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A PTA Publication for Welch Elementary School November 2010

The PTA had an Overwhelmingly Awesome October! What the PTA did this past month:

✯ Held the fabulous Fall Family Fun Fest and Silent Auction and raised over $10,000!

✯ Organized the Fall Box Tops Campaign and collected over 9,500 Box Tops!

✯ Enlisted community and Welch volunteers to Read for the Record!

✯ Wrapped up the annual Innisbrook fundraiser and raised almost $16,000!

✯ Awarded sales prizes to Welch’s top student fund-raisers, including bowling parties and a break-fast with Mr. Bonomo!

✯ Awarded a popcorn party and prizes to Welch’s top fundraising classroom!

✯ Awarded shopping sprees to four teachers with greater-than-50% classroom participation in our fundraiser!

✯ Popped and delivered 1,000 bags of popcorn to Welch students and staff on Welch White Tiger Spirit Day!

✯ Organized a Cooks’ Night Out at Meatheads!

✯ Sponsored Walk to School Day and counted over 72% of Welch students who walked the walk!

✯ Sent liaisons to attend IPPC, PDAC, IPSN and PTA District 36 meetings!

✯ Collected student entries for the national PTA Reflections arts program!

✯ Paid for the 3rd grade field trip to Waubonsie Valley High School Planetarium and the 4th grade field trip to Naper Settlement!

✯ Supplied breakfast for Welch’s first White Tiger Breakfast of the 2010-11 school year!

✯ Sponsored Red Ribbon Week at Welch, encourag-ing all students to live drug-free lives!

✯ Joined the IPPC and other PTAs across the district in supporting a winter coat drive to benefit needy families in IPSD 204!

✯ Mobilized parent volunteers to host Halloween parties in all the Welch classrooms!

✯ Held a kick-off meeting for this year’s classroom Art Awareness program!

✯ Began planning 5th Grade Farewell Celebration activities!

✯ Signed up new PTA members and volunteers! If you like what you see, please join the PTA! Membership forms can be found online at: http://welch.ipsd.org/up-loads/2010-11%20PTA%20Membership_Form.pdf

Page 2 November Events

Page 3 The PTA thanks...

Pages 4-15 PTA Committee News

Pages 16-18 School News

Pages 6-7 Fun Fest Photos

Welch PTA’s Family Fall Fun Fest chair Jackie Aven, just as all the excitement was starting!

In this Issue: Pages 10-11 Look who helped “Read for the Record”!

Pages 12-13 Our Fundraiser Winners

4 Committee News

Page 15 Nurse’s Letter

Pages 16-17 Classroom News

2 Arlene Welch Elementary School ✐ Naperville Illinois 60564 6 630.428.7200 8 www.ipsd.org

From The PresidentWhat a month October has been!

We have sponsored many activities and events this month, and our fundraisers have been very successful. A fundraiser is not only a way to raise money and awareness for PTA activities, but it is also a way to create a sense of commu-

nity and to build school spirit. Both aims were accomplished at the FunFest and through some of our other activities, including Walk to School Day and Read for the Record.

Family participation has been amazing! It was great to see so many parents and students walking to school on Walk to School Day and so many families participating in the games, activities and silent auction at the FunFest. Many families supported us through our Innisbrook, Box Tops and Cooks’ Night Out fund-raisers as well.

Staff participation has been outstanding! It means so much to the students and parents to see Welch staff members at events and to have opportunities to interact with them outside of the regular school day. Staff input and participation are extremely valuable and always greatly appreciated.

The amount of support we have received from the community has been awesome! Whether it has been in the form of donated items, services or volunteer time, our community has provided much support and has been a tremendous help in making our activities such as the FunFest, Innisbrook fundraiser and Read for the Record so successful.

