Pearl City Schools

Aug/Sept 2017 Newsletter Dear Parents/Guardians and Pearl City Community Members:

As the summer comes to its conclusion, I hope that everyone had a chance to do the things that they enjoy the most. As we prepare for the beginning of a new school year, school staff has been preparing for the arrival of students on Friday, August 18. Students will be in attendance from 8:00 am – 1:45 pm on the first day.

The success of your children in school is based on the creation of a partnership between the family and the school. As we provide the foundation for learning, we ask for your continued help and commitment, as parental involvement is critical in the learning process. We encourage you to become actively involved with your children’s education. This shared partnership will provide the best learning environment for our children.

It has always been our goal and continues to be our goal to maintain effective communication with parents/guardians and other members of our community. With this goal in mind, one effective tool is our newsletter. To help reduce costs, we continue to develop a database of emails so that you can receive an electronic copy of the newsletter each month. To be added to this database, please email Beth Schneider at [email protected] and simply request to have your email added to our database. If you do not have access to a computer or would still like to receive a hard copy, we will gladly send you one monthly. Please call the district office at 815-443-2715 to be added to this list as well.

We have been transitioning to a new website this summer. This transition did cause our website to be down for a period of time in July. We encourage you to visit the new website at http://www.pcwolves.net as it is updated daily. It is our goal to make communication a priority and invite the Pearl City community for additional suggestions. If at any time you have any questions/concerns regarding our school please contact the school at 815-443-2715. In addition, the school will have a school app. The app will be made live in September. Watch for further information for access in the coming month.

The State of Illinois finally passed a budget. We are encouraged as we anticipate that we will receive all funding promised by the State for the upcoming school year. We will continue to monitor the multitude of other bills that result from the passage of the budget and the affect they will have on our school. The next big hurdle will be the passage of a new school funding formula, which is an evidence based model providing funding fairly to schools throughout the State. If you ever have questions regarding State funding, please feel free to call me.

As we begin the 2017-18 school year, I would like to introduce and ask that you welcome Jody Pauley as our new fifth grade teacher. Other changes in staff include Katie Werhane moving to 1st grade as we only have one kindergarten class, Allison Brouhard moved to 3rd grade, and Kim Lorig moved to 6th grade.

I hope you enjoy the remainder of your summer and look forward to seeing the students later this month.

Sincerely,

Tim Thill, Superintendent

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NOTICE – MEDICAID S. Summit, Pearl City, IL 61062 ASBESTOS REIMBURSEMENT: 815/443-2715

MANAGEMENT Medicaid reimbursement is a source of federal funds BOARD MEMBERSHIP: PLAN: Chad Bremmer, President approved by Congress to help

In 1986 Congress school districts maintain and Amy Lieb, Vice-President passed the Asbestos Hazard imporve special education Nikki Keltner, Secretary Emergency Response Act services. Therapy and Wayne Crackenberger (AHERA). This law requires all diagnostic services provided to Scott Johnson schools to be inspected and to your child (you), if applicable are Nicole Sheffey identify asbestos containing partially reimburseable. Unless Doug Visel building materials. The law you object in writing, (LEA) will claim Medicaid/Kid Care Board meetings are regularly further requires the scheduled on the third development of a Management reimbursement for services provided. These claims will Wednesday of each month at Plan, based upon the findings of 6:30 p.m. Special meetings the inspection. Since the have no impact on your ability to development of our receive Medicaid funding either may be called when Management Plan the Pearl City now or any time in the future. If necessay with 24-hour District has removed all of the you do not object to this release notification. potentially friable asbestos of information related to (primarily boiler, tank, and pipe Medicaid claims for your child SCHOOL EMERGENCY insulation). Any remaining (you), do nothing. Thank you PROCEDURES: asbestos may be located in floor for your attention to this notice. Procedures are outlined and are tile, mastic, and perhaps plaster. given “dry runs” within the To keep our management plan NOTICE OF school system regularly up-to-date the building is DISCIPLINARY concerning fire and violent reinspected every three years REGULATION: weather while school is in and suspect floor tile and other It is the policy of the Pearl City session. building materials are checked Schools not to use corporal In the event an early dismissal by Pearl City School every six punishment. Reasonable is called without prior notice, a months. A copy of the physical force necessary when report of this will be made by Management Plan is on file in a student refuses a directive by radio. the school office, 100 S. school personnel to report to the Stations that have indicated Summit, Pearl City and may be office, leave or go to an area is their cooperation in these reviewed during normal not defined as coporal emergencies are: business hours. punishment. Any force WFPS – 92.1 FM necessary for self protection is WFRL – 1570 AM TO ALL DISTRICT excluded from this provision. WXXQ – 98.5 FM PARENTS: Punishment in cases of WCCI-100.3 FM The Pearl City Schools give misconduct could be one of the The closing of school, due to extra help to pupils who have many other reasonable any emergency, will be trouble with their school work. punishments used in this district announced by these same We give different screening including suspension from stations. tests to find these pupils. These school.

