B l o o m i n g t o n P u b l i c S c h o o l s D i s t r i c t 8 7

Inside this issue:

P/T Conference Times 2

Stevenson Safety 2

Principal Read 2

Battle of the Books 2

Flying Horse 3

ISU College Mentors 3

Nurse’s Notes 3

Sweaty Selfies 3

Patrols 3

Student Council 4

Square 1 Art 4

International Walk Day 5

Late Arrivals 5

Bookmobile Schedule 5

Birthday Reminder 5

Cafeteria News 5

Upcoming Events 5

Scholastic Book Fair 6

October Calendar 7

Bloomington Public Schools District 87—Dr. Barry Reilly, Superintendent

Board of Education: James Almeda, Brigette Beasley, Elizabeth Fox Anvick, Tammy Houtzel, Charles Irwin, Mark Wylie & MaryYount

P R I N C I PA L ’ S M E S S A G E : Parent teacher conferences will be held the week of October 23rd. Classroom teachers will invite parents to school to review their students’ achievements and successes the week of October 23rd. Our goal is to talk with EVERY Stevenson parent during conferences. Please make every effort to attend and participate. When you are in the building, stop at the office and say hello to Mrs. Jumper, Mrs. Pruett and myself. Hope to see you soon! Ms. Hansen

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STEVENSON ELEMENTARY

2106 Arrowhead

Bloomington, IL 61704

Phone: 663-2351

Fax: 827-3613

T I G E R T A L K

ST E V E N S O N E L E M E N TA RY

Stevenson

Tiger Traits

Be Safe

Be Respectful

Be Responsible

PBIS

M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S !

P A R E N T T E A C H E R

C O N F E R E N C E S

W E E K O F O C T O B E R 2 3

C O N F E R E N C E D A Y I S

F R I D A Y , O C T O B E R 2 7

Y O U R C L A S S R O O M

T E A C H E R W I L L B E

S E N D I N G A L E T T E R H O M E

F O R C O N F E R E N C E T I M E S .

We will be having our annual Fall Harvest Lunch on

October 13. We will have lunch outside, weather

permitting, with our students. We would like to

invite our parents to lunch.

Please mark your calendars.

Conference times for Art, Music, PE, Learning Center, Speech, Nurse

and the School Social Worker Ms. Nance / By appointment

Mrs. Halt/Music—By appointment

Mrs. Hahn/PE—By appointment

Ms. Picone/PE—By appointment

Mrs. Cottrell/Learning Media Center—By appointment

Mrs. McWilliams—By appointment

Ms. Zimmerman/Speech—By appointment

Mrs. Watson/Social Worker—By appointment

Ms. Henderson / EL—By appointment

Mrs. Thomas/EL—By appointment

Mrs. Mustard/Nurse—By appointment

Mrs. Hunt—By appointment

Mrs. Turner—By appointment

Mr. Allen—By appointment

Student Safety

Our circle drive is a very busy place at the beginning and end

of the school day. For the safety of all our students, here are

a few reminders.

Students are to enter and exit from the right side of the

vehicle. Please be patient and remain with your vehicle at

all times when in the circle drive. This will ensure traffic is

moving safely in a timely manner.

There is no right turn out of the circle drive during drop off

and pick up.

Students should not be picked up or dropped off in the

staff parking lot at the west side of the building. This

parking lot is for our school buses and daycare provider vans

only. You also need to be mindful of where you are parking

on the street.

Please do not park in the NO PARKING ZONES located near

the west parking lot. This is needed for our buses to enter

and exit safely.

Thank you for your cooperation!

Katy Hansen

Principal

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Battle of the Books Meeting

Our initial Battle of the Books meeting will be

Thursday, October 5, 3:15p-4:00p in

the Learning Center.

The only criteria for attending this meeting is

that you must have the parent commitment

form completed and returned.

See you there!

Principals Read

Please join Ms. Hansen at the Bloomington Public Library on

Tuesday, October 24 at 6:30pm.

Ms. Hansen will be reading stories to children at the library!

Come and enjoy!!

