Good morning D50 Community,
Calling all artists and creative minds! Please take a look at this unique opportunity from Google. They are hosting a Doodle for Google event with the theme of "I show kindness by..." and are inviting students to be creative and show ways that they can be kind.
The contest opened Jan. 6th and goes through March 13, 2020. 54 students will be named winners from their state and five finalists will be flown to Google's headquarters where 4 will win a $5,000 scholarship and one student will win a $30,000 college scholarship, a $50,000 Google for Education tech package for their school, and have their artwork placed on Google's homepage for a day.
We have some spectacular artists and this would be a great way to have some family fun in brainstorming an idea and have the possibility of major rewards!
Let the creativity fly and show kindness!
Good morning D50 Families & Staff,
Whether it is Gas, Donuts, Pizza, Mid-Day Treats, or Odds & Ends we often find ourselves stopping at Casey's. Well here is a chance to do you routine shopping and put money right back into our schools!
Sign up for rewards at Casey's and have your points work toward helping out our kids!
Visit https://www.caseys.com/schools to learn more.
We have been informed that the issues with online payments has been resolved. You should be able to pay fees and make deposits into lunch accounts once again. Let us know if there are still any issues though.
An issue with online payments has been discovered. Support has been notified and are working on the issue. Currently you may be unable to use the service to pay fees and deposit money into your student's lunch account. We will notify you again once the issue has been resolved.
Great weekend for the wrestling team! Yesterday finished 1st out of 8 teams at the Dawson Duals in Lincoln. Today they brought home a 3rd place trophy out of 22 teams at the Bloomington Invitational! This team is off to a great start!!
Third grade decided this was the year to be kind. Instead of having a gift exchange, the third graders donated items to be put in a chemo basket for new chemo patients. The third grade team is so proud of them and wanted to share the amazing things they are doing.
We wish each of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! Thank you parents, grandarents and guardians for all you do to support our schools. Also, we pass along our thanks and appreciation to those who have served, or have loved ones currently serving in the armed forces.
ALL MANOR LOST AND FOUND ITEMS WILL BE DONATED FRIDAY DECEMBER 20th.
IF YOUR STUDENT IS MISSING ANYTHING, PLEASE HAVE THEM CLAIM THEIR MISSING ITEMS BEFORE FRIDAY.
REMINDER: If you ordered D50 Spirit Wear from the PTC, the pick up will be Wednesday, December 18th in the Beverly Manor Commons from 3:00-7:00 p.m. Thank you for your continued support!
4th grade enjoyed watching The Nutcracker performed by the Peoria Ballet Company featuring our own Emma Baum! Great job, Emma!!
Reminder: Volleyball tryouts are FRIDAY (12/13) from 3-5PM. Make sure your sports physical is turned in by tryouts on Friday. Any questions, please see Coach Jewell or Coach Clarke
**The team will be posted on the front doors Friday evening.**
Just a reminder that volleyball tryouts will be held on Friday from 3-5pm! Make sure your child has a current sports physical on file prior to tryouts! The teamwork’s store will remain open through December 18 for those interested in ordering.
Just a reminder that the choir concert is tomorrow, December 11th, at 6:30pm. Your child needs to be in the choir room by 6:00pm in order to have enough time to warm up and be ready for the concert. Doors will open at 5:50pm. 5th graders will be wearing all black clothing, 6th, 7th, and 8th graders will wear black pants or skirt and their music polo. Students have to stay for the entirety of the concert to support their fellow wildcats!
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Miss Clark
Beverly Manor's November Students of the Month!
We are proud to announce the November Students of the Month. Read on for the praise that each received when being nominated!
Olivia Taylor: Olivia is always willing to help a teacher or student. She is a hard worker and strives to do her very best.
Ashton Dawson: As a rule, Ashton follows directions, completes work on time, is always respectful of staff and other students, and is a great role model for his classmates.
Jake VanQuakebeke: Very helpful and respectful. Always willing to help and extra caring towards teachers and students. He is a 100%-er always.
