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Tuesday, May 2, 2023
Parade of Books 2023!
Hooray, it's time for our 9th Annual Parade of Books, our first parade since COVID-19!
How exciting and wonderful!
This year's parade, in which children dress up as their favorite book characters and carry the book to match or create wearable book covers, will be held on Friday, May 19th and grades K through 3 will be participating. (Hints for homemade costumes here.) All students in these grade levels are expected to participate.
You are welcome to watch the parade outside on the Stone playground at 2:00 (in case of rain, the parade will be held inside the school). Bring little brothers and sisters to cheer, and don't forget the camera! This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate Stone as a community of readers, and to create home-school connections. We still are asking that costumes should be book related, and that each student carry a book related to the costume they are wearing. Chefs can carry cookbooks, Cleopatra can carry a book about ancient Egypt, baseball players can carry sport biographies, for just a few examples...and for more inspiration, check out some costumes from parades past here, or some ambitious online costume leads here and here!
So! Checklist for K-3 parents on May 19th:
* Please send your child to school with the book-related costume (or poster) in a bag, to be changed into (or carried) in the afternoon. Please keep it simple. Mark all belongings with name and room number.
* Please send your child to school with the corresponding book to carry in the parade.
* Cheer and take pictures on the school playground at 2:00, if you are available. If you are not available, we love you just the same, and we'll take pictures.
A gentle reminder: This should not be a recycling of scary or licensed character-inspired Halloween costumes. Children should not wear masks (which also present a safety challenge when small children march), any horror themes involving blood (zombies or vampires), or television characters/video game characters that were cartoons before they were books. The rule is that the character should have been in a book before a television show or movie! As far as books to carry, there are some resources available in our school library and your child's classroom library, but this is also a perfect opportunity to visit the Chicago Public Library.
Additionally, we ask that parents please do not follow children back into the school after the parade, as this presents security issues. Thank you for your support and cooperation! Can't wait to see what our creative community comes up with this year...every year has been so full of amazing surprises!
You are welcome to watch the parade outside on the Stone playground at 2:00 (in case of rain, the parade will be held inside the school). Bring little brothers and sisters to cheer, and don't forget the camera! This is a great opportunity for us to celebrate Stone as a community of readers, and to create home-school connections. We still are asking that costumes should be book related, and that each student carry a book related to the costume they are wearing. Chefs can carry cookbooks, Cleopatra can carry a book about ancient Egypt, baseball players can carry sport biographies, for just a few examples...and for more inspiration, check out some costumes from parades past here, or some ambitious online costume leads here and here!
So! Checklist for K-3 parents on May 19th:
* Please send your child to school with the book-related costume (or poster) in a bag, to be changed into (or carried) in the afternoon. Please keep it simple. Mark all belongings with name and room number.
* Please send your child to school with the corresponding book to carry in the parade.
* Cheer and take pictures on the school playground at 2:00, if you are available. If you are not available, we love you just the same, and we'll take pictures.
A gentle reminder: This should not be a recycling of scary or licensed character-inspired Halloween costumes. Children should not wear masks (which also present a safety challenge when small children march), any horror themes involving blood (zombies or vampires), or television characters/video game characters that were cartoons before they were books. The rule is that the character should have been in a book before a television show or movie! As far as books to carry, there are some resources available in our school library and your child's classroom library, but this is also a perfect opportunity to visit the Chicago Public Library.
Additionally, we ask that parents please do not follow children back into the school after the parade, as this presents security issues. Thank you for your support and cooperation! Can't wait to see what our creative community comes up with this year...every year has been so full of amazing surprises!
Ms. Demonte sporting stripes a la A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.
Here are some examples of costumes from years past!
Can't wait to see our creativity and love of reading SHINE!
Friday, January 27, 2023
Author Visit with Akim Aliu!
On Friday, February 10th Our middle schoolers will enjoy an author visit with author and NHL star Akim Aliu and co-author Greg Anderson Elysee!
Akim Aliu — also known as "Dreamer" —
is a Nigerian born, Ukrainian Canadian professional hockey player whose career took him all around the world and who experienced systemic racism at everyone turn. This graphic novel tells Akim's incredible story, from being the only black child in his Ukrainian school, to having his teeth bashed in by a racist teammate in the Ontario junior league. A gut-wrenching and riveting graphic novel memoir that reminds us to never stop dreaming and working toward our goals no matter what obstacles we encounter.
This visit is brought to us through the generous support of our friends at The Book Stall. Independent booksellers support Stone Academy...let's support our wonderful independent booksellers!
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