Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 3/14/22

Kudos to Lisa Werner. Great work to help a student this week. I appreciate your organization and collaboration to help him be successful in writing and gathering research. Great teamwork to help him be set up for success. Thanks for all you do!--

-From Dani Jones

The basketball program would like to give a huge shout out to everyone for the support that made this season a huge success! .. Mrs. Peters, Mr. Fisher, Mrs. Becmer, Mr. Sefcik, all of the clock operators, scorers, staff, transportation, and anyone else that had a part. THANK YOU!!

-From Coach Bressett and Coach Medrano

Shout out to my 5th grade team members who kept me grounded and talked me through two basketball seasons and two clinics, THANK YOU!! I will miss our morning basketball chats in the gym.

-From Rich Bressett

THANK YOU to the Lotus & Stanton Custodians for helping

drivers clean the buses when a student becomes ill.

Your quick response helps keep us on time!

Your help is greatly appreciated!!

-From The D114 Transportation Team\

Thank you to Erica Barraza for the special Spring treat for the staff! Very thoughtful!

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Thank you to Jen Groot for letting us celebrate the hard work her students displayed in STEM "in the moment".

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Thank you to Lynn Smolen for showing some extra appreciation for some staff members that have gone above and beyond.

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Thank you to Paula Kvacik for taking on every task with a smile!

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Thank you to Morgan Figel for always being so flexible with student needs.

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Thank you to Mollie Herchenbach and Chris Franke for changing a schedule to benefit a student advocating for themselves.

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Thank you to Kelly Roland for your efficiency, kind words and willingness to problem solve.

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Thank you to the 4th grade team for ensuring our "almost Stanton students" learn, grow and gain independence.

-From Natalie Udstuen

Ellie S. Thanks for finding a pair of shoes for a student in need and always being willing to jump in to help students.

Erica B. Thanks for being a life-saver and taking a student on a movement break.

Kim L Thanks for the crayons and all the effort you put in on daily basis.

Kristine G. Thanks for walking my students to parent pickup so I could be ready to supervise Book Club.

Donna, Ashley, Sami, Deb and Debbie---Thanks for being supportive, caring and always striving to do what is best for students.

-From Nicole Mild

Huge kudos to Stephanie Kaye for organizing THE BEST school social work week ever!!!! Thank you to everyone who showered us work love and appreciation! I cannot tell you how much I appreciate it and needed it right about now!

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Kudos to Laura Livesay who continues to go above and beyond for her students, including starting a lunch bunch for students.

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Kudos to Scott Donovan who has excellent expectations for students and excellent relationships with them also! You do a lot for and with the students and it's working! Thank you.

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Kudos to the 6th grade team who keeps on keeping on with some of our more challenging students. I love how you always come together to plan the best ways to support all students.

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Kudos to the PBIS reps and team at both schools. You continue to find ways to support students and staff and it is much appreciated.

-From Jessica Urban

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

Summer School 2022!

We're already starting to plan for summer school! While we are still figuring some things out, we know...

Pay rates:

Certified staff--$52/hour (this pay rate uses the end of our ESSR funds, and the rate is higher than other elementary districts in our area)

Support staff--hourly rate + $75 weekly bonus for each week with perfect attendance

Dates for Programs (PreK final plan still being determined):

Current K-7 students:

At Lotus due to Stanton HVAC construction

Mondays-Thursdays, 8:00-11:00AM (11:00AM-12:00PM paid plan time)

6 Weeks:

June 6

June 13 (no Monday)

June 20

June 27

July 11

July 18

Pay rates are being finalized and will be communicated ASAP, but will be comparable to last summer since we still have some ESSR funds remaining. If you already know you're interested, shoot me an email!

Lake County ROE Educator of the Year

I'd LOVE to see D114 have a bunch of nominations for these different categories--NO STAFF deserves it more!!!

The Lake County Regional Office of Education will be hosting the first Educator of the Year Ceremony. The Ceremony will be held at the Lake County Fairgrounds on May 4th, at 5:30 pm. There will be a social hour with dinner. The awards ceremony will take place after the dinner. Ticket information will be provided at a later date.

Reminder nominations must be submitted by Friday March 18th, 2022.

REVISED Nomination Requirements: Nomination Form, Nominee Resume, 1 Letter of Recommendation, 1 Page Summary for the category (why they should be chosen)

If you have any questions please feel free to reach out. I have included updated guidelines in all of the documents.

Educator of the Year Ceremony

Donate for Ukraine

Last week, I sent a flyer with a way to donate. Here's another opportunity...being offered by Stanton's NJHS!!!! Please contact the amazing Karen Brnot with any questions.

CLICK HERE for the ongoing Q and A document!

We have N95 and KN95 masks available for staff in each building's office. Please request them if you'd like! :)

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.

Current Local COVID Data

Current D114 Daily Data

3/10/22
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
57.43
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
1.52%

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
71.4

7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate
Less than 5%
5.0%-7.9%
8.0%-9.9%
Greater than 10%
2.35 %

-iReady Data

Week of 3/7/22 Data:

Week of 2/28/22 Data:

-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)

Organizer

Video

Relationships Matter

March is Women’s History Month, and International Women’s Day, March 8, is also a part of

the celebration each year. For educators and students, the month provides a wonderful

opportunity to explore and dig deeper into women’s contributions, struggles, and triumphs

throughout history. Over the next month, check back here for resources and activities you can

do any day of the year or during the month of March!

Interview an Important Woman

One great way for kids to learn about the accomplishments of women in their life is to conduct

an interview. This template helps kids organize an interview with a grandma, aunt, neighbor

or other important woman in their life.

-Community Builder:

Mime Yourself:

Have students get into pairs and without talking,

mirror each other’s actions. Specify who will be the

leader to start, and tell students that without talking

they should switch back and forth asto who has the lead.

Suggest that students mime their favorite sport or outdoor activity.

-Weekly Cheer/Silly Sport/Brain Break:

EAFL Spirit Day will be on Tuesday March 15th. Please join us in wearing your EAFL shirt. Also, don't forget to join us at the board meeting on that same day!

Keep up to date with the most recent union new by reading the Region 49 newsletter.

SCORE Grants: The IEA Foundation recently awarded 14 SCORE grants totaling $17,511 to IEA members. The next application deadline is July 15. Visit https://ieanea.org/score/ for more info and to view recently funded projects.

Have a wonderful week!

Lotus

Important Dates:

April 8th - Announce winners of Walking Quietly and Staff PBIS Point Incentives

Week of April 25th will be Mid Trimester Celebration - stay tuned.

May 26 (Thursday): Field Day

May 27 3rd Trimester Raffle Winners (4)

PBIS Tip: Look what you can do with groups!

"ALL BEHAVIOR IS COMMUNICATION, WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT'S SAYING!" - said the PBIS Coach

Stanton

With all that we have to remember and do, the PBIS team thanks everyone for committing to the use of PBIS points as a Tier 1 intervention. The system in place is our delivery of points and the store, but our continual conversations with students around behaviors is the real intervention. Our top five point providers in February are: