Monday Morning Memo 2/21/22

 

  

Oner Medrano for his assistance with a student that was in crisis.  Oner can always be counted on to roll up his sleeves and help however he can!!!  Thanks Brother!!

and

Andrea Sekulich for facilitating our ACCESS testing. 

and

Coaches Bressett and Medrano for coaching up their girls!!

and

Rachelle, Coach Carvell and Coach Bailey for providing our wrestlers to compete on the Big Mat at GCHS!

-From Jeff Sefcik

A shout out of thanks to Nicole Mild for donating some cool items to our PBIS Store.  Much appreciated.  

-From Kim VanHoorelbeke

Thank you Tina Guryn for your help on Thursday!!!You saved me a trip to Stanton.

-From Karen Lobodzinski

Thank you to Rachelle Peters for always being there for me when I have a bazillion questions or an ear to listen to me. I love our conversations -especially when they turn to something silly about our own kids and we get to laugh for a few minutes! 

To Emily Armbrecht for working together on creating a fun RAFT for her music students, and inviting me into her 5th grade music class to go over it with students! 

To Trina Neukam for extending her students in math who were showing a great understanding of the skills. A great way to learn is to teach the concept to others and allowing those students to create a Blooket for the class was a great way to do that!

To Scott Donovan for setting great routines and procedures in his classroom. From the minute students walked into his classroom, they knew to take out their Chromebooks and begin working on the Bell Work. No time was wasted and they were 100% engaged in the GimKit! 

To Karen Brnot for creating engaging activities for the  students and for continuously going over classroom rules and expectations with her classes.

To Jamie Smeigh for taking the time to highlight famous African Americans in Social Studies in a cool and engaging way (video clips on each person) in honor of Black History Month.

To Sarah Groebe for flipping it around when discussing an assessment! When going over the quiz corrections, students were asked to explain why the wrong answer may have been considered as a right answer. It was really cool to hear the students explain why someone may have chosen a different answer, why it was incorrect - and then explaining what the correct answer is and why!

-From Stephanie Kaye

Thanks to Jeff Sefcik for organizing a great threat assessment procedure training!

-From Heather

Thank you to the sixth grade team for holding a productive PST meeting with a student and their guardian. We have a great plan moving forward. 

Thank you to all the grade level teams for filling out the SAEBRS screener this week.

Thank you to Erica Barraza, Amanda Lorenz, Stephanie Kaye, Mike Sementa and Jessica Urban for always supporting and providing guidance when I need it. 

THank you Kendra Logar for always having a positive attitude and doing what is best for the students in her classroom.

Thank you Ellen Murfin for advocating and problem solving for a student in her classroom.

THank you Lynn Smolen for your support and problem solving, I appreciate all of your collaboration and support.

Thank you Molly Monk, Ellie Seyfurt, Kim Hanson and Grant Chapman for all the help and support you give our most complex students and for always problem solving and advocating for those students. 

Thank you Alana Carlson for always jumping in and helping students that are brought up in MTSS meetings. I appreciate your support and dedication.

Thank you to Jeff Sefcik, Matt Peters, Rachelle Peters and Natalie Udstuen for all of your support and guidance. I appreciate all of you!

-From Cathy Jawnyj

A big thank you to Mike Stozek for all his patient, consistent help all the time.  Thank you, Mike, for so quickly getting resources I needed to help our EL students.  I appreciate all that you do, Mike!

Thank you to Erica Barraza and Amanda Lorenz for being great instructional coaches, always available to give valuable advice.

Thank you Matt Peters for your patient help as we navigate through our TBE program.

Thank you Victoria Miller for your countless hours of organization and planning for IAR.

Thank you Natalie Molidor, Maureen, Emily and Erin for being such a wonderful team to work with.  I love collaborating with you!

-From Abbey Kadera

Please send me KUDOS to give shout outs to colleagues! I LOVE to put them in the Monday Memo! 🎉

NEW!!!! Lake County ROE Educator of the Year

I'd LOVE to see D114 have a bunch of nominations for these different categories--NO STAFF deserves it more!!!

