UPDATES ON REOPENING PLANS
We are busy planning for Summer School (July 13-August 7), and we will be offering in-person and remote learning with health precautions in place per ISBE guidelines. All families of students invited to attend Summer School will receive details later this week with the final plans.
In planning for Fall 2020, we continue to work to explore options for plans in the three strands below:
As I shared with you in a separate email last week, we have entered Phase 4, and the guidance from the Illinois State Board of Education, our governing body, mandates that we implement the following:
The minimum public health requirements that all public and nonpublic schools must meet as they create local reopening plans in Phase 4 are to:
- Require use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), including face coverings;
- Prohibit more than 50 individuals from gathering in one space;
- Require social distancing be observed as much as possible;
- Require that schools conduct symptom screenings and temperature checks or require that individuals self-certify that they are free of symptoms before entering school buildings; and
- Require an increase in schoolwide cleaning and disinfection.
Our core planning team begins meeting this week to answer questions and create our proposed plan for the Fall. The goal at this point is to share these plans at the July 14, 2020 Board of Education meeting and then communicate out to families. You can trust that we will develop both in-person and remote options, as I know families' perspectives and needs vary greatly. In fact, here are a few data points from the Family Return to School survey that will continue to inform our decision-making:
Again, more to come as soon as I have facts to share. As a parent of school-aged kids myself, I totally understand how stressful this is and how not having a plan makes it worse. We will communicate as soon as we can---I promise!
UPDATES ON GRAB AND GO
Starting this Thursday, July 1, Grab and Go will shift to LOTUS each Monday and Thursday from 7:30-10:00AM. The roof work at Stanton is pretty messy and, since we will be offering meals as part of Summer School at Lotus, it makes sense to relocate all food service to Lotus for the rest of the summer. Local Resources for YOU!
Fox Lake Library
This year we had to shift gears for our Summer Reading program this year with our library needing to be closed and we created a really neat online Summer Reading program for our patrons! The program is FREE and for children, teens, and adults! It allows them to keep track of their reading which earns them raffle tickets towards the Grand Prizes and other smaller prizes along the way.
Here is a how-to sign up video on our website: http://www2.
Here are the Grand Prizes we will raffle off August 16th:
Children's:
Pre-K - 2nd Grade Prize Bundle: Family of 4 Pass to the Kohl Children's Museum, 1 free pizza coupon from Antioch Pizza (Fox Lake, IL), & Curious George: Sticker and Coloring Book
3rd- 6th Grade Prize Bundle: Family of 4 Pass to the Field Museum, 1 free pizza coupon from Antioch Pizza (Fox Lake, IL), & National Geographic Kids: Dinos Sticker Book
Children's:
Pre-K - 2nd Grade Prize Bundle: Family of 4 Pass to the Kohl Children's Museum, 1 free pizza coupon from Antioch Pizza (Fox Lake, IL), & Curious George: Sticker and Coloring Book
3rd- 6th Grade Prize Bundle: Family of 4 Pass to the Field Museum, 1 free pizza coupon from Antioch Pizza (Fox Lake, IL), & National Geographic Kids: Dinos Sticker Book
Teen's:
Nintendo Switch Lite
Adult's:
Fox Lake Business' Gift Card Bundle
Our goal is to keep children reading during the Summer so that they go back to start the school year with strong literacy skills!
Mobile Food Pantry
SUMMER SMARTIES!
To give our families access to learning tools for summer, a group worked SO HARD to make this page:
It will be updated regularly to keep the learning, review, and extensions happen all summer long!
ALL BORROWED MATERIALS NEED TO BE RETURNED!
If you have any of the following, please return them to
Stanton Monday-Friday between 7:00AM-1:00PM.
*Chromebook and charging cord
Stanton Monday-Friday between 7:00AM-1:00PM.
*Chromebook and charging cord
*Library books
*Book bags from the Reading Team at Lotus
*Novels mailed out to 6th (The Giver) and 8th (The Outsiders) students
You'll just hand us the materials, and we'll grab them right from you.
Registration is OPEN!!!
If You Are Moving...
If you know you are moving out of D114 for the 2020-21 school year, please contact us so we can make sure we start the transfer process for you!
Please contact:
Lotus: Paula.Kvacik@foxlake114.org
or
or
Stanton: Michele.Burgess@foxlake114.org
Thank you---you'll be missed!
If You Are Staying...
YAY!
Please be sure to complete online registration (details below).
2020-21 Fees
Plese see below for registration fees. There are NO increases from last year, and we are not assessing fees until closer to the start of the year.
STEPS TO REGISTER:
Thank you---you'll be missed!
If You Are Staying...
YAY!
Please be sure to complete online registration (details below).
2020-21 Fees
Plese see below for registration fees. There are NO increases from last year, and we are not assessing fees until closer to the start of the year.
STEPS TO REGISTER:
*Please go to the Fox Lake District 114 website: www.D114.org
Click on this button:
.
If you need assistance with your Skyward username and password, please
contact either
Lotus: Paula.Kvacik@foxlake114.org, or
Stanton: Michele.Burgess@foxlake114.org
Each field of the Online Registration must be opened, completed and the button at
the bottom middle of each screen must be clicked. Once all the fields are completed,
you'll see a green checkmark next to them and will receive an email confirmation once
the final button is clicked on the last page.
All new families MUST contact either:
Lotus: Paula.Kvacik@foxlake114.org or Stanton: Michele.Burgess@foxlake114.org
to confirm a D114 address before registration can be opened.
IF YOUR CHILD NEEDS A BOOK TO READ...
Mackin is an online free library of books and ebooks, and we have these books until the end of the year!
How do you get into it?
Go to MackinVIA.com
SKIP SCHOOL NAME
LOTUS username D114lotus Password read
STANTON username D114stanton Password read
Talking with Your Kids about COVID-19:
D114 Text-A-Tip
United Way
Ways to access:
*Call 211 from any phone.
*Text your zip code to 898211
D114 Text-A-Tip
You can reach us at District Office at 847-973-4028. Feel free to email me with questions, ideas, or concerns at heather.friziellie@foxlake114.org. We are here to help, so don't hesitate to reach out for assistance!
With commitment to our students and families,
Heather Friziellie