tests help us find problems in SCHOOL COMMUNITY the areas of vision, hearing, VOCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: speech, and school EDUCATION: achievement. When a pupil is Vocational education found to be having trouble, opportunities will be offered to special services will be offered. Pearl City District students These services are given only without regard to race, color, after a meeting with the parents. national origin, sex, or handicap. At this meeting, school staff will Additional information or help The Parent-Teacher fully explain your child’s difficulty regarding this policy may be Organization is the oldest active and give the special help only if obtained from the official school-community you approve. Superintendent of Schools, 100 organization at this time. There are no dues, and every family in the Pearl City School District is

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considered a member of the exception should be made unexcused absences and they organization. The first meeting to this rule is necessary receive a “0” for the classes date of the year is September before any deviation is they miss. th 25 . Meetings will be listed on made. Call the office and the school calendar. The talk with the Athletic Boosters have been an superintendent or principal active organization in the Pearl and the supervisor of the SCHOOL ACCIDENT City District for many years. activity. PROCEDURE: They provide moneys each year 5. Any students wishing to In the event of an injury to an for athletic purchases that would ride a different bus to and individual, or an accident otherwise be financially from school must have a occurring during the school day, impossible for the district. written request from the following steps will be taken. Meeting dates will be parents approved by an 1. The adult present at the announced. Any school district administrator to ride a time, be a teacher or resident is welcome and different bus. supervisor, will tend to the

encouraged to attend. student initially. The PUPIL ABSENCES: school nurse will be

PARENT VISITS: contacted immediately if PARENTS OF ALL Elementary and junior high the teacher/supervisor parents are encouraged to visit STUDENTS SHOULD CALL deems it necessary and school. Please call in advance THE SCHOOL DISTRICT the nurse will attend to the and let the teacher know. Also OFFICE IF A CHILD WILL student as soon as plan to stay for lunch and eat in BE ABSENT. possible. In the event that the cafeteria. Nutritious meals Absence from school should the school nurse is out of are served every day school is obviously be held to a minimum. the building at the time in session. A written excuse explaining the she/he is needed, an reason for absence is necessary administrator will be upon returning to school. sought to attend to the Students returning to school student. after absences of over three 2. In a situation of a serious days due to illness should bring injury, an administrator will a note from the doctor to the be sought in addition to school office. It has been the the school nurse to: policy of the Pearl City Schools A. Help the nurse to give excused absences to with caregiving. students for the purpose of B. Help make an BUS REGULATIONS: working at home during the assessment of the 1. Transporting students to planting season and to allow situation. school is regulated students to care for ill members C. Obtain additional indirectly by the School of the family when no other help medical help if Code of Illinois. The could be found. This policy of needed. Board of Education is the excused absences is designed 3. If an administrator is not direct regulatory body. for those activities related to available to help the nurse Therefore, certain family needs only. It does not in a serious injury or regulations by both bodies apply to those students who are accident situation, an adult need to be followed. for hire. It should not be abused within close proximity will 2. Any conduct on the bus (cry wolf, etc.). The be sought. which is not satisfactory determination of whether an 4. A parent will be contacted may result in suspension absence is excused or as soon as possible to be of riding privileges. unexcused is not easy in many notified of their child’s 3. Only those persons who instances. It is a matter of accident and what course are assigned to a bus may judgment with the question of of action was taken, in the ride on it to be transported whether the job could have event of a significant to and from school. been planned so as to be accident or injury. For a 4. Students riding on buses completed at another time. Any minor injury, a note will be to games or any absence that the student knows sent home with the extracurricular activity is forthcoming, but does not student. must ride both ways. A clear it with the office in 5. After an initial assessment personal phone call by the advance may be considered an by the school nurse and/or parent and a note unexcused absence. Students administrator proper care explaining why an are required to make up time for will be provided. Proper

