Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 2/14/22

As we kick off 2022, it's time to share our "words" for the year. For 2021, mine was BELIEVE. I needed it... A LOT...during 2021.

For 2022, my word is PERSPECTIVE.

Here's a link to other words of the year! You can still share yours--just shoot me an email!

Thank you Erica Barraza for being so proactive at an MTSS meeting to help one of our first grade students! He now has glasses!!!

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Thank you Abbey for all of your hard work and phone calls to a first grade parent and a third grade parent that I needed to communicate with about concerns I had at school! Because of you, both of these students have been so successful this week!!!

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Thank you Sonia Miller and all of the lunch ladies at Lotus for accommodating a first grade student and a third grade student by providing more lunch options for them! This has really helped them focus and be more successful in school! You all are so caring and thoughtful!!!

-From Kim Leable

Kudos to my second grade team and Chris Francke for helping so much with my classroom and sub plans while I was out sick and then even when I was back but still needed support. We make a great team!!
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Kudos to Stephanie Silverman who was so willing to help with one of my students in the hallway. She knew just what to do. That was very appreciated!

-From Emily Welsh

Michelle Magness thank you for finding me feet and connectors to help divide my room! The extra walls were a big help.

Mollie H thanks for dealing with all the notes and data in our room and still helping with behaviors in the classroom.

Molly Monk thanks for reading with Bentley to get him wanting to read and earn his robots! 2 almost perfect days is definitely helping everyone in the classroom! It takes a village!!

-From Sherry Tietjen

Thank you to Kim Vanhoorelbeke for ALWAYS being amazing, helpful, proactive, and caring. Whether you are helping with PBIS, a student crisis, or with my own health, you are always doing it with a smile and I cannot thank you enough for all your help.

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Thank you to ALL the admin at Lotus and Stanton, the social workers, Molly Monk and the office staff for being absolutely amazing. For a few weeks now you have been responding to numerous student situations that require patience, teamwork, and quick thinking. Your hard work, empathy, and patience does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

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Thank you to Stanton staff for enduring an agenda meeting that pulled at your heart strings. Thank you for your continued efforts and for trusting in me to help along the way.

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Thank you Mary Foersterling for the much needed sound machine! Thank you Natalie Molidor for the index cards! Thank you Joe and Kim Leable for the folders I asked for a few weeks ago. I can always count on you to help me when I'm in a bind.

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Thank you to the mentors who have committed to helping our students. I really enjoy our events and hopefully we can get more kids coming as the year goes on! You are truly making a difference.

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Thank you to the PBIS core teams at both schools! You have been problem solving and creative this year with lots of engaging ways to teach students expected behaviors and continuing to motivate them during a difficult year.

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Thank you to the teacher leadership team (Stephanie, Mike, Amanda, Erica, and Cathy) for always being there to support me and each other, challenge one another, and problem solve. I love learning from you, bouncing ideas off you, and being able to depend on you for help when I need it.

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Thank you Lynn for always listening to me, guiding me, and all the support! Thanks for dealing with my not so neat office space and all our talks!

-From Jessica Urban

Shout out to Yesenia for being so bright, cheery and funny in the morning!

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Shout out to Linda for always welcoming my students and helping them remember their folders.

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Shout out to Matt, Natalie, Lynn and Ellie for your hard work with one particular student. All of you are still always gracious and kind when I see you in the hallways after what looks like an exhausting day!

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Shout out to Ellie for still being willing and excited to pull my hardest students after she had a long day. You made their day!

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Shout out to Misty for always being kind and patient with her students in the hallway! They are so lucky to have you!

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And lastly, shout out to my K team (Nicole, Donna, Ashley, Debbie and Deb) for having real talks, constantly making me laugh and for always being willing to do what's best for our students!

-From Sami Harshaw

Thanks to all of you for your encouraging words, emails, hugs, smiles, and care. A special thank you to the secret elf who left a bag of much needed chocolate on my desk. I could not do any of this without my D114 family.

-From Heather

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

Monday BOE Meeting

The Board of Education has determined that it will hold a special session on Monday, February 14 at 4:00 PM in the Lotus gymnasium to discuss and consider shifts in our mitigation strategies. This will be an in person meeting only, and the meeting will be limited in scope to this conversation.

