Monday Morning Memo: Monday Morning Memo 5/8/23--HAPPY STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK!!!!

Be on the lookout for this add in the Daily Herald--Grant and all its foundation districts collaborated to buy a page to celebrate our staffs!!!!

THIS WEEK'S FUN FILLED EVENTS

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!!!!

Thank you to everyone who helped with skating week! This would not have been possible for the amazing volunteers who took time to help us tie skates, offer a helping hand to new skaters, and even come and skate with the kids! We appreciate you all very much! There are too many for me to list them all, but we are extremely thankful!

Amber Mysliwiec (PE Teacher at Lotus)

I want to thank Andrea for always being so nice and caring. My family had a really hard week a week ago and she covered me and checked in on me all week. I felt loved and supported the whole week and I really love working for this district and her! She is an amazing leader and human.

Thank you,

Sindy Dayment (Van Driver)

Thank you, Stephanie Kaye for all the prep she put into the slides for our final Friz 5 connection to the 7 CRPs! They looked great!

-Katie Jalove Filippelli (5th grade Teacher)

On behalf of the 3rd grade team, we would like to thank everyone who helped make our field trip possible: Sindy, Tina, Halle, Matt, Natalie, Andrea, Georgette, Sonia, Yesina, Penny, Hilda, Paula, Sue, Erica, Nicole, Kelly W., Sherry, Ryan, Chris B., Dina, and Abbey (sorry if we forgot anyone). It truly takes a village to plan a field trip! THANK YOU everyone for making this possible. Our students had an AMAZING time!

-3rd Grade Team

Niccole Culbertson for taking the lead on a student lunch detention pilot program.

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Stephanie Kaye, Lemar Wilson and Katie Jalove-Filippelli for leading our learning during our Agenda Meeting.

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Stephanie again for leading our CTT mini lesson.

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Walter Nickles for supervising lunch time detention and reflection time.

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Kim Husko for coordinating our Project Aces walk.

-Jeff Sefcik (Stanton Principal)

Thank you Georgette Franco for being my partner and helping me with all of the time spent sorting, folding, displaying, and boxing clothes for the Fox's Closet. Thank you Vivian Hernandez for your great idea and fashion sense to display clothing in complete outfits for the kids to choose from. I see them being worn all around the building. Thank you Bryan Bailey for again giving up your lunch and taking my Flex class so that I could run the closet for the 5/6 lunch kids. Thanks also to Niccole Culbertson, Cassie Curtis, Lisa Shannon, Jamie Smeigh, and Jack Resnik for helping with student supervision during the crowded shopping times.

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Thanks so much to Niccole Culbertson and her daughter, Emily, for giving up their Friday night to help me supervise the NJHS Parent's Night Out. Also, thank you, Oner Medrano and Bryan Bailey, for your help in getting the PE equipment out for the kids to play on, and to Kim Husko, Chris Carvell, and Kendra Smeigh for letting us use your space and equipment. Thank you Carrie and Norm Fischer for your help with the cafeteria. Thank you Sue Giandonato and Ava for providing the snacks for the evening.

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Thank you Katie Jalove-Filippelli, Katy Gardner, Fred Miller, Rich Bressett, Betty Cwiak, Chris Carvell, Veronica Kretz, Lemar Wilson, and Lisa Shannon for taking the time to read the applications that have been turned in for new members of the NJHS.

-From Karen Brnot (7th grade teacher and NJHS sponsor)

Thank you to Mollie Herchenbach, who always goes the extra mile to make certain that new students feel welcome.

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Thanks to Kim Leable, who always appears when needed. Your willingness to help immediately is always appreciated.

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Thank you to Joan Kantenwein for assessing a student, writing a detailed report and discussing it with me. Lotus is so lucky to have you.

Mary Santi (2nd and 3rd grade resource teacher)

Thank you Kendra Smeigh, Kim Husko, Chris Carvell and Jamie Smeigh for allowing us to come into your classes this week to present Erin's Law. Meghan and I greatly appreciate the time you took to remind students to bring their chromebooks to class, having the pentium board ready for use, and helping us with head counts to ensure that every student completed their exit ticket!
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Thank you Stephanie Kay and Veronica Kretz for stepping in to help an overwhelmed student while Meghan and I were with other students.
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Thank you Jillian Reczyk and Madeline Friestedt for ALWAYS taking the time to collaborate and share insight/updates for those students on my caseload.
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Thank you Niccole Culberston, Karen Brnot, Liz Andersen, Cassandra Curtiss and Dayja Wydzierzecki for all your time and effort with data collection to help us best support students.
~Kim Mack (School Social Worker at Stanton)

Huge Shout Out to all who made us feel so loved on Lunch Lady Hero Day. All the cards, songs, cookies, fudge and hugs made our day!!!

Love,

Sonia, Penny, Yesenia and Hilda

Thank you to all the staff for making the National Lunch Hero Day an amazing day for the Food Service Staff, all the cards and goodies brought big smiles and made everyone feel loved.

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Thank you to Eddy for receiving our produce every week, now that they have been coming so late; you are appreciated.

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Thank you to our amazing secretaries, Jill, Michele, Sue and Paula for always helping us with all our needs and making things run smoothly on both sites!

-From Georgette Franco (Food Services Coordinator)

HUGE thank you to my team for stepping in and subbing for me this week. Couldn't do it without them

-Victoria Corrado (4th grade Teacher)

To Maddie, Andrea, and Kristie for all your help in making LIFE A BEACH! I love working with you!

--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 loved reading this article about what makes an SEL program effective...and how much we are doing that's in alignment with best practices!!!

THANK YOU for all you are doing to make SEL come to live in D114!

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! All returning staff are expected to attend!

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 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 11

Please join us for May's PTA Meeting

When: Thursday, May 11th, 2023

Time: 6:30 pm

Where: STANTON LIBRARY (Use the center door and walk straight into the library)

*This is the last one of the school year!! We will be voting for new positions for the 23/24 school year! If you or someone you know is interested in any board position, please send us an email at pta@foxlake114.org and attend the meeting.

Can't make it in person?

Click the link below to be admitted into the virtual meeting.

(*you will need a Gmail account)

https://meet.google.com/rps-xjos-qnn

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