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From Principal, Dr. Sharon Walker‐Hood Congratulaons are also extended to Evelyn Blacha. Evelyn is the second‐place winner of Burbank’s School‐ wide Spelling Bee. Hello Burbank Parents and Guardians, Kudous are extended to all our classroom and grade This edion of the Burbank Broadcast is a must read level Spelling Bee winners. A special “thank you” is also publicaon! Burbank’s February calendar is filled with extended to Burbank’s Spelling Bee Coaches: Mrs. excing news. Read this edion of the Burbank Broad‐ Kwiatkowski, Mrs. Mugavero, and Mrs. Campobasso for cast to become informed. Plan to join us for an event sponsoring and planning the event. or two! Burbank’s teachers and staff are dedicated to

excellence and we are proud of our students. There is much to celebrate at Burbank School! Character Trait: Cizenship

Making the Grade This month character trait is “Caring”. The following students have been recognized as demonstrang Congratulaons to all of our students who “cizenship”. “Made the Grade” for the second quarter. Our stu‐

dents have work very hard and it shows! We salute their efforts and the dedicaon of their teachers and Abigail Borca Abigail Gurneau parents who have offered encouragement and support. Alexander Formeller Alexander Guajardo The names of students who earned this disncon for the second quarter are listed in this publicaon. Allison Rodriguez Alyssa De La Paz Alyssa Juarez Andrew Giannopoulos High Five to our fabulous students! Angel Lopez Aaf Mohammed Spelling Bee Champions Belal Mutan Belinda Haro‐DeSanago

Congratulaons to 6 grader Marwa Khanani. Bianca Montero Brian Esco Marwa is the 2017‐2018 Spelling Bee Champion of Lu‐ Briana Marquez Cherrilyn Gonzalez ther Burbank School. This is Marwa’s second big win; Cristal Millan Daniela Granja last year she represented Burbank School in the district Daniela Sanchez Dante Meza Spelling Bee! Marwa successfully challenged students in grades four, five and six to reign as Burbank’s David Lopez Diana Bryja Spelling Bee Champion. She proudly represented Bur‐ Dominic DiVirgilio Edgar Lopez bank School at this year’s district‐wide Spelling Bee Eric Szczepancki Ethan Clemens which was held at Liberty Jr. High on Wednesday, Janu‐ ary 17th. Fartma Shawar Gabriel Hernandez

1 Georve Rivera Giselle Garcia School will host its Valenne’s Day celebraons. Stu‐ dents are permied to dress casually. Students may Gustavo Estrada Hala Sbitan wear the colors red, pink, fuchsia, purple, or any are Iker Barragan Isabella Aguilar which represents the Valenne’s Day theme. Students Isaiah Guzman Izabela Plewa are also permied to wear jeans. All are must be ap‐ propriate for the school environment and follow the Jakob Huerta James Wilson guidelines outlined in the district’s dress code policy. Jayden Napoles Jaylen Ayala

Julia Podgorski Julian Bahena In the aernoon, teachers will host their classroom cel‐ ebraons. Specific details that will explain the acvies Julissa Gomez Karla Sanchez planned for your child’s classroom will be sent home Kayla Lopez Lourdes Hernandez with your child. Luis Alejandre Marisol Guerrez Progress Report Maye Shawar Miranda Erbs Nidhi Nayak Omar Medina Our students have been working very hard and it is time Riexzon Calalang Robert Cieslak to show the fruits of their labor. Third quarter progress Samantha Abad Sanno Villalobos reports will be sent home on Friday, February 16, 2018. If you have questions after reviewing your child’s pro- Selena Talavera Shalyn Barrios gress report, please contact your child’s teacher (s). Our Skyler Wilson Stephanie Nguyen teachers will be happy to answer your questions.

Suri Vargas Thomas Antunez Remember, that a progress report indicates your child’s Valeria Anaya Victoria Majewski current academic performance; it does not necessarily indicate the grades that your child will receive on his/ Zoe Flamme her third quarter report card. If your child receives pass- ing grades in all subjects, congratulate him or her and insist that he or she continues to work hard. If your child receives grades that need adjusting, remind him or Family Cra Night her that it isn’t too late to improve!

