Events and Activities

The 6th-grade Social is TBD.

Contact Kasia Ceglinski if you'd like to volunteer.

7th-grade Tailgate
Attention all 7th graders! The annual 7th-grade Tailgate is coming to the Churchville gym on Friday, Nov 1, Time TBD! Come and hang with your friends, then stay for the Marsha Amerio student/faculty basketball game immediately following! Event will include: Bags tourney, music, poster making, food, game, prizes, and more!

For more information, contact Anne Fleming or Veda Carrera.

Social Event for 8th grade class. Event info. TBD.

For additional information, contact Sandra Formento or Suzanne Koller.

SAVE THE DATE: THE 8TH GRADE DANCE IS SATURDAY, MAY 9, 2020!
Each year, the Churchville PTA hosts a dance for our outgoing 8th graders in May. Invitations will be sent home in April.

Have questions? Contact a member of the 8th Grade Dance Committee: 

Lisa Ruggieri
Kari Levine

The Churchville PTA hosts a photo celebration following the 8th grade promotion ceremony at York High School each year. 

Churchville's Promotion Reception is currently scheduled for May 21, 2020.

Would you like to volunteer?
Contact the Paparazzi Celebration Chairpersons: Cassie Quick or Andrea Grabau

The Churchville Charge, AN AMAZING RACE FOR AN AMAZING SCHOOL, is TBD. 

The Churchville PTA  is working with local restaurants to provide dining events to support our school. At these fundraisers, local restaurants generously offer a % back to Churchville PTA on purchases made at their establishments. Check here for upcoming dates and details for our 2019-20 Dine Out events.
 

Have suggestions?  Ideas for other dine out partners?
Contact Dine Out Chairperson Stephanie Reifenrath

Churchville PTA hosts an Honor Roll Breakfast once a year in recognition of the hard work and achievement of Churchville's Honor Roll students.  Students will be given formal invitations one week prior.  This invitation will serve as their pass to take the early bus and receive breakfast.  Please refer District 205 Middle School Parent Handbook for Honor Roll criteria.

Please encourage your student to set their alarm a bit earlier to participate in this event.

2020 Honor Roll Breakfast: February 4, 2020 

Would you like to volunteer?
Contact an Honor Roll Breakfast Chairperson:
Anna Macatangay
Bonny Procajlo

The Churchville PTA is always looking for parent volunteers to assist school librarian, Maria Price, in shelving, Book Fairs and and other miscellaneous tasks, to include:

• textbook check-in/out to students at the beginning and end of the school year

• organizational projects

• minor book maintenance

Would you like to volunteer?
Contact Library Coordinator Vivian Moyle.

GET CREATIVE!

2019–20 Theme: "Look Within"

Deadline: Projects due to Churchville office by Friday, November 8th.
Students may submit an entry in any of the six arts areas listed below. Only original works of art are accepted. It does not matter whether an entry created for the Reflections Program has been created as a classroom assignment or independently at home. Once judged at the local level, the winners go on to the council and/or district judging. Those winners go to the Illinois PTA to receive recognition. Select projects will advance from the state level to the National PTA level.

The six arts areas are as follows: Dance Choreography; Film/Video Production; Literature; Music Composition; Photography; Visual Arts. There is also a Special Artist Division, which is an option for students with disabilities who receive services under IDEA or Section 504 to have the opportunity and accommodations they may need in order to participate fully in the program.

For more information contact Mrs. Petersen or Judith Barrientos. Si desea informacion del programa en Español, por favor contacta a Christine Peteresen.

2019–20 OFFICIAL RULES

Please carefully read the rules for specific categories. Failure to submit a proper entry form or follow specific arts category rules could disqualify a project.

• Dance Choreography
• Film Production
• Literature
• Music Composition
• Visual Arts
• Photography
• Special Artist (This is an option for students with disabilities who receive services under IDEA or Section 504.)

OFFICIAL ENTRY FORM

Each project submission must include an official entry form. Feel free to attach an extra sheet if more room is needed for the Artist Statement, etc.

Churchville Official Entry Form

Churchville Science Olympiad Team

Team Meetings
Tuesdays and Thursdays
3:20 - 4:15 pm in Mr. Peterson's room

Regional Competition will be in March 2019.

Study Help
Teams are encouraged to study with their partners on their specific events.  

Events are listed below and additional study reference for each event is found here in the "B Division" events.

LIFE, PERSONAL & SOCIAL SCIENCE

Anatomy and Physiology
Bio-Process Lab
Disease Detectives
Entomology
Green Generation
EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE

Dynamic Planet
Fossils
Meteorology
Solar System
Road Scholar

PHYSICAL SCIENCE & CHEMISTRY

Air Trajectory
Crave The Wave
Simple Machines
Crime Busters
Can't Judge a Powder

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING

Bridge Building
Elastic Launched Glider
Robo-Cross
Wheeled Vehicle

INQUIRY & NATURE OF SCIENCE

Bottle Rocket
Experimental Design
Picture This
Write It Do It

Would you like to learn more?
Contact the Science Olympiad Chairperson: Kasia Ceglinski

Social Dance is a 6-week dance class for 7th- & 8th-grade students where students learn classic dance moves from a professional instructor playing today's popular music.  Every year Social Dance is attended by nearly 100 students and the program is a favorite of students and parents alike.

The class meets six evenings. The 7th grade class meets from 7:00–8:15 PM, and the 8th grade class from 8:30–9:45 PM. The cost per student is $62. Registration form and fee are due by TBD to your child's homeroom teacher. 

All classes meet in the Churchville Blue Gym unless other wise noted.

2019 Dates:
Friday, November 8 at Conrad Fisher Gym
Friday, November 15
Friday, November 22
Friday, December 7
Friday, December 13 at Conrad Fisher Gym
Friday, December 20

Parent volunteers are needed to chaperone Social Dance.  An online volunteer signup will be posted soon.

For more information, please contact Vivian Moyle (7th-grade chair) or Ann Feehery (8th-grade chair).

Teacher Appreciation Week will be May 4-8, 2020! Help show your appreciation for Churchville’s fine teaching staff and administration by helping provide baked goods and other needed items as requested by committee chairs. The Teacher appreciation committee provides support for the staff when they return to school, during Parent Teacher Conferences, and during Teacher Appreciation Week.

To volunteer or donate items, please contact one of the Teacher Appreciation Co-Chairs:

Angel Allen

Michelle McDermott

Veda Carerra