October 6, 2024
Sunday Snapshot
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8th Grade High School Admissions Test
10/9/2024
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AAC Meeting (virtual)
10/10/2024, 6 PM – 7 PM
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FUNdamental Friday
10/11/2024
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Garvy Garb Day
10/11/2024
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Principal Student Advisory Board (PAB) Meeting @8:45
10/11/2024, 8:45 AM – 8:45 AM
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Yom Kippur begins at sundown
10/12/2024
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No School: Indigenous Peoples’ Day
10/14/2024
No School
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Additional Notes
Be Kind: Respect
As a whole school, we are focused on directly studying social emotional skills. For the next few weeks, we will continue our study of what it means to be a respectful member of a community.
Respect: seeing good in people/things and treating them with care
We are talking about Respect in the context of using good manners, not using inappropriate or offensive language, being courteous to one another, resolving conflicts peacefully, and treating one another as we would want to be treated (and how they want to be treated!).
Respect is both a perspective and a practice. What does it mean to “see good” in people? Often times this requires us to learn more about who they are, where they come from, and why they believe and act the way they do. Respect is about understanding people! Respect is also about action; how we speak to and treat one another (and ourselves) respectfully is a constant practice.
Resources about Respect
Questions:
- What do “good manners” look like in our family? How does good manners show Respect?
- Do you have to like a person in order to be respectful? Or, can you be respectful to someone even if you don’t particularly care for or agree with them?
Level I & Level II Volunteer Application Process: All individuals who are interested in volunteering (includes chaperoning field trips) must be approved by CPS. Depending on the level of volunteering you plan to do, you will be asked to complete an application for either a “Level I” or “Level II” volunteer.
Steps to follow:
(Please note: It is a CPS requirement that you fall into one of these two levels to become a volunteer)
Step 1: Complete THIS volunteer form for CPS
This form is necessary for CPS to verify you have students in the system and that they attend the school you are requesting to volunteer at.
Step 2: Bring a government issued ID to the Canty main office for verification. If you do not do this step, the process will not move forward.
For Level II, the process ends here.
For Level 1, you must also do the following:
Step 3: After you submit your ID, you will receive an email from CPS which will contain links and information for fingerprinting, background check and TB test. For fingerprinting, please fill out this form and take it to any Accurate Biometrics location. For the TB test, use this form. These tests can be completed at MercyWorks locations. Please note, there is a $20 TB test fee.
Step 4: Email copies of both the fingerprints and TB test to [email protected]. The sooner they receive these forms, the faster your application can be processed. Please note, fingerprints can take 2-5 weeks to process.
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Happy Sunday Garvy!
Be Kind 🐾 Be Strong 🐾 Be Well 🐾 Be a Bulldog
The 8th graders will take the High School Admissions Test Wednesday morning. Be sure to be on time for school, eat breakfast and good luck.
Thank you to the parents who attended Tea Time with Ms. Bester this week. We discussed beginning of the year feedback. If you would like to provide some feedback, please feel free to use the following Google Form.
Attendance Matters
Attending school regularly helps children feel better about school and themselves. Start building this habit in preschool so they learn right away that going to school on time, every day is important. Eventually good attendance will be a skill that will help them succeed in high school and college.
DID YOU KNOW?
• Starting in preschool and kindergarten, too many absences can cause children to fall behind in school.
• Missing 10%, or about 2 days each month over the course of a school year, can make it harder to learn to read.
• Students can still fall behind if they miss just one or two days every few weeks.
• Being late to school may lead to poor attendance.
• Absences and tardiness can affect the whole classroom if the teacher has to slow down learning to help children catch up. - Attendanceworks.org
Current Attendance Rates
Garvy's School-wide Attendance Rate: 95.4%
| Kindergarten: 94% |
3rd Grade: 95% |
6th Grade: 96% |
| 1st Grade: 94.5% |
4th Grade: 96.5% |
7th Grade: 96.5% |
| 2nd Grade: 95.1% |
5th Grade: 94% |
8th Grade: 95% |
Anti-Bullying Presentations
Last week, our student peer leaders led a variety of anti-bullying presentations to reinforce October's focus on Anti-Bullying Behavior. These students put together some short mini-lessons to support the efforts of eliminating bullying behaviors. Excellent work students!
Title IX Student Training- Erin's Law
On January 24, 2013, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law, Erin’s Law, into effect for all Illinois schools. Erin’s Law requires schools to provide age-appropriate sexual abuse prevention education for all students on an annual basis. The Office of Student Protections and Title IX has collaborated across a number of departments to create developmentally appropriate sessions that will allow students to identify abuse and empower them to report any wrong doing that may have occurred. The sessions have been broken down by grade, and are all around 30-45 minutes. All training will be conducted in homeroom by November 22nd, 2024.
This is an important learning opportunity for students. However, a parent or guardian may opt their child out of the training if they do not wish for them to participate. The opt-out form will be good for the current school year only. If you choose to opt your child out, please complete this google form. If you wish to teach your child this material yourself, you can access the videos to the sessions on the OSP website at www.cps.edu/osp.
YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESPOND TO THIS FORM UNLESS YOU ARE OPTING-OUT YOUR CHILD FROM THIS PRESENTATION.
Medical Compliance
As a reminder, the State of Illinois requires parents and guardians to provide proof of required immunizations and school physical exams to schools on or before October 15th. Reminder letters were sent home with students a couple of weeks ago. If your child is missing any of the minimum health requirements, please provide proof prior to the October 15th deadline.
AAC Updates
Join us at Adopt-a-Classroom Meeting this Thursday, October 10th at 6pm. AAC meetings are held virtually on Zoom.
Meeting ID: 235 390 8281 Passcode: hess
The Adopt-a-Classroom's first fund raiser of the year is the Flower Power Fundraiser. Help us GROW our funds and make your garden beautiful at the same time! 50% off all sales go directly to Garvy classrooms. Bulbs are shipped directly to your home. Growth guaranteed! Last day to submit an order is October 15th. You can place an order online : http://GarvyAdopt-a-Classroom.fpfundraising.com
BAC Updates
Our annual International Night is scheduled for Tuesday, November 19th. This is always a Garvy community favorite. We come together to honor and celebrate the beauty of the diversity of our school. Our theme this year is "Food of Champions". International Night 2024
PTA Updates
Thank you to all who donated blood on Friday. As a school community, we were able to save approximately 69 lives in one day.
The Garvy PTA is gearing up for the annual Eerie Excursion Contest! The deadline to register is October 11, 2024. A map of the participating houses will be available the week of October 14th, and we will have online voting from October 21-November 3. Register now to participate! https://garvypta.givebacks.com/store?limit=21&live=true
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Save the Date: International Night
Tuesday, November 19th
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CPS Network 1 High School Fair
CPS Network 1 High School Fair
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Resurrection College Prep Fall Admissions Events
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New Aspen Parent Portal Feature: E-Absence - Absence Reporting Made Easy!
Aspen Parent Portal allows parents and guardians to submit and track student absences electronically.
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RAS: Before and After School Care
At RAS, after school is a meaningful extension of the school day — not just an afterthought.
While many programs offer a safe place to play, RAS goes further by combining high-quality academic enrichment, active play, and social skill-building — all in a nurturing environment where your child will thrive.
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Go Bulldogs!!!
Love, Mrs. Bester 🐾 🐾
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