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ISU College Mentors Dates

10/2/17—Stevenson

10/9/17—-No School/No College Mentors

10/16/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

10/23/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

10/30/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

11/6/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

11/13/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

11/20/17—No College Mentors

11/27/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

12/4/17—Snack at Stevenson, then to ISU

FINAL WEEK FOR 1ST SEMESTER

Patrols

The 4th & 5th grade safety patrols are on the job! Our

group of patrols were selected and have started their

patrol duties. Patrols are positioned throughout the

school in the morning from 8:45a-9:05a and in the

afternoon from 3:10p—3:25p. They are there to help

Stevenson students to be safe, respectful and

responsible. Our morning patrols are Isabel, Jenna,

Shawn, Tavarrea, Aarijah, Abbie, Mae, Lilly, Sydney,

and Amiyah. Patrolling in the afternoon are AJ, Aliyah,

Maliyah, Sharini, Evan, Marion, and Eesha.

Flying Horse Winners

Open Topic What I Did This Summer

Ainsley W-3MW Skyler D—2MS

Blake A--3WW

Georgia S-3S

What I Like About School

Grace J—4CS

Emauri F-2MS

Eva B-2MS

Nurse’s Notes As we enter the influenza season, I would like to remind you of the guidelines for school attendance when students are ill. The 2017-2018

Bloomington Public Schools, District 87 Pre-K & Elementary Handbook (p. 35) outlines the times when children should not be in school. These

times include when students are experiencing:

- A temperature/fever within the last 24 hours

- Nausea/Vomiting or diarrhea within the last 24 hours

- Sore Throat/swollen glands

- A frequent or disruptive cough, excessive sneezing or other sign of an acute respiratory infection

- Chills/headache/acute cold/earache

- Watery discharge from nostrils or eyes.

- Any contagious illness such as “strep throat” that requires antibiotic therapy. Once a student has been fever free without the use

of fever-reducing medications and on antibiotics for 24 hours, he/she may return to school.

- Any undiagnosed skin rash/skin lesion. A student with a rash may attend school upon presenting a physician’s note stating the

rash is not contagious.

- Severe pain

- Pronounced lethargy or fatigue that interferes with participation in learning activities.

Also included in the handbook is the information for having medication at school (p.27). Remember, medication CANNOT be administered at

school without a note from the prescribing physician completed and on file at school. This includes OVER-THE-COUNTER and PRESCRIPTION

medications. Cough drops containing menthol and chapstick also require a note from the doctor.

For further information on the influenza type and season, please click on the link below.

http://www.cdc.gov/flu/

Thank you for helping us to have healthy children at school!

Kellee Mustard, RN, BSN

SWEATY SELFIES! Welcome back to a new school year! This year in PE, there is a wall dedicated to Sweaty Selfies. A Sweaty Selfie is a picture of you and your child during or after any type of movement. It can be you and your child, the whole family, your child and grandparent, etc. If you and your child are playing, exercising, or doing any type of movement, please take a selfie! Please send this picture to school with your child or email me at hahnl@district87.org so I can post the pictures on our wall for everyone to see. If you have any questions, please contact me at any time. I hope to have the entire wall covered with Sweaty Selfies! Thank you,

Mrs. Hahn

Stevenson Student Council

1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade

Aaliyah Caden Abi Nathan Alayna

Shay Maci Alex Lily Paige

Ben Lawson Adhrut Shawn Avery

Thelma Kaden Madi Marion

Skyler Blake Sydney Gwen

Ella Issaria Christina Ella

Welcome to another school year, Stevenson Tigers! As the student council coaches, we are very proud to

announce this year's student council representatives. These students were elected by their peers to attend

monthly meetings, assist with community service projects, and report important information to the students

and staff at Stevenson. Please take a moment to congratulate our leaders!

Visit our new Student Council website for updates throughout the year —

http://www.district87.org/domain/368.

Thank you!

Mrs. Brenwall & Mrs. Cottrell

I am excited to announce that we are working with Square 1 Art as a fundraiser for the art

program! In the coming weeks, your students will be creating art on special paper that I will

send away to Square 1 Art. They will send back a special catalog for each student that fea-

tures products with their art on it! When you purchase any of these items, you not only pre-

serve your students’ art, but you will also be supporting the schools art program.

For more information go to the art room blog at:

http://stevensonart.weebly.com

Look for “What is Square 1 Art”

Don’t Forget!! McTeacher’s Night is Oct. 17th from 5-7pm at

the McDonald’s in front of the new Dick’s Sporting Goods on

Empire!!! Teachers will be there working, and Ronald McDon-

ald will be there too!!!

Cafeteria News Friday, October 13th is our Stevenson Harvest

Pizza Day! Family and friends are invited to

have lunch with students, picnic style. Adult

lunches are $3.50 & children/siblings are

$2.60. We will be serving double stuffed crust

cheese pizza, milk, fresh fruit & veggies and a

fall cookie.