The Lake County Regional Office of Education will be hosting the first  Educator of the Year Ceremony. The Ceremony will be held at the Lake County Fairgrounds on May 4th, at 5:30 pm. There will be a social hour with dinner. The awards ceremony will take place after the dinner. Ticket information will be provided at a later date.

The Educator of the Year Ceremony will resemble a mini Oscars like celebration. I have included all of the information in this email. The information can also be found on the ROE shared drive under the Educator of the Year folder and on the ROE website under the tab Educator of the Year later today. 

There will be 9 categories for nominations. Districts can submit as many nominations for the categories, but all the paperwork must be included for each nomination to be considered. Paper or electronic nomination packets are due to the ROE by Friday, March 18, 2022. 

Here is a link if you would like to submit the nomination packet electronically. 2022 Lake County Educator of the Year

Here is all of the information about 2022 Lake County Educator of the Year.

 2022-Nomination-Letter.pdf

 2022-Nomination-Form.docx

 Lake County ROE Educator of the Year Awards Nom...

 Lake County ROE Educator of the Year.pptx

2022-23 Calendar

During this week's CTT mini lesson, representatives from the Calendar Committee will be sharing out the 3 options we've built for consideration along with some basic information about the calendar process. Staff will have an opportunity for INPUT on the options, and the committee will review the feedback to determine a model to recommend to the Board for consideration and (hopefully) approval at the March 15 meeting. Prior to the calendar presentations, everyone will be emailed the options and the survey link. THANK YOU to the Calendar Committee for your hard work!!!!

COVID Updates

CLICK HERE for the ongoing Q and A document! 

We now have N95 and KN95 masks available for staff in each building's office. Please request them if you'd like! :)

Family Member Surveillance Testing

If you have a family member who would like to participate in weekly surveillance testing, we now have the capacity to send tests home for you to give them! We'll mail them in, and you'll get results back via email. 

To participate, your family member(s) must register using this link:

Family/Community Member Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions! 

PLEASE BE SURE TO LABEL THEIR SAMPLE BAG WITH FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. 

Please check out this document for information on how quarantine is calculated under the current guidelines. We worked with all the other local districts to make sure we are all handling this consistently, and especially close contacts that occur at home. 

Linked here is the most updated decision-making flow chart, provided by our legal counsel. This is what we are following. If you have questions, please reach out to me. 

Current Local COVID Data

2/20/22

Current D114 Daily Data

CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	234.73
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	4.25%

D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	262.4
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	5.90 %

 

• Here is the link to the D114 Padlet that was shared in training on Friday.  

• Please take some time to look at the videos in the Teacher Toolkit and utilize what you need to support your students!

 

Remember the 5 Non-Negotiables of the Ready Classroom

• Watch the unit flow & progression video

• Review the prerequisite reports

• Do the lesson quiz before you teach a lesson

• Use the lesson slides

• Preview the interactive tutorials prior to lesson

• To know themath, you must see the math, do the math and prepare for the math!

 

Even with one day less of school this week, we did an awesome job with time on iReady! Way to go everyone! 

 

This week: 

 

Last Week:

 

 

 

 

-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)

Video

 

 

Relationships Matter

Use the next 2 activities throughout the month (and the rest of the year) to keep Black history at the forefront of your lessons and encourage your students to keep learning more. Stay tuned next week for more! 

 

1. Timeline Activity

Have students put together their own timelines, whether individually or in groups, that focus on specific historical events or people. They’ll have fun putting all the events together and learn lots along the way!

 

2. Study & Create Art

Have students put together their own timelines, whether individually or in groups, that focus on specific historical events or people. They’ll have fun putting all the events together and learn lots along the way!

 

 

 

 

-Community Builder:

Blind Artist

Have your students form pairs. The students can’t see each other. One student

gets a drawing you have prepared earlier. Ideally, the drawing should be

something relevant to what you are teaching. The student holding the drawing

needs to give good instructions to the other student. The other student needs

to draw it without being able to see the original picture

 

 

-Weekly Cheer/Silly Sport/Brain Break:

Tuesday is EAFL spirit day.  Wear your EAFL shirt and make sure to join us as the board meeting Tuesday Night.

