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Hello Burbank Parents and Guardians, Stay calm, March is here and spring is near! It is March and the school year is moving so quickly. Although much of the school year has drifted by, our students are still motivated and aiming for success! We have much to celebrate and we love to toot our horns. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this edition of the Bur- bank Broadcast. Great Writing starts at School! As you may already know, students recently wrote stories that were entered in the dis- trict’s Young Author’s Writing Contest! I had the opportunity to read the entries and I say, I was truly impressed. Burbank School has many creative writers. Yes, I do, I have a favorite story but all of the stories were well- written and captivating. The grade level from Burbank School competed with grade level winners from other district schools. Below is a list of our grade level winners! 1 st Grade- Rosemarie Pineda – Mrs. Ryan 2 nd Grade- Ibrahim Ghosheh – Ms. Perich 3 rd Grade- Karina Wong – Ms. Dowling 4 th Grade- Jumana Ghosheh – Mrs. Wilson 5 th Grade- Jacqueline Corral – Ms. Cheung 6 th Grade- Vivian Wong – Mrs. Turyna By the way, we have a district-wide grade level winner amongst us! Congratulations are extended to Vivian Wong. Vivian was selected “Best 6 th Grade Author”. Happy Birthday Luther Burbank!! Happy birthday Mr. Luther Burbank! Luther Burbank’s official birthday is March 7, 1849. He was an American botanist, horticultural- ist, and pioneer in agricultural science. Three Tardies or Less Congratulations to the following classes. They had fewer than four tardies during the month of February. The students have earned a "Dress-Down Day" on Thursday, March 24th. Mrs. Knasiak Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Faust Mrs. Schwab Ms. Harrison Mrs. Cano Mrs. Ermel Institute Day Burbank School will be closed on Tuesday, March 15 th . Classes will resume on Wednesday, March 16 th . 8235 SOUTH LINDER AVE. BURBANK, ILLINOIS 60459 March 2016 BURBANK BROADCAST From Principal, Mrs. Sharon Walker-Hood PHONE:(708)499-0838 FAX:(708)499-0502 On Time Ready to Learn At 8:05 a.m.

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Hello Burbank Parents and Guardians, Stay calm, March is here and spring is near! It is March and the school year is moving so quickly. Although much of the school year has drifted by, our students are still motivated and aiming for success! We have much to celebrate and we love to toot our horns. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this edition of the Bur-bank Broadcast.

Great Writing starts at School!

As you may already know, students recently wrote stories that were entered in the dis-trict’s Young Author’s Writing Contest! I had the opportunity to read the entries and I say, I was truly impressed. Burbank School has many creative writers. Yes, I do, I have a favorite story but all of the stories were well-written and captivating. The grade level from Burbank School competed with grade level winners from other district schools.

Below is a list of our grade level winners!

1st Grade- Rosemarie Pineda – Mrs. Ryan

2nd Grade- Ibrahim Ghosheh – Ms. Perich

3rd Grade- Karina Wong – Ms. Dowling

4th Grade- Jumana Ghosheh – Mrs. Wilson

5th Grade- Jacqueline Corral – Ms. Cheung

6th Grade- Vivian Wong – Mrs. Turyna

By the way, we have a district-wide grade level winner amongst us! Congratulations are extended to Vivian Wong. Vivian was selected “Best 6th Grade Author”.

Happy Birthday Luther Burbank!!

Happy birthday Mr. Luther Burbank! Luther Burbank’s official birthday is March 7, 1849. He was an American botanist, horticultural-ist, and pioneer in agricultural science.

Three Tardies or Less

Congratulations to the following classes. They had fewer than four tardies during the month of February. The students have earned a "Dress-Down Day" on Thursday, March 24th.

Mrs. Knasiak

Mrs. Wilson

Mrs. Faust

Mrs. Schwab

Ms. Harrison

Mrs. Cano

Mrs. Ermel

Institute Day

Burbank School will be closed on Tuesday, March 15th. Classes will resume on Wednesday, March 16th.

8235 SOUTH LINDER AVE. BURBANK, ILLINOIS 60459

March 2016

BURBANK BROADCAST

From Principal, Mrs. Sharon Walker-Hood

PHONE:(708)499-0838 FAX:(708)499-0502

On Time

Ready to Learn

At

8:05 a.m.

