MacArthur’s Planting Day

MacArthur School is growing!
Yes, vegetables, fruit, flowers and herbs.  Our planting day on May 14^thwas a huge success….from seed to plant!  Every grade level participated in building the raised beds, filling in the dirt and planting the seeds and seedlings.  Our enthusiastic volunteers came from Zurich Insurance who also supported our project financially, the American Heart Association  who instituted the program and videotaped our adventure, and the PTA who helped with the plant sale and supervising.  On hand for our dedication ceremony was Mayor McLeod with village trustees, Mary Kay Prusnick from the school board and parents, staff and children.   In addition, Mr. Johnson will be working on a fence to protect our beautiful garden.  We have received a large donation from Schaumburg’s Auto Body Shop to pay for our fence materials.  Please sign up to care for our garden during one week during summer vacation!  We will be looking forward to Harvest Day in the fall!

Wait until we see our plants in the fall!

Mac Update

Dear MacArthur Community,

Thank you so much to our PTA and parents for all the nice treats, fruit, and flowers that make our staff feel so special this week. We are all so grateful to work in such a wonderful community. Many thanks to Mrs. Mangino for running such a great Plant Sale to support the MacArthur PTA.

On Thursday, we held our Second Annual District 54 Speech Contest. Over 80 students entered the contest and there were 12 finalists chosen from six schools in District 54. Everyone in attendance was so impressed with the quality and level of preparation of all the finalists. Congratulations to the following winners from MacArthur:

3/4  Native Speaker

Jessica E.  2^nd place
Lupita O. 3^rd place

5/6  Native Speaker

Sebastian R.  1^st place

5/6 Spanish as a Second Language

Anna M. 2^nd place
Tara S. 3^rd place

MacArthur Alumni, Juan S., Lauren S., Joey T. and Andy H., currently students at Eisenhower Jr. High, were also winners.

We are looking forward to our first planting day on Monday, May 14^th. Please be sure to send your child to school in clothing and shoes that can get dirty because everyone is going to have a part in planting the garden. Our AM kindergarten friends will be planting their seedlings on Tuesday morning after the beds are built and filled. Please stop by the dedication ceremony at 2:30 if you are available.

Happy Mother’s Day to all of the moms in our MacArthur Community. Enjoy a great day.

Danette

District 54 Annual Spanish Language Speech Contest

District 54 Annual Spanish Language Speech Contest

MacArthur School is hosting a Spanish Language Speech Contest on Thursday, May 10th from 9:00-11:30. Please come to MacArthur to support our finalist!

Congrats to MacArthur finalists: Jessica E., Lupita O., Anna M., Sebastian R., and Tara S.

El Concurso de oratoria es elproximo jueves 10 de mayo de 9:00 a 11:30.

Felicitaciones a los finalistas de Mac: Jessica E., Lupita O., Anna M., Sebastian R., and Tara S.

Kindergarten Registration

Dear MacArthur Community,

We are looking forward to kindergarten registration on Thursday, February 23. If you have a child entering kindergarten this fall, you will need
to register at your child’s base school. If your base school is MacArthur, youcan register between 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. – 2:30 pm or 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. If your child will attend MacArthur as a school of choice for the dual language program, you would need to register at your child’s base school and complete an application for the dual language program here.

If you are planning to enroll your child in general education, please see the attached letter for information regarding general education kindergarten for the 2012-13 school year.

Gen. Ed. Enrollment Letter on Letterhead

Science Fair Cancelled – Mac News – January 20th Edition

Dear MacArthur Community,

Due to the weather, our Science Fair is CANCELLED this evening. Parents can pick up their child’s project today in the gym after school or on Monday before or after school in Room 119.

STAR is not cancelled today.

All of the young scientists today impressed our judges with their projects and hard work. Thank you so much to Mrs. Brand and Mrs. Fawbush for their work on the science fair. It has enriched the lives of our students and inspires their curiosity and interest in science.

Also, please be sure to open this week’s MacNews. It includes an RSVP form for our upcoming Donuts with Dads and many other events.

Please stay safe on the roads.

Danette

Mac News – January 20, 2012

noticias de mac – 20 de enero

Primary Sock Puppet Night

1st and 2nd grade students and their families were invited to Sock Puppet Night with Ms. Martin on Tuesday, December 13th. The students and their families used their creativity to make their own sock puppet creations or remake characters from stories or cartoons. Everyone had a great time making their puppets and the results were fantastic!

Spanish Speech Contest / Concurso Anual de Oratoria

MacArthur School is hosting a Spanish Language Speech Contest. Students in grades 3rd through 8th are eligible. Application, speech drafts written by applicant himself/herself, and video recordings no more than 3 minutes (one video recording per participant) must arrive at Macarthur School by April 11, 2012. The maximum length for speech drafts is 2 pages. The paper for speech drafts and application forms are now available online at http://macarthur.sd54.org.  The finalists will be notified via mail by April 25, 2012.

Spanish Language Speech Contest Flyer

Spanish Speech Contest English Application

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La escuela MacArthur será anfitrión este año del Concurso Anual de Oratoria. Los estudiantes de 3er a 6to grado pueden participar.  Forma de inscripción, borrador del discurso escrito por el concursante, y una grabación de video de no más de 3 minutos (un video por participante) debe llegar a MacArthur School para el 11 de Abril del 2012. El discurso debe ser de dos páginas. La forma para participar esta disponible en la Internet http://macarthur.sd54.org.  Los finalistas serán notificados por correo para el 25 de Abril, 2012.

Panfleto del concurso

Aplicación en español

Mac News – noticias de mac – November 11th, 2011

Attached is the November 11th edition of Mac News.  You can also find vouchers to bring with to Saturday’s Barnes and Noble event.  We look forward to seeing you there!

Mac News – November 11th, 2011

noticias de mac – 11 de noviembre

Bookfair Vouchers

Bookfair Flyer-Nov 19, 2011

B&N Bookfair Flyer in Spanish

Welcoming Veterans to Our School

This year in honor of Veteran’s Day, the students and staff at MacArthur invited veterans to visit to our school in order to honor them and thank them for their dedication to our country.  Veterans came and had breakfast and attended a flag ceremony with our Boy Scouts.  Then, veterans toured the school and stopped in each classroom to receive cards and poems made by the students.  What a special day this was for our students!

Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences are here!

Parent/teacher/student conferences will be held on October 6th and 7th. This is a great opportunity for your children to share their accomplishments. Your children will be sharing their reading and math goals with you.  Due to conferences, students will be dismissed at 11:40 AM on Thursday.  If you are unable to attend your scheduled conference, please call our school to reschedule.  Be sure to stop by the Scholastic Book fair while visiting MacArthur.   We look forward to seeing you this week!