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Chess Club Updates Jan 2018

From Mike Grossman

A few items for this week:

  • Some help is still needed at the upcoming Oakton Chess Tournament. Please see available volunteer spots at the SignUpGenius page
  • Please contact Mike Grossman if your student is going to participate in the Oakton Chess Tournament. He need to finalize the list by Wednesday, January 24.
  • The Oakton Chess Club is still (always) accepting donations to help keep it afloat. You can submit your donations directly to Mike Grossman on Wednesday during Chess Club or leave them in the PTA mailbox in the front office. Please make checks out to “Oakton Chess Club.”
  • Attached are notes that Coach Shiva wanted to share with the kids – these are some of the points he’s been working on with the newer players in the group.
  • The Illinois State K-8 Chess Championship will be March 9-11 at the Hyatt Regency in Schaumburg. See the attached PDF with additional details from Maret Thorpe. Also see http://www.chessweekend.com/2018-illinois-k-8-championships/. Please contact Mike Grossman for more information – sounds like a great time.

Chess Notes Jan 2018

Illinois State K-8 Chess Championship

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Healthy Valentine Snacks for school

We love Valentine’s season, but to be honest, we find it’s a lot like Halloween and Christmas: it’s a sugar overload!
This year, the Oakton PTA Wellness Team is striving to make our school and our kids healthier. To that end, we found some fun ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day with a healthy snack.
Do you have more ideas you want to share with us? Please email us! Thanks in advance!

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Valentine’s Day: It doesn’t have to end in cavities and tummy aches.

Valentine’s Day and candy go together like substitute teachers and classroom chaos.

But thanks to Pinterest (and your clever ideas), it doesn’t have to be this way! Check out the (sugar-free) craft, snack and activity ideas, below; and feel free to send us a few of your own. (We’ve got V-Day handled, but those poor subs are on their own):

– EAD


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Oakton Football Club

The 14716182_1282660705119925_5519966772576599079_n wrapped up its first successful season on Monday! Thanks to Oakton’s Wellness Team for making our team, which was so successful, it will return next spring. Stay tuned for updates!

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Oakton PTA Fundraising Raffle 2016

Our 2016 PTA fundraising raffle was a HUGE success!

Last Thursday at the end-of-the-year picnic, school board member and Oakton parent, Omar Brown, picked our two winners. A 2nd place prize of a $50 Target gift card was chosen first, and then the big moment…for the brand new Apple iPad! Both prize winners were very excited! We would like to recognize Sandra Brown, Oakton grandparent and Weichert Realtors broker, for donating the iPad & gift card. We are grateful for such generosity!

Thank you to all the families who worked so hard to sell raffle tickets – we exceeded our goal and raised $6,500! A big shout out to our #1 ticket sellers – the Bilski sisters – who sold just shy of 300 tickets. Amazing! Several families sold 100+ tickets as well! And congratulations to the 1st Grade – who had the most participants. We hope you enjoyed your pizza party!

We are so happy that the Oakton PTA will start off next year strong and ready to continue providing fun and enriching activities for our whole community – such as picnics, program scholarships, club support (chess, chorus, running club) field trips, author visits, teacher appreciation week, edible garden and assistance with service projects such as ESCCA and the eye glass fund. We have a community to be proud of! Congratulations, and warmest appreciation for everyone’s hard work and support! Go Team Oakton!

 

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Oakton PTA Edible Garden

 

A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers that joined us welcoming the Gardeneers and getting our Edible Garden ready for the season. The Gardeneers were on hand to help, as were a slew of parents, students, administrators, teachers, staff and community members. Evanston Community TV was conducting interviews. We are all excited to see what tasty treats our garden (now with newly installed art work throughout) will grow, and all that we can learn from it.

Many thanks to our local business sponsors for helping us to bring the Gardeneers to Oakton! If you or your business like to be a sponsor and have your name or logo displayed on our sponsor banner please email Alicia Aiken – Chair of Garden & Grounds Committee – at alicia.l.aiken at gmail dot com or give her a call at 224-520-2701

A BIG THANK YOU to our Master Gardener sponsor: CBRE Cares
and to the Lincolnwood Garden Club and Lando/Ribeiro family for your contributions that are helping us grow!

Thank you Tepic Landscaping for donating landscaping rocks for our caterpillar art!
Thank you Liza Mitchell for taking these awesome pictures and sharing them with us!

 

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Valli Produce Evanston Holiday Food Drive

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This holiday season, we are participating in the first annual Valli Produce Evanston Holiday Food Drive, in partnership with WLS-FM, for the chance to win $1000 for our school!

Help us win by stopping by Valli Produce Evanston, located at 1910 Dempster St., from Wednesday, December 9th through Sunday, January 3rd, to purchase and make a donation in our school’s designated shopping cart at the front of the store. All donations will be given to The Harvest Food Pantry in Evanston, which feeds up to 225 families each week. The school with the most donations will be given $1000 for the department of their choice from Valli Produce Evanston.

On Sunday, December 20th, WLS-FM’s Marti Jones will broadcast live from Valli Produce Evanston from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. to drive awareness. That same day, Valli will host a cookbook signing with Celebrity Chef Fabio Viviani from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.