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BHS Parent Teacher Organization

N o v e m b e r 2 0 1 3 N e w s l e t t e r

Happy Thanksgiving!I hope that you and your families have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Please take a moment to thank your family, friends, co-workers, and neighbors who all work together to make our community a wonderful place. And, my thanks to all of you who give your time and support to help make our high school a great environment for our students.

Many thanks to our Hospitality Committee: Cecilia Rose, Therese Donoghue, Colleen Lipinski, and Helen Cossio who planned and implemented a delicious Fall luncheon for all teachers and staff members on October 30th. This is just one way we show our appreciation for our terrific BHS Staff!

I hope you'll join us for our November 20th Morningline presentation on "Social Media Beyond Facebook: What Parents Need to Know". Learn how social media fits into the daily lives of tweens and teens, both during and after school. Hear about new trends in social media, including Facebook, Tumblr, Instagram, Pintrest, plus an interactive student perspective, and, how middle and high schoolers use social media.

Our Senior Celebration Committee of Michelle Lovelace, Michele Kushner, Janine O'Leary and Traci Moews have been hard at work raising funds for the annual Senior Celebration cruise on the Odyssey in May. My thanks to them for sponsoring the all school dance on November 16th. I expect our students had a stompin' good ole time!

I'm excited to announce that we now have direct payment ability from our PTO Website! We rely on all our families to support us with a one-time, one per family annual $25 fee. These funds help us support College Night, Directories, Staff Appreciation, the school nurse, and Staff Grants which benefit all our students. If you've already paid your dues, Thank You! If not, please go to the PTO website at www.bhspto.org and help us out, we need your support!

I hope you'll take a moment to look at the plans our Academic Boosters Committee have been formulating with staff and students to create a great new space in our Commons area which will be available to and benefit all the students in our school. Please see more details in the newsletter about what we're hoping to accomplish and how you can help.

The holidays are a wonderful time of year to celebrate with our talented Fine Arts students. Louise Fox, representing the Fine Arts Boosters on our PTO does a wonderful job keeping us informed of all that is happening. I hope you'll find the time to attend one of the many holiday performances that these talented artists put on for us in November and December.

As we each count our blessings and reflect upon all that we are grateful for, I hope that you will take the opportunity to participate in the annual Barrington Giving Day. Please contact Patricia Karon at pmkaron@gmail.com for more information on this outstanding community-wide effort.

All are welcome at our PTO meetings held at 9:15 am in room C-271 at the high school. We have coffee, treats, and a wealth of information. Mark your calendar and I hope to see you at our December 2nd and January 13th meetings!

Here's wishing you and yours a very Happy Holiday Season and all the best in 2014!

Claire HamiltonPTO Presidentchamilton150@aol.com

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11/1-3 Orchesis Performance 11/2 SAT Testing 11/6 Parent University, Angela Meiers, 6:30, BHS Cafeteria 11/6 Jazz Concert 11/7 Parent Conferences (evening) 11/8 In Service Day – No School 11/12 National Honor Society Induction 11/13 Barrington LEAD Parent Coffee 11/14 Class of 2015 College Planning Program 11/20 Morningline: Parent Technology Tips Fall Athletic Awards Night 11/27-29 Thanksgiving Break 12/11 Barrington LEADS Parent Coffee12/14 ACT Testing 12/23-1/3 Winter Break

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BHS PTO - HospitalityOn Wednesday, October 30th, the BHS PTO Hospitality Committee hosted the BHS Staff Appreciation Luncheon. It was a great success with lunch being served to approximately 350 staff members in the BHS Faculty Lounge. The luncheon was funded by the PTO. Buddy’s Special Events catered the luncheon providing salad, pasta, soup, chicken, Italian beef, hot dogs and chips. Desserts were donated by 20 parent volunteers who brought in all sorts of delicious baked goods. The room looked beautiful with black tablecloths, pretty center pieces and beautifully framed inspirational quotes for our staff. Lunch was served to the staff by the BHS Hospitality Committee, as well as by Bhama Winkler, Kim Kempinkski, Amy Stackhouse and Kim Burns. Thank you to all our volunteers! It was wonderful hearing so many staff members comment on how very much they appreciated the luncheon and the kind words. And of course, it was nice for us to be able to let the staff know how much we appreciate their dedication and everything they do for our children each day! BHS Hospitality Committee: Cecilia Rose, Therese Donoghue, Helen Cossio, Colleen Lipinski. Thanks,

