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Silent Auction – WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION

On Saturday, February 22nd mark your calendars, as we will once again be having our annual Fun Fair and Silent Auction! It will be a day filled with fun and excitement!

Last year the Silent Auction was huge success because of your direct support in soliciting items and donating items for this event. Once again we need your support for this year’s Silent Auction. Please think about talents, items or services you or your employer could donate. Items that are always popular include:

–Sporting—Cubs, Sox, Bears, Blackhawks and Bulls or theatre tickets

–Museum memberships

–Restaurant certificates/gift cards

–Jewelry

–Use of a vacation home or time share

–Services (i.e. interior design, housecleaning, painting, landscaping, contracting)

–And those holiday gifts you may have received 2 of!!

Anything you like—chances are someone else will want it too!!

HELP!!! VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: If you would like to help in soliciting local businesses for donations or can volunteer the day of the event your help would be GREATLY appreciated. Please call or e-mail me!!

The money from the Silent Auction goes directly to the Irving PTO, which continues to fund various programs to enhance the quality of education for our students and teachers. This is why we need your donations.

Donations and/or certificates can be dropped off at the school office or you can contact me directly. Please fill out the information on the back of this letter and include it with your donation. If you have any questions about your donation please call or e-mail me.

Thank you for helping in making the 2014 Fun Fair and Silent Auction a huge success!!

Best Regards,

Hannah O’Connor

773-368-4184

hanoconnor@gmail.com

FLYER

Blast Improv

Have A BLAST in Oak Park!

Improvisation Classes for Upper Elementary and Middle Schoolers taught by Chicago’s finest Improvisers working, performing, and teaching at The Second City, iO, and Annoyance Theatre

Classes forming now…

Madison Street Theater, 1010 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302

UpperElementary 1: Grades 3, 4, 5, Tuesdays 4-6pm

Middle 1: Grades 6, 7, 8, Thursdays 4-6pm

Maximum Class Size: 14

Cost: $180

8 week session from January 7-March 20*

The last class culminates in a short show.

*No Classes held Teacher Conference Week (January 27-31) or ISAT Testing Weeks (March 3-14)

For more information please go to our website: wwwÆblastimprovÆcom or call: 312-405-3639 or email: info@blastimprov.com

Distribution of information by a community group in accordance with District 97 policy does not imply, directly or indirectly, that the group’s program(s), event(s) and/or service(s) is sanctioned.

FLYER

2013 Winter Concert Dates

Wednesday, December 18, 8:15 & 9:45 Second and Third grade concert

Thursday, December 19, 8:15 & 9:45 Fourth, Fifth grade and Chorus concert

Friday, December 20, 8:15 & 9:45 Kindergarten and First Grade concert

As our school has grown, it is necessary to perform each concert twice so everyone can attend. If you are able, consider coming to the 9:45 concert as the earlier one is usually more crowded.

I’m looking forward to sharing all the students have been learning and doing in music this year!!

Thanks,

Tehra Hiolski
General Music Irving

Fundraiser benefiting kids with Leukemia

Tis the Season for Giving and do we have a great cause! Audrey Smith from Mrs. Balicki’s fifth-grade class is running a fundraiser benefiting kids with Leukemia at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago!

The fundraiser starts Monday December 2nd and runs through Friday December 6th. There are collection jugs in the Irving office, one representing each class. Is it a competition you ask? Yes, it is! By the end of the week we will see which class raises the most money for childhood leukemia! A special prize will be donated to the wining class from the Circle of Friends Foundation at Lurie Childrens! So have your kids bring in all those loose coins laying around your house, and lets see which class can raise the most money for leukemia!

And parents, you can get involved too! Checks will also be accepted and can be made out to “Lurie Childrens Foundation”. There is a form available for tax purposes if needed. Per Audrey’s request, half of the money collected will go to the Child Life Department and used directly for the hospitalized kids, and the other half will be donated to cancer research.

Thank-you in advance from Audrey and her “team” and thank-you from the Lurie Children’s Circle of Friends Foundation!

Pleasant Homes “School Break Workshops”

For ages K-5th grade, these classes will emphasize utilizing natural resources to make creative works of art and toys! Workshops are for three hours, and cost is $30-45 per session, per child, materials included. 1 teacher to 10 students ratio, your kids will be well-cared for. Minimum 5 children, maximum 20, so sign up soon!

Register online at: http://pleasanthome.org/program-a-events/classes or contact Georgia for questions at (708) 383-2654, or gbraun@pleasanthome.org.

FLYER