Annunciation School Newsletter

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October 2, 2019

Bless the LORD, all you angels, you ministers, who do his will. Psalms 103:21

Dear Parents,

We had some beautiful singing this morning from our newly formed school choir.

Mrs. Mancini works with six 5th-8th grade girls on Tuesdays at lunch and before Mass on

Wednesdays to rehearse and they add such a nice touch to our all-school Masses. The

choir members include: Danielle Tranchita, Lauren Tranchita, Elly Tuma, Marisa

Schupbach, and Madilyn Gapinske.

Thank you to those parents who made some of their tuition payment since last week, but

there are a large number of families whose accounts are now past due. Letters will be sent home

next week to families with past due amounts. Please log into TADS to see where you are at with

your payments. The first quarter ends on 10/25 and families need to be close to 25% of payments

made in order to continue enrollment in the second quarter. If you need to discuss your tuition

account, please contact me.

I came across this September 2017 article recently and thought it would be interesting to

share with our parents. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has-the-smartphone-

destroyed-a-generation/534198/ I know the title is a bit dramatic, but the article has some startling

statistics and data for parents to think about as they raise their children in the era of smartphones.

The article is long, so I recommend you bookmark it to read when you have time to devote to it.

For families who are contemplating when to give their child a cell phone, the website Wait Until

8th https://www.waituntil8th.org/ might be very helpful, too. Hopefully these resources can help you

navigate this subject and open up dialogue with your children.

We are looking for 6 more BAKERS to make 3 DOZEN COOKIES

for the reception after the Luminary Mass on 10/9. Please sign up at this

link if you can donate homemade or bakery cookies to share with our fellow

parishioners. https://signup.com/login/entry/337034404143360073

Finally, enjoy these cute pictures of our Preschool and 8th Grade classes

meeting their “buddies” for the first activity of the year. I often speak of our class

buddy program and the benefits it provides to both the older and younger students.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Jennifer Wardynski

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Friday, October 4, is our monthly $1.00 Dress Down Day for charity. Seventh grade will choose this month’s charity. Last month eighth grade donated $226.00 to Feed My Starving Children.

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Last Call for Taffy Apples! All taffy apple orders and money must be turned in to the office NO LATER

THAN Tuesday, October 8th

. If you need an additional order form, you can find one at the end of the newsletter. Pickup will be on Thursday, October 17th in the upper building from 2:30-3:30pm. The top ten families that sell the most will receive a FREE dress down day on Monday, October 21st. If you have any questions, please contact Kim Becker at 630-338-9044 or kimbecker08@gmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hot Lunch Day in October is on Tuesday, October 15th and is from Buona. If you would like to order hot lunch for your child, you may order and pay online through SchoolSpeak. Orders are due no later than Wednesday, October 9th. Late orders cannot be accepted!! Don’t miss out!

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Keep on selling those raffle tickets! EARLY BIRD RAFFLE DEADLINE IS ONLY 9 DAYS

AWAY - If your family sells $100 worth of tickets by October 10, your child(ren) will have a fun Dress Down/Donut Day on October 25th!! Cash or checks – check please make out to Annunciation BVM School. Don’t forget the extra incentive drawing at Piper’s for those who sell $200 or more – see the raffle flyer below for rules.

Send in your RSVPs! If your oldest child is in grade K – 8, the cost of your ticket is covered by the Fundraising Fee!

Please see the Class Basket information at the end of the newsletter – we are starting to receive items and donations but need everyone’s help!! No donation is too small!! Cash or checks – checks please make out to Amy Tuma.

Our banquet is not limited to just school families. Invite your friends and family to join you for a great night out! Contact Kendra Helfer at khelfer9972@comcast.net or 630.334.9946 if you need to purchase additional tickets.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Home & School “Cherrydale” fundraiser will take place from October 21 – November 11 with pick up taking place the first week of December. As you will recall from this fundraiser last year, you will find some great Christmas gift ideas, holiday wrapping paper and lots of other

goodies to order. As a reminder, our school receives 50% of the profits! The catalog will be sent home with your oldest or only child the week of October 14. Please take a few minutes to check it out. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

WE NEED YOUR HELP!