We certainly have many things to be thankful for! As Thanks-giving approaches, let’s take time to be thankful for all those around us and for all that we have and to consider helping those who are less fortunate.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Best regards,

Karen Duncan Welch PTA President

SecretaryPam [email protected]

PresidentKaren [email protected]

Vice PresidentMichelle [email protected]

TreasurerPatti [email protected]

Coming up in November:Nov. 1 - 3 Halloween Candy Collection Drive Nov. 2 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 8am-

3pm (no school) Nov. 2 Book Fair, 8am-3pm, Welch LMC Nov. 4 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4:30-

8pm Nov. 4 Book Fair, 9am-3pm & 4:30-8pm Nov. 5 Book Fair, 9am-3pm Nov. 8 Book Fair, 9am-11am Nov. 9 PDAC meeting, 7pm, Crouse Edu-

cation Center Nov. 10 Parent-Teacher Conferences, 4:30-

8pmNov. 11 Veterans’ Day (no school) Nov. 15 PDAC Diwali Food Drive ends Nov. 16 Welch Yearbook Group Pictures Nov. 16 IPSN PTA meeting & Resource

Fair, 7pm, Still Middle School Nov. 17 PTA meeting, 9:30am, Welch

multi-purpose room Nov. 18 IPPC Meeting, 9:30am, Crouse

Education Center, Rooms B6 & B7 Nov. 18 Welch Chorus Fall Festival Pro-

gram, 7pm Nov. 24-26 Thanksgiving Break (no school) Dec. 3 Tiger Nites Color Me Mine party,

Welch multi-purpose room

National PTAIllinois State PTA

PTA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: The Illinois General As-sembly is scheduled to reconvene on November 16, 2010, at which time the veto session will begin. One of the bills that the Illinois PTA will be carefully watching is HB6065, the Students with Diabetes Care Act, in which the Governor exercised his amendatory veto power. The Illinois PTA is continuing to work with a coalition that is encouraging legis-lators to override this veto. Please visit www.illinoispta.org to see what is happening in Springfield. Also, please contact your local legislators to voice your opinion about this bill.

3Arlene Welch Elementary School ✐ Naperville Illinois 60564 6 630.428.7200 8 www.ipsd.org

Thank you to M imi’s Café for donating

muffins for the Read for Record volunteers

Thank you to Caribou Coffee for donating cof-fee for the White Tiger Awards Breakfast

WELCH PTA SPONSOR THANK YOUS

Welch PTA Fun Fest Thank Yous Thank you to Janet Dubert, IPSD 204 Custodial Manager, for your expertise and assistance during FunFest setup and breakdown, and to Welch’s own custodians: Ernie, Evelia, Denise and Jose, without whom the FunFest could not have happened!

Thank you for the awesome

Entertainment Steps Dance Center

Dragon Strike Martial ArtsBollywood RhythmsMcNulty Irish Dance

YK Martial Arts

7-Eleven on Wacker DriveAlphagraphicsAmy Belomio ArtworkAvon Retail StoreBiaggi’sBlack Hawks tickets +parking

- Glowacki FamilyBollywood RhythmsBoomer T’s Boozle B’sBrunswick Zone Buffalo Wild Wings PlainfieldBuffalo Wild Wings - Duncan

familyCasey’s FoodsChasers Laser TagThe Chicago BearsCici’s PizzaColdstone CreameryColor Me MineCosmic Montessori CommunityDakshin RestaurantDean’s DugoutDollar GeneralDragon Strike Martial ArtsDupage Children’s MuseumEnglish Rows Eye Care EnopiFairfield Inn/LombardFrancesca’s RestaurantFrey Orthodontics Fry YMCAFormosa GroomingGarage ExpertsGift cards- The Roytburg familyGina Jones TravelGoddard SchoolGreat ClipsJason’s DeliJewelJewelry by ChrisJP TuxedoJust DuckyJust for KicksJ & W WoodcraftsKidSnips

