As the weather continues to change and temperatures are dropping, please be sure to send your child in appropriate outerwear to ensure they are warm and comfortable when they go outside for recess.

It was so great to see so many attend and support our PTO's Trunk or Treat event! It was such an amazing event and our students truly enjoyed themselves! Check out pictures from the event below!

Student Council is sponsoring our first spirit week Monday-Thursday to go along with our school theme, Aim High and Shine Bright! See details below.

As always, thank you for your continued involvement and support of our school community!

Halloween will be a regular 1/2 day dismissal.

ALL Transportation Changes for Halloween need to be submitted to the front office by Thursday, October 30th.

Transportation Changes on Halloween will not be honored. This is a time consuming process and it is our responsibility to keep our kids safe.

Volunteers will need to Check-In at Door #2 promptly at 9:15am.

Classroom Parties are scheduled from 9:30-10:30.

*You must have a background check on file.

D146 Elementary buildings have three (3) classroom parties throughout the school year. October, December, and February.

We encourage celebrating with non-food novelty items like stickers, pencils, games and crafts however food is welcome during these 3 celebrations, only.

Classroom teachers and/or the PTA coordinate food donations. If you participate, all food must be pre-packaged and labeled by a manufacturer. No later than 1 week prior to the event, teachers will approve food submissions. Parents or guardians of students with documented medical food allergies are asked to collaborate with classroom teachers to help ensure the safety and wellbeing of their child.

Items strictly prohibited:

· Peanuts, tree nuts and all their derivatives

Please note: Teachers may implement additional restrictions based on student allergies in their classroom or grade level.

***Birthdays may be celebrated with NON-FOOD items. Examples include stickers and pencils.

Our Student Council Members spent time last week counting all of the items that were donated for Redeemer's Food Pantry! Thank you again to everyone who helped donate and support our community! Your donations help provide families with meals for the upcoming holidays!

Our students worked with their hive families to share what they are good at and a goal that they want to work toward this school year. Our older students are seen as mentors in each Hive family. Today, our older students (mentors) assisted our younger students in writing their goals.

Mrs. Lamorte and Mrs. Zimny surprised staff with hot apple cider and a caramel apple bar Friday Morning. Some of our amazing 5th grade students helped deliver the treats to staff!

Families are asked to submit required health forms as soon as possible. Requirements for specific grade levels are listed below. Please turn in all medical forms to Nurse Jenny or call her directly if you have any questions about these requirements.

Kindergarten: Physical exam with up-to-date immunization record, dental exam and complete eye exam.

Grade 2: Dental exam

Grade 6: Physical exam with up-to-date immunization record and dental exam

Transfer students: Physical exam with up-to-date immunization record. Complete eye exam (if attending an Illinois school for the first time). Parents are ultimately responsible for providing copies of the physical exam and immunizations if receipt of these records is delayed by the transfer school.

To ensure the safety of all students and to remain in compliance with state law, parents are required to notify the school office if their child will not be in attendance. This notification must take place within the first hour of school. When reporting an absence, please call the school office, use the voicemail system, or enter the absence into PowerSchool.

Additionally, if your child will have a change in dismissal plans (leaving early, not taking the bus, riding with a neighbor etc.), please let the office know by 2:00. Informing the office in a timely way makes dismissal run more smoothly for all.

To ensure that all students have a safe and positive experience on the bus, we are reinforcing our bus riding expectations. Students are expected to:

We appreciate your support in reminding your child of these expectations so that everyone can travel to and from school safely.

Walkers/Bussers: Please enter through the main entrance door #1. Car Riders: Enter the parking lot moving east on Victoria. There is no left turn into the parking lot while moving west on Victoria during arrival/dismissal. THERE IS NO PARKING ON VICTORIA DRIVE DURING ARRIVAL AND DISMISSAL. Drivers may ONLY make a right turn when exiting the parking lot. See the included map for more details.

Car riders are dropped off at the car circle line and enter via Door #8. Door #8 will close promptly at 8:50am. Car riders arriving after 8:50am must be dropped off at the main entrance.

1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade walkers will dismiss via the east doors. Kindergarten students will dismiss via their classroom doors on the south side of the building. Car riders will enter vehicles at the car circle line for dismissal.

Ivy League: Door #10 (South Cafeteria Door). Students using this before/after school program will enter and exit DOOR #10 of the cafeteria black top.

Every child, on a daily basis, should know if they are a “car rider,” “bus rider,” or “walker.”

We will continue to offer free/reduced/paid lunches for the upcoming school year. The costs for each paid category are: Breakfast $1.50, and Lunch $3.75. We use a debit card system through Pushcoin. Funds can be added to your child’s card via a Pushcoin link available on our district website: www.district146.org

Breakfast will be available each morning for students using the debit card system. Students needing breakfast will go to the cafeteria to pick up their breakfast and then return to their classroom. Students will eat breakfast in their classrooms.

The daily hot lunch program will begin on Thursday, August 21st The student’s debit card is

scanned and deducted $3.75 whenever a hot lunch is “purchased”. Debit card accounts can be opened or re-activated by paying online or writing a check to School District 146 marked with “debit card-student’s name” in the memo line.