School Procedures

**Holiday Food Allergies Reminder**

Dear Staff, Room Parents, Parents, Guardians, and Students

As the Winter Holiday Season approaches, we are preparing for Winter Concerts and anticipating the joys of the season. This is a fun and enjoyable time for all, however, it can be a time of worry for children with food allergies and their families. In order to provide a safe celebration environment for the students at Irving, ALL classroom celebrations will be NUT FREE with a focus on healthy snacks and treats for the children.

As always, fresh fruits and veggies are welcome and should be promoted. It is recommended that room parents and teachers communicate before their scheduled Winter Holiday Party to identify the foods/treats that will be provided for each classroom celebration. Please inform Nurse Jamie of the food items that will be served. A good ratio of treats to healthy foods should be 1:3: One treat option for every three healthy food options.

Foods are required to have an ingredients list. Foods that are made in factories that may process nuts should not be served due to the potential for cross contamination. Please consider labeling the food items for easy identification by students. Teachers can confidentially alert room parents of any other dietary restrictions and or food allergies in the classroom so that an alternative treat can be provided for inclusion. Additionally, non-food treats such as stickers, pencils, and activities are always welcomed and enjoyed by all of the children.

Here is a link to a web site for Peanut/Nut/Egg safe food items

http://snacksafely.com/snacklist.pdf

Thanks to the entire Irving Community for helping to make this a safe and enjoyable holiday season for all. Please feel free to contact Nurse Jamie for any questions or concerns at jpeterson@op97.org or 708-524-3089.

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

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

PTO Election and New Nominations
Presenting... our new PTO Co-President, Jeff Wallichs! You don't have to be crazy to take the job, but it helps.

Presenting… our new PTO Co-President, Jeff Wallichs! You don’t have to be crazy to take the job, but it helps.

Congratulations to our new PTO board members! They were voted in at the May 1 PTO meeting and will be off and running after May 29. We do still have some openings, so read on…

There was not a second nomination for Co-President so that position remains open. We have recently received a nomination for Lori McConnell. Since she is currently a Vice President that position has become available.

At the May 1 meeting we discussed adding a second Treasurer position. This was positively received by all in attendance. At the May 29 PTO meeting we will vote to approve that position and also to fill it. Read more details about the two Treasurer roles here.

We will have another election at the PTO meeting on May 29.

Nominations for Co-President, Vice President (General) and Assistant Treasurer are now open and will be accepted until the time of the vote on May 29, 6:30pm. More info on what these positions do can be found here. Those interested should contact Mr. Hodge (jhodge@op97.org), Laura Crawford (lauracrawford47@gmail.com) or Talley Hann (talleyhann@gmail.com).

Incoming:
Co-President: Jeff Wallichs
Vice President (Communications): Carmen Rivera
Vice President (Volunteers): Hilary Klein
Co-Secretary: Eduardo De Santiago

Open (accepting nominations):
Co-President: Lori McConnell has been nominated
Vice President (General): Open
Assistant Treasurer: Open

Continuing:
Co-Secretary: Rebecca Tull
Lead Treasurer: Lynn Battoglia