Kudos to Mike S. for helping me set up my camera on my laptop. He went above and beyond to work around my schedule, and saved me time by sending me forms we were discussing for free WiFi for one of our families. Thanks again Mike!
-From Gena Kvist
Big thanks to Admin. for all their work in supporting our students, families and staff during this crazy time. Wow, super impressive!!!
-From Gayle McManamon
Kudos/Shout outs to Jamie Smeigh and Andrea Sekulich for helping out in my virtual math classes. It is great to have another set of eyes and ears in the class. I appreciate it very much!
-From Katy Gardner
Abbey Kadera has been going above and beyond to contact our ELL parents. She is fabulous and I appreciate her efforts more than I can ever express (I am crying now because I am so thankful for her efforts). She is a super hero! I know, that you know Abbey is fabulous but today I just need to reinforce this FACT!
Sending smiles across the miles!
-From Nicole Mild
Kudos to the food service that has gone above and beyond during these scary times to feed our district students.
and
Michelle: Thank you for an amazing idea that helps us reduce waste, safe time, and space in the storage.
Chris: Thank you for all you are doing, always there to help out! Thank you for covering for me when I was sick, giving me the opportunity to work from home and get better.
Sonia: Thank you for the amazing aprons, even though no one would see them, it keeps the spirits up.
and
To all the Food service team THANK YOU! 
Thank you to The Administration for handing out and delivering the food to our community,
Thank you to all the volunteers, you have been amazing!!!
To our family District 114, stay safe and healthy.
Happy Easter.
-From Georgette Franco
Kudos to Jeff Sefcik, Matt Peters and Emily Armbrecht for providing entertaining videos for the kiddos each day!
-From Michele Burgess
Thank you to every grade level team for being flexible with MTSS and the changing schedules...I truly appreciate everyone's flexibility.
and
Thank you to the D114 admin team (Heather, Jeff, Matt, Rachelle and Natalie) for always going above and beyond for our student's welfare and making sure our kids are taken care of.
and
Thank you to Erica Barraza for being you and always being there for anyone that needs you.
and
Thank you Theresa Kovach for adding me as a co-teacher to your google classroom these last four weeks. I appreciate your amazing curriculum you post and the response from the kids.
-From Cathy Jawnyj
Kudos to everyone for tackling this crazy time in history!!!!! I look forward to the day when we all can work together again. Miss you all.
and
Shout out to Theresa Kovach for leading our "high math group" even during remote learning!!! Thank you for the idea and seeing it through! You are amazing & appreciated!
and
Shout out to Stephanie Brual - a serious superwoman!!! I have no idea how you keep up with EVERYTHING with work AND your family. You are incredible & appreciated!
and
Shout out to Chris Powers for being super flexible and adaptable with this new way of learning. I appreciate all of your effort to make sure our kids are getting what they need to the best of our ability right now.
and
Shout out to Meghan Hower for being willing to assist and help in any way that she can. Also, I love that you just check in to see how things are going. We appreciate it!
and
Shout out to Victoria Miller for posting tutorial videos to help our families better understand the technology we are using and for being proactive in providing our kids with fun resources.
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Shout out to Gayle, CJ, and Kim for uploading videos of yourselves doing what you love! The kids love them!
and
Shout out to Jessica Urban for always giving me a good laugh and acting as my personal social worker sometimes. It's beyond helpful!
and
Shout out to Tiffany Tardio-Weber for simply just checking in! You're seriously organized and efficient.
and
Shout out to Cathy Jawnyj for always being available and acting quickly when anything is requested of her.
and
Shout out to Erica Barraza for providing helpful resources and reminding us all to give ourselves grace through this new adventure.
and
Shout out to Mike Szotek and David Roat. You both respond and try to resolve technology issues IMMEDIATELY. It is so helpful to know we can count on you both especially while trying to figure out so many new things right now.
and
Shout to Matt Peters for helping us all feel at ease during our weekly meetings! Your kind words are sincere and they are appreciated.
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Shout to Natalie Udstuen for doing everything she can to get us getting connected with our kids. It's super helpful!
and
Shout out to Heather Friziellie (don't you dare delete this either, Heather!!) for leading us through all of this!! I feel mentally exhausted and drained in so many ways with this so I can only imagine how YOU feel to actually LEAD us through this time period. You're doing phenomenal and it is more than appreciated by all of us.
