It’s that time of year again…time for the Name that Book Challenge between Dirksen and Collins! This week, one team of Collins’ students will be coming to our gym to face this year’s winning 5/6 Dirksen team. We know that no matter what the outcome, Dirksen students will be dynamite dolphins with their sportsmanship. Best of luck to all those competing!
…and it’s a Buy One, Get One Free event! Please click the link below for more information.
BOGO Scholastic Book Fair of the Year
The week of April 9-13, classrooms will compete in the first round of Dirksen’s Name that Book Challenge during their LRC time. The winning team from each grade level will then move on to the final round, which will be held on Tuesday, April 17. Students have been reading feverishly to prepare for this exciting event!
To see a list of all of Dirksen’s Name that Book Challenge titles, click the link below. Winners will be posted once the contest is complete!
Just as the NFL is preparing for the Super Bowl, Dirksen School is too! Each classroom has been given a paper football field and has chosen a team name and decorated a helmet to represent their team. For every 5 Golden Tickets the classroom earns for their respectful, responsible, and safe behavior, they will move 10 yards down the football field. The classroom team who gets to the other end of the football field first, thus scoring a “touchdown,” will win! We are so excited to watch those helmets move across the field and to reward the winning team at the end of the month! Be sure to ask your student what their team name is and how they are progressing down the field.
In conjunction with the PBIS Football theme, Dirksen’s Student Council is running a SOUPer Bowl Canned Food Drive. The drive starts today, January 17, and will run through January 26. If you have any canned food that you are willing to donate, please send it with your child to be added to his or her classroom’s collection. Student Council representatives are keeping track of how many cans are brought in, and the growing totals will be displayed on a football-themed bulletin board. The winning grade-level will be announced at our all-school celebration on January 27.
We are excited to host yet another Celebration of Reading & Writing at the Schaumburg Barnes & Noble bookstore! This fabulous event will take place on Saturday, November 5 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Please see the attached flyer for more information and we hope to see everyone there!
Celebration of Reading & Writing flyer
You may be wondering, “What is a smencil?” It is a SMelly pENCIL! Our PBIS Universal Team will be selling smencils from October 11-October 25 during the lunch hour to support our assemblies, celebrations, and prizes. The price per pencil is $1.25 and the flavors available will be:
We hope you can help to support all of the wonderful things that make Dirksen such a positive place to be!
On October 5th, Dirksen will be hosting its first Walk/Ride To School Day in support of International Walk To School Day!
Walking is a great way for our students to be active. There are plenty of great reasons to walk to school: less traffic, safer streets, cleaner air, making new friends; but one of the best is that children and parents will be healthier. With obesity rates skyrocketing and only one-quarter of American’s able to get the Surgeon General’s recommended daily dose of exercise (just 30 minutes), it’s an ideal time to encourage people to walk to school for their own health and well-being. Walking to school is a missed opportunity. Roughly 10% of children nationwide walk to school regularly. Even among those kids living within a mile of their school, only 25% are regular walkers. Parents who walk or bike to school with their kids get to be sociable. Nearly nine out ten parents who walk their children to school see it as an ideal way to meet new people, according to a survey in the UK (http://www.walktoschool.org/index.cfm).
On October 5th, those students that are able to walk to school or ride their bike to school will get a special ticket which will earn them a surprise. For those students who ride the bus, or will not be able to walk to school, we will be offering a Dirksen Walking Club during recess on the 5th to promote wellness. Those that participate in this club will also earn the same special ticket and surprise.
We hope you will support us on this day, and even come out and cheer for the walkers. You never know what special visitor may stop by to help us cheer on the students!
We are very excited to be hosting our first book fair during the first week of October. Please click the link below to find the information you need. There will be many fabulous selections!
On Wednesday, September 14, Village Tavern will be hosting a Dirksen Dine-out event. Please bring your families and enjoy some delicious food while supporting our school!
The Village Tavern address is:
901 W. Wise Road
Schaumburg, IL 60193
On Friday, September 9 at 8:50 a.m., Dirksen students and staff will be gathering at the flagpole for a flag-raising ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. The American Legion and Boy Scouts will be assisting us with the ceremony.