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Bateman Buzz | 2021-2022; Last Edition

6/14/2022

Bateman Buzz 2021-2022; Last Edition
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Dear Bateman Family,

Congratulations on yet another wonderful year! We want to thank you for your support and commitment to our students throughout this school year. Last week’s 8th Grade Graduation, today's Kindergarten Commencement and other year-end events lifted our spirits and reminded us how fortunate we are to #BeBateman.

Thank you to our staff for giving more every day this year as they generated effective, happy classrooms. Thank you to our students who remained engaged and positive throughout the year. Thank you to our parents for supporting our continued march back to the new normal. We have much for which to be grateful and look forward to continuing this trend as we plan for the fall!

Class lists will be distributed through Parent Portal at the beginning of August. Please mark your calendars for important Back to School Dates!

Wednesday, August 17th: PK & K Popsicles in the Park @ 4pm

Friday, August 19th

Back to School Bash & Supply Drop Off @ 9am - 11am
Kindergarten Orientation @ 9am
PreK Orientations @ 9am -or- 10am

We wish you a fantastic and rejuvenating summer with your friends and loved ones!

Warmly,

Georgia and Kate

Upcoming Dates at a Glance
Click here to access the Monthly Calendar and add events to your personal calendar!
See further details regarding all of these events & more below!

LOOKING AHEAD TO SUMMER

Thursday, June 16th: Centennial Celebration @ 5pm | Bateman Park
Monday, June 27th - Friday, July 15th: FORGE Summer Camps
Wednesdays: Playground Playdates | Sign Up Below!
Wednesday, August 17th: PK & K Popsicles in the Park at 5pm
Friday, August 19th: Kindergarten Orientation @ 9am
Friday, August 19th: Back to School Bash & Supply Drop Off
Monday, August 22nd: First Day of School SY23

2021-2022 Year at a Glance Calendar

Upcoming Events

These events are all within the next 2 weeks!

In-Boundary Kindergarten Registration is OPEN!
Wednesday & Fridays between 9am - 11am

In-Boundary Kindergarten Registration has begun! Do you or a neighbor have an incoming 5 year old next year? All Kindergarteners should be registered by June 1st!

Make sure to read all important registration information and begin your enrollment process for next year! Please call Evelyn in the North Office with any questions at 773-534-5055.

2022-2023 School Supply Lists
Ordering Opens June 3rd

All students were sent home with Supply Lists for next year with their Report Cards today! Do you want to get ahead of ordering your child's school supplies for next year? School Tool Box orders are online starting Thursday, June 3rd! Visit schooltoolbox.org to view your child's list and have supplies shipped directly to your house!

CLICK HERE TO VIEW ALL 2022-2023 SUPPLY LISTS

Centennial Celebration
Thursday, June 16th at 5pm

We hope to see our entire community at the Centennial Celebration. For all details in the community event, please click here!

Spring PE Raffle Winners

Thank you for your generous donations to this spring's PE/Sports fundraiser! With your support, we raised $950 towards our sports teams and PE department needs. Please see the list below for our raffle prize winners! Mr. Nowak will distribute raffle prizes to the winners this week.

Also, please be on the lookout in August for information regarding our fall health and wellness event.

RAFFLE WINNERS
Hayden Z.-- 45 count Cheez-It Box
Emmett P.-- 45 count Goldfish Box
Benjamin S.-- Cubs Logo Poster
Rafael E.-- FC Barcelona Logo Poster
Leo C.-- NBA Team Logo Poster
Madeline M.-- Wonder Woman Wristbands
Adrian R.-- Jump Rope
Alessandro E.-- Jump Rope
Lexi V.-- Jump Rope
Noah A.-- Soccer Ball
Henry M.-- Soft Cubs Baseball
Brendan H.-- Soft Bears Football

The following have won a gift card to Subway:
Donovan J.
Sky P.
Mathias E.
Arely C.
Jack F.
Isabelle M.
Donal K.
Palm S.

Lunchstop at Bateman
Everyday from 10am - 12pm

The LunchStop summer meal program provides free, healthy meals across Chicago to all children between 1 and 18 years old. The summer LunchStop schedule is Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm from June 27th-August 12th.

Playground Playdates
Wednesdays from 12pm - 1pm

Looking for a way to stay connected to your Bateman Family this summer? Sign up to be the "host" for one of our Playground Playdates! A "host" simply means you will be there so others know there will be at least one friend to play - no need to plan anything special - just attend! Sign up here! [No need to sign up to attend - host only!]

All are welcome to attend each Wednesday at 12pm on the Bateman Playground - perfect for right after camp or after you grab some lunch at the Lunch Stop!

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP TO HOST A PLAYDATE AT BATEMAN

Back to School Preview
Events to Kick Off the 2022-2023 School Year!

Community Updates
Updates from Chicago Public Schools & Our Community

Chicago Public Libraries

Chicago Public Library is pleased to announce the 2022 Summer Learning Challenge: City of Stories!

Running June 27^th - August 14^th , Families are encouraged to Register in person at the library or online. After registering, they will receive an activity booklet which includes space to track their reading. Once they have read 500 minutes and completed 1 activity, they will receive a very special prize: their very own City of Stories T shirt!

In addition, we will have many fun events and activities at the library all summer long. I've attached handouts to share with your students. Please feel free to reply to this email with any questions.

Visit https://www.chipublib.org/summer-at-cpl/ for more information.

The CPS Virtual Academy is
now enrolling students for SY23.

Enrollment is no longer limited to COVID-related conditions. Qualifying students (PreK-Grade 12) must have a medical condition indicated on an active IEP/504 and their medical professional must determine that the student would benefit from the virtual learning format.

The application is open until July 1st; acceptances will be announced by July 15th. If demand exceeds capacity, acceptance will be determined by lottery. Qualifying students who were not accepted will be placed on a waitlist.

Accepted students will be dually enrolled with the Virtual Academy & the district-run physical school. The physical school will still receive funding for the student and will be required to host the student for in-person testing for required state assessments.

Parents/Guardians should complete this interest form (Spanish) to begin the application process. Questions/inquiries can be directed to VirtualSY23@cps.edu.

Additional details are available here.

Beat the Streets Summer Camp

Beat the Streets is an established sports-based youth development 501(c)(3) nonprofit empowering Chicago youth through wrestling. With a vision of all Chicagoans becoming Life Champions, we use wrestling to teach on-the-mat physical literacy while instilling the values for which wrestling is well-known: accountability, gratitude, grit, integrity and excellence. By building deep, trusted coach-athlete relationships through wrestling, we are able to channel our young people into targeted off-the-mat enrichment programming (such as tutoring and mentoring) to further their life skills, perspectives and opportunities.

Beat the Streets Chicago is so excited to announce that we are hosting two weeks of summer camp at our Avondale/Northside location which is FREE to CPS students! I have attached the summer camp flier which provides more information about dates and times of camp.

In order for CPS to cover the cost of the camp, registrents need to use the scholarship code : CPSSUMMER22 and register here: https://www.btschicago.org/register-summer/.