Bring your blankets or chairs and come enjoy

yourselves! The students love having company

at lunch! We look forward to seeing you!

Miss Char, Miss Susan, Miss Mary Kay & Miss

Laurie

U P C O M I N G E V E N T S

November 1 Moe’s Dine Out

7 PTO Mtg/Scrip Card Pickup

8 District 87 Board Mtg

8 Portillo’s Dine Out

10 Yankee Candle Fundraiser Ends

13-17 American Education Week

22,23,24 No School / Thanksgiving Break

Bloomington Public Library

Bookmobile

Below are October stops, dates and times:

Phillip Place @ Carl Dr.-Oct. 16 —7:15p-8:30p

Stevenson Parking Lot-Oct. 17—7:15p-8:30p

Old Farm Rd @Windmill–Oct. 2, 23 —7:15p-8:30p

Rainbow @ Vladimir-Oct. 4, 25—3p-4:15p

Waterford Estates Dr. @ Oakland-Oct. 9, 30—

3:30p-4:30p

Schedules can be picked up at the library.

Check out the library website:

www.BloomingtonLibrary.org

As a reminder, school starts promptly at 9:00a.

Instruction begins!! Late arriving students not only

disrupts their own learning, but also the students

in their classroom. Our school office closely

monitors tardies. If there is anything we can do for

you here at Stevenson Elementary to assist you in

getting your students on time to school please do

not hesitant to call Ms. Hansen or our school office

at 663-2351. Thank you.

L A T E A R R I V A L S /T A R D Y S T U D E N T S

International Walk to School Day

Looking for a healthy way to start

the day? Jump-start your morning

by walking with your child to school!!

Join in the celebration of

International Walk to School Day on

Wednesday, October 4, 2017.

Walking your child to school is a

great opportunity to help your child

learn and practice safe walking

skills! If you live too far from your

child’s school to walk, here is what

you can do: Drive part of the

distance, then park and walk the

rest of the way! Walk for fitness and

walk for fun!!

Birthday Celebration Reminder

Please contact your child’s teacher in advance if you are

sending treats for any occasion. Only individually wrapped

and non-edible items are permitted for class birthday

treats—no cupcakes, cakes, donuts, etc. will be accepted.

Also, invitations to parties cannot be

distributed at school . Thank you!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2

1p-KTB to Fire Station/Empire 3:30-ISU Mentors /Café only today

3 SCRIP Card Pickup 3:30p-Volleyball/ Gym 5p-Youth Sports Clinic/Gym 6p-PTO Board Mtg/LMC 6:30p-PTO Mtg/ LMC

4 8:20a-Student Council 11a-9p-Moe’s Dine Out

5 3:15p-4p-Batle of The Books Mtg/ LMC 5p-7p-Stevenson Parent Night

6 3:15p-Girls in the Game/Gym

7

8 9 No School

Columbus Day

10 11:45a-2:15p-3rd Gr. to David Davis Mansion 3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 5p-Youth Sports Clinic/Gym 6:15p-Girl Scouts/ Café

11 6:30p-D87 Board Mtg

12 3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 3:15p-Battle of The Books Mtg/ LMC 5p-Youth Sports Clinic/Gym

13 3:15p-Girls in the Game/Gym

14

15 16 3:15p-ISU College Mentors

17 3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 5p--Youth Sports Clinic/Gym 5p-7p—McTeacher’s Night

18

19 3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 3:15p-Battle of The Books Mtg/ LMC 5p-Youth Sports Clinic/Gym 6:30p-Boy Scouts/ Cafe

20 Teacher

Institute Day

No School For Students

End of 1st

Grading Period

21

22 23 3:15p-ISU College Mentors

24 3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 5p-Youth Sports Clinic/Gym 6:15p-Girl Scouts/Café 6:30p-Principal Reads—BPL

25 3:15p-SPARK & BOLD Book Fair-3:30p-5:30p 6:30p-D87 Board Mtg

26 Picture Retake Day

3:15p-Volleyball/ Gym 3:15p-Battle of the Books/LMC Book Fair-3:30p-5:30p 5p--Youth Sports Clinic/Gym Fall Fundraiser Begins

27 No School

Parent/ Teacher

Conferences

Scholastic Book Fair-8:30a-2p

28

29 30 3:15p-ISU College Mentors

31

Happy Halloween

STEVENSON CALENDAR OCTOBER 2017

Parent /

Teacher

Conference

Week

Oct. 23-27

Fire

Prevention

Week

Oct. 8-14