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St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser

Thanks are extended to our Burbank families and friends who have generously donated to the St. Baldrick’s fundraising drive. This year’s drive has been sponsored by Ms. Har-rison and Ms. Fitzgerald. Donations are cur-rently being accepted to advance childhood cancer research.

The district’s official St. Baldrick head-shaving event will be held at Liberty Jr. High on Wednesday, March 16th at 6:00 p.m. Mon-etary donations will also be accepted that evening.

Spring Picture Day

Thursday, March 17th is Spring Picture Day. Information regarding available packet will be sent home with students, students will be permitted to dress casual on that day. Bright smiles are a must!

Spring Fling

Mark your calendars, the Spring Fling is near!

Burbank’s PFC will host the yearly gathering of families and friends on Friday, March 18th. This is a must attend event….music, food, and fun! Tickets are currently being sold. Hope to see you there!

International Game Night

Fun, games, and laughter. Don’t miss our first International Game Night. Students, par-ents, and friends are invited to our Interna-tional Game Night on Thursday, March 24th from 6-7p.m. Students must be accompa-nied by an adult.

Spring Break

Burbank School will be closed on Friday, March 25th through Friday, April 1st for Spring Break. Classes will resume on Mon-day, April 4th. Spring Break offers an excel-lent opportunity for students and their fami-lies to spend time together. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for lots of sunshine and warm weather.

The PARCC is Coming!

Students in grades three through six will complete the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test (PARCC) during the weeks of April 4th and April 11th. The test has replaced the Illinois Standard Achievement Test (ISAT) that has been previously taken in the spring. Our stu-dents will be taking computer-based tests in English Language Arts/Literacy tests (ELA) and Mathematics. The test will measure stu-dents understanding of Common Core State Standards (CCSS).

The testing sessions will begin after spring break. A schedule will be created that will allow all students in the same grade level to complete the same test on a given day. It is important that students are present in school on their scheduled testing date. In addition to being present at school, it is imperative that students get a restful night’s sleep and eat a nutritious breakfast and lunch.

I am confident that our students will do their very best while completing the test.

Upcoming Events

3/1 Town Hall Meetings

National Tornado Drill

PFC Meeting

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3/2 RtI/CAT Meetings

Town Hall Meetings

3/4 School Spirit Day

3/7 Luther Burbank’s Birthday

No School- Casimir Pulaski Day

3/8 Town Hall Meeting

3/9 Crazy Hair/Hat Day

3/10 Dreaming of a Cure Day

3/11 Buck’s for St. Baldrick’s Day

3/15 No School- Institute Day

3/16 St. Baldrick’s Event-Liberty Jr. High

3/17 Spring Picture Day

3/18 Spring Fling

School Spirit Day

3/23 The Potato Games

School Board Meeting

3/24 No Tardies Thursday

3/25 Spring Break

4/3 Classes Resume

In closing, I wish you and yours a very safe and restful Spring Break. Sunshine and warm-er days are ahead. Thanks for allowing us to be an integral part of your child’s life.

Yours in education,

Sharon A. Walker-Hood

Principal

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We are proud to announce that District 111 will host its third annu-al St. Baldrick’s Fundraiser on March 16, 2016. Over the next few weeks students, staff members and community members will come together to collect donations to help fund lifesaving research into cures for common pediatric cancers.

Every year over 175,000 children are diagnosed with some form of cancer. The treatments for these diseases are never easy, and many children cope with the lingering effects of radiation, chemo-therapy and surgeries for years after their diagnoses. With your help the St. Baldrick’s Foundation will fund research into new cures, with fewer side effects that can not only improve the survival rates for these children, but can also help preserve a normal child-hood for these patients.

Over the past two years, our district has raised over $50,000 for this amazing organization. This year we hope to raise an additional $35,000. We will also ask our stu-dents to stand up and shave their heads to show their support for those suffering from cancer. We will also be collecting ponytail donations for the Children with Hair Loss foundation. For more information about our event and to get involved please visit www.stbaldricks.org/events/bsd111 or contact or event coordinator, David Feldstein at 708-952-3255 ext 55172 or [email protected]

St. Baldrick’s Update

Parent Curriculum Nights

Parent support in education is essential for your child's learning experience. Please join us at our upcoming Parent Curriculum Nights.

