Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 12/6/21

HUGE THANK YOUS TO Erin Connolly-Jordt, Sue Giandonato, Karen Lobodzinski, Walter Nickles, Mary Santi, Natalie Udstuen, and Christy Wolf for all you did to help make kids smile at the Rotary Holiday Event. I truly appreciate your generosity in time and spirit to help kids across the Grant community. So many children benefitted from YOUR TLC! 🎅

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Thanks to our bus and van drivers and aides. I know we are asking so much of you, and you are appreciated more than you know. 💘

-From Heather

To Norm Fischer for hanging up our display system for the new Stanton PBIS Principal Wear-a-Wig prize. Thanks for always saying "No problem" for every task we have for you!

-From Michele Burgess

Jessica Urban and Cathy Jawnyj for leading some great MTSS meetings last week!

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Thank you to 5th grade, Fred Miller, and Lisa Shannon for launching the new ARC curriculum with persistence and dedication. The Learning Walks that I was able to observe were fun and it was awesome to see ARC in Action! Thank you!

-From Stephanie Kaye

To Victoria Miller and CJ for checking on me and make sure my kiddos were good in the cafeteria when I had a student have a meltdown.

-From Colleen Robinson

Shoutout to Amanda Lorenz for teaming up with me on reading groups and making individual folders to help my kiddos with their power words My kids came back so excited about the “special folders” she made them!!

-From Victoria Corrado

HUGE HUGE Thank you to Sue Pinkawa for always helping out PTA and sending out district emails. Even if I change them a bunch. You are so prompt and understanding. We appreciate it so much.

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THANK YOU to all the staff who donated baskets, coupons, and more to help with the Holiday Auction! We couldn't have made it possible without your help.

-From Victoria Miller

Kudos to Walter Nickles, Mary Santi, Erin CJ, Karen Lobodzinski, Sue Giandonato, Christy Wolf, and Natalie Udstuen, and for bringing many of our students to the Rotary Christmas party at Camp Duncan yesterday!!

-From Jeff Sefcik

Thank you to Ellie Seyfert for always coming to my rescue and for providing me so much support in my classroom.

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Kudos to Linda Rasmussen for being EVERYWHERE and doing EVERYTHING to keep the classroom functioning. You do it with such a calm demeanor and always in such a loving way! The kiddos and I are so blessed to have you!

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Thank you Mary Foersterling for all the love and support you give me, not just this week, but always. There are many days that a hug from you and words of encouragement help me through my hardest times and give me the energy to recharge and refocus!

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Thank you to every staff member who comes to my aid at some point in the school day to help us whenever we may need it. This year is a perfect example of "it takes a village to raise a child" and I am so fortunate to have so many colleagues who support me whenever it is needed! We couldn't do it without all of you!

-From Michelle Magness

Thank you to Jessica Urban for leading great discussions in the Stanton MTSS meetings this week. I appreciate your hard work and dedication to the staff and students of D114.

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Thank you to Katy Gardner for being proactive with students that are struggling. I really appreciate your dedication in partnering with parents to help students succeed in all aspects of the classroom.

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Thank you Mo DeVoss for being you. I appreciate all of your guidance and help.

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Thank you to all the Lotus and Stanton MTSS teams for great meetings this week. We were able to problem solve across the Tiers to help all of our students. .

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Thank you to Lynn Smolen and Johnathan Brenner for great discussions in deciding what is the next step for students that are struggling. We make a great team.

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Thank you Molly Monk for always being available to help problem solve with teams. I appreciate all your hard work.

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Thank you to Andrea Sekulich, Kim Leable and Abbey Kadera for joining me in fabulous PD this past Wednesday that focused on Mulit-lingual learners and how to support those learners in the MTSS system. We had great discussions.

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Thank you to Erica Barraza and Amanda Lorenz for all your support, guidance and friendship. Thank you both for being you.

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Thank you to Jeff Sefcik, Rachelle Peters, Matt Peters and Natalie Udstuen for always providing support in MTSS meetings. I appreciate how well we work as a team to make sure we are doing what is Best for ALL of our students.

-From Cathy Jawnyj

Please send me KUDOS to give shout outs to colleagues! I LOVE to put them in the Monday Memo! 🎉

HELP WANTED!!!

We still need more hands to help with the Drive Through Santa Breakfast on Saturday 12/11. This is such a fun event and will fill your bucket. Please consider volunteering...the sign up sheet is linked here.

THANK YOU! 💕🎅

MORE HELP WANTED!!!!
Fox Lake Grade School District 114 is looking for full time paraprofessionals. Full time positions are available at Lotus Elementary School and Stanton Middle School. Must have a PARA License (SUB or PEL also acceptable). Pay ranges $12 - $15 per hour. To apply, follow this link. You may also visit our district website www.d114.com and select Employment > Job Postings.