This meeting is open to the public, as are all Board of Education meetings. If you'd like to attend to make a public comment at this meeting, I'd ask for the following, as stated in D114 Board Policy 2:230:

Contact me via email at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org to request to speak. I'll make the agenda of speakers based on your time stamped email, and I will confirm receipt of your request. If you plan to speak, please let me know by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 14.
Address the Board during Audience Comments and when recognized by the Board president.
Plan to speak for 3 minutes or less, and please be concise and clear in your message. The President may allow for additional time, but this is not required.
Act, at all times, with respect and civility toward others.

If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to share your comments, please email them to my administrative assistant, Kristie Paul, at kristie.paul@foxlake114.org by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 14. She will confirm receipt and print your email. It will then be copied and given to all Board members and read aloud, if time permits. Each written statement will have no more than 3 minutes to be read aloud, and each statement should show, as stated above, respect and civility toward others. Statements submitted advance will be added to the audience comment agenda based on the time stamped email received.

I'll share you on the draft slides I'll be sharing after public comment at some point Monday before the meeting.

Institute Day Plan

Please find the working copy of the plan for Friday's Institute Day linked here. Everyone will stay in their sites, and any details not yet figured out will be done soon. If I've missed anyone or anything, please let me know. Your feedback is always appreciated.

COVID Updates

Family Member Surveillance Testing

If you have a family member who would like to participate in weekly surveillance testing, we now have the capacity to send tests home for you to give them! We'll mail them in, and you'll get results back via email.

To participate, your family member(s) must register using this link:

Family/Community Member Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions!

PLEASE BE SURE TO LABEL THEIR SAMPLE BAG WITH FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH.

Please check out this document for information on how quarantine is calculated under the current guidelines. We worked with all the other local districts to make sure we are all handling this consistently, and especially close contacts that occur at home.

Linked here is the most updated decision-making flow chart, provided by our legal counsel. This is what we are following. If you have questions, please reach out to me.

Current Local COVID Data

2/11/22
Current D114 Daily Data

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
383.90
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
6.28%

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
596.3

7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
10.20 %

Way to go D114! Let’s keep up the momentum of staying strong with our iReady lessons! Please remember to be checking iReady Paths and adjust them as needed.

This Week:

Last Week:

-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)

Video

Relationships Matter

Use the next 2 activities throughout the month (and the rest of the year) to keep Black history at the forefront of your lessons and encourage your students to keep learning more. Stay tuned next week for more!

3. Black History Trivia & Games

Bring some fun (and maybe a little competition) into your lessons this month! Find trivia and games that focus on Black history, or repurpose other classroom games to incorporate Black History Month questions and answers.

Black history quizzes

4. Virtual Events

Classroom learning is great, but there’s so much students can learn from their own experiences!

This year especially, there are plenty of online activities and events celebrating Black History Month. So why not choose a youth-appropriate one your class can participate i

National Museum of African American History: Classroom Connections

-Community Builder:

Zoom

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:

Remember to show your District 114 love by wearing your red sweatshirt on Monday to celebrate Valentine's Day.

If anyone is interested in attending the NEA Representatives assembly, please let one of the board members know as soon as possible. We have until Tuesday to put in a nomination for someone to go. The conference is a great way to learn about all things union related. It is being held on July 2-6 in Chicago.

If you are interested:

Webinar for ESPs: Thursday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. CST. Learn more about the power of resiliency.

Educators will review the foundations of resiliency and self-regulation needed to support their work. Strategies and recommendations will be provided to support the specific roles of education support professionals (ESPs), specialized instructional support personnel (SISPs) and teachers.

FREE NEH Summer Teaching Institutes – In summer of 2022, there will be two NEH Summer Teaching Institutes for K-12 Educators at the University of Arkansas. Apply by March 1 for a free, two-week professional development workshop from the University of Arkansas. Participants get a $2200 stipend. Find out more about these exciting projects here:

The Local and International Legacies of Nelson Hackett’s Flight from Slavery, 1841-1861

June 20-July 1, 2022

Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today

July 11-22, 2022

LOTUS UPDATES

* We will have a STAFF raffle on February 25th for awarding PBIS Points. There will be 4 winners. (2 certified staff / 2 non certified staff) GOOD LUCK, keep getting those stars

*MID TRIMESTER K-4th Grade Celebration will be the week of Feb. 21st.

Board Game Time!!!