Language StarsLaw Offices of Jonathan AvenMassage by Deb ScuitoMath WizardMathtasticsMcNulty Irish DanceMeadows Office SupplyMeatheadsMichael’s Fresh FoodsMidwest Edge DanceMimi’s CafeMiniScrubs, Inc.Minute Man PressMiu Miu bag - Roytburg GrandmaThe Museum of Science

and IndustryNaperville Running Co. Nike - Stemen FamilyOberweis DairyOswald’s PharmacyPainted PenguinPampered Chef/Melissa StrackPampered Chef/Tina CicconePaneraPathways EnrichmentPets Supplies PlusThe Picture PeoplePlay N TradePlayers Indoor SportsR & R SportsRecord-A-Hit Amusement Co.The Salafatinos Family - Wine Salon AriaScrubs Etc.Sharon’s FitnessSkin and Laser CenterSoo Chang Artwork Spice and RiceStaplesSteps Dance CompanyStern & AssociatesStillwater StarzTaka SushiThomas OrthodonticsVertical EndeavorsVon Heidecke Ballet School

Votre Vu- Gerolyn Baren Whole FoodsWine StylesXS port FitnessYazmin Face & BodyYK Martial ArtsYoomna’s GiftsZero Gravity

Also, thank you for the numerous classroom

donations, artwork and teacher

donations!Breakfast with Mrs. Carter

Breakfast with Mrs. Borghesi

Breakfast with Mrs. Matuszewski

Breakfast with Mrs. Bauer Basket

Pizza lunch-student+friend, Mrs. Konecki

Pizza lunch-student+friend, Mrs. Strassman

15 kids-after school games with Mrs. Troke

An hour after-school at Andersons with Mrs. Domek to select a few books for the LMC

Wiffleball with Mr. Rogers

Pies in the Face:Mr. Bonomo, Mr. Coniglio and Mrs. Hums

Thank You to The Following Organizations For Their Generous Donations:

Record A Hit for all the games and cotton candy machine


IPSN PTA Indian Prairie Special Needs PTA

On November 16, 2010, the second annual Resource Fair will be held at Still Middle School. Between 40 and 50 vendors will be on hand to present and discuss their services and prod-ucts for families of special needs children. This will take the place of the regularly-scheduled monthly meeting. Everyone is invited to attend!

IPSN PTA is pleased to announce the Teacher Grant program again this year. This program offers the opportunity for teach-ers and staff of special needs students to apply for grants for materials, resources, etc., that can enrich and enhance their current programs. Welch was a recipient of two teacher grants in 2009 (Mrs. Keeley and Mrs. Suman), and we hope to have participation again this year.

Dr. Kathy Birkett, Superintendent of District 204, is participat-ing in a fundraiser for Special Olympics on November 7th. She will be a “celebrity waitress” at McCormick & Schmick’s in Rosemont. She would love to see (and serve) District 204 families!

As October was “Disability Awareness Month,” the display case outside the main office was filled with materials and information to promote and encourage communication and awareness. The display will remain through the end of par-ent-teacher conferences in November. The next time you are in the building, please take a moment to review the informa-tion and use it as an opportunity for open discussion with your child(ren). The LMC has many books available for parents and children on a variety of disability topics.

All accomplishments begin with two words: I’LL TRY!

Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa 2008

Speaker at the October IPSN PTA Meeting and first contestant to compete in the Miss USA

Pageant with a disability

Pam Fitzgerald, IPSN PTA Liaison, Welch PTA

630-848-1411

[email protected]

IPPA (Indian Prairie Project Arrow PTA) sponsored a Chess Tournament

at WelchOn Sunday, November 7, 2010

the tournament began at 9:30am. The winners were

announced at 1pm and awarded trophies.

New Committee News Articles


PDAC (Parent Diversity Advisory Council)Parent Diversity Advisory Council (PDAC) promotes academic excellence for all students in District 204. What does diversity at Welch look like to you? What needs are not being met? What activities or events would you like to see to promote diversity and inclusion at Welch? Please email [email protected] with suggestions or ideas. PDAC’s next meeting is Tuesday, Dec 7, from 7-9PM at CEC, Room B5. All are welcome to attend.

