Winter Break Has Arrived
... and just like that, we’re at the end of this calendar year! Where did the time go?
Please take the next few days to enjoy family and friends and enjoy family and friends and the break from school! We’ll see you when school reopens on Monday, January 9, 2023!
Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!
Coming Up:
- December 23 - January 6: Winter Break (school closed)
- January 9, 2023: School resumes
- January 16, 2023: No School (District holiday)
- January 17, 2023: Board of Education meeting (Ivy Hall Elementary School, Mat Room, 7 p.m.)
Free Covid Tests Available
Families, did you know you can obtain free COVID-19 testing kits from the Rockefeller Foundation? To request a free Project ACT testing kit, visit https://www.accesscovidtests.org/.
Additionally, households may also order four free at-home COVID-19 tests from the government:
https://www.covid.gov/tests.
Keeping Our Eyes on the Weather
Please see the District’s updated information regarding winter weather and when the District decides to call for an Early Dismissal or Snow Day ~ and what that means for you and your child: https://www.kcsd96.org/superintendent/school-day-or-snow-day.
Coming Up: Pre-Registration for Incoming 2023-24 Kindergartners
District families with incoming 2023-24 kindergartners are asked to be on the lookout for pre-registration information being shared in a few weeks.
The 2023-24 Kindergarten pre-registration is open to students who live within District boundaries and who will be 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2023.
This year’s Kindergarten Pre-Registration will be conducted online during January 2023; parents will be emailed a link to start the process. (Families needing to pre-register their child in-person may contact the administrative assistant at Willow Grove Early Learning Center, at [email protected].)
For the online Kindergarten Pre-Registration, parents will need to supply:
- Proof of parent’s identity
- Proof of child’s birth (birth certificate or passport)
- Proof of District residency (current mortgage, lease or property tax bill)
- Current utility bill
- RESIDENCY FORM
- HOME LANGUAGE SURVEY
- ENROLLMENT FORM
Incoming Kindergartners who are pre-registered during this Pre-Registration period will receive a special Willow Grove Kindergarten T-shirt. (The T-shirts are not available after this pre-registration period.)
Learn more about Kindergarten in District 96: https://www.kcsd96.org/wg/kindergarten-in-kcsd96
Got questions? Email the administrative assistant at Willow Grove at [email protected].
Health information
Please see information posted about Flu and Meningococcal vaccines for preteens and teens posted in the District’s Virtual BackPacks:
- Flu vaccine: tinyurl.com/FluVaccineInfo2022
- Meningococcal vaccine: tinyurl.com/MeningococcalVaccine2022
In Our Schools
Seventh-grade science students at Twin Groves have been working to build robots for a class assignment. Today, they continued work on the projects, and will design their own robots in the new year, according to class teacher Mrs. Rosenberg.
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In Our Virtual BackPacks
Check out the virtual backpacks for information on:
- 211 Lake County Resources: A variety of helpful resources, with information in a variety of languages: https://211lakecounty.org/
- SHS Incoming Freshmen Dance Placements: https://tinyurl.com/SHSIncomingDancePlacements (January 25 and 26, 2023)
- Chicago Soccer classes for 5-6 year olds: tinyurl.com/ChicagoSoccerWinter2022
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, January 13, 2023.
Updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2023; April 18, 2023