ELC PTA

YEARBOOK HELP NEEDED!
We are looking for parents who ordered yearbooks, but don't have a photo on file for their child. If your child did not take fall photos or started after Mid-October we do not have a photo and need one asap. We need images for children in rooms 101, 104, 106, 111, 117, 118, 119, 121, 122, 123, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132. Please message Reena at [email protected]. Thanks!

YEARBOOK ORDERS DUE TOMORROW!
Don't miss out on these great keepsakes. School yearbook orders can be sent in to school tomorrow or ordered online. Go to YBPay.lifetouch.com and enter ID# 12342918.

YEARBOOK ORDERS!
Have you ordered a yearbook for your child yet? The order deadline is fast approaching. You can order online at YBPay.lifetouch.com enter ID Code: 12342918. Or you can turn in the form below. Don't miss out on capturing these fun memories!!

Come to Fuddruckers tonight and support the ELC PTA!

First day of break! Enjoy.

Last day of school before Winter Break!

No School today!

Happy Thanksgiving!

No School Today! Enjoy your break.

Don't forget to get some Lou Malnati's today!

Support the ELC PTA by eating at Lou Malnati's on Wed. Nov. 15th!

[11/13/17]   PTA Meeting tonight at 6:30pm in the ELC teacher's lounge.

[11/11/17]   Join us for our next PTA meeting on Monday, November 13th at 6:30 pm in the ELC teacher's lounge.

Mark your calendar for our PTA meetings. The next one is November 13th.

Enjoy your day off!

Come to Chuck E Cheese today for some family fun. 15% of all sales go to the ELC PTA! Don't forget to show the flyer.

Have some fun tomorrow on your day off. 15% of all sales will be donated to ELC PTA!

Come to Our Book Fair!

Thank you to everyone that came out to our book fair today! We especially appreciate all the wonderful volunteers that made the fair possible. If you didn't get a chance to stop by, the fair is still open Friday morning. You can also purchase books online. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=d54elc

bookfairs.scholastic.com Visit our school's homepage to hear the latest Book Fair news, RSVP for events, sign up to volunteer, and more!

Join PTA!

Come to Our Book Fair!

Join us for our book fair Thursday and Friday during conferences. If you can't make it, you can still order on line: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=d54elc

bookfairs.scholastic.com Visit our school's homepage to hear the latest Book Fair news, RSVP for events, sign up to volunteer, and more!

Help support the ELC PTA by clipping Box Tops off select grocery items. Just clip and send into school with your children! Thank you! 👍

[10/03/17]   Volunteers needed for the Book Fair on Thursday. Please let us know if you can help for any amount of time between 8am and 7pm.

REMINDER: No School Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 20th.
Classes will resume on Thursday, September 21st.

Have dinner at Portillo's tonight. 20% of the proceeds go to the Early Childhood PTA. Bring the flyer.

Eat at Portillo's tomorrow. 20% of the proceeds will be donated to the Early Childhood PTA. Don't forget to show the flyer!

Join us for a PTA meeting in the teacher's lounge on Monday, September 11th at 6:30pm!

Welcome Back for an awesome first day of school!

School starts tomorrow!

Come to the open house tonight!
4:30pm – 5:30pm for students attending an AM session and those in a full day program
5:30pm – 6:30pm for students attending a PM session

Join us for the ELC Open House on Wednesday August 23rd!
4:30pm – 5:30pm for students attending an AM session and those in a full day program
5:30pm – 6:30pm for students attending a PM session

Home visits take place this week from August 21st to August 25th.

One Voice Illinois

Call to Action from Illinois PTA!


Will you be your child's champion?

On August 1, 2017, Governor Rauner vetoed part of Senate Bill 1 (SB1), a bill that would have corrected Illinois' inequitable school funding formula and ensured that our schools have the necessary funds to open at the scheduled school start date.

This is a reminder to ask you to contact your legislators now and urge them to override the Governor's veto. The situation has become urgent: llinois has missed its first school aid payment.

The Senate has called this for vote on Sunday, August 13th. It is anticipated that the House will vote later in the week.

What does the veto do? The governor's veto:
- places school funding at risk;
- removes the minimum funding requirement for school districts;
- eliminates the inflation indexing of formula values in the bill, meaning that districts will effectively see funding cuts over time as inflation reduces the value of that funding;
- ends the district hold harmless provisions in the 2020-2021 school year which provides that no school district will receive a reduction in the funds it currently receives;
- removes the requirement that all school districts are treated in the same manner concerning current (but not legacy) pension costs; and
- eliminates the CPS block grant used to pay for special education, English language learners, and other "categorical" spending.

We have seen the damage done to our community colleges, our universities, and our social services over the past two years as we went without a state budget. Let's not cut off funding from our schools by playing students from one zip code against another to score political points. The governor has called SB1 a "bailout" for Chicago Public Schools. It is not: 268 school districts, over 30%, will receive more funds per student than CPS. Downstate students make up about 34% of all Illinois students, and about 34% of the SB1 funding goes to downstate districts. CPS accounts for 19% of Illinois students, one-third of our low-income students, and receives about 20% of the SB1 funding. For additional information, visit onevoiceillinois.com or view this chart from Fix the Formula coalition of which the Illinois PTA is a member.

Let's put SB1 into law. This link will take you to a prewritten letter that you can edit or send as is to your legislators. It takes only a couple of minutes.

Every child deserves a champion. Speak up for your child and every child in Illinois to ensure that we fix our funding formula and keep our schools open.

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Check out this year's Spirit Wear!

Don't forget to join the ELC PTA. Anyone can join!

Mark your calendars for this year's PTA meetings. All meetings take place in the ELC teacher's lounge.