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care may include 911 if NOON HOUR need current examinations. It deemed necessary. In the REGULATIONS: has been the Pearl City School event of a potential Students (K-12) may not go policy to allow the pupil who problem in either does not present evidence of assessing an injury or off the school grounds at such examinations to remain in appropriately treating a noon without parent the school the first day. In some student, 911 will be called. permission and an ok from cases evidence of an If there is ever a question the principal. No students appointment with a dentist will as to whether or not to call are allowed to drive cars or be accepted until the time of the ambulance, individuals vehicles during the noon appointment. All children must involved are to err on the hour without permission from be immunized against measles, side of caution and call the superintendent or mumps, tetanus, diphtheria, 911. A call to 911 is not principal. poliomyelitis, and pertussis.

limited to the nurse or an administrator—any adult TELEPHONE CALLS: PROCEDURES FOR THE will be expected to call for Parents – please try to ADMINISTRATION OF emergency personnel if MEDICINE AT SCHOOL: thought to be necessary. inform your children of any Medication may be given to a 6. Information from students messages prior to them child at school in an emergency in the vicinity of the leaving for school in the or if it is required in order for the accident will be taken to morning. The office will not child to remain in daily determine the details of interrupt classroom time for attendance for comfort or as a the situation. This babysitting necessity. information will be relayed The following guidelines must to the parents and arrangements, be followed when school administration as soon as appointments, personnel are required to they are known. and after school administer medication. 7. In all cases, the most activities that 1. Written orders are to be important aspect of an could have provided to the school injury or accident will to be been handled in the morning from a physician detailing assist the student(s) before students leave for the name of a drug, involved. Decisions will be school. dosage and the exact made in the best interest time the medication is to of the student, with the SCHOOL BEGINS: be given (the pharmacy information available at the The teaching staff will report label would fill this time. Appropriate care will at a teachers’ workshop on requirement.) include immediate th 2. A written request from assessment, treatment, Wednesday, August 16 . the parent or guardian and follow up requesting the communication. medication be given must accompany the above ELEMENTARY PARTIES: order. Parents may wish to send The first day for students will 3. Written orders from the birthday treats to school on their th be Friday, August 18 from doctor and parent must child’s birthday. Cupcakes, be renewed each school cookies or the like may be sent. 8:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. year. Class parties for grades K-3 4. Medication must be may be planned by class PHYSICAL brought to the school in a parents for the last hour of the EXAMINATIONS: container appropriately school day on special holidays. By state regulations, all labeled by the pharmacy Fourth, fifth, and sixth grade kindergarten, sixth grade, and or physician. plan their own parties. Seventh, ninth grade pupils must have a 5. Please be sure that it is and eighth grades have class physical examination, and absolutely necessary that parties as designated, usually kindergarten, second grade and the medication be given just Christmas and one other. sixth grade must have dental at school. Usually it can Be sure to check with the examinations before the be worked out for you to teacher before planning a party. opening day of school. give medication to your Elaborate parties are not Kindergarten students are also child at home. Check necessary. required to have a vision with your doctor to see examination. New students how this could be done. coming from out-of-state also

