Annunciation School Newsletter

Annunciationbvm.org

May 31, 2018

Dear Parents,

Today’s newsletter is the final one of the school year. There are so many things to acknowledge at

the year’s end. We have had a very successful school year filled with much learning and growth. On

Friday we graduated 25 students who are more than ready to take on the challenges of high school. On the

following page, you will find just a few of the great things that took place during the busy month of May

here at school.

I would like to offer a sincere thank you to our outgoing Home & School Association members

Kim Becker, Kelly Bergeron, and Michelle Sojka. Each of these women was integral to the success of

the 2017-2018 board, especially with the 2018 Walk-a-Thon. Their time, talent and dedication to

Annunciation’s students have been greatly appreciated. I would like to welcome the new members of the

2018-2019 Home & School Association: Candace Benton (President), Angela Eilermann, Nydia

Seaton, and Jolyce Seifrid. They will join the second year members Sandra Galindo, Kristin Hultgren,

Jacquie Jungels, and Brenda Quinn. I look forward to working with this group of dedicated parents to

make 2018-2019 another great year!

As I mentioned earlier this month, Mrs. Ellen Peters will be retiring from teaching at Annunciation

after 26 years of service to our school. We wish Mrs. Peters well and look forward to still seeing her

around school as she will be added to our substitute list. I have been interviewing for this open position

and look forward to having one of many strong candidates join our staff soon. I would also like to thank

Mr. Greg Peters for serving as our P.E. teacher this year and wish him well in the

future. I am also interviewing for a new P.E. teacher. Mrs. Barb Tews will be

stepping down from the upper building librarian position, but will also remain on our

substitute list. I thank Mrs. Tews for her time and talent in the library these past two

years. Mrs. Jungels will be the upper building librarian next year.

More thanks go to Kurt and Jessica Zinken for serving the adult leaders of our parish youth

group. After 3 years, the Zinkens are stepping down from this position and I thank them for their time. If

you are interested in becoming an adult leader of the youth group, please contact Mark Fletcher in the

parish office at (630) 851-1436 or at mfletcher@rockforddiocese.org.

Yesterday your child brought home a voucher for a set of White Sox tickets to select games this

season. You will find the ordering instructions on this voucher. Thank you to Mrs. Nies for procuring

these vouchers for our students.

I would like to close with some alumni news from the class of 2014. I am proud to announce that

Annunciation graduate Riley McCue ‘14 was the 2018 Valedictorian at Rosary High School. Marmion

track and field athlete Seth Groom ‘14 dominated at the IHSA state meet this past Saturday

leading Marmion Academy to the Class 2A state championship. Seth took 1st in long jump,

1st in triple jump, 2

nd in high jump, 6

th in 200 dash. Classmate Michael Ronzone ‘14 added

to the point total with a 5th

in 1600 meters and 5th

as part of the 4x800 relay. Yesterday Seth

and Michael brought the trophy to show our 4th

-8th

graders and took a picture with our track

team. We had the pleasure of welcoming Mr. Tim McLean, Annunciation’s first track

coach who started the program in 1999, along with various past and current track coaches.

On behalf of Father Patrick and the Annunciation staff, I want

to wish you and your family a wonderful summer break!

Sincerely, Mrs. Jennifer Wardynski

Look at all the exciting May events…

• Earlier this year, Mrs. Mazur had the junior high students submit essays for the Letters About Literature statewide contest. We have seven students recognized for honorable mention awards 8th Grade: Marianna Alcantar and Jenna Krull, 7th Grade: Marissa Capparelli, Kate Burke, and Carenna Blackwell, 6th Grade: Alvaro Alanis and Sean Mayer

• 2nd graders celebrated First Communion

• 8th grade had a jam-packed, fun-filled trip to Chicago

• 7th grade went the to a Cougars game

• 6th grade visited the Field Museum

• Preschool made their own SLIME and took a field trip to the Philips Park

• Kindergarten traveled to Blackberry Farm

• 1st grade explored the Morton Arboretum

• JET TOYS unit in 4th grade taught many STEM lessons

• Mrs. Eversole hosted her traditional morning care farewell breakfast feast.

