Field Flash

Dear Field Parents and Guardians,

We hope that you enjoyed our Holiday Sing this week. We are so proud of all our students! They did an excellent job sharing their songs with you all. Special thank you and congratulations to our music teachers, Mrs. Kapustka and Ms. Kwasny!

We hope you and your family enjoy a relaxing winter break. As a reminder, we are back in school on Monday, January 9th, and we look forward to seeing students for our first day of school in 2023!

Please take a moment to review this letter from our District Nurse. We have seen a number of students with cold and flu symptoms. As always, please keep students home if they have a fever. They need to be fever-free for 24 hours (without medication), and should have symptom improvement prior to returning to school. Thank you for working together to help keep everyone healthy and safe during this cold and flu season.

Now that the weather has changed, please be sure that they bring the appropriate winter weather gear (snow pants, boots, warm coats, etc), as we do go outside for recess most days. Please label items with your child's first and last name. in terms of winter weather, we are outside when the "feels like" temperature is 10 degrees or warmer. We look at air temperature and wind chill to determine the "feels like" temperature. We also ask children to wear all the layers their grown-ups sent them to school with that day.

A few reminders:

• Please remember our drop-off areas on Elmore and Wisner are "kiss and go" in the morning. It is very important that you pull up, drop your child off, and drive away. If you'd like to wait and watch your child enter the building, please be sure you park away from these area. Your car shouldn't be present in these spots in the morning for more than a minute. Thank you for your help with this!
  

• Recess is most often outdoors - please ensure your children are dressed for the weather.

• Children should either bring their water bottle to lunch - or pack a separate drink for the lunchtime. Students are able to go to the water fountain during lunch too, but we do not have extra cups or water bottles for students.

• Please no dogs at drop off or pick up! Thank you!

Have a wonderful winter break!

Sincerely,

Dr. Courtney Goodman

Principal

(847) 318-4383

Chess-Ed is excited to return to Field School to provide lunchtime chess instruction this

Winter. The 12-week program runs from 1/23/23 to 4/24/23 and takes place on

Mondays from 11:35 am to 12:30 pm (during lunch). The program is open to students in

all grades and of all chess abilities (including those in full-day and half-day Kindergarten).

Professional instruction will include the basics for beginner and novice players and build

with opening theory, middle game planning, and end game combinations for continuing and

advanced students. Playing chess improves memory, uses analytical and critical thinking

skills, teaches problem solving, responsibility, sportsmanship, social skills and more! The

benefits of chess last a lifetime!

To register, please go to www.2022-2023fieldchess.eventbee.com. Register by 1/9/23

to take advantage of the lowest available fee. For more information about the program,

please refer to the program flyer. Chess-Ed is looking forward to working with your CHESS

ENTHUSIAST this Winter!

For more information, click here for a flyer.

The Field Green Team would like to offer some tips for a Greener Holiday Season.

• Recycle your old holiday lights at the Public Works Service Center, 400 Busse Highway, now through March 1, from 7 AM to 3 PM.
• Niles & Park Ridge both provide Christmas tree curbside pickup. Park Ridge picks up the first week in January. Residents should place their trees on the parkway next to the curb the night before their regular garbage collection day.
• Only plain cards and wrapping paper can be recycled (no glitter, fluff, ribbon, 3-D decorations, or batteries in musical cards). Flatten paper and cardboard boxes so they fit inside your cart with the lid closed. Materials need to stay dry.
  
• Give the gift of composting. Park Ridge residents have a discounted plan with Collective Resource Compost.
• Check out this link for other ideas on how to give green gifts and reduce your holiday waste.

• Monday, January 9th: School resumes
  
• Thursday, January 12th: Field School Spelling Bee

Have you heard the BUZZ? The D64 Spelling Bee is back! Please see our D64 Spelling Bee Website for further details and links to registration forms. Contact Mrs. Keehn at bkeehn@d64.org with any questions about the Field Spelling Bee.

This year, when any of our District 64 schools has a positive COVID-19 case, we'll communicate that information via our school-specific dashboard on our website. A link to our Field COVID dashboard can be found here. This dashboard will replace any previously emailed letters with notifications. On the dashboard, you will be able to see the number of active cases of students or staff in isolation, and the homerooms associated with those students.

We do continue to update this regularly. Our numbers of reported cases have been very low or at zero for the recent weeks.

From the library to the park district, our communities of Park Ridge-Niles have lots to offer, even virtually. For information on all the latest happenings, be sure to check the Community Info & Events webpage.

Website: www.d64.org/fie
Location: 707 N Wisner St, Park Ridge, IL, United States
Phone: 847-318-4385
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fieldparkridgeniles/?fref=ts
Twitter: @fieldd64