Seeking participants for Blythe’s first craft/vendor fair!

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Blythe will be hosting its first indoor vendor/craft fair on Saturday, April 18 from 9 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. during our Bargain Books and More Sale.

We’re looking for vendor participants who would like to sell their crafts or assorted wares during Blythe’s annual used book sale. Each vendor will receive a booth space with a 6-foot table for a $15 fee on which they’ll be able to showcase their offerings, including crafts, vendor-sponsored wares (Avon, Tupperware, etc.), household items or toys.

For more information or to reserve your space, please contact Linda Sanduski at 708-443-5597 or lsanduski@topco.com

Pasta for Pennies runs two more weeks! Bring in your spare change now!

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Blythe Park Student Council Helping Hands is sponsoring The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pasta for Pennies program.

Here are the details:

*Each child will receive a box to collect spare change.
(The box can be reused for the entire program.)

*Children can bring their change to school March 9th-25th.

*Every time a child brings more than $1.00, he/she will be able to add their name to a raffle. (Only one raffle ticket will be issued per student/per day.)

*On March 26th,  we will pick 35 names from the students entered in the raffle to attend a pasta lunch at school from the Olive Garden!!!!!! Date of Olive Garden lunch to be determined.

So, go look under your sofa cushions and car seats to find all your loose change!

It’s that simple to help a great cause!

Oh…and every student will be bringing home a letter with his/her collection box that has a coupon on the bottom for a free kids meal at Olive Garden!! YUM!!!

Any questions? Send them to Mrs. King at kingr@district96.org.

Next Hot Lunch Friday, March 27th. Put your reservation in now!

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Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches!

The next Hot Lunch Fundraiser will be held on Friday, March 27th.  The menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal fruit, cookie and a drink.  The cost per child is $5.00.  To register your child(ren), go to www.blytheparkpta.org and click on the hot lunch sign-up button located on the right side bar.

Reservation deadline is Wednesday, March 25th. This program is only for children that have the option of staying at school for lunch.

If you have signed-up and paid for the entire year, no reservations are needed.

Questions, reply back to blytheparkpta@yahoo.com or contact Lisa Gaynor at 708-442-4509

Geography Week to be held the week of March 23rd.

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March 23-27 is GEOGRAPHY WEEK at Blythe Park School.

The students will be working in their classrooms on a continent mural and wearing geography related shirts. 4th and 5th grades will also be participating in a Geography Bee.

Each day during GEOGRAPHY WEEK, students should wear a geography related shirt.The class(es) with the highest percentage of geography shirts each day will be getting popcorn!!

Monday, March 23-location or landmark shirt
Tuesday, March 24- sport shirt
Wednesday, March 25- animal shirt
Thursday, March 26- different location or landmark shirt
Friday, March 27- Blythe Park Shirt

Riverside Area Inclusion Network to hold Resource Fair this Saturday

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A “Parenting/Educational Resource Fair” will take place on Saturday, March 21, 2015, 9:30 am -12:30 pm at Riverside Village Town Hall. This free event is co-sponsored by Riverside Area Inclusion Network (“RAIN”) and Community Support Services. Under one roof, families and educators will have the opportunity to meet with many local agencies and organizations that provide services, support, education, and networking for parents and educators. There will be keynote presentations on Executive Functioning Skills and Meditation/Mindfulness. See the attached flyer for more information.

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PARCC Testing this week! Lunch schedule altered.

Posted by admin on March 9, 2015 under Uncategorized | Comments are off for this article

Just a reminder, all Blythe Park students in grades 3 through 5 will be taking PARCC tests this week.  Make sure your 3rd, 4th and 5th graders get lots of sleep and good breakfasts!

Due to the fact that directions and student transitions took longer than anticipated on Monday, lunch and recess break will be pushed back ten minutes from 11:40-12:40 PM.  The adjusted lunch break schedule will be maintained from March 10th through March 20th. All students in 1st-5th will be following this schedule.

March PTA Meeting to be held this Friday, March 13th.

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Please join us for the Blythe Park PTA March meeting to be held this Friday, March 13th at 9:00am in the lunch room.  Come find out about PTA’s April and May events.  The nominating committee will nominate officers for the 2015-2016 school year.

Refreshments will be served!  We look forward to seeing you!

The agenda and minutes have been posted.   Please click on the links below to review them.

Meeting Agenda/Minutes for Approvalhttps://blytheparkpta.org/?page_id=22

Skating Party next Monday, March 16th in the afternoon.

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Save the afternoon….head on over to Fleetwood Roller Rink after early release next Monday, March 16th for some rollerskating!   Blythe Park PTA has rented out Fleetwood Roller Rink located at 7231 Archer Ave. in Summit. Bring your own roller skates or rent for $3.00. Blythe Park PTA will pay for your families’ roller rink admission. Come skate the afternoon away!

Place an order today with Schwan’s and raise money for Blythe!

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The Blythe Park PTa Schwan’s Fundraiser is running for the next 45 days.  Place your order today!  On all orders placed by April 9th, 20% of the product and 40% of eGift Card sales will go back to Blythe Park PTA. In addition, Schwan’s will contribute 5% of all orders to PTA for the rest of the year.  Click on the below to place your order.

Schwan’s Ordering Instructions
Schwan’s On-Line Ordering Page

Place Order By:
Sunday, March 15th
Order Delivery Date:
Monday, March 16th

Place Order By:
Monday, March 16 – Sunday, March 29
Order Delivery Date:
Monday, March 30

Place Order By:
Monday, March 30-Thursday, April 9 (fundraiser end date)
Order Delivery Date:
Monday, April 13th

Pasta for Pennies kicks off this week! Bring in your spare change now!

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Blythe Park Student Council Helping Hands is sponsoring The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Pasta for Pennies program.

Here are the details:

*Each child will receive a box to collect spare change.
(The box can be reused for the entire program.)

*Children can bring their change to school March 9th-25th.

*Every time a child brings more than $1.00, he/she will be able to add their name to a raffle. (Only one raffle ticket will be issued per student/per day.)

*On March 26th,  we will pick 35 names from the students entered in the raffle to attend a pasta lunch at school from the Olive Garden!!!!!! Date of Olive Garden lunch to be determined.

So, go look under your sofa cushions and car seats to find all your loose change!

It’s that simple to help a great cause!

Oh…and every student will be bringing home a letter with his/her collection box that has a coupon on the bottom for a free kids meal at Olive Garden!! YUM!!!

Any questions? Send them to Mrs. King at kingr@district96.org.