Monday Morning Memo 5/1/23---HAPPY MAY!!!

   

 

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!!!!

A HUGE thank you to Dan Olsen, Cassie Curtis, Rich Bressett, Kathleen Winkiel, Veronica Kretz, Fred Miller and Katie Jalove-Fillappelli for opening their classrooms to me!  You all have welcomed me into your rooms this year and made me feel right at home!! And a HEARTFELT THANK YOU to Kendra Smeigh and Chris Carvell for making each and every day in the Stanton Wellness Dept amazing...couldn't do this job without you two!!!!

-From Kim Husko (Wellness Teacher at Stanton who has also taught from a cart for the last few years and has shown grace and flexibility the entire time!--THANK YOU, KIM!)

A BIG thanks to my teammates, Mary Foersterling, Michelle Magness, Mary Marqui-Prodzinski, Linda Rasmussen, and Tasha Phau in  PreK for staying late and helping to set up our rooms while I led the Stanton scholastic bowl team to regionals on Wednesday! I truly appreciate all you guys do!

-From Ben Landmesser (EC teacher and Stanton Scholastic Bowl sponsor)

Kudos to Anna Morris for making a template/model Powerpoint for our students' state project. She always goes above and beyond

-From Victoria Corrado (4th grade teacher)

Thank you to all  Stanton staff for allowing Student Council to have an amazing year.  We accomplished a lot!!! Their school spirit and love for their school has been contagious. Thank you for allowing student council’s crazy but fun spirited vision come to fruition. Georgette Franco  is amazing. She was always able and ready to order what we needed and offer a helping hand. A shout-out to all the coaches, and club leaders that read off names on their rosters at all 4 pep rallies.  The feedback from the students of hearing their names announced was “Way Cool”.   

Friday’s pep rally was the last of the year and it was really fun. We couldn’t have pulled it off without Dan Olson, Bryan Bailey, Rich Bressett, Chris Carvel, Kendra Smeigh, Ben Landmesser, Brian Crask, David Roat, and Stephanie Kaye. We can’t wait to see what next year’s group comes up with!

-From Laura Livesay (8th grade Science teacher and Stanton Student Council sponsor) 

Thanks to Cheryl Schuck for her help with a request.  You went above and beyond.

And

Thank you to Mike Szotek, who helped to support a student.

And

Thank you so much to Nicole Brinkman, Alana Carlson, Mollie Herchenbach, Kim Rauchfuss, Lynn Smolen and Lisa Werner for attending a meeting that went beyond the school day.  Your support in accommodating a parent's schedule was much appreciated.

Mary Santi (2nd and 3rd grade case manager)

Thank you Don for assisting with the chairs in the ECSE classroom. We are so appreciative of your time, resources and insight on how to modify our chairs for our growing learners. 

And,

Thank you to Dina and Cheryl who came to assist and check in with us this week and to fill in gaps for staffing when necessary. One Team, All In. Your support was monumental for our success! Thank you so much! Hugs! 

And, 

Colleen, Ellie, Fiona, Stephanie and Lisa, thank you all for being flexible with your schedules and your mindset-on Thursday and Friday. I appreciate you! 

And, 

To my Pre-K team: Michelle, Mary F, Ben-Thank you for being incredibly supportive and kind while you share resources and ideas to make the end of the school year a fantastic success! I’m so proud to be a part of this team! 

-From Erin Donovan (Early Childhood teacher) 

Thanks to Kim Husko for commiserating with me about being a mom in the stands during frozen baseball. 

Thanks to Jeff Sefcik and Mary Taylor for taking a walk around Stanton with me to make sure we are all on the same page about improvements and needs. 

--From Heather 😘

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

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. 

Reminding everyone of the amazing Lead4Ward app. At a click, you can find formative assessment tools, engagement tasks, and thinking stems for just about ANYTHING! And it's FREE!!!!!

Coming the week of May 8-12...

 

23-24 STIPEND TIME!!!

Here's a link to the 23-24 Stipend folder!!!! Looking so forward to see who's interested in doing what and to new club ideas!!!!

Please reach out to any Stipend Committee member with questions or input:

Maureen DeVoss

Kim VanHoorelbeke

Amber Mysliwiec

Rachelle Peters

Heather Friziellie

Summer Curriculum Work

Hello!!! Just reminding you that it's that time of year...when I ask for your ideas and proposals for summer curriculum work!  THANK YOU to the teams who have already sent in ideas! WOW....amazing!!!!! 

Here's WHAT: Summer Curriculum Writing: What do YOU want to work on this summer?  Example Projects: *Using Flash Back (will be created during upcoming CTT time) to plan to Flash Forward for next year *SST Planning *Fencepost work, including 3-2-1 unit designs and 15 day challenge plans *UFLI training *Stuff YOU want to work on!

