Sept 28 Family Update---HYBRID LAUNCH EXPLAINED!

    

 Pictures and Yearbooks

We WILL have student pictures and yearbooks this year...no matter what! 

Lotus Parents, due to the unusual year we are having, we are getting creative. Lotus will be having school pictures taken January 8, 2021 with retakes being done January 29, 2021. During this time of separation, we would like you take pictures of all the wonderful things you are doing at home with your class, projects you are working on and all the hard work you are accomplishing at home. Please submit the pictures by scanning, email, faxing or sending them to us. The pictures need to be in jpeg format when you are sending them to us. You can email them to sue.pinkawa@foxlake114.org or paula.kvacik@foxlake114.org . Please include your child’s name and their homeroom. We look forward to seeing all your smiling faces!

Here are dates for Stanton:

Grade 5th-7th:  January 7, 2021

Retakes: January 29, 2021

Graduation Pictures: February 9, 2021

Retakes: February 23, 2021

 

 Hybrid Model Launch Update

AS PROMISED, OUR HYBRID LAUNCH PLAN IS BEING SHARED TODAY!!!!

Please find, linked here, an in-depth presentation of our launch plan. 

If you'd prefer to just look at the slides, they are linked here and attached to today's email. 

As we've done along the way, we've made a Fast Facts document to list all the key updates, including those we add based on amazing questions from YOU! This will be a live document, updated regularly. I'll keep it linked in the Morning Announcements so you always have access. 

*A small group of superintendents has partnered on a local "dashboard" to show the status for re-opening specifically based on our own zip codes. The intent is to use this as a weekly tool to show how COVID data aligns with our position. Here's what the data indicated for D114 zip codes using Friday's data--the health department updates each Friday:

Using the parameters of this data for our zip codes, we are clear to proceed with Hybrid planning! 

 

Again--all this depends on the data continuing to trend positively and the logistics working in our favor. The goal remains getting our kids back on site for learning, with a continued focus on balancing safety and learning. Your questions, suggestions, and feedback are welcome. This impacts us all, so there's no time ever that it's been more important to remain ONE TEAM...ALL IN. 

 

Just a reminder that--FOR NOW-- there are 3 ways to get meals and 3 ways to get student materials:

MEALS:

1. Daily bus runs

2. Grab and Go at Lotus daily 8:00-10:00AM (9:00-10:00 on Fridays)

3. Early Bird Meal grab at BOTH SITES daily 6:15-6:45AM

MATERIALS: 

1. Friday bus runs

2. Pick up at Lotus Grab and Go Friday between 9:00-10:00AM or Monday-Thursday from 8:00-10:00AM

3. Weekend pick up from totes located outside the Lotus Main Entrance (under camera surveillance for safety) anytime from Friday at 3:00PM-Monday at 7:00AM! You must call the Lotus office (847-973-4100) to request that materials be put in the weekend pick up tote. You can make this a PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT or you can call by 2:00PM Friday so we make sure your materials for that week are put in the tote. Both school's materials will be picked up from Lotus. 

*Note--We will NOT HAVE bus runs, Early Bird, or Grab and Go when school is closed for a day off or holiday. 

We hope this all helps as we continue this Remote Learning journey together! 

 

 

Info from Our AWESOME Mental Health Team

Please click here to see updates from our fabulous D114 Mental Health Team!!!!

Meal Assistance

Attendance

If your child will be absent (meaning unable to do remote learning due to illness or another family reason, we need you to call them in as absent just as you normally would.

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

 

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, Superintendent of Schools

Sept 21, 2020 Family Update

  

  

 Pictures and Yearbooks

We WILL have student pictures and yearbooks this year...no matter what! We are planning for student pictures for January, making plans for yearbooks, and planning for 8th grade promotions pictures. 

We're still working on Lotus dates, but here are dates for Stanton:

Grade 5th-7th:  January 7, 2021

Retakes: January 29, 2021

Graduation Pictures: February 9, 2021

Retakes: February 23, 2021

 

 Heading Closer to the 9/30 Update

Wanted to share some key pieces related to the update we've promised for 9/30:

*A small group of superintendents has partnered on a local "dashboard" to show the status for re-opening specifically based on our own zip codes. The intent is to use this as a weekly tool to show how COVID data aligns with our position. Here's what the data indicated for D114 zip codes using Friday's data--the health department updates each Friday:

Using the parameters of this data for our zip codes, we are clear to proceed with Hybrid planning! 

