Art at Kildeer Countryside
District 96 Families:
Is the excitement building in your home for this weekend’s festivities? Enjoy and be safe! If not, do enjoy the changing palette of color before it’s all gone!
Here’s what coming up next week:
Coming Up
- October 31: Halloween Parade and Parties
- November 2 & 3: Fall Play: “Beauty and the Beast (Jr.)” @ 7 p.m. (Woodlawn Middle School; free)
- November 6: Daylight Savings Time ends (clocks ‘fall back’ one hour)
- November 8: No school (Election Day)
It’s Illinois School Report Card Time
This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released the Illinois Report Card for Kildeer Countryside School District 96 for 2021-22. Check out the District’s 2021-22 report card: /about/illinois-school-report-cards
Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR) Score Reports
Last year, students in third to eighth grade were eligible to take the Illinois Assessment of Readiness (IAR). Individual score reports will be mailed out next week for any students who took the assessment.
If you have questions about your child’s IAR report, direct them to his or her teacher; your school principal; or Jason Keenon, Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning, at [email protected].
In Our Schools
Reading Playground at Kildeer: Mrs. Smith's second-graders had fun learning with the "Reading Playground" program. This program has research-aligned activities designed to accelerate the acquisition of skills and knowledge necessary to transform unfamiliar words into familiar and instantly recognizable words!
Who Will Move This 'Stone in the Road?' The Twin Groves cast of “Stone in the Road” took its production on a tour of two D96 elementary schools today ~ Prairie and Ivy Hall. The very apt cast led the audience in trying to figure out who might possess just the right character to selflessly remove an obnoxious stone from the middle of a road.
Snowflakes for 7th Graders: This week, District 7th graders participated in Snowflake, an event that brought together the students, high school leaders and adults for a day of sharing, learning, and listening. The goal of the event is to strengthen young people to help them be safe, healthy, make smart choices, and be drug-free. The program strives to facilitate discussion and interaction among students, which leads to valuable decision-making skills and wise handling of peer pressure.
At Twin Groves, this event was organized by Danielle Baker and Michele Koulentes; at Woodlawn, Jacqui Jessogne and Kylie Gember. (Photos courtesy of Jacqueline Jessogne)
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:
- Lake County Seeks Focus Group participants @ tinyurl.com/LakeCountyFocusGroups2022
- Jr. Patriot Basketball Tryouts (Oct. 30 and Nov. 6): https://tinyurl.com/SHSJrPatriotsBasketball2022
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 @ [email protected].
The next issue of E-NEWS 96 will be Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.