Hometown Families:

Thank you to all of the families who came to the open house last week. There were many great compliments about our teacher presentations and being back to a "normal" school year. This week's newsletter has many flyers and important information. If you have questions, please reach out.

If you missed the open house and would like more information about your child's teacher, please reach out to the teacher. We have attached the specials teachers' information to the weekly. Please follow up if you have specific questions.

We have added some comprehension questions to use with your children as they are reading a book at home. Use these questions to start a conversation with your children about what they are reading.

Our school is a Title I school. Please remember to send the compact back signed by September 27th. Please let me know if you have questions.

Please save the date for some upcoming events. We will host a book fair October 4th-6th. We will have family game night October 6th from 6pm-7:30pm and Mother/Son bowling on October 8th. Flyers will be going home next week. Please reach out to Kari Devine with questions at 708-691-3003. If you are interested in volunteering, please reach out to Kari. We would like to have all of our events and if we do not get volunteers we will have to cancel them.

Students will be able to visit the book fair October 4th-6th. Please see the flyer to volunteer. Students will be bringing home flyers to look at some of the selections of books.

Please join us for family game night on October 6th. See the attached flyer for details. Families will play the selected board games with each other.

If you are interested in bowing, our boys are invited to ask that special lady to bowl with them on October 8th. Please see that attached flyer for details.

We will be conducting our drills in the upcoming week. Please view the letter and have a discussion with your child about the importance of these drills. If you have questions, please let us know.

Please join us on Thursday, September 22nd for a presentation about sexting, cyber-bullying, snapchat, and instagram. This event will take place at the middle school.

Every week I will be spotlighting a staff member or a team. Meet one of our new special education CASE teachers, Mrs. Kaylee Letizia.

If you see Mrs. Letizia around Hometown, please welcome her and say hello!

Please remember you may NOT park in the back lot when picking up students. You must park on the side streets and walk to the child's door. Please be mindful during the dismissal time. Police will be monitoring the area.

Please join our PTA. There are a few more days left for the contest. The class that has the most participation will have an ice cream party. Help your child's class get ice cream. We will have a table set up at open house.

Did you know you can keep up to date on school news through our Twitter account? You can also see pictures of events that have happened at school as well as photos of daily activities in the classroom. Scan this code to follow our account or go to twitter.com and follow @D123Hometown.

We are happy to partner with the Arab American Services for the school year. Please see the attached flyer. We are looking for parent mentors to start the new year. If you are interested please reach out to the school. We will have a table at the Open house with more information.

Website: d123.org/hometown
Location: 8870 S Duffy Ave, Hometown, IL, USA
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @d123hometown

Email: abencik@d123.org
Phone: 708-423-7360
Twitter: @AmandaBencik