February 1, 2012
Dear Parents,
Valentine’s Day is not far off and prior to your shopping for this day, I am taking this opportunity to remind you of the guidelines in our Parent Handbook regarding Valentine’s and treats:
“Please do not attach any treats on Valentine’s cards (i.e. candy bars, etc.), due to the possibility of a child with a deadly peanut/nut/food allergy receiving the items. Valentine’s with candy attached will not be permitted in any classroom.” We want this day to be special for all students by keeping everyone safe and we do not want to disappoint any child who may bring items to school to give out and then is not permitted to do so.
The PTA will be providing the students with cupcakes and a Capri Sun during the party. The cupcakes are from * Whole Foods Market in Naperville. The ingredients are as follows for the cupcakes: vanilla cupcakes contain eggs, milk, soy and wheat, sugar, enriched wheat flour, dry egg whites, palm oil, leavening, dextrose, modified food starch, dry egg yolk, natural flavor, salt, non-fat milk solids, sorbitan monostearate, soy lechithin, soybean oil, cellulose gum, xanthan gum, water, and canola oil. The orange frosting consists of powdered sugar, palm oil shortening, unsalted butter, vanilla extract, sea salt and annatto (natural plant based food color).
If your child is unable to have the treat provided because of allergies, please send the school nurse a note informing us of this no later than Friday, February 10th. You are asked to provide your child with a treat that he/she can have if they have allergies to the cupcakes being served.
Finally, alternative activities will be planned for children whose families choose not to participate in this event beginning at 2:30 p.m. Please contact Mr. Raczak through email in order that appropriate activities can be arranged. His email is: mike_raczak@ipsd.org.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Michael Raczak
Principal
*The May Watts PTA would like to thank Whole Foods for partnering with the PTA. Whole Foods offered a tremendous price break in order to provide our children with a healthier, more natural and delectable party treat.
