Is your child missing something?
Happy Friday, everyone!
Stay warm and wrapped up over this weekend and the coming days.
Which reminds me ... staying wrapped up and warm. ... Your child isn't missing something to wrap up in, is he or she? If so, you might consider checking the "Lost & Found" at your child's school.
In at least one district school, there's a growing assortment ~ of coats, jackets, vests, sweatshirts, caps, gloves, water bottles and even a whole backpack and teal-colored earphones ~ that wasn't there a few weeks ago. The few items that once lay on a single table now take up two tables, a clothing rack AND a cart.
Families, if you can, take a peek: You might be quite surprised at what you find!
Coming Up
- Through January 31: Kindergarten Pre-Registration (Register by Jan. 31 to get a free Willow Grove T-shirt!)
- January 22: Booster Clinics for 12-15 year olds (Twin Groves; by appointment)
- January 25: Early Release Day (Dismissal Times):
- 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.
- February 1: Board of Education meeting (Ivy Hall, Boardroom, 7 p.m.)
- February 7: Simplifying Stevenson, 7 p.m. (Virtual; pre-register here)
Reminder: Kindergarten Pre-Registration Underway!
Parents of children who will be 5-year-old by Sept. 1, 2022: Be sure to register your child for the 2022-23 Kindergarten class at Willow Grove.
Reminder: Sign up for “Simplifying Stevenson”
KCSD parents of 8th graders, you still have time to sign up for the Monday, Feb.7, virtual event "Simplifying Stevenson” (7 p.m. start time). This is your chance to ask questions you might want to know about your child entering SHS: Your questions will be answered by current Stevenson High School students and SHS Principal Mr. Troy Gobble.
Pre-register by clicking here.
Reminder: Upload Student Vaccine Verification
If your child has taken his or her second-dose of the COVID vaccine, please upload verification to the District website: https://kcsd96.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_86XMTSTHKr03ZPM
From Our Schools
Twin Groves
Can’t wait to see how some Twin Groves students finish polishing off the narratives they started working on before Winter Break. Language Arts teachers Mr. Weiland reminded them to use descriptive language and all the other great writing tools they know ...
Meanwhile, Mrs. Bildstein’s 8th-grade Language Arts students continued digging into Pip’s experiences and other major themes in Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations.”
Overseen: Colorful and copious Post-Its on many of the students’ novel pages!
(Click here for the Twin Groves' photo gallery "A Day in the Life ...").
Willow Grove
Kudos to Willow Grove Kindergarten teacher Ms. Longman! … A new student to her class was met with her very special social story book ~ which not only welcomed her to the school and this country, but also introduced the new student to her class.
“This was not the first time I had made something like this,” Ms. Longman shared in an email. “I made this social story for [this student] to welcome her to school in the United States. It serves as a social-emotional tool during her transition, provides some language supports for her as well as help her to feel loved in her new school and class! Her parents let me know her favorite characters so that I could include them (Tangled, Mickey and Minnie) to personalize it. Social stories are not my invention--they are a wonderful support for many students!”
In The Virtual BackPacks
Got teen-agers? “Fourteen Talks by Age Fourteen,” hosted by the Family Action Network (FAN)might be of interest to you. This virtual event begins at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 24. You can pre-register at: www.bit.ly/IcardFANWebinar.
Also, in this week’s Virtual Backpacks, find information about:
- SHS Jan. 26th Dress Rehearsal of “The Marvel Plays” (for middle school students)
- Vernon Area Public Library's Teen Volunteer Program
- Long Grove Park District Winter Programs
- Stevenson Jr. Patriots 7 on 7 spring football league for third- through 8th graders
- Buffalo Grove Bills’ Football and Cheer Registration
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 Jan. 28, 2022.