Our shared thoughts on WHY and options for HOW to implement SEL/"Heart" Targets:
Reflection Questions
- To everyone who stepped in during Thursday afternoon’s bus incident — thank you. Your calm, teamwork, and quick action kept our students safe and supported.
- A huge shout-out to Sonia, Jillian, and Sarah for stepping up and cleaning the gym after the parade — even though no one asked you to. That kind of initiative and teamwork doesn’t go unnoticed. Thank you for always jumping in and doing what’s best for our school community!
- To everyone who helped make Reading Night one of our best yet — thank you! Your energy, creativity, and teamwork made the night such a success for our students and families. A special shout-out to Kim V for all the organizing, planning, and behind-the-scenes magic you do to bring it all together. We’re so grateful for you!
A big shout-out to Sonia, Jillian, Colleen, Gayle, and Sarah for working together to problem-solve the 10:30 daily hallway traffic jam so students can transition safely and smoothly. Your proactive thinking and teamwork make such a difference — thank you for always putting student safety first!
Big kudos to everyone who presented and showed up at the board meeting to celebrate our students. Your thoughtful words and presence made it so clear how deeply you care for our kids. Thank you for representing our school with such heart and pride — it truly shone through!
To the entire building — thank you for an incredible Halloween day filled with fun, laughter, and the best parade yet! Your energy, teamwork, and support made the day so special for our students and families. From managing costumes to cheering on the parade, every bit of effort showed — and it made all the difference.
, and I appreciate the extra help! 
and want to thank you for being so patient with us 
a rockstar shining 
7h
Let’s Celebrate Together — Thanksgiving Potluck!
Hi D114,
As we head into the season of gratitude, we’d love to take a moment to celebrate you — our incredible staff — with a Thanksgiving Potluck! This is a chance to relax, share some delicious food, and enjoy each other’s company.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th
Time: Lotus @ 1:30 & Stanton @ 2:00
Location: Your School's Cafeteria
We’ve set up a sign-up sheet to help organize the dishes. Please take a moment to add your team to a food item. No need to worry about serving utensils — we’ve got that covered!
*This food item can be homemade by team members, store bought, catered (team split cost), etc.
Stanton and Transportation Sign Up
Let’s make this a fun and festive meal full of great food, laughter, and gratitude. Thank you all for everything you do — we couldn’t ask for a better team!
THANK YOU to our Kitchen and Spirit teams for putting this plan together!
- We're collaborating with Conlon Thompson Orthodontics again this year to collect candy donations!
- Have your Lotus students bring leftover Halloween Candy to "feed" to our candy monster!
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- The PTA will receive $1 for every pound of candy collected.
- The candy will be used in care packages for the troops!
The Stanton School Food Drive will run until November 21. We will be collecting non-perishable items that will then be donated to the Grant Township Food Pantry.
There will be four boxes in the cafeteria each morning. Students will put their donation in their GRADE LEVEL box. Student Council members or Renee will be out there to give them raffle tickets, one per item. It would be very helpful if they know how many items they have, but we can count with them. If it happens that no one is out there, they can just come see me Renee at another time that works!
They should put their first and last name on their ticket and put them in the container that will be on the stage. This does not have to be done right when they get them. If they don’t fill them out and put them in there, though, they will not be eligible for the raffles.
The Community Building class with the most items brought in will receive popcorn and candy brought to their class during flex the week before winter break.
PIE in the EYE raffle: ALL tickets for ALL grades will then be dumped into one box for the PIE in the EYE event the day before Winter Break! We will need staff volunteers for this event! 500 donations gets Mr. Cardamone on stage to be pied, and then we add one staff member for each additional 100 items. Sign up sheet will be in the lounge for any volunteers willing to participate.
Student Council members will count and box up the items as the baskets fill up. We will make announcements along the way to let everyone know who’s in the lead!
The baskets will not often be unsupervised, but we will let them know that plenty of cameras face that area in the cafeteria, so there should be no moving of items from one cart to another!
All field trip requests must be submitted to the principal no later than the 15th of the previous month of your trip.
Example: Trip is in March, Form must be in by February 15th. This allows time for approval and our drivers to select trips.
Check out this flyer for the IEA's 4th Annual Fall Fest on November 15! 
Stay informed by reading the Region 49 NewsletterSeptember 28 - November 22 | up to 26 PD Hours Register HERE
Choose a book and settle in for the fall session of IEA’s virtual book studies. With 5 titles across Collective themes of Student Wellness, Justice and Equity, Instructional Strategies, and Educator Wellness - there is a book for everyone!
All IEA members are invited to participate: Virtual Book Study
Questions? Contact Jenny Seitz.
Aspiring Educators & Early Career Fall Events - Registration Now Open!
Please help spread the word and encourage members to attend these upcoming events:
Early Career Fall Blitz/Aspiring Educators Fall Retreat
AND...don't forget
See what your membership has to offer! Go to ieanea.org to see all of the happenings and most up to date information on union matters. Go to ieanea.org/benefits/ to explore discounts and deals that are offered to you with your membership.
- Candy Donations at Lotus
- We're collaborating with Conlon Thompson Orthodontics again this year to collect candy donations!
- Have your Lotus students bring leftover Halloween Candy to "feed" to our candy monster!
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- The PTA will receive $1 for every pound of candy collected.
- The candy will be used in care packages for the troops!
- November PTA Meeting
- Monday, November 10th, 6:00 pm to ~7:00 pm
- Lotus Library or Google Meet here!
- November Eat Out to Help Out
- Panera Bread in McHenry (1850 North Richmond Rd.)
- Thursday, November 13th, ALL DAY
- 20% of receipts will go to the PTA!
- Show the attached flyer or use this code for online orders: FUND4U
- Parent-Teacher Conference Dinners
- Monday, November 24th
- El Puerto's will be catering for us again this year!
- We're looking for dessert and drink donations and a couple of volunteers to help set up and clean up. Sign up here!
- Donations should be dropped off at either school office by 4:30 pm on November 24th.
- MARK YOUR CALENDARS
- Stanton Book Fair
- Monday, December 1st - Saturday, December 6th
- Sign-up info forthcoming
- Santa's Breakfast & Holiday Market
- Saturday, December 6th, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm
- More info forthcoming!
- Interested in being a vendor at the Holiday Market? Email us at PTA@foxlake114.org
- Dues are $10 for the whole year! That's less than a dollar a month!
- You'll receive a District 114 PTA Calendar featuring student artwork (calendars were sent home last week
check those backpacks!) - Join here today!
- Join the PTA and help enrich your child's educational experience this year!
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