DIWALI FOOD DRIVE Service to humanity is service to God On the occasion of Diwali – the Indian festival of Lights, Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), SEWA International, Science of Spirituality (SOS) and Maharashrta Mandal Chicago and Indian Prairie School District 204 (Brookdale Elementary and May Watts Elementary Schools) are conducting a Food drive for the underprivileged community in Naperville-Aurora. We encourage you to donate food for the community. Food items can be donated starting 15th October and conclude by 15th November 2010. Collection Points: Indian Grocery store in your vicinity, Michael fresh market (Naperville), and Caputos (Naperville), Arlene Welch Elementary, May Watts Elementary and Brookdale Elementary Schools of Naperville.

Food items (Vegetarian Items Only): Canned vegetables (no corn please) Rice and rice meals, Breakfast cereal (hot and cold) Sugar / Flour / Coffee / Tea (regular or decaf)/Vegetable oil Cleaning supplies/ Dish soap / Household cleaners / Liquid laundry

detergent (80-120 oz bottles) Shampoo/ Deodorants / - Tooth paste/ Denture cleanser and adhesive Baby diapers (size 3,4,5) / Baby wipes

Food collected shall be distributed on weekend of November 20-21, 2010 to Loaves and Fishes food shelter (Naperville).

Let’s give a special meaning to this year’s Diwali !!!

For more info, Contacts: 1. Prasad Garkhedkar ( 630-544-1281),

[email protected] 2. Naresh Rajanna (630-689-2408 / 704-763-0632)

For 2010 Diwali Food Drive info, please visit

http://chapters.hssus.org/naperville/diwali-food-drive/


On behalf of the FAMILY FALL FUNFEST Committee, we would like to thank Record-A-Hit and all the local businesses for their generous contributions. We would also like to thank all the parents and teachers who helped out.

Thank you - Jackie Aven and Julie Killacky


Get Ready, Get Set, Go Green, Welch Elementary! Happy Fall! The Environmental Committee is once again excited to team with Mrs. Hums to sponsor the Green Club. Permission slips went home in October with 3rd, 4th & 5th graders. The club meets the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month from 3:35pm-4:35pm in Mrs. Hums’ room. (See permission slip for additional info.)

We are excited for the 2010-11 school year, as we have several great, green initiatives planned for Welch. We are working with staff to continue the lunch room recycling efforts launched last year. We will officially kick it off on November 15th, America Recycles Day, and we will include fun activities as well as educational information. We are in need of volunteers to assist during all the lunch periods on November 15th. Please email us if you can help:[email protected] or [email protected]

Visit the following web site to take the recycling pledge for the America Recycles Day: http://www.kab.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ARD_Pledge

We Can Do It!One of the single best ways you can “go green” and reduce waste is to make your child’s lunch waste free and green. With some estimates reporting that schools accumulate 3.5 million pounds of lunchtime garbage every year (or 67 pounds per child per year…yikes!),it’s time to think about what our kids are and are not eating and throwing away, along with the packages in which their food is contained. Here are some easy tips to green up the lunch box.

� Replace plastic bags with reusable containers and wraps. Bento lunch boxes are a great alternative.

� Make lunches from scratch in order to lower your carbon footprint as well as to create a tasty and healthy lunch.

� Pack lunches in reusable, PVC-free, and lead-free totes.� Buy beverages in bulk, and pour into washable, non-leaching, BPA-free drink

containers. Stainless steel canteens are great for this.� Use cloth napkins that can be washed and used again. It makes your kids feel grown

up, too. � Encourage your kids to bring home the un-eaten food instead of throwing it away. This

will reduce waste as well as provide a gauge for how much you need to pack.

Here’s to a Green School Year!

