Spring is Here!
It's so great to finally say that! You may see winter items starting to make their way home. Hopefully we'll get lots of beautiful outdoor weather!
PTO News
Parents of Kindergarten Students: With the end of the school year in sight, it's time to start thinking about opportunities in first-grade! Many of the PTO's have begun to look for 2019/20 volunteers. Provided below are each of the D96 school's PTO Info pages and blogs. Please take a look and see how you can get involved. They'd love your help!
Country Meadows PTO INFO and Country Meadows PTO BLOG
Ivy Hall PTO INFO and Ivy Hall PTO BLOG
Kildeer PTO INFO and Kildeer PTO BLOG
Prairie PTO INFO and Prairie PTO BLOG
All Willow Grove Parents: Don't forget to order your school supply kits! We are in need of volunteers for the year end party it range from set-up, to helping plan or even clean up, see our blog for more details. Be on the look out for information on how to be a part of next years PTO and details on Staff Appreciation week and how you can help out!
Warm regards,
Jenny Smith, Principal
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The following is repeat information from last week's blog, but still current. You can skip this if you already reviewed last week's message.
2019-20 FIRST-GRADE PARENT CLASS PLACEMENT INPUT
Can you believe it is already time to begin thinking about class placement for next school year? Please read the information below on how class lists are created and how to provide input. This is for first-grade only. If you have an incoming kindergarten student a survey will be emailed to you on May 1st if you have fully completed the registration process.
Creating balanced class lists that meet the needs of all students is a tremendously difficult job that takes many hours of thoughtful dialogue between classroom teachers, specials area teachers, specialists, and the principal. We at Willow Grove take this process very seriously. The following describes the process for creating balanced class lists.
- Classroom teachers consider the social and academic needs of each student.
- Specialist Team members (social worker, speech teacher, special education teacher, etc.), the Specials Team (Music, P.E.), and the principal provide input as well during this process.
- Parent input is considered.
- We consider placing your child with other students they are familiar with. We cannot accommodate friendship requests.
- Class lists are finalized in August as summer changes must be considered such as move-ins/outs, section size changes if any, etc.
We strongly believe that this detailed and collaborative process creates learning environments that benefit all students. It is a delicate balancing act which takes much consideration and thought by professionals who know and care about your children.
Because of the input and thought by teachers, specialists, and administrators, we cannot make changes once this process occurs, as moving one child can disrupt the balance of a class, impacting all students.
I welcome any insight you wish to share about your child’s strengths, needs, and learning style. I will take into consideration pertinent information received on or before FRIDAY, APRIL 26th. While we welcome your input, a specific teacher or friend requests will not be honored. Should you provide a specific teacher or friend request, this will be omitted from information being considered.
To provide your input, please make sure your thoughts are provided through this First Grade Placement Input 2019-2020 Survey. As you can imagine, we receive a lot of parent input, and verbal information and multiple emails are impossible to carefully track. Any parents that submit letters/emails will be redirected to the survey. This keeps our information organized so that no input is missed! Thank you!
Incoming 2019-20 Kindergarten Families
In the beginning of May, you will receive an opportunity to provide classroom input for your child's kindergarten experience if you have fully completed the registration process. You must complete registration with a snapcode (electronic code) that was emailed to you if you pre-registered. A survey will come to you directly in an email. In the same email there are additional steps for you to take to prepare for our next school year.
Kindergarten Parents - Save the Date!
Kindergarten Parents, Save the Date: Friday, May 10th ~ You are Invited! Kindergartners have a wonderful opportunity to perform for you in May! This performance will be about SPRING!
Performance: Singing Into Spring!
Date: Friday, May 10th
Dress: Spring colored top (i.e. light blue, yellow, pink, etc.) with Black Bottoms (pants, skirt, shorts)
There are two shows. Find your child's teacher's name below:
Show 1: 9:30 - 10:00 AM ~ (Filippo, Buban, Chappas, May, Santucci)
Show 2: 10:30-11:00 AM ~ (Dolan, Dyer, Holzman, Wittenberg, Rabin, Derry)
We are looking forward to seeing you then!