Dear families,
Thank you so much for this wonderful school year. It has been our honor to work with your children this year. We're so proud of their growth and enjoyed every step of the way. We will miss our kindergarten students so much and know they will continue to grow in leaps and bounds as they move into first grade. We look forward to seeing our early childhood students and families next year.
I want to thank our teachers and staff for an incredible school year. Together, they provide our students with a beginning to their school experiences that ignite a love of learning and school. Ms. Payne and I couldn't be more grateful to work with such an incredible team.
Thank you, families, for your partnership this year. Your contributions to learning are immeasurable and we've loved having you and your children as part of our school family!
Have a fun and safe summer!
Best,
Jenny Smith, Principal
NEW *Lake County ROE Free Virtual Summer Offering for K-5 Students
The Lake County ROE is providing free virtual summer to any interested K-5 students in Lake County. Students can be signed up until June 12t and the program will run June 19th through July 28th. There will be live instruction and students will also be able to work asynchronously. For more information about this opportunity, please visit HERE.
NEW *PTO News*
THANK YOU!
Thank you to all of our families for your help, contributions of time and donations which made this an amazing year for our students and school! Have a wonderful summer!
REMINDER: SCHOOL SUPPLY KITS
For your convenience, school supply kits are now available for purchase (see QR code and school codes below). The kits contain everything on the school supply list for each school and grade level. NOTE: Especially for Early Learners through Early Elementary, most if not all school supplies are shared/pooled. Kindergarten families, please make a note of your child's school next year when you place your order.
REMINDER: CONNECT WITH THE PTO
Remember to check the Willow Grove PTO online at the links below for the latest PTO news and events.
Willow Grove PTO Facebook Page
Willow Grove PTO Membership Toolkit
REPEAT *Technology Update*
Aside from a few exceptions (defined below) all students will KEEP their District 96 technology (iPad, iPad Case, Charging Cable, Charging Brick, and Logitech Crayon) over the summer and will be expected to return with it at the beginning of the 23-24 school year. It will be the student’s responsibility to come to school next year with all of their technology items. Should parents have technology-related questions over the summer, they can get a hold of us at [email protected].
Exceptions:
- All EC student iPads at Willow Grove will be collected at the end of the school year. We will redeploy class sets at the start of the 23-24 school year.
- All 8th-grade student iPads will be collected on the morning of Wednesday, May 24th at both middle schools.
- Any student who is confirmed not returning to District 96 for the 23-24 school year will need to turn in their technology items on the last day of school.
- Any student who unenrolls from District 96 (during the school year or during the summer) is required to turn in their technology items as soon as possible after they confirm unenrollment, even if families indicate they are planning to return at a later date, District 96 technology items should be collected.
REPEAT *Report Cards and 6th Grade Placement*
Trimester 3 report cards will be available on TeacherEase (School Insight) at 3:00 pm on Monday, June 5th.
REPEAT *Summer Reading*
This summer, we want students to experience the pure joy of reading. Since the purpose of summer reading is to help foster a love of reading, we strongly feel that students should read a book that is of high interest to them and close to the difficulty level of text they would encounter during the school year.
To support our elementary students in continuing to read over the summer, each grade level has a recommended reading list, as well as optional reading lessons that can be completed independently by students. Both the lists and the summer reading lessons can be found on our district website.