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Woodview School News

340 Alleghany Road, Grayslake, IL 60030 847-223-3668

“An Environment Where We Can All Grow Together”

November 16, 2012

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The first trimester will be ending today, November 16th. Teachers will be busy working on report cards to

be sent home on Wednesday December 5th. We hope that you will find the district report card very

informative. It shows you how your child is progressing towards standards in each subject area, as well as

providing you with behavioral information and comments.

In addition, the Specials areas (Art, Music and P.E.) will also be providing assessment information on the

report card. Please utilize all of this information as a tool to indicate areas of success and areas that might

need more attention as we continue to work together during the school year.

A reminder that Thanksgiving week is as follows: Monday 11/19 is a full day of school. Tuesday 11/20 is an

early dismissal at 11:00a.m. (PM kindergarten students attend in the morning; no school for AM

kindergarten students). Wednesday 11/21, Thursday 11/22 and Friday 11/23 there will be no school. We

wish you a safe and happy holiday from all of us here at Woodview School!

Sincerely,

Cathy Santelle

Principal

Woodview School

Date Place Event

November 16 CCSD 46 End of Trimester 1

November 19 Woodview

Kindergarten Thanksgiving

Feast

9:45 a.m. & 1:15 p.m.

November 20 Woodview Early Dismissal @ 11:00

PM Kindergarten Attends

November 21-23 CCSD 46 School Closed

Thanksgiving Break

November 27 Woodview November Birthday

Breakfast

Woodview School

340 Alleghany Road

Grayslake, IL. 60030

847.223.3668 www.d46.k12.il.us

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VICE PRESIDE�T:

Elizabeth Corripio ecorripio@teach.us

PRESIDE�T:

Krista Bean krista.bean@att.net 847-543-0805

TREASURERS:

Sandy Hornung sandiandbob@sbcglobal.net 847-223-1925 Sandy Pogue jonandsandy@sbcglobal.net

SECRETARIES:

Traci Parker teparker1@comcast.net 847-752-2061 Margaret Blada marno44@yahoo.com

WAYS A�D MEA�S:

Brandi Kornit kornie@sbcglobal.net 312-330-0197 Tony Primack sox6@att.net 847-204-4487 Cheryl Wilgen cwilgen@sbcglobal.net 630-291-4509 Chris George tao68@sbcglobal.net 847-778-6733

WOODVIEW PTO woodviewpto@gmail.com

STAFF LIAISO�:

Gerry Sousa sousa.gerry@d46.k12.il.us

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NEWS FROM THE PTO

Just in time for the holidays�.. Innisbrook orders are in and will be available for pickup:

Monday, November 19, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Conference Room at Woodview (located next to the office)

Orders remaining past 4:30 will be available until 11:15 am Tuesday, in the office, and again after the long holiday weekend.

If you need to make other arrangements for pickup, please contact:

Cheryl Wilgen at cwilgen@sbcglobal.net or 630-291-4509. Thanks!

DI�E & SHARE

With the holidays around the corner, and all those little details to take care of, take a night off

from cooking and enjoy a fresh baked pizza from Domino’s!

The Domino’s Dine & Share will take place on Tuesday, December 4th and Wednesday, December 5th—all day, both days on carry outs or deliveries!

A voucher is required for this Dine & Share—watch for those to come home soon!

NEWS FROM THE PTO

The Mitten Tree is up in the Media Center!

The mitten tree is an annual effort to help woodview families in need. If

you were hoping to spread Holiday Cheer to a family in need, please stop by

and grab a mitten! You can also send a note with your child as to how many

mittens they should bring home and we will assist them!

Any questions, please contact Megan Wright: Megalarik04@yahoo.com or

(847)757-7842, or Pam Marks at marks.pam@d46.org

Coming Soon: Penguin Patch Holiday Shoppe!

Woodview's Penguin Patch Holiday Shoppe will, once again, be set up during lunchtime in the Multipurpose Room, December 11-13.

This event provides an opportunity for kids to purchase inexpensive gifts for family members and/or friends, with the help of parent volunteers. Items usually range in cost from $0.50 to $10.00,

with many choices in the $2-$4 range.

Purchases will be bagged and tagged, ready for gift-giving. More information will be coming home soon. This is a fun volunteer opportunity too. A signup link for parents wishing

to help holiday shoppers will be coming out soon.

NEWS FROM THE PTO

SAVE THE DATE… Lip Sync Show and Spaghetti Dinner: February 1, 2013

Though this event seems like it's far in the future, we're calling on Woodview's rock stars to start planning for the event now! Sign-up forms will be sent home next week, and are due back to school by Friday, �ovember 30, with three song choices. Parents, if you would like to join the Song Selection Committee, please contact Krista Bean at krista.bean@att.net. The initial committee meeting will be held:

Wednesday, December 5, at 11:00 am.

