The Eagle Express

Dear Sward Families,

Students will be coming home with a few red paper bricks. If you are not new to Sward, you will know what this signifies by just one look. For those of you that are new to Sward, these paper bricks will be crafted into our Veteran Wall of Honor for Veterans Day. This wall allows us to honor and pay respect to all of the veterans that are a part of our Sward Community.

Please complete these bricks and return them to school if you have veterans in your family as we would like to honor them. If you need additional bricks, please reach out to the Sward main office at (708)423-7820 and we will send additional bricks home with your child.

Sincerely,

Suzanne Amra

Sward School Principal

Sward and District 123 are dedicating the week to being extra kind! Each year, on Unity Day, we come together to share a powerful message and pledge to be Bully Free. District 123 has a week long set of themed days to correlate with Unity Week:

Mon, Oct 16 - Hats off to being bully free! Wear a hat today!

Tue, Oct 17 - We are dreaming of a kind world. Wear pajamas today!

Wednesday, Oct 18 - Wear orange today as we pledge to be bully free!

Thu, Oct 19 - We may like different sports, but we are all on "Team Kind". Wear your favorite sports shirt today!

Fri, Oct 20 - We support each other. Wear your school spirit wear today!

Mark your calendars, our Taffy Apples are arriving soon! Pick up will be at Sward on Thursday, October 19th, from 4pm - 6pm.

Just a friendly reminder to please remember to turn in your child's classroom party money.

It time for our Annual Pumpkin Decorating Contest! The Sward PTA wants you to show your creativity and decorate a fun pumpkin to share with all. Please check your child's "Take Home Tuesday" folder, information and guidelines went home today.

Sward's Fall Drama Club is in need of mismatched socks to be used as costumes, props, and set pieces in their production of "The Case of the Missing Socks." We know most of our households out there have a bag, box or bin of mismatched socks at home. Give up trying to find the match and let your socks star in a play instead. We'll take any size, any design, any color. They don't have to be new, but they do have to be clean. Bring your socks in and drop them in the box outside of the library ASAP.

Costume Guidelines for October 31

Costume time is coming quickly. Please be aware of the Halloween costume guidelines:

• Tuesday, October 31 is a HALF DAY OF SCHOOL. Students will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. There will be no lunch served at school on 10/31/23.

• Students are allowed to wear their costumes to school in the morning. All hairstyles must be completed at home (no sprays allowed at school).

• Costumes of a violent nature are not allowed. Students may not carry weapons- either play or real- as props to their costumes. No roller skates or rollerblades, no sharp metal items, no full face masks.

• All students are encouraged to participate in the school’s “parade of costumes” at 9:30. If outside, we will make a complete lap around the entire block of the school. Visitors will be able to stand anywhere around the outside of the building as long as the sidewalk is free for children to walk. Friends and family are welcome to attend. For security reasons, visitors must follow the same costume rules as the students. If the weather does not cooperate with us and we can not parade outside, we will have a "reverse parade." I will make sure to send out inclement weather communication to parents that the outdoor parade has been canceled. I will be creating a video of the children which will then be emailed out to our families so everyone will be able to enjoy the costumes.

• Students will be required to take off a full-face mask if they have brought one to school with their costume.

Van Gogh picture orders were sent home today. If you did not receive photos and think you ordered, please call the office: 708-423-7820

If you still would like to order pictures please go to:

ordervgil.com - click on: After Picture Day-enter code:TJM3F7NS

Retake/Absentee pictures are Thursday, October 26th.

We need volunteers to help run the Swagle store each month. Each month the kids will get to trade-in their hard earned Eagle Feathers and buy things from the Swaggle Shop. We need lots of parents to help us with this. The kids work so hard to earn their feathers and they love to see parents when they shop at the store. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you, your help is truly appreciated!

SIGN UP HERE

• Friday, October 20- Mother-Daughter Fall Event
• Thursday, October 26 - Fall Picture Retakes
• Tuesday, October 31 - Halloween Parade, Early Dismissal
• November 7th-9th - Book Fair

Email: samra@d123.org
Website: d123.org/sward
Phone: 708-423-7820
Twitter: @SuzanneAmra

Website: d123.org/sward
Location: 9830 Brandt Avenue, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-7820
Twitter: @d123sward