District 96 Families:
Welcome to November!
We finished off October strong, winding up the month with Halloween parties and parades, in snow and out of it ~ often in a matter of minutes! This new month brings a change for clocks on Sunday (wait, does that mean the illusion of ‘more sleep?’); the end of our first trimester; and a long extended weekend for the Thanksgiving holiday break from November 22 to 25. Mark your calendars!
Here’s what’s coming up in the next few weeks:
Coming Up:
- Sunday, November 5
- Daylight Saving Time ends (‘fall back’ ~ time and clocks ‘turn back’ an hour)
- Monday, November 6
- IH | P | TG Beginning Band & Jazz Band Concert, 7 p.m.
- Wednesday, November 8
- Woodlawn Band Concert, 7 p.m.
- Thursday and Friday, November 9 & 10
- Woodlawn Musical: "The Sound of Music, Youth Edition" (including CM and K 5th Graders, 7 p.m.)
- Friday, November 10
- Report period ends, EC-Grade 8
- Tuesday, November 14
- Board of Education meeting, 7 p.m. (Mat Room, Ivy Hall)
- Wednesday, November 15
- School Board Members’ Day
- Thursday, November 16
- Family Reading Night
- Friday, November 17
- Trimester 1 report cards issued
- Wednesday to Friday, November 22-24
- No School (Thankgiving Holidays)
- Tuesday, November 28
- Early Release
District 96 Report Card
This week, the Illinois State Board of Education released the 2022-2023 Illinois Report Cards for districts and individual schools. Click this link to review the KCSD96 2022-2023 report card: https://www.kcsd96.org/curriculum/school-report-cards
Sign Up Yet for Family Reading Night, November 16?
Don’t miss this annual fun family event: Family Reading Night, on November 16, at your child’s school. 
Read your Principal’s Message for the date and time and the link to RSVP for this event.
A School or Snow Day
Yaay! Noo? This week, District 96 got its first wisps of snowflakes, a hint of wintry weather to come. Read how the District decides when to call a Snow Day … or if it’ll simply be a regular School Day.
Link: https://www.kcsd96.org/superintendent/school-day-or-snow-day
Virtual Backpack
Check the District and your school’s virtual Backpacks for information on the following events and other items that may be of interest to you.
Virtual Backpack: https://www.kcsd96.org/about/virtual-backpack
- Lake County STEM for Girls (Vernon Hills): Saturday, November 4
- Refugee Resource Fair (Lake Zurich): November 4
- Chief for a Day: Application Due by November 17
- SHS Dance I Master Class: December 4
- 211 Lake County Resources (free, with resources in many languages)
IN OUR SCHOOLS
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow, nor hail … This week’s Halloween parades and parties went on without a hitch, with parents and students braving snow, snow-sleet and then sunshine, all in a matter of minutes for their respective parades. Once they returned to classrooms, they enjoyed a variety of games, including a toilet-tissue mummy wrap and various other games.
See the Kildeer Halloween Photo Gallery: https://www.kcsd96.org/k/kildeer-countryside-photo-gallery/gallery/1615300/halloween-parade-and-parties-2023
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 at [email protected].
The next issue of E-NEWS 96 will be November 10, 2023.