WHITTIER PTO

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SPICY THAI CURRIES

SIDE ORDERS

Served with steamed white rice. $1 extra for brown rice.

STEAMED RICE..................................................2.00 BROWN RICE.....................................................2.50 STEAMED RICE NOODLES.................................2.50 PAN -FRIED NOODLES.......................................2.50 PEANUT SAUCE.................................................2.00 STEAMED MIXED VEGETABLES.........................3.95 EXTRA VEGETABLES, INGREDIENTS OR TOFU...1.50 EXTRA CHICKEN OR PORK.................................2.00 EXTRA SHRIMP OR BEEF...................................3.00

Panang curry is a red curry with coconut milk, red and green bell peppers and basil leaves

MASSAMUN X

Traditional Thai yellow curry with coconut milk, potatoes, roasted peanuts and onions

RED CURRY XX

Thai red curry with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, baby corn, green beans, red and green bell peppers and basil leaves

GREEN CURRY XX

Thai green curry with coconut milk, bamboo shoots, baby corn, green beans, red and green bell peppers and basil leaves

NOODLES TOFU, VEGETABLES, CHICKEN, PORK OR BEEF 8.95 SHRIMP 10.95 PAD THAI

DRINKS THAI ICE TEA.....................................................3.00 THAI ICE COFFEE...............................................3.00 COKE, DIET COKE, SPRITE OR ORANGE SODA...1.50 BOTTLED WATER...............................................1.00

Stir-fried wide rice noodles with broccoli, carrots and scrambled egg in sweet flavor sauce

LARD NAR

Wide rice noodles with broccoli and carrots in gravy sauce

PAD KI MAO X

DELIVERY AREA

Stir-fried wide rice noodles with scrambled egg, cabbage, carrots, peapods, bamboo shoots, bean sprouts, baby corn and basil leaves

ROOSEVELT ROAD

PAD WOON SEN

Stir-fried clear glass noodles with scrambled egg, onions, cabbage, carrots, peapods, broccoli and bean sprouts

PANANG NOODLES XX

Pan-fried noodles topped with choice of meat in Panang curry sauce with red and green bell peppers and basil leaves

CASHEW NOODLES X

Pan-fried noodles topped with mushrooms, red and green bell peppers, onions, carrots, peapods and cashew nuts in chili paste sauce

PEANUT SAUCE NOODLES

Pan-fried noodles topped with creamy peanut sauce, carrot and broccoli

PHONE 708-445-1700 FAX 708-445-1701 www.THAIOAKPARKEXPRESS.com

HOURS Lunch 11:30 pm to 3:00 pm Dinner 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm

NORTH AVENUE THATCHER AVENUE

PAD SE-EW

250 Chicago Avenue Oak Park, IL 60302

TUESDAY thru FRIDAY

Thin rice noodles with scrambled egg, bean sprouts, green onion and ground peanuts stir-fried in a light tamarind sauce

AUSTIN AVENUE

TOFU, VEGETABLES, CHICKEN OR PORK 9.95 BEEF 10.95 SHRIMP 11.95 PANANG XX

• All dishes can be prepared mild, medium X

or extra spicy XX

• MSG is not used in any of our dishes • Corn oil is used • Prices are subject to change without notice • All dishes can be prepared to suit your personal taste within reason and our recommendation • Delivery charge start at $3.00 depending on your location (please ask our staff for more information)

SATURDAY & SUNDAY

Dinner 4:30 pm to 9:00 pm DINE-IN • CARRY-OUT DELIVERY • CATERING

APPETIZERS SATAY (4).................................................................6.95 Your choice of marinated Chicken or Tofu in yellow curry and coconut milk, grilled to perfection, accompanied with peanut sauce and cucumber salad

EGG ROLLS (2)........................................................4.95

THAI STYLE SALADS

ENTRÉES

CUCUMBER SALAD.................................................4.95

Served with steamed white rice. $1 extra for brown rice.

Fresh cucumber, red onion and tomato topped with our homemade sweet vinegar dressing

BEEF SALAD (YUM NUA) X....................................8.95

TOFU, VEGETABLES, CHICKEN OR PORK 9.95 BEEF 10.95 SHRIMP OR SQUID 11.95 CASHEW X

Chicken and vegetable egg rolls, served with sweet and sour sauce

Sliced grilled beef tossed in lemon juice and fish sauce dressing with chili powder, rice powder, red onion, scallion and cilantro, served with fresh vegetables

Stir-fried with onions, red and green bell peppers, mushrooms, carrots and scallions in our homemade Thai chili paste sauce, topped with cashew nuts

CRISPY VEGGIE ROLLS (4).......................................4.95

LARB X..................................................................7.95

GARLIC

Crispy rolls filled with glass noodles, cabbage and carrot, served with sweet & sour sauce