Thank you!

Thank you to the many, many parents who volunteered their time and resources to help make the annual Harvest Moon Festival a success! Together, we raised over $3000

for Woodview School!

Our 2nd

Box Tops collection contest is underway! Please keep bringing in your trimmed Box Tops and try to help your homeroom win. Prizes for 1st and 2nd place homeroom winners will be awarded! Students, keep your eyes on WBC for the Box Tops Lady to give contest updates and prize information! The contest will end on Monday, December 17th. The final collection will happen after school on that Monday, and winners will be announced shortly afterwards. Thanksgiving meals often come with Box Tops galore, so please tell Gramma, Auntie, Cousin Carl, Grampa Gus, neighbor Ned and all the rest that you will gladly take their Box Tops during the Holiday gatherings. Good luck to all! Any questions please contact Virginia Fitzgerald at virginiafitzgerald333@gmail.com

Hello Woodview families!

We are singing and playing in music class! Full Day Kindergarten is exploring their voices. We are learning the proper way to use our voice, and sing correct pitches. To get students singing, we are playing games, and instruments to accompany songs. Towards the end of the unit, students are expected to sing by themselves for the class! These will be simple songs, and fun for the students, so please don’t be nervous! First grade is starting to sing with “solfege” (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do). This helps them develop a musical ear. Right now we are working on “Sol and Mi.” It’s surprising how many children’s songs are developed around these two notes! Second Grade is starting to sing, and play in “ostinatos,” which are basically two different things happening at once. They are also continuing their work with “solfege” syllables (de, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do). These skills will help them sing in a choir, as they get older! Third grade is starting recorder! I am teaching them the proper way to play, as well as how to fix any issues they are having while practicing. The number one issue is the holes on the recorder are not covered properly. The number two issue is blowing too hard. Fourth Grade is playing recorder for the second year! We are reviewing songs from last year, and learning a few new songs. This year, I will also start splitting students into parts while we play recorder, to get students used to the idea of playing in a band or orchestra. Please read the third grade message above if your students are still struggling with recorder!

Mark your calendars:

The 3rd and 4th grade concert this year is

Thursday February 28 at 6:30 pm

The 1st and 2nd grade concert this year is

Thursday March 14 at 6:30 pm

Please e-mail if you have any questions! Sincerely, Tyler Smith Smith.tyler@d46.org

Art News

I am always looking for more parent volunteers to help out in the art room at various times throughout the year.

If you are interested in helping please contact me at heinz.allison@d46.org.

There are different supplies that the art room is always looking for: Baby wipes, yarn, fake flowers, buttons, beads, pipe

cleaners, pencils, glitter, fun erasers for prizes, masking tape, large zip lock bags, washable markers.

Kindergarten

The students are learning one element of art, LINE. There are many different types of lines: wavy, zigzag, spirals,

curly, straight, thin, thick, and dotted lines.

The students will be drawing a big bedtime quilt where each quilted patch has a different type of line design in

them. Then they will draw themselves sleeping under the quilt of lines.

First Grade

The students will be traveling in Art class to Ancient Greece, which is located in Europe. There they will take a look

at the culture of ancient Greece and artwork. In Greece they would make many different types of vases: dinosa,

amphora, oinochoe, krater, stamnos, hydria, kantharos. These vases have a lot of decorative designs and greek patterns.

The students will choose which vase they would like to cut out.

The First Graders made their own scratch board by coloring in paper with crayon and painting over it with a mixture

of soap and black paint. They will use their scratch board to cut a greek vase and design it with many different patterns.

Second Grade

The students are traveling in art to the country of Mexico. They are learning all about the cultural celebration of

“The Day of the Dead” or “Dia De Los Muertos.” The students will listen to a story all about that day and learn about

some of the food that is made, some Spanish words, and the cultural activities that are done on the Day of the Dead. The

students learn that the Day of the Dead is a holiday celebrating the life of past loved ones, honoring the spirits.

The art project students will be creating are their own sugar skull where they will decorate it with flowery shapes and

designs. The Second Graders will be using a new art media, chalk pastels, to decorate their artwork.

Third Grade

The students will be traveling in Art class to the country of Ghana, which is located in Africa. There they will learn

about the culture of Ghana and the artwork that is made there. The clothes that people from Ghana are works of art.

They make the clothes with designs, symbols, and patterns.

The Third Graders will have to create their own pattern using the symbols that people from Ghana use. These

symbols are called adinkra symbols, and each one has a special meaning. After the students come up with their design,

they will use wax to draw their design on a piece of cloth. This process is called batik.

The last step to the batik is to use color dye. The students will choose three colors to create their African batik.

