Viking Voice

Dr. Chung has shared with you our plans for returning to a full 5-day a week learning plan in April. Please respond to the survey sent by Dr. Chung with the learning plan you are choosing for each one of your children by Wednesday, March 24th. This survey is critical in our planning process. There will be a virtual town hall meeting on Tuesday, March 23rd, to answer any questions you might have. Please email or call if you have any questions.

Please follow the directions below to access and sign your child's report card online. We are asking that ALL kindergarten-fourth grade families sign the report card electronically.

Final call to complete the 5 Essentials Survey for Salt Creek and Swartz. If we have 20% of our families participate at each school, we will be able to view the results and use your input to improve the programming and educational opportunities at Salt Creek and Swartz! We are at 19% at Salt Creek Primary and 18% at Stella May Swartz. You can click this link for the survey!

https://survey.5-essentials.org/illinois

Thank you!

Preschool registration is open! If you have a child that is eligible for preschool, aged 3-5, please contact the office to set up a preschool screening and to start the registration progress.

Do you know a little one going to be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2021? Visit our website to fill out the pre-registration form and a staff member from Salt Creek will follow up with you!!

https://www.saltcreek48.org/page/registration

Registration for the 2021-2022 school year is beginning next week. Packets have been mailed to all district families with directions on how to register through Skyward for next year.

• Early bird fee of $25 off (each child) ends June 10th
• Items can be returned by mail, blue drop box, or by appointment only.
• Payments can be made on epay (saltcreek48.org), check or cash (exact only no change)

If you have any questions call the office or email Mrs. Holden @ SC (aholden@saltcreek48.org) or Mrs. Trexler @ SMS (atrexler@saltcreek48.org).

Information about preschool registration for 2021-2022 will be coming out soon!

Please read the following note from our school nurse regarding travel during spring break. The letter explains the following highlight in detail.

We are asking that families and staff avoid travel if possible, and if families/staff choose to travel, we ask that all family members strictly adhere to safety practices of mask-wearing, maintaining social distance, avoid crowds, and frequent handwashing. Families must assess their own risk and determine, in consultation with their medical provider, whether a COVID-19 test or quarantine is needed.

All Illinois children in Kindergarten and 2nd grade or any new student to the district (in 1st, 3rd or 4th grade) are required by the state to provide school with proof of a dental exam by May 15, 2021. Any dental exam completed between November 2019 and May 15, 2021 will fulfill the state's requirement. If a dental exam form is not received by May 15, 2021, the school may hold the child's report card until proof of a dental examination form is received or until the school receives proof (ex: appointment card) that a dental examination will take place within 60 days after May 15, 2021. Please call our school nurse with questions.

If in-person learning is selected, students must attend in-person unless there is an extenuating circumstance, which must be discussed with your child’s school for approval. Per approval, your child will be able to participate in remote learning. If the extenuating circumstances are not approved by your child’s school, your child runs the risk of receiving an unexcused absence and will not be able to participate remotely.

If you miss the bus, please try to make every effort possible to get your child to school. Also, please call the office to let us know. Typically, we need at least 24 hour notice in order for a child to live stream into a classroom.

Congratulations to this week's Little Viking Award winners. We are so proud of your growth and success! Keep up the great work, Little Vikings!

Grant Patrick, Milana Mininni, Mohammed Mehdi, Gavin Hernandez, Leeland Carver, Tyler Lowry, Jacob Kroushl, Yousuf Waseem, Sia Christofilis.

Please do not send your child to school if they are feeling any of the COVID19 symptoms. COVID symptoms include fever (100.4 or higher), new onset of moderate to severe headache, shortness of breath, new cough, sore throat, vomiting, diarrhea, new loss of sense of taste or smell, nausea, fatigue from unknown cause, muscle or body aches. We are using extreme caution to make sure that all of our students and staff are safe while at school. Your support is critical! We ask that any student that is experiencing a symptom of COVID19 to stay home and report the absence to the office. Our nursing staff will call you about next steps.

In addition, if one of your children is experiencing a COVID19 symptom, all of your children need to stay home.

If someone in the household has tested positive for COVID-19 or is identified as a close contact to someone that has tested positive please call the office. The nurse will follow-up to gather the information required by the health department, discuss next steps, and answer any questions you may have.

Thank you for your commitment to keeping our students and staff safe!

Check out our new COVID-19 Information page on our website. Stay up to date with the latest Salt Creek School District 48 COVID-19 metrics by visiting:

https://www.saltcreek48.org/page/covid-19-information.

Would you like to recognize a staff member in Salt Creek School District 48 that deserves some extraordinary recognition for something they have done in our school district to make a difference for others? Please fill out this form to have this staff member recognized for their amazing accomplishment.

If your child is in-person for learning, they have an opportunity to grab a "Grab and Go" meal as they exit the building. The bag includes a breakfast and lunch. Please make sure to talk to your child about if you would like them to grab a meal bag as they are dismissed from the building. The meals are free for every student.

Any District 48 family can pick up 5 days worth of meals (breakfast and lunch) at Albright Middle School at Door 2 on Tuesdays from 1:00-1:30 and 2:30-3:00.

Due to spring break, meals will not be available for pick up on Tuesday, March 30th. On Tuesday, March 23rd, 10 meals will be available for pick up. Weekly Tuesday pick-up will resume on April 6th.

3/17: Wellness Wednesday

3/29-4/2: Spring Break

4/12-4/19: IAR Testing

Our libraries are still lending books to students! Check out this video from Mrs. Ross to see how to check out some of your favorite books.

Need tech support? Please call the office or fill out our Google Form.

Sarah Smith, Principal

ssmith@saltcreek48.org

Sarah Monroe, Assistant Principal

smonroe@saltcreek48.org