Parent Curriculum Nights are held at Liberty Junior High

5900 W 81st Street @ 7:00 p.m.

March 9, 2016 - PARCC Testing

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Currently, the literacy classes are based in the computer lab working on typing skills, practicing for PARCC, and researching for grade level projects. Students in grades 2-6 will complete an internet-based research project either with a small group or individually. They are working hard on several various topics and I’m proud of all of their accomplishments! The topics are as follows:

Grade 2 – Animals: Students are looking at a variety of animals at the San Diego Zoo (which is a fun site to try at home! www.sandiegozookids.org). Grade 3 – Weather: Using www.weatherwizkids.com and www.weatherforkids.org, students are re-searching various types of weather that occurs all over the United States.

Grade 4 – The 50 States: Students are individually researching their chosen state (facts are found at www.netstate.com or www.50states.com).

Grade 5 – The Human Body: Small groups chose one of the human body systems and they are work-ing together to find out fun facts, diseases, and so much more! (www.kidshealth.org)

Grade 6 – Nationalities: Individually, students are researching different aspects of their heritage. This topic was a bit more difficult because I gave them less direction and structure, feeling confident that they would come up with magnificent work—and they did!! I have learned so much about our students and their culture. They are really rocking this project!

The adorably hilarious Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin is my book rec-ommendation this month. It is written for grades K-3 (AR Level: 3.1) and is written in a similar style to If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. The first line of the book reads, “Hey kid! Did you know that dragons love tacos?” and as you read on, you find out that they love all types of tacos, but not spicy sal-sa. As the story pans out, the boy has a taco party for the dragons and makes one big mistake… In the end, the dragons help him out, but only be-cause they want one thing in return. This book is super cute! Check it out!

Cara A. Tomasek

Literacy Teacher

Literacy News

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The end of the third quarter will be at the end of March. We are amazed at how fast the school year has gone. We will be working on assessing your child this month and will be sharing the results with you. Please practice with your child so they can memorize their phone num-ber, address, and birthday.

In reading, we are working on reading emergent readers flu-ently. New popcorn words will increase to two a week instead of one. Remember to practice words daily. Sentence writing is coming along. The goal is to be writing 3 sentences about a giv-en topic.

Lately, our focus in Math has been on addition and subtrac-tion. We have been adding and subtracting groups in many dif-ferent ways. Our expectation is

that the students will be able to fluently add subtract within ten by the end of the year. Students have been moving nicely through our weekly math fact tests, keep up the hard work! If you should have any questions, please let us know.

Sincerely,

Miss Noha Ms. Lucenti Miss O’Connell

Kindergarten News

First Grade News We are ready for spring!!! First grade is flying by and we have been very busy. We continue to work on improv-ing our reading skills. We have really been focusing on going back into the text to find our answers. Please practice this skill with your child at home. In math we have been working on place value. Our reading unit focus-es on animals and we will be working on animal projects. We can't wait for the warm weather to come. Mrs. Ryan Mrs. Ludwig Ms. Lawlor

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The 2nd graders have been working hard to finish up the 3rd Quarter strong! Our classes have been learning the values of different coins and counting money in Math. The students really seem to enjoy practicing their skills with fake money! This is also a con-cept that can easily be practiced at home!

In reading, we will be beginning Unit 5 of the Reading Won-ders series. Our dai-ly learning centers are running smoothly and the students re-ally enjoy that part of the day. Spelling and vocabulary words are continuing to increase in difficul-ty, so please practice these words at home. Additionally, please take ad-vantage of our many

reading and math websites that are available to you on the district website!

Third Quarter report cards will go home this month. Please contact your teach-ers with any ques-tions or concerns you may have.

Spring Break begins March 25th and school will resume on April 4th. Have a fun and relaxing

Second Grade News

Third Grade News year students in the entire state will be taking the PARCC (Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for Col-lege and Careers) test. They will be tested in English Language Arts (Reading, Spelling, Gram-mar, and Word Usage) and Math. There will be three units of the ELA test and two units of the Math test. Students’ success is greatly affected on a good night’s sleep, proper nu-trition from break-fast, and limited stress/anxiety. We know our students are brilliant and hardworking and we have confi-

dence in each and every one. It will be critical for your child to be at school each and every day we are testing and on time. We will continue working on Read-ing Comprehension and Fluency, Grammar, Spelling, and Writing during our daily Reading Block. Students are assigned 20 minutes of reading a night. Likewise in Math, students need to be practic-ing and memoriz-ing their multiplica-tion. Have a wonderful month and stay warm! Sunshine and warmer tem-

Happy Almost Spring!!! We feel like we say this every month, BUT, “Good Golly Miss Molly - this school year is flying by!” As March begins, the students will be experiencing the first year of standardized test-ing. They will be taking standard-ized tests a few times a year going forward in their educational ca-reer. In previous years students took the ISAT Test (Illinois Standards Achievement Test), the state no longer uses this standardized test. This is the first

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peratures are (hopefully) on their way.