~The Environmental Committee


Welch Green Tigers Club Would you like to…help Welch Go Green?...learn more about helping the environment?...be a green leader at Welch?...have a lot of fun? If so, this is the club for you!

The club is open to 3rd-5th graders and will meet the first and third Wednesdays of the month from 3:35pm-4:35pm in Mrs. Hums 5th grade classroom. Students should be picked up at the main, front door at 4:35pm. Please complete the form and return to your teacher by 10/29. The club will meet on: Nov. 3, 17; Dec. 1, 15; Jan. 5, 19; Feb. 2, 16; Mar. 2, 16; April 6, 20; May 4, 18

I give ________________________ (student name) permission to participate in the Welch Green Tigers Club. Child’s Name: ___________________________ Grade/Teacher: _______________________ Parent/Guardian Signature: ___________________________________ Parent/Guardian Name: ______________________________________ Parent/Guardian Phone & email: ________________________________________________

Health, Safety & Welfare Committee Welch had 613 students who walked to school on International Walk to School Day, Wednesday, Oc-tober 6th. This was 72% of the student population of Welch, and it is more than double the number of students who walked to school the previous Wednesday, September 29th. Way to go, Welch students! For more info on International Walk to School Day, see http://www.walktoschool.org/.

Room Parent Committee

Thanks to all of the room parents who participated in gathering donations for class baskets for our silent auction. This was something new for this year, and it was great to see all of the enthusiastic participation.

Also, thanks to all the room parents and party volunteers who have been getting ready for our Halloween parties! The time you have dedicated is extremely

valuable to our children and greatly appreciated by all.


Tiger N ites Committee

Welch PTA invites you to join us for some painting fun!

What: Paint & Party with your Welch friends & family!

When: Friday, December 3rd

Where: Multipurpose Room (Entrance from the Y door)

Time: 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM SHARP!(Prepaid orders will be bagged and ready for pickup at 6:30)

Prices Range from $4-$15. If you didn’t pre-order, don’t worry, join us and pay there!

Drop off Welch Students with their friends or stay and join in the fun—siblings are welcome!

(Pick up time is 9:00 PM SHARP)

A limited supply of items will be available for purchase at the event with CASH ONLY, starting at 7:00pm.

Can’t Make the Event? Stop by Color Me Mine in Naperville (Route 59 & 95th Street) from Monday, Dec. 5th - Friday, Dec. 10th. Identify yourself as a Welch student, and Color Me Mine will donate a portion of the proceeds to our school!

This is a great idea for holiday gifts & helps our school too!

Color Me Mine will donate 15% of the proceeds to Welch Elementary School PTA.

Contact Rashmi Narsana - (773)414-4268 [email protected] or Julie Killackey- [email protected] for information.

Flyers will be coming home soon.

BOX TOPS COMMITTEE Congratulations to Mrs. Liesch’s 5th grade class for collecting a record-breaking 1,590 box tops and for having the highest student participation during the Welch 2010 Fall Box Tops Collec-tion Campaign!

Congratulations to the top 5 individual winners:

Sadie C. • Jonah G. • Peyton M.Miles R. • Justin C.

Thank you to all participants, parents and students. Welch has collected 9,536 Box Tops during our Fall Collection Campaign.

Birthday Book Club Committee

Patricia A. Birthday 8 - 10 “Bad Kitty Gets a Bath”

Francesca A. Birthday 10 - 14 “Red, White and True Blue Mallory”

WHITE TIGER WRITING CENTER

There is still time to join the WTWC team! Volun-

teers are needed to interview students in the writing

center on Tuesday & Wednesday mornings. Come help

our young writers grow by reviewing student stories!

If you are interested in interviewing, or would like to

volunteer time as a typist or binder, please contact Jan

Gont at [email protected] or 630-904-0933.


