Bateman Chess Club & All-Stars Newsletter

!!! LOCATION CHANGED !!!
from Chicago Vocational High School to Whitney Young High School (211 S. Laflin St.) 

Jan. 8, 2019
 
Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),
 
I hope everyone had a wonderful winter break!  Let’s resolve to make 2019 another successful year for the Bateman chess team!  Please see some reminders below:

• Before the break, I sent home a flyer and permission slip for this Saturday’s CPS Kings & Queens tournament at Chicago Vocational High School (2100 E. 87th st.) ***.  This competition is organized differently than the other tournaments in which we participate.  Our team will be divided into 5-player groups that will compete directly against five players from another school for each round.  I pre-registered several players, and will now need to confirm which students are definitely planning to attend.  Please indicate on the tear-off slip at the bottom of this letter if you would like your child to participate.  The permission slip and flyer are available on the Bateman team website under the Event Calendar.  If you already turned in a slip and are still planning to play, you do not need to turn it in again.  However, if your status has changed, please let me know.  Students will receive a free lunch.  I will have to step out before 9:00am until about 12:30 to attend a class, so I ask that you please stay with your child or make arrangements to have a fellow parent help supervise.  I apologize for the inconvenience, and appreciate your support. 
• The hoodie orders are slightly delayed due to the company running out of purple hoodies.  I made the executive choice to go with gray hoodies with purple and gold logos and lettering.  If you wish to cancel your order because of this, please let me know (acgeisler@cps.edu).
• I hope you got a chance to check out the new and improved Bateman Chess team website (http://bateman.cps.edu/bateman-chess.html).  I wanted to draw your attention to the parent email sign-up, which is available on one of the large tabs (“Bateman Chess Team Email Sign-up”) on the main page.  This will allow me to get word out to parents about tournaments and other related events.  For example, last year a tournament was cancelled due to a snowstorm.
• Before the break, I sent home an updated Jan. and Feb. 2019 schedule.  That schedule is also available on the team website, or you can refer to the Bateman School Google calendar.  As of right now, we only have one Thursday (1/24) that will be cancelled for the afternoon Chess Club.  If anything changes, I will inform you as soon as possible.
• I am excited to announce that the Chicago Chess Foundation has decided to renew our Pawns to Queens grant for 2019, so our advanced Chess Club players will once again have the opportunity for additional specialized instruction from Grandmaster Nikola Mitkov.  We are currently arranging a schedule that we hope to begin as soon as it is approved. 
• Finally, there are two upcoming tournaments to prepare for.  The next free CCF competition will be Sat. Jan. 19 at De La Salle High School.  I will be sending home a permission slip for that event on Thu., so please keep a lookout.  We will have a PDF of the slip as well on the team website. 

 
     If you have any questions or concerns, you can contact me at acgeisler@cps.edu or (773)534-5055.
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Geisler  [Member: U.S. Chess Federation, Illinois Chess Association (Youth Committee), Chicago Chess Foundation (Board member)]

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CPS Kings and Queens Team Tournament
Sat. Jan. 12, 2019 at Chicago Vocational High School ***

 
Student Name:________________________________________________________________________________________
 
Grade Level:_________________
 
Parent email &/or phone number:______________________________________________________________________


*** Location changed from Chicago Vocational High School to Whitney Young High School (211 S.Laflin St.)

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