The Positivity Project is a resource to empower students to build positive relationships and become their best selves.The Positivity Project trait we will be learning about next week is Humility. The following week the Positivity Project trait we will study is the second week of Love of Learning. We are very excited to provide consistent instruction to help students enhance their self-awareness, self-confidence, understanding and appreciation of others, and interpersonal relationships.

The 2023-24 Illinois Supplemental Parent Survey opened on Jan. 30, 2024. Please complete this survey for Swartz Elementary School. The survey window will close on March 29, 2024.

Parent link to take the survey: http://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois/survey/parent/

February 23, 2024

Dear Parents:

Erin’s Law, House Bill 6193 was signed by Governor Pat Quinn on January 24, 2013. This law requires schools to implement an age-appropriate sexual assault and abuse awareness and prevention curriculum for grades pre-K through 12. It is recommended that four communications a year on Erin’s Law be made available to all students, often through social-emotional instruction and/or contact with the school social worker.

Victor Pacini, a survivor of sexual abuse, author, and motivational speaker, will be assisting our schools in implementing this mandate. Mr. Pacini’s program is developmentally appropriate, interactive, and aligned with learning standards. The focus of his presentation is to teach children basic skills to keep them safe from dangerous or abusive situations. The concepts that will be discussed are:

• Distinguishing safe from unsafe touches

• Safety rules at home and school

• Saying “NO”

• Safe/Unsafe Secrets

• It’s not the child’s fault if someone touches him or her

• Telling a trusted adult

Mr. Pacini and his colleague, Deanna Hynes, will be presenting at our schools on Friday, March 8. Each grade level will participate in an assembly for approximately 30 minutes. The content can be previewed here: https://www.victorpacini.com/peace-of-mind-2/

If you have any questions please contact your building principal or our school social worker, Mrs. Crystal Phan, at: cphan@saltcreek48.org

*Requests to Opt-Out: If you prefer that your child opt-out of this prevention education session, please contact Mrs. Crystal Phan, by completing this form: Opt Out Form

Graham Enterprise donated a $500.00 check to Stella May Swartz school. Thank you for your kind and generous donation.

2nd graders volunteering at Phil’s friends making cards, decorating boxes, and packing boxes with comforting items for cancer patients.

3rd Grade afternoon of fun. Chromebooks, reading and legos! What more could you ask for!

As always Friday and being outside is the best way to end the day and start the weekend.

2nd graders created landforms. They are studying Earth erosion and how water flows.

Thank you to Mr. Babiarz for all his hard work that he spends teaching our students teaching to how to play an instrument. He does such an amazing job! These students are amazing! They did a great job tonight at their concert .A job well done!

If you are parking on the west side of the building to walk your child to the building, please watch for pedestrians as others are dropping their child off as well. We want to keep everyone safe.

With the colder weather and snow piled up, drop off and pick up at Swartz can be more challenging. Please follow the guidelines below to keep drop off/pick up running smoothly.

• Pull up as far as you can to allow multiple cars to unload at one time. Cones will be out for the last few parking spaces to help with this.
• Stay in single line (no double rows).
• Use Monterey to proceed to the line. Do not turn down Elder and turn around in a resident's driveway.
• Drive the speed limit when driving on Monterey and any streets around the school.
• Do not park on the east side of the building. This can be very dangerous, it blocks traffic and slows down the line.
• Do not wait and watch your child enter the building. If you need to watch your child enter the building, please park on the west side of the building and walk your child to the front entrance. We have a supervisor on duty from 7:30-7:40 am.

SummerU

While it's only February...it's time to start planning for summer! There will be a few changes to our SummerU programming that we wanted to make our entire Salt Creek community aware of. First, we will be inviting students who need additional time and support to meet grade-level expectations. Therefore, we will invite students to participate in this year's SummerU program based on student performance results and recommendations from our staff. Second, the SummerU program will run from June 10 - June 27. Typically, we run our program closer to the start of the following school year. This year will be an extension of our current school year. As always, if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me (cmartelli@saltcreek48.org).

4th graders had a special lunch with Mrs. Krull as they voted for their favorite Rebecca Caudill book.

