Thank you Walter Nickles and Niccole Culbertson for allowing me into your classes to lead a RAFT writing lesson. I loved getting the chance to talk with the students and hear why they loved the novels so much. What a fun writing activity; I've loved reading their responses!
-From Stephanie Kaye
Andrea DeMatteo for coordinating getting our kids to and from school the best way WE can!
Jessica Urban for leading our professional learning around dealing with difficult behaviors and struggling students
Ryan Hochman for giving so much of his time supervising as we host the 8th grade girl's basketball conference tournament
Oner Medrano and Rich Bressett for coaching our girls basketball teams. Both teams have really improved throughout the season!
-From Jeff Sefcik
Prek Team: Michelle Magness, Mary Foersterling, Rachel Lundberg - actively problem solving for a student situation together, the cohesiveness of your program is amazing. Truly a display of one team, all in!Matt Peters- handling situations with ease and grace even when they are tough ones, thank you for being an amazing leader for our school
Maureen DeVoss- building a student that really needs it up! Finding the positives and highlighting those for a student to make that student feel successful!
Victoria Miller- Thank your for being flexible in your practices for our students that don't always fit into the grade level mold.
Erica Barraza- helping to lead the discussion for growth producing feedback for our staff
Ellie Seyfert- offering supports of a calm presence to a multitude of situations
Emily Welsh- being you! Not giving up and always doing what is right for students!
Natalie Molidor- knowing when a pick me up is needed, you are appreciated!
-From Natalie Udstuen
Thank you Mike Fefferman for trying to help me troubleshoot the printer and for taking the time out of your day! And for sharing the excitement with me once I figured out how to do it :)and
Joe Fernandez for showing me how to make copies of my half pieces of paper!! My mind was blown!! You rock!
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Thank you Gayle for coming in clutch with card stock for me! I really appreciate you and your generosity!
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Lisa Huck, I don't know what I would do without you! I am very lucky to get the chance to work with you and learn from you all these years so far. Thank you for allowing me to try new things and going with the flow! I couldn't have asked for a better place to be. You are not just a coworker, but a friend and mom to me.
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Second grade team! You guys are amazing! I appreciate you accepting me as your own :) Brainstorming with me and allowing me into your classrooms to observe your students and ask questions as needed. <3
- Amber Mysliwiec
Thank you to the paras for all your help in the STEM room. Whether it's walking the kids down or up from PE, helping students with activities, or even providing accommodations for them! It's extremely helpful and doesn't go unnoticed.
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Thank you Amanda Lorenz & Erica Barraza for offering your room as a backup option for IAR small group testing. It really helps out. :)
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Thank you 3rd grade for always letting me just pop in to use your sinks for experiments and activities and clean up. Greatly appreciate it.
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Thank you Sonia and lunch ladies for accommodating last-minute student lunch cravings and still letting me get lunch! You ladies are rock stars!!
-From Victoria Miller
THANK YOU to our Social Workers (Ellie, Grant, Jessica, and Kim!) for all you do every day and especially during School Social Worker Week!
Thank you to Russ Xhemaili for carrying a big box of books downstairs to my classroom. It was well after his day should have been done, but he still offered a helping hand. HIs kindness was greatly appreciated!
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Thank you to the teachers who were able to come to my professional development sessions: Ellen Stirrat, Joseph Fernandez, Kendra Logar, Ellen Murfin, Sami Harshaw, Donna Saranzak, Nicole Mild, Ashley Wydra, Kelly Roland, Caitlyn Fenton, and Anna Carlson. It was so gratifying to be able to share some of my new knowledge with you!
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Thank you to Kendra Logar for letting me use her room for my professional development sessions. It was so nice of Kendra to share her space with me!
-From Joan Kantenwein
Please send me KUDOS to give shout outs to colleagues! I LOVE to put them in the Monday Memo! 🎉
YOU are a Mandated Reporter!
If you suspect a child in our care is being neglected or abused, it is part of your responsibility to report this.
The Online Reporting System is to be used for non-life threatening and non-emergency incidents of abuse or neglect of a child.
Call the DCFS Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline instead of using the Online Reporting System for situations including but not limited to:- Current injuries to the child
- Immediate need for medical treatment (including a child who is suicidal)
- Sexual abuse where the involved adult has or will have access to a child within the next 24 hours
- A child is currently afraid to go home
- A child is currently in protective custody of police or medical personnel
- A child death
ONLINE SITE:
HOTLINE:
Summer School 2022!
We're already starting to plan for summer school! While we are still figuring some things out, we know...
Dates for Programs (PreK final plansstill 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.
The Educator of the Year Ceremony will resemble a mini Oscars like celebration. I have included all of the information in this email. The information can also be found on the ROE shared drive under the Educator of the Year folder and on the ROE website under the tab Educator of the Year later today.