Here's How: Email Heather: Name(s) Purpose of the work/intended outcomes Proposed number of hours Proposed schedule and plan for work Notes: Work must be completed onsite. Artifacts of the work must be shared with Heather. Timesheets must be completed, and pay rate is $34 per hour.

Looking forward to seeing your great ideas! Please send any questions my way!

2023-24 Budget Requests--Sending in a separate email as well!

Here is a document to use if you have specific budget requests for the 2023-24 school year. This DOES NOT include your supply money--that's a whole different thing.  If you have already submitted a request, you DO NOT NEED TO RESUBMIT. I'd appreciate receiving all requests by Friday, June 4. If you need more time, please let me know. 

As always, we'll do our best to meet the students' needs in the most fiscally responsible ways. 

When you use the document, remember...

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SELECT "FILE", THEN "MAKE A COPY".

1. Upon opening this document, select "File" and "Make a copy". Rename your new document using the following format: Date-Last Name-Vendor ex: 050721-Smith-Lakeshore. 2. Required fields are in yellow. Do not add columns or tally fields. One vendor per form, please. Do not use tabs. 3. When complete, share the doc with heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org, mary.taylor@foxlake114.org, and andrea.dematteo@foxlake114.org

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!

Mark Your Calendar!

May 17--Open Enrollment meetings will be held at both sites for 23-24 insurance plans/pricing/opportunities! More details coming soon!

Summer PD Opportunity!

From the Regional Office...

The Lake County ROE is pleased to announce that registration for the 2023 Summer Professional Learning: Acquire, Share, Honor (SPLASH) Conference is now open.  This is a FREE conference held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 from 8 am-2:30 pm at Warren Township High School Almond Campus.  Light morning refreshments, lunch, and the opportunity to win great raffle prizes will be provided to all participants!  You will also receive 6.5 PD or CEU hours.

This year we are hosting a great lineup of speakers.  The morning will start off with the keynote speaker Chris Singleton who will inspire with his topic, Overcoming the Unthinkable Adversity. From there, the day moves into breakout sessions of either 45 or 90 minutes for you to choose.  We have featured speakers Chase Mielke from Top Youth Speakers and Genein Letford from Intercultural Creativity along with local speakers like Courtney Orzel from IASA, Laura Beltchenko, Dr. Erik Youngman, Valerie Burton and many more presenters ready to share their knowledge.  

Check out the SPLASH website for more information and to register.

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! 

Thank you to everyone for casting your ballots for the EAFL board elections this week.  Results will be posted later this week. 

Don't forget....Next Tuesday, May 9 is our EAFL spirit day!  Wear your EAFL shirt and then join us at the Board of Education meeting at 7 PM.

May 3--ACES Day at Stanton! 

May 5--School Cafeteria and Kitchen Staff Appreciation Day!

May 8-12--STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK!!! Life's a Beach in D114! 🌞

May 9--Board of Education meeting--DATE CHANGE so we seat our 2 new members by the deadline

May 10--School Nurse Appreciation Day!

May 10--Lake County Educator of the Year Celebration--5:30 PM at the Lake County Fairgrounds...come celebrate Oner and Jamie!!!!

May 17--Open Enrollment meetings at both sites for 23-24 Insurance (more info to come)

2022-23 Fencepost Standards all grades, all content areas!

22-23 Second Step Pacing Guide

PBIS World--This site is awesome for identifying strategies to use to support challenging behaviors! 

2022-23 Early Release/Professional Development Planning Calendar

2022-23 Assessment Calendar

2022-23 D114 Calendar

2022-23 Parent/Student Handbook

Shared folder of resources 

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!

D114 Family Update

Work Order Request

Technology Support Request

Let's all seek to find moments that matter every day!

-Heather 💝

Monday Morning Memo 4/24/23

    

 

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!!!!

The reading team would like to thank the 4th grade teachers for recommending some wonderful 4th grade students to be reading mentors for a few of our 1st grade Reading Recovery students. We are so grateful because the extra reading our first graders will be doing is so beneficial to their growth as readers. We would also like to thank the 1st grade teachers for being so flexible with letting their students participate in this program. We can't wait to see our reading students blossom!

-From Joan Kantenwein, Joseph Fernandez, and Ellen Stirrat

Thank you SO MUCH to Mike Szotek for whipping up four Clever badges for me that I needed in a hurry!  You are the best!

