Lake Bluff is turning 100! On September 8, 1924, Lake Bluff School welcomed its first students. 

To commemorate this moment in history, we are throwing a party on Saturday, September 21! Join us by the playground from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm for more fun, including:

• Immy's African Cuisine and Musa Ice Cream Food Truck
• Cupcakes
• Face Painting
• Bubbles & Dancing
• A visit from a Milwaukee Brewer's Racing Sausage
• Yard Games and more!

Additionally, stop by between 10:00 am and 1:00 pm for a self-guided building tour hosted by the Shorewood Historical Society. Retired Lake Bluff staff and historical society members will be on hand to highlight various historical details within the building. Copies of Ben Tyjeski's beautiful new book, "The Lake Bluff Story in Art Tiles," will be available for purchase.

Volunteers are needed to make this event a success! Visit our Lake Bluff 100 webpage for more information.

The Second Annual Beagle Dash is open for registration. Please take a moment and register your student now. Look for more information in your student's backpack on Friday.  Additional details can be found on the Pro website too. 

WHO:  All students will run/walk/dance for 30 minutes during school hours. The event is accessible for all students and everyone succeeds!  

WHAT: The Second Annual Fun Run, The Beagle Dash is a fundraiser that benefits our school community.

WHERE: Lake Bluff School on the field in a designated area during the school day for 30 minutes.

HOW: Funds will be collected via your child’s online fundraising page. Details will be shared soon. There is a 10 day official fundraising period that culminates in the 30 minute run at school. Again, all students succeed.   

Parents will receive information via flyers in their children’s backpacks, the weekly Beagle Bulletin sent by Principal French, the PTO Newsletter and the PTO website.

Any fundraising prizes will be distributed after-school by the end of October.

How To Register:  Go to MyBooster. Register as parent and then it prompts to pick school and add child's name and classroom. Look for an email from Booster with a link to your childs page.    If you registered last year, you can just log-in using the same link and register your child again for this year. 

WHEN:  The run is October 10. The official fundraising period runs October 1 - October 10.  All families are asked to consider participating by signing up for an online pledge page starting September 17 and collecting donations.  

WHY:  The goal of the Beagle Dash is to raise funds that will allow us to continue to provide and expand enrichment opportunities that strengthen our school community.  Funds raised last year were used to finance The All School Read, Math Game Night, Family Movie Night, yearbooks for every student, over $7,500 for staff led educational grants that directly impact students, Artist in Residence, New Family Popsicle Social, Welcome Breakfast for Staff, and so much more. 

The goal of the Beagle Dash is to replace a number of our smaller fundraisers and eventually all of our fundraisers. Atwater Elementary has successfully held this event for 6 years. 

Fundraising Goals:

$22,000 - After School Popcorn & Music Party 

$26,000 - Yearbooks for all Students! 

$28,000 -  Composting Returns! 

+ Registration Incentives

Would you like to volunteer? You can sign up by clicking here!

School picture day is Thursday, September 26. Your students brought home an order form last week. A digital order form can also be found here: 

https://AccessMyEvent.com/RM7S56

Please join us outside on the front lawn after drop off on Thursday, September 26th for our first PTO meeting of the year. All parents and caregivers are automatically members. Principal French will be there too!

We will be discussing Walk to School Day, the Beagle Dash, where our fundraising money is spent, and all the ways you can get involved with the PTO. We hope to see you there!

Lake Bluff will be celebrating International Walk and Roll to School Day the morning of October 2nd! This event celebrates walking, biking, and rolling in Shorewood and in the community. This year, the SHS band will help us celebrate our walkable community.

There are many ways to participate, including:

• Walking, biking, or rolling (scooting, using a mobility device, skating, etc.) to school 

• Biking with your child on their own or with a trail-a-bike

• Parking a few blocks away from the school and walking the rest of the way

We also need volunteers to help us plan and run the event! Please sign up to help hang up banners, hand out pencils, or help at the selfie stations- https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AA5AF29A1F5CF8-51290830-lake

Email Sara at sschoole@gmail.com with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Please take a moment to go to the PTO Website, www.LakeBluffBeagle.com. Within five minutes and a few clicks, you can update your child's information in the PTO/School Directory, pay your annual contribution to the teacher/staff gift fund, review the volunteer opportunities, and more. Please be sure to select this year's teacher for each student to receive class-specific communications.

The Lake Bluff Directory is the only place to find the names and contact information of Lake Bluff students. It serves as the school directory. Also, by updating/inputting your information, the PTO can send occasional emails regarding upcoming events.

Download the free Membership Toolkit companion app for mobile access to the website.

The yearbook committee is looking for 1-2 new volunteers this year to take photos and help with layout. Ideally, learning the ropes to take over for next year since it's the current chair's last year.  Please contact PTO President Tracy Yothsackda.

It's the PTO's mission to foster the Lake Bluff through community events and supporting the wonderful staff. The PTO raises money to support a wide array of programming for the Lake Bluff Community. What do we spend it on? 

To date in the 2024-25 school year, your PTO has:

• Free Little Libraries installed and filled. (One FLL was donated by the 2023 6th grade class and the other was donated by the PTO in conjunction with the All School Read)
• Hosted the New Families Popsicle Social for over 240 people and gifts for new families
• Hosted Back to School Breakfast for all staff
• Provided mini-grants to all teachers to help underwrite the out-of-pocket beginning-of-the-year costs
• Beautification and cleanup of the Lake Bluff grounds
• Hosted our Welcome Back Coffee
• Busy planning the 100th celebration!

Please take a few minutes to look at the list of volunteer opportunities. We have something for everyone's interest, time limits and talents.

The 100th Anniversary Celebration needs your help. Please consider signing up for a short shift. Sign-up here.

Volunteer to help on the morning pf October 2 as we celebrate Walk to School Day.

Additionally there are a number of volunteer opportunities including helping with Conference Snacks for Staff, Picture Day, the Fun Run and more.  Sign-up here.