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On December 15th and 17th, Welch Elementary School will conduct Vision and Hearing Screenings. These screening tests are mandated by the Department of Public Health at specific times during a child’s educational experience. All first, second and third grade students will have their hearing screened. Second grade students will participate in vision screenings. If your child wears glasses, please make sure they have them in school on testing day. Vision screening is not a substitute for a complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye doctor. Your child is not required to undergo this vision screening �� an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed and signed a report form indicating that an examination has been administered within the previous 12 months and that evaluation is on file at the school. In addition, students with active Individualized Education Plans and students new to Indian Prairie School District 204, will have their vision and hearing screened.Vision and hearing screenings are not an option. If an examination report is not on file at the school for your child and your child is in one of the mandated age/grade/groups, he or she will be screened.Parents of students not in the required screening groups may request screening by calling 630-428-7200.

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CLASS NEWS Third Grade News It’s hard to believe first quarter is over. We’re thankful for fall weather and for all the fun we had at the October Halloween parade and party! To everyone who was able to support our PTA by contributing to The Innisbrook fundraiser, we thank you! Field Trips, classroom magazines and Welch White Tiger Popcorn Day are just a few of the activities this fund raiser supports. We are very appreciative to all who participated. As we turn over a new leaf and head into second quarter we want to share some noteworthy Third Grade learning experiences.

Our reading themes “What a Team!” and “Friend to Grow With” are providing wonderful fiction and nonfiction texts for the students to gain better skills and strategies as readers. We are focusing on story sequence, summarizing, predictions, prefixes and suffixes. The children enjoy shar-ing their insights during guided-reading, small-group instruction. Com-pleting reading response journals, presenting book reports, and Acceler-ated Reader involvement are just a few ways third graders have grown as readers and writers. The classroom focus is narrative writing for second quarter. Our students will be learning how to communicate ideas, orga-nize their work, and use conventions in their written work. Our grammar focus will be various types of nouns and pronouns. Writer’s Workshop al-lows our students to have a portfolio of work in progress. Welch students are proving themselves to be creative writers.

The math unit, Linear Measurement and Area, will come to a close soon and students will begin learning about multiplication and division in Unit 4. We’re proud of their hard work! Practicing subtraction facts daily in the classroom and at home will continue to be a focus in the second quarter.

In science, third graders will be learning about bones and muscles. They will identify and investigate cells and the systems working within our bodies. We will learn how the skeletal system gives shape and support to our bodies. How many bones do we have in our bodies? All third grad-ers will soon know the answer to this question!

Which type of community would you prefer to live in: rural, suburban, or urban? The students will learn more about what it’s like to live in these three types of communities, both in the past and present day, as they explore the social studies textbook and projects.

Thank you for your continued involvement in the many details of your child’s educational experience at Welch Elementary School. We are look-ing forward to speaking with you at the November conferences!

Respectfully, The Third Grade Team

Fourth Grade News Fourth Grade is off to a wonderful start!

We started the year reading stories from our Lit-erature Anthology. The theme is ‘You Can Do It!’. The stories tell of people who faced and overcame challenges. We hope all fourth graders feel they can do it! Some classes also worked on owl-themed novel studies. The fourth graders are owl crazy at this time.

Our scientists have explored environmental factors. We grew terrariums, observed crickets, and discussed acid rain. The students’ most memorable activity was dissecting owl pellets. They each received an owl pellet to dissect and discover what

the owl had for dinner the night before! We also enjoyed an owl assembly on October 15th. S.O.A.R. (Save Our American Raptors) brought in rescued raptors to teach our students how these birds use their unique attributes to hunt and survive.

In social studies, we began the year with an over-view of the country in which we live. We then began discussing the five regions of the United States. The students are currently learning about the Northeast. We will be going to Naper Settlement on November 22nd to learn about our history and how pioneers settled our area.