-From Kim Leable (EL Teacher at Lotus)

Olivia Livesay, Laura’s daughter, for volunteering her time this week giving free haircuts to our kids during our lunch periods. 

and

The Stanton PBIS Team of Wilson, JaLove-Filippelli and Livesay for planning our 3rd quarter incentive trip to GCHS to see the play Addams Family. 

and

Kim Mack and Meghan Reimers for all their planning and prep work to get our students signed up to work weekly with Dr. Rendon and Silver Lining. 

and

Cassie Curtis for representing the 7th grade team recognizing our students at the Board of Education meeting. 

and

to our Track and Field coaches who again this Saturday provided an opportunity for our kids to compete (and succeed) in a top local meet

and

to Kim Mack for sharing a very powerful podcast on building a trauma informed mindset when dealing with difficult behaviors - thanks for challenging my mind this weekend!

-From Jeff Sefcik (Principal at Stanton)

To Cheryl Schuck for her time and dedication for our staff egg hunt. To Deb Miller for getting donations. Also Georgette Franco for making lunch for us. This was a truly magnificent event.  Also to everyone who helped stuff eggs.

-From Colleen Robinson (Paraprofessional at Lotus)

Thank you to all the amazing people who helped put the Easter egg hunt event together for our families. Thank you Georgette for putting together an amazing lunch for everyone, to COLLEEN for helping set up the gym full of eggs for all the families, and helping with putting together baskets and the donations that she gave, to DEBBIE MILLER for all of the fundraising that you did. The kids loved getting their ice cream from DQ, the pizza certificates, the candy, the McDonald’s cards. You are in an amazing fundraiser and I’m coming to you again next year. To everyone that helped to put all the candy eggs together and goodie bags (Melanie SCHLESSER, Deena, Cary SCARPINO, YESENIA Flores, Gina CROSTHWAITE, Misty Madula, Brittany Miller). Thanks to Sue for making up the invite. Thank you Russ for opening up the building for then coming to lock up for us. You’re help and support means a lot to us. It was just amazing to see everybody having so much fun. Look forward to doing this again next year. If I forgot anyone,  I apologize and thank you again everybody! Thanks to all the families who came to make this such a success! 

-From Cheryl Schuck (Paraprofessional at Lotus)

Kudos to Caitlyn Fenton for being a leader for our team and working hard to make Camp Duncan happen. Also kudos to everyone (Erica Barraza, Gina Crosthwaite, and Kelly Welsh) who joined 4th grade on our Camp Duncan trip. It was a great day! 

-From Victoria Corrado (4th grade Teacher)

Thank you to teachers, paras, and anyone else who pitched in for being flexible, cooperative, and such a huge help during IAR testing! We are complete!! 

-From Victoria Miller (STEM Teacher at Lotus

Kudos to:

Jill Becmer for all your help with our logo design!

To Andrea, Jill, Kristie, Mary, Michele, Paula, and Sue for meeting to figure out all things registration!

To Viv Hernandez for being an AWESOME translator at the Board meeting!

To Kim VanHoorelbeke for being awarded over $3800 in grant money for the kids at Lotus and the Library!

To the 3rd grade team for all your help with this week's student video. The kids were amazing and took their job seriously (including interviewing their friends and making discussion notes on an index card)! 

To Joan Kantenwein for a much needed "Mom" talk on Friday. I appreciated more than you know. 

--From Heather 😘

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

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. 

I just found this and thought it was pretty cool...check it out...

I'll attach it to this week's Monday Memo email, too, so it's a little easier to see!

23-24 STIPEND TIME!!!

Thanks to some amazing 3rd graders (and their fabulous teachers who coached them up), I got some great student input about clubs they think would be interesting. Check out this video of them sharing their ideas. 

Everything you need to know about stipends (clubs, activities, sports, and TONS of other things) is coming your way via email. 

Please reach out to any Stipend Committee member with questions or input:

Maureen DeVoss

Kim VanHoorelbeke

Amber Mysliwiec

Rachelle Peters

Heather Friziellie

Updated Form

We've updated the field trip request form to hopefully clarify student needs for special transportation moving forward. This form is in the D114 Business Office Share folder (linked below), and hard copies are available in both school offices. 

A Note from the Kitchens...

We have been sending emails with reminders for negative balances in the lunch accounts.

Starting next week, we will be sending emails generated directly from Skyward,  from low balances of $5 to negative amounts, to make you aware of your account.

If you already contacted Georgette regarding the payment, please disregard the notices.

 If you have any questions regarding your account, please don't hesitate to contact Georgette.

We appreciate your business!

If You're Interested...

Please reach out to Jeff Sefcik if you have any questions!

Summer Curriculum Work

Hello!!! Just reminding you that it's that time of year...when I ask for your ideas and proposals for summer curriculum work!  THANK YOU to the teams who have already sent in ideas! WOW....amazing!!!!! 