EVEN MORE HELP WANTED!!!!

Join us for our Virtual Holiday Basket Auction

Sponsored by the D114 PTA

When: BIDDING STARTS

Monday, Dec 6th, 7 am to Friday, Dec 10th, 11 pm)

You will have all week to bid on items.

Where: Use the link below to check out all the baskets and gift certificates. (All items will be up by Sunday & Bidding will begin Monday)

https://www.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/fox-lake-d114-pta-holiday-basket-auction-2021-28428

Why: All the money raised goes back to the PTA to help our students at Lotus and Stanton. The PTA sponsors events like the bookfair, ice cream social, 8th-grade events, family events, Santa's breakfast and so much more.

What you need to know about the Auction.

*You will bid and pay all through the website event this year at the end of the auction. If you have more than one item, it will be grouped together.

*BID INCREMENTS WILL VARY BASED ON ITEM VALUE. It can be anywhere from $1-$5. Lower valued items will have a small bid increment, Higher valued items will have a higher bid increment. *This will not come up in item details until after you place your bid.

*There is no shipping (pick up or delivery only).

*You can also help by hitting the donate button and making a monetary donation.

*Share the link and Auction with LOCAL family and friends on social media

Note: must be local for pick up or drop off of earnings.

We hope you can help out by purchasing a basket, gift certificate, or monetary donation.

Thank you to everyone who donated to the Auction to make this event possible!

CELEBRATION!!!!

SUPPLY MONEY

If you haven't yet spent your supply money for the year, you can still do so through Feb. 1 in case there are things you need once the new furniture is in place over winter break. Please reach out ot Andrea DeMatteo with any questions.

COVID Updates

Current Local COVID Data

D114 Daily COVID Data

12/5/21
CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County
Indicator
Low Transmission
Moderate Transmission
Substantial Transmission
High Transmission
Current Status

Incidence Rate:
Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days
0-9
10-49
50-99
100 or greater
295.75
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
6.65%

D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!
Indicator
Low Transmission
Moderate Transmission
Substantial Transmission
High Transmission
Current Status

Incidence Rate:
Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days
0-9
10-49
50-99
100 or greater
401.9
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
6.74%

-December iReady GOALS:

“We are excited to share a Discourse Workshop webinar hosted by Liz Peyser, Curriculum Associates National Director of Content and Implementation. The workshop is FREE of charge, and we welcome all math teachers from your district to join! Please see the attached flyer for more information.”

FLYER

-December iReady DATA:

Below is November’s overall data and this week’s - just to see how great we are starting this month off! Keep it up D114!!

THIS WEEK’S

LAST MONTH

-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)

Video

Relationships Matter

While you might have the best of intentions, it’s easy to feel a little lost when trying to plan culturally responsive activities around the holidays.Before you get started with any activity, ask yourself the following questions:

Is this activity designed in any way to either promote or inhibit religion?
How does this activity serve the academic goals and/or the mission of the school?
Will any student or parent be made to feel like an outsider, not a full member of the community, by this activity?

-Community Builder:

Zoom

Simply form students into a circle and give each a unique

picture of an object, animal or whatever else suits your fancy.

You begin a story that incorporates whatever happens to be

on your assigned photo. The next student continues the story,

incorporating their photo, and so on.

-Weekly Cheer/Silly Sport/Brain Break:

Don't forget, Steve Podgorski will be at Stanton School on Tuesday, December 7 from 3:10-4:40 PM. If you would like to sign up for a time to talk to Steve, please follow the link below. Remember, this is for ALL staff, he is just set up at Stanton this week. Link to sign up for the retirement specialist.

SCORE Grant deadline approaching!

January 15, 2022 is the application deadline for IEA SCORE Grants. All IEA members are encouraged to apply! are available for IEA members and their local associations to collaborate and create opportunities for community service or school projects. To learn more and apply online, visit https://ieanea.org/score/.

The 2022 Winter PD Newsletter includes fliers and registration links for FREE professional development! New online courses and book study begin Jan. 10.

LOTUS UPDATES

SAFETY! SAFETY! SAFETY!

*With Winter almost at our doorstep.... giving out safety points is key!!!! Examples include:

wearing face masks properly, safe distance in the halls (utilizing the blue circles), maintaining 3 feet apart where appropriate, not touching other students belongings and washing hands.

IDEA? set a goal for yourself everyday to award at least 5 all stars for students showing good safety practices.

TO THINK ABOUT...