Please give a warm welcome to Jacqueline Mathews--she is starting at Stanton this week as a paraprofessional! We're so glad she's here! Welcome to the D114 family, Jacqueline!
Kudos to all of the Paraprofessionals at Stanton who do Crossing Guard Duty! You are out there in rain, shine, wind, and/or snow and always have a smile on your face. Thank you for all that you do!
-From Stephanie Kaye
Thanks to Ryan Hochman for helping me set up my book tournament brackets and QR voting site! I couldn't have done it without you!
-From Betty Cwiak
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! Thank you, Paula, for setting up Skyward with a survey for next year's school registration to help our EL parents understand the Home Language Survey better! You are the best!!!
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Thank you Matt Peters for the positive praise you shared with me on Friday! You absolutely made my weekend special!!!
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Thank you Kim Van Hoorelbeke for donating some books to my third graders so we can do some novel studies! Your generosity is greatly appreciated!
-From Kim Leable
Major thanks and huge praise to Ellie Seyfert, Emily Welsh, Natalie Udstuen, Matt Peters, Lynn Smolen, Molly Monk, Megan Clark, Mary Bhardwaj, and Ricky Medina for your stellar, student-focused participation in the due process hearing last week. You did such an amazing job!
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My unicorn secret friend surprised me again. Whoever you are, thank you for making me smile and for the TLC. It's truly, truly appreciated. 🦄💜
-From Heather
-From Heather
Thank you to Kristie Paul, Jill Becmer, Georgette and the kitchen staff of both buildings for helping to get lunch out to our amazing staff!
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Kudos to our entire staff- You have worked so hard and are all so well deserving of this.
-From Maureen DeVoss
I want to say a huge thank you to Norm Fisher, Kim Husko, Nicole Culbertson, Maddie Hansen, Bryan Bailey, and Emily Armbrecht for their help in making our recent Open Fox Closet so AMAZING! And thank you to Georgette Franco who just stayed late to help me pack up the extra stuff! Wow!!
-From Karen Brnot
Shout out to Rachelle for being my basketball partner and schooling some middle school boys, 5 to 3!! I'm still sore btw lol!
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Big kudos to Abbey for going with me to Stanton to do an initial reading screener in Spanish with our new student from Nicaragua! Big thanks to Andrea and Stephanie for reaching out to get support for this brilliant young man! Stanton, you sure are lucky to have a shining star like Romel in your building! He has a bright future!
-From Erica Barraza
A giant kudos to Sonya for helping a sad kinder with an alternative lunch choice. YOU ROCK!!!
-From Cheryl Schuck
Please send me KUDOS to give shout outs to colleagues! I LOVE to put them in the Monday Memo! 🎉
Work at Camp Duncan?
Camp Duncan is in need of some help with their food service department--specifically staff who would like to pick up some extra work on weekends and evenings.The link below is to the application.
They are looking for folks to start as soon as possible, but mostly on the weekends until summer break so as not to interrupt school schedules. Thanks so much!
https://careers-ymcachicago.
They are looking for folks to start as soon as possible, but mostly on the weekends until summer break so as not to interrupt school schedules. Thanks so much!
https://careers-ymcachicago.
Summer School 2022!
More details/confirmations coming on Summer School this week!!!!
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
At Lotus due to Stanton HVAC construction
Mondays-Thursdays, 8:00-11:00AM (11:00AM-12:00PM paid plan time)
Current K-7 students:
6 Weeks:
June 6
June 13
June 20
June 27
July 11
July 18
PreK Plans
2 week Preschool Camp-any current prek students invited
June 6th-9th, June 13th-16th
4 week Transition Program for Kinder-only Kinder age (invite new Kinders from registration if room)
July 11th- Aug 5th (new dates)
If you are interested, shoot me an email!
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:
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
4/7/22
CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County
D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!
Here are some great reminders and tips for maximizing Personal Instruction for our students:
Log in to i-Ready, and use this action plan to help you review your Personalized Instruction data and plan next steps.
Ensure teachers are also monitoring and responding to Personalized Instruction data.
Keep students engaged by having them track progress with data trackers and learning reflections.
-iReady Data
Week of 4/4/2022
Week of 3/21/22
-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)
Thank you to everyone for attending our spring articulation. It was wonderful to see all of your smiling faces!
Please stay tuned for the most up to date information on the Governor’s signing of the newest house bill. More information will be coming soon.
Don’t forget EAFL elections will be held on Tuesday, April 12 in each building. Please look for communication from Cheryl Schuck (Lotus) and Molly Goodsite (for more information). Please remember to vote on Tuesday.
If you are interested in joining the Evaluation committee, please email Maureen DeVoss as soon as possible.
| Grants and scholarships |
California Casualty (an endorsed benefit partner for the NEA) has two opportunities for IEA members to win!
SCORE Grants: The IEA Foundation recently awarded 14 SCORE grants totaling $17,511 to IEA members. Visit ieanea.org/score to learn more, view recently funded projects and to apply. Apply by July 15. |
Lotus
Important Dates:
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
When: Thursday, April 14th, 2022
Time: 6:30 pm
Where: Virtually
Click the link below to be admitted into the meeting. (*you will need a Gmail account)
April 15--District Holiday--No School
April 19--Board of Education Meeting at Lotus at 7PM
Link to D114 Business Office Share Folder
*check here for documents most frequently used/requested
Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this
folder!
I hope your week is full of rainbows!
Heather
