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In and Around the Lab
Here is a reminder of
some of the upcoming events and news of other happenings. For more
information on any of the events listed or to get details on all other
events in and around the schools, view the all-schools calendar at https://events.uchicago.edu/labschool/
** Connections 2006 planning committee & volunteers meeting - Friday, January 6 at 9 a.m.
at the home of Stephanie Aucunas, 4930 South Greenwood
If you plan to attend please reply to 773-702-3789 or connections@ucls.uchicago.edu
The agenda includes:
* Personal note-writing - Your handwritten notes in invitations to friends go
a long way to creating a successful event. Please plan to pen a few lines
to friends over coffee on the 6th.
* Craig Reubelt, head of Lab¹s Foreign Language Department, will speak about
the need for a new Digital Language Lab at the school and how our
Connections efforts will improve language learning at Lab. Come learn
more about what all the hard work is for!!
* Event planning update - Susan O¹Connor Davis and crew have been hard at work
to make Connections 2006 a high profile, high style, high success event.
Come hear about how plans for February 25 are taking shape!
** Monthly Parents' Association Meeting - Monday January 9th, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM in Judd 126.
Please join us for this month's Parents' Association meeting. We will
hear from David Magill, Director of the Laboratory Schools. He will be talking
about the All School Budget; specifically he will be providing parents
with information about where our tuition dollars go and answer questions
regarding the need for fundraising and development dollars. For more information,
please contact Maria Carrillo, carrillo.maria@gmail.com, 312.360.0614.
All parents are welcome! The Parents' Association is your forum for information sharing between parents,
faculty and administration!
** College Financial Aid presentation - Wednesday January 11th, 7:00 PM in Judd 126.
Allen V. Lentino, senior associate director of admissions and financial aid at Northwestern University, with present
a talk entitled "Understanding College Financial Aid".
For more information contact the college counselors Patty Kovacs
or Will Dix at 773 702 9445.
** Martin Luther King Assembly - Friday January 13th, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM.
Annual Martin Luther King Day celebration to be held at Rockefeller Chapel, 59th and Woodlawn.
** Martin Luther King Day—NO SCHOOL for all schools - Monday January 16th.
** Favorite Composers - Thursday January 19th, 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM in Blaine Lobby.
20 2nd-4th grade musicians will be featured performing music composed by our favorite composers.
** Giant Gym Night for Fifth and Sixth graders - Friday January 20th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM in Kovler Gym.
FINAL GIANT GYM NIGHT FOR THE FIFITH AND SIXTH GRADERS!
As a reminder Giant Gym Nights are open only to Laboratory Schools students. Come and enjoy an evening of volleyball,
basketball, gymnastics, badminton, soccer, floor hockey, Ga-Ga, and swimming. (interested students should bring their
swimsuits). All students must wear their P.E. uniforms and all Lab rules of student conduct apply.
Parental permission is not required; however students must sign themselves in, and must provide a phone number where a
parent or guardian can be reached, that evening, if necessary. Parents must come into the building and sign out students at
the end of the evening.
For more information, contact Suzanne Weichselbaum or Lucy Baxandall.
** Senior Getaway - Saturday January 21st through Monday the 23rd in Galena, Illinois.
Senior Getaway to Eagle Ridge Resort, Galena Ill. Seniors will spend 3 days relaxing, skiing, shopping,
eating together at the annual retreat. For more information please contact the Dean of Students at 773-834-8084.
** 8th Grade Ski and/or Snowboarding trip - Saturday January 21st 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, in Wilmot Mountain, WI
8th Grade Class of '06!
Join us for a ski and/or snowboarding trip to Wilmot Mountain in Wisconsin. Permissions slips and information will
be sent home. This event is sponsored by the 8th Grade Level Co-Chairs Bonita Chapman and Joan Simmons.
** Looking Ahead to the College Process - Tuesday January 24th, 7:00 PM in Judd 126.
The UHigh college counselors, Patty Kovacs and Will Dix, host an evening for the parents of freshman and sophomore students, to present
infromation on the college process. For more information call 773 702 9445.
** 5th Grade Band Concert - Thursday January 26th, 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM in Judd 126.
5th Grade band concert in Judd 126, 5835 S. Kimbark Avenue. Students should arrive by 7:00 p.m., in concert attire.
Concert is free and open to the public. Facility is handicapped accessible.
** '06-'07 Registration January 30th through February 6th
Registration for 2006-07 payment due 2/6/2006.