Respectfully,

Mrs. Knasiak

Ms. Dowling

Mrs. Mazanke

break!

The 2nd Grade Teachers,

Ms. Perich Ms. Synoga Mrs. Vlna

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Below are some of the concepts your child has been studying in each subject.

Please, if your child is absent, make sure that they check with the teachers when they return to get all the work that they missed. As always, they get 1 makeup day for every day that they are absent.

Make sure your child is practicing their multiplication and division facts.

Many students are reporting that they do not have a Prairie Trails library card. Please take a moment to go get registered for this. Students need to be able to take out books for their school research projects.

Mrs. Wilson Mrs. Egan Ms. Fitzgerald

Fourth Grade News

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Math

Division

Area/Perimeter

Geometric shapes

Line segments

Problem solving

ISAT test practice

Calculator practice

Angles, circles, and poly-gons

Measurement

Temperature

Reading

Using Context clues

Summarizing/ Predicting

Main Idea/Details

Drawing conclusions

Classifying/ Cause/Effect

Sequencing

The Southeast/Northeast States

Social Studies

Longitude/Latitude

Mining

Plantation life

Segregation

Climate, Precipitation Types Maps, Charts, Graph Skills, and Time Lines

Industrial/American Revolutions

Natural Resources

Science

The Water Cycle

Landforms

Solids/Liquids/Gases

ISAT Test Practice

Weather

Rocks

English

Spelling/Phonics

How to Paragraph

Narrative/ Expository Essays

Abbreviations

Sentences/Fragments

Analogies/ Similes/ Rhyming Words

Punctuation/ Parts of Speech

Possessive/Plural nouns

ABC Order

Compound Words

Cursive writing

Health

Illnesses/Diseases/Disabilities

Immune System

Quarantines

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We are Springing through the 6th Grade

We just about to start PARCC testing!!! The stu-dents have done a wonderful job preparing for the test. They have been working on focusing, organization, prob-lem solving, and trying their best while taking the test.

Students are deeply involved in our new unit in social stud-ies, Greece. They are map-ping, identifying geographical features and learning all about how ancient city-states ran. Students will continue to read and learn about the my-thology of Greece and their gods and goddesses.

Students are working hard in their Environments Science book; learning all about ani-mals, their habitats and differ-ent niches. Students have done a wonderful job working in small groups on fun inter-active projects.

Please remind your students to continue to read at least 20 minutes a night and to contin-

ue to work on their mathe-matical concepts at home.

Mrs. Cano

Mrs. Turyna

Miss Harrison

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Sixth Grade News Fifth Grade News The fifth grade students have been very busy learn-ing about and working on force and motion, close reading, fractions and deci-mals, and Colonial America. The students have showed their knowledge through many forms and we're proud of them! We are very excited to celebrate our DARE graduation. Also, we are proud of our fifth grade student, Jacquelyn Corral, who represented our grade level at the district's Young Authors' Contest. Great job! Ms. Cheung Mrs. Faust Mrs. Schwab

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February 2016 Students of the Month

