All Chicken Dinner orders need to be turned in to the school front offices today (with money) We are turning in the order to Countryside and will distribute everyone's tickets that need to go to families. Thank you again for all your support for District 50 PTC!
Attention all John L. Hensey families! Last night was the best time and we want the fun to continue! Join us on Tuesday, October 31 for our annual Halloween parade at 10am. This event is subject to change due to inclement weather. More details will be sent home with your child.
Don't forget to stop by John L. Hensey tonight from 5-6:30 for Witches Walk!
Attention Wildcat families and staff,
Broadleaf spraying has been scheduled for Saturday, October 28th at both buildings while staff and students are not in attendance. We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we ask that all visitors and athletic groups make different arrangements for your planned activities @ Beverly Manor and John L. Hensey School during this date. Our building grounds will open again the following morning Sunday, October 29th.
THURSDAY NIGHT GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME CANCELED.
We have about another 10 days to keep collecting donations for the District 50 PTC fall fundraiser. Kids - keep working hard to collect those donations and you can win some great prizes and a Wildcat Day of Fun with inflatables, shaved ice, and games! Also - don't forget if as a district we make our donation goal - Mr. Sharp and Mr. Zaiser will cruise around the school on Big Wheels, and maybe have to kiss a farm animal! Check out the link below to see Mr. Sharp getting nervous!
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This year’s Witches Walk will take place indoors on Thursday, October 26 from 5:00pm-6:30pm. Families will travel from classroom to classroom collecting candy. Staff members will have doors decorated so families can vote for their favorite door. The winning door will receive a donut party!
Feel free to make it extra fun by dressing the kids up in their costumes!
Thanks to the high school football team for greeting our students at the door this morning! It was a great way to start the day! Go panthers!
Thank you to all 50+ students who submitted a yearbook design!
We narrowed down the covers to 12 and our district staff and students were able to vote for their favorite designs. We had 300+ votes!
So, without further ado...
Congratulations to our 2023-2024 Yearbook Cover winners!!
Front Cover: Madison Young, 8th Grade (pictured on right)
Back Cover: Ivy Johnson, 6th Grade (pictured on left)
Halloween is coming and our Student Council has created some festive spirit week days for all District 50 students to enjoy as October 31st approaches.
Now hiring a Head Cook for Beverly Manor! Benefits include: NO Nights, NO Weekends, Holidays Off, Work while your kids are in school, Work with a GREAT team Applicants should email a letter of interest and their resume to jwood@d50schools.com.
Thanks to everyone who donated to John L. Hensey's costume drive! We received over 70 costumes! Our students will be so excited when they come for their next shopping trip to our Wildcat Cares store!
Parents - please see that attached letter regarding the district plan for any possible e-learning days for the 2023-2024 school year. Teachers will send home packets for your students in case of an e-learning day due to inclement weather, or other possible closures.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1crhNElSwrIanw1EPvmN2HicX7NwlQLCiFkZpvLmWb2Y/edit?usp=sharing
FREE EVENT
NTFD Open House is Saturday, October 14th from 11:00am-2:00pm
Come learn about fire safety, meet Sparky the Fire Dog, take a fire engine ride, try on real fire gear!
NTFD will also be handing out Halloween candy at the fire station from 5-7:00pm.
Hope to see you soon!
Tomorrow, October 13, is the last day to drop off any new or gently used, clean Halloween costumes for the Wildcat Cares store at John L. Hensey. You can drop off costumes in the office. Thanks for all of the support!
Manor Students and Families - next week on Wednesday, October 18th we will have picture retake day for Manor students. If you would like your child to participate in retake day, please make sure to let them know. Also, if you ordered a picture package but are getting retakes, please send your child with the previous package - so you can receive the new picture package after retakes. Any order forms can be picked up in the front office. Thank you!
Calling all Wildcat families!
The Wildcat Witches Walk is Thursday, October 26. We are in desperate need of candy donations to make this event a success. You can turn all candy donations in to the office at John L. Hensey. Thanks in advance!
Boys Basketball for 7th & 8th Grade teams is having their tryouts on Monday, October 16 and Tuesday, October 17 from 7:00-8:30 in the Manor gym. Tryouts are open to boys 5th-8th grade, and you MUST have a current sports physical on hand to tryout.
Attention Wildcats - there are some exciting things coming up - Volleyball open gyms are beginning soon. They will be held the following days from 2-4 p.m. Sunday 10/22; Sunday 10/29; Saturday 11/4; Saturday 11/11; Saturday 11/18. They will be held in the Manor gym. This is a great opportunity to come out and practice skills leading up to tryouts.
Wildcat families and Tazewell area Residents,
- Do you like to make a positive impact in the lives of kids?
- Do you dread the 9 to 5 work environment?
- Do you want a flexible work schedule with a great group of staff to support you?
- Do you want great pay at $120 a day for teacher subbing or $14.29-15.29 an hour for para pro subbing?
- Do you want to enjoy those McDonald's and Chick-fil-A teacher appreciation freebies? **I don't know if we can make this one happen, but we are on it!
If you like what you heard, then stop by Beverly Manor's Substitute Open House between 3:00-5:00 p.m. on Oct 17th to learn more and start the application process with help from Principal Sharp.
If you are unavailable that night but are interested in the information, reach out to Principal Sharp at cmsharp@d50schools.com