** To keep you in the know, as to where your children might be after school, here is the athletics schedule for the month of Jaunuary:
| Event |
Tournament |
Date |
Time |
Location |
Comments |
| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Elgin Academy |
1/4 |
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM |
Elgin Academy |
HS Girls' Basketball vs Elgin Academy, with JV at 6:00 p.m., followed by varsity at 7:30 p.m. |
| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs Latin |
1/5 |
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
The Latin School of Chicago |
HS Boys' Freshman Basketball vs The Latin School of Chicago |
| MS boys basketball |
Lab vs Ancona |
1/6 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sunny Gym |
7th graders play first 8th graders to follow. |
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| MS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Roycemore School |
1/6 |
4:15 PM - 7:15 PM |
Roycemore School-Evanston |
7th grade at 4:15 p.m., followed by 8th grade at 5:15 p.m.
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| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Willows Academy |
1/6 |
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Upper Kovler gym |
JV at 5 p.m., followed by varsity at 6:30 p.m. |
| HS Boys basketball |
Lab vs Elgin Academy |
1/9 |
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Elgin Academy |
JV boys start at 5:00 and varsity to follow at 6:30 with Elgin Academy away. |
| MS girls basketball |
Lab vs Timothy Christian School |
1/10 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Timothy Christian School -Elmhurst |
7th graders at 4:00 and 8th grade at 5:00 PM |
| HS Boys' Swimming |
Lab vs Morton East High School |
1/10 |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
UC Ratner Center swimming pool |
Varsity Boys Swimming
depending how we do on Thursday the 27th. |
| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/10 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Upper Kovler gym |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m.A |
| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs Walther Lutheran High School |
1/11 |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Upper Kovler |
HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
| HS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs Walther Lutheran High School |
1/11 |
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Upper Kovler |
JV at 5:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 7 p.m. |
| MS girls basketball |
Lab vs FW Parker |
1/12 |
4:30 AM - 6:30 PM |
FW Parker School |
7th grade at 4:30 and the 8th grade at appox 5:30. |
| MS boys basketball |
Lab vs FW Parker |
1/12 |
4:30 AM - 6:30 PM |
Sunny Gym |
7th grade at 4:30 and the 8th grade at appox 5:30. |
| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs FW Parker HS |
1/12 |
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
F.W. Parker High School |
JV at 5 p.m., followed by varsity at 6:30 p.m. |
| MS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/13 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sunny Gym |
7th grade at 4 p.m., followed by 8th grade at 5 p.m. |
| Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/13 |
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
The Latin School of Chicago |
7th grade at 4 p.m., followed by 8th grade at 5 p.m. |
| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/13 |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM |
Upper Kovler |
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| Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs North Shore Country Day High School |
1/13 |
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
North Shore Country Day High School |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
| HS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/13 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Upper Kovler |
Freshman at 4:30 in LOWER KOVLER, JV plays at 4:30 p.m. in Upper Kovler,followed by varsity at 6:00 p.m. in Upper Kovler |
| MS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs St.Malachy & Providence St.Mel |
1/17 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sunny gym |
MS boys 7th graders play St.Malachy at 4:00 the 8th graders play Providence St.Mel Middle School at 5:00 PM. |
| MS girls basketball |
Lab vs CICS-Longwood Charter School |
1/17 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sunny Gym |
7th grade at 4:00 and appox. 5:00 8th grade. |
| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Lake Forest Academy |
1/17 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Upper Kovler gym |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
| HS Boys basketball |
Lab vs North Shore Country Day School |
1/17 |
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
North Shore Country Day School |
JV at 4:30 and Varsity at 6:00 PM. |
| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs Chicago Christian High School |
1/17 |
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Chicago Christian High School |
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| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs Chicagoland Jewish High School |
1/18 |
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Chicagoland Jewish High School |
The exact location of the gym is TBA. |
| HS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Lycee Francais & Morgan Park Academy |
1/20 |
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Upper Kovler |
JV Basketball vs Lycee Francais at 3 p.m., Upper Kovler; Girls' Varsity Basketball vs Morgan Park Academy at 4:30 p.m. |
| HS Boys basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School |
1/20 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
The Latin School |
JV at 4:30 and Varsity to follow at 6:00 PM. |
| Boys' Swimming |
Lab vs Evergreen Park High School |
1/21 |
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM |
Evergreen Park High School |
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| Girls MS basketball |
Lab vs Elgin Academy |
1/21 |
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Elgin Academy- Elgin |
