We ve even heard people are having viewing parties. Creating good content that connects and resonates with viewers matters greatly to us as broadcasters serving a local community, especially at a time when people can get whatever they want, whenever they want, wherever they want. It proves that people will still tune in to watch locallyoriginated programming that offers value to the viewer and business owner. And this show is doing exactly that. The show would not be possible without the continued support from partners Bergstrom Inc. and Northern Illinois University as well as other local sponsors committed to improving educational opportunities for students in the Stateline area. Bergstrom Inc., a Rockford-based global company and leading designer/manufacturer of cab climate systems for commercial trucks, off-highway machines, military and other specialty vehicles signed on as the title sponsor of the Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl prior to the first season and is excited about the future of the show. Paw Paw will be on the following times on the listed stations: Dec. 24th 6:30 p.m. WTVO-channel 17; Dec. 25th Sunday 8:30 a.m. Rockford s My TV Sunday 9:30 p.m. on channel WQRF-39 Bergstrom Stateline Quiz Bowl will air three times per week: WTVO-17: Saturdays at 6:30pm WQRF-39: Sundays at 9:30pm MyNetworkTV-17.2: Sundays at 8:30am

6 Students of the Month SEPTEMBER Kindergarten, Mrs. Stahl Sam Herendeen 1st Gr., Mrs. Gudmunson Raegan Ickes 2nd Gr., Mrs. Kreiser Caleb Crumpton 3rd Gr., Mrs. Moorehead Lukas Johnston 4th Gr., Mrs. LeMat Palomas Cardenas 5th Gr., Ms. Kent Paige Williams

7 Pink Night October 13th PPHS Volleyball Team hosted their 6th Annual Pink Night on October 13th. ACTS Booster group planned and ran the event on behalf of the team. The event was a huge success thanks to the players, volunteers, students, teachers and community involvement. The evening started with our Basket Raffle sales at 5:15. We had 22 baskets donated from the community businesses and 2 businesses provided cash donations. Our donors ranged from local businesses to our High School classes and groups. The baskets were amazing and brought in a large part of the overall funds raised. We sold t-shirts and sugar cookies in the shape of a Pink Ribbon during the event, as well. Around 5:30, the introduction of the survivors began. We had four that joined us for the evening. We completed introductions of our special guests and they joined the team introduction for the JV game before settling in to watch the match. During the match we invited our spectators to write on the Honor Wall that the K-12 Art classes created with the guidance of Mrs. Surges, Art Teacher. The Honor Wall received many compliments and when the special messages and additional names were added to it, it was inspiring to see. Senior Night was tucked into this time period to honor our two senior girls, Deona Collins and Ola Soto. We then moved into announcing who won the competition that we have every year amongst the volleyball players. This year they divided into two teams. The senior girls each captained a team and went head to head in a competition to see who could sell the most Pink Volleyballs. These are printed forms that the girls sell for $1 each and ask purchasers to write their name on them to show their support. The teams together sold $546. Team Deona was the winner of the competition with $326. The winning team will receive cookie cake, which was their choice of prize! After this announcement, the players lined up to present the survivors with a pink rose from each of them. The survivors were presented with 13 roses during the ceremony. After this touching presentation honoring our amazing survivors, the Varsity players were announced and the Survivors were able to be a part of the team and provide high fives and hugs! As the varsity match got underway, the winners of the baskets were pulled and very happy winners came out to the hallways to claim their prize. Overall for the event we are making a donation of $ to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for a Cure out of Chicago. This is the largest donation we have made in the six years the event has been going. ACTS would like to make special thanks to the teachers for their contribution, all the businesses, individuals, groups and classes that donated baskets this year. We were so pleased and grateful for the donations! The players role in the fundraising was very well done. And, of course, thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket, t-shirt or cookie! This was truly a community effort for a great cause.

