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Hello,
If you haven’t voted yet & you’re 13 & over, please cast your for Drummond to win some $$$,
just 5 votes in one week makes our dear school eligible to win $500 on the spot, top school with most wins $20,000.
Here is the link, ask friends & family to vote for Drummond in the 60622 zipcode, it just takes a minute, thanks so much
Set your smart phone alarms or grab an old school #2 pencil and the back of a receipt. You won’t want to miss this one. 826CHI Free November/December Workshops are open for registration tonight at 7:30. And they fill fast.
You can check out the fabulously creative descriptions now, and get those typing fingers limbered up for tonight. Workshops are for kids ages 6-18 and are broken down by age groups. See what’s new here!
ChiIL Teacher: If you happen to have a 2nd or 3rd grader, I’m teaching two 826CHI workshops and would love to see you there. In November, join ChiIL Mama for The Lost Sock, and in December, you can sign up for The Sun Box.
Will open for registration on 10/27 at 7:30pm.
Thanks so much for all the shoes that have been donated in the last 2 weeks.
This is the last week of the shoe drive. Please try to get all your shoes
donated by Friday.
Here are a number of events happening around Chicago between now and Oct. 31st. Enjoy!
Drummond PTO Meeting Minutes
Thursday, October 15, 2009
9:00 A.M. – Drummond Montessori School
Present: Grace Kwon, Pam Anderson, Sabrina Craig, Holly DuPart, Megan Hinchscliff, Mark Niedlinger, Bonnie Kenaz-Mara, Laura Lopez, Julie Neswald, Cindy Nicita, Mollie Stromberg, Lisa Wright, Mary Zerkel
1. Open
- Grace Kwon opened meeting at 9:10 am
2. Kudos
- All who worked on Pasta Palooza!
3. Old Business / Updates
• School Directory
• Sabrina Craig gave update on school directory. Hope to have this month. Forms have been returned.
• PTO Database
• Grace Kwon reported 2/3 of school are on database. PTO wants to keep as a vehicle for PTO, not used for outside purposes. Okay for room reps to utilize site.
• T-Shirt Sales
• PTO made $1800 on the shirts. We will open the PTO store before holidays so people can buy as gifts, etc.
• Pasta Palooza
• Great event! Well-attended, everyone loved having it outside. Hope is to have it earlier in school year next year – end of August/early September and on Friday, instead of school night
• Newsletter
• Report from Sarah Landico through Pam Anderson. Writing workshop starting for 4th grade and up. Volunteers needed for Mondays afterschool to help these young writers. Fun and rewarding! The book fair will be held Dec 7th thru Dec 10th in time for holidays. Scholastic book fair. Will be held in the basement and volunteers will be needed. All profits will go to library.
4. New Business- Committee Reports
• Book Fair
• Report from Sarah Landico through Pam Anderson. The book fair will be held Dec 7th thru Dec 10th in time for holidays. Scholastic book fair. Will be held in the basement and volunteers will be needed. All profits will go to library.
• Food and Coat Drive
• Mary Zerkel gave update on food and coat drive for November. Will be gathering gift cards. New ideas include donations from Target and Cindy Nicita suggested using our manna card account for the cards and that will also give PTO some additional funds. Also suggestion of a kids/parent volunteer day at the Chicago food depository. Details to follow.
• Book Club for Younger Kids
• Mary Zerkel suggested another book club for younger kids and is looking into having additional books purchased by PTO for the book club. She’ll get in touch with Ms. Wheatley and report.
5. Report from Mark Niedlinger, Principal
• Pasta Palooza
• Thank you for all the work on Pasta Palooza. Great event!
• Upcoming Fundraisers
• Book Fair in December
• Partnership with Chipotle for a dinner night with proceeds to Drummond. To be done in November with proceeds to teachers.
• Learning Assessments Testing
• Testing this week. Given 3x/year for in-house data only
• New Lottery for Next Year’s Enrollment
• New lottery started for next year’s enrollment. Couple hundred applications so far. With the consent decree lifted, new qualifications will be issued. CPS is looking at equitable ways to determine that. May be based on zip codes.
• 3 Open Houses scheduled for new families: Nov 5 & 23, Dec 1
• CPS Financials
• CPS financials are very bad and getting worse. Continue to look for ways to supplement what Drummond needs.
• Bucktown Education Forum
• Bucktown Education Forum is Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Parent volunteers needed to represent Drummond from 5:30 – 7:00.
6. Adjournment Next PTO Meeting – Tuesday, November 15, 7:00 pm at The Hideout
Just and F.Y.I. for the parents of Mentors or Students, CoDAC is kicking off the Cross-Age Mentor program today. It will be every Wed. school is in session from 2:45-4:00 in the library. Thank you for everyone who ate ice cream this year…we could not have done it without you!
Folks:
According to the reports below, Drummond’s outside air quality is one of the worst around. The EPA has just sampled at nearby St. Josephat school for air toxics. Please come to the health/environment committee meeting tomorrow (Thursday) October 22nd at 7:00pm at Cafe DeLuca, 1721 N. Damen, to see if we can do anything about it. Here’s info about Drummond’s air quality:
Drummond Air Quality:
http://content.usatoday.com/news/nation/environment/smokestack/school/27280
http://www.catalyst-chicago.org/RUSSO/index.php/entry/1414/Environmental_Risks_Near_Burr_Elementary_Cited
Sorry we ran our of popcorn last week 
We are selling taffy apples and popcorn this week!
We have obtained over 100 perennials for our “side” gardens. Compost has been spread, now we need some people (adults and kids to plant). This is ongoing so don’t fret if you can’t make it!
When: Wed. Oct. 21, 1:00-3:00 (if you can stay later great! Kristine Grieber will be there ’til 3:00 to get you started!)
Thurs. Oct. 22, 2:00-4:00 (again if you can stay later or come early great, just see Kirstine Grieber or Sherry Coleman for a little direction)
Upcoming garden help will be needed. Thanks!
The Drummond Afterschool Committee would like to thank the Drummond Community for their generous contributions as well as attendance at the After School Committee Fundraiser this past August. In particular, we owe a debt of gratitude to Mark and Jessica Kwiatkowski for hosting the event at The Coach House (950 W Wolfram), and to Carlos and Margaret Reyna for providing the delicious food from Maiz restaurant (1041 N California). We encourage each of you to frequent these establishments to show our appreciation.
The event itself was a great success and it’s all because of YOU! We cleared over $1,250.00, which will be put to good use supporting Drummond’s after school programming. Thank you all so much! If you have any suggestions or thoughts for future after school programming or you would like to get involved with the Committee, please email us at .