SPRING ROLLS (2)...................................................5.95 Soft Thai crepe rolls filled with tofu, cucumber, bean sprouts and egg topped, served with sweet plum sauce

CRISPY SHRIMP ROLLS (5)......................................6.95 Marinated shrimp wrapped in crispy rice paper, served with sweet and sour sauce

Ground chicken mixed in lemon juice, fish sauce dressing, chili powder, rice powder, red onion, scallion and cilantro, served with fresh vegetables

SHRIMP OR SQUID SALAD X..................................8.95 Shrimp or squid mixed with lemon juice, fish sauce dressing, chili paste, lemon grass, red onion, scallion and cilantro, served with fresh vegetables

CRAB RANGOON (6)................................................5.95

Stir-fried choice of meat in a garlic sauce

GINGER X

Stir-fried with onions, mushrooms, baby corn, ginger, red and green bell peppers, jalapeño peppers and scallions in a light ginger sauce

BASIL XX

Stir-fried with onions, bamboo shoots, green beans, mushrooms, red and green bell peppers, jalapeño peppers and basil leaves (Recommended with ground chicken for real Thai style)

POT STICKERS Chicken or Vegetables (6)......................5.95

HOUSE SPECIALS

PRIK KHING XX

Served with steamed white rice. $1 extra for brown rice.

SWEET & SOUR

EDAMAME..............................................................3.95

CHICKEN ONIONS X.............................................10.95

Crispy wonton filled with crabmeat, cream cheese, carrots and celery, served with sweet and sour sauce

Steamed or fried pot stickers, served with sweet and sour sauce Steamed soy beans, lightly salted

FRIED TOFU............................................................4.95 Fried tofu, served with sweet and sour sauce, topped with ground peanuts

TOFU, VEGETABLES, CHICKEN 4.50 TOM YUM

Stir-fried with onions, cucumbers, peapods, red and green bell peppers, tomatoes, carrots and pineapple in a sweet and sour sauce

THREE FLAVORS..................................................11.95

Stir-fried with carrots in light oyster sauce, topped with broccoli

KOONG JIEN X.....................................................12.95 SHRIMP 5.50

Hot and sour soup with mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and cilantro

TOM KHA X

Hot and sour soup with coconut milk, mushrooms, baby corn, bamboo shoots, onions and cilantro

TOFU & VEGETABLE SOUP......................................4.50 Tofu with assorted vegetables in clear broth

CHICKEN DUMPLING SOUP.....................................4.50 Chicken dumpling with green onions and cilantro in clear broth

CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP........................................4.50 Rice noodles with chicken, bean sprouts, onions and cilantro in clear broth

Lightly battered chicken sautéed with onions in our homemade sweet chili sauce

Lightly battered combination of chicken, pork, and beef sautéed in sweet & sour sauce with pineapple, carrots, mushrooms, onions, baby corn, bell peppers and cashew nuts

SOUPS

Stir-fried with onions, red and green bell peppers and green beans in a red curry sauce

Lightly battered shrimp sautéed with ginger in our homemade sweet chili sauce,served with steamed vegetables

SEAFOOD COMBINATION X..................................13.95 Stir-fried shrimp, squid, mussels and crabmeat in red curry with bamboo shoots, green beans, bell peppers, baby corn and basil leaves

FILLET OF TILAPIA................................................12.95 Your choice of sauce: A. Hot Sauce X - Green curry with green beans, red and green bell peppers and basil leaves B. Ginger Sauce - Ground chicken with onions, ginger, red and green bell peppers C. Tamarind Sweet Chili Sauce X - Red and green bell peppers topped with crispy basil

BROCCOLI

PEPPERS X

Stir-fried with onions, red and green bell peppers, baby corn, mushrooms and jalapeño peppers in a light oyster sauce

PEANUT SAUCE

Marinated meat with carrots topped with creamy peanut sauce, served on a bed of steamed broccoli

VEGETABLE DELUXE X

Stir-fried mixed vegetables in Thai chili paste sauce

FRIED RICE TOFU, VEGETABLES, CHICKEN, PORK OR BEEF 8.95 SHRIMP 9.95 THAI FRIED RICE

Stir-fried rice with eggs, onions and cilantro

CURRY FRIED RICE

Stir-fried rice in yellow curry with eggs, onions and cilantro

SPICY BASIL FRIED RICE XX

Stir-fried rice with eggs, hot peppers, bell peppers and basil leaves

IMPORTANT

UPDATE!

Upcoming Events!

WHITTIER WELCOME

REFUGEE PROJECT

FRIDAY DECEMBER 2,2016 6:00 — 9:00 PM

The Whittier School Community is invited to participate in a series of learning events and a spring service project focused on Welcoming New Refugee Arrivals to America. Parents Only Movie Night!

