Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 3/20/23

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Updated 3/19/23

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For all those who do Medicaid billing, this is your reminder to do it! We need you to please stay on top of this!!! THANK YOU!!!! 😁

If you have no idea what this means...you don't have to do it! YAY!!!!

Stanton,

Thank you for inviting us to your morning team building! What you are doing every single morning to nurture connection and strengthen wellness is extraordinary Thank you for all you do!

AND

Third grade,

Thank you for welcoming our guests into your collaborative planning. We were all blown away by the level of vulnerability when discussing student work and planning around next steps. You are rock stars!

AND

2nd Grade & 4th Grade SST,

Thank you all for welcoming our guests during our SST meetings. They were impressed by the level of collaboration, organization, and dedication that goes into getting every single student exactly what they need no matter what is in the way.

-From Erica Barraza (Instructional Coach at Lotus)

Karen Brnot, our NJHS sponsor, for running the Fox Closet. The kids really look forward to shopping days!!

and

Scott, Veronica, Rich, Niccole and Stephanie for their willingness to help supervised students during their lunch time.

-From Jeff Sefcik (Principal at Stanton)

Huge shout out to Gayle McManamon who punctured my storm with her calm! Thank you for your love and tender-hearted teaching to me!

and

Here's a big shout out to Mike Fefferman! Thanks for coming alongside of me when I needed it!

And Matt Peters for checking up on me!

-From Chris Brown (Paraprofessional at Lotus)

Thanks to everyone for making the week before Spring Break what I know will be amazing! I was telling about 40 people from other states who came to learn with me this weekend how awesome you are and how blessed I am to get to work with the D114 family.

-From Heather 😘

Please send me your kudos for colleagues each week! I'll happily post them in this section!

Check out an amazing little dude taking a walk (which is a BIG deal)!

Here's a link to all the ideas gathered for the HOW and WHY of the Friz 5...I'll keep adding as great ideas come forward.

Try using this as a check in on how kids are feeling, then you can use the numbers to form groups, do a turn and talk, or even ask kids to find someone with a DIFFERENT number than them to work together!

Coursework Hours!!!

Here's a GREAT and inexpensive way to get additional coursework hours! Please remember that any and all coursework reimbursement requests or lane changes MUST be submitted by June 30!

Coming Soon

After Spring Break, we will be initiating 2-step verification for all D114 employee emails. This is SUPER easy, and we'll walk you through it. This creates an additional layer of account safety for YOU and for the District...and it keeps our liability insurance provider happy, too!

Mark Your Calendar!

May 17--Open Enrollment meetings at both sites for 23-24 Insurance

SNEAK PEEK--SUMMER SCHOOL 2023!

Summer School 2023 is right around the corner! Here's what we know so far:

6 weeks

Monday-Thursday, mornings only

Both sites

Weeks in session

6/12

6/19 (Monday off for Juneteenth)

6/26

Off the week of July 3

7/10

7/17

7/24

Pay rates comparable to last year, which were:

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

Please email me if you are interested in working summer school this year!

Lake County Educator of the Year Event!!!

Please see information on this year's event! I'd love to see some great D114 representation to share our awesomeness!!!!

PLEASE CONSIDER COMPLETING A NOMINATION, AND LET ME KNOW HOW I CAN HELP!

Paper or electronic nomination packets are due to the ROE by Friday, March 24, 2023.

The Lake County Regional Office of Education will be hosting the second annual Educator of the Year Ceremony. The Ceremony will be held at the Lake County Fairgrounds on May 10th, 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. We will be honoring paraprofessionals this year as our special guest. The ROE will pay for 1 paraprofessional's dinner from each school district. The district can bring other paraprofessionals if they would like to be honored.

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 17, 2023.

Here is a link if you would like to submit the nomination packet electronically. 2023 Lake County Educator of the Year

This folder contains all the information needed for the 2023 Lake County Educator of the Year.

2022-2023 Information

If you have any questions please let me know. This will be a great event to recognize our amazing educators.

Have a great day,

Mike

Michael Karner, Ed.D.

Thanks to everyone for your feedback! Erica and Stephanie are sending out Lotus- and Stanton-specific supports, but I'll also post the link to a folder containing them all here so they are easy to find, everyone can see everything, and you're reminded to check them out!

One more week until a much deserved Spring Break! You've got this!!

Mark your calendars! Wednesday, April 12 will be our spring Union Articulation Meeting. We will meet at Stanton with a meeting time of 2:00 PM.

Please remember to arrive after 1:45 to keep the Stanton Dismissal safe and smooth moving. We will have treats for everyone and our big topics will include elections for this year, some opportunities to get involved and negotiations. Please plan on attending if you are a union member, as we are given this contract time to meet.

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