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6. Please note: cough submission of such requests are MILK drops, aspirin, and non available in the office. The use Only students in grades PK-3 prescription drugs are of false information to obtain have milk available to them at also considered such waiver is a felony under their milk break time. Parents medication. Illinois law. Any inquiries should can pay for the semester or the be directed to the year. Payment will be due REGISTRATION superintendent of the school in Friday, August 28th. PROCEDURE: which your child is enrolled. $26.00 – per semester or Registration was held on July $52.00 – per year 25th from 1:00-6:00 p.m. If you BREAKFAST/LUNCH could not make it to registration PROGRAM: SCHOOL YEAR please stop in the office to: Students in grades 4-12 will be VACATIONS: • Receive the school using their biometric finger scan Occasionally students must handbook and/or their ID number. It is miss school because their • Find out your total fees very important that by the start parents take vacations or of school your child has money • Pay for lunch and any must be out of town during fees in his/her account even if they the school year. While we • Pick up free/reduced only purchase a carton of milk lunch forms for lunch. There will be no cash wish every student were in Or you may go to the school taken in the lunch line. All lunch class every possible day, we website, www.pcwolves.net, all money will be handed in to the realize absences of this type forms are on the website in a office by 9:00 a.m. each are unavoidable. PDF fillable format. If fees are morning, so the student’s Approximately two weeks not paid by August 3rd , a $25 account can be properly prior to such an absence the late fee will be applied. No credited. parent or guardian should registration or lunch money will Students who are eligible for write a note indicating the be taken on the first full day of free and reduced lunch will receive one meal per day. Any anticipated dates of absence school, August 19, 2016. It is and the reason. The student imperative your child has money extra items will need to be should immediately bring this in his/her lunch account. purchased at full price. Please stop by before school If you are writing a check for note to the principal for starts to pick up all your more than one child, the money written approval and then information for the new school will be split evenly among your should take the note to each year. Hours are Monday - children’s accounts unless you of their teachers so students Thursday 7:00 am-4:00 pm. note otherwise in the memo can receive the work needed. area of your check. Cash must Students are allowed 5 days GYM SHIRTS: be in an envelope with your per semester without a child’s full name on it. Gym shirts are available for doctor’s note. If your child grades 7-12 at school for $6.00. Daily lunch price will be: has used some of these days Please bring your own shorts in $2.00....Grades K-6 the entire vacation may not black, red or gray. These shorts need to be as long as the child’s $2.40....Grades 7-12 be excused even after filling thumb when hands are placed $3.00....Adults out the pre-arranged form. $1.75....Salad at his or her side. STUDENT RECORDS – Ala Carte WAIVER OF BOOK $1.75....Main Entree NOTIFICATION OF RENTAL FEE: $ .30....Milk RIGHTS OF PARENTS This is to advise that you may $1.00....Bottled Water/Juice AND STUDENTS: be eligible for the waiver of the The student permanent record student book rental fee if you Daily breakfast prices will be: consists of basic identifying receive public aid; if your gross $ 1.25....Grades K-12 information, academic income is under that set out in 5 days: transcript, attendance record, the federal guidelines for free or $6.25 – Breakfast accident reports, health record, reduced priced lunches; or if $10.00 – Lunch Gr. K-6 record of release of permanent you are otherwise able to $12.00 – Lunch Gr. 7-12 information, and other basic establish that you cannot afford $15.00 – Adult Lunch information. The permanent to pay these fees. 20 days: record shall be kept for 60 years Applications requesting waiver $40.00 – Lunch Gr. K-6 after graduation or permanent of fees should be submitted to $48.00 – Lunch Gr. 7-12 withdrawal. the superintendent. Forms for $60.00 – Adult Lunch

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The student temporary record also be released without consists of all information not parental consent From the desk of required to be in the student pursuant to a court Chris Wallace, permanent record including order or subpeona or in family background information, connection with an Elementary test scores, psychological emergency where the evaluations, special education records are needed by Principal… files, teacher anecdotal records, law enforcement or and disciplinary information. medical officials to meet The temporary record will be a threat to the health or reviewed every four years for safety of the student or destruction of out-of-date other persons. All other information and will be releases of information destroyed entirely within five require the informed years after graduation or written consent of the permanent withdrawal. Parents parent or eligible have the right to: student. • Inspect and copy any • The following is and all information designated as public Pearl City School contained in the student information and shall be Mission Statement records. There may be released to the general You will see Pearl City School’s a small charge for public, unless the Mission Statement posted in copies, not to exceed parents request that any 35 cents a page. This or all such information each elementary classroom. fee will be waived for not be released: The mission statement can those unable to afford student’s name and also be found in the student such costs. address, grade level, handbook and the School • Challenge the contents birth date and place, Improvement Plan. In of the records, by parent’s name and notifying the principal or addresses, information partnership with parents and records custodian of an on participation in community, we will promote objection to information school sponsored educational excellence in a contained in the record. activities and athletics, positive environment to inspire An informal conference the student’s major field will then be scheduled of study, and period of life long learning and to discuss the matter. If attendance in the responsible citizenship.