Our school will be participating in the Kane County Cougars Reading Club, a reading incentive program sponsored by the Kane County Cougars baseball team. Your child will have the opportunity to improve his or her reading skills while earning a free ticket to a Cougars game, enjoying a free hot dog (Hot Pretzel) and drink at the game, and participating in a parade on the field before the game.

Student forms are in their take home folder. Students should read 3 books every two weeks of the program. When they do, write the titles of the books, and sign that portion of the ticket. Each ticket is a base! The fourth week, students score a "HOME RUN" and earn their free ticket to the game on May 14th during school hours!

These students turned in their piece of the pie! They read all twelve books from all genre's listed on the reading card. Job well done to these friends! Students are so excited to bring their slice of the pie, Pizza Pie that is, down to the office to get their picture taken as the best slice of pizza! Keep on reading my friends!

Students that turned in their Pizza reading card had a pizza party!

It is important that parents keep their information updated in Skyward. If there is an emergency we do not want to have the wrong information. Please contact the proper school your student attends and give them any new information that needs to be changed whether it be for yourself, your spouse, another parent from a different address (we can separate addresses when student's are split between households),update new or old emergency contacts and any phone numbers for anyone on your Skyward parent portal. It is your responsibility to keep us informed. Salt Creek 630-832-6122, Stella May Swartz 630-834-9256 and Albright 630-279-6160.

Students can bring cellphones and cell watches to school if they remain turned off and in their back pack. Please remind your student that if they are brining a cellphone or cell watch to school, that it needs to stay in their backpack while at school and on the bus. It is only for emergency use only. Parents please do not call or text your child during school hours as they are in school learning.

Stella May Swartz School Hours are 7:40AM - 2:20PM

Doors Open at 7:30AM

Class starts at 7:40AM

If your child is buzzing the door, they are late for school. They will be marked late. They must stop and see Mrs.Trexler in the office.

Please make sure to call the Stella May Swartz Absentee line at 630-834-9256, 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.

*** You must leave a detailed reason of the absence.

A valid cause for absence includes illness (including mental or behavioral health of the student), observance of a religious holiday, death in the immediate family, family emergency, other situations beyond the control of the student. Remember if you do not call your student in on the day they are absent with a reason, they will be considered an Unexcused absence.

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)

It's that time again. If you have a Kindergartner who will be 5 by September 1st please contact Salt Creek Primary School. Mrs. Holden will be happy to help you register your little one for the upcoming 2024.25 school year. You can reach her at 630-832-6122 ext. 4001 or email at aholden@saltcreek48.org

Sun or Snow!☀️❄️

Often there are times when our buses are running late. Westway Coach will notify us when there is a delay in time for buses so we can notify our parents of the bus that is running late. Sometimes a situation can happen when our office is closed and a parent tries to call us. If this is the case you may contact Westway Coach at 630-270-2720. Note that our School Office hours are 7:15 to 3:15 Monday thru Friday.

Dental screening Friday, March 1st 2024.

As a reminder, all students in Kindergarten and any new/new transfer/out of state transfer students Kindergarten -8th grade are required to have:

• 2nd grade students need Dental forms on file.
• 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

● Illinois Certificate of Child Health Examination: within 12 months prior to 1st day of school, due by Oct. 15th ○ Complete, up-to-date immunization record (see box below for required vaccines for 6th grade)** ○ Health history portion completed by parent/guardian ○ Exam portion completed by doctor, including Diabetes Screening ○ Note: A sports physical does NOT satisfy this requirement.

● Illinois Dental Examination: dated within 18 months of due date, due by May 15th

(Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP, Tdap) 1 dose of Tdap on or after the 11th birthday. Meningococcal Disease (MCV4) 1 dose of MCV4 on or after the 11th birthday.)

**Religious/Medical Exemptions: If your child does not receive immunizations for religious reasons, a parent and healthcare provider must complete the “Illinois Certificate of Religious Exemption to Required Immunizations and/or Examinations” form prior to the first day of school. This form may not be used for personal or philosophical reasons, as Illinois does not allow such exemptions.

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

Please apply for any one of these substitute positions with the link below.