As your executive board, we realize there has been a lot of information and changes lately.  If you have any questions, concerns or need support in any way, please feel free to reach out to any one of your board members.  We are here to help and guide in any way we can.   

LOTUS UPDATES

PBIS THOUGHT:  "KINDNESS IS FREE" 

Important dates:

February 21 (week) Mid Trimester Celebration (Board Game Time)

February 25 Classroom Winner announced for "get caught walking quietly"

February 25 Staff Raffle Winners announced.  

Prizes:  

- New spring ones are in store.

-Big prizes are displayed in the library to help give them a visual on what they can purchase or work towards.  

Tuesday, February 22--February Board of Education meeting at 7PM at Lotus and on Meet

 

COVID Data Hub

Daily D114 COVID Data

Link to D114 Business Office Share Folder

*check here for documents most frequently used/requested

Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this

folder!

2021-22 Early Release/Professional Development Planning Calendar

2021-22 D114 Calendar

D114 Curriculum Resources

Second Step Pacing Guide

SEL COMMITTEE HUB

D114 Family Update

Work Order Request

Technology Support Request

Please have a great week! YOU are so appreciated!
Heather

Monday Morning Memo 2/14/22

  

As we kick off 2022, it's time to share our "words" for the year. For 2021, mine was BELIEVE. I needed it... A LOT...during 2021. 

For 2022, my word is PERSPECTIVE.

  
Here's a link to other words of the year! You can still share yours--just shoot me an email! 

  

Thank you Erica Barraza for being so proactive at an MTSS meeting to help one of our first grade students!  He now has glasses!!!

and

Thank you Abbey for all of your hard work and phone calls to a first grade parent and a third grade parent that I needed to communicate with about concerns I had at school!  Because of you, both of these students have been so successful this week!!!

and

Thank you Sonia Miller and all of the lunch ladies at Lotus for accommodating a first grade student and a third grade student by providing more lunch options for them!  This has really helped them focus and be more successful in school!  You all are so caring and thoughtful!!!

-From Kim Leable

Kudos to my second grade team and Chris Francke for helping so much with my classroom and sub plans while I was out sick and then even when I was back but still needed support. We make a great team!!
and
Kudos to Stephanie Silverman who was so willing to help with one of my students in the hallway. She knew just what to do. That was very appreciated!

-From Emily Welsh

Michelle Magness thank you for finding me feet and connectors to help divide my room! The extra walls were a big help.

Mollie H thanks for dealing with all the notes and data in our room and still helping with behaviors in the classroom.

Molly Monk thanks for reading with Bentley to get him wanting to read and earn his robots! 2 almost perfect days is definitely helping everyone in the classroom!  It takes a village!! 

-From Sherry Tietjen

Thank you to Kim Vanhoorelbeke for ALWAYS being amazing, helpful, proactive, and caring. Whether you are helping with PBIS, a student crisis, or with my own health, you are always doing it with a smile and I cannot thank you enough for all your help. 

and

Thank you to ALL the admin at Lotus and Stanton, the social workers, Molly Monk and the office staff for being absolutely amazing. For a few weeks now you have been responding to numerous student situations that require patience, teamwork, and quick thinking. Your hard work, empathy, and patience does not go unnoticed or unappreciated. 

and

Thank you to Stanton staff for enduring an agenda meeting that pulled at your heart strings. Thank you for your continued efforts and for trusting in me to help along the way.

and

Thank you Mary Foersterling for the much needed sound machine! Thank you Natalie Molidor for the index cards! Thank you Joe and Kim Leable for the folders I asked for a few weeks ago. I can always count on you to help me when I'm in a bind.

and

Thank you to the mentors who have committed to helping our students. I really enjoy our events and hopefully we can get more kids coming as the year goes on!  You are truly making a difference. 

and

Thank you to the PBIS core teams at both schools! You have been problem solving and creative this year with lots of engaging ways to teach students expected behaviors and continuing to motivate them during a difficult year. 

and

Thank you to the teacher leadership team (Stephanie, Mike, Amanda, Erica, and Cathy) for always being there to support me and each other, challenge one another, and problem solve. I love learning from you, bouncing ideas off you, and being able to depend on you for help when I need it.

and

Thank you Lynn for always listening to me, guiding me, and all the support! Thanks for dealing with my not so neat office space and all our talks!

