Elmwood Express

Elmwood Families,

We have so many exciting activities and events coming up for our Panthers as we begin our 2 week countdown to Winter Break!

The Holiday Shoppe is officially closed. Thank you to all of our volunteers, and a special thanks to Ms. Cardona for all her work with the Holiday Shoppe!

Thank you to all the parents and students that donated food, coats, and other items for our food pantry and partner. We will continue to collect coats throughout the month of December so please drop them off in the office!

By now, all parents should have received their student's Report Cards. Please sign and send back the report card envelope to you teacher. If you have not yet received your student's report card, please contact your student's classroom teacher.

Elmwood Park High School is hosting a Special Olympics night at our Girls Varsity Basketball game on Monday, December 12th at 5:00 pm. Our district's Special Olympics team will be recognized and the athletes will showcase their basketball skills before the varsity game starts at 6:00 pm.

❄️ “Season of Lights” ❄️

2022 Holiday Show & Choir Concert

Tuesday, December 20th

1st Grade: 5:30 PM

2nd Grade: 6:30 PM

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**LOCATION: Elmwood Park HIGH SCHOOL**

More information can be found HERE!

Congratulations to our 22-23 Elmwood Spelling Bee Team!

This year's team includes:

1) Erhan Mulvihill

2) Amelia Pogorzelski

3) Sophie Nijmeh

4) Emilio Aguirre

5) Pooja Suresh

6) Naomi Rivas

7) Adelaide "Addie" Jimenez

8) Ella Bucknell

9) Luka Doce

10) Sammy Lahlou-Nabil

D401's schools are always looking for ways to improve communication and events for our families. Please share your thoughts by completing this survey by December 14, 2022.

***We have updated the settings of the link since last week & value your feedback!

Link: EPCUSD401 COMMUNITY & EVENTS SURVEY

Spirit Week Begins 12/19!

Monday 12/19: Culture Day

Celebrate your culture by wearing an outfit that represents it!

Tuesday 12/20: Pajama Day

Our partners at West 40 have created a calendar of all the local food pantries on the Community Resources Website HERE. On that page, there is also a list of the Unity Fridges in the area, Unity Fridges are public refrigerators that are stocked by community members with food, it is a "leave what you can, take what you need" model. Additionally, HERE is the link to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, it has the whole list of food resources in the whole Chicagoland Area.

MON 12/12: Early Release 2 PM

MON 12/19: Start of Spirit Week and early Release 2 PM

TUES 12/20: 5:30PM/6:30PM 1st & 2nd Grade Holiday Show & Choir Concert at the HIGH SCHOOL

WED 12/21: Visit from EPHS Swing Choir

THURS 12/22: Elmwood Holiday Activities

WINTER BREAK: Monday 12/26 - Friday 1/6 NO SCHOOL