Parking Lot Reminders
- NO CELL PHONES in School Zone Area between Anderson Rd. & Ridge St.
- NO LEFT TURNS into the Parent Parking lot.
- Parents DO NOT get out of your cars if you are in the drop-off line. If you need to assist your child out of the car, please park in a parking spot.
- ALWAYS use the CROSSWALK
Thank you for keeping our students and staff safe during drop-off and pick-up!!
Information Writing Reel
Students have been writing all year long and to help students understand ways to improve their writing, it is important to look at examples and discuss what they notice. One way to do this is by looking at writing from Kindergarten all the way to 5th grade. This is posted by the library in the form of a reel for all to view (see picture below). The information writing reel shows the students and staff what an exemplar information writing piece looks like for each grade level. Students and staff alike are asked what they notice and use that to apply it to their own writing. Below are links to those examples if you want to look at them with your child at home.
Kaneland Foundation - Trivia Night
Saturday, Feb 5th @ 6:00 PM - The Warehouse at Obscurity
Here's How It Works: This unique Trivia Knight is not only a fundraiser for Kaneland Foundation but also an opportunity for a Kaneland school to win an immediate $1,000 Kaneland Foundation general operating
grant for their school!
When you register you or your team for the event, you must "pick your school" in which the money supports; the school that raises the most will win the grant.
All other proceeds raised will go to Kaneland Foundation to be dispersed through our annual grant awards program.
Visit Kanelandfoundation.org
to sign up today!
Kids Heart Challenge
Kids Heart Challenge formally known as Jump rope for Heart is Feb. 18th and forms are coming home. Signing up online to donate is easy and if they/you sign up and don't donate they still get a wristband. The link to sign up is www2.heart.org/goto/johnstewart Plus the class with the most students that sign up will get to silly string their teacher!
5 Essentials Survey
We would love to hear from you! On behalf of the Illinois State Board of Education, the Illinois 5Essentials Survey will be administered online by UChicago Impact at the University of Chicago. The survey gathers data related to five indicators that can predict important student outcomes, including improved attendance and larger test score gains. These five indicators that affect and predict school success are:
- Effective Leaders
- Collaborative Teachers
- Involved Families
- Supportive Environments
- Ambitious Instruction
The Illinois 5Essentials Survey for students and teachers will be conducted from January 11, 2022, through March 11, 2022. The Parent Survey Supplement will be conducted during that same timeframe. To take the survey please visit https://survey.5-essentials.org/Illinois/ and select the appropriate survey to begin.
Valentines Day Parties
Valentines' Day Parties will be held on Monday, February 14th.
Kindergarten will have their parties from 10:40-11:20 am. First - 5th Grade will have their parties from 2:30-3:20 pm. Sign-up sheets to volunteer for the party will be sent out by the PTN within the week, please be on the lookout! The coordinator and one other volunteer will be allowed in the classrooms for this party.
Students may bring in non-candy/food valentines for each student in the class. Classroom teachers will share a list of students in their class with you and will let you know if students need to make a valentines day box at home or if one will be provided to them.
Please remember only parents who have signed up to volunteer, in advance, are permitted to attend classroom parties and masks are required. If volunteering, be sure to park in a designated spot, rather than along the parent pickup lane. Additionally, per the elementary handbook, younger siblings are not permitted to attend classroom parties. If you have not volunteered in the school this year
Important Dates
Monday, January 24th District Spelling Bee - 6PM Meredith MS Gym
Tuesday, January 25th PTN Meeting - 6PM
Wednesday, January 26th Fun Lunch - Reams Hot Dogs
Monday, February 14th Valentines Day Parties
