Community Events

PTO Meeting This Thursday, May 29, 6:30pm

We hope you can join us for the last PTO meeting of the year, which is this week on Thursday, May 29 at 6:30pm in the Library/Media Center on the second floor. As always, free child care is provided.

We hope to see you there. If you are unable to attend and would like to discuss anything on the agenda, please contact Laura Crawford at lauracrawford47@gmail.com, Jodie Ackerman at jodiepto@yahoo.com, Jeff Wallichs at jwallichs@gmail.com, or any of the other PTO board members (click here for contact info).

Irving School PTO
Agenda for Monthly Meeting
May 29, 2014
6:30PM
Irving Media Center Library

  1. Welcome
  2. Vote to approve/deny creation of PTO board position of Assistant Treasurer (5 minutes)
  3. Election of new PTO board members* (5 minutes)
  4. Principal’s Report (30 minutes)
  5. Treasurer’s Report (5 minutes)
  6. Vote to approve/deny the purchase of items presented, totaling approximately $11,000 (15 minutes)
  7. Presentation of revised PTO By-Laws (10 minutes)
  8. Garden shed update (10 minutes)
  9.  Committee Reports: (20 minutes)
    1. End of Year Party: Friday, June 6
    2. Event recap: Sleepover
    3. Event recap: Ethnic Parade
    4. Event recap: Staff Appreciation
    5. Event recap: Art Fest/Poetry Slam
    6. Event recap: Family Math Night
    7. Event recap: Softball Game
    8. Other committee reports
  10. Eagle Extras Update (5 minutes)
  11. Summer planning, reflections, suggestions for next year (10 minutes)
    1. Expanded role for communications
  12. Approve minutes from 5/1/14
  13. All other business

* Nominations for open positions may be accepted until the time of the vote. Nominations received to date are:
1 x Co-President: Lori McConnell
1 x Co-Treasurer (Assistant Treasurer): Wynne Lacey
1 x Vice President (General): Hannah O’Connor

Irving PTO Presents “Comedy Jam 1”
On June 7, Irving PTO will be having a comedy night for teachers and parents @ Wire just down the street.
Irving PTO presents:
The Back Around The Way Comedy Jam
Hosted by Emile Williams
WHEN:
Saturday, June 7th, 2014
9:00 PM
WHERE:
The Wire
6815 W. Roosevelt
Berwyn, IL
COST:
$10 per ticket – 21 and over
It’s a great opportunity to support PTO and have fun doing it.  All of the proceeds will come back to the Irving Community. See flyer for the event and a link to buy tickets below.

 

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Irving Cookbook Sale – May 28, 29, and 30 only!!!

Student Council will be selling Irving Cookbooks to benefit the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry (http://www.oprffoodpantry.org). Many families submitted a recipe to our cookbook and it looks amazing! You will find almost 100 recipes in 7 different categories. Don’t miss out!

They will be on sale on Wednesday, May 28th from 2:00-2:15 right outside of the main office. They will also be on sale during the lunch hour on Thursday and Friday, May 29th and 30th.

Did you know that the food pantry is able to buy food at a discounted rate? They can purchase an entire family’s allotment of food for $9.80. That amount of food would cost $97.21 in a grocery store!

Please help us to support this great cause and enjoy some new recipes as well!

What: Cookbook Sale

When: May 28 (2:00-2:15), May 29 and 30 at lunch

Cost: $3 each or 2 for $5

Why: To donate money to the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry

Where: Irving School

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Parents vs. Teachers 3rd Annual Softball Game – May 23

Friday, May 23rd is the Parents vs. Teachers 3rd Annual Softball Game. The game will start at 6:00 p.m. on the Irving Turf Field.

There will be food trucks in the parking lot for the night! Please bring your families, lawn chairs, blankets, etc.  If you are playing in the game, warm-ups begin at 5:00 p.m. (The food trucks will be serving food then as well). The playground will be open for the children to play on all throughout the event.

To join the parent team, contact Jassen Strokosch (jassens@gmail.com). To join the staff team, contact Nick Sakellaris (nsakellaris)

There is an Adult Night Out after the game (8:30 / 9:00 p.m. ) at Sidebar next to Fitzgerald’s on Roosevelt Road. Please come out and join us!

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ROBINSON’S RIBS MENU

TACOS BERNARDO will have steak, chicken and veggie tacos. $2/taco. Plus, Mexican colas.

Benefit for Lincoln School Student
The Lincoln Girl Scouts, Lincoln Girls on the Run–and Lincoln community in general– have put together an event to raise funds for Isabelle Jones, a fourth grader at Lincoln who was diagnosed with an inoperable, cancerous brain tumor in December and who has been undergoing radiation and chemotherapy at Lurie Childrens’ Hospital since then.
Isabelle’s Carnival will take place on Saturday, June 7, 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Oak Park (820 Ontario Street, just north of Scoville Park). We will have games, entertainment, a raffle and silent auction. Here are just some of the silent auction/raffle prizes we have collected:
A skating lesson at the new Ridgeland Rink with Oak Park Olympic Speed Skater Emery Lehman
A private tour of the Hemingway birthplace and museum for up to 10 guests
A customized architectural walking tour of the Chicago Loop for up to 10 people (kids 10 and up), led by a local architectural expert
A post Labor Day weekend at a lovely three bed/2 bath cottage in Union Pier, MI
Cubs and Sox tickets for several different games this summer
Two Blackhawks tickets for the 2014/2015 season
A framed textile by local artist Jeanette Durand
A brewery tour and tasting at local microbrewery Ale Syndicate
$100 gift certificate to Maya del Sol
Two tickets to “Million Dollar Quartet”
$50 Gift certificate to Jen McNulty Fine Arts
A piece of Rookwood pottery from Heritage Tile in Oak Park
A necklace, bracelet and earrings of freshwater pearls designed by Kate Linn
Check out the Isabelle’s Carnival Facebook page for prize updates.
We hope to have a great turnout at this event, and also raise funds for Isabelle’s care. In addition to being a fundraiser, this event is something fun for her to look forward to after many difficult months of cancer treatment.
Tickets are $5 presale and $7 at the door (kids under 5 free, with a max of $20 or $21 per family to enter). Raffle tickets will be $5 or 5 for $20.  To buy presale entry tickets, contact Lynn Thomas, at lynnannthomas64@gmail.com for locations.
If you are interested in making a donation to the fundraiser, a bank account has been set up at Community Bank of Oak Park and River Forest, 1001 W. Lake Street, under the name “Isabelle Jones Assistance Fund”
We are also collecting raffle prizes and small prizes (bubbles, chalk, crayons, small items) for the carnival games. If you are interested in donating, please contact Lynn Thomas at lynnannthomas64@gmail.com
Thank you!!

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