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A Note from the PTA Co-PresidentsWell, what is there to say but, “At least it’s March and this winter HAS to end soon!?”. It’s been a rough one for sure and I know we are all looking forward to the warmer days that we will hopefully be experiencing by the end of this month! Please note that with the weather closings in January, and barring any further emergency day offs, our current last day of school at Steck now lands on June 6th. This year, the last day of school is a full day and field day will take place on this day.

Of course the big event coming to Steck in March is our annual school carnival!! This year it will take place on March 15th from 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM at the school. We hope that all Steck families can be there to join in the fun and games. This is a large event that requires a lot of planning and volunteers. So thank you to all

those who put the Ime and effort into running this event. The students appreciate it so much and look forward to this event all year!

March 28th will bring another fun Steck tradiIon – the Spring room parIes! There is a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes to make these happen and we want to thank all the volunteers who make it happen!

We would also like to encourage you and your family to aMend the 6th Annual District 204 Student Summer AcIviIes Fair on Wednesday, March 5 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at SIll Middle school. Exhibitors at the Student Summer AcIviIes Fair will display summer programs available throughout the community for all ages as well as provide high school students with informaIon about volunteer opportuniIes. This is always a popular fair and a lot of fun for families!

The next general PTA meeIng will be held on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 in the Steck MPR and our Dinner Night Out this month will be at Zoup! (1167 N Eola Rd) on March 25th between 3pm and 9pm! Hope to see you all at both events!

Enjoy your Spring Break!!!

Kathy Lengiewicz & Kerry ClemmCo-­‐Presidents

Inside:Steck Calendar 2IPPC Update 3School Information 3Box Top Contest 4Market Day 5Carnival 6Dinner Night Out 7Junior Achievement 10Kindergarten Notice 12

PTA Executive BoardKerry Clemm/ Kathy LengiewiczCo-Presidentssteckpresident@gmail.com

Carrie Bessey1st Vice Presidentcibessey@comcast.net

Chrissy Baka2nd Vice Presidentbakafam@gmail.com

Micki Olawoye1st Secretarymickelle_olawoye@yahoo.com

Lauren Farley2nd Secretarylaurenfarley@scbglobal.net

Beth TukkerTreasurerbeth@tukker.us

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THANK YOU!Thank you to all of the 3rd grade families who donated so generously to the Teacher Appreciation lunch that was held on February 21st. It was a HUGE success and we could not have done it without your help!!

STECK CALENDARMon-Fri - 3/3/14 - 3/14/14ISAT Testing for Grades 3-5

Wed - 3/5/14PTA Exec Board Mtg, 9:30am

Tues - 3/11/14PTA General Mtg, 7:00pm

Thurs - 3/13/14Market Day, 4:45pm to 5:30pm

Mon - 3/17/145th Grade Group Picture, 9:15am

Tues - 3/18/14No School - School Improvement Planning

Wed - 3/19/14Open House, 6:30pm

Fri - 3/21/14Staff Appreciation - 4th Grade Teachers

Fri - 3/21/14End of Quarter 3

Thurs - 3/27/14Kindergarten Music Program, 2:15pm

Fri - 3/28/14Spring Party, 2:15pm

Mon-Fri - 3/31/14 - 4/4/14No School - Spring Vacation

Dinner Out Event

Tuesday, March 25th

3:00pm to 9:00pm

Zoup1167 N Eola Road

More Details, page 5

SUPPORT STECK PTA PROGRAMS

REBA O. STECKElizabeth PohlmannPrincipal

Miriam TavegiaSecretary

Joanne BasicHealth Aide

Attendance Line(630)375-3500, press 3

School Office(630)375-3500, press 0

Steck/PTA Websitehttp://steck.ipsd.org

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IPPC Update

Highlights of the 2/20/14 Indian Prairie Parent’s council mee;ng include:

• The Charter School Commission was dissolved.• The STEM Partner School, a partnership between East Aurora, West

Aurora, District 204, and Aurora University will accept students for the 2014-­‐2015 school year. Students will be chosen by loOery.

• The district is working in conjunc;on with Naperville 203 and Wheaton 200 to develop a virtual consor;um. Courses will first be offered at the high school level.

• The district will join the DuPage Valley Athle;c Conference in the 2015-­‐2016 school year.

• Kathy and Mike Luczynski were honored as the BMO Harris Volunteers of the Month.

