Irving’s Halloween Celebration and Parade Schedule

Monday, October 31, 2011 (Flyer)

12:00-12:30- Time to change into costume

12:30-1:00- Parade -Out front door of school, once     around the block and playground, parade into the building and directly to the gym.

1:00-1:30- Classroom Celebrations.

1:45-2:30- Performance in the gym.

Grades will be called to line up in order for the parade (i.e.- KG will line up first, then 1st, then 2nd ….)

***Plan B (Rain Plan): Classes line up per instructions and sit in the hallway.***

Fall Book Fair

Greetings Irving community,
Next week will be our annual Fall Book Fair!  This is a great opportunity to support our Library and Media Center.  Last year we sold over 1,200 books! Our goal this year is to sell over 1,400 books. Please see here for letter from Mr. Hodge.

Upcoming events:
Teacher preview – Monday, October 17 at 7:15 – 7:45 am
PARENT PREVIEW –  Monday, October 17 after drop-off – – 8:00 – 8:30 am.  Come enjoy some coffee, treats and get a sneak peek at what will be offered at this year’s Book Fair!

BOOK FAIR OPENS – Monday, October 17 at 3:00 pm

The attached link is to the Irving Book Fair home page – – check it out for fair hours, preview of titles available, volunteering opportunities, tracking our goal and other things!  http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/publish/irving-oakpark

All funds raised will be put towards Irving’s Library and Media Center.  Due to our efforts last year, we were able to support the library in purchasing over 400 books, including series like:
·         39 Clues
·         Rainbow Fairy
·         Dinosaur Cove
·         Graphic Novels
·         Guinness Book of World Records
·         Award winners: Monarch, Bluestem, Caudill
·         Reading Olympics books
And…    Birthday books for our free birthday book giveaway

In addition, the Book Fair sales helped purchase teacher resources like:
·         Smart Board lessons, graphic organizers
·         Library lessons and unit plans
·         Teacher literacy lessons

Your support is put to good use!

If you are not able to make it to the Book Fair next week, please consider shopping online.  The online Book Fair will be open from Sunday, October 16 through Sunday, October 23.  NOTE: All purchases will be sent to Irving and delivered to the students’ home room about a week after the online fair closes.         http://www.scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs/2883199

And lastly, we still need volunteers to work some shifts next week during the Book Fair.  If you are able to help out, please contact Talley Hann talleyhann@gmail.com.

We will keep you posted on our progress next week of reaching our goal of selling over 1,400 books!

Your Book Fair Team,
Jane Brock
Talley Hann
Tracy Naber
Gina Sigismondi
Liz Wojcik

Annual Cookie Dough Fundraiser

It’s Cookie Time!

Today kicks off our annual Cookie Dough fundraiser.  Look for the flyer here and an order form in your child’s backpack today.  The highlights:

·         Sales will begin Tuesday, October 11th
·         Our goal this year is to sell 1300 items (about 3 items/child) – a pizza party will be awarded to the top 3 classes with the most sales!
·         Return order forms and money by Friday, November 4th
·         Cookie dough (popcorn and lava cakes too!) must be picked up on Monday, December 5th, between 3PM and 6PM
·         Email Jen Andersson at jlandersson@att.net if you have any questions