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FRY ELEMENTARY FRY ELEMENTARY HOME OF THE FOXES APRIL 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE From Lori McSpadden Happy Spring! The arrival of April hopefully means the arrival of rising temperatures. It also means the arrival of Spring Fling. This year we invite you to Blast Off with us on April 25 th . Spring Fling is not only a night for the kids to have fun and build lifelong memories at Fry but also an important fundraiser for the PTA. We once again have our fun carnival games, tattoos, makeovers, inflatables and the super delicious cake walk. Speaking of super delicious, we would like to thank Jet's Pizza, TCBY and Nothing Bundt Cakes for their support to our Spring Fling this year. And last but certainly not the least, we will have another fabulous raffle. Your child's classroom basket theme is attached in this newsletter. We would really appreciate your generous support of the baskets. We also have some great raffle and silent auction items from businesses such as: Chicago Bills Golf, Walt Disney World, Biaggi's, Wine Styles, Learning Express, Just Game Time Camp, Jimmy's Grill, Kicks Shoes, Glam & Glitz, Whole Foods, Bear Paddle Swim, Blingaling Designs, Naperville Running Company, Music Suite, Occasions and Meatheads. How can you help to make Spring Fling a success? 1. Volunteer: We need over 100 volunteers to make the night a success. Please go to www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0948A5AE2BA75-fryelementary to sign up for a shift! 2. Cake walk items: Please drop off candy or baked goods the day of Spring Fling (4/25) during kids pick up and drop off. The more treats we get, the more winners we have! 3. Pre-order your food and tickets: This not only keeps you from waiting in ticket lines at the event, but it also helps us to order food and prizes appropriately. 4. Donate: If you would like to donate a raffle item, sponsor a part of Spring Fling or if you know a business owner interested in either of these options, please contact me at [email protected]. We cannot thank you enough for your enthusiastic and generous support of Spring Fling. It’s you, our awesome Fry families, that make all of the PTA programs possible. From Mr. Younce and Fry News Teacher Spotlight Accolades! Accolades! Spring Fling Baskets Plunge into Fitness Lego Engineering ILLINOIS 5ESSENTIALS Have you taken the Parent Survey? 1. Visit Parent Survey 2. Type DuPage as "County." 3. Type your school's name into the "School" field and select your school. Calendar @ a Glance Tue. Apr 15 th IPPA PTA Meeting 7pm Wed. Apr 16 th PTA Market Day Fri. Apr 18 th No School Wed. Apr 23 rd All Pro Dads Breakfast Wed. Apr 23 rd Chorus/ Orff Performance 6:30 pm Fri. Apr 25 th PTA Meeting Fri. Apr 25 th Spring Fling Thu. May 1 st Volunteer Appreciation Tea
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FRY ELEMENTARY
FRY ELEMENTARY
HOME OF THE FOXES APRIL 2014 INSIDE THIS ISSUE
From Lori McSpadden
Happy Spring! The arrival of April hopefully means the arrival of rising temperatures. It also means the arrival of Spring Fling. This year we invite you to Blast Off with us on April 25th. Spring Fling is not only a night for the kids to have fun and build lifelong memories at Fry but also an important fundraiser for the PTA. We once again have our fun carnival games, tattoos, makeovers, inflatables and the super delicious cake walk. Speaking of super delicious, we would like to thank Jet's Pizza, TCBY and Nothing Bundt Cakes for their support to our Spring Fling this year. And
last but certainly not the least, we will have another fabulous raffle. Your child's classroom basket theme is attached in this newsletter. We would really appreciate your generous support of the baskets. We also have some great raffle and silent auction items from businesses such as: Chicago Bills Golf, Walt Disney World, Biaggi's, Wine Styles, Learning Express, Just Game Time Camp, Jimmy's Grill, Kicks Shoes, Glam & Glitz, Whole Foods, Bear Paddle Swim, Blingaling Designs, Naperville Running Company, Music Suite, Occasions and Meatheads.
How can you help to make Spring Fling a success?
1. Volunteer: We need over 100 volunteers to make the night a success. Please go to www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0948A5AE2BA75-fryelementary to sign up for a shift!
2. Cake walk items: Please drop off candy or baked goods the day of Spring Fling (4/25) during kids pick up and drop off. The more treats we get, the more winners we have!
3. Pre-order your food and tickets: This not only keeps you from waiting in ticket lines at the event, but it also helps us to order food and prizes appropriately.
4. Donate: If you would like to donate a raffle item, sponsor a part of Spring Fling or if you know a business owner interested in either of these options, please contact me at [email protected].
We cannot thank you enough for your enthusiastic and generous support of Spring Fling. It’s you, our awesome Fry families, that make all of the PTA programs possible.
From Mr. Younce and Fry News
Teacher Spotlight
Accolades! Accolades!
Spring Fling Baskets
Plunge into Fitness Lego Engineering
ILLINOIS 5ESSENTIALS
Have you taken the Parent Survey?
