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Home of the Glen Grove Gators - May 26, 2023 FINAL EDITION
May 29, Monday - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day
May 30 - June 1, Tuesday through Thursday - 5th Grade Musical, 6:30-7:30
See below for more information
June 2, Friday - All library books due back at school
June 5, Monday - Field Day
K-8TH Registration for 2023-2024 School Year (early bird discount if you register by June 9th)
Click here to access registration link.
May through end of school - ABC Countdown to Summer Begins!
Click here to access the countdown calendar!
Dear Glen Grove Families,
Can you believe that this is the last Glen Grove newsletter of the year?! Wow! This school year has flown by. It has been a fantastic school year filled with both growth and joy at Glen Grove.
For those of you who are moving on to middle school, we will miss you and your child! It is a bittersweet transition. We will miss all of our fifth graders, but we know that they are ready for this next step in their academic careers. They are resilient, independent, and have a great future ahead of them. I can’t wait to hear about the many ways they make this world a better place!
I hope that everyone enjoys a summer filled with friends, family, and fun. There are so many ways to keep our brains activated during the summer months. I’d encourage you to visit museums, read lots of great books and enjoy new experiences. If you want to engage in some additional academic activities, there is always access to IXL throughout the summer months.
Although the school will be closed and under construction during the summer, I will still be working and preparing for another fantastic year. I hope to update you throughout the summer on construction! Please do not hesitate to reach out to me over the summer if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. Because I will be working out of the building, email is probably the best way to reach out.
In Partnership,
Kate Ellison
Hot Lunch
- Monday, May 29 - NO SCHOOL
- Tuesday, May 30 - Chicken Tenders with Dipping Sauce
- Wednesday, May 31 - French Bread Cheese Pizza
- Thursday, June 1 - Cheesy Bites with Marinara Sauce
- Friday, June 2 - TBA
- Monday, June 5 - Pancakes and Sausage
- Tuesday, June 6 - Chicken Nuggets with Mashed Potatoes
- Wednesday, June 7 - Wild Mike's Cheese Pizza Slice
- Thursday, June 8 - Pasta with Meat Sauce
Everyday Choices
- Turkey & Cheese Sandwich
- Yogurt or Cheese Stick and Muffin
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Uncrustable Sandwich
All meals include milk and a variety of fruit and vegetable options.
*Please note that, due to supply chain issues, all items are subject to change without notice.
The Food Services department is experiencing unprecedented staff shortages. To continue to provide meals to students in this environment, we may need to adjust to a limited menu, removing the hot entree option. This change may happen on any given day, at one or multiple schools. We will provide information to families at a particular school if this does happen, though communication may occur on short notice.
We appreciate your understanding!
Nurse Hastings is collecting clean sweatpants, joggers, and leggings in kids' sizes L and XL. If you have freshly laundered items to donate please drop them off in the Glen Grove office or send them in with your student in a bag marked with Nurse Hasting's name.
Thanks to these donations, any students who come to the office needing a change of clothes will be able to get them ASAP.
Thank you!
All student absences should be called into the health office no later than 7:45 a.m. at (847) 657-2394. The school has voicemail so parents can call the health office to leave messages at any time.
If your children come to school after 7:45 a.m., please have them come through the front office. This is for the safety of all of our students.
Mandatory Health Forms for 2023-2024 Incoming 6th Graders
All incoming 6th grade students MUST have a physical examination (within the last 12 months), including required vaccinations, turned in prior to August 24, 2023. Your child will NOT be able to start middle school until the physical form is turned in. If your child's health forms are already complete, you can turn them into the Glen Grove health office any time between now and the last day of school. They will be forwarded to your child's middle school with their health file. If you have any questions, please call Mrs. Hastings, Health Coordinator, at (847) 657-2394. Click here for the health exam form.
5th Graders are preparing for our end-of-the-year performance! Students are taking on the role of actors, production designers, and technical crew in order to present a Fractured Fairy Tale Double Feature!
SCHEDULE OF OUR PERFORMANCE WEEK!!!
Monday 5/29: No School - Memorial Day
Tuesday 5/30: Performance 1 at 6:30PM - Roy & Champney
Wednesday 5/31: Performance 2 at 6:30PM - Margolis & Richardson
Thursday 6/1: Performance 3 at 6:30PM - Nitz & Poulakos
*Please let Mrs. Cole know as soon as possible if there is a schedule conflict with the evening of your child's performance by sending an email to mfrancomb@glenview34.org.
What a wonderful year of science for our 3rd graders and to top it all off, we have butterflies!!! Our butterfly release day will be Friday, May 26th. For the final few weeks of the school year, we will investigate local weather patterns and explore different climate regions of the world. We will be looking at how weather and climate are related, but not the same thing. And this unit does such a great job reviewing climate knowledge collected during a previous social studies unit. It all comes full circle...like a life cycle! :)
4th grade will be wrapping up a full year of science learning with their final unit that shifts attention more towards biology, anatomy, and brain science. Such an interesting unit to end the year with. Our young scientists were able to revisit a mini lab activity that is quite popular in the younger grades: celery in food coloring and water. However, this time they were asked to explore and think deeper about the internal and external structures of a plant and their functions to explain the changes they saw using evidence. This has been a thinking and writing skill we've worked on all year, and will continue to build upon next year. As we shifted our attention to animals and humans, we looked at how sensory organs and receptors work with the brain to help us better understand and interact with our environments.
If your 5th grader hasn't already wrapped up science for the year, they will be soon. Astronomy is almost over with as we approach one final lab activity, using collected data & evidence to help explain how our 5th graders know the Earth is moving and not the Sun when it comes to shadows and day and night. I hope your summer nights are filled with some star gazing using the planispheres all 5th graders made in this unit. If you don't know what I'm talking about, please ask your student! From chemistry to biology to environmental science and finally astronomy, our 5th grade Gators have had a full year of science exposure. We can't wait to see what is waiting for them in middle school!!!
All library books are due Friday, June 2. All books still out after June 8 will be considered "LOST", and the cost of the books will be billed through the students’ PowerSchool accounts. Please do not send cash or checks for lost books. Students can check their library account at any time by logging into Destiny Discover. Under My Stuff, students can see their current checkouts with the due date for each item. The library would much rather have the books than your money.
Dear all!
Many of the summer celebrations are about change. Swedish Midsommar is a festival celebrated on the longest day of the year, the Summer Solstice. It's a time to celebrate the beginning of summer and the changes that summer brings- longer days, warmer weather, the bounty of the land, and more.
Change is a good thing and while it can sometimes be daunting or downright scary with the end of every age and every grade, we go into summer knowing that the world keeps turning and we keep learning, both in and out of the classroom.
That said, while we close this year's chapter of the Glen Grove Community Project, we are also beginning new chapters. On behalf of the GGCP team, I sincerely thank everyone in our community for helping share its vibrancy and what makes it special.
Contact Us
Attendance/Health Office: (847) 657-2394
Main Office: (847) 998-5030
Office Fax: (847) 998-5101
Website: https://gg.glenview34.org
Location: 3900 Glenview Road, Glenview, IL 60025
Facebook: facebook.com/GlenGroveD34
Twitter: @glengroveschool
