KUDOS to all my fellow paras who helped tackle all the copies, laminating and cutting of many items last week with me!! Together, we knocked it out in no time!! 
-Gina Crosthwaite-Paraprofessional at Lotus
I would like to send kudos for Erin Donovan. She has been great with the thousand questions I ask! She is also very patient and shows me hands on how to do things bc that’s the only way I learn! She has been fabulous 
-Mary Fisher-Paraprofessional at Lotus
Kudos to Erica Barraza and Amanda Lorenz for helping the Resource Team with all things curriculum and testing! We are ready for the new school year!
-Karen McMurphy--Special Education Teacher at Lotus
Thank you to Adam Schafer who spent a lot of time last week to get a working phone for my office!
Thanks to everyone who worked on the Stanton Lounge. It looks amazing! The updated bulletin boards and plants make it feel so welcoming and calm.
-Kim Rauchfuss--District School Psychologist
Kudos going out to Sonia, Yesenia & Hilda for being the best at their job. They go above and beyond daily. It is appreciated. It’s not just co-workers, it’s a sisterhood
-Penny Brown--Kitchen Team at Lotus
Thanks to the Stanton kitchen team for adding fresh fruit to the lounge. It was a nice surprise on Monday morning -Lynn Smolen-Special Education Coordinator at Stanton
Thank you to all the paras that have been working so hard getting the new teachers copied, laminated, cut-out, and hung up. You are an AMAZING group!
-Cheryl Schuck-Paraprofessional at Lotus
Kudos to Lisa Shannon for guiding us through our first week of school!
-The 5th Grade Team
I want to shoutout Cathy, Kaitlyn , and Connor on the 6th grade team for being super flexible on the very first week of school in order to better help support the kiddos in my community building.
It was super appreciated.
-Dayja Wydzierzecki-6th Grade ELA Teacher
Shout out to Amber for being an amazing teammate! Thank you for making me feel welcome right away, being open-minded to my ideas, and answering all my questions! I am blessed to be learning and working with you.
-Jillian Kilty-PE Teacher at Lotus
Kudos to Kim VanH for helping me make a kindness bulletin board after school… And thank you to Gail, Amber, and Sonia who stepped in offering us different supplies to help us get it done. Also thank you to all the teachers who have taken time to send me kindness shoutouts to hang up and send home. The kids all felt very proud and enjoyed the recognition.
Kudos to Nicole Brinkman. You are an awesome partner and I'm so lucky to have you. Thanks for all the things you do… your list is long and you have a lot on your plate, but you make it happen. I really appreciate you.
Kudos to Karen McMurphy, Stephanie Thiel, and Sienna Kallner. Thank you for taking time to meet with me and collaborate on functional goals and being willing to help me get things situated for our more complex kiddos.
Kudos to Sarah Gallivan who jumped right in this week and made sure my student in her room had her accommodations available to be successful. You had a lot of information “dumped” on you this week and you rocked it.
Kudos to Allie Mixon. I needed a lot of different things from you this week…. And I know I wasn’t the only one. I have no idea how you juggle it all. Thank you for your patience, willingness to help, and kindness. I'm so grateful we have you.
Kudos to Misty, Devoss, and Amanda for volunteering to start CICO coaching this Monday. It’s a little bit of a learning curve for me making new sheets and getting things set up on panorama. I appreciate your patience and willingness to help these students.
Kudos to Mike for helping me get technology set up in the gym for the PBIS assembly. And Yesenia for being Rocky the Star. The kids loved it, especially the little kinders. 
️ Kudos to Brittany Luther for helping me get point sheets up and running for the kids in her room. I'm so grateful for your support with this.
Kudos to Russ for helping me move a bunch of stuff to make my office more functional, and for being an awesome teammate 
. -Ellie Seyfert--Social Worker at Lotus
Paula, Sue, Andrea, Sharon and Natalie thank you for your help answering questions and support with conference related tasks for PreK this week! Erin, thanks for sharing a wealth of information and Abbey for your availability to support during PreK conferences! AND PreK TEAM thanks for answering my many questions and making sure I'm administratively prepared to help keep our program consistent across all PreK classrooms this school year (ECERS audit? We've got this!).
-Mindy Auld-PreK Teacher and Permanent Sub
Sending a big THANK YOU and WOW to Karen McMurphy for an amazing binder she created for one of my students.
Thank you to Sue for letting me borrow some of your pens for Meet and Greet. You truly are the heart of Lotus!
Kudos to my first grade teammates for getting our center ideas together!
Jen Groot--1st Grade Teacher
Thank you Ashley Arff for always remaining calm and using all the tools in your toolbox even in tough situations!
Thank you to all the related service providers for spending so much time on the very tedious scheduling puzzle and making sure every student gets what they need!