No School‐President’s Day Wednesday, February 7, 2018, is Family Cra Night at Luther Burbank School. The event will start promptly at 6:00 p.m. Students and guests will have the oppor‐ tunity to create a variety of cute Valenne cras that Burbank School will be closed on Monday, February 19, will be suitable for gi giving. This is an excellent op‐ 2018 in recognion of President’s Day. Classes will re‐ portunity to share in family fun. sume on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Please be reminded that all aending students must be accompanied by an adult. Mark your calendars and Ask your child to share an interesng fact about the join us on Wednesday, February 7th at 6:00 p.m. This Presidents of the United States, especially George event will be hosted from 6:00 p.m. unl 7:00 p.m. Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Valenne’s Celebraons Early Dismissal: In-service Day

Wednesday, February 21st is an Early Dismissal Day. On Wednesday, February 14, 2018, Luther Burbank Students will be dismissed at 11:15 a.m.

2 Young Author’s Night Upcoming Events

2/2 School Spirit Day 2/6 PFC Meeng Join me at Tobin School on Thursday, February 22nd at 2/7 Family Cra Night 6:30 p.m. for a relaxing evening. Students in grades 2/14 Valenne’s Day Celebraons kindergarten through eight parcipated in the Young Skateboard and Science Assembly Author’s Wring Contest, a district‐wide wring con‐ test. On February 22nd top writers from each grade lev‐ 2/16 School Spirit Day el will be recognized. The following students were se‐ Progress Reports sent Home lected as grade level winners from Burbank School. Hat’s off to each student! 2/19 No School‐Presidents’ Day 2/21 Early Dismissal Day 1st‐ Sofia Valenzuela 2/22 Young Author’s Night 2nd‐ Madelyn Barrera PFC Bowling Night 3rd‐Alyssa DeLaPaz 2/28 Happiness Wednesday 4th‐ Caleigh Schmidt 5th‐ Venus Vizcaino On behalf of the teachers and staff of Luther Burbank School, I thank you for the opportunity to be an integral 6th‐ Belinda Haro‐DeSanago part of your child’s educaonal career. We welcome opportunies to converse and to share ideas with our families. Our combined efforts will ensure the academic Hope to see you there! success of your child.

Happiness Wednesday Yours in education, Dr. Sharon A. Walker-Hood, Principal th Wednesday, February 28 is Happiness Wednesday at Burbank School. All are invited to wear orange; jeans are permied. Don’t forget to spread happiness by wring a quick note to make someone smile.

3 MEDIA CENTER

Greengs, Bobcat Families! The library is bustling with students eager to check out the latest book acquisions from Folle! We are so excited to provide this invaluable service to our kids. The students are using the online Desny system to search for books, place them on hold using their personal accounts and enjoying AR tesng opportunies using the IPads in the library. The library staff are looking forward to the new facility and were told that we would have our own cart of laptops next year! Imagine the possibilies! Welcome to our Kindergarten students who are checking out books for the FIRST TIME! How excited these youngsters are as they peruse the library cart looking for a literary gem to take home. Parents, please use this opportunity to read with your child so that they can experience the joy of hearing your voice and receiving comprehension assistance. I recall reading to my own children when they were young and I truly miss those years! Please be reminded that books need to be returned on me in the same condion that they were checked out…there are fines for overdue books and ones that are damaged. Our students need to learn to be responsible and respecul of school property. Thank you, for your connued support and for encouraging your child to read! Fondly, Mrs. Kennedy Ms. Louis

4 Physical Education

Students have been working SUPER HARD on improving their fitness in 2018! We kicked off the New Year with a fitness unit in PE to start the year off trying to work on our cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance and flexibility. Students ran their second PACER test of the year to test their cardiovascular strength. Hoping for improvement from the beginning of the school year we compared both scores to get an idea of where our school is as a whole. Students work in small groups at staons going through a circuit workout doing various fitness based acvies. Each staon lasts about two and a half minutes where students are constantly working and striving for improvements. We also introduced a new fitness game "Speedway", where students use a combinaon of soccer, ulmate football and handball. Speedway is a fast paced game that requires a lot of movement, various skills and strategic taccs. The game aims to increase student’s aerobic capacity and cardiovascular endurance!