Last year, we successfully welcomed two refugee families and two individuals from Somalia, Syria, Ethiopia, and Burma to their new homes on the north side of Chicago. We hope to continue this project in the 2016-17 School Year.

Discussion with two former Lost Boys of Sudan followed by a screening of “the Good Lie”

Please mark your calendars for the exciting events scheduled for the year ahead! More details will be released regarding each of these opportunities for Whittier staff, parents, and students to get involved in a meaningful service learning project. We will be looking for volunteers to help out with all of these events. If you are inter-

FRIDAY JANUARY 13,2017 SCHOOL-DAY EVENT

Rotating Stations for All Students!

Whittier will host a Mock Refugee Camp - students will move through different stations to get a glimpse of the refugee experience

Following MLK, Jr. Day, the Whittier Community is invited to participate in our “Being a Good Neighbor” Refugee Welcome Pack Collection. This Spring we will welcome 3 refugee families to their new homes. More details forthcoming!

ested in finding ways to get involved, please email [email protected] .

In This Issue November 2016 PTO Updat e

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Fun Run

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Library News

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Green Team

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Harvest Dance

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WHITTIER ELEMENTARY 715 NORTH HARVEY OAK PARK, ILLINOIS 60302 708.524.3080 www.op97.org/ whit t ier

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Happy November, Whit t ier Famil ies! Har d to believe it is already November!

We need to start off this newsletter with the FUN RUN! It is so exciting to announce that you exceeded our goal of $14,000 by raising over $17,300!!!! Fantastic job! We are so proud of our scholars and families and the pride they have for our school. We couldn?t have asked for better weather! And the energy on the playground that morning at drop off was amazing! A huge thank you must go out to Mary Furman (her 6th year chairing the Fun Run), Elizabeth Cruz and Claire Schnizlein for organizing this event and to all of the parents who volunteered their time to make this event such a huge success! It just keeps getting better and better every year! And the All School Dance Party was a hit. Beautiful weather again and the kids really got into it and enjoyed their reward. And we also need to say thank you to Gayla Morales and Karen Doyle for organizing another fabulous Book Fair. It is always so much fun to watch the auditorium be transformed into our very own book store with such a fantastic selection of books for our teachers, kids and families.

Thank you to Natalie Ashton to organizing our Teacher/ Staff Conference Dinner. Thank you also to all of our parents who stepped forward to bring items to make this meal a success! Our hard working teachers deserve this extra little bit of pampering on these long days of conferences. There are a few dates we want you to mark in your calendar (in ink if you can :) ): Thursday, November 10t h - Pl ease join us f or l unch or dinner at Thai Express Oak Park restaurant at 250 Chicago Avenue. Thai Express Oak Park is co-owned by a Whittier Family and they have graciously offered to donate 20% of the sales for the day back to Whittier PTO. They will be open from 11:30 am -3:30 pm for lunch and 4:30-9:00 pm for dinner. Grab some lunch or dinner with Whittier friends and bring your family and neighbors! Who doesn?t want a night off from the kitchen? Sat urday, February 4t h - Make sure you join us f or our 2nd Annual Trivia Night at the 19th Century Club on Forest Ave. Last year?s inaugural event was a HUGE success with a lot of laughs and cutthroat competition. You will not want to miss this one! Our next t wo PTO Meet ings are Tuesday, November 1st and Tuesday, December 6t h at 7 pm in the Community Room. All our welcome. Cannot take a meeting but want to be in the know? You can catch the meeting minutes to every meeting on our Whittier PTO website. Be sure to regularly check our website for new information, calendar items and updates in between these newsletters and Like our Facebook page to get updates on current events and school happenings. Enjoy your November and the beginning of the holiday season. We are grateful for our teachers, staff and all of you in our Whittier Community. Kate Haarvei and Amy Soumar PTO Co-Presidents

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Thank you f or making t he Fun Run a Smashing Success! Way to go, Whittier Wildcats! We had a very successful Fun Run this year, having far surpassed our goal of $14,000. We are still adding, but so far, together we raised $17,300+? exceeding the goal by more than 24% ! WOW! These funds support programs like Homework Helpers, ACES and Opera for the Young; field trip bus trips; library support and community events like all-school picnics. Really outstanding! Because we reached our all-school goal, the kids got to have a dance party on the blacktop on a beautiful October afternoon on Friday, October 14. A kid favorite is the limousine lunch prize with Principal Warner. Because the Fun Run did so well, we added a third limousine lunch. Congrats to all 15 kids that won spots! Other prizes included Whittier Wear, Geppetto's Toy Box and Lively Running gift cards. Special thanks to the local businesses that donated items for the Fun Run - Sugar Beet Co-Op (bananas), Geppetto's Toy Box (gift cards) and Lively Running (gift card, running socks and hair ties). Thank you to the parent volunteers who helped out at the Fun Run, handing out food, taking pictures, and helping coordinate classrooms. A very special thanks to the PTO members who stayed all day at the Fun Run, including Mary Furman, Elizabeth Cruz, Claire Schnizlein, Kristen Alfonsi, Stephanie Thomas and Terri McConville. Great job, everyone!

