The Harper PTO requests that families contribute to the 2022-2023 Holiday Teacher / Staff Gift Fund! This is the third year where the PTO is collecting money and distributing gifts evenly among ALL Harper staff. You will NOT be asked to donate to a teacher holiday gift fund by your room parents. Please note, this fund is exclusively for holiday gifts and does NOT include end of year gifts, which are at the discretion of individual families.
Back to School Checklist
Hopefully back-to-school will feel a little less overwhelming with this handy checklist:
✔ Want a refresher on all things Harper-related? Check out our Harper Decoder.
✔ Looking for the school supply list? Find it here.
✔ Complete your Membership Toolkit Directory registration to gain access to the online directory and class lists, and to join the PTO. Your membership fee helps to support the PTO’s purpose to serve the parents, students and staff. You will also be able to make a donation to the Harper iGNITE Fund, purchase birthday books, and contribute to Teacher/Staff Gifts through the Membership Toolkit Store.
✔ Donate to Ignite to sponsor your child’s enrichment, support teachers, maintain outdoor classroom areas, fund crossing guards and more.
✔ Contribute to the Teacher Holiday Gift Fund for your child’s teacher and building staff
✔ Commemorate your child’s birthday by purchasing a birthday book for the Harper Library
✔ Order your 2022-2023 Harper yearbook.
✔ Don’t forget to visit the Harper home page for your school-related back-to-school checklist including school and lunch fees, payments and medical forms.
✔ Harper Spiritwear is here. Click here to order.
✔ 2022-2023 SCHOOL YEAR: Check out the wide variety of After School Clubs at Harper, coordinated by the Wilmette Park District. View schedule and register here.
✔ Don’t forget to visit the Harper home page for your school-related back-to-school checklist including school and lunch fees, payments and medical forms.
Important Dates
August 20, 2020
iPad/Chromebook pick-up
August 24, 2020
Class placements emailed to families
Teacher Institute Day
August 25, 2020
Class placements emailed to families
Teacher Institute Day
August 26, 2020
Class placements emailed to families
Teacher Institute Day
August 27, 2020
Class placements emailed to families
Teacher Institute Day
August 28, 2020
Class placements emailed to families
Teacher Institute Day
August 31, 2020
1st Day of School (Remote Instruction)
September 3, 2020
Elementary Virtual Curriculum Night
September 7, 2020
Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
September 28, 2020
Yom Kippur (NO SCHOOL)
Room Parents
Volunteer to be a liaison for your child’s classroom teacher! Please email the Room Parent Chairs at roomparents@harperpto.com for more information.
Community Review Committee
We are looking for one more parent volunteer to represent Harper on this important district-wide committee.The mission of the CRC is to research and advise the Board of Education on specific topics that will lead to improvements in teaching & learning. This year, the CRC will also participate in the strategic planning process for the district. The committee meets monthly from 7:00-8:30pm. If interested, contact Emily Primosch at ptopresident@harperpto.com.
Ignite Tax Letter
Thanks for supporting iGNITE. Your annual contribution to IGNITE Enrichment Fund pays for museum admissions, theater tickets, buses for field trips, crossing guards and all the other extras that help make Harper a great school. Harper enrichment activities are made possible because of generous donations from people like you.
Once again, thank you for supporting IGNITE enrichment programs. Your tax donation letter can be found here.
Still need to make your iGNITE donation? Click here to contribute.