Tommy Makuch and Amy Marek

5 Music News

Happy New Year 2018! Welcome back to the 2nd Semester of the 2017-2018 school year. I have begun to meet new classes and new students for music in the second half of the year. We are reviewing class procedures, just like at the very beginning of the school year. We are learning about maintaining a steady beat, the music staff, note names, counting notes and rests, rhythms, and will be getting into music from different cul- tures. The 3rd grade classes will be learning how to read music and play the recorder, later this year. A letter about purchasing a recorder through the school will be going home in the near future. The Second Semester Chorus group started meeting after school on Thursday, January 18. We meet every other Thursday, for the rest of the school year. After school Chorus meets from 2:45-3:45 p.m. on the following dates: February 1, February 15, March 1, March 15, March 29, April 12, April 26, and May 10. We are looking to perform for a Spring Program. No date has been set as of yet. We will keep you posted in the near future. Mr. Karl Kalis K-6 Music Teacher

6 Great News from Mrs. Campobasso Learning Resource

Welcome to the third quarter! I want to begin by thanking you for the constant support and reinforcement you are giving your child at home. I believe it is very important to stress the value of education both at school and at home. It is when we are all on the same page that the students can achieve to their highest potential.

Our Wonders Reading program continues to motivate and guide our students through the con- tinuous practice of spelling, grammar, vocabulary, and other skills. Essential questioning will develop enthused discussion among the students to determine what is needed to accomplish certain goals. We will be reading a variety of selections from different genres; from realistic fiction to narrative fiction, from expository text and a biography. Writing skills will be uti- lized with a scope of topics. Students should be reading at least 20-30 minutes a night. Re- member our AR goal- Taping Dr. Walker-Hood to the WALL!!!!!!

In math, the students continue to progress through our Origo and Carnegie Math Program. Many of the students have begun multiplying and dividing in 4th grade with Origo and the 6th graders are rocking Ratios with Carnegie. Many of the students are catching on to the con- cepts and are able to work independently. We have noticed that the students are finding suc- cess with the “MATHia” program and in Math centers they are soaring.

Congratulations to our Spelling Be winner at Burbank Marwa Khanani. She did a wonderful job at the District Spelling Bee in January.

Happy Valentine’s Day and enjoy your President’s Day off!!!! February 19th

As your child’s Learning Resource teacher, my door is always open. Feel free to contact me through email [email protected] or call me at Luther Burbank School.

7 ART News

From Ginny Gallagher

It is a new semester and a new group of students in the art room. If your child had music last semester, they now have art. This week a parent leer will go home explaining in detail my expectaons. Briefly, students are expected to behave; listening, following direcons and caring for materials, as well as being respecul of the teacher and other students. Students receive a grade for the work they do in class, this is based more on effort then skill. They receive a parcipaon/behavior grade worth three points for how well they behave during class. If a student misbehaves, they are corrected but will lose a point, if the mis‐ behavior connues they can lose up to 3 points per class. Most students enjoy art and I do not want to allow a few to disrupt the class with connued misbehavior. Loss of points will effect a student’s overall grade. I hope and strive to make art something that all stu‐ dents enjoy and therefore my expectaons are told to students at the start of every class. Student artwork comes home as we finish but you can follow me on Twier where I post students working or the artwork itself. If you have any quesons or concerns please feel free to email me.

@MrsG_Art

Mrs. Ginny Gallagher [email protected]

