Just a reminder, there's a D50 Parent Teacher Club meeting this evening, in the library at John L. Hensey beginning at 6:30. We'll be talking about many exciting events coming up for the rest of the school year. Free babysitting will be provided, we hope to see you there!
Just a reminder that tryouts for the 6th grade basketball team will be held on Friday starting at 3:00pm. All 5th and 6th graders are eligible to try out. As with all school sports, per IESA rules, athletes must have a current sports physical on file with the nurse prior to tryouts.
Cheerleading- Preorders for State cheer apparel are available through this site. Orders accepted through Jan 19! https://iesacheer.itemorder.com/sale?read_message=true
Wrestling fans! We now have a team store open for wrestling apparel. Use this link to order https://washington-2020.itemorder.com/sale The store is only open through 1/23.
The volleyball team apparel store is back open but only through January 16th! https://d50-volleyball-2020.itemorder.com/sale
Volleyball players, the bus for the St. Pat's tournament will be leaving at 4:00PM on Friday (1/17) and 9:00AM on Saturday (1/18). All players are expected to attend both days unless excused.
We have many important dates coming up for our 8th grade students and their parents. Please see the attachment below. Any questions, please call the office or reach out to your student's homeroom teacher
Mrs. Rayner’s classroom mascot came to visit this week. The students had seen many pictures and heard numerous stories of his adventures, it was high time they got to meet him. Wee Lad Gimli felt so at home among the students. The class wore him out.
ATTENTION HENSEY PARENTS:
Please click on the following link to take the Illinois 5 Essentials survey for parents. As a school district we use this information to help guide us in areas we may need to improve. Thank you in advance for your help in making District 50 a "Great Place for Great Kids!!"
http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/
Miss Carrabotta's first graders have created a list of survey questions! Please consider taking survey and share the link! Last year, they had 15,293 responses! They're trying to beat that huge total! Thanks for your help!
https://forms.gle/uEwEWKTxjsVrSyhM9
TIME CHANGE for BOYS BASKETBALL TONIGHT- The game at St Pat's will begin at 5:30pm, not 4:30pm as previously scheduled.
Good morning D50 Community,
Calling all artists and creative minds! Please take a look at this unique opportunity from Google. They are hosting a Doodle for Google event with the theme of "I show kindness by..." and are inviting students to be creative and show ways that they can be kind.
The contest opened Jan. 6th and goes through March 13, 2020. 54 students will be named winners from their state and five finalists will be flown to Google's headquarters where 4 will win a $5,000 scholarship and one student will win a $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 Google for Education tech package for their school, and have their artwork placed on Google's homepage for a day.
We have some spectacular artists and this would be a great way to have some family fun in brainstorming an idea and have the possibility of major rewards!
Let the creativity fly and show kindness!
Good morning D50 Families & Staff,
Whether it is Gas, Donuts, Pizza, Mid-Day Treats, or Odds & Ends we often find ourselves stopping at Casey's. Well here is a chance to do you routine shopping and put money right back into our schools!
Sign up for rewards at Casey's and have your points work toward helping out our kids!
Visit https://www.caseys.com/schools to learn more.
We have been informed that the issues with online payments has been resolved. You should be able to pay fees and make deposits into lunch accounts once again. Let us know if there are still any issues though.
An issue with online payments has been discovered. Support has been notified and are working on the issue. Currently you may be unable to use the service to pay fees and deposit money into your student's lunch account. We will notify you again once the issue has been resolved.
Great weekend for the wrestling team! Yesterday finished 1st out of 8 teams at the Dawson Duals in Lincoln. Today they brought home a 3rd place trophy out of 22 teams at the Bloomington Invitational! This team is off to a great start!!
Third grade decided this was the year to be kind. Instead of having a gift exchange, the third graders donated items to be put in a chemo basket for new chemo patients. The third grade team is so proud of them and wanted to share the amazing things they are doing.
We wish each of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Thank you parents, grandarents and guardians for all you do to support our schools. Also, we pass along our thanks and appreciation to those who have served, or have loved ones currently serving in the armed forces.
ALL MANOR LOST AND FOUND ITEMS WILL BE DONATED FRIDAY DECEMBER 20th.
IF YOUR STUDENT IS MISSING ANYTHING, PLEASE HAVE THEM CLAIM THEIR MISSING ITEMS BEFORE FRIDAY.
REMINDER: If you ordered D50 Spirit Wear from the PTC, the pick up will be Wednesday, December 18th in the Beverly Manor Commons from 3:00-7:00 p.m. Thank you for your continued support!