-From Jessica Urban

Shout out to Yesenia for being so bright, cheery and funny in the morning!

and

Shout out to Linda for always welcoming my students and helping them remember their folders.

and

Shout out to Matt, Natalie, Lynn and Ellie for your hard work with one particular student. All of you are still always gracious and kind when I see you in the hallways after what looks like an exhausting day!

and

and

Shout out to Ellie for still being willing and excited to pull my hardest students after she had a long day. You made their day!

and

Shout out to Misty for always being kind and patient with her students in the hallway! They are so lucky to have you!

and

And lastly, shout out to my K team (Nicole, Donna, Ashley, Debbie and Deb) for having real talks, constantly making me laugh and for always being willing to do what's best for our students!

-From Sami Harshaw

Thanks to all of you for your encouraging words, emails, hugs, smiles, and care. A special thank you to the secret elf who left a bag of much needed chocolate on my desk. I could not do any of this without my D114 family. 

-From Heather 

Please send me KUDOS to give shout outs to colleagues! I LOVE to put them in the Monday Memo! 🎉

Monday BOE Meeting

The Board of Education has determined that it will hold a special session on Monday, February 14 at 4:00 PM in the Lotus gymnasium to discuss and consider shifts in our mitigation strategies. This will be an in person meeting only, and the meeting will be limited in scope to this conversation. 

This meeting is open to the public, as are all Board of Education meetings. If you'd like to attend to make a public comment at this meeting, I'd ask for the following, as stated in D114 Board Policy 2:230: 

• Contact me via email at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org to request to speak. I'll make the agenda of speakers based on your time stamped email, and I will confirm receipt of your request. If you plan to speak, please let me know by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 14. 
• Address the Board during Audience Comments and when recognized by the Board president. 
• Plan to speak for 3 minutes or less, and please be concise and clear in your message. The President may allow for additional time, but this is not required. 
• Act, at all times, with respect and civility toward others. 

If you are unable to attend the meeting but would like to share your comments, please email them to my administrative assistant, Kristie Paul, at kristie.paul@foxlake114.org by 12:00 PM on Monday, February 14. She will confirm receipt and print your email. It will then be copied and given to all Board members and read aloud, if time permits. Each written statement will have no more than 3 minutes to be read aloud, and each statement should show, as stated above, respect and civility toward others. Statements submitted advance will be added to the audience comment agenda based on the time stamped email received. 

I'll share you on the draft slides I'll be sharing after public comment at some point Monday before the meeting. 

Institute Day Plan

Please find the working copy of the plan for Friday's Institute Day linked here. Everyone will stay in their sites, and any details not yet figured out will be done soon. If I've missed anyone or anything, please let me know. Your feedback is always appreciated. 

COVID Updates

Family Member Surveillance Testing

If you have a family member who would like to participate in weekly surveillance testing, we now have the capacity to send tests home for you to give them! We'll mail them in, and you'll get results back via email. 

To participate, your family member(s) must register using this link:

Family/Community Member Consent Form

Please let me know if you have any questions! 

PLEASE BE SURE TO LABEL THEIR SAMPLE BAG WITH FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH. 

Please check out this document for information on how quarantine is calculated under the current guidelines. We worked with all the other local districts to make sure we are all handling this consistently, and especially close contacts that occur at home. 

Linked here is the most updated decision-making flow chart, provided by our legal counsel. This is what we are following. If you have questions, please reach out to me. 