*We WILL NOT launch the full hybrid model as our first step. Rather, we will strategically add a little a time to make sure we can sustain. This will likely look like a grade or two at a time, along with other priority groups (example: EL/bilingual, IEP). 

*There will be at least 2 weeks between announcing/setting a date for return and the actual return of students. This allows us all time to survey parents to determine who still wants remote, determine who from the onsite preference list we can safely host, plan for instruction, and get ready for the change. This means that any add recommended on 9/30 would actually start on 10/19 to launch with a full 5 day week schedule. 

*Based on setting up classrooms, we will be able to have 10-12 students per classroom at a time, keeping social distancing guidelines in place. This also allows for a teacher desk and  teaching "station" so teachers have room to safely access panels/boards for instruction. 

Again--all this depends on the data continuing to trend positively and the logistics working in our favor. The goal remains getting our kids back on site for learning, with a continued focus on balancing safety and learning. Your questions, suggestions, and feedback are welcome. This impacts us all, so there's no time ever that it's been more important to remain ONE TEAM...ALL IN. 

 

MAP Testing

Please see below for details on MAP testing. Testing has been very, very challenging due to technology challenges, so THANK YOU for your patience. A HUGE thank you to our amazing students for working so hard and being so flexible. 

Just a reminder that there are 3 ways to get meals and 3 ways to get student materials:

MEALS:

1. Daily bus runs

2. Grab and Go at Lotus daily 8:00-10:00AM (9:00-10:00 on Fridays)

3. Early Bird Meal grab at BOTH SITES daily 6:15-6:45AM

MATERIALS: 

1. Friday bus runs

2. Pick up at Lotus Grab and Go Friday between 9:00-10:00AM or Monday-Thursday from 8:00-10:00AM

3. Weekend pick up from totes located outside the Lotus Main Entrance (under camera surveillance for safety) anytime from Friday at 3:00PM-Monday at 7:00AM! You must call the Lotus office (847-973-4100) to request that materials be put in the weekend pick up tote. You can make this a PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT or you can call by 2:00PM Friday so we make sure your materials for that week are put in the tote. Both school's materials will be picked up from Lotus. 

*Note--We will NOT HAVE bus runs, Early Bird, or Grab and Go when school is closed for a day off or holiday. 

We hope this all helps as we continue this Remote Learning journey together! 

 

 

Info from Our AWESOME Mental Health Team

Please click here to see updates from our fabulous D114 Mental Health Team!!!!

Meal Assistance

Activity Fees

We're going to do our very best to offer as many activities this year as possible, knowing that we'll

need to be very creative to do so! At it's August meeting, the Board of Education approved us offering

all activities with NO FEES this year. We just want our kids involved, so there will be no fees at all this year!

Attendance

If your child will be absent (meaning unable to do remote learning due to illness or another family reason, we need you to call them in as absent just as you normally would.

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

 

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, Superintendent of Schools

September 14 Weekly Family Update

 

  

 

 Heading Closer to the 9/30 Update

Wanted to share some key pieces related to the update we've promised for 9/30:

*New IDPH guidance (attached to today's email) allows us greater flexibility with the "single symptom" exclusion. While a fever remains a TIGHT for exclusion, most of the other symptoms are now indicated as "new"--so, new headache, new runny nose, etc. This means we can factor in a pre-existing condition like allergies and NOT exclude a student or staff member. THIS IS HUGE, as we've had to exclude 7 staff members and 4 students for the symptoms. It also has changed our self-certification criteria on the daily survey. 

*We WILL NOT launch the full hybrid model as our first step. Rather, we will strategically add a little a time to make sure we can sustain. This will likely look like a grade or two at a time, along with other priority groups (example: EL/bilingual, IEP). 

*There will be at least 2 weeks between announcing/setting a date for return and the actual return of students. This allows us all time to survey parents to determine who still wants remote, determine who from the onsite preference list we can safely host, plan for instruction, and get ready for the change. This means that any add recommended on 9/30 would actually start on 10/19 to launch with a full 5 day week schedule. 

*This week, we'll be re-setting classrooms to determine how many students can be in a room at a time, maintaining 6 ft distancing, allowing for a teacher desk, and allowing for a teaching "station" so teachers have room to safely access panels/boards for instruction. 

