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FINAL Days of Classroom Coin Challenge

Classroom Coin Challenge
Do you want to win books for your class?  Suggest books for Ms. Noonan to pick for our library? Help give children in our community their first books?  Then get ready for the

Classroom Coin Challenge!

Monday, April 13 – Thursday, April 16

Bring your loose change to your class next week and compete to see which homeroom can raise the most money!

The winning class will get to come to the Book Fair with their teacher the week of April 20th and use some of the funds raised to pick out books for their class and make some suggestions to Ms. Noonan for books for her to pick out for our library.  Should we get more mystery books?  More sports books?  You get to decide!  These books will get a bookplate honoring the winning class.

Students will also help to select books that our school will donate to Parenthesis Family Center–a local  group that provides a variety of programs to families with young children.  In addition, Scholastic Books will match our monetary donation by giving books to two non-profit organizations, Kids in Need Foundation and Kids in Distressed Situations, Inc.  These organizations help schools and libraries in both impoverished areas and areas destroyed by natural disasters, such as the Oklahoma and Missouri cities affected by recent years’ tornados.

NO FOREIGN COINS, PLEASE

Questions?  Contact the Book Fair Chairperson:

Stephanie Hartman  gremlin44@gmail.com

Irving Book Fair Starts Monday

Irving Book Fair – Monday, April 20th through Friday, April 24th 

Hours:  
Mon dismissal – 6:30 p.m.
Tue dismissal – 6:30 p.m.
Wed  7:55 – 9:00 a.m. NEW GROWNSUPS ONLY SHOPPING!!
dismissal – 8:00 p.m.
Drop by during the Academic Fair between 6:00-7:30 for some fun Under the Sea crafts for younger kids.
Thu 7:55 – 9:00 a.m. NEW GROWNSUPS ONLY SHOPPING!!
dismissal – 6:30 p.m.
Fri dismissal – 4:00
An amazing selection of books is headed our way!   Teacher wish lists will be available at the sale to help build classroom libraries.  Our profits from the book sale help create an amazing school library!

If you can’t make it to our fair, the online book fair runs from April 20th– May 8th. It’s a great way to stock holiday gifts or find a special gift for a special teacher!

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Stephanie or Meredith below!
Thanks!
Stephanie Hartman, Book Fair chairperson, gremlin44@gmail.com
Meredith Farster, Book Fair co-chair meredithfarster@gmail.com

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Upcoming CAST Show – Diary of Anne Frank
The CAST performing arts program at Julian Middle School will present “The Diary of Anne Frank” at 7:30 p.m. on April 24 and 25.
The play is a fitting finale for this year’s CAST season theme – we are more alike than we are unalike. “The Diary of Anne Frank” is based on the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by young Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands.
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Tickets are available in advance through the CAST website at www.op97.org/CAST or may be purchased at the door. Please contact Kathy Simon at 708-524-7848 or ksimon@op97.org for more information.  The play will be performed in the auditorium at Julian, located at 416 S. Ridgeland Ave. in Oak Park.