Butterflier - 10-5-2018 |
FROM THE ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL |
Parent / Teacher Conference Parent / Teacher Conferences will take place Wednesday, October 17th and Thursday, October 18th. Please go directly to this website to sign up for conferences. http://signup.com/go/wqnrqJM Picture Retakes Picture retakes are scheduled for Tuesday, October 9th. Please send your child with his or her photo proof to school if you would like a new picture taken. If you have misplaced the proof sheet, your child’s picture can still be taken. If your child was absent or if your child is new to Butterfield since September 6th, we will make sure his or her picture is taken on this day. A Haunting Halloween Reminder Halloween activities will take place October 31st. The fun begins in the afternoon as students and staff participate in the all-school parade. The parade begins at 1:00 pm and classroom parties follow at approximately 1:30 pm. In preparation for the parties, and to insure the health and safety of students, room parents should consult classroom teachers regarding treats and be aware of any student food allergies. Students should bring their costumes to school. There will be time for students to change into costumes before the parade. Costumes need to be school appropriate. Please refrain from wearing costumes that require masks that may restrict visibility, are violent in nature, or require imitation weapons. We are excited about this day and want everyone to experience an enjoyable time. Halloween Party Volunteers and Parade Spectators… With increased scrutiny regarding school security, we wanted to clarify our plans for Halloween in regards to keeping our students safe and the building secure. All families are invited to the Butterfield Halloween parade. If weather permits, the parade will be held outside, where you and your family are invited to come, if you dare, and see all of the spooky and ghoulish costumes our Butterfield students have to offer. The students will walk out the door facing Lake Street shortly after 1:00 pm. We will travel around the east side of the school and re-enter the building from one of our south entrances. Please find a spot along the route to enjoy the sights! If the weather does not cooperate, we will allow families to enter the gym to observe the parade.The parties will immediately follow the parade. In order to manage the large number of visitors that attend these events, it is in the best interest and safety of the students to limit the number of guests in attendance. We ask that only the head room parent and the preselected party volunteers attend the classroom parties. Volunteer names will be sent to the office indicating you are allowed to attend the party. Since the ‘Raptor’ process might take several minutes, we ask that if your drivers license has not yet been scanned this year and you are a head room parent or volunteer, that you please come to the Butterfield office ahead of time to have your license scanned in order to save time that day. Volunteers will need to arrange a time with the classroom teacher as to when set up will begin. Check-in for party volunteers will begin at 12:15 with access to the rooms beginning no sooner than 12:30. Building Routines… During the first part of the school year, we take time planning for events that we hope will never happen. So far this year, we held a fire drill, a bus evacuation drill, and a law enforcement drill. Still to come, we will have two more fire drills, an earthquake drill, and later in the spring, we will do a shelter drill (tornado drill). To ensure that we are doing these drills correctly, we have invited the fire department and the police to assist us on a few of our drills. Drills are only a part of what we do at Butterfield to ensure your child’s safety. For the past five years, our students went around the school learning from teachers what is expected of them at different parts around the building. Although the main focus of this tour around the school was behavior, we also spent a moment talking about safety. Excused Absences Butterfield School has a responsibility to ensure all students are where they need to be safely and securely each attendance day. To help with this accountability piece, we ask you notify the office by 9:00 am if your child is not attending school on a particular school day. To report an absence, you can call our office at 847-362-3120, and Press 1. Going Home Changes If there is a change to your child’s going home routine on a particular day, we ask you notify the teacher and/or office by 11:30 am. This ensures adequate time for communication to disseminate to the classroom teacher, office, and most of all, to the student. We do realize emergencies come up and at times last minute changes are necessary. However, minimizing the end-of-day routine alterations helps ensure all students are where they should be safely. Fire Prevention Poster Contest This year’s contest will be held during Fire Prevention Week and is open to all 1st thru 5th grade students in the Village of Libertyville and the Libertyville Fire Protection District. Contest Rules: * All entries must incorporate the 2018 Fire Prevention Week theme. This year’s theme is: “Look. Listen. Learn. Be Aware.” “Fire Can Happen Anywhere” * Entries may be submitted on poster board or paper. Maximum size 22" x 28". Any color is acceptable. NO 3-D posters (flat only.) Posters must be able to be hung on the wall without any material falling off. * Each entry MUST have the student’s full name, grade, school name, and teacher’s name on the back of the poster. * Deadline for entries is Monday, October 8, 2018. * Preliminary judging will be held at each school on Wednesday, October 10, 2018. Ribbons will be distributed for First and Second place winners. An Honorable Mention ribbon will be awarded in each grade in each school. Judging is done by members of the Libertyville Junior Women’s Club and the Libertyville Fire Department. * Trophies will be awarded to winners at each grade level for all posters entered. The poster that best depicts this year’s theme will receive the grand prize trophy. The grand prize winner will be named at the Libertyville's Fire Departments Open House festivities on Saturday, October 13th at Station #1, 1551 N. Milwaukee Avenue. All award winning posters will also be on display at the Open House. Posters will be returned to the schools and may be picked up after October 15 th. The grand prize entry will be submitted for statewide competition held by the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association. Ideas from parents are welcome, but all work should come from the children Fire Prevention Week is October 7 – 13, 2018 |
FROM THE NURSE |
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GAME CLUB |
What is Games Club? Games Club is an opportunity to play board and card games with your friends, as well as make new friends with students in other classes! We have a supply of different games, but feel free to bring your favorite game if we don't have it!
