Wednesday Envelope 9/24
Published by Mrs. J. Connell (Tech) September 23rd, 2008 in Announcements, Wednesday Envelope. 
Get Your Calendars Out!
We’ve Got Vacations Galore,
For Every Season and Every Reason
• Napa Valley Retreat It’s a once in a lifetime opportunity. Take in the beauty and culture of the Napa Valley while you stay at the private residence of a working winery in the posh corridor of St. Helena, CA. Experience a VIP tasting and tour of the winery and vineyard. Four bedrooms, sleeps 8 comfortably.
• Spring Break in Kissimee, Florida A warm tropical getaway that’s just minutes from The Magic Kingdom! A family’s perfect holiday. Two bedrooms, sleeps 8.
• Valentine’s Day in Chicago Romance in the windy city! Experience an unforgettable weekend on the 49th floor of a North Wabash Condo with a view of the lake and city lights. Gifts for your Valentine and exquisite cuisine from Chicago’s finest restaurants. You will be swept away!!!
• Gulf of Mexico in Orange Beach Alabama If sun and sand are more your style, this is the vacation for you and your family. Beachfront, 3-bedroom condominium with indoor-outdoor pool. Relax and take it all in. Accommodations for 6-8 people.
• Chicago’s Very Own Gold Coast Weekend Gold! Gold! Gold! A deluxe-suite weekend at the luxurious four-star Raphaello Hotel, cocktails at John Hancock’s Signature Room located on the 95th floor - a spectacular view, and dinner at the hip RL’s Michigan Avenue restaurant. Shows or shopping it’s your choice with a Visa gift card.
• A Masked Vacation A fabulous vacation is in the works! Details to be revealed in the weeks to come.
One or two days more your speed? Then take a look at these . . .
• Eagle Ridge Resort – overnight stay with golf
• Grand Traverse Resort – a weekend getaway
• Paige for the Day with Senator Dillard – Springfield, IL. An experience for the budding politician.
• Waterskiing and Tubing - an afternoon of water fun!!!
‘Get Masked’ with your children’s very own masked creations!! Join us for an evening of Masked Magic on November 1, 2008.
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INNISBROOK WRAP FUNDRAISER END
The Innisbrook Wrap Fundraiser has ended. Please send in your order forms today! If you have gotten only internet orders, please send in the form with your child’s name, teacher name and the number of items sold ONLY. The company needs this form to have your child put in their system. If your child has both regular orders and internet orders you do not need to add the internet orders to the total amount of products ordered. The company will do this. If you have any questions, please contact Mindy Etheridge at 630-963-4893 or email at mattsmom_96@yahoo.com. Thank you!
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On Tuesday, Oct. 7 our 8th grade will go to the Chicago Art Institute as an extension of the Arts Alive Program they receive right here at school. Permission form.
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Dear Parents of SJA Children in grades 4-8 for the 2008-09 school year:
Would you like to help your child do better in school? Educational research supports the need for children to read at home on a regular basis. “The more reading children do at home, the more likely to are to do well in school. The amount of leisure time spent reading is DIRECTLY related to children’s comprehension, the size of their vocabularies, and gains in their reading ability…..”
[The Educated Child: A Parent’s Guide by William J. Bennet].
The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers’ Book Award was developed to encourage children in grades 4-8 to read for personal satisfaction. It is an Illinois award presented to an author for outstanding literature for young people and is sponsored by the Illinois Reading Council, the Illinois School Library Media Association, and the Illinois Association of Teachers of English.
Illinois students participating in the Caudill program each year read a minimum of 3 books on the list and vote for their favorite in February. Schools submit their tallied votes to the award committee and the overall winner for the state is announced in March of each year. A plaque is given to the author of the winning book.
2008-09 SJA-approved Rebecca Caudill Award book list: [reading levels indicated in brackets]
Alabama Moon* [5.3] by Watt Key
Black Duck [5.0] by Janet Taylor Lisle
Black Storm Comin’* [6.7] by Diane Lee Wilson
Blood on the River* [4.8] by Elisa Carbone
Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters [5.5] by Leslie M.M. Blume
A Drowned Maidens Hair* [4.7] by Laurie Amy Schlitz
Gossamer [4.9] by Lois Lowry
The Green Glass Sea* [5.0] by Ellen Klages
Hattie Big Sky* [YA] by Kirby Larson
Heat [5.6] by Mike Lupica
The Invention of Hugo Cabret [5.6] by Brian Selznick
Letters From Wolfie* [4.6] by Patti Sherlock
Life as We Knew It* [YA] by Susan Beth Pfeffer
The Lightning Thief [4.9] by Rick Riordan
Oh, Rats!* [5.1] by Albert Marrin
Penny from Heaven [4.0] by Jennifer Holm
Project Mulberry * [4.0] by Linda Sue Park
Rules [3.5] by Cynthia Lord
Wolf Brother* [ 4.4] by Michelle Paver
NOTES:
• All of these books are Accelerated Reader books. *SJA Junior High Reading List book
• The local community libraries, as well as our SJA library and the local bookstores, have a designated shelf where the “Caudill” books are kept throughout the year.. The local public schools also participate in this program each year.
What does this program involve for your child?
• Between now and February 2009, s/he reads a minimum of 3 books on the list. Participating students are asked to take a quick quiz (5 questions) for each Caudill book read. These quizzes are not nearly as detailed as the accelerated reader tests and are solely intended to verify that a book was read.
• The quizzes are available in the SJA library.
• The grade level coordinators will keep track of participation for their respective grades
• There are NO regular MEETINGS and NO COMPETITIONS.
• On February 24th (Fat Tuesday), a special pizza lunch/meeting will be held with Sr. Carolyn for all participants who’ve read 3 of the books. After voting for their favorite Caudill book, students will be eligible to win raffle prizes at the lunch. We will announce the favorite book of each grade level, as well as the overall SJA favorite.
• In March, we’ll post in the SJA Library which book was the overall winner for the state of Illinois.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me, or any of the coordinators below. We’re hoping for a record number of SJA participants for the 2008-09 school year!!!
Diane Zurbriggen, SJA Coordinator
(630) 961-2341
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There may be a NEW CLUB for 5th-8th graders at SJA….
The Chess Club
All students in Grades 5-8 (and staff) are welcome.
All Levels of experience are welcome.
Chess?!!
Isn’t that for grown-ups? Isn’t it boring??! Why should your child sign up?
Click here for more info.
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SJA Auction Fundraiser!!!!
-Out of Uniform-
A limited number of out of uniform passes are being sold and they are available for purchase immediately for ONLY $10 per child!
The out of uniform date is Thursday February 12, 2009.
It is very simple!! Fill out the form below and submit a CHECK payable to: SJA, then on Thursday February 12th your child(ren) is entitled to attend school out of uniform.
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Kindergarten Auction Item - REMINDER
This year each kindergarten class will create a toy box for the auction. Please send in a small (wallet sized) recent photo of your child along with a suggested donation of $5.00 to the school office in an envelope marked “Kindergarten Auction Item”. Be sure to include your child’s name and room number. Deadline is Thursday, Sept. 25!
In addition, we need volunteers to help with the preparation of this item. Please contact your class rec coordinator if you can assist with this project.
Thank you,
Sue Littell (K1) Rena Solano (K2) Amy Piscopo (K3)
579-6670 820-9890 416-9060
lilesq@comcast.net rsolano4503@sbcglobal.net amyherrpiscopo@sbcglobal.net
