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Weekly
Update
Friday, Nov 18
NO CLASSES
Professional Day
3rd grade Girl Scout
Field
Trip
Red Cross
20 S Clark, Courage Rm
10am-2pm
Monday, Nov. 21
Book Fair
9am-3pm
Library
Last Day!
Primary
Chorus Rehearsals
Child of
Peace and
Holly &
Ivy Soloists
8:45am -
9:15am
Tuesday, Nov. 22
Primary
Chorus Rehearsals
Please
Let It Snow
Soloists
8:45am
- 9:15 am
PTO/
Forum Meeting
5:30pm
All
are welcome to attend
Local
School Council
Meeting
6:30pm
All
are welcome to attend
Thursday, Nov. 24
HAPPY
THANKSGIVING!
NO CLASSES
Friday, Nov. 25
NO CLASSES
Open thru Mon. Nov 28
Online Scholastic Book Fair
See article for details
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Did you miss last week's Week-At-A-Glance
e-newsletter? Click here to catch
up on a must-read!
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Does your Superstar have an accomplishment or
honorable mention you would like to submit to the newsletter?
Reply to this email or email us at skinnerwest@gmail.com.
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you supporting Skinner through these NO additional cost
fundraisers?
SUPPORT OUR SCHOOL and Share this with Family and
Friends!
Box
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Collect
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school library
e-Scrip (Dominick's & other retailers)
Visit
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purchases go to the school. However, you must renew your e-Scrip annually.
Look out for special bonus days too!
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Designate
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Please submit pictures from any Skinner West events
(concerts, parties, presentations etc) to skinnerwest@gmail.com.
We
prefer .jpg or .gif files of up to 350kb.
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2nd Grade: Textured Owls
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1st Grade: Matisse: Drawing w/ Scissors
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7th Grade:Symmetry of
Positive/ Negative
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Introducing
the Skinner Art Showcase!
Your
Skinner Superstar may be the next Monet or Picasso! Displayed
throughout the school in stairwells and on the walls are recent art
projects created by your student. The next time you have a few
minutes, be sure to visit our students' creative and unique works of
art, led by our
wonderful art teacher Ms. Bovit. Here's what each grade has
been working on:
- Kindergarten:
Paper Weavings
- 1st:
Fall Printing: Printing with leaves and shapes with tempera
paint. Study of Matisse "Drawing with Scissors":
cut paper collage
- 2nd:
Texture Study: Owls using hand manipulated paper, egg cartons,
and tempera paint
- 3rd:
Creating 3D shapes and focal point, using colored pencil on
paper
- 4th:
Study of Van Gogh's Sunflower Series: oil pastels on paper
- 5th:
Calavera Masks: oil pastels
- 6th:
Visual Puns: creating a range of color values
- 7th:
Study of Symmetry & Positive/ Negative space; cut paper
- 8th:
Currently working on linoleum block printing
Check out
the photo gallery as we
continually add images to our photo gallery!
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Skinner West Gallery 111 Wants You!
Gallery
111 is powered by fabulous parent and teacher volunteers dedicated to
providing a hands-on education in the visual, literary, and
performing arts at Skinner West.
Our
mission is to develop the whole child. This not only requires
rigorous academics, but must also include the integration of a
comprehensive arts program for all classrooms.
Some
of the Gallery 111 sponsored programs:
- Hands
on Stanza poetry residency (5th gr.)
- Guitarras
de Espana, Spanish music and dance performance (4th gr.)
- "Building
Bridges" Theater workshop through Adventure Stage Chicago
(6th gr.)
- Ballroom
dancing (1st gr.)
- AND
the "No Art Left Behind" soiree in May.
We
are looking for a few set of hands! Stop by the art room, or
email us at skinnergallery111@gmail.com
to be added to our meeting update emails. Join us for our
meeting on Tuesday,
November 29th @ 3:10pm in the art room. We will be
voting for all of this year's cabinet positions.
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Like
Daily Deals?
Buy One Through Mamapedia and 5% Goes Back to Skinner
West!
