We hope each of you enjoyed seeing your child's classroom and areas in which your student is learning.Please consider joining the PTA. All of the links are listed in this weekly. Book fair will be the first week of October.

We are excited to share resources with our students about Hispanic Heritage Month. Students will complete activities in the classroom to celebrate.

Please use the link below to sign up to help with book fair. We will have multiple days where we need assistance. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20F0F4CAAA62FA5FD0-44435664-book

We will have a First Responders Night in Hometown on October 6th starting at 6pm. More details will follow.

Your child's score is posted in Skyward under Test Scores. If you have specific questions about your child's scores, please reach out to the teacher.

Our students will have a presentation on Monday, September 25th. Please see the letter attached. If you would like to opt your child out, please email Dr. Bencik.

Our first monthly family math challenge went home on Tueday September 4th, and we have already received some feedback and questions that we would like to clarify! As a reminder, these projects are designed to be open-ended, fun and engaging for the whole family with the goal of helping students recognize all the ways we use math in our everyday lives. There are many different ways to approach these projects and there is no right or wrong way, so be creative in how you approach the challenges.

Perhaps you could count steps, cars or houses walking to school, or use a timer to see how long the trip takes. Maybe you could create a map of your trip and look at different routes you could take to get to school. Look at a calendar and count how many days we are in school to consider how many lunches your student will eatlunches, or take a peek at the daily hot lunch offerings and decide how many your student likes and how many they do not like. Think about the sports or games your student plays. How do they sort teams, keep score, or track the amount of time alloted for the game? Finally, think about where we see math in other school subjects like in music, by keeping a beat or setting the tempo of a song. Think about how page numbers help us when reading a book. Consider how we use math to track the weather, decide which ingredients to use in a cake, or keep track of a collection. These are just a few ideas to get you started, but again, we just want to encourage your family to look at math in new ways!

Sneak preview...next month we will be designing a haunted house or your dream house, so you can start thinking about that early!

Please stop by our table outside the main office during the Open House tonight to say hello to Mrs. Fiinnegan and Mrs Malone, or if you can't make it tonighht, do not hesitate to contact us with any questions.

Kindergarten families please remember to turn in all physicals and immunizations.

Please make sure your child is coming to school with a charged chromebook.

Parents may NOT pull into the back parking lot to drop off or pick up students. You will be asked to move your vehicle. This parking lot is for staff only.

Please see the attached flyers to help your child's classroom receive a gaming afternoon.

This year we welcome a new 5th grade teacher,

Here are 5 fun facts about her!

1. I graduated from Saint Louis University in May!

2. I am the oldest sibling and have two younger sisters.

3. I have a Jack Russell terrier named Charlie.

4. I have never been out of the country before.

5. I am the oldest daughter, niece, and granddaughter on both sides of my family!

If you see Ms. Niedziela around, please say hello.

Four of our elementary schools (Covington, Hannum, Hometown, and Sward) have each won grants for two new water filling stations to replace our existing water fountains. As part of this grant, our students at each school will also receive toothbrushes and branded water bottles. This grant opportunity is sponsored by Delta Dental, to encourage school age students to drink more water in place of sugary drinks. More information on this grant opportunity is available here. Each bottle filler station is worth $2,500 (including installation), bringing the cumulative value of this grant to $20,000. Water bottles will be coming home within the next few weeks.

Email: abencik@d123.org
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @AmandaBencik

Website: d123.org/hometown
Location: 8870 S Duffy Ave, Hometown, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @d123hometown