Here's WHAT: Summer Curriculum Writing: What do YOU want to work on this summer?  Example Projects: *Using Flash Back (will be created during upcoming CTT time) to plan to Flash Forward for next year *SST Planning *Fencepost work, including 3-2-1 unit designs and 15 day challenge plans *UFLI training *Stuff YOU want to work on!

Here's How: Email Heather: Name(s) Purpose of the work/intended outcomes Proposed number of hours Proposed schedule and plan for work Notes: Work must be completed onsite. Artifacts of the work must be shared with Heather. Timesheets must be completed, and pay rate is $34 per hour.

Looking forward to seeing your great ideas! Please send any questions my way!

2023-24 Budget Requests--Sending in a separate email as well!

Here is a document to use if you have specific budget requests for the 2023-24 school year. This DOES NOT include your supply money--that's a whole different thing.  If you have already submitted a request, you DO NOT NEED TO RESUBMIT. I'd appreciate receiving all requests by Friday, June 4. If you need more time, please let me know. 

As always, we'll do our best to meet the students' needs in the most fiscally responsible ways. 

When you use the document, remember...

PLEASE REMEMBER TO SELECT "FILE", THEN "MAKE A COPY".

1. Upon opening this document, select "File" and "Make a copy". Rename your new document using the following format: Date-Last Name-Vendor ex: 050721-Smith-Lakeshore. 2. Required fields are in yellow. Do not add columns or tally fields. One vendor per form, please. Do not use tabs. 3. When complete, share the doc with heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org, mary.taylor@foxlake114.org, and andrea.dematteo@foxlake114.org

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!

Mark Your Calendar!

May 17--Open Enrollment meetings will be held at both sites for 23-24 insurance plans/pricing/opportunities! More details coming soon!

Summer PD Opportunity!

From the Regional Office...

The Lake County ROE is pleased to announce that registration for the 2023 Summer Professional Learning: Acquire, Share, Honor (SPLASH) Conference is now open.  This is a FREE conference held on Tuesday, June 13, 2023 from 8 am-2:30 pm at Warren Township High School Almond Campus.  Light morning refreshments, lunch, and the opportunity to win great raffle prizes will be provided to all participants!  You will also receive 6.5 PD or CEU hours.

This year we are hosting a great lineup of speakers.  The morning will start off with the keynote speaker Chris Singleton who will inspire with his topic, Overcoming the Unthinkable Adversity. From there, the day moves into breakout sessions of either 45 or 90 minutes for you to choose.  We have featured speakers Chase Mielke from Top Youth Speakers and Genein Letford from Intercultural Creativity along with local speakers like Courtney Orzel from IASA, Laura Beltchenko, Dr. Erik Youngman, Valerie Burton and many more presenters ready to share their knowledge.  

Check out the SPLASH website for more information and to register.

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! 

Thank you to everyone who turned in an application for the negotiations team. The EAFL Board will be getting together to find the most diverse team to represent everyone in this process. If you have any suggestions, questions or comments, please be sure to reach out to a member of the EAFL board. 

Believe it or not, it is time to start looking towards next year. Here are some items to keep in mind:

- We will be holding elections for the board within the next week or so, please make sure to vote.

- We will be releasing the 2023-2024 stipend requests. We love all the creative ideas that we have come about over the years that help meet the interests of our kids.  If you have any ideas that you think kids would be interested in, please fill out the stipend forms before the end of the year. There will be a separate email and an attachment in this Monday Memo!

Have a wonderful week!

Saturday April 29th from 11-12:30pm

in the Lotus Gym

Ladies Brunch

Presented by the D114 PTA

 

(This event is for any female student and her favorite female grown up)

Bring your Mom, Step-Mom, Grandma, Aunt, or

Sister and join us for a morning filled with snacks &

crafts!

 

**Please RSVP by returning this form to your child’s school or by email to

Melissa Swan at PTA@FOXLAKE114.ORG no later than 4/24

And please feel free to reach out with any questions**

May 9--Board of Education meeting--DATE CHANGE so we seat our 2 new members by the deadline

May 10--Lake County Educator of the Year Celebration--5:30 PM at the Lake County Fairgrounds...come celebrate Oner and Jamie!!!!

May 17--Open Enrollment meetings at both sites for 23-24 Insurance (more info to come)

2022-23 Fencepost Standards all grades, all content areas!

22-23 Second Step Pacing Guide

PBIS World--This site is awesome for identifying strategies to use to support challenging behaviors! 

2022-23 Early Release/Professional Development Planning Calendar

2022-23 Assessment Calendar

2022-23 D114 Calendar

2022-23 Parent/Student Handbook

Shared folder of resources 

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!

D114 Family Update

Work Order Request

Technology Support Request

Let's all seek to find moments that matter every day!

-Heather 💝