-Allie Mixon-Special Education Coordinator at Lotus
Calista Warmowski for helping the PBIS team cut and make stacks of Courageous Cash to help us start our PBIS incentives for the start of the school year. THANK YOU! 
Kendra Smeigh, Kim Husko and Chris Carvell-Wellness Team at Stanton
Thank you Adisyn & Gina for cutting and laminating our sound wall.
Thank you Amanda & Erica for helping support all of us resource teachers! We appreciate you so much!
-Sienna Kallner-Special Education Teacher at Lotus
Thank you Brittany, Misty, Megan, Kristine and Haley for all you did this past week to help our most challenged kiddos get off to a good start in specials. And to Pam E., your flexibility and kindness were so appreciated when we switched our wonderful kiddos scheduled days to align with the other class rotations! Big Thanks to Sonia for going the extra mile in helping us get the equipment from the cafe to specials for the last class of the day!!!
Thank you all! 
Erin and Gayle-Fine Arts Teachers at Lotus
Allie Mixon, thank you so much for all your support and guidance and for putting up with all my random calls/visits. I'm still adjusting to you not being right next door! You were also a shoulder to lean on when I needed it and I'm so grateful for you.
Kelly Roland, you are so inspiring and truly see our students for who they are. Even if it can be a struggle. You persevere and find their strengths and what works for them! You've got this!!
PreK Team! I am so excited to get to work with you this year and truly appreciate your detailed norms and willingness to show vulnerability this year. I can't wait to see what this year brings for our littles 
-Nicole Brinkman-Counselor at Lotus
Kudos to everyone for making the first week fantastic. Seeing all the kiddos makes my heart happy To the ILP team at Lotus ( Sherry, Ashley, Courtney, Megan and Misty) for making our transition smooth as we all learn our new roles.
Jackie and Brittany for open communication so I can i can walk in without too much disruption.
To all the paras especially Gina and Cheryl for laminating, cutting and copying for our amazing staff.
Paula and Sue for always knowing the answer to my questions. Sometimes before I ask.
Alli Mixon for checking in and making sure things are running smooth.
-Colleen Robinson-Paraprofessional at Lotus
Huge thank you to the ILP paras and being so flexible! We couldn't have done it without you! This week has been such a smooth week and YOU are key to the success! I am blessed to work with such hard working and wonderful people.
Thank you to DeVoss and Spittler for being such amazing neighbors. I appreciate the time you take to check in and reflect with me.
Thank you to our Administration for helping me in times of need and offering support through the process. The continuous check ins and support does not go unnoticed. One team, all in! Proud to be at Lotus!
1st Grade team, thank you for your collaboration and amazing lesson plans to share.
I want to give a shout out to each and everyone of you for making such a smooth transition back to school. You've all done such a great job and your hard work is rewarding to all of us and the students. This is going to be a great year! Remember your why! -Ashely Arff-Special Education Teacher at Lotus
THANK YOU to Cheryl Schuck for her continued assistance in prepping the classroom.
THANK YOU to Gina Crosthwaite for her continued assistance in prepping the classroom.
THANK YOU to Erica Barraza for teaching me how to use the apps to assist in planning schedules, etc. etc.
THANK YOU to Brittany Luther for being such a GREAT classroom assistant and for being so creative and making the classroom sparkle!!
THANK YOU to Colleen Robinson for all of your assistance and sharing of knowledge.
THANK YOU to Adisyn and Mary for supervising students back and forth to classrooms.
THANK YOU to Sharon for your willingness to support a student.
THANK YOU to Sonia and the cafeteria staff for the wonderful filling salad.
THANK YOU, ONE AND ALL!!!
-Jackie Gorden-Platek--Special Education Teacher at Lotus
Thank you to Sonia, Sharon, and Mindy for educating me and helping me come up with a plan for my littles with food allergies who start on Monday. So grateful to have you all as a support!
-Ben Landmesser-PreK Teacher at Lotus
Thank you to Russ Xhemaili and Matt Peters for bringing over a desk to a student's house.
Thank you to our PBIS team, Kim Husko, Chris Carvell, and Kendra Smeigh for putting together kickoff schedules to increase team building and understanding of expectations.
Thank you to Katy Gardner for finding out why a student was sad and helping her problem solve.
Thank you to Meghan Reimers and Kim Mack for putting together our Courageous Classroom curriculum and sharing it with the staff.
-Rachelle Peters-Assistant Principal at Stanton
Thanks to everyone who helped our Kindergarten students this week. Special shout-outs to the following folks:
Ben L. and Dina who took extra time to ease first day jitters for a new to Lotus student. You went the extra mile and I appreciate you!!!!
Yesenia F. for greeting all the Kindergarteners with such joy and making sure their little bellies are full.
Natasha P. for being a ray of sunshine and helping Kinder start their day on the sunny side.
Ellie and Alana for making some visuals.
