Avoca Weekly - December 5, 2023

Avoca Weekly - December 5, 2023
Posted on 12/05/2023
Avoca Weekly Newsletter Brr-illiant Avoca Winter Events ❄️
12/7/2023
Finance Committee Meeting
12/7/2023
Board of Education Meeting
12/14/2023
Public Hearing on Tax Levy
12/14/2023
Board of Education Meeting
12/25/2023-1/5/2024
Winter Break (No School)
1/8/2024
Teacher Institute Day (Student Non-Attendance Day) 
1/9/2024
School Resumes

12/6 - Family Hour of Code 
12/6 - F.A.N. Event
12/14-12/21 - MM Winter Book Fair


Hour of Code with Ms. Lane

Marie Murphy Winter Book Fair
Mark your calendars for December 14-21! More details here

8th Grade Gift Card Fundraising
The 8th grade graduation committee is raising funds via RaiseRight. Get all your gift card shopping needs done through this easy-to-use fundraiser. Enrollment code: EL34D84A65879. Purchase gift cards here.

E-gift cards will be delivered right away to your email. Physical cards can be sent via Dorothy Elfring, Program Coordinator, to avoid any shipping costs. Pick-up times will vary. December 18 at 5:00 p.m. is the last day to order for December 21 pick-up. Earlier times are available. 

All In For Avoca 37 Presentation & Report
At the November 30 board meeting, the Board of Education received a report from the Facilitating Team charged with seeking community engagement and feedback regarding the future of facilities and finances for the District.

The reports are the result of the incredibly hard work of a team of parents, guardians, staff members, and community members and the input of more than 100 people who attended open houses and more than 600 people who responded to a thorough survey. You can view the data and findings below. 

The board is presently discussing the results and will begin deliberations on what to do next. No decisions have been made at this juncture. The best way to follow the progress of the All In For Avoca 37 initiative is to view upcoming board meeting agendas and packets at Diligent Community

Calling All Gift Givers! 
The Roots and Shoots club at Marie Murphy is doing a project to help people in need over the holidays. It’s called the Giving Tree. We are looking for volunteers to sign up to support a person for the holidays. 

Want to help? It’s simple!

  1. Sign up to sponsor a person - Use this link
  2. Receive a wishlist of what they want
  3. Go shopping for the items on your person’s wishlist
  4. Roots and Shoots members can wrap your gifts for you if drop them off at Marie Murphy by December 14
  5. Or, wrap the presents yourself and drop them off at Marie Murphy by December 18!

Please email Ms. Rachmiel with any questions concerning the Giving Tree project at [email protected].

Haven Youth & Family Services - SPOKEN

New Trier Township Festival
The Avoca West and Marie Murphy Concert Choirs are excited to sing in the New Trier Township Festival on Thursday, January 18 at 7:00 p.m. in the Gaffney Auditorium on the Winnetka campus.

Pay Your Marie Murphy Room Fees Online
It's that time of the year! We are preparing our winter thank-you gifts for our teachers, staff, bus drivers, and facilities staff. We are still collecting funds for 2023-2024. We plan to give a $10 gift card, sweet treats, and personalized cards to over 65 staff during the winter break on behalf of all MM students and families! We suggest a $25 annual donation for each child you have at Marie Murphy. Please use this link to contribute: Marie Murphy Room Fees

BOARD OF EDUCATION
EXTRACURRICULAR & COMMUNITY EVENTS

Wednesday, December 6 | 7-8 PM 
On Ambition
Maggie Smith and Rainesford Stauffer
On Zoom - Register here
This event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
Bonus After-Hours Event: Attendees who purchase a copy of Smith’s You Could Make This Place Beautiful and/or Stauffer’s All the Gold Stars from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an after-hours event hosted by Smith and Stauffer that will start immediately after the webinar.
Details on the webinar registration page.

Tuesday, December 12 | 7-8 PM
A Life in LIght: Meditations on Impermanence
Mary Pipher, PH.D. and Nancy Burgoyne, PH.D.
On Zoom - Register here
This event is suitable for youth 12+. It will be recorded and available on FAN’s website and YouTube channel.
Bonus After-Hours Event: Attendees who purchase a copy of A Light in Life from FAN’s partner bookseller The Book Stall are invited to attend an after-hours event hosted by Drs. Pipher and Burgoyne will start immediately after the webinar. Details on the webinar registration page.

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