Kudos to Chris Carvell, Melissa Jakstas, Oner Medrano, and Matt Shannon for all you do for Stanton
Track---including being there Monday night after the rainy meet until at least 8:30 PM to follow up after
the meet. The kids are lucky to have you!
-From Heather

Thank you to Becky Vedder and Theresa Kovach for sharing their Chromebook carts so our students
could take the iReady diagnostic together!

-From The Second Grade Team

Awesome job to everyone who was involved with the 5th grade thank you book for the Historical
Society! I have it on good authority that everyone LOVED it and really appreciated all the work that
went into putting it together!

and

THANK YOU to Rachelle Peters for running back to Stanton (twice) to print out heat sheets during
our track meet Monday... you are a lifesaver!

and

HUGE thank you to Jill Becmer, Betty Cwiak, Michele Burgess and Kendra Smeigh for helping to keep
our meet running smooth at the finish line despite the rain... you ladies are troopers!

-From Melissa Jakstas

Thank you to everyone who had anything at all to do with Kindergarten Registration on Wednesday!

Amber Mysliwiec, Cari Miller, Fiona Wisniewski, Alana Carlson, Sami Harshaw, Samantha
Rusciolelli, Nicole Mild, Tardio Tardio, Brittany Mason, Abbey Vraney, Paula Kvacik,
Kristine Gumm, Colleen Robinson, Tyler Lam, Michelle Magness, Sue Pinkawa, Linda
Rasmussen, Natalie Udstuden, and Matt Peters.

To Karen Brnot for making sure the NJHS night at Culver’s happened! The kids raising $500 for
Feed My Starving Children is an amazing testament to the power of service!
-From Heather

A huge thank you to Joseph Fernandez, for helping me communicate with a parent.

-From Sue Kartman

Huge, gigantic, immense thank you to everyone who helped the drama club! I literally would not have
been able to do it without each and every one of you. Thank you to those who helped on our club
days, those who helped with sets and costumes, those who did crowd control with the kiddos when I
was working with a group, and those supporting each child who got up on that stage.

and

A special shout out to Laurie for being at both performances with the kids, keeping them calm and
ready to go and to Paige for taking my kids on the morning of the show and at the end of the day on
Mondays and Thursdays so I could set up.

A million thanks to everyone!!

-From Kally Kibitlewski

Thank YOU, Kally, for all your efforts and making this happen for our Lotus students!!!!

A huge thank you goes out to David Roat, Rachelle Peters, Norm Fischer and Natalie Miller for
helping out this year at the 2019 Stanton School's Variety Show. The students had a successful show
and I thank you for your work and participation in making it happen.

-From Walter Nickles

Thank you Cheryl Schuck for an awesome staff Easter egg hunt! It was so nice for my girl to get to
see some new faces and everyone really had a wonderful time!

-From Samantha Rusciolelli

Thank you to Cheryl Schuck for making the staff Easter Egg Hunt happen! This is so special and such
a testament to your wonderful-ness! Take a peek at all the D114 babies who were part of the day…

From Your D114 Family

When you have a kudo to share for someone, please just email me and I'll include it here!
The goal is to create system celebrations--so your input is truly welcome!

Business Office Updates

2019-20 Open Enrollment

Please remember that, as part of our NIHIP membership, open enrollment for next school
year will be happening this MAY. It will be your only chance (outside a change of life situation)
to determine/change your coverage. Maddie will be sending out information--including the
new rates--this week so you have plenty time to review all the details. NIHIP will be onsite at
Lotus on May 8 and at Stanton on May 15 (during early release) to help everyone complete
the online process and to answer any and all questions.

Curriculum Updates

AIMSWeb progress monitoring--remains in place for all students who have this as part of
their plan/data collection.

Math

This week in Ready Math! :)

No Time on Task data or Proficiency data because all students were testing last week.

When we meet the 80% pass rate goal, we’ll do a yummy dessert bar!!!

SEL

This week in Second Step! :)

Applications are now being accepted for 2019-2020 IEA Score Grants!

Applications are due July 15, 2019

For more information, visit: https://ieanea.org/score/

Voting for the TRS 2019 Teacher Trustee Election is open now through May 1, 2019 at 10
a.m.

Click HERE for more information and a link to your TRS account to vote.

The IL House and Senate are on Spring Break until Monday, April 30th; both are scheduled
to remain in session through May 31st.

Melissa Jakstas, President

Maureen DeVoss, Vice President for Certified Staff

Chris Brown, Vice President for Non-Certified Staff

Katy Gardner, Treasurer

Betty Cwiak, Secretary

Cathy Jawnyj, Region Representative

Kendra Smeigh, Stanton School Representative

Tiffany Tardio, Lotus School Representative

The D114 April Hydration Challenge is in its final days!

We've received some great feedback about the challenge regarding what employees have
learned about their personal hydration habits. Don't forget to return your RAFFLE TICKETS
for the $20 gift card to Melissa Jakstas by Friday, May 3rd. You may turn in a hard (paper) copy
of raffle tickets or "make a copy" to type your name into the raffle tickets you earned, and
share them.

Salad Bar Potluck Lunch

The Wellness Committee is teaming up with the Spirit Committees at both buildings! Look for
information coming soon from your building Spirit Committee about a Salad Bar Potluck for
lunch on Tuesday, May 14th. Thanks to the building Spirit Committee leaders for your
willingness to partner on this!

Let's Get Creative at Blazin' Ceramics!

D114 Blazin' Ceramics Event 5/15 3:30-6:00

D114 May Sleep Challenge Starts May 1st!

During the month of May (since we are done with school May 29th, the challenge will run
May 1-May 24 in order to give people time to get their raffle tickets in), you have the opportunity
to earn 1 raffle ticket for each day that you meet your personal sleep goal. Generally speaking,
8 hours of sleep a night is recommended, but maybe your personal needs are slightly higher
or lower based on age, activity level, medical needs, etc. (You do not need to share your goal.)
For each day you reach your personal sleep goal, mark a "1" for that date on the D114 May
Sleep Challenge Google Sheet (see example in the sheet). Each time you log a "1" the number
of days you reach your goal in May will be calculated for you. At the end of the month, turn in
one raffle ticket per day you reached your goal for a chance to win a $20 gift card! Sign-up for
the challenge by adding your name to the D114 May Sleep Challenge Google Sheet!