Monday Morning Memo: 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.

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

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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.

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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!

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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!

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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!