Arctic Blast
Glacier Ridge Elementary School 01.24.20
Dear Glacier Ridge Families,
Dear Glacier Ridge Families,
Today we held our Kids Heart Challenge assembly. We look forward to all the great activities and appreciate your support in raising funds for the American Heart Association. Over the years we have raised approximately $170,000.00. That is amazing! Thank you for your support.
Enjoy the weekend.
Mr. Jacobsen and Mrs. Adams
Book Sale this weekend!
Kids Heart Challenge Assembly
Kids Heart Challenge Assembly
The Book Blast Sale is here. Today, January 24th and Tomorrow, January, 25th!
Thank you to all the parents, teachers, and students who donated books to support this great fundraiser. Your generosity meant that our cart was overflowing with great books for readers to enjoy!
The thousands of books collected from all of our schools are now all organized and ready for you to purchase and read. Please take some time this weekend to attend and find some books to enjoy. The sale is today, Friday, January 24th (9 am - 7 pm) and tomorrow, Saturday, January 25th (9 am-4 pm) at the Algonquin District Township Hall located at 3702 Route 14 in Crystal Lake. All books are either 50 cents or one dollar.
Glacier Ridge Reads
Winter 2020 Parent University
Parenting and Technology: Why Our Kids Are Growing Up Differently
The Winter 2020 D47 Parent University event will be held Tuesday, February 4, 2020 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Lundahl Middle School, 560 Nash Rd. in Crystal Lake. Prairie Ridge High School counselor Missy Berg will discuss how technology and parenting strategies are affecting our kids' generation, known as Generation Z or iGen. Parents will learn how to help their children develop healthy peer and adult relationships, improve communication, cope and manage emotions, and increase self-efficacy/confidence. To learn more and register, visit www.d47.org/parentuniversity.
FUN FAIR - Saturday, February 8th
Volunteering Opportunities - The Fun Fair does take a LOT of hands to run. We're still looking for 30 Volunteers to help run the fun fair games for the kids on Sat. Feb. 8th! 19 volunteers are needed 11-1pm and 11 volunteers are needed 1-3pm! Please consider volunteering a couple of hours of your time to ensure it's continued success. Sign up on line or download a form to secure your volunteer time slot.
Cake Walk - The cake walk has been a fan favorite for years! Please consider helping to ensure everyone leaves with a yummy treat. Click this link for details on calk walk donations.
Fun Fair Tickets - Avoid the lines and get right to the games by purchasing your tickets or wrist bands in advance. Click here to download an order form.
KIDS HEART CHALLENGE (formerly known as Jump Rope For Heart)
Our event is finally here! All students, K– 5 th grade will be participating in “jumping” activities” in P.E. class for a total of two hours during the week of February 10 th – 14th. For this event, our school is proud to partner with the American Heart Association and the “Heart Heros”. With February being Heart Month, we have been challenged to keep hearts healthy through exercise by getting donations for additional heart research. By accepting this challenge we could possibly earn over $2,000.00 for our school to purchase new physical education equipment and school cash rewards. If you would like to help, please register your online at www.2heart.org/goto/glacier Look for more information coming home with your child(ren)
today! As always, thank you for your support!
Jungle Book Cast and Crew
Crew - Publicity Crew is meeting on January 28th, from 3:40 to 5:00pm.
Cast January Schedule Cast Calendar View T-Shirt Form DVD Form Crew Calendar
Blast OFF with Reading!
Glacier Ridge Reading Incentive
December 16, 2019-January 31, 2020
Our Blast OFF With Reading! Incentive has been going great! Lots of forms have already been turned in! Students can either read themselves or be read to by someone else to earn prizes. Here is a brief explanation and links for more copies:
There are two parts of our Reading Incentive--a Bookmark (to count reading minutes for earning tickets to community activities)
and Bingo Boards (fun reading activities that earn CHANCES to win prizes).Extra bookmarks and Bingo Boards can be found in the office, library, and hallway bulletin board. Links for printing at home can be found here:
Bookmark= http://bit.ly/2020BlastOffBookmark
Bingo Board= http://bit.ly/2020BlastOffBingo
Minutes can count for Glacier Ridge, Crystal Lake Public Library, AND Six Flags Great America (sixflags.com/books with Glacier Ridge School Code UMDVD). ALL Bookmarks and Bingo Boards are due by January 31, 2020.
Questions? Contact Nancy Dougherty (ndougherty@d47.org) or Gayle Johnston (gwjohnston@d47.org).
Girls on the Run - We need coaches!
GOTR is an after school program like no other! Twice a week for 10 weeks, girls will have fun, make friends, increase their physical activity levels and learn import life skills. Click here to learn more about the program. Registration opens January 8th.
Coaches Needed - This is indeed a wonderful program, but it cannot run without coaches. GR is slated as a host location, and we are looking for coaches. If we are unable to secure enough GR will not be listed as a host location. Click here to learn more about what being a coach involves.
Yearbooks
Start to capture memories and order your 2019-2020 Glacier Ridge Yearbook!
To purchase and customize your yearbook, please got to www.TreeRing.com/validate. Then enter our school’s passcode: 1013872192942816. The deadline to order and customize the two free custom pages is April 3, 2020. The yearbook price is $20.00.
For more information on purchasing a yearbook, visit: http://bit.ly/gryearbook19
For more information on designing the 2 free custom pages, visit: http://bit.ly/grcustom19 and http://bit.ly/grcustom219Upcoming Important Dates
January 24th - Kids Heart Challenge Kick Off
January 30th - Glacier Ridge Reads
January 31st - Disney Spirit Day
February 4th - Winter Parent University (Lundahl Middle School)
February 8th - GR Fun Fair
Glacier Ridge Elementary
Email: jmjacobsen@d47.org
Website: https://www.d47.org/grs
Location: 1120 Village Road, Crystal Lake, IL, USA
Phone: (815)444-4850
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GlacierRidgeD47
Twitter: @GlacierRidgeD47