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PTO February Meeting Agenda

We hope you can join us for the February PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, February 2, in the Media Center/Library. As always, free childcare is provided.

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
February 2, 2012
6:30-8:00PM
Irving Media Center/Library
  1. Welcome
  2. Presentation by PING!, which provides our students with musical instruments (15 minutes)
  1. Committee Reports: (15 minutes)
    1. Fun Fair & Silent Auction are on 2/25/12
    2. Nominating Committee for PTO Board positions
    3. Note updated activity dates on PTO calendar online
    4. Other committee reports
  1. Eagle Extras update (15 minutes)
    1. Offerings and schedule for Session 3
    2. Discuss and vote to approve or decline removing the Eagle Extras Registration Fee and adding that cost into the class fee.
  1. Suggestions for nominees for Those Who Excel Awards?
  1. Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
  1. Principal’s Report (15 minutes)
  1. Approve minutes from 1/12/11
  1. All other business

(Note: Teacher’s Reports will be presented every other month: September, November, January, March, May.)

Irving’s Fun Fair / Silent Auction is Coming!!

WE NEED YOUR HELP FOR OUR SILENT AUCTION!

On Saturday, February 25th 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 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
–Craft items
–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 this form here 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 2012 Fun Fair and Silent Auction a huge success!!

Best Regards,
Hannah O’Connor
773-368-4184
hanoconnor@gmail.com

PTO January Meeting Agenda

We hope you can join us for the January PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, January 12, in the Media Center/Library. As always, free childcare is provided.

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
January 12, 2012
6:30-8:00PM
Irving Media Center/Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Teacher Reports (10 minutes)
  3. Committee Reports: (30 minutes)
    1. Event Evaluation: Cookie Dough.
    2. Event Evaluation: Cookie Crumble & Craft Fair.
    3. Vote to approve forming a PTO committee that will encompass all 5th Grade fundraising activities.
    4. Reminder: Schoolyard Project Public Meeting is on 1/18/12, 7-8pm.
    5. Reminder: Fun Fair & Silent Auction are on 2/25/12.
    6. Other committee reports.
  4. Eagle Extras update (5 minutes)
  5. Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
  6. Principal’s Report (15 minutes)
  7. Approve minutes from 12/1/11
  8. All other business

(Note: Teacher Reports will be presented every other month: September, November, January, March, May.)

Irving Schoolyard Project: Public Meeting Jan 18, 7pm

Attention all Oak Parkers:  The Irving Schoolyard Project will host a public meeting in the Irving Auditorium on Wednesday, January 18 from 7:00-8:00pm.

The landscape architecture firm, Site Design Group, will be presenting the Irving Schoolyard master plan. There will be a brief update for those who are new to Irving… and a time for questions and answers following the presentation. Thank you to SEOPCO for moderating this public meeting.

All of Oak Park is invited to attend this important milestone. Please share this information with your friends and neighbors.

Eagle Extras Announcements

Class Cancelations
Due to low enrollment numbers the following classes have been canceled:

Wednesday’s Changing Worlds: Hip Hop;
Wednesday’s Changing Worlds: Spoken Word
Tuesday’s Everybody Rocks for grades 3-5

If you had registered your child for any of these classes the Eagle Extras Committee will be contacting you re: your refund. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Late Class Fees Waived For This Session
Registration for Eagle Extras continues through 12/21/2011
At this time, the Eagle Extras Committee with the vote of the PTO Executive Board has decided to waive all late class fees and encourage all to continue to register through December 21, 2011. At that time we will determine if we can proceed with Mad Science 3-5 and Legacy Sports for 3-5.

Attention all 2nd graders and their families
We are inviting all 2nd grade students who would like to register for the Monday Mad Science 3-5 class or the Thursday Legacy Sports 3-5 class to submit their registration forms for these classes.

Looking for something fun to do this winter….
Eagle Extras still has spaces in the following classes:

  • Legacy Sports Multi-Sports Camp k-2 (5 spots available)
  • Mad Science K-2 (1 spot available)
  • Strikers K-2 (8 spots available)
  • Everybody Rocks K-2 (5 spots available)
  • Mad Science 3-5: We need 6 students for this class to run
  • Legacy Sports Camp Multisports Camp 3-5: We need 4 students for this class to run
  • Strikers 3-5 (4 spots available)

Should you have questions, please contact the Eagle Extras Committee at EagleExtras@irvingpto.com