Bower Bulletin
February 11, 2022
This Week at Bower...
This week marked 100 days of the school year for all of our Bower Bobcats. And while the day was marked with lots of celebrations in primary grades and counting by 1's and 10's, the bigger celebration is that we have all been together here at Bower for 100 days. As a community, we look forward to our next four months of school together and the learning and growing and friendship-making that lies ahead.
This week also marked a change in one of our mitigation strategies. Change is often hard, and can be even more challenging when we don't have a lot of control over the change. I am incredibly thankful that this week our students moved forward with changes without skipping a beat. While some removed masks and some kept their masks on, we continued to learn and grow and respect one another. And I hope our little Bower community, which is so supportive of one another, becomes the norm in the world beyond our Bower community.
I hope that your family has a wonderful weekend full of tasty SuperBowl snacks!
Stay warm,
Bridget Moore
Principal
100 Days at Bower!
Olympic Fun!
4H Collaboration with Mr. Larkin at WWS
Problem Solvers
Friendly Reminders from the Bower Office
If your student will be absent. Please remember to call the Bower Office at 630-393-9413.
Also, if your student arrives past 9:15 AM they need to be walked into school and signed in by a parent. Thank you so much for helping us keep our students safe and accounted for.
Bowl for the Torch
District 200 Special Olympics hosts an annual fundraiser at Fox Bowl in Wheaton during late winter, early spring. All program funds come from the fundraising efforts of staff, parents, students and the community. Donations to Special Olympics will help to change the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and provide opportunities they would not otherwise receive.
Date: March 19th, 2022
Time: Registration begins at 12:30, Bowling is from 1:00 - 3:00. Pizza is at 1:30
Location: Fox Bowl- 1101 Butterfield Rd, Wheaton, IL 60189
Complete your registration by following this link: Bowl for the Torch Registration 2022
Electronic Payments: https://www.myschoolbucks.com/ver2/prdembd?ref=ZZI5ZRM4GW044R9_ZZ5TS4TQS8PP6H2
Tickets are $25 per person, $20 per bowler 12 years & under. Registration includes 2 games of bowling, shoes and pizza lunch.
Raffle baskets will be available at the event!
If you are interested in donating a basket to raffle off at the fundraiser, please contact Claire Mehta at claire.mehta@cusd200.org
Smile Squad
Bower is happy to welcome back the Smile Squad on Friday, February 25. Any student is eligible to participate in getting a dental exam. This exam will meet the state requirement for Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th grade. Please stop by the Bower Health Office to pick up a consent form which needs to be signed by a parent.
Questions? Call the health office at (630) 393-9413 or email at bowerhealthoffice@cusd200.org.
Kindergarten Round-Up
Yearbook Cover Contest
5 Essentials Survey
Our school community has been invited to complete the Illinois 5Essentials Parent Survey. The information you provide will help guide improvement as we strive to inspire each student to excel through the education and opportunities we provide at Bower.
Your participation in this survey is voluntary and anonymous but crucial. We can’t receive results from the survey unless at least 20 percent of parents respond. The more responses parents provide, the more we will know how to focus our efforts toward the improvements you want. Take the survey today!
Go to: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois to take the survey.
Select “Parent Survey.”
You may enter your email address if you would like to receive confirmation of your submission, but it is not required.
Then enter “[DuPage]” into the county field and “Bower” to find our school.
Upcoming Dates
- Presidents Day- No School- Feb 21st
- Kindergarten Round-Up Feb 23rd 6pm
- County-wide Institute Day- No School- March 4th