10/11/24
Good afternoon Woodlawn! It was a pleasure to see a couple of you in the building for conferences. I know the vast majority of you had virtual conferences, so I hope they went well for you. I want to thank everyone for their incredible support this week. Please know that Mr. Bays and myself worked extremely hard to gather information, make determinations and communicate with the community and staff. Woodlawn is a great place and our entire educational community deserves our best. Just a few items for the blog this week.
Upcoming Dates:
10/14- No School
10/16 Picture makeup day
10/22- Early Release- Students dismissed at 1:30 PM
Science Olympiad
We have our coaches in place and we are ready to go!
- SCIENCE OLYMPIAD INFORMATIONAL PARENT MEETING - OCTOBER 16TH - 6:30 TO 8:00 PM in the Woodlawn library.
- SCIENCE OLYMPIAD TRYOUTS - FRIDAY - OCTOBER 18TH - 2:30-3:30 IN ROOM 700
PLEASE NOTE - STUDENTS WILL NEED TO BE PICKED UP AFTER SCHOOL AS THERE ARE NO ACTIVITY BUSES ON FRIDAY.
Middle School Health Letter
Please click HERE to access the 24-25 Health Education letter.
Virtual Backpacks
District Virtual Backpack: https://www.kcsd96.org/about/virtual-backpack
Woodlawn Virtual Backpack: https://www.kcsd96.org/w/virtual-backpack
Parent Network: October 24th
PARENTS, please join us! On October 24th, Educator/Author/Speaker Michael Brandwein will be speaking at 7 pm at Twin Groves Middle School. In partnership with D102 & D103, Brandwein will present, "Talking it Out: How to Have Great Communication with Your Kids to Build Positive Relationships, Model How to Express Feelings, and Facilitate Problem-Solving". Please join us for a nationally acclaimed, highly entertaining, practical presentation that is packed with specific things to do and say to improve family communication and teach your children (of all ages) essential skills for life. We look forward to seeing you there!
Student Family Director Now LIVE
The KCSD96 Student-Family Directory is now LIVE. To access it, please visit: https://kcsd96.membershiptoolkit.com/home As you may remember, parents opted-in to be a part of the directory during the student registration process. Please note, the Directory is provided solely for the convenience of families to contact one another for the purpose of promoting individual connections among families. It is not to be used for solicitation nor for commercial use of any kind. Additionally, contact information should never be used or distributed with ill intent or to harm.
Click here for the Woodlawn Daily Announcements
PICTURE MAKE UP DAY
This Wednesday, October 16th. Students will be called down to the gym for their pictures.
Finally, more than a couple of things are on my mind after this week. I will begin with the hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast side of Florida. Those of you who have read my blog over the past few years know this is a hot spot for me. There is absolutely no reason to stick a human with a microphone, near a beach and have them yell into a microphone that there are strong winds and sideway rain. WE GET IT! I did notice this year that the person in the storm is now wearing a helmet. So…let me get this straight, if the person you are sending out into the hurricane needs a helmet, maybe they shouldn’t be going out there at all. Just saying. I am convinced that humans are doomed if someone in charge believes that a helmet is the best answer to keeping their employees safe while sending another human out into a catastrophic storm.
The second thing for me this week is that the Woodlawn principal job for the 25-26 school year was posted as open, and candidates need to apply. I 100% support the district in doing this, but it is a little weird to actually see it. I want the district to find a wonderful candidate who will support our Superintendent, Mrs. Sheridan, in keeping the momentum going forward here at Woodlawn. This needs to happen early in the school year to get the best candidates into District 96. In my world, even though I was extremely busy this week, I was torn between excitement and reality. As you all know, I love this place. The students, staff, district, and community. I will keep you up to date with the progress of the process. This is a good thing.
Have a great long weekend!