Woodland Primary School

1/20 Parent University (see information below)

1/22-1/26 Great Kindness Challenge Week (Check out the fun spirit days below!)

1/26 Report Cards and Progress Reports (Info. on how to access these will come out next week)

1/31 PBIS Family Glow Night!!

Link to Special Attendance Calendar

Check out these amazing sessions and great topics that will be offered on January 20th for parents! You can attend one session or all sessions!!

There are different topics related to literacy, behaviors, technology and supporting your child in the community. To attend, you need to register. Click HERE to go to the webpage with the registration link. It's going to be a great opportunity for parent education. Join us!

The Great Kindness Challenge is a week long event dedicated to teaching and promoting kindness. Our classes will be participating with different activities during the week of January 22nd. We want to foster kindness throughout the whole year, but we place a special emphasis during this special week. More information will come out next week including special spirit days and challenges.

Next week as we gear up with a focus on kindness, let's have some fun spirit days! Our spirit days are always optional and we try to offer ways that everyone can participate. It's going to be a great week!

Our PPAC (Primary Parent Advisory Committee) sent out a survey regarding communication last month. Unfortunately, we had a low participation rate, but please know that we do appreciate that families from kindergarten and our EC/WELE programs took the time to share their feedback!

Below is the data we gathered from the survey. Click on the picture to see the results.Take a minute to look it over. If you didn't get a chance to share your feedback, don't worry, the Illinois 5 Essentials Survey is starting next week. More information is below. Your feedback is always important to us. We strive to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive school for your family. We never stop growing and changing to meet the needs of our families.

It’s time for Kids Heart Challenge 2024 (formerly Jump Rope for Heart), our 12th annual fundraiser for the American Heart Association! Woodland Primary School is proud to be a part of this fantastic fundraiser in which students learn the importance of heart health. Over the past 11 years, our school has raised an incredible total of $108,821.01 for this worthwhile cause.

Some quick facts about this year’s fundraiser are listed below:

• You can participate in this year’s Kids Heart Challenge with or without making a monetary donation to the American Heart Association. EVERYONE can take the challenge!
• Our fundraiser will be 100% online this year, no traditional paper collection envelopes will be used, nor will cash or checks be accepted.
• We don’t hold a traditional “event” for Kids Heart Challenge at Primary, instead we use time during PE classes to learn about and participate in heart health related activities and exercises.
• Any “Thank You Gifts” earned by students will be delivered in late March/early April (aside from various “instant gifts”).
• Our school earns gift certificates for PE equipment from US Games (a PE equipment company) based on our school-wide donation total.
• If we raise $10,000 as a school, Mr. Kupfer and Mr. Mistrata will get a “pie in the face” by the top 5 student fundraisers during one of our Wildcat Wednesday Assemblies.
• The DUE DATE for all donations is FEBRUARY 15th, 2024.

Please visit www.heart.org/KHC to sign up to take the free challenge or make a donation today!

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Mistrata (cmistrata@dist50.net) or Mr. Kupfer (ikupker@dist50.net). Thank you!

Registration is NEXT MONDAY for the Free Adult Education Classes through the College of Lake County (CLC). Register in person on Jan. 22, 2024 at 5 p.m. at Woodland Intermediate, 1115 N. Hunt Club Road, Gurnee. Testing and registration may take up to three hours, and childcare is available. Please bring a picture ID. Call 847-543-2485 or 847-543-2872 with any questions.

Classes offered:
High School Diploma (HSD) also known as GED
Tuesday / Thursday, Feb. 6 – May 9, 6:00 – 8:50 p.m.

English as a Second Language (ESL)
Monday / Wednesday, Feb. 5 - May 8, 6:00 - 8:50 p.m.
OR
Tuesday / Thursday, Feb. 6 - May 9, 6:00 - 8:50 p.m.

Let's light up the night and do what's right! On Wednesday, January 31st, the Primary School is hosting our PBIS ROAR Family Night! It's a glow-in-the-dark event and it's for the whole family. Wiley will be there and we have so many fun activities that emphasize our ROAR behavior expectations. It's a great night and a fun way to review our expectations. Join us!!

Woodland welcomes Detective Antoine Smith to the School Resource Officer (SRO) Team! Det. Smith will join Det. Hansen in service to our learning community in partnership with the Gurnee Police Department.

Detective Antoine Smith has been an officer with the Village of Gurnee for four years. He previously served as the SRO for Gurnee District 56. Before coming to Gurnee, Det. Smith was a Deputy Sheriff in Kansas City and a Federal Law Enforcement Officer in Chicago. Det. Smith was born and raised in Gurnee, IL and attended 8th grade at Woodland Middle School!
Learn more about Det. Smith and Det. Hansen on the district website.

The Illinois 5 Essentials survey will be coming out next week. We encourage all of our parents/caregivers to take the survey to provide us with valuable feedback. Next week in the Primary Weekly, I will send out the information on how to locate the survey and more.

Friday January 19th: FREE Family Game Night: "Escape Room" Edition, 6-8pm at Woodland Intermediate. The PTA will be hosting a new family game night solving Escape Room type games. No locked rooms will be involved as your family works together to solve puzzles and evidence packets to get to the final answer. REGISTRATION is required. Click HERE for more details.

Save the Date: February PTA Meeting, 2/8 at 7pm via Zoom. REGISTRATION is required.

Save the Date: February Second Tuesday Fundraiser: Jimano's Gurnee 2/13

Come join an amazing crew of parents! Training is provided and it's an excellent way to be involved in our schools and make a positive impact. Click HERE.

Woodland Primary School

Email: standerson@dist50.net
Website: www.dist50.net
Location: 17366 West Gages Lake Road, Gages Lake, IL, USA
Phone: 847-984-8702
Twitter: @StaceyJAnd