Treat your kid(s) to a hot lunch and treat yourself to a day off from packing lunches! The May Hot Lunch is Friday, May 13th. Please note, the scheduled May lunch was supposed to be Friday, May 20th. The date was switched due to the upcoming Aces Walk. The menu will include: slice of cheese pizza, seasonal…
Full week of Cardio Kids this week! See you on Wednesday and Friday. Please have your runners/walkers dressed appropriately for the activity and the weather and be ready to go at 7:45am. The students will join Ms. Gorman and Mr. Bartelt in a run or walk around the Blythe Park Campus. Four laps around the…
During the month of May, each Blythe Park student will be taking part in an Artist-in-Residence project. The project will be working to create the three tree stumps that sit right outside the entrance to Blythe at the K-2 doors into something beautiful to greet all the guests that visit Blythe Park. wall The artists…
Mark your calendars for the Gail Goletz ACES Walk on May 20th at 11:25am. Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) was created by physical education teacher Len Saunders in 1989 as a method of motivating children to exercise. Nationally, ACES takes place on the first Wednesday in May as part of National Physical Fitness and Sports…
Blythe Park PTA’s school supply kit sale will run May 1st – June 1st. All orders will be available to purchase online from The Write Stuff and be delivered right to school. How Convenient! Easy Ordering Instructions 1) Go to www.write-stuff.com/storefront/school/blythe 2) Select grade level. 3) If applicable, select kit within grade level. 4) Enter…
Do you have stuffed animals that need a new home? Eagle Scout candidate Elijah Ourth is collecting stuffed animals to be donated to pediatric patients at the Cicero Health Center. New or gently used animals are needed, but they must be washable (no Beanie Babies, for instance). They can be any size. You can drop…
Since we had to add a day to the school year and now the last day of school will be Monday, June 6th, we thought we would add an additional Hot Lunch on Friday, June 3rd. The year long Hot Lunch program will be over with this week’s lunch scheduled for May 13th. As always, the menu will…
The last big PTA event, FIELD DAY, is coming up quickly! Field Day will be held on the Thursday, June 2nd. Please note is a date change from Wednesday, June 1st as noted on the District calendar. We are looking for parent volunteers to help with Field Day. Field Day will be held in the morning from 8:45am-12:30am. To make this event a…
Over the course of this year, a committee has been working on reviewing and updating Blythe Park PTA’s standing rules. A PTA has two documents that guide their organization in conducting business – our bylaws and our standing rules. The standing rules outline the procedures of the association with specific details that are not…
District 96 is excited to announce online student registration for the 2016-17 school year! This process replaces the paper forms sent home at the beginning of each school year. The district has created a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) that should answer most parents’ questions. Click on this link to start the registration process: http://www.district96.org/returningregistration/ For…