Some int erest ing st at s: 11 cl assrooms met t heir cl assroom goal , earning t heir cl ass some f unds t oward recess pl ay t hings Team Druckmil l er was t he t op cl assroom, earning 224% of t heir cl ass goal t hat 's more t han doubl e! More t han $6K of t he pl edges came f rom out side Oak Park ? t hanks f or asking f riends and f amil y! 19 kids raised more t han $200 each

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Dear Whittier Families,

The campaign is underway! And not the one you?re thinking of? this one is much more important! Scaredy Squirrel and Bad Kitty have been furiously campaigning for votes in our all-school election. We?ve been reading the candidates?books, developing platforms and slogans, and creating campaign posters. Some classrooms have become Campaign Managers for either Team Kitty or Team Squirrel and have been putting together some exciting materials. We?ll be voting on November 7th? stay tuned to see who our winner is! We had a wonderful author visit from Jon Agee earlier this year! He spoke to kindergartners, first and second graders and drew us some incredible pictures. Mr. Agee writes and illustrates distinctive picture books about dogs, magicians, and a retired kid, among other many things. His newest book, Lion Lessons, is hilarious! Mr. Agee gave us a drawing demo and answered students? questions, then autographed books. Many thanks to the Magic Tree Bookstore for giving us the opportunity to meet this fantastic author! The kids loved it! The October Book Fair was a big success this year. The money raised by the book fair goes to support the school and the library so we greatly appreciate your support. The PTO generously donated many new books to the Whittier Library? everything from Lego Knights and Castles to Grumpy Cat: A Grumpy Book! We?re so lucky to have an active PTO that helps support our school through these fun programs. Our birthday books program is also up and running? in honor of your child's birthday or other special event, you may adopt a book for our library. Please feel free to contact me if you?re interested in participating and, as always, visit our library website at www.op97.org/ whittier/ mediacenter/ . Happy reading! Laurie Conley Whittier Teacher Librarian [email protected]

Did you know? If you t ake pict ures at a school event , you can upl oad t hem direct l y t o t he PTO f or use in t he Greenl eaf , Yearbook, t he PTO websit e, and on social media. Just go t o www.t inyurl .com/ whit t ierpix t o upl oad. Don?t have t he l ink handy? You can al ways f ind access t o submit phot os t hrough t he Whit t ier PTO websit e, under ?News & Event s,? and at t he bot t om of t he Tuesday Newsday Digit al Backpack email s.

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Service Day Thank you to all who participated in the Fall Garden Service Day on Sunday, October 16. A lot was accomplished to help put the outdoor spaces to rest for the winter and prepare for next Spring. In the Greenleaf Garden, many volunteers helped to weed, clean out the garden planting areas, put away trellises, spread LOTS of compost, and expand the teepee garden for the Spring. In the Courtyard, volunteers helped clean up and weed. In the front of the building, volunteers helped to move several plants and grasses to beautify the front of the school. Thanks Whittier families!

Did you know? Because Whit t ier part icipat es in t he Vil l age?s Compost Abl e program, it is ent it l ed t o FREE f inished compost f rom t he Vil l age. The Vil l age kindl y dropped of f 3 cubic yards of compost f or Whit t ier, which was used t o enrich t he soil in t he pl ant ing areas in t he Greenl eaf Garden. This compost st art ed out as f ood scraps and yard wast e f rom Oak Park?s 1,074 part icipat ing househol ds, 11 school s, 9 churches, 2 Park Dist rict f acil it ies, OPRF Food Pant ry and Farmers Market of Oak Park, which were t hen t aken t o t he Land and Lakes compost ing f acil it y in Romeovil l e, where it compl et es it s decomposit ion process t o become f inished compost t hat is avail abl e t o t he program part icipant s. What a great benef it of f ered by t he Vil l age f or t he Oak Park communit y! To l earn more about t he Vil l age?s Compost Abl e program, visit ht t p:/ / www.oak-park.us/ vil l age-services/ ref use-recycl ing/ compost abl e-program And t o l earn more about ot her recycl ing opport unit ies, check out t he Vil l age?s ?Beyond t he Bin? f l yer at ht t p:/ / www.oak-park.us/ sit es/ def aul t / f il es/ 2016_recycl ing_ resource_guide_f inal .pdf

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