• The student summer ac;vi;es fair will be held March 5, 2014 from 6:00-­‐8:00 PM. Organiza;ons that offer summer programs will be available to discuss their programs. 2015 school year, student to laptop ra;o will be 5:1 as D204 prepares for PARCC assessments. Devices such as iPads, iPods, tablets, etc. are IN ADDITION to the 5:1 student:laptop ra;o. D204 is purchasing light, thin laptops with longer baOery lives because iPads are not working for assessments in other districts due to not having keyboards or BlueTooth accessibility.

SubmiOed by Jennifer Nix

It’s Carnival Time!

Purchase your

wristband during the

pre-sale and $AVE.

More info in your

child’s backpack.

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Target’s “Take Charge of Education” program taps into their Red Card Credit Cards and Debit Cards. Sign up for a Target credit card or debit card and Steck PTA earns 1% of all your Target purchases and .5% of non-Target purchases. Visit redcard.target.com for more information. For existing Red Card holders, you can visit your online account and select our PTA. Steck PTA will benefit once you sign up for Target's “Take Charge of Education program”. Follow the instructions to look up and designate “ Steck Elementary School ” (ID: 48659) as your Take Charge of Education recipient.

STAFF APPRECIATIONWE ARE SO APPRECIATIVE OF OUR

STECK STAFF THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING THEM MONTHLY!!!

This year we are spreading teacher appreciation over the course of the school year. Each month we will host a grade level lunch to celebrate our Steck Staff. Look for your chance to volunteer and/or donate during your child's grade month. More information will be sent via backpack mail.

This month please join us as we celebrate:

4th Grade Teacherson March 21, 2014

Questions? Please contact Michelle Morano at mdm1416@yahoo.com.

Thank You for Helping to Raise $ for Steck

As you know we just finished the Box Top Contest last Friday. The results have now been tabulated and the winning class is 5 Z!! Congratulations!!! Mrs. Zdenovec’s class will receive free wrist bands to the spring carnival! The very close runners up were 3S and 5H! Great work everyone. We raised over $2,500.00 in this contest alone! Over $4,000.00 this school year with your help. Each student should be very proud of their contribution. Please remember that we are still accepting box tops and labels through the end of the year.

The Third Grade Team would like to

thank all of the parents for a wonderful

Teacher Appreciation Week. The surprises

each day were so thoughtful. We loved

the lunch on Friday. We know how

lucky we are to be your child’s teacher.

Sincerely,

The Third Grade Team

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7171 Spaghetti Pie 2162 Fish Sticks 4922 Strawberry Patch Cake

!!!!!!!!!!!! March Sale Pick-up: Thursday, March 13th 4:45 – 5:30pm

Internet Order Cutoff: Monday, March 10th @ 11pm Order Online at: www.marketday.com, Code #6470 **Pre-paying your online order makes pick-up fast and easy!**

Market Day Co-Chairs: Morgan Trotter: 616.706.6289 – trotter927@hotmail.com Liz Bowler: 630.898.2472 – liz.bowler@gmail.com

JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT NEEDS YOU!!!

In order to run the Junior Achievement class this year we need parent volunteers for the Fibh Grade class. If you have registered your child please consider giving less than an hour of your ;me on Friday mornings. Junior Achievement provides easy to follow, complete lesson plans! No economics or business degrees necessary!!

Please email Morgan TroOer at troOer927@hotmail.com with your name and the class you would like to lead!!

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Come One, Come All Step Right Up & Have a Ball

Fun, Games, Prizes and More

Hotdogs, Pizza and Treats Galore!

Steck Carnival Extravaganza Saturday, March 15, 2014

11:00am to 3:00pm

ONE Wristband Price

for unlimited games and activities* *Exclusions Apply

$15.00pp at door/ $12.00pp advance purchase

NO REFUNDS

Cash Only Activities/Food Boozle B’s Hair - $3.50 per girl/boy

Dominos Pizza - $2 per slice Dick’s Mini Donuts – $1 for 3 mini donuts

Dick’s Fruit Smoothies - $3 to $4 each Hot Dogs - $2.50 each

Questions? Email Nami Richardson at carnivalvolunteer@comcast.net

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WHEN: Tuesday, March 25, 2014

WHERE: 1167 N Eola Rd TIME: Valid 3:00-9:00pm

Bring flier or mention to get 15% of your purchase to go to Steck Elementary School PTA

EAGLES FLY… SO DO I!!

