A Few Reminders...

• Turn in your Book It! calendars for December if you haven't already. If you ever lose a calendar, you can print any one off the internet.


• Tuesday is our day to check out books at the library. Today students "graduated" to the privilege of checking out two books. They cannot check out any books if another is overdue, so make sure to return them each week.


• Tuesday and Friday are our P.E. days. Don't forget gym shoes, especially on days when students wear boots to school. They may want to dress in layers, too, in case they get hot in the gym.


• You wouldn't guess it from the weather lately, but it IS winter. Make sure to dress appropriately for the weather. We go outside unless the temperature or windchill dip into the single digits. Label all your things!


• Please continue to bring a folder back and forth to school. If you lose yours or it is ruined, please replace it. Empty it at home each night.

A Reminder from Mrs. Patterson

Now that students are wearing boots to school, more often gym shoes are forgotten. Students need gym shoes to participate in P.E. Please help your children remember to bring their gym shoes on Tuesdays and Fridays for P.E.

Report Cards

I will not be in school tomorrow, so I am sending report cards home a day earlier than the rest of the school. The report card is yours to keep, but please sign the envelope and return it to school.

Field Trip this Friday!

Students are looking forward to the field trip this Friday! We leave at 10:30 which means we will miss the lunch hour here.

• Please bring a bag lunch with a drink. Hot lunch and milk will not be available.



• We will eat lunch at 10am.



• I highly recommend an afternoon snack as I'm sure students will be hungry by the time we return around 2pm.

OPRF Food Drive

The Student Council is sponsoring a PROTEIN and BABY & TOILETRY ITEM drive to benefit the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry. The students have set a goal of 1000 items.

The Food Pantry is asking for protein items such as peanut butter, canned meats, tuna, salmon and beans (canned or dry). In addition, baby items or toiletry items such as diapers, baby food, baby formula, bar soap, shampoo, and deodorant are needed. As always, any other items are acceptable as well.

Cash and checks are welcome, too.

Please bring items and/or money in by Friday, 12/16.

Empty Water Bottles

Our art teacher, Ms. Raia, is looking for discarded water bottles for an art project. Her preference is for POM juice bottles, but anything 16oz. or smaller will do. If you have them, just them here instead of to the recycling bin! Thank you!

Homework Hub at the OP Library

Shelley Harris is a children's librarian at Oak Park Public Library. They recently turned one of the study rooms into a Homework Hub for Oak Park kids through fifth grade. Their new computer has a touch screen and switch adapter and the following software:
Boardmaker
Earobics
Lexia
Typing Instructor for Kids
The room is also stocked with tri-write pencils, pencils with grips,raised line paper, white boards and workbooks for preschool through grade 5. Kids can sign up to use the room for up to two hours at a time if they (or a parent) have an Oak Park Public Library card. Parents can use the computer for Boardmaker if they have their child with them.