Mamasource
is a daily deal site that provides exclusive deals to you, while
giving 5% of your purchase back to Skinner West! Just designate
"Mark T. Skinner Classical" (code A5BY)
as your preferred school in the "Savings for School"
program at checkout, and make your purchase!
Click here to learn about Savings for Skinner
Sample
deals featured this week:
Click here for a $17 magazine
subscription + book for National Geographic for Kids (73% off)
Click here for collectible
stuffed pups for
$10 (50% off)
Click here for $50 worth of personalized
stationery for $20 (60%
off)
Don't forget to share the code with family and friends!
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Annual
Holiday Bazaar is Coming!
PTO/Forum will be
holding its Annual Holiday Bazaar! We are now accepting new or
gently used donations (e.g. small gift items, books, collectibles,
toys, jewelry, etc) in the designated box in the main lobby or
the main office. (Please label donations "Holiday
Bazaar"). On Friday, December 9th, the children will be
given the opportunity to purchase items starting at 25 cents to
give away as holiday presents to family and friends, while truly
"making it their own" gift selection. If you have any
questions, please contact Kathy Ash @ kathryn.ash@att.net.
Holiday Bazaar Flyer
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Book Fair Volunteers Needed for 11/21
Online
Shopping Option Now Available Through 11/28
Parent
volunteers are needed to help supervise the book fair and assist
students with shopping and checkout. This is a great chance to
see what's new in children's literature, help children develop their
understanding of money and budgeting, and to help match students
with books they will love! Any amount of time is
appreciated, and siblings are always welcome.
We still need extra help on:
Monday, November 21 (all day)
The online
component of the bookfair is available until Nov.28 at www.
scholastic.com/schoolbookfairs. Click HERE to shop or find Skinner
West in the drop down menu and enjoy browsing and shopping! All
purchases will be shipped to Skinner FREE of charge once the book
fair ends.
Thank
you for helping make the book fair a success!
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PRIMARY
CHORUS SPECIAL REHEARSALS
for
DANCERS, SPEAKERS AND SOLOISTS
8:45 to 9:15 am Music Room
- Monday,
Nov. 21 - Child of Peace and Holly& Ivy Soloists
- Tuesday,
Nov. 22 - Please Let it Snow Soloists
Primary
Chorus Rehearsals
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Please
Support Skinner West Athletics
Please help Skinner West's athletic teams by
participating in our Taffy Apple fundraiser! Sold individually
@ $1.25 each or by the case for $27, please bring the order
form and money to your homeroom teacher by Tuesday,
Nov. 29th. Orders will be distributed on
Wednesday, Dec. 7th.
Taffy Apple Order Form
Thank you for your support!
Skinner Sports Coaches
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Skinner Edible Schoolyard Update
Thank
you so much for all the parents who attended the Edible
Schoolyard meeting. Some great ideas came out of it, and
they will be profiled in upcoming news blasts. At this moment,
it has become apparent that some general organizational and
operational tasks must be completed. Once completed, we can get
down to having fun and seeing some positive results materialize!
We
had an opportunity to see the sign Ms. Bovits 4th graders created for
the garden...INCREDIBLE! Great job to all who contributed their
efforts and artwork! Thank you!
Our
next meeting is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, November 29th
@ 5:30pm in the lunchroom. All are welcome and we
encourage your participation inwhat is shaping up to be a very
meaningful project. For planning purposes, please contact us @ EdibleSchoolYardChi@gmail.com to confirm your
attendance.
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High School Fair
We
recently hosted a high school fair for 7th and 8th graders and their
parents and it was a success! We had 18 high schools display
and present options to our students. We thank each of you for
participating and hope it has provided you an awareness of the
options ahead of you!
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4th Annual Skinner Ski and Splash Day
SAVE THE DATE
Monday, February 13th 10am to 10pm
Save
the date for an fun and exciting day of skiing and/or water park day
at the Grand Geneva and Timber Ridge Resort. Click HERE
for more details.
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Box Tops Promotion Reminder
If
you haven't already done so, please go to www.forddrivesboxtops.com to
earn box tops for Skinner. Instructions are listed on the
sidebar and this expires December 1st. Thank you!
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