8 NOVEMBER MENU 1% white/non-fat choc milk available at all lunches Menu subject to change due to availability and school closings Gr. K-6-$2.20 Gr $2.45 Adults $2.75 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Corn dog on stick Taco salad with chips Grilled cheese sand. Rib on a bun French fries Meat, cheese, lettuce Tomato soup Tri tator Pears Orange 2 Carrots/p. butter Green beans Juice box 1 Peanut butter cookie Mandarin oranges 3 Grapes 4 Chicken tenders Creamed turkey over Pizza Hamburger on a bun Brd. pork on bun French fries Mashed potatoes Lettuce salad Tator tots Savory fries Juice box Corn Pineapple Baked beans Carrots/p. butter Peaches 7 Pumpkin bars 8 Choc chip cookie 9 Mandarin oranges 10 Pears 11 Corny dogs Cheese breadsticks Taco salad with meat Chicken patty on bun Hot ham & cheese /bun Tri tators Lettuce salad Chips, cheese, lettuce Savory fries Chips Baked beans Apple Orange Corn Carrots/p. butter Peaches 14 Brownie 15 Snickerdoodle 16 Juice box 17 Pears 18 Hamburger patty Spaghetti Mashed potatoes/gravy Lettuce salad/cheese NO NO NO Corn Applesauce cup SCHOOL SCHOOL SCHOOL Juice box 21 Breadstick 22 Thanksgiving Day Chicken tenders Pizza Taco salad with chips Mashed potatoes/gravy Lettuce salad Meat, lettuce, cheese Corn Pineapple Orange Juice box 28 Cake/frosting 29 Snickerdoodle 30 CALENDAR OF EVENTS NOVEMBER 1 4:30 PM JHBBB at Somonauk 2 2:00 PM Dismissal PM P/T Conferences 3 2:00 PM Dismissal PM P/T Conferences 3 4:30 PM JHBBB w/ Indian Creek 5 9:00 3:00 Craft Show, PP Jr. High Gym 5 10:00 AM JHBBB w/ AFC in HS Gym 7 4:30 PM JHBBB at HBR :00 4:00 Scholastic j Book Fair 9 6:00 PM HS & JH Fall Awards Ceremony 10 4:30 PM JHBBB w/ Earlville 11 4:30 PM JHBBB w/ Crossroads in HS Gym 11 6:00 PM Meet the Bulldogs-HS Gym 14 4:30 PM JHBBB w/ Somonauk 15 5:30 PM HSGBB w/ DePue 16 5:30 PM HSGBB with Rockford Christian Life (Varsity) 17 4:30 PM JHBBB at Indian Creek 18 Midterm of 2nd Quarter 18,19 JHBBB Lee Tip-Off Tournament: TBA 21 SCHOOL BOARD MEETING 7:00 PM 21,22,23, 26 HSBBB Varsity at Woodland Thanksgiving Tournament : TBA 22 4:30 PM JHBBB w/ DePue 23,24,25 Thanksgiving Break: NO SCHOOL 28 Return from Thanksgiving Break 28 2:00 PM Blood Drive 28 4:30 PM JHBBB at Leland 28 5:30 PM HSGBB w/ Somonauk 29 5:30 PM HSBBB w/ Crossroads 29 Midterms Reports sent home.

9 UPCOMING EVENTS November 2 Early Release 2:00 p.m.! Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. November 3 Early Release 2:00 p.m.! Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:00 pm-8:00 p.m. November 5 Craft Show-PP Chamber of Commerce 9-3 Jr High School Gym November 11 Veterans Day School in Session November 21 School Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. November 23 NO SCHOOL November 24 Begin Thanksgiving Break NO SCHOOL November 28 Return from Thanksgiving Break CRAfT SHOW AT Paw PAW JR. HIGH GYMnaSIUM When: Saturday, November 5, 2016 Time: 9:00 am 3:00 pm Hosted by: Paw Paw Chamber of Commerce! There will be new vendors! For more info, or to reserve a spot call Tammy Smith at Paw Paw Schools Memorial Wall A memorial wall has been established at the entrance of the High School. Its purpose is for families to remember loved ones who have attended Paw Paw Schools and for individuals who have an attachment to the schools and want to leave a lasting legacy. To remember loved ones or leave a legacy, paw prints with names can be purchased starting at $150. The paw prints with the names and years of life or graduating class year, will be prominently displayed on the wall. The money collected for the wall will be used for projects that are permanent. If you are interested in purchasing a paw print, contact Patty Torman at x228.