The Viking Voyager

Hello Little Viking Families!

It's hard to believe that we've reached our first institute day of the year! October will be here before we know it. Classes are in full swing and students are engaged in a lot of new learning each and every day.

Attendance is key to ensuring your students success. Please make sure children arrive prior to the start of school at 7:50am. We have had a large amount of tardy students over the past few weeks. We want every student to start their day on a positive note. We appreciate your help in ensuring your student makes it to school on time.

Each week we will continue highlighting our staff members. Be sure to read more about our Social Worker, Mrs. Phan, below.

Have a great weekend!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Scanlan

Mrs. Phan is our school social worker. You will see her splitting her time at Salt Creek as well as Stella May Swartz. Mrs. Phan works with all students in promoting social emotional learning, sometimes teaching whole class lessons, small group sessions and working on social skills with individual students as needed.

Here are some fun fact about Mrs. Phan:

1) She traveled to Vietnam this summer.

2) She loves romance novels.

3) Her favorite animal is a flamingo.

Please make sure to call the Salt Creek Primary Absentee line at 630-832-6122, press *4 if your child will be absent or arriving late. The school office will retrieve these messages every morning. If you have any doctor's notes, please send those with your student for the nurse's office.

Your child must stay home from school if they are experiencing any of the below:

● Fever (100.4℉ or higher) ● Diarrhea

● New onset of moderate to severe headache ● New loss of taste or smell

● Shortness of breath ● Fatigue from an unknown cause

● New cough ● Muscle or body aches from an unknown cause

● Sore throat. ● Body rash with itching and/or a fever

● Vomiting ● Eye infection/red irritated eyes

Your child is ok to return to school once:

● For body rash: absence of skin rash/irritation

● For eye infection: 24 hours after starting antibiotic eye drops/ointment

● All other symptoms mentioned above: once cleared by the school nurse to return (must be fever-free for 24 hours without the use of medication, and no vomiting or diarrhea for at least 24 hours)

Main Office:

Angie Holden- Salt Creek Primary's Administrative Assistant aholden@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext.4001

If you have any questions for the nurse please contact the school your child attends below by their email or phone:

Danyelle Olsen- Nurse @ Salt Creek dolsen@saltcreek48.org 630-832-6122 ext.4002

Markita Simmons -Nurse @ Albright msimmons@saltcreek48.org 630-279-6160 ext.2002

Liz Gonzalez- Nurse @ Stella May Swartz lgonzalez@saltcreek48.org 630-834-9256 ext.3002

Thank you!

Our PE teacher, Mr. Hanus, has partnered with Starlight Yoga to bring new experiences to our students. Once a month, Starlight Yoga's founder and owner, Rachael Gage, will join Mr. Hanus in leading yoga sessions during PE.

Here is some more information about Starlight Yoga:
Starlight Yoga is a mobile kids yoga experience currently located in the Northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our classes are designed to equip toddlers and children grades 1-8 with tools on how to recognize and move with their emotions. This kids-centered yoga aims to calm the mind and body, improve patience, and boost confidence through yoga.

For more information visit their website: https://mystarlightyoga.org/ and check out our students enjoying their first yoga classes below!

Standard Response Protocol

Salt Creek District 48 has adopted a new emergency protocol response from the I Love U Guys Foundation. This is a program that has been adopted by many of the schools within DuPage County. Over the summer, the administrative team attended training on the protocol and is passing along the training to all staff. We also want to make families aware of the five different protocols so you can be familiar with the language you may hear your child or the school use.

September 22, 2013 - Half-day Students dismiss at 10:50 am; NO Preschool today

October 4, 2023 - District Wide Picture Day

October 4, 2023 - Pokemon Night at Salt Creek from 6:30 - 8:00 pm

October 9, 2023 - NO SCHOOL

Week 5: OPM - Being present and giving others my attention

Week 6: Perspective

Follow the links for more information on our upcoming traits!

For more ideas of how you can incorporate the Positivity Project at home, visit the P2 family site HERE (Password for families is P2)

FTC Website - https://saltcreek48ftc.membershiptoolkit.com

FTC Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/SaltCreekFTC

You can make payment for your child's school fees through RevTrak by signing on to Skyward. If you do not see a tech fee in RevTrak please contact the school office your child will attend. Please see below for RevTrak payments. You can also come in and make payment by cash or check to any school in our district.

Thank you in advance.

NO MORE E-PAY! We have rolled out a new way to pay for lunches, school fees and activity fees for students. You can sign up here https://saltcreek48.revtrak.net/. Or you can go to your parent portal in skyward, click on the fee payment tile, then in the far right hand top corner click on the "make online payments" button. This will take you to Revtrak. Make sure to sign up before you try to make payment. Once you can sign in, click the Make a Payment button in the middle of the page. This new service will streamline the payments so you can make a payment or set up recurring payments. This is directly connected to Skyward so you see the money immediately go to your child's account. If you have any questions please email or call your school office.

Preschool Payments: Once in Revtrak you will see in the upper right area an arrow next to SHOP. Click the arrow and pick Preschool in order for you to complete your payment. If you have any questions please email or call the Salt Creek school office.

Salt Creek - Angie Holden - aholden@saltcreek48.org 630-832-6122 ext. 4001

Please make sure to notify Angie Holden at Salt Creek if your child will be absent, arriving late, or being dismissed early. It is helpful to contact your child's teacher in these matters as well, but it is very important to contact the office! If you have any doctor's notes, please send those to our health office staff.

Angie Holden (Salt Creek Administrative Assistant): aholden@satlcreek48.org

Danyelle Olsen (District Certified School Nurse @ Salt Creek): dolsen@saltcreek48.org

Markita Simmons (District Nurse @ Albright): msimmons@saltcreek48.org

Liz Gonzalez (District Health Aide @ Swartz): egonzalez@saltcreek48.org

Thank you!

As a reminder, all students in Kindergarten and any new/transfer students are required to have:

• Physical and Vision examinations on file by October 15, 2023. The physical and vision exams must be dated within the last 12 months.

• Dental examination on file by May 15th, 2024. The dental exam must be dated between November 15th, 2022 - May 15th, 2024.

Preschool students only need a physical examination.

Physical Exam: https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/files/forms/certificateof-child-health-examination-042116.pdf

Dental Exam: https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/forms/topics-services/prevention-wellness/oral-health/dental-exam-form-2021.pdf

Vision Exam: https://dph.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idph/files/forms/eye-examination-report-050216.pdf

If you have questions please contact Nurse Olsen at Salt Creek 630-832-6122

Lauren Scanlan, Principal

lscanlan@saltcreek48.org

Salt Creek 630-832-6122 ext. 3055

Angie Holden, Salt Creek Administrative Assistant to the Principal

aholden@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext.4001

Danyelle Olsen, District Nurse

dolsen@saltcreek48.org

630-832-6122 ext. 4002

Do you know of a staff member in Salt Creek District 48 that deserves some extraordinary recognition for something they have done in our school district to make a difference for others? Or do you just want to share some kindness around. Please fill out this form to have this staff member recognized for their extraordinary accomplishment. https://forms.gle/tmBzY11DB1P3ggjv9