Cecilia RoseHospitality

By the end of November, all Barrington High School families will receive a 2013-2014 Student Directory mailed to their homes. This new printed directory will contain the student's name, home address and primary phone number. There will also be a new online version of the directory with additional student information as provided by parents. This new online directory allows access to the most up to date information for all students, including those who move into the district after the school year. To access the new online BHS Student Directory, please following steps: • Go to the Barrington High School Home Page • Choose Parent Resources then from the drop down menu • Choose Student Directory • USERNAME: Use your family’s Infinite Campus Username • PASSWORD: “Barrington220”Note: This password is case sensitive, please use a capital “B” and no spaces! And, CONGRATULATIONS to Song Chow for winning the 2013-2014 Barrington High School Student Directory cover design contest!!! Please contact Joann Robbins at jprobbins3@gmail.com or Kim Burns at burnsfamily6@yahoo.com with any questions.

Thanks,

-Kim Burns Directory

2013-2014 Student Directory is Coming Soon!

Senior Celebration

Attention parents of juniors and sophomores! Enjoy a free boat cruise filled with snacks and all the coffee that you can drink! We are looking for chaperones for the Senior Boat Cruise on Wednesday, May 28, 2014. The boat cruise is from 10pm-2:30am. This is a great tradition here @BHS, and we hope that you will help make it a special night for the Seniors! If you are available, please contact Tracy Moews at tdmoews@sbcglobal.net or Janine O'Leary at janineoleary@comcast.net.

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Academic Boosters!

We rely on dues to provide programs for our students and families like College Night, Directories and Morningline. We need your support to continue these programs!! Now you can opt to pay your $25 per family dues through the PTO website at www.bhspto.org or when you pay your student fees online. If pay through Infinite Campus, the drop down menu is in the upper, left-hand corner of the screen under Browse, PTO Family Dues/No-Stress Fundraiser. Select Barrington High School, then select PTO Membership Dues $25 per family. Thank You!

PTO Membership Dues

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ACADEMIC BOOSTERS

Jodi AcharyaAxcell Industries

Dave & Diane BennettMarion Bergmann

Paul & Susan ButeraRaja & Pooja Chatterji

Mike & Heather DrennanMichael & Louise FoxPaul & Chris Girard

Dennis & Georgianne HarmsKelly & Harold HenryBill & Cathy Howes

Brent & Joann JohnsonEd & Cathy Korus

Ralph & Mary Jo KunzmannMadden Family

Brad & Laura MarionTeri Meyer

Kelly & Gary ReliasSusan Caliento SchatsickRuth & Mark Schlossberg

McKenzie Scott FamilyKimberlee Tomczyk

Bill & Katie UmphredPatty & Brice Zaumseil

Abrahamson FamilyAnderson Family

Avers FamilyBabos FamilyBach FamilyBaer Family

Baldassano FamilyBarnett Family

Bart FamilyBeachy FamilyBresch Family

Buckley FamilyCascino FamilyCavallini Family

Ceko FamilyCerkleski Family

Chung FamilyChurch FamilyClifford Family

Cook FamilyCotter Family

Crandall FamilyCumbo Family

Czyzewski FamilyDembicki Family

Lenz FamilyLeonard Family

Meek FamilyMitchell FamilyNejdawi FamilyNichols FamilyPatino FamilyPowell Family

Ranchino FamilyReilly Family

Rizzuto FamilyRogers Family

Rothman FamilyRupolo Family

Scheitlin FamilyShah FamilySmith FamilySmith Family

Stathakis FamilySusai Family

Tokarski FamilyWinkler Family

Di Iorio FamilyDorans FamilyDowdy FamilyDubois FamilyEgan FamilyEvron Family

Fitzgerald FamilyGersten FamilyGierlach FamilyGrogger Family

Guenther-Nguyen Family

Guhde FamilyHamilton FamilyHamman Family

Hayes FamilyHolzknecht Family

Hymen FamilyJacobsen FamilyJohnson Family

Joyce FamilyKapcheck Family

Kinton FamilyKunzmann FamilyLauderback Family

Academic Boosters is proud to share the blueprint to the right of what the new space will look like. Thank you to Ms. Karuna Parmar and her students: Thomas Seagrist and Nick Horvath for their time and efforts in designing the space. We are hopeful the architect is going to incorporate some of their design into the finished product.