Current Local COVID Data

2/11/22

Current D114 Daily Data

CDC thresholds and local data for Lake County

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	383.90
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	6.28%

D114 Local Zip Codes Data from Northwestern University COVID Dashboard--ALL DATA INCLUDES ACTUAL AND PROBABLE CASES!

Indicator	Low Transmission	Moderate Transmission	Substantial Transmission	High Transmission	Current Status
Incidence Rate: Total new cases per 100K persons in the last 7 days	0-9	10-49	50-99	100 or greater	596.3
7 Day Average Test Positivity Rate	Less than 5%	5.0%-7.9%	8.0%-9.9%	Greater than 10%	10.20 %

Way to go D114! Let’s keep up the momentum of staying strong with our iReady lessons! Please remember to be checking iReady Paths and adjust them as needed. 

This Week:

 

Last Week: 

 

-Formative Assessment (updated bi-weekly)

Video

 

Relationships Matter

Use the next 2 activities throughout the month (and the rest of the year) to keep Black history at the forefront of your lessons and encourage your students to keep learning more. Stay tuned next week for more! 

 

3. Black History Trivia & Games

Bring some fun (and maybe a little competition) into your lessons this month! Find trivia and games that focus on Black history, or repurpose other classroom games to incorporate Black History Month questions and answers.

 

Black history quizzes

 

4. Virtual Events

Classroom learning is great, but there’s so much students can learn from their own experiences! 

 

This year especially, there are plenty of online activities and events celebrating Black History Month. So why not choose a youth-appropriate one your class can participate i

 

National Museum of African American History: Classroom Connections

 

 

-Community Builder:

Zoom

Form students into a circle and give each a unique picture of an object,

animal or whatever else suits your fancy. You begin a story that incorporates

whatever happens to be on your assigned photo. The next student continues

the story, incorporating their photo, and so on.

 

-Weekly Cheer/Silly Sport/Brain Break:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember to show your District 114 love by wearing your red sweatshirt on Monday to celebrate Valentine's Day.  

If anyone is interested in attending the NEA Representatives assembly, please let one of the board members know as soon as possible. We have until Tuesday to put in a nomination for someone to go. The conference is a great way to learn about all things union related. It is being held on July 2-6 in Chicago.

If you are interested: 

Webinar for ESPs: Thursday, Feb. 17 at 6 p.m. CST. Learn more about the power of resiliency.

Educators will review the foundations of resiliency and self-regulation needed to support their work. Strategies and recommendations will be provided to support the specific roles of education support professionals (ESPs), specialized instructional support personnel (SISPs) and teachers.

FREE NEH Summer Teaching Institutes – In summer of 2022, there will be two NEH Summer Teaching Institutes for K-12 Educators at the University of Arkansas. Apply by March 1 for a free, two-week professional development workshop from the University of Arkansas. Participants get a $2200 stipend.  Find out more about these exciting projects here:

The Local and International Legacies of Nelson Hackett’s Flight from Slavery, 1841-1861

June 20-July 1, 2022

Pandemics in History, Literature, and Today

July 11-22, 2022

LOTUS UPDATES

* We will have a STAFF raffle on February 25th for awarding PBIS Points. There will be 4 winners.  (2 certified staff / 2 non certified staff)  GOOD LUCK, keep getting those stars 

*MID TRIMESTER K-4th Grade Celebration will be the week of Feb. 21st.

Board Game Time!!!

Monday, February 14--Special Board of Education meeting at 4PM at Lotus

Friday, February 18--Institute Day (schedule to follow, but anticipate lots of time to work)

Monday, February 21--Presidents' Day--No School

Tuesday, February 22--February Board of Education meeting at 7PM at Lotus

 

COVID Data Hub

Daily D114 COVID Data

Link to D114 Business Office Share Folder

*check here for documents most frequently used/requested

Please let Heather know of suggestions for any documents to add to this

folder!

2021-22 Early Release/Professional Development Planning Calendar

2021-22 D114 Calendar

D114 Curriculum Resources

Second Step Pacing Guide

SEL COMMITTEE HUB

D114 Family Update

Work Order Request

Technology Support Request

Heather