Field Flash

Dear Field Parents and Guardians,

We hope you've had a nice week with this unseasonably warm weather! Special thank you to our room parents for all their hard work last Friday with our Halloween parties! Looking ahead to next week, please make a note that we do not have school on Tuesday as it is election day.

Our picture retake day is on Wednesday, November 9th. If you'd like your child to have a re-take, they should bring their pictures back to school on that day. If you didn't order pictures originally and your child is taking pictures on retake day, you'll use the same form. Here is the attached flyer.

Our Lost & Found is quite full! Please ask your child to take a look for any lost items. If you'd like to stop by during the week of November 14th, we'll have the Lost & Found in the main office. Over Thanksgiving, we'll donate any remaining items.

A few reminders:

• 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!
• Please review bicycle safety with your children. As our older students are riding bicycles on their own, we want to be certain they understand the important safety rules of the road. We've had a few reports from parents and neighbors about students not stopping at stop signs or looking both ways while bicycling in the early evening hours.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Sincerely,

Dr. Courtney Goodman

Principal

(847) 318-4383

• Sunday, November 6th: Daylight Savings Ends (clocks fall back one hour!)
  
• Tuesday, November 8th: No School
• Friday, November 11th-13th: Field Follies performances
• Tuesday, November 15th: PTO meeting (virtual) at 7:30pm
• Friday, November 18th: End of Trimester One
• Week of November 21st: No School for Thanksgiving Week

Dine to Donate at City Barbeque in Park Ridge!

20% of proceeds go to the D64 Band Orchestra Parents Association (BOPA)

Thursday November 10, 2022

from 5:00-9:00pm

City Barbeque, Park Ridge

123 N. Northwest Hwy

Park Ridge, IL 60068

Ordering in person? Show this message to the cashier at checkout (either a printout or just on your phone).

Ordering online or in the app? Use code FundA at checkout at https://www.citybbq.com/order for pickup on Thursday November 10th. Once you enter the code, you must click the red + button to apply the fundraiser code to your order.

Ordering over the phone? Ask to apply code FundA when you provide your payment information.

Remember: all orders must be picked up on Thursday November 10th from City Barbeque Park Ridge for it to count toward our fundraiser.

Collect your candy wrappers for recycling and bring to school see info below and check out this video.

Keep your pumpkins out of the landfill* this fall with 3 easy ways:

1. Pumpkin Smash & Bash ~ Saturday, Nov 5, 12:30-1:30pm Centennial Park 100 S. Western Ave, Park Ridge
2. Drop them at Public Works ~ Saturday, Nov 5, 9am-12:00pm 400 Busse Highway, Park Ridge
3. Feed them to the Critters! ~ Leave them in your yard to compost and let the critters snack away

*Landfills create methane gas. It's best to keep biodegradable/compostables out of landfills

After Thanksgiving Break, our second grade students, districtwide, will begin to bring their chromebooks to and from school each day. Here's a few helpful tips:

• Keep the chromebook in the protective case
• Create a charging routine at home each night
• Keep the charger in a safe spot
• Create a morning checklist (backpack, chromebook, lunch, etc) to help remember the chromebook each day.

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