Mathathon

Longfellow School is participating in the Mathathon again to help raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.  Over the past 6 years in which we have participated, Longfellow has raised a grand total of $35,474.26!  If you would like your child to participate in the mathathon by doing fun, math problems, please sign and return the consent form by Friday, Dec. 14th to Ms. Smith.  Indicate on the consent form if you would like your child to receive a printed funbook or do the problems online. If you choose a printed funbook, they will be delivered before winter break. If you do the work online, you can set up an online account and start anytime.   Depending on how much money students raise, they may win prizes. (Please see consent form for the list or prizes.)  Regardless of how much students raise, they will earn 1 bear necessity for participating. The class with the most money raised will win 10 bear necessities per student! All money is due by Friday, Jan. 25th so students have all of winter break to participate and collect money.  If you have any more questions, please email Ms. Smith at esmith@op97.org or visit www.mathathon.org.

 

Box Top Competition

Send in those Box Tops!  Homerooms are competing to see who can bring in the most Box Tops for Education.  Thank you to those of you who have already sent those in!  The PTO has set a goal of $500.  The competition deadline is December 7, but the Box Tops are ALWAYS accepted.

Game Day Tomorrow!

Students have been hearing about Game Day on our daily announcements.  As a reward for all their positive behavior over the past trimester, Longfellow will have a school-wide Game Day.  Students are welcome to bring their favorite inside games to school: card games, dice games, board games.  (Please no Pokemon cards or electronic games.)  They should know how to play the game and can hopefully teach others.  We'll play games in our classroom for about a half hour in the morning.

Turkey Instructions

Save this turkey! Disguise Tom Turkey in hopes of avoiding being caught for Thanksgiving Day dinner. Feel free to use any items you find in your home to create your turkey's disguise. Some suggestions for disguising the turkey may be: another animal, a superhero, a pilgrim, or a character from a book. Please return these turkeys by Tuesday, November 20th. Good luck! I can’t wait to see your great ideas!

Sports Poetry Event

Magic Tree Bookstore is hosting a Sports Nuts and Poetry Fans Event.  Join Heidi Bee Roemer and her Poetry Team U.S.A for a fun hour of sports poems, prizes, and fun surprises.  The event will be held this Saturday, November 17 at 1:00 PM at Magic Tree Bookstore.
For more information visit http://www.op97.org/digital-ackpack/documents/ChildrensBookParty.pdf

Way to Go Longfellow!

Congratulations! About a week ago, The Sun Times released their rankings of schools based on the schools’ average scores on state achievement tests.
• Longfellow ranked 80 out of 2,202 elementary schools.
• The next ranked Oak Park Elementary School was Mann (98 out of 2,202)
• The web site to explain how The Sun Times rank the schools is http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/8455887-418/how-we-ranked-schools.html
• The web site with Longfellow’s rank is http://fh.suntimes.com/reportcards/results/index/489
• The web site to search any school is http://fh.suntimes.com/reportcards/

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Principal Dolezal and her family!  She, her husband Scott, and their daughter Sophia, welcomed Maxwell into their family yesterday!  He is 7 weeks old already!
Assistant Principal Val Helm is the best person to contact with many school issues as Angela's presence here will be sporadic until after winter break.

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic book order forms went home today. If you do not wish to order, no problem. If you would like to order books, please complete the form by Tuesday, November 27. You can either order online with a credit card, or send the form back to me with a check made out to Scholastic.  We earn a free book for the classroom library every time a parent places an order online.
https://orders.scholastic.com/G8Q66  Click on "register now."
Class Activation Code: G8Q66 

•SELECT the books you’d like to order—choose from thousands of titles—many more than in the flyers.

•SEND your order to me online by the due date and your child’s books will be delivered directly to my classroom. Ordering online is fast, easy, and secure.

 

If your books are a surprise, please let me know and we can arrange a time for you to pick them up.  Otherwise, I will send them home with your kindergartener.