Avoca Weekly - October 11, 2022

Avoca Weekly - October 11, 2022
Posted on 10/11/2022
Avoca Weekly - October 11, 2022 Fall into Autumn at Avoca 🍂
10/13/2022
Finance Committee Meeting
10/20/2022
Board of Education Meeting 
10/25/2022
Picture Retake Day 
10/26/2022
Half-Day Student Attendance (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
10/27/2022
Half-Day Student Attendance (Parent-Teacher Conferences)
10/28/2022
No Student Attendance - Teacher Institute Day 
10/28/2022
Quarter 1 Ends 
10/31/2022
Quarter 2 Begins 

10/13 - F.A.N. Event
10/14 - MM Fall Dance
10/18 - F.A.N. Event
10/19 - Caramel Apple Pickup 
10/20 - F.A.N. Event
10/25 - Picture Retake Day
10/25 - F.A.N. Event
10/27 - 8th Grade Graduation Fundraiser
10/31 - AW Halloween Celebrations


Parent-Teacher Conferences Registration
Fall 2022 Parent-Teacher Conferences will be held remotely via Zoom on October 26 and 27. These will be 1/2 days for students. There is no student attendance on October 28. Please be sure to register via Meet the Teacher before the portal closes on October 24 at 4:00 p.m. Directions for parents on how to navigate Meet the Teacher can be found here. Parents will receive Zoom links on the day of conferences. 

Need tech support? Email Beth Haugeberg at [email protected]

MM Fall Dance 

Avoca West Author Visits
Students in grades K-1 are getting excited to welcome award-winning author, Salina Yoon, to Avoca West on Friday, October 14th! You may order a personalized copy of Ms. Yoon's new book for your child online here. If you prefer a paper order form, please print it and send it to school with your child by October 12th. 

On October 18th, Students in grades 4-5 are equally excited to welcome New York Times best-selling authors, Daniel Kraus and Lisi Harrison! Mr. Kraus and Ms. Harrison will be sharing their new book, Graveyard Girls. This slightly scary addictive book is the first in a five-book series.  You may learn more about the book and order a personalized copy online here. If you prefer a paper order form, click here to print it and send it to school with your child by October 14. We are so grateful to The Book Stall in Winnetka for bringing us these wonderful opportunities to learn about the writing process from some of the very best! 

8th Grade Graduation Fundraiser

Halloween Returns to Avoca West
After some years away from our typical Halloween activities, Avoca West will be moving to mark the day for our students with an afternoon celebration. We will also consider more inclusive ways to celebrate with a Fall Festival for those who do not celebrate Halloween. For full details, please read Principal Hutchison's October 6, 2022, Avoca West Newsletter

Innovation Grants - Application Information Here

7th Annual Intercultural Dinner & Talent Show 
On Friday, November 18, 2022, from 6-9 p.m., the PTC and the CommunIDEE subcommittee will be hosting the 7th Annual Intercultural Dinner and Talent Show. In the past, this beloved event drew over 400 people from our community! Our families cook homemade dishes from around the world - from the U.S. to Tibet and everywhere in between. Due to the scale of the event, we're in need of many volunteers as possible to contribute their time, food, and talent! 

Our Ask: 
1. Mark your calendar and look out for upcoming emails, which will include FAQs, forms to contribute food, and a Volunteer SignUp Genius. 
2. Consider what dish(es) you want to bring. We want anything and everything you would like to share, even if it is not part of your ethnic origin. 
3. Our Talent Show showcases our extraordinarily talented children. Submit all talent acts [email protected]. Limited spots are available. All talents are welcome! 
4. TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS 

EXTRACURRICULAR & COMMUNITY EVENTS
 
 
Thursday, October 13, 2022 | 7-8 PM
Girls on the Brink: Helping Our Daughters Thrive in the Era of Increased Anxiety, Depression, and Social Media

Donna Jackson Nakazawa and Michelle Icard
Register Here
After-hours event: Attendees who purchase a copy of "Girls on the Brink" from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an after-hours event hosted by Nakazawa and Icard that will start immediately after the webinar. Purchase a copy of the book here

Tuesday, October 18, 2022 | 7-8 PM
The Stolen Year: How Covid Changed Children's Lives, and Where We Go Now
Anya Kamenetz and Sarah Karp
Register Here
After-hours Event: Attendees who purchase a copy of The Stolen Year from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an after-hours event hosted by Kamenetz that will start immediately after the webinar. Purchase a copy of the book here.

Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 7-8:30 PM
Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, Ph.D.
This is an in-person event! No registration or proof of vaccination is required. Masks are recommended but not required.
Evanston Township High School Auditorium
1600 Dodge Ave., Evanston, IL 60201  

Tuesday, October 25, 2022 | 7-8 PM
Courageous Discomfort
Shanterra McBride, MA, Rosalind Wiseman, and Marlon I. Cummings, Ph.D.
Register Here
After-hours Event: Attendees who purchase a copy of "Courageous Discomfort" from FAN's partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an after-hours event hosted by McBride and Wiseman that will start immediately after the webinar. Purchase a copy of the book here

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