7th 10:00 AM grade and the 8th graders to follow at 11:00 AM. |
| Boys MS basketball |
Lab vs Elgin Academy |
1/21 |
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
Elgin Academy-Elgin |
starting at Noon with the 7th grade game the 8th grade game to follow at appox. 1:00 PM. |
| HS Boys' Freshman Basketball |
Lab vs Holy Trinity High School |
1/23 |
5:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Holy Trinity High School |
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| MS Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Roycemore School |
1/24 |
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
Sunny Gym |
7th grade at 4 p.m., followed by 8th grade at 5 p.m. |
| Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Woodlands Academy |
1/24 |
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
Woodlands Academy |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
| HS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs Lake Forest Academy |
1/24 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Upper Kovler |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
| MS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs Waldorf School |
1/25 |
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM |
Waldorf School |
7th grade at 5 p.m., followed by 8th grade at 6 p.m. |
| Boys' Swimming |
Lab vs Argo Community High School |
1/26 |
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM |
Argo Community High School |
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| Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Timothy Christian High School |
1/26 |
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM |
Timothy Christian High School |
JV at 5:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 7 p.m. |
| Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs Northside College Prep |
1/27 |
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Northside College Prep |
JV at 5 p.m., followed by varsity at 6:30 p.m. |
| Boys MS basketball tournament 8th graders only |
Lab vs FW Parker School |
1/28 |
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
FW Parker School |
8th grade boys play in the FW Parker Tournament from 9:00 until around Noon. 3 games, oponents TBA. |
| HS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs Jones College Prep |
1/28 |
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
Upper Kovler |
JV at 6 p.m., followed by varsity at 7:30 p.m. |
| Girls' Basketball |
Lab vs The Latin School of Chicago |
1/31 |
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM |
The Latin School of Chicago |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
| HS Boys' Basketball |
Lab vs Morgan Park Academy |
1/31 |
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM |
Upper Kovler |
JV at 4:30 p.m., followed by varsity at 6 p.m. |
David Magill, Director of the Laboratory Schools will talk about the All School Budget.
He will be providing parents with information about where our tuition dollars go and answer questions
regarding the need for fundraising and development dollars. For more
information, please contact Maria Carrillo
, 312.360.0614.
Connections 2006 will be held in the Winter Garden of the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business on Saturday, February 25th .
Connections is Lab’s annual benefit and fundraiser for the school. This year's event Chairs include Susan and Allison Davis, ’56
and honorary Chairs Michelle and Barack Obama.
Proceeds this year will support the creation of a digital language lab. All Lab students will benefit from this cutting edge educational technology to better prepare them for the ever expanding global marketplace. This digital language lab will benefit our children and the issues of tomorrow’s society -- in higher education, in business, in government, and abroad. As parents, it is our responsibility to support our school’s efforts in this endeavor and we encourage each of you to participate in Connections 2006.
There are so many ways to be a part of Connections:
• Make an underwriting gift or help to secure your company’s support. Volunteers will be calling for your underwriting support in January.
• Buy tickets for a great evening of entertainment, dinner, dancing, and a silent auction
• Invite a special teacher as your family’s guest
• Donate a fabulous auction item – or purchase one at the event. To donate auction items (remember items donated for auction are tax deductible), please contact Carol Kamin at carolkaminl@mac.com
• Buy an Ad – the ad book is back! Take this opportunity to showcase your business to a diverse and well-educated clientele! To place an ad contact Lori Sykes-Stewart at lorrod@aol.com
• Buy a raffle ticket - Take a chance – you could be the big winner of the cash prize! Raffle tickets will come with your invitations in the mail.
• Volunteer to help at the event – Join our army of volunteers; meet great people and have fun at the same time!
To learn more about how you can support our school through Connections, please contact the Development Office at 773.702.0578 or by email at Connections@ucls.uchicago.edu.
With busy lives and so many volunteer opportunities from which to choose, here are a few tips for getting and staying involved:
* Attend the monthly Parent Association meetings. This is a parent’s forum for information sharing between parents, faculty and administration. Attending a regular meeting can provide you with a sense of community. It’s a short-term (2-hours a month) volunteer commitment for your benefit.
* Look for volunteer opportunities that fit. Assess your skills and talents and the level at which you can volunteer. Choose from the various volunteer opportunities listed on the PA website.
* Propose your own volunteer opportunities to the PA. Can’t find volunteer activities of interest at the PA website? Propose your own. Great ideas are always welcomed. You might uncover a need that was overlooked.
* Do what you can. Follow through with what you can realistically commit to providing. There are numerous opportunities for short-term volunteer commitments like chaperoning and greeters for one day events, as well as long term events such as serving on a committee or holding an office on the PA board.
