Woodland Primary School Weekly

9/1-School Improvement Day 10:40 dismissal. Only AM EC/WELE attends, no PM EC/WELE

9/4- No staff or student attendance

9/8-Football Spirit Day!

9/19-Monolingual K Curriculum Night

9/20-Dual Language K and EC/WELE Curriculum Night

9/22-Green Apple Day of Service

9/29-School Improvement Day 10:40 Dismissal. Only PM EC/WELE attends, no AM EC/WELE

Our first School Improvement Day is on Friday, September 1st. We will have these monthly and on these days, our students will always be dismissed at 10:40. All Primary students will be dismissed at 10:40, this includes our EC/WELE students, their dismissal will be at 10:40, not 10:20.

AM and PM EC/WELE students will rotate which session will attend throughout the year. On September 1st, our AM students will attend. There will be no school for our PM students on this day. On our next SIP day, September 29th, our PM students will attend and they will attend in the morning session. AM students will not attend school on that day.

If you're wondering what these SIP days are, these days are crucial to our professional staff development. As educators, we need to continue to grow and learn about new teaching strategies, collaborate on best practices, and more.

KIDS Assessment for All Kindergarten Students

The Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) is an observational tool designed to help teachers, administrators, families, and policymakers better understand the developmental readiness of children entering kindergarten.​

A student’s journey in going to college and establishing a career starts at birth and continues through key milestones, including preschool, kindergarten, and beyond. Kindergarten readiness is a key area of focus in the development of high-quality education. School districts in Illinois will be reporting on 14 readiness measures of the Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS) for each kindergartner from the first day of school through the end of October.

KIDS is not a test. It’s a tool teachers use to observe students, take notes, take photos, and collect work samples. Teachers learn the most about their students by watching them when they are doing school work, playing together or alone, and following their daily routines in the classroom.

KIDS will help the teachers:

• Learn what each student is good at, what they like, and how they learn best.

• Develop individual and class learning goals.

• Use the information to improve teaching.

At Woodland Primary, we love getting to know each of our students, and cannot wait to learn more about your child. One of our goals is to help your child build a love of learning. To be able to do that, we need to understand what your child knows and can do at the beginning of the year so we can support him or her in all areas of development—including literacy, math, social, and emotional development. You can learn more by visiting the KIDS Families Toolkit.

Your child’s teacher will share with you the observations and growth she documents at your parent-teacher conference in November. If you have any questions, you can contact your child’s teacher.

Throughout the year we will have some fun spirit days to add some fun to our calendar. These spirit days are always optional and students only should participate if they'd like to. We try to give everyone options on these days. We also don't want parents to feel compelled to buy any items for these days, it's just meant to be easy!

For example, if we have a ROAR day and you don't have any ROAR gear, your child can wear our school colors, green and white. Again, it's just for fun and totally optional.

Our first spirit day is on Friday, September 8th. It's football season and so we are having some fun with that by having football day! Students can wear team colors, t-shirts, or jerseys. It also happens to be the first Bears vs. Packers game that weekend, so that's always fun, too! Either way, I will always notify you in advance about our special spirit days so that we can have some fun as a school community!

Monday, August 28th, is the first PTA meeting of this school year. It is a Zoom meeting and will begin at 7:00 p.m. You need to register to attend virtually. Click HERE to register!

We have many families dropping off each morning and picking up in the afternoon. Expect that there may be traffic on Gages Lake Road and please remember the following safety protocols:

• Only buses are allowed in the bus lane in front of the schools. Cars aren't allowed in the bus lane at any time.
• Only buses are allowed behind the school. Cars shouldn't drive behind our school as students are playing on the playground throughout the day.
• No cell phones when driving on school grounds.
• Everyone must park in a parking spot, please don't park along the grass or side of the parking lot.
• Only cars with a disabled parking placard clearly displayed or on their license plate may use the handicapped parking spaces. Please be respectful of this so that these are available for anyone that has the placard issued to them.
• Slow down and be aware that many young children are in the parking lot.
• Walk your child across the bus lane, our staff will assist you during arrival and dismissal.
• Parents and students shouldn't walk between buses, only use the marked crosswalks.

Thank you for helping us stay safe!

Principal

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