8 Classroom News

Kindergarden News First Grade News We are more than half way through Kindergarten! It is hard to believe that we are in the third quarter Our Kindergarten classes are filled with readers! As of school already. On Monday, January 27th we cele‐ the year progresses, we would like to encourage brated the 100th day of school. The students did spe‐ your child to connue praccing blending leers to cial acvies and projects to celebrate 100 days of read words. Always encourage your child to read any learning. We are connuing to work hard on our word they see, whether you are driving in the car reading and wring skills. Please connue reading at and reading signs or reading the words off a menu, home with your child and reinforcing good reader the pracce will benefit them! strategies. In February we look forward to our Valen‐ The children have learned many popcorn words so nes celebraons and seeing if the groundhog sees far. They are always eager to point out the popcorn his shadow. We are hoping for an early spring:) words that they see while reading or around the room. One way to reinforce the popcorn words is to Ms. Lawlor pracce them daily at home and idenfy them while Mrs. Ludwig you are reading to your child. Mrs. Ryan The Spelling tests have been a huge success! Keep up the hard work at home and make sure to pracce spelling and wring the words each night! In math we have moved on from addion to subtrac‐ on. We use pictures, cubes, fingers and counng to solve the take away problems. You might see papers with “_____ take away _____ is _____” before we move to “_____ ‐ _____ = ____”. Ask your child to tell their own take away stories at home for pracce. At this point in the year it is expected that every stu‐ dent be able to dress themselves when geng ready to go home. Students should be able to zip their own coats and e their own shoes. If they cannot e their own shoes yet, please get them praccing at home so they know how to when the me comes! Thanks for all of your help and support from home.

Kindergarten Love, Ms. Lucen Mrs. O’Donnell Miss O’Connell

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Second Grade News In Math, we are wrapping up module 5 in our se‐ ries. We have been focusing on mulplicaon It’s been such a wonderful beginning to the New strategies. For example, to mulply by 2 you dou‐ Year! Our second graders have been working ble the other factor, when mulplying by 4 you rd very hard at making the most of the 3 Quarter would double double the other factor, and when of school. mulplying by 8 you would double double double Although February is a short month, it has a full the other factor. Students have also been doing agenda! We will celebrate Groundhog Day, subtracon on a number line by counng back Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Valenne’s Day, and and counng on. Students have really seemed to President’s Day. grasp onto the concepts very well. Please make nd sure they are praccing their math fluency of In math, the 2 graders are focusing on a variety basic facts (addion, subtracon, mulplicaon, of skills including subtracon with regrouping, and division) at home on a regular basis. idenfying polygons, and idenfying me with five‐minute intervals. In Reading, we are working on various compre‐ In reading, we are beginning Unit 4 in the Won‐ hension and reading skills. We have been discuss‐ ders series. We will connue to focus on main ing different reading genres and the traits associ‐ idea and details, author’s purpose, and cause and ated with them. Some of the comprehension skills effect. Some students have begun to read these that have been discussed include; author’s point tests independently. This is in preparaon for 3rd of view in a text, sequencing events, summarizing, Grade expectaons. All 2nd graders should con‐ and finding main idea and details. Also, we are nue praccing the weekly vocabulary and emphasizing the importance and joy of read‐ spelling words. ing. As a school we are very excited about the AR program this year. Students are being encour‐ Keep working hard, 2nd graders! aged to read and take AR tests to earn points. If ‐Mrs. Loess, Mrs. Olsson, & Miss Perich we reach our goal as a school, we will be duct tap‐ ing Dr. Walker‐Hood to the school wall!!!

Third Grade News In Science, we are moving on to forces and mo‐ on. We will explore with hands on acvies, how

objects move and the causes for the movement. Dear 3rd Grade Families,

We thank you for all that you do with your chil‐ Since we have come back from winter break, our dren! We are a team and appreciate all that you third graders have been very busy and working do to help your children become successful! hard! Some students have been taking the annu‐ al Access Tests, and everyone has been working Sincerely, on the Winter Local Assessments. Ms. Dowling, Mrs. Mazanke, and Miss Zaker

