The Hawk Happenings: Pennoyer Staff Newsletter

Team Pennoyer,

We're almost there people. Keep your heads up and enjoy this final week coming up! We certainly have so much to celebrate and a lot of fun events for our students and staff. I have to share a few things that have filled me up with so much joy and kept me smiling this past week. To begin with, my daughter Sadie and her dance company were in the Buffalo Grove Pride Parade this past Sunday and she crushed it. So much positive energy throughout the entire parade and celebrations that followed. We had a great time as a family. Check out a cool video of the local School of Rock killing it on Elton John's "The Bitch is Back". They were awesome!!!

I also watched my son this past Wednesday night win his very competitive NPL soccer league with his club. They went a perfect 8-0 on their season and qualified to play some of the best teams in the state next weekend at Regionals. So proud of the work Lennon puts into all of this!

Finally, I gotta leave you all with the positive spirit of our students during arrival time this week. Here's a few of our middle school students sporting their sunglasses as part of our ABC countdown, and our very own Porter who loves to dance to just about any music I play outside in the car line every morning. We have such great kids at Pennoyer!

*FINAL Staff Meeting AGENDA for Monday, June 12th - No Meeting in the MPR

Hawk Action Items

HERE is the official checklist doc for the end of the school year. Make sure to sign up for a time on June 16th to check out. Click HERE to make an appointment. Feel free to reach out to Adam or Denise with any questions or concerns. Please read it over carefully so you can start planning for the end of the school year and getting your rooms ready. Everyone needs to be completely packed up before leaving on June 16th. You will not have access to the building over the summer with work going on. Teachers will be allowed back in the building on August 7th.

Remember for any staff not returning next year, please turn in your ID/Fob to Adam
If any teachers need boxes, please put in a work order

Weekly Hawk Playlist/Lyric

My Morning Song by The Black Crowes

Hawk Celebrations

This week we're going to celebrate two great field trip opportunities that our students participated in! Last Friday, we had our 6th graders visit the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and our 8th graders took a trip down to Springfield to visit our state capital and so much of the history surrounding President Abraham Lincoln. The 6th graders had a great time exploring the world of science and beyond and making connections to the many things they've learned at Pennoyer this past year. Thanks to Mrs. Mardula for coordinating everything and Ms. Peters for supporting her, along with Miss Natalia and our parent chaperones made up of Mrs. Behnke, Mrs. Giarmidis, and Mrs. Ljubenko. In Springfield, our 8th graders saw where laws are created and voted on in Illinois, explored Lincoln's home and his tomb, and got to learn about the history of Lincoln's life through a museum tour. Thanks to Miss Bowden for coordinating the entire trip, and Mr. DeVivo for helping to chaperone and support our students, along with a great group of parents made up of Mrs. Bjelan, Mrs. Covaleda, and Mrs. Martinez. I'm so glad our Pennoyer students had the opportunity to experience and participate in these types of field trips. They represented our school proudly!