The Bear Necessities

First and foremost, I wanted to apologize for families not receiving my Take Home Tuesday last week. I made the mistake of sending it to staff and not families. My apologies.

Additionally, I would like to thank our PTA for putting together a SPOOK-TACULAR Book Fair last week. It was a huge success! We appreciate all you do for our students and school.

Lastly, we are beyond thrilled to announce that today our media center officially opened up for BEAR BOOK BUSINESS! We are going to be having a Grand Opening Event in November. Details will be coming soon.

Here's all you should know for the days ahead...

Red Ribbon Week

We love the participation of our Hannum Bears in this week's Red Ribbon Week festivities. This week we are highlighting the importance of living a healthy, drug-free life style. Here are the spirit days for the rest of the week:

Wednesday: Give Drugs the Boot~Wear Your Best Country Western Outfit!

Thursday: We have the Power to Say NO to Drugs~Wear a Superhero Shirt/Dress Like a Hero!

Friday: Bear Choose to be Drug/Bully Free~Wear Your Hannum Spirit Wear/School Colors!

PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention and Supports)

Our Trimester 1 Celebration will be taking place on Friday, November 17th. We are so excited to recognize our Bears for demonstrating our expected behavior. Last week, it was shared with all of the students that in order to participate in this celebration, they must meet our PBIS criteria:

• Students must have fewer than 3 Skyward Referrals.
• Students cannot have a suspension of any kind.
• Students should aim to have no missing assignments, but if they have 5 or more, they will be ineligible.
• If a student is not eligible to participate, they will be working on either goal setting activities or completing outstanding work during the celebration.

We wiped the slate clean from the beginning of the year until last Tuesday, October 17th. The new criteria will take place from 10/17 through the end of the trimester. Moving forward, we will start new at each trimester. We have no doubt that our students will rise to the challenge of meeting this criteria.

School Safety

One of the ways we can all work together to keep our school safe is to report any circumstances that could pose a threat to ourselves or others immediately to the office. Our staff takes these matters extremely seriously and the safety of our students and staff remains my top priority as a building leader. Students are receiving consequences such as detentions, in-school suspensions, and out-of-school suspensions for behavior that jeopardizes the health, safety, and welfare of others. We are stressing the importance of keeping our hands, feet, and bodies to ourselves because often times. We are also constantly reiterating the importance of reporting issues with peers it to a trusted adult. This will allow the adults to intervene in a timely matter and prevent larger situations from occurring. Please call at any time that you have a concern. It takes all of working together to provide a safe learning environment for our kids.

Safety Drills

Our bus evacuation drills are scheduled for November 3rd. I also wanted to share that we are going to running some unannounced drills throughout the year. This process will allow us to act on our feet and demonstrate flexible thinking.

Skyward Notifications

Parents/guardians have started receiving behavior referral notifications via Skyward. These notifications are sent to the email addresses that you have listed in Skyward. Teachers/Staff will still reach out to you to share information regarding any incidents that occur. This is just an added layer of communication.

Upcoming Halloween Celebrations

Below you can read more about how we plan to celebrate Halloween this year at Hannum School. The flyer was sent home last Tuesday with students to return with their classroom party money. Just a reminder to please send this in by October 27th. The flyer can be accessed below in case you are unable to locate it. Parents, do NOT send students to school with any props that are look-alike weapons.

District 123 Early Learning Center

We are opening up our early learning center in August of 2024. Check out the flyer below for more information.

District 123 BPAC Meeting

We are hosting a Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee Meeting on November 2nd. For more information, check out the flyers below.

Find Us On Social

If you are not following us on Twitter, we strongly encourage you to do so @d123hannum.

We use this social media platform to share our Hannum story. An example of what you will catch on our Twitter can be viewed below. Our Bears LOVED coming to the grand opening of our Bear Booth.

• Tuesday, October 31st: 11:30 Dismissal; 10:15 Classroom Parties
• Friday, November 3rd: Bus Evacuation Drills; Bear Booth Visits
• Wednesday, November 8th: PTA Meeting @6:30
• Friday, November 10th: PTA Fall Ball @6:30
• Friday, November 17th: End of the Trimester
• Monday, November 20th-Friday, November 24th: NO SCHOOL

Book Fair

Want to shop more titles or if you missed the book fair last week, there is still time to order online through October 31st to directly benefit Hannum. Orders $25 or more will receive free shipping.

https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/parent-store-2.html?fairId=5410579

Boo! Grams

Thank you to everyone that participated in this new fundraiser. We hope your kids enjoyed writing a little note to their fellow classmates and/or teachers.

