Winter Break: Dec.20, 2021 - Jan. 3, 2022
Winter Break Just Around the Bend
Wow ~ just a week away from Winter Break! Already?
Just taking a moment to note all the strides we’ve made this year, as a school district, as a community, as a family.
Let’s all hunker down for this final week of school before it closes for Winter Break (school reopens January 4).
Also Coming Up
- December 13: Twin Groves Band Concert (7 p.m.)
- December 14: Early Release
- Grades 1–5 dismiss at 2 p.m.
- Grades 6–8 dismiss at 1:30 p.m.
- Full-Day KDG dismisses at 2 p.m.
- Willow Grove Structured dismisses at 2 p.m.
- EC Blended AM in session 8:30–10 a.m.
- EC Blended PM in session 12:30–2 p.m.
- December 14: Board of Education meeting (Ivy Hall Boardroom, 7 p.m.)
- December 17: Last Day of School Before Winter Break
- December 17: PTO Winter Parties
- December 20 to January 3, 2022: Winter Break (no school)
- January 4, 2022: School Resumes
- January 13: Kindergarten Pre-Registration Evening (Willow Grove, 5-7 p.m.)
Save the Date: Kindergarten Pre-Registration on Jan. 13
Willow Grove is preparing to welcome its incoming Kindergartners during a special Pre-Registration set for Thursday, January 13, 2022.
From 5 to 7 p.m. January 13, parents/guardians can come to the school to pre-register their incoming Kindergartners for the 2022-23 school year. This Kindergarten pre-registration is open to students who live within District boundaries who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1. (Parents may also register their incoming Kindergartner online; a link will be shared later.)
To this Pre-Registration, parents are asked to bring proof of their identity; proof of their child’s birth; proof of District residency; and a current utility bill. District staff will scan these documents and return the originals to the parents; photocopies will not be accepted.
Parents/guardians will be able to use district computers to pre-register their student (assistance will be available). Incoming Kindergartners who are pre-registered on this date will receive a special Willow Grove Kindergarten T-shirt. (The T-shirts are only available during this pre-registration period.)
Stay tuned for more details.
(Learn more about Kindergarten in District 96.)
Is Your Child Absent from School?
REMINDER: Families, if you need to report your child as absent or late to school, please alert the Administrative Assistant at your child’s school. This is the person responsible for noting and recording changes in your child’s attendance. Misdirected calls or emails made/sent to others can result in delays in your child’s school receiving this critical information on absence, attendance or changes in arrival / departure.
From Our Schools
Congratulations, Little Author!
This week, Ivy Hall Principal Mr. Hanrahan accepted the first children’s book from one of his former students, whose pen name is Maria West. Her book, “Marked: The Coral Key,” is about a dolphin with special powers. The middle schooler’s book will soon be available for purchase on Amazon.
Stay tuned, as she plans to write additional books about this dolphin and other animals!
Exploration in Engineering
In Exploration Lab today, Ivy Hall third-graders used the design engineering process to brainstorm, plan, build, test and improve structures to support the weight of a suspended container (a cup weighted with pennies).
Photo Courtesy: Howard Frishman
Science Ingenuity
Students in Mr. Swerdlow’s Woodlawn science class spent time Friday solving various equations, trying to compute how copper turns green or how bath bombs work, for instance.
Woodlawn: Learning About Online Safety
On Friday, District Resource Officer Essig spoke to four 7th-grade classes at Woodlawn Middle School, sharing with them the pitfalls of meeting and engaging with strangers on the internet; how to protect themselves and their persona information from would-be predators; and how to turn to a trusted adult if they felt unsafe or threatened by someone they met online.
In Our Virtual BackPacks
In this week’s Virtual Backpacks, find information about a spring football league ~ Stevenson Jr. Patriots 7 on 7 ~ for third- through 8th graders. The league’s activity runs from March to May 2022.
Also in our Virtual Backpacks you will find:
- Buffalo Grove Bills’ Football and Cheer Registration
- Northwest Special Recreation Association Inclusion Services 2022 Guide
- Long Grove Fire Protection District fire-safety video on Smoke Detectors
QUESTIONS?
District 96 will communicate with you every Friday through E-NEWS 96 and through Principal’s Messages from each school in which you have a student enrolled. It’s important to read these messages weekly. Questions about KCSD96 communications? Call 847.459.4260, ext. 8022, or send email to the Media & Communications Specialist.
The next issue of E-NEWS 96 will be Dec. 17, 2021.