Week 7: Did you see that Bears game???!!!!

Kudos for the 4 new swings! The kids are loving them and say a great big thanks! Thanks to Don! 
-From Cheryl Schuck

THANK YOU to everyone for an amazing Day of Service! It takes every single person in our system to make the day happen, and I'm so grateful for each of you. 
-From Heather

Thank you to Fiona Wisniewski for passing on a new strategy she learned at a conference to best help one of our EC kiddos have successful transitions from park to lunch. It worked like a charm and he had his best day transitioning yet!  Thank you so much for sharing this new idea!
-From Michelle Magness

Thank you to the kindergarten team for being so flexible with doing their Fountas & Pinnell assessments. On a moments notice, they jumped right in to get the reading assessments done! I really appreciate your willingness to go with the flow!

and

Thank you to my teammates, Joe and Ellen, for all they do to help keep our reading program strong and effective. Together we have assessed 106 students since the beginning of the school year. You are both amazing and I am very lucky to work with you and call you my friends.

-From Joan Kantenwein

Thank you to Stanton and Lotus Food Service for a wonderful and smooth lunch on Day of service, feeding staff and students, and going as always out of your way to makes things happen.

You are always appreciated.

-From Georgette Franco

To all Drivers on the Day of Service, thank you for working 

together to get the students out of the weather and keeping

them safe!

and

To Karen for going above and beyond transporting her

student...... and all with a good sense of humor!!!

and

D114 Transportation Drivers and Aides ROCK!

-From Andrea De Matteo

Thank you to SOOO many people that helped Kindergarten with Day of Service in so many ways!  ALL of the Lotus Kitchen staff, Sue, Kristine, Razz, Michelle and Russ, just to name a few...  We are so grateful for your help with our project!!

-From the Kinder Crew

Anyone can give a SHOUT OUT to anyone, so please send those positive notes to me and I'll publish each Monday! 

Social Media FIND of the Week...
Cool finds on social media! Pass them along if you find something great!

Click here to go directly to the Shanahan article Chris references.

Aggressive Student Behaviors

At both schools, staff should write a summary of the incident on the office referral from/ ODR. Office staff will log the summary of the behavior into Skyward. Assigned staff then enters all incident information into SWIS. If a restraint is used, an additional form documenting the use of restraint a CPI form will be completed collaboratively and signed by all staff involved and distributed/filed as indicated. Any staff injury should be reported to Company Nurse as soon as is possible. This will streamline things and make the process consistent at both sites. Please reach out to your building principal or me if you have questions. 

Work Requests
Please be sure to use the online work order site to let our facilities team know of issues. Be
sure to include as much detail as possible. THANKS!

Upcoming Learning Opportunities
Wednesday, October 9--Maria Nielsen will be on site all day to see our 15 Day Challenges in
action and to provide support and coaching. She'll also offer her Engagement Strategies
session (offered at the PLC Institute) during Collaborative Team Time. This will take place
at Stanton to maximize time. ALL teachers and instructional aides are asked to attend.
Her session will be 90 minutes in length and will start at 1:50, so if you need to leave at the
end of your professional day, you may do so. If you stay, you will be paid for time and we'll use
a sign in sheet to track this.

Friday, October 11--Pete Hall, co-author of Fostering Resilient Learners, will be on site for a
day of learning with us. He will focus on how we can all help our students, and you'll leave with
a better understanding of them, of your own triggers, and...most importantly...strategies to use
with our kiddos. All staff should plan on attending this, which will be held at Lotus with
breakfast at 8:00 and Pete's session starting at 8:30. Lunch will be provided, too, thanks to our
fabulous kitchen team!

Please let me know if you have questions about either event!

TOSA Corner
Thanks, Erica and Cathy, for the weekly blast of awesome! Click here to access!

Due to our representative being out of town, we extended the spiritwear order deadline to Monday, September 30th. If you are interested in ordering, please be sure Melissa Jakstas gets your order form and payment by the end of the day 9/30.

Thanks to all our members who came to articulation on Wednesday! It was great to see everyone together and we appreciate the opportunity to share important information with all of you! If you are interested in contacting Steve Podgorski about any of the services he offers as our IEA representative regarding Degrees Not Debt, retirement, insurance, etc, his email address is: spodgorski@lincolninvestment.com

There is a new Awesome IEA Podcast out!

Episode 21: School District Finances

Don't forget to be thinking about ideas for an IEA SCORE Grant! SCORE Grants are available for members with less than 10 years of service looking to implement a program to connect with the community. For more information, click here: IEA SCORE Grant Information

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 Weber, Lotus School Representative

Love this...pick one and try it!

Super excited about this upcoming event...

Thanks to the amazing D114 Wellness Team for coordinating this!!!!

It's hard to believe that September is almost over! We hope everyone has enjoyed the step challenge and a little extra motivation to be active. After you finish logging your steps, don't forget to fill out your raffle tickets and get them to Melissa Jakstas by Thursday, October 3rd at the end of the school day. 

D114 Step Challenge Log

D114 Step Challenge Raffle Tickets  

To submit your raffle tickets either:

(1) Print the tickets, fill out by hand, and send your raffle tickets to Melissa Jakstas at Stanton. 

(2) Make a copy, type your name on each raffle ticket, and "share" with Melissa Jakstas.

Sorry, I cannot accept a photo of your tickets as they are too difficult to cut out for the drawing.

Look for information coming soon from Michelle Serini about October's Self Care Challenge! 

D114 Curriculum Resources--


2019-20 Assessment Calendar

2019-20 Wednesday Early Release Plans

D114 Friday Facts--Blog sent to all families each Friday--let me know if you ever have something you'd like added. Thanks to Sue Pinkawa and Jill Becmer for helping me with this each week!

Link to D114 Business Office Share Folder

*check here for documents most frequently used/requested

Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this folder!

Work Order Request

Technology Support Request

Blue Cross Blue Shield:

www.bcbsil.com

SEL Pacing Guides

Lotus

Stanton:

5th

6th-8th

October 3--Special Board of Education Meeting--Facilities Planning 6:30PM at Lotus
October 5--D114 Wellness Expo at Stanton
October 9--Maria Nielsen in D114 for 15 Day Challenge site visit and to present her
Engagement Strategies session from the PLC Institute to us
October 11-Institute Day--Pete Hall (co-author of Fostering Resilient Learners) on site to help
us learn ways to provide our kids even more connections and supports
October 19--Rotary Trivia Night (Bring it, Team Stanton!)
PLEASE LET ME KNOW ASAP IF YOU
WANT TO ATTEND!

November 2--RD Sayles Foundation Celebration of D114 Arts held at LOTUS (details to follow)

Congrats to Colleen Robinson at Lotus on the birth of her granddaughter, 
Evangeline Connor!

Have a really wonderful week, and thank you for always giving 110% to D114!
Heather