The Brickton Weekly, December 5, 2014

Breakfast with Santa – This Saturday

 Join us for our annual Breakfast with Santa, for a delicious continental breakfast, photos with Santa, and caroling and craft activities for the children! The Breakfast with Santa celebration features a Bake Sale Table. Volunteers are needed to support this event – from assisting at the craft table to creating delectable homemade treats for the bake sale. Sign-up sheets are located on the hallway bulletin board. Please contact Kelly McDermott with any questions.

Saturday, December 6^th, 2014, from 10:00 am – 12:30 pm

Hanging Gardens Banquet Hall

8301 W. Belmont, River Grove, IL
Book Fair Raffle Winners
Congratulations to Katarina (Room 107) and Agnes (Room 101) for winning the Scholastic Book Fair Raffle.  They will receive a $25 gift certificate for next weeks book fair.

Volunteer Corner
Many thanks to Meg Ricard (mother of Sean - Room 107 and Ella - Room 104) for putting together an exciting raffle basket containing child friendly organization products, a travel coloring pad, snow markers, candy, 50% off Simply Organized by Meg services and a ticket to The Big Leap. Tickets are 1 for $10 and 3 for $25! Purchase tickets at Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, December 6^th or now in the main office.  The winning ticket will be pulled at Breakfast with Santa.

Scholastic Book Fair

Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming up next week: Monday, December 8^th – Thursday, December 11^th.  In preparation for this Book Fair, we are asking for volunteers to help set up TOMORROW, Saturday, December 6th, immediately following Breakfast With Santa.  It is not a huge job but requires as much help as possible.  With enough help, the work is over in about 45 minutes.  This is such a successful fund raiser for our Upper Elementary students, and it all begins with setting up an inviting display up of books.  If you would like to volunteer, please email Katie Rose in the 9-12 classroom.

Salvation Army Food Drive

Brickton is collecting food to donate to the Salvation Army.  Thanks to those who have already donated food in the collection bins located in the front entryway.  We are collecting non-perishable food and toiletries until December 16^th.

Gift Cards For The Holidays

Take the pressure off your holiday planning and give gift cards! We have a large selection available in denominations from $5 to $100. The order forms are bright pink and in a bin outside Dotty's door. Complete your order form and attach a check  (or call Dotty with your credit card information) and drop the order  off at the front desk or at Dotty's office. The order dates before the holidays are December 8th and December 15th.  All manna gift card orders support the Middle School fundraising efforts with a portion of the funds raised applied back to your tuition!

Parent Outreach Night

Wolcott School and Bernard Zell AnsheEmet Day School are co-sponsoring a program on December 9^th featuring speaker Jennifer Senior, best-selling author of All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.   In this talk, Senior will tackle the question: What are the effects of children on their parents? She isolates and analyzes the many ways in which children reshape their parents' lives, whether it's their marriages, their jobs, their habits, their hobbies, their friendships, or their internal senses of self. She argues that changes in the last half-century have radically altered the roles of today's mothers and fathers, making their mandates at once more complex and far less clear.This event is free to the public. 

CONTACT:  Nancy Seiler, Director of Outreach and Community Programs,Wolcott School, nseiler@wolcottschool.org. Tuesday, December 9, 2014, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood,7:00 PM, Bernard Zell AnsheEmet Day School, 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago

Upcoming Events

Pizza Lunch, Friday, December 5^th

Manna Orders Due, Monday, December 8^th

Breakfast With Santa, Saturday, December 6^th 10:00am – 12:30pm

Scholastic Book Fair, Monday, December 8^th – Thursday, December 11^th

Manna Orders Due, Monday, December 15^th

Hot Dog Lunch, Friday, December 19^th

Winter Break – School Closed, Monday, December 22^nd – Monday, January 5^th

School Resumes, Tuesday, January 6^th

Pizza Lunch, Friday, January 9^th

Open House, Sunday, January 11^th, 10:00am

Board Meeting, Thursday, January 15^th, 7:00pm

Manna Orders Due, Friday, January 16^th

Club Day, Monday, January 19^th

Hot Dog Lunch, Friday, January 23^rd

Manna Orders Due, Friday, January 30^th

In School Celebration – Room 107, Friday, January 30^th, 8:30am

Manna Orders Due, Friday, February 13^th

Hot Dog Lunch, Friday, February 13^th

School Closed – Inservice Day, Monday, February 16^th

Board Meeting, Thursday, February 19^th, 7:00 – 9:00pm

AIMS Conference, Friday, February 20^th – Saturday, February 21^st

In School Celebration – Room 103, Friday, February 27^th, 8:30am

Manna Orders Due, Friday, February 27^th

Pizza Lunch, Friday, February 27^th