~ Ms. Lucen ~ Lincoln Abad

Madelyn Barrera

~ Ms. Noha ~ Jaxson Abelman

Marlene Padron

~ Ms. O'Connell ~ Giselle Murillo

Anthony Senese

~ Ms. Lawlor ~ Adriana Talavera

Caleb Padilla

~ Mrs. Ludwig ~ Ilanie Nava

Sara Naser

~ Mrs. Ryan ~ Rosemarie Pineda

Parker Vanis

~ Ms. Perich ~ Xadrian Weaver

Caleigh Schmidt

~ Ms. Synoga ~ Blake Stefanek

Kylie Wagner

~ Ms. Vlna ~ Julia Podgorski

Diego Lopez

~ Ms. Dowling ~ Emily Cieslak

Terry Ferguson

~ Mrs. Knasiak ~ Daniela Granja

Xavier Gu errez

~ Mrs. Mazanke ~ Mia Cisneros

Bella Suchorabski

~ Mrs. Egan ~ San no Villalobos

Bethany Trunk

~ Ms. Fitzgerald ~ Julian Bahena

Mia Rangel

~ Mrs. Wilson ~ Jessica Formeller

Ahmad Almasri

~ Ms. Cheung ~ Carter DeFrancisco

Roselyn Valencia

~ Mrs. Faust ~ Yasira Moosa

Daniel Rivera

~ Mrs. Schwab ~ Sophia Altawil

Michael Marek

~ Mrs. Cano ~ Diego Zambrano

David Czechowski

~ Ms. Harrison ~ Paige Stefanek

Aaron Garcia

~ Mrs. Turyna ~ Alyssa Caputo

Khaled Suleiman

~ Mr. Nykaza ~

Caitlin Diaz

Alex Lupancu

Dylan Dawson

Isabel Guzman

~ Mrs. Ermel / Mrs. McCormick ~

Mylia Concha

Isaiah Vansickle

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PFC President’s Message

It seems as if Mother Nature is starting to loosen her grip on winter and spring is right around the corner. Speaking of spring, our 16th Annual Spring Fling Family Dance is approaching quickly. The dance will take place on Friday, March 18th from 6pm-9pm. We will have dancing, a dj, air brush tattoos, food, large prize raffles and our ever famous basket raffles. Flyers will be coming home soon with more information. Be sure to keep an eye out for our basket raffle donation requests and the dance ticket order forms. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering for this event. We especially need help with set up and take down.

PFC BOARD ELECTIONS If you have some fresh ideas, want to make a difference in the school and are interested in becoming part of the PFC Executive Board, we have the following position opening up for the 2016-2018 school year:

President Please contact, Stash (Jim) Stefanek [email protected], Jen Lamb [email protected], Dan Vana [email protected] or Lorena Wong [email protected] with nominations or for more information. PAST EVENTS

FAMILY BOWLING NIGHT: Another great night out with the PFC. We had an amazing turnout; over 130 bow-lers came out and had a great time. Thank you to all who came out. Special thanks to Mrs. Behena, Mrs. Feeney and Mrs. Edwards for organizing the event. FUNDRAISING UPDATES BUTTER BRAID PASTRY FUNDRAISER: The PFC would like to extend our sincerest gratitude to all who par-ticipated in our spring fundraiser. We were able to raise over $1,000! The money will be used towards upcoming PFC sponsored events. Order pick up will be on Thursday, March 10th. REMINDERS SPIRIT WEAR is sold year round. Order forms can be found within the monthly newsletters or in the school office. Kindest regards, The PFC Executive Board Members Stash Stefanek Dan Vana Jen Lamb Lorena Wong PFC President Vice President Treasurer Secretary MARK YOUR CALENDARS March 1 PFC Meeting @ 6:00pm March 4 School Spirit Day March 7 NO SCHOOL – Casmir Pulaski Day / Luther Burbank’s Birthday March 10 Butter Braid Pastry Fundraiser Pick Up March 13 Daylight Savings Time Begins March 15 NO SCHOOL – Teacher Institure March 18 School Spirit Day / 16th Annual Spring Fling Family Dance March 23 District Board Meeting @ District Office 7pm March 25-31 NO SCHOOL – Spring Break April 1 NO SCHOOL – Spring Break Continued April 4 School Resumes April 5 PFC Meeting @ 6:00pm

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BURBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REFERENDUM

Burbank School District 111 will have a Referendum on the ballot for the March 15, 2016 election for the construction of a new building for Luther Burbank Elementary School. Information sheets regarding the Referen-dum have been posted on the district website and are available at the administration building. They will provide a basic overview of the building needs, finances, and voting procedures.

Please visit the district website at www.bsd111.org for additional infor-mation.

PFC Board Elections for the 2016-2018 School Year!

Join us and make a difference for the school.

We have the following position open. Please contact, Stash (Jim) Stefanek [email protected], Jen Lamb [email protected], Dan Vana [email protected] or

Lorena Wong [email protected] with nominations or for more infor-mation.

OPEN POSITIONS

President

5Essentials Survey Burbank District 111 is once again joining the Illinois State Board of Edu-cation (ISBE) in the fourth statewide survey of school climate and learn-ing conditions. The survey provides a unique opportunity for teachers, students, and parents to have a voice in improving their schools. Teach-ers, students, and parents will be asked to take a 20-minute research-based survey to help identify strengths and weaknesses in their school’s learning environment. This survey will serve as an opportunity for schools to reflect on progress since the last statewide implementation. Parents, please take this opportunity to respond to the 5Essentials survey now at: https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/

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Earn Money for Burbank School!

