Many thanks to everyone who attended our Curriculum Night! We had a wonderful turnout and have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from both parents and teachers. Our dedicated teachers did a fantastic job. If you were not able to make it to Curriculum Night, please feel free to contact your child’s teacher for the information you missed.
Many of our students attended lessons in the Hatch Patch and participated in harvesting this week, and our 5th graders worked with our kindergarten students to make prints of vegetables from this year’s harvest! Thank you to our parent volunteers for their hard work in making this experience possible!
Congratulations to Nurse Rossi who is receiving the William Fitzsimmons Public Health Award that is given yearly by the Oak Park Village Board! We are so grateful to have such a talented and dedicated professional caring for our children each day.
Beginning next Thursday, September 20th, all 3rd and 5th graders will enter through the main entrance in the morning due to the construction beginning in the music room. All other grades will line up as usual. Thank you for your patience as we remodel our music lab.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone at our annual Taste of Hatch Patch next Thursday at 5:30pm! See the PTO Reminders for more information.
Sarah Mendez
Hatch School Principal
1000 N Ridgeland Ave
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 524-3095
PTO Reminders
- Thanks to all who are attending and sponsoring Hatch GOLF tomorrow. Thanks to co-chairs Claire Baffa and Tara McGrath!
- Taste of Hatch Patch Ticket orders are due TONIGHT. Only a limited number will be sold at the door. Please plan to join us for the Taste on September 20 at 5:30pm. Pre-order tickets online Wristbands will be distributed to teachers for your child’s Take Home folders on Monday, Sept 17. Please email [email protected] if you have not received your wristbands by Tuesday.
- The TASTE also needs lots of volunteers. We ask all families to sign up for one slot.
- Harvest the Hatch Patch – if your child’s class has not yet harvested in the Hatch Patch, please visit the sign up page and look for your child’s teacher's assigned time. They need 3 parents per class to help.
- World Language Program – You can sign your child up for additional lunchtime foreign language classes coordinated by the PTO. Registration details in the flyer.
- New Parent Night at the PTO. Join us for the first Hatch PTO meeting of the year September 25, 7-8 p.m. with updates from Ms Mendez and PTO event chairs. To help parents attend, free childcare is provided in lunchroom.
- Ms. Polley is looking for 1-2 parent volunteers to help organize curricular materials during the school day. The time is flexible and can work around your schedule. Please contact [email protected].
- Help Hatch start a ‘‘garden’ club at lunch to help students water the indoor plants and other simple projects. Please contact Ms. Winfield if interested at [email protected].
- Do you like kid parties and can delegate? They specifically need Room Parents for the following teachers-- Kemper, L'Heureux, Vega, Stack, Lyles, Kruse, Perkins, Quickery (Needs 3), Ficca, Kanavos, Wrenn (needs 2). Please sign up here. There is a training on Sept 27 at 8pm at Hatch or via remote access.