no satisfaction is school. obtained, a formal • A parent or student may School Handbook hearing will be not be forced by any We have a PreK-12 District scheduled to be person or agency to conducted by an release information from Handbook. Copies are impartial hearing officer. the temporary record in available in the Main Office • Receive copies of order to secure any and it is posted at records proposed to be right, privilege or destroyed. The school benefit, including pcwolves.net. Please read it will notify parents of the employment, credit or over carefully with your destruction schedule. insurance. child and return the last • Inspect and challenge • Full and complete information proposed to copies of the laws, rules page signed saying that you be transferred to and regulations on have read and gone over another district in the student records are on rules and procedures with event of a move to file with the records your children. Please keep another school district. custodian of each • Local, state, and federal school and the this handbook as a educational officials superintendent of the reference throughout the have access to student district. records for educational year.

and administrative purposes without parental consent. Student records shall

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School Improvement Meet The School Pictures Plan Teacher Night Pre-K through Grade 8 Each year, we evaluate test Meet the Teacher Night school pictures are data and strengths and will be Thurs. Aug. 17th. scheduled for weaknesses of the school Specialists; Art, Music, PE, Tuesday, environment and set goals for th August 29 . the coming school year. These Speech, Social Work, Nurse Pictures must are the goals set for this and Special Education staff be prepaid, and information 2017-2018 school year; will also be available. The *Develop a balance of purpose of the meeting is will be sent home the first differentiated instruction for teachers to give day of school. using assessments and goals parents relevant for each student using the RtI information about the model. Implement AIMSweb PTO News expectations for academics and other assessments, The first PTO meeting will and behavior for the coming interventions and be held on Monday, school year. A great deal th, documentation methods. September 25 at 6:30 in * Aligning the Math of important information Mrs. Wallace’s Office. All Curriculum K-12. Pilot Eureka will be shared, so parents parents are encouraged to Math K-12. are encouraged to attend. attend and participate in *Implement Illinois Each meeting will be about decision-making. The PTO Learning Standards from 30 minutes in length in your has been responsible for funding many activities and ISBE as our Curriculum Guide. child’s classroom. This is purchasing needed items for *Implement Character NOT an Open House; Counts! as our Character the classrooms. Please plan parents are encouraged not Education. to attend, volunteer, or help to bring their children this *Evaluate behavior out sometime throughout the evening. data and develop plans to school year.

teach good behavior in Thurs. Aug. 18 Homework Helper problem areas. st nd Pearl City School will be *Evaluate and develop 1 & 2 5:30 rd th Parent Involvement activities. 3 & 4 6:00 offering Homework Helper th & th * Develop plan and 5 6 6:30 for students in grades 4, 5, implement Technology in JH & HS 6:45 and 6 at no cost. This phases. Implement use of *PASS and Kindergarten program is available for Google Education. families will have their students to get extra help *Integrate 3D Meet the Teacher times on on an academic subject, printing, SMART Boards, Friday, August 19th. Parents work on homework with a Document Cameras, Student and students will come teacher present, or get Response devices and other together to get acquainted caught up on missing technology into the classroom with the teacher and assignments. Students curriculum. *Align technology with classroom at assigned whose grades fall below a the needs of the PARCC times. You will receive passing grade or who are assessments. more information about missing assignments will be times as we get closer to requested to attend the date. Homework Helper. Homework Helper will be