1. Visit Parent Survey 2. Type DuPage as "County."
3. Type your school's name into the "School" field and select your school.
Calendar @ a Glance
Tue. Apr 15th IPPA PTA Meeting 7pm
Wed. Apr 16th PTA Market Day
Fri. Apr 18th No School
Wed. Apr 23rd All Pro Dads Breakfast
Wed. Apr 23rd Chorus/ Orff Performance 6:30 pm
Fri. Apr 25th PTA Meeting
Fri. Apr 25th Spring Fling
Thu. May 1st Volunteer Appreciation Tea
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From the desk of Mr. Younce
This newsletter marks the start of
our spring season at Fry – the last
quarter of the school year is
underway and warmer weather is
right around the corner! We have
had a great year at Fry thus far and
look forward to continuing to engage
and challenge our amazing students
to surpass expectations.
Keep in mind as the weather warms that more of our students will be walking, biking and rolling to school. The car line will diminish greatly
(pause for a collective roar of excitement there) and the overall energy level at school will increase after the long winter season. Please remind your children of your parental expectations for how they arrive and leave from school. Keep in mind that bikes and scooters should be locked to the bike racks to avoid theft. Also remember that parent-initiated changes to student dismissal often confuse the children – please try to keep dismissal patterns as consistent as possible. Warm weather often means that more family dogs make the walk to school with parents. Please be sure to keep you dogs leashed and under absolute control at all times, as not all children share an equal love of furry four-legged friends…
Finally, we are still in the midst of the 5Essentials Survey window. In order for our school data to be made public we need 30% of our families to participate in the survey. At this writing we are approaching that number, but we’d love to have your input nonetheless as we prepare for the future. Be sure to check out the many emails sent from Fry during the month of March for details on taking the survey.
Here’s to a great spring at Fry!
Spring Picture Day
Spring Picture Day is Tuesday, April
15th. If you signed up through the Gifts
of Time to volunteer for the event,
please look out for an email from Simki
Patel in early April for details. There are
more volunteers than needed but we will do our best to
accommodate as many volunteers as we can.
We are excited to announce that the entire school will
participate in a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math)
Exploration. These
explorations are
workshops that will
provide the children
with a STEM
related, hands-on
experience. Presenters include Fry staff and parents,
volunteers from the community, High Touch High Tech of
Chicagoland, Bricks 4 Kidz, Engineering for Kids, and
Mathnasium of Naperville.
We have two separate days for STEM and the students
are grouped into two grade levels per program:
Thursday April 10th: 12:45 - 1:45 p.m. - Second and
Third grade
Thursday April 10th: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. - Kindergarten and
First grade
Thursday April 17th: 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. - Fourth and Fifth
grade
The PTA has generously funded this hands on, enriching
experience, and the students and staff are eagerly
awaiting the STEM Explorations.
If you have any questions or are interested in assisting a
presenter, please feel free to contact Mrs. Jeanne
Gerdisch @ [email protected].
From Mr. Younce and Fry News
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
Mini Workshops
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TEACHER SPOTLIGHT
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Reflections
We are pleased to announce that Karina Kopacz (1K) has advanced to the National level in the PTA Reflections art competition. This is the first time a Fry student has made it to the National level. Her entry was in the Video Production titled, "Spirit of the American Navy". Congratulations Karina!
Two students have received Honorable Mention at the State Level:
Sajed Aziz (5D) for his photography entry titled, “Believe, Dream, Inspire”.
Yash Chitambar (2M) for his musical composition titled, "Jumpy Dance".
Congratulations to these students and to all of the students who participated this year in the Reflections program.
Econ Illinois Economic Concepts Poster Contest
We are pleased that two of our students have been selected for state recognition in the 2013-14 Econ Illinois Economic Concepts Poster Contest. This year, more than 3,800 students from nearly 70 schools illustrated their understanding of concepts like producers & consumers and goods & services in five regional contests. The top 24 entries from each regional competition were submitted for judging in a state-wide competition. From these entries, twelve state winners were selected, along with twelve honorable mention entries. The top twelve winning drawings will be featured in a 2014-15 school-year calendar.
A list along with images of the twelve State Winners and State Honorable Mention entries will soon be posted on Econ IL’s web site at: http://www.econed-il.org/icee/econposter_winners.shtml. Awards will be distributed during the months of April-May. Student Grade Concept Award Rithik Thekiniath Grade 2 : Goods & Services State Winner
Jayden Lahoti Grade 2 : Producers & Consumers State Honorable Mention
Spring Fling
.
Raffle and Silent Auction
Special Thanks
Accolades! Accolades!