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Fourth Grade News Fifth Grade News All You Need is Love… and a good book for the month of February! We hope our stu‐ Fih grade has goen right back into roune dents are doing plenty of reading at home. aer winter break and has been working hard. In Please encourage your child that they should be reading, students have been focusing on deter‐ reading 20‐30 minutes a day! We know it is cold mining point view and visualizing a text to help out there but remember that our local library is comprehend what they read. They also complet‐ filled with wonderful stories that can entertain us ed their first book report of the year! The stu‐ dents’ creavity and hard work really showed for hours on these cold nights! through their reports. We are sure you already know, but we In math, students have been working th are connuing to work hard in 4 grade! Our hard on adding fracons and solving division math groups are learning all sorts of awesome problems with paroning strategies. In the math things! We have been discussing fracons, coming weeks, they will connue working hard tape diagrams, mulplicaon, and division. It is on fracons with a focus on subtracng. important that our 4th graders complete their In social studies, students are exploring homework each night so they can connue to be what life was like in the thirteen original colo‐ nies. They have been discovering why people de‐ math whiz kids! cided to come sele in the colonies and how col‐ In reading, we have been reading more onists made a life there. and more informaonal texts. We are really fo‐ In science, students have started studying cusing on how people have a voice. Our students Earth and space. This unit of study includes many have read some interesng stories on people fun acvies. For example, students have already explored why the sun rises and sets by making a that have made a difference in our world. We will sky viewer. They will also explore how the first connue to learn about different reading strate‐ clock was set by making their very own shadow gies and skills that we can use while reading. clock. Happy February! Stay Warm! Thank you again for all that you do to support your child’s educaon. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us with any quesons Mrs. Egan or concerns you may have. Ms. Mulica Mrs. Knasiak Mrs. Scanlon Mrs. Kwiatkowski Ms. Kilcommons

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Sixth Grade News

In social studies, the sixth graders are moving eastward into the connent of Asia. Our classes will be venturing to both the Indus Valley Region and the Hung He Valley. In celebrang Australia day, on January 26th, the stu‐ dents discovered the nave language of Australians and pracced the art of dot painng which was originally pracced by the Aboriginal people of Australia.

In Science, the students connue to get deeper into Animal Science by studying vertebrates. We are studying fish, amphibians, and reples along with the formaon of fossils. Each class is compleng a vertebrae project to reflect their understanding of the adaptaons of vertebrates.

In ELA, we are connuing through the Wonders series and focusing on main idea, theme, and comparing and contrasng. The students recently turned in their third book report and connue to come up with unique ex‐ pressions of their creavity with these projects. Reminder for students to connue reading and taking notes of their minutes for the Six Flags Read to Succeeded program. In Math, the students are focused on raon, rate and proporon to solve real world problems. They are learning to ulize the methods of tape, double lines, drawings raos, scaling up, and scaling down. At the end of this unit, students will be compleng a rao project to apply these skills to a real world situaon.

Happy February from the 6th grade team!

Mrs. Cano, Mr. Gonya, Mra. Khab & Ms. Mendez

12 January 2018 Students of the Month

Frank Kesek Thomas Antunez ~ Ms. Zaker ~ ~ Ms. Lucen ~ Fatma Shawar Sophia Guerrez Noor Almougrabi ~ Mrs. Egan ~ Evelyn Gonzalez Sergio Hernandez ~ Ms. O'Connell ~ Ameer Hussein Noheli Anaya ~ Mrs. Knasiak ~ Aaf Mohammed

~ Ms. O'Donnell ~ Isabella Rodriguez ~ Mrs. Kwiatkowski~ Felipe Chavarria Isabella Rodriguez Ryan Saleh ~ Ms. Kilcommons ~ ~ Ms. Lawlor ~ Harys Butnariu Brianna Torres Nicholas Van Kley ~ Ms. Mulica ~ Iker Barragon Sandra Ziomek ~ Mrs. Ludwig ~ Mia Cisneros Lillian Czechowski ~ Mrs. Scanlon ~ Belal Mutan Afnan Altawil Alyssa Juarez ~ Mrs. Ryan ~ ~ Mrs. Cano ~ Isaac Borca Kaila Arguelles Alejandra Cruz James Wilson ~ Mr. Gonya ~ ~ Mrs. Loess ~ Mohamed Saleh Sofia Ramirez Saleh Mashal ~ Ms. Khab ~ Akram Mana Paulina Potok ~ Mrs. Olsson ~ Ariana Froylan Natalia De La Paz ~ Ms. Mendez ~ Gerardo Guerrez‐ Emily Vana Valerra ~ Ms. Perich~ ~ Mrs. Ermel ~ Gustavo Estrada Nathaniel Rendon ~ Mrs. Munoz ~ Valeria Anaya