-From Kelly Roland
(Kelly, I'm a little afraid of you right now!!!! 🤣)
(Kelly, I'm a little afraid of you right now!!!! 🤣)
Kudos to the third-grade team for setting up a separate math enrichment class after their students expressed wanting "something harder." They have 13 students enrolled in their enrichment math! OUTSTANDING!
and
Kudos to the fourth-grade team for coming up with a creative way for their students to still experience Camp Duncan! They have set up two full days of awesome virtual experiences, including the Star Lab, team building, and maybe even canoeing! AMAZING!
-From Erica Barraza
To Chris Carvell for staying calm during a "Google Bomb" on Friday! Great job!
-From Heather
To Chris Carvell for staying calm during a "Google Bomb" on Friday! Great job!
-From Heather
Anyone can give a SHOUT OUT to anyone, so please send those positive notes to me and I'll publish each Monday!
How can we stay connected with our students and each other?
Virtual Spirit Week!
REMOTE LEARNING UPDATE
So excited to see what happens this week in eLearning! Now that you're a week in, please feel free to share ideas, suggestions, and improvements in your team meetings this week. We have started this whole thing, but YOU are the experts, and if you have ideas for how to make this all work better...PLEASE SHARE THEM! rfv
The book study on
Fostering Resilient Learners continues this week, and I absolutely loved reading the
comments in the Dicussion Board! THANK YOU for your thoughtful consideration of the
book through the lens of our students!
LOVE OUR PARAS!!!!!
Here's the link to the updated book discussion board---no names need to be entered,
so please feelfree to just add your thoughts and keep the learning going.
I'll add both these links to the Important Links section below and to the Daily Vitamin so they
are easy to find.
Please let me know if you have questions!
All other staff--if you are interested in joining, too, feel free to jump in.
Let me know if you need
a copy of the book!
COVID-19 UPDATE
All superintendents have been asked by the Lake County Health Department to make sure the following are in place for all staff who come onsite:
- No one can come to work who is sick and/or has a temperature at or above 100.4.
- Staff must take their temperatures at home.
- If you don't have a thermometer at home, let the administrator on site know and we'll take your temperature for you.
- All staff should wear gloves when handling materials at Grab and Go that will be given to families.
Remember...what I want to see is as FEW people on site as possible to keep everyone safe.
For all others, please stay home until/unless there's something you can't do/absolutely need in order to continue supporting student learning. Thanks to those of you who have volunteered time so far and who signed up on the Volunteer Log to help with essential tasks.
If you positively need to come in, please notify Jeff/Matt to make a plan to do so. 💗
INSURANCE OPEN ENROLLMENT
LOTS more information coming as soon as we get it (like rates), but open enrollment for
insurance will be held May 11-31, 2020 and will happen no matter what. We'll find a way if we are
still closed to make sure you have all the information and support you need.
TOSA Corner
BITE SIZED PD
Focus on Self-Care
Focus on Feedback
Focus on Self-Care
Focus on Feedback
Contract Timeline:
Monday, April 12th
Look for an email by the end of the day with both a PDF of the proposed contract as well as a video explanation of the proposed contract.
Wednesday, April 15th @2:00
Optional Live Meeting for Q&As regarding the proposed contract.
Thursday, April 16th-Monday, April 20th
Online voting will be open from Thursday, 4/16 through Monday, 4/20 at noon.
If for any reason you do not receive email communications from Melissa Jakstas following the stated timeline, please reach out to MEL31483@aol.com or (847)989-0723 so we can make sure all members have information on the proposed contract.
In addition to voting on the proposed contract, we will be holding the 2020 executive board elections.
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
A new 2-week step challenge starts Monday! Sign-up using the Google Sheet "D114 April Step Challenge Log" and record your steps for 2 weeks. Then, fill out one raffle ticket for every 10,000 steps you take. Hope you enjoy the challenge!
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!
*check here for documents most frequently used/requested
Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this
folder!
Blue Cross Blue Shield:
SEL Pacing Guides
