Friday is here. I need some upbeat music to keep my positivity up. I will start with this fun song from The Cure, keeping with the theme of Friday. If you read this on Saturday, this is for you and my Sunday people, here is an oldie for you. There are quite a few items for the blog this week. Take your time and read it slowly. What else do you have going? (*Note...the songs chosen are on youtube and require a 4 second commercial delay before you can hit skip. These are Greg Grana songs and reflect my bad taste in music.)
May 4th - Staff Planning
Teachers are planning on Monday. Students need to look in Schoology under the lunch course for their learning plans for the day. Do not believe them when they tell you there is no work on Monday.
ATTENTION 8th GRADE PARENTS!! Freebie!!
In honor of our graduating 8th graders, the Woodlawn PTO will once again be giving all Woodlawn 8th grade students a FREE t-shirt as a graduation gift.
Click here to complete and submit the form by Thursday, May 7th to ensure your 8th grader receives their FREE t-shirt!
T-shirts will be delivered by the end of May. Questions??? Please contact Laura LaCroix at [email protected]
Congratulations to all of our graduating 8th Graders! We wish you all the best! In my mind, this song fits for a free t-shirt.
ATTENTION PARENTS – the PTO Blog has been updated!
Please be sure to check it out for information on how to order school supply kits for the 2020-2021 school year and to attend our first ever virtual General Meeting on May 8th!
Thank you for your support. Click here to see the PTO Blog. Bring the energy for the PTO Blog!
Don't Wait! Register for the 2020–21 School Year
If you haven't already registered your new or returning District 96 student for the 2020–21 school year, please do so right away. Having an accurate enrollment count is important for anticipating staffing needs appropriately. Please tell new neighbors and friends to contact the public info coordinator [email protected] with registration questions and for info on options to delay/waive registration fees. No song, just sign up.
A Message From Our District Nurse
Dear Parent/Guardian(s):
It has been the nursing team's pleasure to care for your child’s health needs this school year. In keeping with our School Board Policy, any unused medication remaining at the end of the school year must be picked up by parents. This ensures the safety and well being of all children.
The medications from each building have been picked up and brought to the ELC located at the following address:
990 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061
You may pick the medication(s) up on the following days:
Wednesday, May 6 (8-3:30)
Thursday May 7 (8-3:30)
Friday May 8 (8-3:30)
If your child will require medication to be kept at school next year, please download the forms from the school website and take the forms to your physician over the summer for completion.
Please note that there is a section on the form for the parent and physician to complete and sign.
Returning this information, on or before the first day of school, will help ensure the safety of your child at school. The medication must be labeled and in its original container and will not be accepted without the completed physician’s order.
Please place the medication in a gallon size zip-lock baggie, labeled with your student’s name, grade and homeroom teacher. Medication must be transported to the school by the parents.
Thank you for your assistance,
Beth Finato, BSN, RN, PEL-CSN, District Nurse
224-513-6468
Song for Coronavirus Front Line Workers!
Estimado Padre/Tutor(es):
Ha sido un placer para el equipo de enfermeras atender a las necesidades de salud de su hijo durante este año escolar. Para cumplir con las Reglas de nuestra Junta Escolar, los padres deben recoger cualquier medicamento que no se utilizó al final del año escolar. Esto garantiza la seguridad y el bienestar de todos los niños.
Los medicamentos de cada edificio han sido recogidos y llevados al ELC que está ubicado en:
990 Corporate Woods Parkway
Vernon Hills, Illinois 60061
Usted puede recoger el/los medicamento(s) en los siguientes días:
Miércoles, 6 de mayo (8-3:30)
Jueves, 7 de mayo (8-3:30)
Viernes, 8 de mayo (8-3:30)
Si su hijo requiere que el medicamento se quede en la escuela para el próximo año escolar, por favor descargue los formularios del sitio web de la escuela y lleve los formularios a su médico para que los complete durante el verano.
Por favor tenga en cuenta que hay una sección en el formulario que los padres y el médico deben completar y firmar.
Regresar esta información, el primer día de clases on antes, garantiza la seguridad de su hijo en la escuela. El medicamento debe estar etiquetado y en su envase original y no será aceptado sin la orden completa del doctor.
Por favor coloque el medicamento en una bolsa zip-lock tamaño galón, con el nombre, grado y maestro/a de su estudiante. El medicamento debe ser trasladado a la escuela por los padres.
Gracias por su ayuda,
Beth Finato, BSN, RN, PEL-CSN, Enfermera del Distrito
224-513-6468
Making and Keeping Stay-at-Home Memories
School Resource Officers Ashley Krozel and Mike Martin from the Village of Buffalo Grove Police Department have provided a COVID-19 TIME CAPSULE–a fun activity to help students and their parents capture and preserve the details of staying safe at home together during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Side note, Ashley will be leaving D96 as our Resource Officer after this year. This song is for you Ashley!
Superintendent’s Message from 4/28/20 - (I was only going to include the link but there is a ton of great information here!
It’s almost May. The calendar moves ahead–even as our daily planners bear little resemblance to what’s typical for this time of year.