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elementary teachers and be Homework Helper Begins five days, a doctor’s note will available on Monday, Sept 11th be required for any other Tuesday, Wednesday, and Mid Terms Sent Home absence. If one is not Thursdays after school Sept. 22 provided, the absence will be unexcused. If one is not from 3:15 to 3:45 p.m. If Early Dismissal 11:15 provided, the absence will be your child is having Sept. 22 unexcused. If a student fills difficulty completing or PTO Meeting out a prearranged absence needs assistance with Sept. 25 6:30 form for a vacation and has homework, please consider used some of these five days, Homework Helper. the entire vacation will not be Homework Helper will begin School Starts Friday, excused. The correct on Monday, September 11th. August 19, 2016: paperwork still needs to be Classes begin for students on filled out. At any time, IMPORTANT DATES TO Friday, August 18, 2017. The Skyward will keep you up to date on your students’ REMEMBER students will go to each of their classes during this first absences. Meet the Teacher Night st th th day. The school day will 1 -12 Grades Aug. 17 conclude at 2:00 pm. On Handbook Changes: August 21, 2017, students There are many new changes First Day of School to the Parent/Student th will have a full day of school. Aug. 18 - 8:00-1:45 Handbook. Please take the PTO Cookie Day Sale Kick From the desk of time with your child and go Off Aug 18 through the handbook Kelly Mandrell, together. A change in the PASS & Kindergarten 7-12 Principal handbook for High School Parent Meetings Students is that they will not Aug. 19 Times TBA be able to have their cell 1st Day of School for phone on their person, except PASS & Kindergarten during lunch. All phones should be on silent. Once Aug 21 again this is only for high Fall Sports Pictures school students. rd August 23 Career Tech First Day Welcome back! I hope Parent Portal-Skyward August 23rd th th everyone had a wonderful Family Access: MAP Testing 9 -11 summer!!! I am looking th th Your Skyward Family Aug. 29 – 30 forward to the 2017-2018 Access should be up and PreK-8 LifeTouch school year! running on the first day of Picture Day Aug. 29 Attendance: school. We encourage you to High School Pictures keep track of your child’s Attendance is imperative. If st progress throughout the year. Sept. 1 your child is sick a parent or If you have any questions or guardian must call into the need your password please Labor Day-No School school. If you have not contact the office. If you have Sept. 4 contacted the school by 9:30 a concern about your child’s PTO Cookie Sale $ and a.m., the school will be grades please contact the forms due contacting you. Your child teacher. This is also a great Sept 8 has 5 days each semester, way to contact the teachers whereas the parent you can with any questions, along call them in sick. After the

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with checking to see your Substance Abuse child’s assignments. Grades Testing Program: are expected to be updated Pearl City High School once a week. If you have a established a substance abuse smart phone, you are able to testing program nine years ago get the Skyward app. This is and will again be testing during very convenient as well. the 2017-2018 school year. The Pearl City School District is High School taking the initiative to maintain and improve the health and Scheduling: PCEF announces Students set their schedules safety of students. 2017-18 Upperclassman for the 2017-2018 year. They Students, who plan on have the first 3 days to participating in any extra- Scholarship Recipients change their schedule. curricular activity during 2017- Brent Barklow Changes to the schedule will 2018 school year and their Michelle Bronkema be made for errors in the parents/guardians must sign the Gertrude Heimerdinger schedule or for other Substance Abuse Testing Greta Heimerdinger Policy. If you are playing a fall educational reasons. If you Kalli Kaney have any further questions, sport this policy must be signed before the first contest. All other Dani Lee please contact the school. participants must have the Clayton Lieb policy signed before being able Nathan Lott Junior High/ Senior to practice. Timothy Lott High School “Meet the Teacher Night”: Laura Melville We will hold a meet your Elizabeth A. Petersen teacher night for the 7-12 Bronte Wright students and their parents on Thursday, August 17, 2017 at Checks with a 6:45 pm. This evening is an congratulatory letter are to

excellent opportunity for be mailed to the address parents to meet the teachers PEARL CITY AREA listed on your application by and get all your questions FOOD PANTRY: mid-August. answered. If The Pearl City Area Food PCEF thanks each of you parents/guardians attend, Pantry is open! Anyone who for participating in our during the Junior/Senior time lives in the Pearl City School frame, your student will earn District and is in need is Upper Classman Scholarship welcome to come. The Program. We invite you to extra credit in all their nd classes. Before entering the pantry is open every 2 and apply again next year as you 4th Saturday from 9:00 a.m. gym, parents will receive continue your college to 11:00 a.m. The pantry is their child/ren’s schedule. located in the Pearl City education. After dismissed, parents will United Methodist Church, on go to each of the classes on South Main Street, in the the schedule. If you have lower level. If you have any more than one child; go to questions call 443-2220. some on one child’s schedule and some on the other child’s Pearl City Area Outreach Committee schedule. Both children still get the extra credit.

