E-NEWS 96, September 16, 2022

District 96 Families:

Happy Friday, everyone!  Be sure to make time to unwind and enjoy one of our final weekends of summer ~ right before fall rolls in on Thursday, September 22! 

Keep reading for information you may find helpful over the next few weeks:

Coming Up

• September 20:  Early Release Day
  • Grades 1-5 dismiss at 2:05 p.m.
  • Grades 6-8 dismiss at 1:30 p.m.
  • Kindergarten dismisses at 2:05 p.m.
  • Structured: 8:30 a.m. to 2:05 p.m.
  • Blended AM: 8:30 to 10 a.m.
  • Blended PM: 12:35 to 2:05 p.m.
• September 20:  Board of Education (7 p.m., Ivy Hall, Mat Room)
• September 21:  Band & Orchestra Boosters’ meeting  (6:30 p.m., Woodlawn Middle School) updated
• September 26:  No School (District Holiday)
• September 28:  Family Tech Talk (7 p.m., Ivy Hall, Mat Room) with D96 Tech Director Lucas Cowden and D96 Resource Officer Michael Essig

Fall Conferences Coming in October

Fall Family/Educator Conferences are right around the corner!  

The conferences will take place on Thursday, October 6, from 5 to 8:30 p.m. and Friday, October 7, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  

We will continue using Meet the Teacher as an electronic sign up for conferences.  A sign-up link will be shared via School Messenger from the district on Monday, September 19, at 6 p.m. 

Parents and guardians will be able to schedule remote or in-person conferences.

Don’t Miss Tech Talk for Families

Learn about District 96 technology offerings and how to keep your child and family safe on the internet in a session hosted by D96 later this month. 

The event is “Family Tech Talk,” with D96 Technology Director Lucas Cowden and D96 Resource Officer Mr. Essig.                   

The session begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 28, in-person, in the Mat Room at Ivy Hall Elementary School, 1072 Ivy Hall Lane, Buffalo Grove.

SHS Hosts Junior Basketball Team Tryouts

Stevenson High School’s Juniors Patriots Boys and Girls Basketball is back!

For the fall and winter, organizers are bringing back the Junior Patriots Basketball Program for 6th-8th boys and girls who currently live in the District 125 (which includes District 96 students).

This “highly competitive” program will have up to two Boys teams and two Girls teams in each grade.  There is a $25 fee to try out; that fee includes a practice jersey.  Players who make the team will have a $600 fee for the season that includes a full uniform and shooting shirt.

Tentative tryout dates are Sunday, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6. Players should attend both tryout days. 

For more information and/or to register, visit https://www.d125.org/parents/prep.

PTO Blogs Among Us

Don’t miss out on all the important news happening at your child’s school: Be sure to follow your school’s PTO blogger for info on Ice Cream Socials, book fairs, dessert days and special lunch, PTO meal/restaurant fundraisers and other events.

Here’s a list of our schools’ PTO blogs:

• Willow Grove:  https://www.kcsd96.org/wg/pto/blog
• Country Meadows:  https://www.kcsd96.org/cm/pto/blog
• Ivy Hall:  https://www.kcsd96.org/ih/pto/blog 
• Kildeer:  https://www.kcsd96.org/k/pto/blog 
• Prairie:  https://www.kcsd96.org/p/pto/blog 
• Twin Groves:  https://www.kcsd96.org/tg/pto/blog 
• Woodlawn:  https://www.kcsd96.org/w/pto/blog 

From Our Schools …

Overseen:  Some students in Ms. Wronkiewicz’s Woodlawn 7th Grade Orchestra class work on their instruments.

In the Virtual BackPacks

Check out the Virtual BackPacks for information on news and events of interest to students and families.  (Find the District’s main Virtual Backpack page at https://www.kcsd96.org/about/virtual-backpack.)

In the BackPacks:

• SHS Jr. Patriots Basketball Tryouts (6th to 8th Grades) @ https://tinyurl.com/JrPatriotsBasketballTryouts22
• SHS Math Carnival @ https://tinyurl.com/SHSMathCarnival2022
• Long Grove Park District Sports Programs @ tinyurl.com/LGPDSportsPrograms2022

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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 @ [email protected].

The next issue of E-NEWS 96 will be Friday, Sept. 23, 2022.