• City of Lights track meet

• 7th grade set up an obstacle course for their Kindergarten buddies

IMPORTANT END OF YEAR INFORMATION

Monday, June 4 is a full day of school for grades 1 – 7. Home and School will provide a hot dog, chips, cookies and a drink for each student. Tuesday, June 5 is the last day of school. Students will enjoy the school picnic on Tuesday morning and dismissal will be at 11:30. There is no extended care on Tuesday, June 5. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The used uniform sale is currently taking place in the school lobby. It will run through Friday, June 1. Envelopes from sales are being sent home daily, so if you brought items to the sale, please ask your oldest child for any envelopes being returned. All unsold items must be picked up TOMORROW by 3:00.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you to all Annunciation families for the overwhelming response to the uniform donations for the Sapa Un Catholic Academy! Due to space limitations we can no longer take donations. Thank you for your generous support. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you were issued a key card to the school for any purpose during the school year, please return it to the office at this time. These keys are expensive so it is important that we get all of them back. All keys will be disabled on June 6th. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Attention 7th Graders and Parents: Once report cards have been published on SchoolSpeak, please make a copy for yourself. Seventh graders will need a copy next year when applying to high school. Please do this right away as you will not be able to access report cards once the system changes over to the new school year. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is your child missing a sweatshirt, shoe, gym uniform, etc.??? Please check the lost and found bins. There is a bin located in each building. You may find just what you were looking for, or something you didn’t even realize was missing!! Any usable items left in the bins after June 6 will be donated to charity, the rest will be discarded.

YEARBOOK Annunciation BVM 2016-2017 yearbooks are ON SALE NOW!!! Soft cover yearbooks are $17, and hard cover are $21.50 each. Orders can be sent into school using the order form at the end of the newsletter or order online at YBpay@lifetouch.com with yearbook ID number 1024518. Orders sent into school need to be to be submitted by June 1. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Important Daycare Information

Kindergarten and Preschool Only Families: On Thursday, May 31 you will receive a bill that will include all charges from May 14 through the morning of May 31. This bill will need to be paid the next day, Friday, June 1, before kindergarten graduation. If you use daycare on the afternoon of May 31, or the morning of June 1, you will need to pay cash/check at the time of service. Please have the correct amount due with you as the daycare providers will not have change. Families with Students in Grades 1 – 8: On Friday, June 1, you will receive a bill that will include your charges from May 14 through the morning of June 1. This bill needs to be paid by

Monday, June 4. If you use daycare on the afternoons of June 1 or June 4, or in the morning on June 4 or June 5, you will need to pay by cash/check at the time of service Report cards will not be accessible until all daycare bills are paid. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Bring your family and friends to join us at Panera Bread on Kirk Road on Wednesday, June 20th at any time of the day! Just present the flyer (either hard copy or electronic image on smart phone / tablet) to the cashier at the time of purchase so we will get credit for the sale. Can’t dine in, go ahead and take-out…those orders count too!

Also save these dates: 7/12 – Pal Joey’s on Randall 8/30 Banana Split

Youth Group Event:

The parish youth group, iYouth, is interested in planning a summer outing to a Kane County Cougars baseball game on Monday, July 23 at 6:30pm. The Kane County Cougars are a Class A Minor League affiliate of the Arizona Diamond Backs. Before ordering tickets, the youth group needs to have a tentative count to see if

there is enough interest in attending as a group. Individuals are responsible for their own transportation to/from the game. Family and friends are invited to join in. Reserved tickets are just $5 each for groups of 20 or more. That is a great savings over the $16 face value of each ticket.

If you are interested in attending or for more information, please email either Jessica Zinken:

jkzinken@aol.com or Mark Fletcher at Mfletcher@RockfordDiocese.org. Let us know if you are

interested and how many in your family would like to attend. We will get in touch with you with

more information. If we have enough response to attend as a group, the tickets are just $5

each. The deadline to respond is June 8.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Manna Workers Thursday, May 31 2:45 – 3:15 Amy Tuma Thursday, June 7 5:30 – 6:00 No Volunteer Thursday, June 14 5:30 – 6:00 Mary Digate -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Server Schedule:

Thursday, May 31 8:00 a.m. Austin Baloun Will Schwartz

Friday, June 1 8:00 a.m. Austin Baloun Will Schwartz

Saturday, June 2 5:15 p.m. Nick Cibulskis Abby Cibulskis

Sunday, June 3 7:30 a.m. Katie Phillippe Natalie Sanchez

8:45 a.m. Will Schwartz D. Domanus

10:00 a.m. Jessica Hirner Chelsea Hirner

11:30 a.m. Ella Zinken Julia Gatto

Monday, June 4 8:00 a.m. Volunteer Volunteer

Tuesday, June 5 8:00 a.m. Volunteer Volunteer

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*Please make checks payable to Annunciation School. Please return this form June 1, 2018.

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