Substitute Lunchroom Supervisors

Substitute Teachers Assistant

Substitute Registered Nurse

Substitute Teacher

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.

Thank you FTC for always doing what's best for our student's and staff. You always go above and beyond. We appreciate and value your support in District #48!

Leap Into a Good Book Read-a-Thon

FTC is hosting a read-a-thon this February! Students should try to read 5 days per week with a daily goal of 15 minutes for Salt Creek, 20 minutes for Swartz, and 30 minutes for Albright through Thursday, February 29th. Please register your student(s) by clicking here:

http://www.99pledges.com/fund/48FTC2024. Money raised will go to support classroom libraries/supplies/tools/needs, enrichment programs, field trips, and more! There will be special prizes for various amounts raised that will go home before spring break. Please email Lisa Auriemme (lauriemme@saltcreek48ftc.org). Thank you for your support!

Sign up and Update your FTC Membership Today!

Sign up and update your Salt Creek 48 Family Teacher Children (FTC) Membership today to receive important information from the FTC organization. District 48 and all of our schools are proud to partner with the FTC to support our schools.

They are planning some fantastic events for the whole family this year. Click the link below to sign up and update your FREE membership today!

The FTC encourages you to publish your information in their secure directory so families can contact each other!

• Check- Made payable to Salt Creek Dist #48 and put in an envelope marked with your child's name on it and what the payment is for.
• Cash- Put in an envelope marked with your child's name on it and what the payment is for.
• RevTrak- 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.

Pay over due lunch balances

Don't forget to check and pay any overdue lunch balances. You can check balances and pay on your parent Skyward account. You can also send cash or check payment to school with your child in a marked envelope with name and what payment is for. The office will then account for the cash or check payment on your student's Skyward.

Try out our new menus. My school menu allows you to print the school menu at home and select your language you speak. There are many to choose from.

LEAP is an aftercare program that is ran by the Oakbrook Terrace Park District Heritage Center. Please contact them at 630-627-6100 to sign your child up if you are in need of aftercare. Swartz student will get bused to Salt Creek on the days that they need to go to the LEAP program. If they participate in a club on a day they need to go to LEAP they can take the late bus at 3:30 from Swartz to Salt Creek as it is also a stop in the late bus route.

All our half days and full day institute days.

Dismissal for all schools are as follows :

Stella May Swartz -10:40AM

Salt Creek Primary -10:50AM

Albright Middle -10:53AM

1/2 Days Remaining

• TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2024
• FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024
• FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2024 /LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

FULL-DAY INSTITUTE DAY-No School

• FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2024
• WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2024

End of Trimester- February 23rd

Swartz Field Trip- Phil's Friend's - Wednesday, February 28th

Report Cards Go Home- Thursday, February 29th

County Wide Institute Day: NO SCHOOL- Friday, March 1st

Family STEAM Night@ Albright- Friday, March 15th from 6:30-8PM

FTC Meeting @Albright-Monday, March 18th 7:00PM

Half Day Inservice-Tuesday, March 19th

Spring Break- March 25th through March 29th

We developed the D48 Update to ensure our entire community is well-informed about the District and our three schools. Check it out!

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 the form by clicking on the link below to have this staff member recognized for their extraordinary accomplishment.

Angie is an extraordinary leader. She makes all of her staff members feel supported and comfortable in any situation. Angie is always engaged in the students learning and ready to jump in and help whenever needed. Angie ensures that everyone is loved and feels heard. She always has an open door to all of her colleagues. Angie is constantly encouraging, supportive and loving. We are lucky to have such an amazing Principal!!

Mrs. Angeline Ross, Principal

aross@saltcreek48.org

630-834-9256 ext. 4009

Mrs. Angela Trexler, Administrative Assistant to the Principal

atraxler@saltcreek48.org

630-834-9256 ext. 3001

Denise Natalino, Health Aide

dnatalino@saltcreek48.org

630-834-9256 ext. 3002

☎️ When calling the office for any such reason whether it be for the nurse, the principal or the secretary and attendance line please make sure to leave a message. The office gets a little hectic at times or it's possible we are in a meeting. We will return all calls. Thank you in advance.

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