Shantal Saldivar ~ Mr. Nykaza ‐ Concert Band ~ Geovanni Zamudio ~ Ms. Dowling ~ ~ Mr. Nykaza ‐ Intermediate Adriana Talavera Abigail Perez‐Marquez Band ~ Patricia Lukaszczyk ~ Mr. Nykaza ‐ Cadet Band ~ Paulina Rodriguez ~ Mrs. Mazanke ~ ~ Mr. Nykaza ‐ Beginning Band Juan Carlos Rodriguez Paul Rzadkosz ~

13 DECEMBER SPOTLIGHT TEACHER OF THE MONTH Ms. O’Donnell – Kindergarten

Q. What is your favorite Christmas movie and why? A: My favorite Christmas movie is “It’s a Wonderful Life” because I believe each person’s life is important. Q: Why did you choose to become a teacher? A: I enjoy children and learning. Q: Would you rather be a 6th grade teacher or a kindergarten teacher for the rest of your life? A: I would rather be a Kindergarten teacher because I enjoy the young children. Q: Do you think you deserve to be Teacher of the Month? Is it an honor for you? Why? A: It is an honor to be picked for Teacher of the Month. It is nice to be recognized for doing a good job and to be appreciat‐ ed. Q: What is it like to teach in your grade? A: It is fun and challenging because there is so much the students are learning for the first me. Q: What is your favorite book and why? A: My favorite book is “Where the Red Fern Grows” because it is such a nice story about a boy and his dogs. I grew up with a dog so I can relate to the story. Q: When did you know you wanted to become a teacher? A: I knew from a young age that I wanted to be a teacher. I was inspired by teachers I had growing up. Q: Who is your favorite superhero? A: Wonder Woman is my favorite superhero. Q: What do you like to do when it is the holiday season? A: I enjoy spending me with my family and eang good food. Q: What is your favorite show/movie? A: I recently watched the Lord of the Ring movies and truly enjoyed them. Q: What do you like to do aer school? A: I like to spend me with my family and watch my kids play sports. Q: What is your favorite kind of ice cream? A: Chocolate! Anything chocolate is awesome. Q: What radio staon do you listen to? A: I hardly ever listen to the radio but I somemes listen to down loaded music on my phone. Q: Is Christmas your favorite holiday? If not, what is? A: Christmas is my favorite holiday because of the message of love. Q: When is your birthday? A: My birthday is October 28th.

14 JANUARY SPOTLIGHT TEACHER OF THE MONTH Ms. Montes ‐ ELL

Q. What is your favorite store to go shopping at? A: My favorite store to go shopping is Target because I can find everything I need there. Q: How long have you been a teacher at Burbank School? A: I have been a teacher at Burbank School for seven years. Q: What are your hobbies? A: Some of my hobbies include yoga, cooking, running, hiking, reading, and dancing. Q: What is your favorite color? A: My favorite color is red. Q: Who is your favorite sports team? A: My favorite team is the Chicago White Sox. I am a huge fan! Q: What is your favorite book and why? A: My favorite book is The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein because the story shows kindness and generosity. Q: Do you have any pets? A. No I do not, but if I did, I would have a Labradoodle or a miniature pig. Q: What is your favorite season? A: My favorite season is summer because I enjoy doing different outdoor acvies. Q: What do you like to do for fun? A: I like going to new restaurants, playing board games, having movie nights, going on hikes, playing laser tag with my sons, and going on vacaons. Q: What is your favorite song? A: My favorite song is It’s a Beauful Day by U2. Q: What is your favorite food and drink? A: My favorite food is tacos, and my favorite drink is La Croix. Q: Where do you live? A: I live in Oak Lawn, IL. Q: If you could travel to any country, where would you go? A: I would love to visit Italy. Q: Do you like roller coasters? A: I do like roller coasters. My family and I went to Cedar Point a few years ago. It is located in Ohio, and known as the roll‐ er coaster capital of the world. Q: What is your favorite candy? A: My favorite candy is anything chocolate!

15 PFC President’s Message

Happy New Year to all!! Hard to believe January is already over and spring is right around the cor- ner. I hope everyone’s year is off to a great start.