On a fundraising note, for the month of November Marquardt of Barrington, is promoting Drive4$50. Marquardt will donate $50.00 every time someone comes in for a test drive and fills out a form designating the money to go to BHS Academic Boosters. This will take 5-10 minutes of your time AND they will wash your car while you are on the drive! Anyone 18 and older is eligible to participate. Also if you become their Facebook fan they will donate $5.00 more! They will donate up to $12,500 to Adademic Boosters!! Please take advantage of this wonderful opportunity.

Thanks,-Jeri Broderick, Karen Nejdawi & Cindy Collins Academic Boosters

Each December Barrington Giving Day invites families on the Free and Reduced lunch program residing in Barrington 220 School District to a Giving Day. Families receive food, warm coats, books, blankets, and gifts. Members of Barrington churches, schools, businesses and civic organizations have always been generous in their support of this day. Giving Day 2012 helped over 1,000 families, this included 3,000 children, and senior citizens. These families live in our school district. They are our friends and neighbors. Each year the need is greater.

Financial gifts are used to purchase food, and grocery food certificates, children’s coats, blankets, and essentials. Checks may be made payable to: Barrington Giving Day c/o John Paul Hills Barrington Bank & Trust 201 S. Hough St., Barrington, IL 60010

Your donation whatever the amount, is needed and greatly appreciated. Boxes for donations of new and gently used winter coats, books, and toys will be at various businesses, all schools and churches in Barrington on November 12 through December 11th.

Volunteers are needed for various tasks throughout December. If you or your organization would like to help in this worthy cause, please sign up through www.barringtongivingday.org. For additional information, please contact Patricia Karon or pmkaron@gmail.com.

Thank you, -Jill Bauer Student Volunteer Program Coordinator

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To submit to the PTO Newsletter e-mail Cindy Alton at cindyalton@comcast.net

Please be sure that "PTO Newsletter" is in your e-mail memo line.

If you notice an error, please let me know. Thank you -Cindy

Fine Arts Boosters

11/6 Jazz Concert11/9 IMEA for Band/Choir/Orchestra11/11 Gallery-Fine Arts Theme Show11/16 IMEA Jazz11/21-23 Fall Main Stage Performance “A Street Car Named Desire”11/29 Nancie Tobison’s Alumni Reunion 12/2 Holiday Art Show Begins12/6-7 Citrus/Pizza Pick-up12/10 Band Concert12/9-13 Spring Musical Auditions12/12 Orchestra Concert12/15 Madrigal Banquet12/18-19 Choir Concert

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Fine Arts Dates

We hope you have been enjoying the great fine arts offerings at BHS. Orchesis held their fall performance this past week, Mrs. Tobison directed the word premier of “Stitches” in the Black Box and we enjoyed a touch of glamour with Cabaret Night. Proceeds from Cabaret Night will help defray the cost of the choir’s trip to New York this April. Our award winning choir has been invited to return to Carnegie this year and Mrs. Nancie Tobison will be honored for her many years of excellence in musical education. This being Mrs. Tobison final year as a teacher at BHS this Friday, November 29th is the Choir Alumni Reunion concert at BHS to honor her. All Choir Alumni are welcome and are everyone is encouraged to attend. Students from each decade of Mrs. Tobison’s career will be performing. Tickets will be available on Monday, November 4th, and can be found on the fine arts website.

Harper is proudly displaying works by our visual arts students in buildings A, B and C and will host a reception on November 13, at 7:30 pm in Building A in honor of the artists. Come out and enjoy our Fall Main Stage production of a “Street Car Named Desire” running November 21, 22, and 23 in the Auditorium. The theatre department will be competing for a spot in the Illinois State Theatre Festival so they need your support. Also with Thanksgiving just around the corner don’t forget to order a pie or pies from a choir student or look for order forms in the fine arts office. You can get pumpkin, pecan, apple, blueberry or cherry for $15 each, 2 for $25 or $12 each when you get 3 or more and, orders are due by Friday, November 15 with pick up on Tuesday, November 26 from 12 noon-3.

Thank you to everyone that has joined FAB, we are having a wonderful year. If you have not yet joined we hope you consider doing so. Membership to fine arts boosters continues to be available for the 2013-2014 school year. For more information go to www.barrington220.org/fineartsboosters and see the different membership levels. Receive complementary tickets for many Barrington High School performances based on membership level.

We hope you will “Be a Part of the Arts”,

Louise FoxFine Arts