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
When: April 25th
Time: 6 – 8:30pm
Carnival games Fun slides Makeovers
Tattoos Live entertainment
Cake walk Photo lounge
Themed basket raffle
Chicago Bill’s Golf Walt Disney World
Biaggi’s Wine Styles
Learning Express Just Game Time Camp
Jimmy’s Grill Kick Shoes
Glam & Glitz Whole Foods
Bear Paddle Swim Blingaling Designs
Naperville Running Company Music Suite Occasions Meatheads
Jets Pizza
TCBY Nothing Bundt Cakes
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Come blast off your evening with us.
More than 100 volunteers needed. Please sign up for a shift at: www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0948A5AE2BA75-fryelementary
Baked items will be collected during morning drop-off and afternoon pick-up times. If you are in the car line, please stay in your car and we will collect the items from you.
Send in donations at the earliest. Baskets will be on display in the LMC.
Important: Pre-order Food and Tickets.
It helps us plan and saves you time.
Pre-order forms will be sent in the back packs.
K Alley
Disney Fun (Any Disney themed item or Disney Store gift card)
3 Jenkins Girl’s Beauty Basket (Lotion, body gels, makeup,
hair accessories, lip gloss, nail polish or Bath and
Body Works gift cards)
K Jacobs
Arts and Crafts (Rainbow Loom, Crayola products,
colorful Duct Tape, paints, Play-dough, etc…)
3 Yocum Restaurant Gift Cards (Gift cards to any local
restaurant)
K Yore
Toy Store (Any toy or toy store gift card, such as
Toy’s R Us, Learning Express, Target, Walmart, etc…)
4 Horton Beats Headphones (Monetary donations towards a
pair of Beats Headphones)
1 Biehl
Girl’s Lego Basket (Any girl-themed Lego product) 4 Schapen Mother’s Day Gift Card Basket (gift cards to Mom’s
favorite stores: Nordstrom, Macy’s, Hot Mama, Ootra,
Glam and Glitz, Lululemon, Ulta, Bath and Body
Works, etc…)
1 Kulak
Summer Fun (Beach towels, sunscreen, squirt guns, slip and slides, sidewalk chalk, water balloons, sand and pool toys, goggles, etc…)
4 Przybyla Beats Headphones (Monetary donations towards a pair of Beats Headphones)
1 Schroeder
Sweet Treats (Any sweet treats and candy or gift cards to TCBY, Yogurt Beach, Oberweis, Cold Stone Creamery, Dun kin Donuts, Dimples Donuts, Candy Factory, etc…)
4 Tripp Sports Accessories (Nike Elite Socks, UnderArmour Socks, Gatorade water bottles, Gatorade chews, Dick’s or Sport’s Authority gift cards, etc…)
1 Silagi
Amazon Gift cards (Amazon gift cards in any
denomination)
4 Zion Let’s Go to the Movies (Family themed DVD’s,
candy, popcorn, AMC or Hollywood Palms gift cards)
2Kuhlmann
Family Fun Night (Board games, card games, etc…) 5 Chen Apple I-pad (Monetary donations towards an Apple I-
pad)
2 McClure
Kindle (Monetary donations towards the purchase of
a Kindle)
5 Dugger Apple I-pad (Monetary donations towards an Apple I-
pad)
2 Mongeli Boys Lego Basket 5 Gerdisch I-tunes (I-tunes gift cards)
3 Dangler Fun with Reading (Any new books or gift cards to book stores such as Anderson’s, Barnes and Noble and Amazon)
5 Miller Apple I-pad (Monetary donations towards an Apple I-
pad)
3 Gletty Chicago Sports Teams (Blackhawks, Bulls, Bears, White Sox or Cubs themed items)
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Plunge into Fitness: Logs due by April14th
Students can earn a free weekday pass to Raging Waves Water Park this summer simply by logging the exercises they do every day – walking, biking, playing team sports, swimming, skateboarding, jumping rope etc.
Students: Color in one item on the fitness log for every 30 minutes that you exercise. After you have completed 25 hours of exercise, turn in your log to your teacher by April 14th. Don’t forget the parent signature!
The free weekday pass to Raging Waves will be given out by the end of May.
Any questions, please contact Mrs. Gerdisch via e-mail: [email protected]
Plunge into Fitness
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
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Plunge into Fitness Log
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
Friday, April 25, 201
9:30 am
From the Office: Information for our New Fry FamiliesFriday, September 27, 2013
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Lego Engineering - After School STEM Club: Bricks 4 Kidz offers hands-on, interactive and engaging
curriculum that introduces students to STEM concepts and mechanics using LEGO® bricks, gears, axles and motors. The
program provides children the opportunity to build motorized models using proprietary model plans and kits. Bricks 4 Kidz
is starting it's next session at Fry April 17th - May 22nd (6 weeks) from 3:30-4:30pm available to 1st - 4th graders. The
attached Bricks 4 Kidz flyer provides further details on the upcoming session and registration.
Lego Engineering Club
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
This is sponsored Information
From the Office: Information for our New Fry Families
PTA Newsletter
Nidhi Sethi