Again--all this depends on the data trending positively and the logistics working in our favor. The goal remains getting our kids back on site for learning, with a continued focus on balancing safety and learning. Your questions, suggestions, and feedback are welcome. This impacts us all, so there's no time ever that it's been more important to remain ONE TEAM...ALL IN. 

 

MAP Testing

Please see below for details on MAP testing:

Just a reminder that there are 3 ways to get meals and 3 ways to get student materials:

MEALS:

1. Daily bus runs

2. Grab and Go at Lotus daily 8:00-10:00AM (9:00-10:00 on Fridays)

3. Early Bird Meal grab at BOTH SITES daily 6:15-6:45AM

MATERIALS: 

1. Friday bus runs

2. Pick up at Lotus Grab and Go Friday between 9:00-10:00AM or Monday-Thursday from 8:00-10:00AM

3. Weekend pick up from totes located outside the Lotus Main Entrance (under camera surveillance for safety) anytime from Friday at 3:00PM-Monday at 7:00AM! You must call the Lotus office (847-973-4100) to request that materials be put in the weekend pick up tote. You can make this a PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT or you can call by 2:00PM Friday so we make sure your materials for that week are put in the tote. Both school's materials will be picked up from Lotus. 

*Note--We will NOT HAVE bus runs, Early Bird, or Grab and Go when school is closed for a day off or holiday. 

We hope this all helps as we continue this Remote Learning journey together! 

 

 

Info from Our AWESOME Mental Health Team

Please click here to see updates from our fabulous D114 Mental Health Team!!!!

Meal Assistance

Activity Fees

We're going to do our very best to offer as many activities this year as possible, knowing that we'll

need to be very creative to do so! At it's August meeting, the Board of Education approved us offering

all activities with NO FEES this year. We just want our kids involved, so there will be no fees at all this year!

Attendance

If your child will be absent (meaning unable to do remote learning due to illness or another family reason, we need you to call them in as absent just as you normally would.

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

 

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, Superintendent of Schools

Weekly Family Update 9/8/20

        

  

 

 

Stanton Virtual Curriculum Night--Wednesday, September 9 at 6:30pm. All sessions will be posted

and shared so you can see ALL the updates for your children if you have kids in more than one grade. 

Early Release Wednesday

Every Wednesday--Early Release--all grades

*Lotus 7:45AM-12:25PM

*Stanton 8:30AM-1:30PM

 

 

Just a reminder that there are 3 ways to get meals and 3 ways to get student materials:

MEALS:

1. Daily bus runs

2. Grab and Go at Lotus daily 8:00-10:00AM

3. Early Bird Meal grab at Lotus daily 6:00-6:15AM and Stanton 6:30-6:45 AM

MATERIALS: 

1. Friday bus runs

2. Pick up at Lotus Grab and Go Friday between 9:00-10:00AM or Monday-Thursday from 8:00-10:00AM

3. Weekend pick up from totes located outside the Lotus Main Entrance (under camera surveillance for safety) anytime from Friday at 3:00PM-Monday at 7:00AM! You must call the Lotus office (847-973-4100) to request that materials be put in the weekend pick up tote. You can make this a PERMANENT ARRANGEMENT or you can call by 2:00PM Friday so we make sure your materials for that week are put in the tote. Both school's materials will be picked up from Lotus. 

*Note--We will NOT HAVE bus runs, Early Bird, or Grab and Go when school is closed for a day off or holiday. 

We hope this all helps as we continue this Remote Learning journey together! 

 

 

 

Activity Fees

We're going to do our very best to offer as many activities this year as possible, knowing that we'll

need to be very creative to do so! At it's August meeting, the Board of Education approved us offering

all activities with NO FEES this year. We just want our kids involved, so there will be no fees at all this year!

Attendance

If your child will be absent (meaning unable to do remote learning due to illness or another family reason, we need you to call them in as absent just as you normally would.

 

Materials

Please use materials as directed. I know they are tempting to open up and use right away, but we have a plan for everything. Please hold off on using until your teacher asks you to. 

D114 Text-A-Tip

United Way

 

Ways to access:

*Call 211 from any phone.

*Text your zip code to 898211

*Access the database via web at https://211lakecounty.org/

 

 

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, Superintendent of Schools