Turn in your Creative Writing entry! The contest is open to all Hauser students. Cash prizes!

Submitting your entry – Join the Contest Google Classroom with code pmfp7y5 to submit your entry.

DEADLINE – Tuesday, April 6th at 10:00 pm

CONTEST RULES – One entry per student

• Story must be an original work of fiction
• Must be based on the contest photo – Click HERE to view photo.
• Be appropriate for a middle school audience
• 1,000 typed words or less

Questions? Contact Ms. Kovar at kovarj@district96.org or Mrs. Clark at clarks@district96.org

The Hauser PTO Food Drive is having a brown bag/non-perishable food curbside drop-off THIS FRIDAY!

Curbside Drop-Off: –

• WHAT: Non-perishable food donations
• DATE: FRIDAY (April 9, 16, 23)
• TIME: 7:30 – 8:00 am
• WHERE: Hauser Jr. High (front of school)

Top 10 most wanted food items –

1. Canned meats
2. Canned fruits
3. Canned vegetables
4. Canned soups/Cup of soups
5. Dried beans/Lentils
6. Pasta
7. Pasta sauce
8. Peanut butter/Jelly
9. Boxed Rice/Noodles
10. Boxed meals

*NOTE: Please no expired food and no glass jars.

Questions? Please contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or Lisa Swicionis at lisa.swicionis@gmail.com

The annual Hauser Food Drive kicked off last week at school. The drive looks a little different this year but, as it has for the last 50 years, it will help in the fight against hunger when so many are in need.

For the month of April, Hauser will pick up where we left off last year when our food drive came to an abrupt end. We will pack 50,000 meals and strive for every student to bring in a brown bag full of food for those in need.

Our drive will benefit – the Salvation Army’s Englewood Red Shield Center Food Pantry, the Riverside Township Food Pantry and the Share Love Share Food Food Pantry in Brookfield.

Kick-Off Video – Students watched the kick-off video in their WIN class last week. Click HERE to view video.

Food Donations –

• Food donations will be collected for three weeks in April
• Students are encouraged to return Brown Bag filled with non-perishable food. There will be a grade level competition – so fill those bags up!
• Brown Bags to be dropped off curbside on Friday mornings from 7:30-800am
  – Friday, April 9
  – Friday, April 16
  – Friday, April 23

Monetary Donations –

• Monetary donations will be collected all month.
• Donations will purchase additional food and supplies for packing meals.
• Click on the following button to donate:
  

Food Packing –

• Students will be packing 50,000 macaroni and cheese meals during their PE classes
• Community event will not be able to happen again this year due to capacity limits

BIG NEWS!! –

• Hauser Food Drive received a large donation from the Christ Presbyterian Church in North Riverside of $6,900
• We were a beneficiary of the sale of the church after it closed
• The community meal packing event started at this church in 2012
• We are very grateful and will continue to further the mission of helping the hungry

We hope you will help us reach our goals!

Questions? Please contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or Lisa Swicionis at lisa.swicionis@gmail.com with any questions.

The annual Hauser Food Drive kicks off this week at school. The drive will look a little different but, as it has for the last 50 years, it will help in the fight against hunger when so many are in need.

Check out all the details of this year’s drive below.

Kick-Off Week

• Tuesday, March 30 – Kick-off video will be played during W.I.N. classes (no assembly this year). Click HERE to view video.
• Tuesday, March 30 – Brown Bag distribution to students
• Thursday, April 1 – 8^th Graders will receive ice cream treat for being the winning class in 2020

Weeks of 4/5, 4/12, and 4/19

• Food and monetary donations will be collected for three weeks in April
• Students encouraged to return Brown Bag filled with non-perishable food
• Brown Bags to be dropped off curbside on Friday mornings from 7:30-800am
  – Friday, April 9
  – Friday, April 16
  – Friday, April 23
• There will be a grade level competition – so fill those bags up!
• Monetary donations all month. Click on the following button to donate:
  
• Monetary donations will purchase additional food and supplies for packing meals.

Month of April

• Our community packing event did not happen in 2020
• Students will be packing 50,000 macaroni and cheese meals during their PE classes
• Community event will not be able to happen again this year due to capacity limits

BIG NEWS!!

• Hauser Food Drive received a large donation from the Christ Presbyterian Church in North Riverside of $6,900
• We were a beneficiary of the sale of the church after it closed
• The community meal packing event started at this church in 2012
• We are very grateful and will continue to further the mission of helping the hungry

For the month of April, Hauser will pick up where we left off last year when our food drive came to an abrupt end. We will pack 50,000 meals and strive for every student to bring in a brown bag full of food for those in need. Our drive will benefit – the Salvation Army’s Englewood Red Shield Center Food Pantry, the Riverside Township Food Pantry and the Share Love Share Food Food Pantry in Brookfield. We hope you will help us reach our goals!

Questions? Please contact Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com or Lisa Swicionis at lisa.swicionis@gmail.com with any questions.

If your student switched to hybrid learning and never picked up their free Hauser PTO cougar face mask last fall, please fill out the following form to receive a mask during WIN class –

Face Mask FORM (one form per student)

*NOTE: Fully remote students who never picked up their mask can also fill out the form and masks will be available for pickup in the school office after Spring Break.

If you would like a SECOND mask, they are available for purchase by clicking the following link – Purchase Additional Masks

Questions? or if you need a mask ASAP – Please contact Julie Laube at jlaube@laubecompanies.com

Enter the Hauser 11th Annual Creative Writing Contest! The contest is open to all Hauser students. Cash prizes!

DEADLINE – Tuesday, April 6th at 10:00 pm

CONTEST RULES – One entry per student

• Story must be an original work of fiction
• Must be based on the contest photo – Click HERE to view photo.
• Be appropriate for a middle school audience
• 1,000 typed words or less

INFO & Submitting your entry – Join the Contest Google Classroom with code pmfp7y5 for contest announcements and to submit your entry.

Questions? Contact Ms. Kovar at kovarj@district96.org or Mrs. Clark at clarks@district96.org

Please join us for the Hauser PTO meeting next Thursday, April 8th at 7:00 pm to hear about upcoming events, fundraisers and Mrs. Mahy’s Principal’s Report.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, PTO meetings will be held remotely via Zoom during the 2020-2021 school year. *NOTE: A Zoom meeting ID and passcode will be emailed to parents/guardians.

• March Minutes – Hauser PTO Minutes 03-11-2021

Questions?  Please contact Julie Laube at jlaube@laubecompanies.com

Help make a difference! – Your participation in the parent portion of the Illinois 5Essentials Survey will help District 96 understand the conditions at Hauser and help guide improvement.

If at least 20% of the school’s parents complete this survey, a parent supplement report will be generated. **Hauser is currently only at 9%. The survey only takes 5-10 minutes to complete!*NOTE: Your identity and survey responses will be kept completely confidential and will never be connected to you or your child. 

TAKE THE SURVEY – Click the link: 5Essentials Survey

Questions or concerns – Please contact 5Essentials Client Services at 1-866-440-1874or 5essentials@uchicago.edu

The 2021 Hauser Food Drive kick-off will start after spring break on Monday, March 29th.

Week of 3/29… be on the lookout for –

• Kick-off video – shown during WIN class
• Ice cream treat for last year’s winners – 8th grade
• Brown Bags – to fill with food and return to school

Questions? Contact Lisa Swicionis at lisa.swicionis@gmail.com or Lisa Gaynor at ltgaynor@aol.com