Fourth Grade

The students are working with clay and constructing their own Big Mouths. A Big Mouth can be an animal,

person, creature, alien, or made up character that looks like their mouth is open really wide. This is a fun lesson where

the students have to use their imagination as well as critical thinking as to how to construct a three-dimensional art

project. They will be learning new vocabulary words that go along with ceramics, for example: wedge, scoring and

slipping, kiln, leather hard, bone dry, bisque fire, and glaze fire.

Physical Education Update

Third and 4th graders have finished up their floor hockey unit. It was a huge success and the

students really worked hard on their hand eye coordination skills. They have also been

fitness testing and I have seen a lot of improvements on the 1/2 mile run, push-ups, sit-ups

and chin-ups. They are working really hard and I am proud of them.

Kindergarten, 1st grade and 2nd grade have been really focusing on their catching, throwing

and kicking skills. They have been practicing with a partner and by themselves. They are

learning to use two hands when they catch the ball and to always keep their eyes on the

ball. They are also learning to point step and throw different size balls. All the students are

really doing an excellent job on kicking. They are getting better at putting their planting

foot next to the ball and not always kicking with their toes.

When the students come back from Thanksgiving break, they will all be learning about the

heart. The gym will be an obstacle course based on a heart. They will learn where the blood

travels, the different valves in a heart and what the heart does. All classes will be

participating during the Heart Adventure Class.

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

Lani Nicholas Avril M. Derrick H. Daniel M. Joey P.

Ashley H. Karyna V. Tyler S. Taylor P. Jordan G. Melissa H. Aydan E.

Marshall G. Liam B.

Katarina S. Morgan M. Chris J. Brock J. Sofia H. Cooper B. Carter B. Adrian R. Daniel A. Luke E.

Kaithlyn M. Abby M. Olivia H. Ian W.

Maxwell P. Trinity B. Josie R. Lainey S. Karolina P. Cabot P. Hailey D. Gianna C. Ryan H. Mark H. Nyah C.

Alex P. Monica B.

Johnathan H. Nick M. Zach K.

Nicholas R. Ashlyn E. Art P. Luis I. Ariel R. Grace K.

Caroline R. Reese R. Kyle B.

Aliesha R. Kharys E. Caitlyn S. Ethan S.

Gershon A. Alyssa L. Ella R.

Jaylynn W. Zachary G. Destiny S. Prateek T. Bernice R. Logan S. Cabot P. Aileen B. Chase I. Bryce D. Jade S.

Ashley H. Yilenia M. Danielle G. Adrian C. Zachary K. Tyler W. Gabriel F. Alex P.

Athena R. Ian G.

Wesley B. Julia M. Tamara B. Abbie F. Lola B.

William C. Grayson R.

Zane M. Katie W. Sienna D. Nolan K. Oliver F. Hailey D. Lincoln T. Max C. David P.

Danielle B. Vincent B. Megan B. MJ D. Drew V. Mia D. Abby J. James W. Christian J. Marcella S. Leah T.

Mathew J. Trinity B. Cailtlyn S. Levi S. Mihir T. Jaydin K. Jada G.

Mrs. Duguid’s Class Ms. Edmund’s Class Mrs. Houck’s Class Mrs. Hyams’ Class Mrs. Lambie’s Class Mrs. Lett’s Class

Mrs. Mankowski’s Class Mrs. Miller’s Class Mrs. Schmidt’s Class Mrs. Sousa’s Class Miss Wolf’s Class

Clip & save Tyson Project A+ labels.

Turn in the labels to school. Your

school redeems them for cash. Each

label is worth $.26.

Here is another way to earn money for

Woodview. Simply clip the Box Tops

from your favorite General Mills

products and send them to school with

your child!

Chef Tony says, “Chilly fall

weather is here—Market

Day has some delicious

dinner options that will

warm you from the inside!”

Did you know that Woodview

collects Campbell’s soup labels? The

labels are worth points and must have

the UPC code in order to be used. The

points can be redeemed for books, gym

equipment, and other items for our

school. Each teacher has a box in the

classroom to collect labels and box tops!

VOLU�TEERS �EEDED To help at the next Market Day sale

Saturday December 15th.

Market Day is a fundraiser that we share with the other District 46 elementary schools. Each elementary school takes a turn supplying volunteers to help unload the delivery truck and organize the orders for pick up. The profits from each monthly sale are split between the five elementary schools. Woodview's turn to volunteer is Saturday, December 15.

Fifteen adult volunteers are needed to

help unload the truck, sort orders and re-trieve orders.

Volunteers are needed at Meadowview

school from 7:45 am to 9:30 am. Please consider helping even if you need to arrive late or leave early. Spouses are welcome, and school-aged children can help too! Donuts, bagels, coffee and juice will be provided. Please email cwilgen@sbcglobal.net or Megalarik04@yahoo.com if you can help with this important PTO fundraiser.

Thank you!