The 8th grade class is once again collecting Box Tops for Education to raise money for their class trip to Chicago. Please send in any Box Tops that you have been saving at home ASAP and no later than October 15th. Your help in collecting these Box Tops is greatly appreciated. The Box Top program will only be accepting the traditional paper Box Top squares for a short time more. They are modernizing the program to use mobile technology. There is a new app you can download on your phone. When you purchase a product with the Box Top logo you can scan your receipt and our school will automatically get the credit for the Box Top. For now we can actually get double the points for clipping the box top AND scanning receipts with Box Top items. Scanning needs to be completed within 14 days of purchase. See the school website for more information at https://www.annunciationbvm.org/box-tops-for-education Here is a link to find out more: Box Tops for Education The Mobile App is Box Tops for Education Thank you for your continued support of this program! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Luminary Mass is scheduled for Wednesday, October 9th at 7:30 p.m. If you have not attended the Luminary Mass in the past, please consider joining us this year. The Luminary Mass is an opportunity to celebrate the lights in our lives - both living and deceased. We are

looking for parents who are willing to volunteer the morning of

October 9th to set up the luminary bags. All volunteers must have

completed Protecting God's Children. If you are interested in volunteering, please contact

Julie Cibulskis at 630-363-7073 or jcibulskis@hotmail.com. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

High School News

Rosary: Open House on Sunday, October 20 and also on Thursday, November 21. For more information visit www.rosaryhs.com/openhouse Volleyball Night October 15. Free admission, hot dog and drink for girls in grades 4- 8 More information is available in the office. Taste of Cross Fun Run October 23 at 4:00 p.m. Ages 8th grade and under. More information is available in the office Marmion: Homecoming Kick-Off Party and Fireworks October 5 from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m.

All ages are invited. Homecoming Football Game October 11, 5:00 p.m. The first 175 5th – 8th grade boys who register at www.marmion.org/hcgame will receive a free t-shirt. Aurora Central: Open House Thursday, October 24 from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. Student led tours, Information on Curriculum, Classroom Activities, Clubs, Athletics, etc. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manna Workers: Thursday, October 3 2:45 – 3:15 Kim Becker Thursday, October 10 2:45 – 3:15 Tracy Phillippe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrol Schedule – Week of October 7 Morning: Ceci Drudi and Brooke Feltes Afternoon: Joseph Escobedo, Edgar Mendoza, Nate Bostrand and Marley Cwinski -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thur. Oct. 3 8:00 a.m. Jess Seaton James Digate

Friday, Oct. 4 8:00 a.m. Jess Seaton James Digate

Saturday, Oct. 5 5:15 p.m. Will Schwartz Savana Sanchez

Sunday, Oct. 6 7:30 a.m. Jacob Gay Volunteer

8:45 a.m. I. Ortega K. Davis

10:00 a.m. Chelsea Hirner J. Hirner

11:30 a.m. Brooke Feltes Isabella Alvarado

Monday, Oct. 7 8:00 a.m. Abby Cibulskis Nick Cibulskis

Tuesday, Oct. 8 8:00 a.m. Abby Cibulskis Nick Cibulskis

Wed., Oct. 9 8:45 a.m. Delaney Hefke Vince Hefke

Luminary Mass 7:30 p.m. Ian Roskuszka Robbey Hren

Submit your payments/stubs to the office marked

TOE Main Raffle – Attn. Jennifer Burke/Jackie Szilage

FOR EXTRA TICKETS

email Jennifer or Jackie at jennifersburke@hotmail.com or jszilage@gmail.com

If you are unable to sell ALL of your tickets, please return the unsold ones to the

office in an envelope also marked TOE Main Raffle no later than 11/4/19

DONUT DRESS DOWN DAY!

If you sell and turn in $100 in tickets by

Thursday, October 10

your child(ren) will be treated to a special Dress Down Day/Donut Day Combo

on Friday, October 25th.

SELLING COULD WIN YOU

$500 CASH Extra Seller Incentive Raffle Drawing

for every $100 of tickets you sell ($200 or more)

you will get one entry into a special raffle for $500

Winner will be pulled the evening of the main

event at Piper’s on 11/15/19

For example, if your family sells $300 worth of

tickets, you will get 2 chances to win

for this extra incentive drawing

Early-Bird

DONUT DRESS DOWN DAY

DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 10TH Tradition of Excellence Big Raffle

We are asking each family to sell 5 tickets

$25 per ticket or 5 for $100 Chance to win $3500

Class baskets have always been very popular raffle item at the dinner/dance event. This year’s

event will take place NOVEMBER 15th

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Please consider donating to your class’s basket, NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL.