Water Donations

If you would like to donate a case of water to the PTA, please place the case of water in the foyer labeled PTA and with your name. We use water for various events throughout the year and will accept them at any time this year.

Fall Ball

If you are interested in helping out with the Fall Ball or have a middle school or high school student looking for volunteer hours, we are looking for volunteers for set-up, concessions and take down. Please contact the PTA at yourhannumpta@gmail.com.

PTA Membership

Still want to support the PTA? It is not too late; you still have time to join.

https://hannumpta.memberhub.com/store/items/17547

Box Tops

Please support our school with Box Tops!

Have you scanned your grocery receipt this week? Box Tops is an easy way to make a difference. Money earned goes right back to HANNUM.

If you receive a paper receipt, a quick scan with the Box Tops app will identify participating products and automatically credit our school's earnings online. Digital receipts are accepted as well.

Use this referral code JAN118W4 when you sign up and you’ll get 25 Bonus Box Tops when you scan your first receipt now through 05/31/2024, while supplies last!

Download the Box Tops for Education app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=JAN118W4

Dates to Remember

Halloween Party – Tuesday, October 31st

Fall Ball November - 10th

PTA Meeting Dates:

November 8th at 6:30pm

January 10th at 6:30pm

February 7th at 6:30pm

March 13th at 6:30pm

April 10th at 6:30pm

Questions? Email Hannum PTA at yourhannumpta@gmail.com

Registration for the Park District's Intramural Leagues is currently taking place. Check out their flyer for details.

Enjoy the rest of your day...the Hannum Bear Way!

Website: d123.org/hannum
Location: 9800 S Tripp Ave, Oak Lawn, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-1690
Twitter: @d123hannum

Email: mdoornbos@d123.org
Website: d123.org/hannum
Phone: 708-423-1690
Twitter: @meagan_doornbos

Arrival

Upon their arrival, Bears should line up with their grade level peers in the locations listed below. Students will be escorted into the building by staff at 8:30 am. Students participating in the breakfast program will be permitted into the building at 8:10 am.

• KDG & 1st: Arrive and Dismissed at Door 9

• G2: Arrive & Dismissed at Door 2

• G3: Arrive Door 2 & Dismissed at Main Entrance (Door 1)

• G4 & G5 Arrive & Dismissed at Door 8

Dismissal

When school is dismissed at 3:20 pm, students are able to walk home or meet their parents/ caregivers outside of the school. Older children who walk younger siblings or neighbors should meet them in a prearranged location outside of the building and will be dismissed first in order to pick up their sibling or relative.

***This year 2nd grade students and 5th grade students end their day with Encore Classes and PE which go until 3:20.

Breakfast will be served in the main hall of our school beginning at 8:10 am. Students will enjoy their breakfast in our multipurpose room and then will go to their line to start the day.

Lunch will be ordered with your child's classroom teacher every morning. Students will be able to choose from 2 choices. Student can also bring a home lunch and only order a milk. Milk only is $0.65 and students can choose white or chocolate. You can add money to your child's meal account through Skyward. You may access the menus below.

LUNCH TIMES:

KDG- 12:55

1ST-12:25

2ND-12:25

3RD: 11:25

4TH: 11:25

5TH: 11:55

Click the link below for a visual on how our lunch procedures work.

Please see the attached map for where to drop off and where you can park if you want to get out and walk your child to their line.

Here are some reminders for helping us get kids in and out of school safely.

• Pull up as far as you can go w hen you are letting students out of the car.
• Refrain from parking across the street and having kids run across to get either to the school or back to your car.
• Be patient as kids are getting out of the car.
• Refrain from blocking the entrance and exit of the school parking lots.
• Please do not park in the driveway of St. Germaine School. (You may pull into the spots in their parking lot, but do not park in the driveway. )

Last year D123 began using the Visitor Aware program to immediately identify visitors, along with when they arrived, and where they are going

In order to ensure a smooth visit to the school, please use THIS LINK to complete the pre-registration for Visitor Aware.

Once pre-registered, you will be prompted to take a picture of yourself and answer the questions, including DL#. Once you do this they will be in the system. You will receive their QR code via text and email. This QR code is what you will use when checking into the school for a visit.

If you have any questions, please contact the front office.