Any student grades K-5 can join games club! Everyone is welcome!
What is Games Club? Games Club is an opportunity to play board and card games with your friends, as well as make new friends with students in other classes! We have a supply of different games, but feel free to bring your favorite game if we don't have it! Any student grades K-5 can join games club! Everyone is welcome! Where and when does Games Club Meet? Games club will meet in room 512 from 7am-8am. This is Ms. Davellis’ classroom! kdavellis@d70schools.org (K-2nd Grade) Wednesdays |
BIRTHDAY BOOKS - LEARNING CENTER |
BUTTERFIELD LEARNING CENTER-------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTHDAY BOOKSThank you to the following students listed below for your generous donations to our library! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abigail-Bake Sale Miles-Timmy Failure The Cat Stole My Pants Oscar-Ranger In Time Hurricane Katrina Rescue Samuel-Dragon Masters Waking the Rainbow Dragon Lucy-Sputnik’s Guide to life on Earth Emma-Kiranmala and the Kingdom Beyond, The Serpent’s Secret Charles-Bad Kitty Camp Daze Elin-Hansel and Gretal William-Total Football Julia-Can I be Your Dog Jack-What if you had Animal Feet Angelina-Sleeping Beauty Frances-Up and Down Jack-Sloth Slept On Wyatt-Earth! My First 4.54 Billion Years Maxwell-Breaking News Alien Alert Blake-A Gold Star for Zog Maia-Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion Victoria-Pandora Nathan-Hoot Owl: Master of Disguise -------------------------------------------------------------------- BIRTHDAY BOOKSThank you to the following students listed below for your generous donations to our library! -------------------------------------------------------------------- Freya-Copper Jackson-Pete the Kitty and the Groovy Playdate Vincent-Total Basketball Elaine-Be Prepared Oliver-Press Start: Super Rabbit Boy Blasts Off! Nicholas-Everything On It Eli-A Dog Wearing Shoes Emerson-Total Gymnastics Benjamin-Duck and Cover Ellie-The Pout Pout Fish and the Can’t Sleep Blues Kenzie-What’s New at the Zoo? Hannah-Ellie in Concert Gabriel-The War Below Andrew-Harry Moon: Wand-Paper-Scissors Alanna-Granted Kelsey-The Doughnut Fix Lainey-Wings of Fire Olivia-Silly Goose’s BIG Story Rida-Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History Emerson-Did you take the B from my _ook? Hailey-Be Brave, Little Penguin |
ENRICHMENT |
Spatial thinking concerns the positions of objects, their shapes, their spatial relations to one another and the movement they make. It involves understanding and remembering the relative locations of objects in the mind. Then through imagining or visualizing, objects are manipulated through mental movement or transformation to form new spatial relations. Examples of using visual-spatial skills in everyday life include using or developing maps, merging into traffic, thinking about how to pack a suitcase, using mirror images, and building with blocks and Legos. Spatial ability is important in many fields of study such as mathematics, economic forecasting, engineering, meteorology and more. Each classroom in grades 1-5 worked on a whole class enrichment activity under the visual-spatial thinking umbrella. In first and second grade, tangrams were used to create various shapes and complete puzzles. Tangrams are great to introduce math concepts like rotation, flips and slides. Third graders worked with pentominoes to complete puzzles. These are another great tool to work with visual-spatial thinking as rotations and reflections in math. Fourth grade used Q-bitz puzzles for pattern identification, and fifth grade built structures using Keva blocks and representational drawings. Each class was given a Brain Station center to take back to the classroom to reinforce the skill practiced. Each grade level had a wonderful time with their activity and it was exciting to see all of the curiosity and intrigue with each challenge. Not only did we have great interest in the activities, but also we had great discussions on how we use visual-spatial thinking in school and the real world. Conna Rech - GTE Resource |
BFA NEWS |
Hope everyone enjoyed the start of the school year with the Meet and Greet and Welcome Back Picnic! We have received so many “Wish List” requests from our Teachers! Next the BFA Executive Board will review the requests and start granting as many as possible! Stay tuned for more to come! Head Room Parents and Party Volunteer lottery is complete! Head Room Parents have received the list of Party Volunteers for their classroom and holiday. I appreciate your patience while I recruited more parents to fill openings. The clothing sale team is in full swing and ready to launch another successful event. Oct. 12th and 13th are the days of the event. If you can shop that weekend you will be pleasantly surprised on the great buys you will find. It is a great way to get things for your children, support a great cause and save money. Thanks to the Clothing Sale team. October is a busy month for the BFA. We have Pasta Day to kick off the month, Clothing Sale, the Scholastic Book Fair, Original Works and all of our Halloween Parties! Keep your eyes peeled for information on Facebook posts, notes from Committee chairs, and Dr. Kehoe.
