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PTO December Meeting Agenda

We hope you can join us for the December PTO meeting, which is this week on Thursday, December 1, in the Media Center/Library. As always, free childcare is provided. This month’s meeting is primarily an informal, public community chat with School District 97 Superintendent Dr. Al Roberts with general PTO business following that discussion.

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
December 1, 2011
6:30-8:30PM
Irving Media Center/Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Public Community Chat with Dr. Al Roberts, Superintendent of School District 97 (90 minutes)
  3. Committee Reports: (10 minutes)
    1. Cookie Dough pick up on 12/5/11
    2. Cookie Crumble & Craft Fair on 12/10/11
    3. Promote online shopping through PTO website
    4. Proposal of new committee to encompass 5th Grade fundraising activities, with vote held at 1/12/12 meeting
    5. Other committee reports
  4. Eagle Extras vote on policies (posted online at https://irvingpto.com/docs) (5 minutes)
  5. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
  6. Principal’s Report (10 minutes)
  7. Approve minutes from 11/3/11
  8. All other business

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

Community Chat with District 97 Superintendent Roberts

Want to learn more about:

Student achievement,
School district finances,
Integration of technology in the classroom,
State of facilities,
or anything else relating to Irving School or District 97?

District 97 will be hosting another series of community chats with Superintendent Al Roberts this fall. These events will provide the staff, parents/guardians and neighbors from each school’s community with the opportunity to participate in an open, informal dialogue with the superintendent about a variety of issues that impact their individual building or the district as a whole.

The chat for Irving School will be held in the school’s media center/library on Thursday, December 1 at 6:30 p.m. (1125 S. Cuyler). The talk is expected to last 90 minutes, followed by the regular monthly PTO meeting. Free child care will be provided.

If you have questions or need additional information, please contact Laura Crawford: president@irvingpto.com

Oak Park student needing bone marrow transplant encourages you to donate

One of our elementary school students has been battling a disease called Severe Aplastic Anemia for the past seven years. This disease causes the bone marrow to stop making enough red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets for the body. The student’s condition has progressed to the point where she needs a bone marrow transplant, and they have been unable to find a donor. In an effort to help find a donor and to increase the number of donors available to other families, please consider adding yourself to the Bone Marrow Registry by offering a cheek swab or blood sample.

Please read the information in the Join the Registry section of http://marrow.org to see if you are eligible to donate and to find out more details on the actual donation process, which varies depending on the need. (You must be between 18-60 and there are medical guidelines to consider.)

Here is the information on the next Bone Marrow Drive, which is at Triton College this Thursday, November 17, 2011:

Triton College
2000 5th Avenue
River Grove, IL 60171

Drive Date: November 17, 2011
Drive Time: 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

All you need to do is:

  • Complete a registration form with contact information, health information and a signed agreement to join the Be The Match Registry. To help you complete the form, bring along:
    • Personal identification (such as a driver’s license or passport)
    • Contact information for two family members or friends who would know how to reach you in the future if your contact information changes.
  • Give either a swab of cheek cells or a blood sample to be tissue-typed. They will use the results to match you to patients.

That’s it! You’ll be listed on the registry where patients turn to when they need a matching donor.

The following link will let you find a drive closer to your work, school, family and friends who are not around or live out of town. It also gives more information on the process of donating the bone marrow itself. http://marrow.org/Join/Join_in_Person/Join_in_Person.aspx

Thank you for considering this life-saving donation.

PTO November Meeting Agenda

We hope you can join us for the November PTO meeting, which is Thursday, November 3, in the Media Center/Library. As always, free childcare is provided. We respect your time and we know that most of us have arranged childcare in order to attend these evening meetings. Therefore, someone on the PTO Board will act as a timekeeper for each meeting to ensure we stay on schedule.

Our November meeting will focus on winter events and activities. Our December meeting will primarily be an informal public chat with D97 Superintendent Roberts and you will receive additional information on this soon.

Hope to see you Thursday night!

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
November 3, 2011
6:30-8:30PM
Irving Media Center/Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Teacher reports (15 minutes)
  3. World Language report (5 minutes)
  4. Eagle Extras update on survey results, Session 2 program, and policies (15 minutes)
  5. Committee Reports: (40 minutes)
    1. Event evaluation: Book Fair
    2. Event evaluation: Be the Groove/Cultural Enrichment
    3. Box Tops
    4. Craft Fair
    5. Fun Fair purchases status
    6. Winter Recess
    7. Homemade Pizza fundraiser set for 11/30/11
    8. Cookie Dough
    9. Other committee reports
  6. Upcoming Community Meetings (5 minutes)
    1. Chat with D97 Superintendent Roberts at 12/1/11 PTO meeting.
    2. Schoolyard Project community meeting on 1/19/12
  7. Treasurer’s Report (10 minutes)
  8. Principal’s Report (15 minutes)
  9. Approve minutes from 10/6/11
  10. All other business

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