There will be 9 categories for nominations. Districts can submit as many nominations for the categories, but all the paperwork must be included for each nomination to be considered. Paper or electronic nomination packets are due to the ROE by Friday, March 18, 2022.
Here is all of the information about 2022 Lake County Educator of the Year.
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:
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
3/4/22
CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County
Indicator | Low Transmission | Moderate Transmission | Substantial Transmission | High Transmission | Current Status
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Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100 or greater | 110.12 |
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate | Less than 5% | 5.0%-7.9% | 8.0%-9.9% | Greater than 10% | 2.29% |
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
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Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days | 0-9 | 10-49 | 50-99 | 100 or greater | 99.7
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7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate | Less than 5% | 5.0%-7.9% | 8.0%-9.9% | Greater than 10% | 2.71 %
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-iReady Data
Week of 2/28/22 Data:
Week of 2/22/2022 Data:
-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)
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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!
Read Malala’s Magical Pencil with your class and spark a discussion about what it means to speak up for something you believe in. This resource includes great questions to promote critical thinking and a meaningful conversation.
-Community Builder:
The Clapping Game
This can work in teams or as a whole group. One person from each group (the
Seeker) is sent out of the room. The others in each group (the Helpers) decide
on an object that the Seeker can easily find and touch. When all groups have
decided on an object, Seekers are invited back. Their goal is to find the object.
The helpers give the Seeker a “helping hand” by clapping. The Helpers may be
seated or may follow the seeker around the room. They clap low, slow, and
quietly if the person is “cold.” They lap higher, faster and louder as the Seeker
gets “warmer.” When the seeker finds the object, the group cheers.
-Weekly Cheer/Silly Sport/Brain Break:
Would you like to learn more about TRS?
Register for a TRS Express! webinar being offered on Casimir Pulaski Day – March 7. In these sessions, a TRS representative will explain TRS membership, the benefits offered by TRS (retirement, disability and death benefits) and will help you to find and understand your place on the retirement timeline. These one-hour sessions will also provide time for you to ask your own questions about TRS.
Don't forget to check out the Region 49 newsletter. You'll find lots of opportunities for PD, discounts and information related to our region!
Teach Plus is offering three different fellowships for educators in the 2022-2023 school year
· Illinois Teaching Policy Fellowship This Fellowship program is for educators that want to help develop their inquiry and research skills, contribute to conversations surrounding education policies with their local legislators, and forward the efforts of equitable education for the diverse student population of Illinois. The deadline for applying is April 18th, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. For more information on the Teaching Policy Fellowship, please email Crystal Jameau at cjameau@teachplus.org.
· Chicago Change Agent Fellowship This Fellowship program is for outstanding teachers who want to lead a change effort to address an issue that affects students across their school. Together with their principal, the teacher leader identifies a problem of practice, and works collaboratively with other teachers and a teacher leadership coach to tackle this challenge. The deadline for applying is April 24th, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. For more information on the Chicago Change Agent Fellowship, please email Kristen Ciciora at kciciora@teachplus.org.
· The Illinois Early Childhood Educator Policy Fellowship -This highly selective policy fellowship is for all levels of Early Childhood educators; it allows participants to address policy issues by engaging directly with their local legislators, and receive professional training. The deadline for applying is April 24th, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.
For more information on the ECE Policy Fellowship, please email Sinthu Ramalingam at sramalingam@teachplus.org.
All of Teach Plus’ programs are highly selective leadership opportunities for outstanding teachers looking to expand their influence without having to leave the classroom. They span the 2022-2023 school year and offer selected teachers a generous stipend for their time and work. This is a valuable partnership! Help Teach Plus Illinois mobilize its efforts to select innovative teachers, by applying to be a Policy Fellow or Change Agent! For all programs, we are seeking cohorts of excellent teachers who reflect the cultural, linguistic, and geographic diversity of our students. Additionally, applicants:
- Are teachers with at least two (2) full years of teaching experience by August 2022
- Have a track record of success teaching students
- Are ready to dedicate time and passion to their fellowship
For more information on any of the three fellowships, please contact Crystal Jameau at cjameau@teachplus.org
Lotus
*Mystery Quiet Walking Contest continues.
*Staff PBIS recognition will be recognized at end of the month.
*New Spring prizes coming soon.
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:
- Matt Shannon
- Molly Goodsite
- Dani Jones
- Walter Nickles
- Katie Jalove
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
Monday, March 7--No School--Casimir Pulaski Day
Please join us Virtually for March's PTA Meeting
*You will learn updates, upcoming events, and more.
When: Thursday, March 10th
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Virtually
Click the link below to be admitted into the meeting. (*you will need a Gmail account)
Tuesday, March 15--March Board of Education meeting at 7PM at Lotus and
on Meet
Eat Out 2 Help Out PTA Fundraiser
Where: Wendy's Fox Lake
When: Tuesday, March 15th
Time: ALL DAY
Enjoy this week, and CHOOSE JOY!
