Panda Prints
October 30, 2020
Noteworthy: Pajama STEAM Storytime
To kick off our Virtual Scholastic Book Fair, we will be having a Virtual Pajama STEAM Storytime! Students are invited to join our Pajama Storytime on Zoom on November 4th.
Grades K-1 will meet on Zoom at 6:30 PM. Please use this Zoom link.
Meeting ID: 884 6354 7476
Passcode: 883358
Grades 2-5 will meet on Zoom at 7:15 PM. Please use this Zoom link.
Meeting ID: 826 3235 9705
Passcode: 813806
Mrs. Weiss will be reading the story Balloons Over Broadway about the origin of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon floats. After the story, families will be invited to create their own parade balloon using balloons, wooden dowels and paper scraps as a fun follow-up activity. Families will be invited to post a picture of their completed balloon creations on a shared Padlet link for our very own balloon parade! Please have your balloon creation picture posted by 11/19. We’ll share the completed Padlet in the Panda Prints newsletter on 11/20.
What you’ll need:
Parade balloon kit (a few assorted balloons and wooden dowels). You may pick up a kit at Sherwood Monday or Wednesday from 8:00-4:00 or after the event on Thursday or Friday. The kits will be in a basket in the office vestibule. Please help yourself to one kit per child or family.
Additional art supplies: Markers, paper scraps or any craft items you may want to add to your balloon creation.
Another option: you may design your balloon on paper and color it and share the photo on Padlet as well.
Big SHOUT OUT to Mrs. Weiss for putting this together! Her hard work and dedication to our community is greatly appreciated.
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!
We hope everyone has a wonderful weekend! Stay safe!
Panda Pride,
Rachel & Kevin
Sherwood’s Book Character Pumpkin Contest Slideshow and Winners:
Another wonderful community event organized by Mrs. Weiss! Thank you to all of our students who submitted a pumpkin for our Virtual Book Character Pumpkin Contest!
Take a peek at all 67 amazing pumpkins here.
Congratulations to our winners in each category:
K & 1st: Blake E.- 1st Grade
2nd & 3rd: Jadon H.- 2nd Grade
4th & 5th: Mila O.- 4th Grade
Family: Henley V.- 1st Grade
NEW! Curbside Library Book Pick-Up Open To All Sherwood Families
For parents who are interested in picking up library books for their child during the duration of our remote learning, please follow these steps:
- Students in grades 3-5 can continue to put books on “hold” through our Destiny Discover app which they access through Clever. I will receive a message informing me which books they have put on hold and will put the books aside for them for pick-up. Students may also email me directly to request a book any time!
- Students in grades K-2 can browse our Destiny online catalog with their parents' help and email me any requests for books they’d like to borrow. Choose Sherwood from the list of schools and click “Catalog”
- Students may borrow 3 books at a time. Once those are returned, they may borrow 3 more.
- I will send the student/parent an email when their books are available for pick up. The books will be located in a Curbside Pick-Up bin in the vestibule of our office lobby. Books may be picked up Monday-Friday during the hours of 8:00-4:00. There will be a book return bin there too.
Please email me with any questions or book requests.
Happy Reading!!
Mrs. Weiss
Mobile Testing Sites
Sherwood PTO
PTO Memberships
Memberships are still for sale - Membership is $30/family. This includes access to the Paperless PTO App for 2 devices. IF you need access on additional devices, additional "keys" can be purchased for $4/each. (Membership funds are used to help support our events, programs, teachers and school.) Membership does NOT include classroom gifts.
Birthday Books
You can purchase birthday books through the PTO Website.
The Scholastic Book Fair is back!
While the Fair will be exclusively held online this year, we still plan on making it a fun and joyous experience for our kids. Features include:
- Sherwood Elementary School's own online store, with a large selection of titles, at the right price points
- A Virtual Fair so you and your kids can experience the magic of the school shopping experience.
Browse titles by grade, meet popular authors, and discover the comfort and joy of our Fair - Every dollar you spend will benefit our school directly (25% back in rewards!)
Fair Dates: November 4th 2020 - November 17th 2020
Online Store:
https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=sherwoodelementaryschool18
Simply go to the online store between those dates and place your orders!!
We can’t wait to “see” you at the Fair!
Book Fair Contact- Dana Weiss - danajweiss@gmail.com
Upcoming Dates
10/31/20
Halloween
11/1/20
Daylight Savings
11/3/20
No School - Election Day
11/4/20
Pajama STEAM Story Time!
11/4 - 11/17
PTO Book Fair
11/5/20
Pajama Day
11/11/20
Veteran's Day
11/17/20
School Board of Education Meeting @7pm
11/19/20
Sports Team Day
11/20/20
End of 1st Trimester
Early Release (PM ONLY Schedule in session @12:51pm)
11/24/20
Early Release (AM ONLY Schedule in session @8:36am)
Sherwood Teacher Conferences @3:15pm - 8:00pm
11/25/20
No Student Attendance
Sherwood Teacher Conferences @8:00am - 12:00pm
11/26/20
Thanksgiving
11/27/20
No School
12/3/20
Hat Day
12/17/20
Silly Sock Day
Sherwood Elementary School
Supervision Begins @8:20
AM Session 8:36am - 10:51am
(There will be asynchronous learning between sessions)
Supervision Begins @12:36
PM Session 12:51pm - 3:06pm
Attendance Line: 224-765-3805
Email: rfilippi@nssd112.org
Website: https://www.nssd112.org/sherwood
Location: 1900 Stratford Road, Highland Park, IL, USA
Phone: 224-765-3800
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sherwood.es.5
Twitter: @SherwoodPandas