STECK ELEMENTARY DINNER NIGHT OUT

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This engaging one day camp promotes creativity through illustration of a graphic novel. Kids will create their own story from start to finish by developing characters, plots, settings, events and climax. Structure a story with Beginning, Middle and an End;; themed around pets and animals . Kids would write script and dialogues for characters. Kids would then take their story and illustrate it. Draw colorful scenes with characters. Pictures of illustrations would be taken by us. Kids would use these pictures and software to design and layout the graphic novel. The graphic novel would be printed and given to the child at a later date. Kids will benefit with language development, apply and enhance artistic skills and create a unique graphic novel to share with family and friends.

www.studionafisa.com nafisa@studionafisa.com

630-340-0534 4260 Westbrook Drive,

Suite 101, Aurora, IL 60504

Date: Tuesday, April 1st, 2014

Time: 9 am to 4 pm

Grade: 2 and up

I am totally lost

Date: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014

Time: 10 am to 1 pm

Grade: 2 and up

Come and create your own safari. Each child will make

safari animals and a jungle scene. They will learn about

origami and how to read and follow instruc ons while

making many wild animals. Great camp for boys and

girls. All supplies are provided.

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Special Survivor Games 2014

District 204 Special Needs Elementary Students are invited to participate in Special Survivor Games on March 7th, 2014 at Peterson Elementary School in Naperville. Peterson’s PTA is hosting this great event for all to enjoy. Peer buddies will be available to every participant and cheerleaders will be encouraging the friendly competition. The events will be held in relay style fashion and each will be adapted so every child can join in and build self esteem, while enjoying the company of their friends. When: Friday, March 7th Time: 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Where: Peterson Elementary School 4008 Chinaberry Lane Naperville, IL 60564 Fee: FREE, Please bring a water bottle Contact: Kristen Kucharski, 630-440-4792 knkucharski@gmail.com R.S.V.P.: By February 1st to reserve your spot

Email knkucharski@gmail.com

!

JUNIOR!ACHIEVEMENT!IS!COMING!UP!SOON!!

What!is!Junior!Achievement?!

A! program! designed! to! help! students! understand! business! and! economics.! ! It’s! the! world’s! largest!

organization!that!educates!students!about!workforce!readiness,!entrepreneurship!and!financial!literacy.!

!

The! JA! curriculum! presents! important! life! skills! through! fun! handsOon! lessons! and! activities.! ! The! lesson!

plans! begin!with! how! economics! affects! YOU! (in! Kindergarten),! then!widens! its! scope! through! 5th

! grade!

where!students!learn!about!the!broader!global!marketplace.!

• Kindergarten:!Ourselves!

• 1st!grade

:!Our!Families!

• 2nd!grade

:!Our!Community!

• 3rd!grade

:!Our!City!

• 4th!grade

:!Our!Region!

• 5th!grade

:!Our!Nation!

!

The! Junior! Achievement! program! through! its! volunteers! inspires! and! empowers! students! to! believe! in!

themselves,!showing!them!they!can!make!a!difference!in!the!world.!

!

When?!

The!program!is!a!five!week!program:!

APRIL!25,!MAY!2,!9,!16,!23!8:00,8:45!a.m.!Where?!

Groups!will!meet!in!the!LMC.!

How!do!I!Register?!

Please!email!Morgan!Trotter!at!trotter927@hotmail.com!and!provide!the!following!information:!!• student!name!• grade!• teacher!

Interested!in!Volunteering?!We!Need!YOU!!!

You!do!NOT!need!an!economics!degree!to!teach!JA!Programs.! !Comprehensive!and!complete!classroom!kits!are! available! for! each! program.! ! You! will! follow! step,by,step! JA! activities! as! outlined! in! the! program’s!guidebook.!!Please!email!Morgan!Trotter!at!trotter927@hotmail.com!and!indicate!your!name!and!grade!level!you!would!like!to!oversee.!

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Junior Achievement Registra;on 2014

Child’s Name:

Grade:

Teacher Name:

Parent Volunteer: please list your name and class you would like to volunteer with

Please return to your child’s teacher or place in the PTA bucket Email Morgan TroOer at troOer927@hotmail.com with any ques;ons

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INDIAN PRAIRIE SCHOOL DISTRICT 204

ATTENTION PARENTS WITH INCOMING

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS

If you have a child who will be five (5) years old on or before

September 1, 2014, he or she is eligible to enroll in kindergarten for

the 2014-15 school year. We are pleased to offer ALL-DAY

kindergarten for your child. You may enroll your child in either an

ALL DAY kindergarten class or a HALF DAY kindergarten class.

Indian Prairie District 204 elementary schools are now in the

process of preregistration for incoming kindergarten students.

If you have a child who is eligible to enroll:

You are invited to attend a

KINDERGARTEN

PARENT PREVIEW NIGHT

April 10, 2014 * Steck Gym * 6:00-7:30 PM

Please call the Steck office (630.375.3502) for

kindergarten preregistration information.

Visit the district website for location of schools and dates for

Parent Preview Nights

www.ipsd.org