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11/29 - F.A.N. Event
11/30 - F.A.N. Event
12/5 - ADL Parent's Night Out
12/6 - F.A.N. Event
12/7 - F.A.N. Event
12/8 - BWP Parent Feedback Session
12/12 - F.A.N. Event
Call for Viking Fund Donations
The Viking Fund provides families facing hardship with financial support to cover all or part of Avoca's athletic, Science Olympiad, band, orchestra, and school play fees. With the help of the community, our students will be able to continue to participate in these activities. Thank you for your support!
Avoca is considered a charitable organization for tax purposes. A 3.56% service fee will be charged for credit and debit card payments.
Donation options:
• Cash or Check: mail/drop off to the Business Office or school front office
• Online credit/debit card via the Avoca Webstore (There is a 3.56% processing fee if you pay by credit card)
Intercultural Dinner & Talent Show Recap
Over 20 countries were represented at the district's largest, most diverse community-building event, Intercultural Night. Roughly 500 staff, students, families, and community members registered for the event. Attendees enjoyed food from around the globe and a talent show showcasing students' equally-diverse talents.
Thank you to all who attended and made this event possible, including our custodial and maintenance crew, Tim Furman, the PTC, CommunIDEE, the IDATS Planning Committee, Go Green Wilmette, and Collective Resources of Evanston. Also, to our sponsors Byline Bank, Right at School, Xilin Northshore Chinese School, Torino Ramen, and Galileo.
Innovation Grants Winners
The Innovation Grant committee is thrilled to announce the recipients of grants for fall 2022:
- Kelli Lane for Clever Constructors with Cubelets for Coding
- Helen Miller for Translation Devices for Newcomer EL Students
- Becky Cross for Improving Student Content Creation with iPad Tripods
- Caroline Henson for STEAM Work Makes the Dream Work!
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
You Will Help Hire the New Superintendent
The Board of Education has contracted with BWP Executive Search Firm to help find the next Superintendent for District 37 upon my retirement in June 2024.
BWP will be hosting a feedback session on Thursday, December 8 from 6:30-8 p.m. in the library at Marie Murphy. Only parents & guardians should attend. No administration will attend.
Please email [email protected] with any questions.
The Giving Tree
Calling all gift-givers! The Roots and Shoots club at Marie Murphy is sponsoring the Giving Tree project again this year. We will support children in our own community who are in need this holiday season. If you would like to sponsor a child please follow these simple steps:
1. Sign up using this link
2. Receive a wish list of what your child wants
3. Go shopping
4. Wrap your gifts (or a Roots and Shoots club member will wrap them for you)
5. Drop your gifts off at Marie Murphy
Intercultural Night Goes Green
D37's Green Committee partnered with the Intercultural Night team with the goal to create a low-waste event. The event used compostable supplies, such as forks, paper plates, cups, and napkins, and the “one plate, one fork” policy also made a very big difference. Non-profit organization Go Green Wilmette (GGW) contributed to the effort and recruited multiple volunteers, including 2 NTHS students, to help all guests compost their food scraps. Collective Resources of Evanston was contracted for the pick up of collection containers filled with over 150 pounds of food scraps and other compostable materials, which were successfully diverted from the landfill. GGW also helped recycle all of the clean aluminum food trays. Most importantly, we were able to introduce many community members to the concept of food scrap collection and composting, and we hope to continue this waste reduction effort in the future.
Pay Your Marie Murphy Room Fees Online
It's that time of the year when we say thank you to our teachers, staff, bus drivers, and facilities staff on behalf of all MM students and families. We are still collecting funds for room fees to purchase winter gifts for our MM team. We suggest a $25 donation for each child you have at Marie Murphy. Please use this link to contribute: Marie Murphy Room Fees.
Avoca Diverse Learners – Parent's Night Out
When: Monday, December 5, 6:30-8 p.m.
Where: Stormy's Tavern and Grille, 1735 Orchard Lane, Northfield
ADL is a support group for parents and caregivers of Marie Murphy and Avoca West students with special needs/IEPs/504s. For more information, call or text ADL Parent Leaders: Helen Lucaitis at 312-550-2077 or Maria Niehus at 847-544-8585.
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