BFA President
TEACHER GIFTS Each year the BFA provides monetary gifts to all of its teachers and staff. We wanted to share with the parents what were some things purchased with our gifts. All of the teachers sent us back beautiful thank you notes. - Learning Tools - Library Books THANK YOU ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE! On Thursday, September 27, Butterfield’s student body, faculty, and staff were treated to Doug Scheer’s “The Mystery of the Character Surprise” Assembly Show. When the show starts, you’ll laugh along with Spike, a trouble-making bully, as she picks on and aggravates the problem-solving leader of this interactive magical play, Detective Les Trouble. The secret to bully proofing turns out to be using character traits responsibility, assertiveness, caring, courage and respect are just a few of the tools Les Trouble and volunteer students demonstrated throughout the show. Doug had the entire audience laughing and clapping the entire show.
FALL SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18 - 3:15 - 8:30p.m. PARENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN A RAFFLE FOR AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S CLASS
4th Grade 40 Book Challenge is BACK! It's not too late for your 4th Grader to sign up and participate in the 40 Book Challenge! All participants who read at least 10 books will be recognized at the end of the challenge.Books your child read, will be checked off during their lunch period if you can please have him/her bring their updated book list to lunch. Please feel free to contact Carrie Groth at froeter@hotmail.com with any questions. The BFA Annual Clothing Sale is Fast Approaching We're hosting one of the school's largest fundraisers next week and we still need help! If you're interested in volunteering (which grants you early VIP access to the sale) please sign up at www.bfasale.com/volunteer. Otherwise, come shop the great deals on kids' (aged 0-18) clothing, sports equipment, spirit wear, Halloween costumes, toys, books, bikes, and gear at the sale: · Friday, October 12: 5:30-8:30PM · Saturday, October 13: 9AM- 2PM We look forward to seeing you there! Thank you- Clothing Sale Committee "LIKE" us on Facebook ..... "BFA Clothing Sale"
ORIGINAL WORKS Capture your child’s creativity… …and enjoy their artwork for years to come.Butterfield has once again teamed up with Original Works to offer a very special program to all of our families. Your child(ren) created an art project in school as part of their regular art curriculum. Original Works professionally reproduces your child’s one-of-a-kind artwork on items such as coffee mugs, trivets, note cards, and magnets. The items you order will arrive before winter break and make great holiday gifts! This year parents will be able to go ONLINE and place your order! We are thrilled to be participating in this fun and rewarding program, which also serves as a school fundraiser. See examples and more detailed information in our school display.An order form will be coming home on October 12. All orders will be due on October 19. If you have any questions, please contact Colleen Blomgren at 314.322.8576
Thanks to everyone for volunteering for head room/party parents this year. The BFA, teachers and the kids so appreciate your hard work and time. This list only shows head room parents. Holiday Role Who Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - EIP - Kassenbaum TAMMY MCLAUGHLIN Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - EIP - Kassenbaum Emily Purvis Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Hogan Claudia Anglada Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Hogan Megan Guerrant Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Koehlhoeffer Katie Wyzukovicz Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Koehlhoeffer Caroline O'Reilly Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Ovaska Wendy Seddon Co-Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Ovaska Kate Nerroth Co-Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G1 - Ovaska Ali Posner Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Knoll Amy Weaver Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Knoll Tara Devine Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Panock Erin Kahn Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Panock Andrea Twedt Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Patterson Elizabeth Soling Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Patterson Tiffany Natale Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Paulus Micheal Westphall Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G2 - Paulus Dana Scott Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Davellis Leslie Kalvass Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Davellis Cory Thomson Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Friedman Karen Semler Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Friedman Karen Cordes Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - McLean TAMMY MCLAUGHLIN Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - McLean Megan Huber Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Soellner Allison Engman Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G3 - Soellner Katie Wyzukovicz Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Buttiere Shelly Rodriguez Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Buttiere Michelle Illian Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Jarosz Jennifer Crane Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Jarosz Vanessa Stalter Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Serrecchia Meg Carter Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Serrecchia Amy Snow Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Steinhofer Mary Babcock Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G4 - Steinhofer Tiffany Natale Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Deal Amy Weaver Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Deal Kristen Moss Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Hardiman Leslie Kalvass Valentines Head Room Parents(s) - G5 - Hardiman Melanie Figurelli Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Sieroslawski Andrea Twedt Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Sieroslawski Megan Huber Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Stein Shelley Weinstein Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - G5 - Stein Kim Audette Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - GK - Forkner Julie Harper Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - GK - Forkner Lindsey Finholt Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - GK - McPherren Jackie Axelson Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - GK - McPherren Jen Hansson Halloween Head Room Parent(s) - GK - True Kathy Cusker Valentines Head Room Parent(s) - GK - True Erin Ricart 5th Grade Liason Mellissa Underwood WAYS TO LEARN ABOUT BFA’S HAPPENINGS
NEXT BFA GENERAL MEETING Tuesday, November 27th at 9:00 am – 11:00 am(ERC)
October 13th - Original Works Packets Go Home October 17th – 18th – Scholastic Book Drive (Enchanted Forest) Wednesday, October 31st – Halloween Parties 1) GENERAL MEETINGS
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