* Inform your family of your intent to volunteer. A lot of kids in the lower school love for their parent to volunteer in the classroom. In fact some feel a little disappointed when a classmates’ parent chaperones a trip and their parent is unable. But keep in mind that your volunteer activity might interfere with your kid’s time, e.g. long term activities such as service on a committee might detract from evening time with the kids. So do let your kids know.
* Don’t assume that your help is not wanted. Just because mom seems to volunteering for everything is no reason for dad not to volunteer. Expressing an interest in volunteering and not getting called, is also not reason to give up on volunteering. It’s not a snub, but more the result of either a miscommunication or a volunteer surplus. Try following up, at least once. If you feel strongly about helping, don’t give up.
* Assert your leadership. Since PA board and committee volunteers change from year to year, programs are often passed on to the next willing leader—without discussing whether they should be continued. If you feel strongly about a program, take the lead. For example, In 2004, the Innisbrook wrapping paper program was all but extinguished, when two parents stepped up to take the lead in organizing this program in 2005.
* Let your voice be heard. Take the time to vote. Perhaps you are unable to volunteer at the level of PA board, nominate and elect people who are willing to make the commitment.
More opportunities than ever before to earn Bonus Box Tops for our
school! Every month, Booster Club members can register for TWO
sweepstakes at www.boxtops4education.com .
The Clip sweepstakes are sponsored
by your favorite Box Tops brands. Winning schools are automatically
credited with Bonus Box Tops. The Marketplace sweepstakes are brought to
you by familiar Box Tops Marketplace online stores. If your name is
selected, Lab wins Bonus Box Tops from our sponsor merchant.
Log in to boxtops4education.com each month to register for another
chance to win. Then check to see if you're one of the lucky winners!
Play the Big Dough Giveaway by squeezing out the Toaster Strudel icing
orlooking under the lid of the Dunkables syrup cups to find out if you
win the Grand Prize of $10,000 in cash and $10,000 in Box Tops for our
school. Or play for your chance to win one of hundreds of other cash
prizes.Toaster Strudel and Dunkables brands are partners of the Box Tops
for Education program. Clip the Box Tops coupon from every Toaster
Strudel(tm) and Dunkables® package and send it to school. Each Box Top
is worth 10¢ and that adds up fast!
From record breaking fund-raisers to increased attendance at events, 2005 proved to be an exciting year.
It's all recorded at the PA website.
PA Increasing the Flow of
Communication - Many parents were in attendance at the November PA meeting to hear Director Magill’s talk on teacher
evaluations and tenure at the Laboratory Schools. *** On October 31, we sent in 3500 Box Tops which will
translate into $350 to the Lab PA.
A near capacity crowd turned
out to hear Ronnie Cohen-Sandler, Phd., give her talk on “Stressed-Out Girls”. Dr. Cohen-Sadler talked about the sources
of stress, how stress harms girls and “do’s and don’ts” for parents. *** Lab Celebrates Hispanic Heritage - As
part of Hispanic Heritage month, Lower and Middle school students enjoyed traditional ceremonial Aztec dances performed
by Nahui Ollin, on Friday October 7th in Upper Kovler gymnasium. *** Bizaarnival a great success - There was
great fall weather for the festivities of this year’s Bizaarnival, Halloween carnival fall celebration, sponsored by the HS
students.
Innisbrook PA fundraiser is back
- The Parents' Association has elected to re-instate the Innisbrook wrapping paper fundraiser. Proceeds benefit the
Parents' Association fund for the school.
The Best Ever" - Rites of May
2005 - This year's Saturday International Fesitval welcomed more than 800 visitors.
Box Tops For Education -
Thanks to all parents and students who continue to clip and save Box Tops for our school. We submitted 3,400 Box Tops,
plus two bonus coupons and raised $341 for Lab.
Celebrating African-American
Heritage - On March 31st, Muntu Dance Theatre of Chicago performed for the Middle School, Lower School and
Nursery/Kindergarten afternoon classes. *** Connections 2005 such a tremendous success! This year's proceeds
to benefit the Lab Professional Development Endowment will exceed $200,000 thanks to the generosity of so many Lab families,
faculty and staff.
Parents Make a Difference at
Science Expo 2005-Parents in large numbers answered Science teacher Diane Snider’s call for volunteers to work behind the
scenes at the 2005 Science Expo. *** A Perennial Favorite Returns - Gym Show 2005
Children’s Peace Art Project on
display at Rockefeller Chapel on Martin Luther King Day -More than 300 Lab School students made Peace Doves.
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