Daily Announcement for November 5, 2021
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Student Announcements
Thank you Spartans for your AMAZING Urban Legends! So many students clearly worked so hard on their stories!
This was the HARDEST year ever to choose the winners.
The winning Urban Legend writers, who will have their stories published and receive a pizza lunch, are:
6th grade
Andrew Cassey
Glory Thang
Lola Smith
Yonathan Rodriguez Solis
7th grade
Alison Gray, Kayla Tootell, Devanshi Singh Chauhan
Jonas Narrajos, Rashawn Taylor, Adam Lilly
Kate Costello
Priscilla Ha
8th grade
Clare Donnelly
Grace Shim, Luina Gjolli, Lizzie Pekkarinen, Claire Rogers
Jin Tai, Noah Gisburne
Connor McMillan
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Intramural soccer for 7th and 8th grade will continue to run Wednesday and Friday on the upper field,
please ask Mr. Dryer if you have any questions.
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Coming soon to morning announcements: Joke Day!
Students, you have an opportunity to control some of the content of the morning announcements and even take over the microphone.
Know a good joke?
Submit it for joke day on the morning announcements.
6th graders check your ACE teacher's classroom page,
7th and 8th graders check your forum page for the google form you need and more information.
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Our annual reading challenge, the Spartacus reading challenge has begun in the library! .
Read from a list of 25 great new potentially award-winning books, win prizes!
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Hey GC students, would you like to win a gift card to Starbucks, Portillos, or McDonalds?
All next week Builders Club is hosting a food drive.
Bring in any 3 items on our list (lists are posted on signs and fliers throughout the building)
to Mrs. Picicco's or Ms. Sedlacek's room before 1st period.
Your name will be entered in a drawing and winners will be announced at the end of the drive.
Come on, this is your chance to help the Glen Ellyn food pantry and bite into some delicious cheese fries or a warm latte. Yum!
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LUNCH MENU:
Thursday 11/4 - Tacos or Chicken Burger
Friday 11/5 - Lunchable Pizza or Chicken Wings
Monday 11/6 - Grilled Cheese & Soup or Pizza
Parent Announcements
Dental Clinic November 9th.
We're collecting candy and craft supplies for Glen Crest's day of service
On November 23, Glen Crest students will be participating in a school-wide day of community service. During part of the day, students will be creating "bags of cheer" that will be distributed to community organizations that serve homeless, elderly, and at-risk populations. We are hoping families can donate unopened Halloween candy and/or craft supplies that will be used to create the bags. Students can bring the candy to their first-period teacher by Friday, November 5, and craft supplies by Friday, November 12. If you have questions, please contact Jackie Sabani.
Read any good books lately? We have some great suggestions for you! The 5th Annual Spartacus Reading Challenge will kick off Wednesday, November 3rd and will run through January 28th. To compete, students and staff will read from our list of 25 excellent books, all published in 2021, and considered to be in the running for the prestigious Newbery Medal for Children's Literature. Read one, or read them all! Each time a student completes a book, if they fill out a Spartacus Kahoot! form and turn it into the library they will be entered into a weekly drawing for prizes. Visit the library website for more details.
Future blood drives are scheduled for Glen Crest on January 19, 2022; March 16, 2022; May 11, 2022; August 24, 2022; and November 2, 2022.
** STUDENTS MUST STOP IN MAIN OFFICE BEFORE LEAVING **
If you are picking you student up early from school, please sign them out on the sign out sheet that is located between the front doors. Students will be called down. Please help remind them not to just leave, they need to scan their ID's in the main office before they leave. If they are coming back to school, parents do not need to walk them in, students will check in at the main office and scan their ID's back in.
Did your student forget something at home?
If your child forgets something at home, you can drop it off at school if it is essential. There are bins in the front entrance for each grade level. Students can check those bins during a passing period or during lunch. We cannot disrupt class every time a student forgets something.
We all forget things once in a while, however if your student is chronically forgetting things, it may be helpful to pack up backpacks the night before to avoid the morning rush. Once routines are established, sometimes, the best way to help them be prepared is to let them experience the natural consequences of being unprepared once or twice.
If it is a forgotten lunch, all students can receive a free hot lunch. There is no need to bring a lunch to school.
Drop off and Pick up
If you live close enough for your student to walk to and from school, please let them do that! There are crossing guards on duty to help them cross the roads safely.
A reminder about drop off and pick up, please pull forward in the drop off lane as far as you can before your student exits or enters your car. This helps keep traffic moving and prevents traffic backing up down Sheehan. All students should be dropped off and picked up in the lane in front of Glen Crest along Sheehan (see photo below).
Please do not enter the school lot during arrival and dismissal unless your child needs special assistance or you have a reason to come to the office. Also, please pay attention to the crossing guards and help us keep all of our students safe!
During dismissal, you may want to consider arranging a meeting place with your student on one of the side streets around Glen Crest. this may save you time in the drop off lane and help with traffic.
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 3: Blood drive at Glen Crest, 2-6 p.m.
November 3: Parent Series: How ancient cultures raised happy kids
November 4: Evening conferences for middle school
November 9: Regional office substitute training
November 9: Parent Series: Preparing for the SAT
November 11: First trimester ends
November 13: Vaccination and booster clinic at Glen Crest
November 15: Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m.
November 17: Parent Series: How to build stress tolerance in kids
November 18: Evening conferences for elementary
November 18: Parent Series: Hábitos que forman relaciones familiares saludables
November 22: Evening conferences for elementary
November 23: Morning attendance (conferences)
November 24-26: No school (Thanksgiving break)