Our writing focus this year will be covering the 6+1 traits as they enhance the writing process. Students are currently working on narrative pieces in Writing Workshop. Some of the skills needed for narrative writing are leads, paragraphs, sequencing and transi-tions. We think we may have a future author or two in our midst!

Last but not least, math has been fun! We started the year with geometry. The students learned about angles, lines, and types of shapes. Next up was our study of Numbers and Organizing Data. We all continue working on mastering our multiplication facts!

Remember fall conferences are coming up on Tues-day, November 2nd, Thursday, November 4th, and Wednesday, November 10th. If you did not sign up for a conference on Curriculum Night, please call to arrange one. We look forward to meeting you! -

The Fourth Grade Team


Fifth Grade News It’s hard to believe that we have completed the first quarter of fifth grade! Students have adjusted well to the many challenges that face them at the beginning of a new school year. Students and teachers alike find their days and weeks passing very quickly!

Our building focus on literacy has provided our fifth graders with a variety of reading and literacy-based activities each day. Students may be reading stories from the anthology, participating in readers’ work-shop and conferencing with a teacher, engaging in a class novel study or focusing on a study of reading skills.

Fifth graders continue to practice their math facts through the Otter Creek program. Any additional practice that can be done at home will enable your students to master those facts more quickly. Through the Everyday Math curriculum, students have studied units on Number Theory and Estimation and Computation. Students will be moving into a unit on Geometry. Accelerated Math students are currently in unit three as well, which has a focus on variables, formulas and graphs. Students should have nightly math homework. If your child has completed their homework at school, please take the time to review it with them at home.

The unit in science for the first quarter is weather. Students have been engaged in a variety of activities that teach concepts related to the at-mosphere, air pressure, weather instruments, clouds, weather forecast-ing and severe weather events. Students have worked hard on creating a brochure focusing on a severe weather event or have been involved with a jigsaw research activity. Students have been introduced to note taking in science this quarter as well. This skill will continue to be practiced each quarter.

Students and teachers have had the opportunity to “break in” the brand new social studies materials this quarter! Explorers have been their main focus, and students have created some very impressive journals which they have had the opportunity to share with their classmates.

Fifth graders begin the year with descriptive writing which focuses on ideas and content, along with conventions. The next area of concentra-tion in writing is word choice. Teachers will use various vocabulary activities that will help students learn to vary word choice as they write. Persuasive writing will be a focus during the second quarter of fifth grade.

Students have done a great job of adjusting to the ever-changing fifth grade schedule. Please check in with your student every other week or so to make sure they have all the supplies they need. Pencils, especially, seem to have a way of disappearing! Thank you for all the support you have provided your child during the first quarter of school.

The Fifth Grade Team

Online FormsMEMBERSHIP FORM

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB FORM

DOMINICK’S eSCRIP FORM

LUNCH MENU

available online at:

http://welch.ipsd.org/Subpage.aspx?id=232

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!


Support Fundraising Day at Panera Bread for St. James School.

A percentage of sales on November 20 will be donated to the St. James School.

All you have to do is to bring in a fundraising flyer and present it at the time of purchase at the Panera Bread located at 5. West Rand Road, Arlington Heights on November 20 between 6am - 9pm.

Support Fundraising Day at Panera Bread for St. James School.

A percentage of sales on November 20 will be donated to the St. James School.

All you have to do is to bring in a fundraising flyer and present it at the time of purchase at the Panera Bread located at 5. West Rand Road, Arlington Heights on November 20 between 6am - 9pm.

Fundraising ��®

Panera Bread has developed an easy way to help raise funds for your organization. Forget car washes or selling popcorns – this fundraising idea is much simpler – eat dinner.

It’s a great way to combine great Panera food, fun and a good cause – your group!

Support your school, organize a Fundraising Day at Panera Bread. Up to 20 percent of sales will be donated to your school.

For more information, contact Ashley Bartel at (630) 324-0921 or [email protected]

Locate a Panera Bread near you, www.panera-chicago.com

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