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REGISTER YOUR STUDENT TODAY TO SAVE: Today (May 19) is the last day for a discounted required registration fee for returning students for the 2017–18 school year. Registration fees increase by $20 per student after midnight. Registration emails were sent again this afternoon. If you have not yet registered your student who will attend a District 96 school in the 2017–18 school year, please check for that email and go online to complete your student’s registration.
Email subject line: Register your District 96 student for the 2017-18 school year
THE WEEK AHEAD:
Fri., May 26
HALF DAY of school (Teacher Inservice)
Grades 1 - 5 dismiss at 11:45 a.m.
Grades 6–8 dismiss at 11:10 a.m.
Willow Grove half-day and full-day kindergartners and Structured Learning Classrooms (SLC) dismiss at 11:50 a.m.
Mon., May 29
NO SCHOOL – in observance of Memorial Day
WHAT’S FOR BREAKFAST? WHAT’S FOR LUNCH?
Scroll down to view the MENU at the school(s) of your choice.
Lunch Leftovers?
Does your 8th grader have a positive lunch account balance?
Positive lunch account balances (any amount) may be transferred to a younger sibling enrolled in District 96, Grades 1–8, for the 2017–18 school year. Make or request your transfer NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, JUNE 9.
To make the transfer online:
Log into your K-12 Payment Center account and select “Transfer Funds” from the menu on the left side of the website homepage. OR
To request a transfer if you have not yet established an account:
Send a “Transfer Request” email to Lynn Johanek, Accounts Payable: [email protected]”
Include the following info: Names of BOTH the graduating 8th grader AND the remaining D96 sibling whose account should receive the transferred amount.
E-VIEWS Look and listen! KCSD96 students are amazing...
• Woodlawn’s Law Day essay writer’s thoughts on the 14th amendment and growth as a writer
LOOK & LISTEN (< 2 min.)
• Board of Education Student Recognition
The District 96 Board of Education celebrated over 200 middle school students for their exemplary work.
LOOK & LISTEN (< 2 min.)
REGISTER YOUR MUSICIAN FOR THE 2017–18 SCHOOL YEAR
Please register your child for Beginning and Middle School Band, Orchestra, and Chorus. Students must be entering Grade 5 to join the band and entering Grade 4 to join the orchestra.
REGISTER FOR BEGINNING BAND
REGISTER FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL BAND
REGISTER FOR ORCHESTRA
REGISTER FOR CHORUS-WOODLAWN
8th-GRADE GRADUATION INFO
The KCSD96 8th-grade Class of 2017 will graduate on Mon., June 5, at Stevenson High School, One Stevenson Drive, Lincolnshire. The Woodlawn ceremony begins at 6 p.m.; the Twin Groves ceremony begins at 8:00 p.m.
MORE INFO FOR WOODLAWN PARENTS | MORE INFO FOR TWIN GROVES PARENTS
SUMMER READING
Grades KDG – 8 have a 2017 summer reading assignment!
Reading during the summer is critically important for a student’s continued growth.
NEW this summer, KCSD96 faculty have provided a parent letter, reading resources, and assignment details for all 2017–18 students:
SUMMER READING RESOURCES/ASSIGNMENT FOR GRADES KDG–5
SUMMER READING RESOURCES/ASSIGNMENT FOR GRADES 6–8
COMMUNITY NEWS
Find info on the following–and more–in the KCSD96 VIRTUAL BACKPACK:
Buffalo Grove Public Works Open House – 5/20
Bike Rodeo bicycle skills course, sponsored by the BG Police Dept. – 5/27
NEW! Long Grove Park District Safe Sitter Babysitting Class – 5/28
NEW! Buffalo Grove Police Dept. Junior Police Academy – June 12–16
STEM and more Summer Camp info from SHS PREP
The Center for Gifted 2017 Summer Programs
The next issue of E-NEWS 96 is Fri., May 26, 2017.