Keep clipping those Box Tops. Simply clip the box tops and send to school with your child. The classroom with the most Box Tops each month will win a General Mills treat.

Each Box Top coupon is worth 10 cents. More information and a list of qualified products can be found at www.boxtops4education.com

Spirit Gear

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

Spirit Wear orders will be accepted at any time throughout the year. Please complete the order

form, include payment and place in a sealed enve-lope labeled “spirit gear” . Please turn envelope

into your teacher.

PFC Volunteers

We invite you to become involved in your child’s education and help make the 2015-2016 school year a rewarding one. Volunteers are needed to help with school activities, event’s & fundraisers. MANY of the volunteer opportunities are flexible and can be done to fit into busy schedules.

If you have questions, or would like to learn more about volunteer opportunities, please contact Jim “Stash” Stefanek at [email protected] or 708-277-3528.

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

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Tuesday, May 3, 2016

Upcoming PFC Meetings

If you are already a target shopper, this is an easy way to support our school!!

Luther Burbank School is participating in the Target REDcard Take Care of Education Program. Enroll for free and Target will donate 1% of your REDcard purchase to our school.

You DO NOT need to open a credit card. There is an option to open a Target debit card that deducts from your checking account. The other major benefit to the card is that you automatically and instantly save 5% on your entire purchase!!

Existing Target REDcard card holders can use the following link to designate Luther Burbank. Our school ID is 48307.

Here is the link to apply as a new card holder https://www-secure.target.com/redcard/tcoe/home

Target REDcard Take Charge of Education

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Luther Burbank Elementary  

 

 

 

FAMILY DANCE 

Friday, March 18th, 2016 6:00 to 9:00 PM School Gym $15 Per Family (immediate family only) $2 for each additional person (family and/or friends)

Tickets go on sale the week of March 7th

Large Prize Raffle Tickets $1.00 Each

40” Samsung 1080p Smart LED TV Lucky Strike Bowling Party White Sox Tickets / Merchandise 3-month membership to Fusion Recplex Walter Payton - Bears Jersey Duncan Keith - Blackhawks Jersey

(More prizes may be added)

 

GIFT BASKET RAFFLES

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5 Town Hall

Meetings 9 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Tornado Drill 10:00 a.m.

After School Programs

PFC Meeting 6 p.m.

RtI/CAT Meeting

Town Hall Meetings

9 a.m. & 1 p.m.Staff Meeting

After- School Programs

School Spirit Day

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

NO SCHOOL Casimir Pulaski

Day

AssemblyJoshua’s Dragon

After School Programs Town Hall

Meeting @ D.O7 p.m.

Heads Up to

Cancer Crazy Hair/Hat

Day After School Programs

Dreaming of a

Cure Pajama Day Kindergarten

Field Trip After School

Program

Buck’s for

St. Baldrick’s

13 14 15 16 17 18 19Day Light

Saving Time

After School Programs

No School Teacher

Institute Day

Staff Meeting St. Baldrick’s

Drive Liberty Jr. High

6-8 p.m.

Spring Picture Day

End of 3rd Quarter

After School Programs

School Spirit Day

Spring Fling 6-9 p.m.

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Programs After School

Programs Potato GamesAfter School Programs

School Board Meeting 7 p.m.

District Office

No Tardies Thursday

After School Programs

International Game Night

6 p.m.

Spring Break

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Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Spring Break

Classes

Resume on April 4, 2016

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Burbank Bobcat Cup 16 oz 1.00$

Winter Hat - embroidered logo (RED)

One Size 10.00$

Scarves - embroidered logo (RED & WHITE STRIPED)

One Size 10.00$

YS 10.00$

YM 10.00$

YL 10.00$

S 10.00$

M 10.00$

L 10.00$

XL 10.00$

XXL 12.00$ XXXL 13.50$

YS 10.00$

Crew Neck Sweatshirts YM

(no hood) - silk screened logo YL

(RED) YXL 10.00$

S 10.00$

M 10.00$

L XL

YS 15.00$

Sweatpants- silk screened logo YM 15.00$

YL 15.00$

(RED ONLY) S 15.00$

M 15.00$ L 15.00$

YM 20.00$

Flannel Pants YL 20.00$

silk screened logo YXL 20.00$

S 20.00$

M 20.00$ L 20.00$

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