Autumn for being very flexible and helping out in all the Kindergarten rooms.
Adisyn for always bringing her high energy and willingness to assist.
Kim Leable for the humor and song (yes I will now remember how to correctly pronounce a student's name).
Abbey K. for your humor and willingness to make parent phone-calls.
Lastly, Ashley W, Donna S, and Sami L. it is a joyful experience to work with such a talented, caring, creative and spirited group of ladies. I am blessed to be a part of this team.
-Nicole Mild-Kindergarten Teacher
BIG THANKS to Sue Pinkawa for providing the class lists in a format that can be easily uploaded to Artsonia for our online gallery posting. I so appreciate how quickly you got this to me so we can get this up and running!! Thanks again for ALL YOU DO!!!
-Gayle McManamon-Art Teacher at Lotus
Kendra Logar- loved being able to participate in your round robin, awesome engagement strategy!
Autumn Sagel- thanks for showing our new little some extra 
Ellie, Allie, Ashley, Alana- great tag team of help and support for a student situation
Sonia- always helping to organize or build, the definition of whatever it takes, thank you!
Mary H and Adisyn- going with the flow and being everywhere -Natalie Udstuen-Assistant Principal at Lotus
Thank you Colleen for fitting my bathroom breaks in your schedule! I greatly appreciate it!
Thank you K Team for working hard, being realistic and always making me laugh. I'm so grateful for you all!
Thank you Autumn for jumping right in and always being willing to help!
Thank you Natalie for making sure our students were taken care of and for kicking us out of the cafeteria the first day so make sure we had our lunch. :)
Thank you to the PBIS team for the great assembly!
-Sami Lear-Kindergarten Teacher
Kudos and thank you to Kaitlyn Goorsky for putting together and sharing a great lesson on fairness and equity for the 6th graders.
Kudos to Jack Resnick and Betty Cwiak for being flexible during PBIS stations on Friday to give the 6th graders library time.
-Katy Gardner-6th Grade Math Teacher
Lynn Smolen, Meghan Reimers and Jill Becmer for turning the Stanton Teachers' Lounge into an adult Zen Den! Complete with games, an affirmation station, we believe statements, a hydration station and a wonderful coffee bar!
Our drivers for a smooth bus evacuation drill.
All the CB teachers for providing a safe place for breakfast and everyone else for being so welcoming in the hallways as our students arrive each morning! The way we start our day often impacts our entire day
Kim and Meghan for leading our learning on Wednesday as we prep for our new Courageous Classroom program on Monday!
Jill and Michele for creating a welcoming office space!
To every staff member that reminded our students to use proper manners this week...I heard more thank yous this week than I've heard in a long time!
-Jeff Sefcik-Principal at Stanton
Thank you to Ellie Seyfert for helping with a student that had a rough time coming in on the first day and getting him ready to have a successful day.
Thank you Haley Baum for helping out when you saw a student having a hard time in the hallway and getting them back on track and ready to learn.
Thank you to my first grade team for helping get this year off to a great start!
Thank you to all the different paraprofessionals that have been coming in to help and also helping to make copies, laminate and cut out tactile necessities for our kiddos!
-Cary Scarpino-1st Grade Teacher
Nicole Brinkman, Ellie Seyfert, and Kim VanHoorelbeke: Thank you for organizing this year's PBIS Kick-off. Your efforts set a positive tone for the school year!
Yesenia Flory: Thank you for bringing Rocky, our school's mascot, to life! Your enthusiasm added a special touch to the event.
Russ Xhemaili: Thank you for going the extra mile to ensure a family in need received a desk.
Sonia Miller: Thank you for your assistance in putting together a cabinet. Your support is greatly appreciated!
Sue Pinkawa: Thank you for all your hard work during the transition to your new desk. Your dedication does not go unnoticed!
A Big Thank You to the entire Lotus Staff: I want to extend my deepest gratitude to every member of our team for starting the school year off on the right foot. Your hard work, positive energy, and commitment to our students have set the tone for a successful year ahead.
-Matt Peters-Principal at Lotus
Huge huge shoutout to Gina and Cheryl for helping me cut lots of lamination and laminating with me;)
Thank you so much to our amazing kitchen staff as always they do amazing work.
Congratulations to all staff on finishing week one
Thank you to Paula for always checking in on me making sure i’m ok! It always means a lot to me!
-Adisyn Illg-Permanent Sub at Lotus
Thanks to..
Jeff Fewell for making the kids (and families) feel bus ready by letting them practice on Monday!
The Lotus Kitchen "Dream Team" for all the help before Meet and Greet to make sure Lotus was shining clean!
The anonymous angel who left me amazing Autism stickers. I truly appreciate the TLC.
EVERYONE for the positivity and energy! I truly love working with you all.
From Heather 🧡💛🖤