Mia Schaub: Mia is continuously giving 100% on every task and assignment. She is always respectful to everyone that comes in contact with her. Mia helps other students when they are struggling. and is such a pleasure to have in the classroom.
Taylor Duncan: I recently had a student out for quite some time. When the student came back, Taylor went out of her way to help the student catch up with her work. She is a hard worker and helps out in the classroom without being asked.
Audrey Taylor:Audrey comes to class every day ready to do her best work. She is constantly focused on her learning tasks. Audrey is a respectful and responsible student. Our class can count on her to help those who need it. Audrey successfully juggles cheerleading, basketball, volleyball, and her class work. Audrey asks for challenges in her studies and she is even challenging herself with some high school algebra! Way to go, Audrey!
Micaiah Seidl: He continues to support peers in class, has a positive attitude, and is always willing to help
Kylie Bowman: Kylie is always a great helper around the classroom. She is always a great friend to her peers, participates in classroom discussions, and is willing to do whatever I ask of her. Her classmates look up to her for advice and help on their work and goes above and beyond with her own work. She is always positive and a great addition to my classroom.
Eli Sellers: Eli has been extremely helpful to me in class. He helps with anything he is asked. He treats his classmates with respect when playing (hi fiving, etc.)
Temanu Isaia: Temanu has made huge gains in math this year! She is performing well on all of her tests and quizzes. She also qualified for Merit Roll for Q1!! Temanu shows kindness and respect to all of her classmates and offers to assist others when they are struggling with something. Each morning Temanu greets me with a smile and a hug ready to start her day!
John L. Henseys Pennies for Patients fundraiser for the fight against childhood cancer has ended and we did great!! Our total raised was $2152.15. Great job to everyone that participated. The winning class that will receive a complimentary lunch from Olive Garden was Mrs. Swearingen's class with a grand total $353.81. Thank you to all that donated change to us to support such a great cause.
Don't forget the easiest fundraiser around and shop on the Shutterfly D50 Storefront for your seasonal photos. No need to donate money or buy anything you may not need. SImply go through our storefront http://d50wildcats.shutterflystorefront.com/ and order your holiday or school photos and Shutterfly will deposit money in our fundraiser. We earned our first deposit already!
Hey Wildcats! Just a reminder, Angel Tree gifts are due tomorrow! 🎁
Several students in Ms. Houlahan's 6th grade helped in a community service project by visiting our high traffic library and doing some tidying up for Mrs. Burmeister. It was great to see them lending a hand and donating some of their time for a good cause!
Several of them wrote about their experience and how to help in other ways. Check it out below:
I cleaned the library by cleaning the chairs and tables, dusting the book shelves and air vents. I felt great when I was done cleaning the library. I can help others by helping them in work, helping them by wrapping gifts, help them with something that they don’t know or don’t know it yet, help them if they are stuck on something, I can help them on anything if I know how to do it. By cleaning the house I am helping my mom and dad.
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What I did to help clean the library: I dusted and I did the lint roller, cleaned the tables and chairs.
How I felt after I cleaned the library: I felt calm and happy.
What other things I can do to help other people: I can help my parents, by being nice and help clean and giving them a gift.
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What I did to help clean the library: I cleaned the chairs,vents and dusted.
How I felt after I cleaned the library: I felt good and proud of myself.
What other things I can do to help other people: I can do the same thing I did in the library and more like, clean the windows when I’m at home, I can clean the wood in the house, I can clean my room and feed my pets. When I clean my house I help my mom.
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To clean the library I did the lint roller, Cleaned tables, cleaned chairs, and I also dusted shelves.
After I cleaned the Library It felt Good helping someone That needed help cleaning.
I can help more people, like my mom, to clean the house.
WCHS students from Ms. McLauchlan’s class visited several 5th grade students to present homemade RTI Reading manipulatives for hands on story telling and reading strategies. They even stayed to listen to our students read and use the manipulatives in the stories. We are so thankful!
Attention Parents: We can still use some volunteer help for Breakfast with Santa this Saturday. You don't have to volunteer for the whole event, you can even break up and work 8-9:30 or 9:30-11. Please contact PTC to volunteer [email protected] Thank you for your continued support