The Beagle Dash is Just One Week Away! We are off to a terrific start, we are already 35% of our way to our big goal of raising $30,000! The PTO is excited to announce our top big reward is an All School Slime Day!

You can still register and start raising money with just a few clicks. If 65% of students register by Monday, October 7th we will celebrate with special playground fun including bubbles, chalk and a GAGA PIT!

This Monday is mis-match dress-up day! Because we met our first goal of having 50% of the students registered by the end of the day on October 1.

The full list of fundraising goals can be found below.

Can you help? We have lots of volunteer needs (full details below):

The Beagle Dash - Cheer your students on while volunteering on Thursday. Sign-up here. We still need many volunteers.
Lake Bluff Beautification and 1000 Red Tulips for 100 Years. Volunteer this Sunday or Saturday, October 26.
Parent Teacher Conferences Buffet Assistance: Conferences are just around the corner (October 17th & 18th) and the PTO is looking for volunteers to help set up and take down snack tables for the staff.

Photos To Share?

Do you have photos from any of our school events? Please take a moment and email them to LakeBluffYearbook@gmail.com.

Thank You

The International Walk & Roll to School was certainly the best morning of the year thanks to the SHS band's exhilarating performance! It was great to see so many families enjoying the fun. Thank you, Sara Schooley, for organizing another great celebration.

Please get in touch with PTO President Tracy Yothsackda with any questions. Together, we are the Lake Buff community!

One Week Left To Raise Funds For Our School! You Can Still Register and Raise Funds That Benefit Lake Bluff!

The Beagle Dash is Thursday! We have one week left to raise funds that benefit every student at Lake Bluff!

Way to go, Lake Bluff Families, students earned their first reward - Mismatch Day on Monday!

If 65% of the students register by October 7, the students will enjoy several days of special playground fun that includes bubbles, chalk, and a GAGA PIT!

We are 35% of our way to our BIG goal of earning $30,000 for our school and an ALL School Slime Day!

Fundraising Goals:

$22,000 - After School Popcorn Party with DJ!

$25,000 - All students receive a free yearbook!

$28,000 - The student coordinated composting returns! (PTO pays the cost)

$30,000 - All School Slime Day!

It's a bonus individual prize weekend too. Individual prizes will be distributed after school on 10/25. Register Now!

The goal of the fun run is to raise funds that will allow us to continue to provide and expand enrichment opportunities that strengthen our school community. All the Beagle Dash details are found on our website.

Every registration and every donation matters!

Mismatch Dress-Up Day This Monday, It's a Beagle Dash Reward!

Thank you for registering your students for the Beagle Dash! The student's earned a a Mismatch Dress-up Day, this Monday! Students can dress in their wildest colors, patterns and/or materials this Monday.

If 65%of the students register by this Monday, they earn a fun week of special playground activities including bubbles, chalk and a GAGA Pit!

Beagle Dash Volunteers Needed - Volunteer When Your Student Runs, Thursday, October 10

We have lots of open volunteer shifts for Thursday. We need your help! In addition to registering and helping to raise funds, we need volunteers for various tasks including cheering on the students on the day of the run. Sign up to cheer during your child’s class or another class. Would you like to volunteer? You can sign up by clicking here!

Most importantly, you need to be a registered volunteer with the District in order to help at Lake Bluff. Please fill out the form HERE.

Lake Bluff Beautification - Volunteer to Plant & Clean-up the Grounds This Sunday

Join us to get the Lake Bluff garden beds full of tulips for the Spring!

In honor of the 100 year anniversary of Lake Bluff, the PTO will be planting 1000 red tulips in the garden beds. Come help dig, plant, and be part of a beautiful commemoration!

Choose between Two Dates or join us for both!

With this unseasonably warm weather, we don't want to risk planting the bulbs too early, so this Sunday (10/6) from 12-2pm is a beautification day including one planting project. There will still be planting as we have plants arriving to plant in the triangle planters by the front doors (yay!) and we can also do some weeding and trash pick-up.
We will focus all our tulip-planting efforts on the second date, Saturday, October 26th from 9-11am.

Please click here to let us know if you will be attending and how many will be joining you. Students are welcome, but must be accompanied by an adult (this is not a drop-off event).

Equipment will be available, but please bring your own gloves and garden shovels if you have them.

Parent Teacher Conferences Snack Buffet - Volunteers Needed to Help Set-up and Clean-Up

The PTO is proud to provide the bountiful snack buffet for staff during Fall Parent Teacher Conferences on October 17th and 18th. This is possible due to your generosity at our fundraisers.

Volunteers are needed to help set up the snack tables in the morning and take them down in the afternoon. Help show our appreciation to our amazing Lake Bluff Staff!

The Yearbook Needs Your Photos!

Do you have photos from any of our school events - First Day, 100th celebration, Walk & Roll to School, Beautification, Playground time, etc?

Please take a moment and email them to LakeBluffYearbook@gmail.com.

Have you registered for the School Directory?

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.

How the PTO Supports the Lake Bluff Community

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
Planned and Hosted the 100th celebration!
Hosted Walk & Roll to School Celebration