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Pearl City Fall Sports PC Athletic some other jobs we need Pictures: Boosters some help with. We are also Fall Sports pictures will THE PEARL CITY looking for new and exciting ATHLETIC BOOSTERS ideas that will help raise be taken on Wednesday, money to help our sports August 23rd. Golf NEED YOU!! We know you have heard this many times programs. Pictures will be taken in th over the years, but that Lena on August 14 doesn’t make it any less true. During the past twelve at1:00pm All players If you have a child in grades months alone, the Boosters will wear their uniforms seven through twelve that are have helped spend over involved in a fall sport $11,000 on uniforms and for picture day. Your equipment for our sports coaches will have a (football, volleyball, or golf), you will soon be receiving a teams. This does not even schedule for the day schedule to work the include the money we spent when practice starts. concession stand at least once on weight room updates, during the upcoming fall remodeling of the outside season. If you are unable to concession stand, senior work the night you are banners and donations to scheduled, feel free to switch local groups . We even had with someone. Please the opportunity to let remember that if we schedule different groups run the stand you and a spouse, we are over the past year and earn expecting both to work the over $5500. And, as usual, we gave out our two $500 night. If there is a certain sport or game you would scholarships. EPC WILDCAT WEAR: prefer to work, check with The EPC Cheerleaders will be Emily Dixon at the Athletic The Boosters usually meet taking orders for t-shirts, Meeting on Tuesday, July only once a month at 5:30 PM in the school cafeteria on hooded sweatshirts, and a 25th. Remember you can the third Wednesday of the variety of other wildcat wear work any type of game you month (right before the items. It will be a NEW wish—just because your child plays volleyball doesn’t School Board Meeting). design again this year sold Occasionally we move the only by the EPC mean you have to work a volleyball game. date around because of Cheerleaders. Three orders conflicts, but we post the will be placed for the 2017 But working a game or two meeting date on the school football season: August 23, each season that your child website and on our Facebook September 5, and September plays a sport at Pearl City is page. Our August meeting is 20. Make sure to turn in an only the beginning. The scheduled for Wednesday, order form by one of these Boosters need help with August 16th at 5:30 PM in dates if you would like to many other jobs throughout the school cafeteria.

purchase anything. Order the year as well. Planning forms can be picked up and and working the annual golf returned to the school office. outing, ordering and stocking Please make checks payable supplies throughout the year, to EPC Cheerleaders. cleaning and preparing the stand for games, opening and closing the stand for home games, and deciding school

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JH Volleyball .5th & 6th Volleyball All JH girls interested in Any girls interested in going out for volleyball playing 5th or 6th grade must have a physical, volleyball and their sports fee paid and forms parents will meet in the before you can practice Pearl City School Any questions please Cafeteria for a quick contact your coach: informational meeting at 7th –Coach Krogull @ 541- th 6:00 PM on Monday, 1617 or 8 -Coach Butson August 14th. @ 443-2433

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EPC

Wildcatz

High School Equipment handout will take place Sunday, August 5th, 6 P.M. at Eastland High School.

EPC Football practice begins at Eastland Monday, August 7 from 4-7 the

bus leaves Pearl City at 3:15. Practice August 7th-11th is 4-7 pm Saturday th th th Aug 12 9:00-11:30am. The week of August 14 -18 will be from 4-7pm. The

next week is game week so we will be 4-6 Monday and Thursday and 4-

6:30 on Tuesday and Wednesday the rest of the season.

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August 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

July 31 GYMS 1 GYMS CLOSED 2 GYMS CLOSED 3 GYMS CLOSED 4 GYMS CLOSED 5 GYMS CLOSED CLOSED

6 GYMS CLOSED 7 8 9 10 11 12 EPC FOOTBALL PRACTICE 4-7 Speech Camp 12-3 Speech Camp 12-3 BUS LEAVES 3:15

13 14 15 16 17 18 Trix Bar 19 TEACHERS TEACHERS B/G GOLF BGOLF @ Forreston 4 INSTITUTE INSTITUTE School Starts G Golf @ Rock Falls PICTURE DAY 1PM B Golf vs. River Ridge 4 Early Dismissal 1:45 Invite @ LE-WIN GGOLF vs. Darlington B/G GOLF@ EDBQ 4 12 Meet the Teacher Chicken Strips 5:30-8