Summer is coming, our 2019–20 school year will come to a scheduled end, we’ll clean out lockers and cubbies, we’ll celebrate our 8th-Grade Class of 2020 thoughtfully and appropriately, and we’ll offer expanded opportunities for beneficial summer learning.
The details will look quite different, however, so please read the following carefully to plan ahead. Understand that we continue to refine plans and, when final, we will communicate details and specific instructions via Principal Messages, E-NEWS 96, social media, targeted emails, and/or my Superintendent Messages.
Summer Learning Opportunities
Given the end of in-person learning in the current school year and the extension of the governor’s stay-at-home order, combined with guidance and information from the state, it has become obvious that most summer learning opportunities will happen virtually. We are currently working to define and expand those opportunities. Information regarding offerings will be sent to families the week of May 11, inviting registration. Dates for summer opportunities are as follows:
Summer virtual learning sessions: June 8 – July 2
Extended School Year (ESY) for eligible students: July 13 – August 6
Jump Start Kindergarten: Registration on hold. (Will be offered only if circumstances allow)
8th-Grade Graduation
In my April 1 message, I shared that–due to the governor’s extended school closure announcement–the 8th-grade graduation ceremony was being postponed. I also indicated that each of our schools would work to celebrate its graduates either on a different date or via other means, as circumstances allow. I outlined the contributing factors that included facility availability and up-to-date guidance regarding social distancing and large gatherings.
Much has happened since April 1, including orders ending in-person learning for the remainder of the school year and the extension of stay-at-home orders. In addition, most summer learning opportunities will be virtual. Thus, we will be honoring and celebrating our graduating 8th graders via a pre-recorded virtual ceremony. This ceremony will mirror a traditional ceremony, with comments from our principals, myself, and Board of Education President Marc Tepper. Each graduate will be recognized individually and each school’s Superintendent Award winners will prepare and record comments for their classmates.
In addition to the traditional pre-recorded ceremony, each school is preparing a celebratory video for the 8th-grade class. In addition, teacher teams will host zooms on May 26 to connect and to say goodbye to the students. Lastly, plans are being made for diploma, materials, and yearbook pick-up and iPad drop-off.
Milestones are a significant part of growing up and the fact that we are not able to bring everyone together for this one is profoundly disappointing. Each student and each family is unique and may react to this reality differently. Some of you likely saw this as inevitable and the only path forward weeks ago, while others were sure that we would all be able to gather by late May. I get it. Amongst my daughter and her 8th-grade friends, feelings span the continuum from devastation about missed traditions to relief at not having to buy and wear a dress! We share in all those feelings and know that each family will partner with us to fill in the gaps to ensure that our 8th graders know how happy we are for them and how proud we are of them as they take the next step in their educational and life journey.
Materials Pick-Up
Items are being carefully gathered and plans are being made for families to pick up their students’ personal materials left at school. Dates and plans are being finalized for grades Early Childhood–Grade 7 and separately for Grade 8. Once those plans have been finalized, all details will be shared with students and families.
Remote Learning Calendar Update
With remote learning being extended through the end of the school year, please note important dates below:
Remote Learning Planning Days
May 4
May 15
May 22
Last Day of Remote Learning for 8th Graders
May 22
8th-Grade Celebration Day
May 26
Last Day of Remote Learning, Early Childhood – Grade 7
May 29
First Day of Virtual Summer Opportunities
June 8
Materials Pick-Up Early Childhood – Grade 7
To be determined
Materials, Diploma Pick-Up, & iPad Drop-Off for 8th Graders
To be determined
Emergency Childcare Information
Lastly, the state has shared with us all facilities and programs that have been approved to provide emergency childcare services for essential employees during this time. We include a link to these Area Daycare Centers in Lake County.
In Summary
I am so thankful that over 99% of our students are regularly engaging in remote learning. These rates of engagement in remote learning would not be happening if it weren’t for the efforts of our staff to connect with each student and if it weren’t for YOU partnering with us to ensure that learning opportunities continue. It has been and will continue to be a highly valued partnership.
Julie Schmidt, District 96 Superintendent of Schools
Julie Schmidt, great boss. The Boss - Great Song!
DOES YOUR 8TH GRADER HAVE A POSITIVE LUNCH ACCOUNT BALANCE?
Positive lunch account balances (any amount) may be transferred to a younger sibling enrolled in District 96, Grades 1–8, for the 2020–21 school year.
Make or request your transfer NO LATER THAN Mon., May 4.
To make the transfer online:
Log into your K–12 PAYMENT CENTER account and select “Transfer Funds” on the left side of the website homepage.
OR
To request a transfer if you have not yet established an account:
Send a “Transfer Request” email to Sara LaPoint in the Business Office. Include the following info: Names of BOTH the graduating 8th grader AND the remaining D96 sibling whose account should receive the transferred amount.
Note: All un-transferred positive lunch account balances in excess of $10 will automatically be refunded. A check will be issued on May 27 and will be mailed to the home address included in our database.
Finally, there are a bunch of things that we are working on for the end of the year. Continue to check in with this blog for updates. I am really proud of everyone for the work that has been done since March. Thank you to this amazing community for your support.
In keeping with the music theme of the day, when things are feeling tough, play this song or watch the movie associated with it in the video. Absolutely one of my favorite movie choices!