PAST EVENTS

TOY DRIVE: The toy drive to support the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation was a huge success thanks to all of you who donated items. We managed to collect over 200 new toys for the treasure chest. A special thanks to Mrs. Vana for organizing the toy drive!

HOLIDAY SHOP: Our little shoppers appeared to have a ball shopping for their loved ones!! I hope you all enjoyed your presents this year. Thank you to our parents who volunteered and helped the students shop. A special thanks to Mrs. Zdebski and Mrs. Appleby, for once again, taking care of the local shopping.

HOLIDAY TREE: The tree looked great again this year. The kids did an amazing job making all the ornaments which filled the tree. Thank you to Mrs. Edwards for your time setting up the tree and having the students decorate it!

FAMILY ROLLER SKATING NIGHT: Another fun night out with the PFC. It is always fun to see both young and old out on the rink! Thanks to all who came out!! Hope you all had fun!!

SAVE THE DATES

THE PFC will be hosting a Family Bowling Night on Thursday, February 22nd at El-Mar Bowl. The cost will be $7 per bowler for 2 games and shoe rental (cost is the same with or without shoe rental). Additional information will be sent home in the next week or so.

In addition the PFC will also be hosting our annual Spring Fling Family Dance on Friday, March 23rd.

REMINDERS Spirit Wear is sold year round. Order forms can be found within every newsletter or in the school office. Be sure to get your hats and scarves, to stay warm this winter!

Kindest regards, Stash Stefanek Nelly Lara Jen Lamb Lorena Wong PFC President Vice President Treasurer Secretary

16 Spirit Gear

We show our spirit on the 1st and 3rd Friday of each month.

Spirit Wear orders will be accepted at any me throughout the year. Please complete the order form, include payment and place in a sealed envelope labeled “spirit gear” . Please turn envelope into your teacher.

Earn Money for Burbank School!

Simply clip the box tops and send to school with your child. The classroom with the most Box Tops each month will win a prize. Each Box Top coupon is worth 10 cents. More informaon and a list of qualified products can be found at www.boxtops4educaon.com

PFC Volunteers

We invite you to become involved in your child’s educaon and help make the 2017‐2018 school year a rewarding one. Volunteers are needed to help with school acvies, event’s & fundraisers. MANY of the volunteer opportunies are flexible and can be done to fit into busy schedules. If you have quesons, or would like to learn more about volunteer opportunies, please contact Jim “Stash” Stefanek at [email protected] or 708‐277‐3528.

Upcoming PFC Meengs

All meengs are held in the evenings at 6:00 P.M.

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Thursday, April 3, 2018

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

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From the Health Department

February is American Heart Month

With all the beautiful red hearts we will see displayed around our schools this month, let’s remember to keep our hearts healthy! According to the American Heart Association, “Healthy students perform better academically, have better attendance, and behave better in class.” Their Life’s Simple 7 for Kids Program is a great way to adopt a healthy heart lifestyle for our students and families. It all begins with a decision to live healthier! Decide TODAY!

As a reminder, with flu season well under way – if you are sick ‐ stay home and get plenty of rest and hydration. Some signs and symptoms people with the flu often feel include: fever* or feeling feverish/chills , cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, fatigue (very tired), and/or more common in children than adults; vomiting and diarrhea. (*It’s important to note that not everyone with the flu will have a fever). If your child develops these signs/symptoms while at school, you will get a call from the school health aide to pick him/her up. Please make arrangements to have your child promptly picked up. For the safety of your child, and to prevent the spread of disease, we cannot have sick children waiting around the health office; we do not have the space or resources to care for sick children. Please make every effort to have your child promptly picked up. Remember to keep your child home for at least 24 hours following vomiting, diarrhea, or fever (without the use of a fever‐reducing medicine).

Kindergarten Second Grade Third Grade

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Julieta Rodriguez‐Velazquez Kyle Conners

Kayla Lopez Kyle Elzy

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Maya Placek Maximiliano Jacquez

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Mohamed Altawil Mia Cisneros

Naomi Naverrete Mohamed Mana

Natalie Briones‐Orozco Nicholas Van Kley

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