✅School Safety Drills
School safety drills are an essential part of emergency preparedness; these experiences provide staff and students the opportunity to practice what to do in the event of an actual emergency. Each year we are required to conduct numerous safety drills.
As part of Illinois HB2400, parents need to be notified and provided an opportunity to opt their student(s) out of the drill, if they choose, and have their student(s) complete alternative safety education.
As with fire drills and other safety drills, the goal is to acclimate staff and students to a plan that they will be able to follow quickly and safely if ever necessary. The safety of our staff and students is of utmost importance to us. Please do not hesitate to contact either site with any questions or concerns or to opt your child(ren) out of any drill.
✅Lotus Open House!!!
We're excited to welcome all Lotus Families to our Open House/Curriculum Night!
Wednesday, September 16 from 5-7 PM
✅Spirit Wear!!!
Spirit wear is here! You have two stores you can purchase from. The first site is for District employees only and the second one is for our district parents. Please feel free to order for either or both sites. Here is the link
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Orders are due by September 20th and Items will be delivered the week of October 5. If anyone has any questions, please contact Sue Pinkawa at Lotus or
sue.pinkawa@foxlake114.org. Thank you, Sue, for coordinating this!
Transportation Reminders✅ALL changes to a student's transportation must be communicated to the school office. Please DO NOT just email or communicate these to the classroom teacher--they are super busy during their day and may not see your email or get your voicemail.
✅Please remember that our bus routes may run a little slower to start the year as everyone gets used to the times and as our PreK students join routes. Thanks for your patience!
✅When dropping off or picking up students, PLEASE drive slowly! Our students and staff are our most precious people...so please drive slowly, follow the procedures, and stay off your cell phone. THANK YOU!!!
✅To help make our bus routes even more effective, clear, and safe, we are COLOR CODING routes. If your child rides a bus, you'll find a color coded bus tag on their desk at Meet and Greet. This tag matches their bus route color and will help us all make sure kids are on the correct bus. If your child rides more than one route...no worries! We will give them the tags they need!
Bus Drivers NEEDED--Full time AND Subs!
District will train drivers interested in obtaining CDL with passenger endorsement.
Applicants must:
- Complete D114 Application
- Hold valid CDL with passenger endorsement or complete training requirements
- Complete DOT physical and drug screening
- Complete D114 required fingerprint and background check for review
Drivers are subject to random drug testing.
F/T position with benefits. Starting pay rate for the 2026-27 school year is $24.75/Hr, with 5 hours per day guaranteed.
Drivers may complete optional activity routes via sign up procedure.
EAT OUT TO HELP OUT
Wednesday, September 9th from 4-7
McDonald's Spring Grove!
We hope you'll join us, grab some dinner, and support our PTA at the same time!
Be Part of our PTA!
Our first PTA meeting will be Tuesday 9/15 at 5:30 at Lotus in the Library before the Board of Education meeting and include this year's flyer.
2026-2027 PTA Family Membership is ONLY $10
Every membership makes a difference!
By joining your donations helps support our students & teachers and provide District events FREE to all families:
Book Fairs & Book Buddies Family Events: Santa's Breakfast, Bing Night, Family Fun Fair, & Rocket Launch Stanton Halloween Dance
*NOTE--PTA meetings will be the same nights at Board meetings starting in September!
This Week..
Monday, September 7--Labor Day--District Closed
Wednesday, September 9--PTA Eat Out to Help Out at McDonald's SPRING GROVE
Looking Ahead...
Tuesday, September 15
PTA meeting at Lotus at 5:30
Board of Education meeting at Lotus--7:00 PM or via Google Meet
Wednesday, September 16
Lotus Curriculum Night 5-7
If you or your student are in a crisis, please call the following numbers as applicable:
For a Life Threatening EMERGENCY CALL 9-1-1
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline call or text 9-8-8 or chat 988.lifeline.org provides 24/7, free and confidential support
CRISIS TEXT LINE: text HOME to 741741 from anywhere in the United States anytime. A live trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds.
The Trevor Project 1-866-488-7386 provides crisis support services to LGBTQ youth.
Non-Emergency Community Help Line 2-1-1
D114 is a special place to be! Thank you for your partnership with us! We are blessed to get to work with our students!