Let us do the shopping for you with a cash donation!

Below are your grade(s) themes & some “big item” suggestions:

PRE-K & 8TH

GRADE-GIFT CARD & LOTTERY SCRATCH OFF TREE Any gift card or lottery card is great. Don’t forget “Manna” gift card (let your donation give back to you)

KINDERGARTEN & 7TH

GRADE-STOCK THE BAR/TACO BAR

Booze, Wine Refrigerator, Mexican Restaurant Gift Cards, Yeti Cooler

1st

GRADE & 4TH

GRADE-GAME NIGHT

Bears/Bulls/Cubs/Sox/Chicago Fire/Kane County Cougar tickets or passes. Xbox One/Nintendo Switch

Game stop/Best Buy Gift cards

2nd

GRADE & 5TH

GRADE-MOVIE NIGHT

Movie Projector/Screen, Sound bar, Redbox/AMC/Cinemark gift cards

3RD

GRADE & 6TH

GRADE-KID FRENZY Bike, Scooter, Legos, Art supplies, Board games, Funway or Santa’s Village Certificate,

Luigi’s/Chuck E Cheese gift cards, Bounce town/Sky high passes, Water Park passes

****ANY CHECKS FOR “CLASS BASKETS” please make out to: AMY TUMA*****

All donations can be sent to school labeled TOE CLASS BASKETS.

A final due date will be sometime end of Oct

Please contact Amy Tuma with any questions at amy2ma07@gmail.com

If you need more info on manna (a program to help give you a percentage back off your tuition

based on places you already shop)….let me know.

Back by popular demand! We are selling Taffy Apples supporting

Annunciation Home and School. Collect orders using the attached order form. Make multiple copies

as needed for orders. Collect payment when taking orders, payment due when order submitted.

All order forms and money are due by Tuesday, October 8th.

Pick up 2:30pm – 3:30pm, Thursday, October 17th.

Gym in the Upper School Building

Prize for the TOP 10 Selling Families: A FREE Dress Down Day Monday, October 21, 2019

Any questions, please contact Kim Becker @ kimbecker08@gmail.com or 1.630.338.9044

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Order Forms and Money Due NO LATER than Tuesday, October 8Send Forms and Money in an envelope to Home and School Taffy Apple Sales

Dear Families,

The Box Tops for Education program is changing the way we can earn cash for our school!

Over the summer, participating brands have begun to change their packaging from the traditional Box Tops clip to the new Box Tops label.

Going forward, instead of clipping from packages and checking expiration dates, all Box Tops will be earned digitally by scanning your receipt. The Box Tops for Education team has worked hard to build a NEW-and-improved, user-friendly Box Tops mobile app, available now.

The new app features state-of-the-art technology that allows you to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to our school's earnings online.

If you still have traditional Box Tops clips at home, make sure to send them to school. We will still earn cash for all clipped Box Tops until they expire. Better yet, you can “double dip” during the packaging transition by clipping traditional Box Tops AND scanning your store receipt containing participating products.

Thanks for helping our school get what it needs!

BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE NEW APP OR UPDATE YOUR EXISTING APP:

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EARN CASH FOR OUR SCHOOL NO MORE CLIPPING. ALL YOU NEED IS YOUR SMARTPHONE.

HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:

You can find Box Tops on hundreds of products throughout the store.

Use the app to snap a photo of your receipt within 14 days of purchase.

You do not need to clip or send Box Tops labels to school.

Box Tops earnings are identified and automatically updated at BTFE.com.

The NEW and improved Box Tops mobile app uses state-of-the-art technology to scan your store receipt, find participating products and instantly add Box Tops to our school's earnings online.

LOOK FOR THE NEW LABEL:

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SEE PRODUCTS & LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BOX TOPS APP AT BTFE.COM

RECEIPT

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Traditional Box Tops clips are being phased out of production but may continue to be found on many products throughout the store as packages transition to the new Box Tops labels. You can still

clip these and send them to school. Please make sure each clip has a valid expiration date.

BOX TOPS CLIPS ON PACKAGES

EARNCASH FOR OUR SCHOOL

BUY BOX TOPS PRODUCTS

CUT OUT THE BOX TOP FROM EACH PACKAGE

SEND YOUR BOX TOPS TO SCHOOL

THE ALL-NEW BOX TOPS IS HERE!DOWNLOAD THE APP: