YAY! ORANGE you glad it's February?
The 4 February Happiness Challenges are linked here! I hope you have some fun with them!!!!
It's Kindness Week at Lotus!
KUDOS to Matt P., Sonia M., and Russ X, for helping with our ACCESS Pizza Party! We are so
grateful to all of you for allowing us to do this! The kids were so excited and they all cheered for
themselves when we talked about how proud we are of them at the party! You are the best!
-From Kim Leable (EL Teacher at Lotus) and Abbey Kadera (Bilingual Teacher at Lotus)
Thank you Lotus and Stanton Kitchen Staff for always going above and beyond to give the best
service, and doing an amazing job.
The super bowl lunch was amazing, Thank you for all you do!!
-From Georgette Franco (Food Services Coordinator)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! to our fabulous, incredible, sunny, go-the-extra-mile Kitchen Team- aka
The Fantastic Four!! for such a great lunch!! We appreciate the extra work you do for us!!
You’re the absolute bomb!!
-From Erin Connolly-Jordt (Music Teacher at Lotus)
To Don U for fixing our fun timer!
From Sherry Tietjen, Colleen Robinson, and Courtney Maas (ILP team at Lotus)
To Oner Medrano for thinking outside the box to get a student struggling with math some extra help.
and
To the Student Wellness Crew for organizing our SOS presentations. And David Roat for assisting
with technology.
-From Jeff Sefcik (Principal at Stanton)
To the 6th, 7th, 8th grade teams, Exploratories and Wellness - Thank you for your support and
flexibility during our SOS Programming this week.
and
To Kim Rauchfuss - Thank you for your support this week as we rolled out the SOS program for the
first time. Your input as we prepared and supported students this week was SO greatly appreciated.
To Karen Skorup, Oner Medrano and Leah Fahlster - Thank you for your communication and
collaboration! You're the best!
-From Meghan Reimers (Counselor at Stanton)
Shout out to David Roat for all the tech prep and support for the SOS program. We appreciate all
the time and energy you put into setting up and troubleshooting for the program. AND for taking a
moment out of your busy schedule to ease the mind of a student who was in great distress over a
technology issue.
and
To the 6th, 7th and 8th grade level teams for your assistance in guiding our students through each
step of the SOS program: post-test, lesson in the gym, surveys and post-tests. This was no small feat
The feedback from the post-test shows that our kids are better equipped to seek help for themselves
or a friend when in need.
and
To Kim Rauchfuss for coming alongside Meghan and I to implement the SOS program and for helping
us check in on students. We also greatly appreciate all of your insights and suggestions that were
pivotal in rolling out the program.
and
To Marla Walinksi for helping with SOS material prep & for being anywhere and everywhere to
support us during the event!
and
To our beloved friends in the kitchen--- THANK YOU SO MUCH--for the much needed-- AMAZING
lunch on Friday!
~From Kim Mack (Social Worker at Stanton)
Huge thanks to Kelly Roland and Mollie Herchenbach for bringing Girls on the Run back!!!! Thank you
for investing so much time and energy already to get this going for this spring. This will be a life
changing experience for all the girls who get to participate. I also appreciate how we are starting small
to get it right and then grow it!!!
and
Thank you soooo much to the Kitchen teams at both buildings for the amazing SOUPER BOWL treats
on Friday. DELICIOUS TLC APPRECIATED!!
and
Thank you to Kristie Paul for all your down in the weeds work to get us ready for the massive task that
is the 3 year compliance audit. YOU are appreciated!!!!
In Case You're Interested...
- IEA Member Planning Time Survey
The Illinois Education Association is collecting information from members on planning time. The goal is to use the collected data to support advocacy for increasing uninterrupted individual planning time each day. Please complete the survey by Feb. 18.
- Educators Rising Conference
March 4 at ISU, Normal. Learn more at EducatorsRisingIL.org and r
I had a funny moment last Friday (at least I thought it was funny). One of the 6th grade students asked, "Why are all of the teachers wearing college sweatshirts today?" We really weren't, but my sweatshirt... Looney Tunes.
Thanks, Katy Gardner, for this one!!!! 😆
Heather