20 21 Sausage Biscuit 22 Long Johns 23 Scrambled Eggs 24 Pancake/Sausage 25 French Toast 26 G Golf @ Stillman Fall Sports Picture Stick Valley 4 Picture Day Day (VB in PC) B Golf vs Galena / EPC Football @ Freshman VB @ JH VB vs Orangeville JH VB (EPC Football/Cheer Amboy 4 EDBQ 5:30 Le-Win Tourn 8am 5:30 JH FB in Lanark) G Golf vs. Galena 4 Cheese Pizza B Golf vs Stockton 4 JH VB @ Polo 4:30 BBQ Tenderloin Corn Dogs Pancakes & Sausage

27 28 Bacon Scrambled 29 Long Johns 30 Combo Bar 31 Pretzels Egg Square Choir Cheesecake Picture Day Pre K-8 B/G Golf vs. Galena 4 G Golf @ Sterling 4 Sales Aug 24-Sept 7 JH VB vs. W. Carroll VB vs. Polo 5pm JH VB @ Le-Win 5:30 Chicken & Noodles Chicken Nuggets JH VB @ Aquin 5:30 Or Taco Casserole Tuna Mac Salad Pulled Pork September 2017

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1Pancakes & Sausage 2 Choir Cheesecake High School Sales Aug 24-Sept 7 Picture Day V VB @ Oregon Tourn V VB @ Oregon Tourn EPC FB vs Amboy 5:30 B Golf vs (Lanark) Dr. Dammann/Wolf 8 Hot Dogs 3 4 5 Long John’s 6 Bagels 7 Sausage & Potato 8 French Toast 9 No School B/G Golf @ W Carroll Patty 4 B Golf vs Pec 4 JH VB @ Durand Tourn VB vs. Le-Win 5 G Golf @ Prophetstown 4 EPC FB @ Du/Pec 5:30 V VB @ Byron Tourn JH VB @ Eastland VB @ Stockton 5 G Golf @ Stillman Valley JH VB @ Stockton 5:30 5:30

Pepperoni Pizza Orange Chicken Sub Sandwich Mini Corn Dogs 10 11 Sausage Pizza 12 Long John’s 13 Scrambled Eggs 14 Combo Bar 15 Pancakes 16 & Sausage V VB PC Invite 8 VB @ W Carroll 5 VB vs Eastland B/G Golf vs Winnebago 4 B/G Golf vs. Aquin 4 EPC FB vs Forreston (JHVB works ) JH VB vs Eastland 5:30 Youth in Harmony JH VB vs Chadwick 5:30 5:30(Lanark) F/S VB Galena Tourn 8:45 Goulash Festival B Golf @ Oregon Wessels Chicken Strips Nachos Cheese Pizza Hamburgers 17 18 Trix Bar 19 Long Johns 20 Variety Pizza 21 French Toast 22 Pancake/Sausage 23 Million Dollar Quartet Stick JH VB PC Tourn 8 JH VB @ W Carroll 4 JH VB vs. Aquin 5:30 B/G Golf @ Eastland 4 Early Release 11:15 B Golf @ Fassett Golf B/G Golf @ Dakota 4 VB @ Le-Win 5 Invite VB @ River Ridge 5 EPC FB vs. Le-Win Tator Tot Casserole G Golf @ Freeport Cheese Filled Breadsticks 5:30 (PC) Corn Dogs Tenderloin Invite 24 25 Sausage & Potato 26 Long Johns 27 Sausage Biscuit 28 Pretzels 29 Pancakes & 30 Patty B/G Golf NUIC Sausage G Golf @ Prophetstown 4 JH VB vs Le-Win 5:30 JH VB @ Forreston 4 Conf Tourn 9am

VB vs Stockton 5 VB vs Galena 5 EPC FB @ Galena 5:30

JH VB @ Stockron 5:30 Chicken & Noodles/ Chicken Quesadillas Mexican Pizza Tuna Mac Salad Taco Casserole Chicken Nuggets